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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts (BA) .
| 1. |
An Essay is a__________. |
| A. | Short Composition in Poem |
| B. | Short Composition in prose |
| C. | Short Composition |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Short Composition in prose | |
| 2. |
______ said "An Essay is a Short Composition in Prose". |
| A. | Charles Lamb |
| B. | Francis Bacon |
| C. | Montaigne |
| D. | Voltaire |
| Answer» A. Charles Lamb | |
| 3. |
The word 'essay' is derived from________ word. |
| A. | Latin |
| B. | French |
| C. | Greek |
| D. | Chinese |
| Answer» A. Latin | |
| 4. |
_______is the father of English Essays. |
| A. | Charles Lamb |
| B. | Francis Bacon |
| C. | Montaigne |
| D. | Voltaire |
| Answer» B. Francis Bacon | |
| 5. |
Personal essay is called________. |
| A. | subjective |
| B. | objective |
| C. | autobiographical |
| D. | None |
| Answer» A. subjective | |
| 6. |
Of Studies' is a famous essay of _________. |
| A. | Hazlitt |
| B. | Montaigne |
| C. | Charles Lamb |
| D. | Francis Bacon |
| Answer» D. Francis Bacon | |
| 7. |
_______is the father of Essays. |
| A. | Voltaire |
| B. | Francis Bacon |
| C. | Montaigne |
| D. | Hazlitt |
| Answer» C. Montaigne | |
| 8. |
The Ideal length of writing short story is ________. |
| A. | 2000-6000 Words |
| B. | 50000 words |
| C. | 15000 words |
| D. | 1000-20000 words |
| Answer» D. 1000-20000 words | |
| 9. |
The main idea of short story is called___________. |
| A. | Plot |
| B. | Theme |
| C. | Story |
| D. | Setting |
| Answer» A. Plot | |
| 10. |
___________is not short story writer. |
| A. | Rudyard Kipling |
| B. | Edgar Poe |
| C. | Henry James |
| D. | Charles Lamb |
| Answer» D. Charles Lamb | |
| 11. |
The Necklace' is famous short story of____________. |
| A. | D.H.Lawrence |
| B. | Maupassant |
| C. | Henry James |
| D. | R.K Narayan |
| Answer» B. Maupassant | |
| 12. |
________said "Short story is a work of prose fiction". |
| A. | H.G. Wells |
| B. | M.H.Abram |
| C. | Henry James |
| D. | Oxford Dictionary |
| Answer» D. Oxford Dictionary | |
| 13. |
The setting of the short story is __________. |
| A. | Single |
| B. | Double |
| C. | Multiple |
| D. | Mixed |
| Answer» A. Single | |
| 14. |
Shkespeare's sister is an essay by_______. |
| A. | Shakespeare |
| B. | Tagore |
| C. | Virginia Woolf |
| D. | R.K Narayan |
| Answer» C. Virginia Woolf | |
| 15. |
Virginia's short essay 'Shakespeare's sister' is published in___. |
| A. | 1928 |
| B. | 1828 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» D. 1929 | |
| 16. |
_________is the narrator of the essay 'Shakespeare's sister'. |
| A. | Woolf |
| B. | Mary Beton |
| C. | Mary Shelley |
| D. | Shakespeare |
| Answer» B. Mary Beton | |
| 17. |
The Religion of the Forest' is an essay by_________. |
| A. | Sarojini Naidu |
| B. | M.K Gandhi |
| C. | Tagore |
| D. | Mulk Raj |
| Answer» C. Tagore | |
| 18. |
The Religion of the Forest' is originally written in__________. |
| A. | Bengali |
| B. | English |
| C. | Gujarati |
| D. | Hindi |
| Answer» A. Bengali | |
| 19. |
The founder of Shantiniketan was____________. |
| A. | Arbindo Ghosh |
| B. | Tagore |
| C. | Raja Rao |
| D. | M.K Gandhi |
| Answer» B. Tagore | |
| 20. |
_________translated 'The Religion of the Forest' into English. |
| A. | Khushwant Singh |
| B. | Priya Adarkar |
| C. | Mohit K Roy |
| D. | Tagore |
| Answer» C. Mohit K Roy | |
| 21. |
Tagore was given Nobel prize in_____. |
| A. | 1912 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1911 |
| D. | 1910 |
| Answer» B. 1913 | |
| 22. |
According to Tagore,_________is the symbol of unity. |
| A. | water |
| B. | air |
| C. | river |
| D. | forest |
| Answer» D. forest | |
| 23. |
The Two Lady Rams' is a short story by__________. |
| A. | Raja Rao |
| B. | Mulk Raj Anand |
| C. | R.K Narayan |
| D. | Tagore |
| Answer» B. Mulk Raj Anand | |
| 24. |
_____________is not a character of 'The Two Lady Rams'. |
| A. | Sukhiram |
| B. | Shakutanla |
| C. | Lalla Jinda Ram |
| D. | Chhotu Ram |
| Answer» D. Chhotu Ram | |
| 25. |
Lalla Jinda Ram is __________. |
| A. | farmer |
| B. | teacher |
| C. | contractor |
| D. | doctor |
| Answer» C. contractor | |
| 26. |
Lalla Jinda Ram was awarded___________________. |
| A. | Nobel prize |
| B. | Knighthood |
| C. | Sir Award |
| D. | Businessman Award |
| Answer» B. Knighthood | |
| 27. |
The Fall of the House of Usher' is a/an__________. |
| A. | essay |
| B. | short story |
| C. | novel |
| D. | poem |
| Answer» B. short story | |
| 28. |
The story 'The Fall of the House of Usher' is published in________. |
| A. | 1860 |
| B. | 1802 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1890 |
| Answer» C. 1939 | |
| 29. |
At the End of 'The Fall of the House of Usher', Roderick Usher dies of ________. |
| A. | Cancer |
| B. | T.B |
| C. | Corona |
| D. | Fear |
| Answer» D. Fear | |
| 30. |
Godan' is a novel by_________. |
| A. | Premchand |
| B. | O'Henry |
| C. | Tagore |
| D. | Ruskin Bond |
| Answer» A. Premchand | |
| 31. |
R.K Narayan immortalized___________in his novels. |
| A. | Kodinar |
| B. | Malgudi |
| C. | Madras |
| D. | Rameshwaram |
| Answer» B. Malgudi | |
| 32. |
Swami and Friends' is a novel by________. |
| A. | Raja Rao |
| B. | Mulk Raj Anand |
| C. | R.K Narayan |
| D. | Ruskin Bond |
| Answer» C. R.K Narayan | |
| 33. |
Our Trees still Grow in Dehra' is a novel by________. |
| A. | Ruskin Bond |
| B. | Anton Chekov |
| C. | Raja Rao |
| D. | Mulk Raj Anand |
| Answer» A. Ruskin Bond | |
| 34. |
__________is the writer of 'Cherry or Chard'. |
| A. | Ruskin Bond |
| B. | Raja Rao |
| C. | Anton Chekov |
| D. | R.K Narayan |
| Answer» C. Anton Chekov | |
| 35. |
Edgar Allen Poe was a/an ____________short story writer. |
| A. | British |
| B. | American |
| C. | Canadian |
| D. | Indian |
| Answer» B. American | |
| 36. |
_______ said that “ A short story should be read in one sitting, anywhere from a half hour to two hours”. |
| A. | H E Bates |
| B. | Somerset Maugham |
| C. | Boccacio |
| D. | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Answer» D. Edgar Allan Poe | |
| 37. |
Tagore’s Eassay “The Religion of the forest” was published in English on __________ birth anniversary. |
| A. | 125th |
| B. | 150th |
| C. | 100th |
| D. | 140th |
| Answer» B. 150th | |
| 38. |
________ is called the “Father of Hindi Fiction” |
| A. | R K Narayan |
| B. | Munshi Premchand |
| C. | Raja Rao |
| D. | Ahmad Ali |
| Answer» B. Munshi Premchand | |
| 39. |
Mulk Raj Anand won Sahitya Akademi Award in _________. |
| A. | 1968 |
| B. | 1970 |
| C. | 1971 |
| D. | 1987 |
| Answer» C. 1971 | |
| 40. |
__________is the father of Short Story. |
| A. | Somerset Maugham |
| B. | H E Bates |
| C. | Raja Rao |
| D. | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Answer» D. Edgar Allan Poe | |
| 41. |
The Fall of the House of Usher' is______story. |
| A. | romantic |
| B. | Gothic |
| C. | Moral |
| D. | Didactic |
| Answer» B. Gothic | |
| 42. |
Indian Juggler' is a famous essay by ________________ |
| A. | Stevension |
| B. | Bacon |
| C. | Lamb |
| D. | Hazlitt |
| Answer» D. Hazlitt | |
| 43. |
R.L. Stevenson was_______essayist. |
| A. | British |
| B. | Scottish |
| C. | Indian |
| D. | Chinese |
| Answer» B. Scottish | |
| 44. |
Tagore said that Forest is the source of ________. |
| A. | Beauty |
| B. | Joy |
| C. | Harmony |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 45. |
________said "An essay is an irregular, undigested piece". |
| A. | Ben Johnson |
| B. | Dr.Johnson |
| C. | Edmund Gosse |
| D. | Bacon |
| Answer» B. Dr.Johnson | |
| 46. |
The Prince of English essayists was__________. |
| A. | Fancis Bacon |
| B. | Charles Lamb |
| C. | Hazlitt |
| D. | Stevenson |
| Answer» B. Charles Lamb | |
| 47. |
The essay 'The Religion of the Forest' has ________parts. |
| A. | Four |
| B. | Three |
| C. | Two |
| D. | Seven |
| Answer» A. Four | |
| 48. |
Ruskin Bond was awarded the Padma Shri in __________. |
| A. | 1996 |
| B. | 1997 |
| C. | 1999 |
| D. | 2000 |
| Answer» C. 1999 | |
| 49. |
Anton Chekov was a _______short story writer. |
| A. | Indian |
| B. | Russian |
| C. | Scottish |
| D. | British |
| Answer» B. Russian | |
| 50. |
Charles Lamb wrote under the pseudonym of _____. |
| A. | Ela |
| B. | Elia |
| C. | Ila |
| D. | Ibla |
| Answer» B. Elia | |
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