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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 201. |
That Long Silence is written by…….. |
| A. | Vandana Shiva |
| B. | Kamala Das |
| C. | Shashi Deshpande |
| D. | Usha Rai |
| Answer» C. Shashi Deshpande | |
| 202. |
Deshpande received the Sahitya Akademi Award for ………. |
| A. | That Long Silence |
| B. | The Dark Holds No Terrors |
| C. | In the Country of Deceit |
| D. | Writing from the Margin |
| Answer» A. That Long Silence | |
| 203. |
Roots and Shadows is a work by ………. |
| A. | Usha Rai |
| B. | Kamala Das |
| C. | Shashi Deshpande |
| D. | Nehru |
| Answer» C. Shashi Deshpande | |
| 204. |
Writing from the Margin is written by ……. |
| A. | Kamala Das |
| B. | Shashi Deshpande |
| C. | Vandana Shiva |
| D. | Usha Rai |
| Answer» B. Shashi Deshpande | |
| 205. |
The Dark Holds No Terrors is written by ……. |
| A. | Shashi Deshpande |
| B. | Usha Rai |
| C. | Amartya Sen |
| D. | Kamala Das |
| Answer» A. Shashi Deshpande | |
| 206. |
According to Deshpande, motherhood is neither sacred nor holy, it is..……. |
| A. | Natural |
| B. | Artificial |
| C. | Pure |
| D. | Divine |
| Answer» A. Natural | |
| 207. |
Death of a Child is a work by ……… |
| A. | Usha Rai |
| B. | Vandana Shiva |
| C. | Shashi Deshpande |
| D. | Kamala Das |
| Answer» C. Shashi Deshpande | |
| 208. |
A Very Easy Death is written by ……….. |
| A. | Usha Rai |
| B. | Anne Tyler |
| C. | Simone de Beavoir |
| D. | Kamala Das |
| Answer» C. Simone de Beavoir | |
| 209. |
Anne Tyler is an ………… novelist. |
| A. | American |
| B. | British |
| C. | African |
| D. | Indian |
| Answer» A. American | |
| 210. |
Who spoke of the oddness of the fact that people take up the most difficult of all professions, parenthood,without having any qualifications for it? |
| A. | Kamala Das |
| B. | Usha Rai |
| C. | Bernard Shaw |
| D. | Anne Tyler |
| Answer» C. Bernard Shaw | |
| 211. |
Bhagya Rekha is a collection of short stories written by …….. |
| A. | Bhisham Sahni |
| B. | Usha Rai |
| C. | Vandana Shiva |
| D. | Ann Tyler |
| Answer» A. Bhisham Sahni | |
| 212. |
Bhisham sahni won the Sahitya Akademi Award for ……. |
| A. | Bhagya Rekha |
| B. | Nai Kahaniyan |
| C. | Tamas |
| D. | Writing from the Margin |
| Answer» C. Tamas | |
| 213. |
Shamnath wanted to please his boss for …….. |
| A. | Getting money |
| B. | Getting promotion |
| C. | Showing his attachment |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Getting promotion | |
| 214. |
Who in Shamnath’s house impressee the boss most? |
| A. | Shamnath |
| B. | Shamnath’s wife |
| C. | Shamnath’s old mother |
| D. | Servants in the house |
| Answer» C. Shamnath’s old mother | |
| 215. |
Shamnath wanted his old mother to make a ……… for his boss. |
| A. | Phulkari |
| B. | Cap |
| C. | Bag |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Phulkari | |
| 216. |
The boss wanted Shamnath’s mother to ……… |
| A. | Dance |
| B. | Sing |
| C. | Talk |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Sing | |
| 217. |
What does the boss in Sahni’s story ask the mother to sing? |
| A. | A folk song |
| B. | A pop song |
| C. | A film song |
| D. | Bhajan |
| Answer» A. A folk song | |
| 218. |
Behind Closed Doors is a work by ……… |
| A. | Usha Rai |
| B. | R.K. Narayan |
| C. | Rinki Roy Bhattacharya |
| D. | Ramachandra Guha |
| Answer» C. Rinki Roy Bhattacharya | |
| 219. |
It was the documentary ,…………, on domestic violence that Rinki made with the help of her hotline group HELP that earned her the greatest media attention? |
| A. | Char Diwari |
| B. | A Man of Silence |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Behind the Closed Doors |
| Answer» A. Char Diwari | |
| 220. |
Unveiled is a fictional work by ………. |
| A. | Vandana Shiva |
| B. | Kamala Das |
| C. | Rinki Roy Bhattacharya |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Rinki Roy Bhattacharya | |
| 221. |
Daughters and Motherhood is a significant work by ……… |
| A. | Usha Rai |
| B. | R.K. Narayan |
| C. | Rinki Roy Bhattacharya |
| D. | Kamala Das |
| Answer» C. Rinki Roy Bhattacharya | |
| 222. |
The first glimpse of a bride has of her husbnd during the traditional Bengali marriage is called …….. |
| A. | Subhodrishti |
| B. | Asubhodrishti |
| C. | Aiswaryadhrishti |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Subhodrishti | |
| 223. |
What type of a person was Arun’s husband? |
| A. | Sympathetic |
| B. | Good‐natured |
| C. | Demanding |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Demanding | |
| 224. |
Who helped Aruna fly to the U.S.? |
| A. | Hert younger sister |
| B. | Hert brother |
| C. | Her father |
| D. | Her husband |
| Answer» A. Hert younger sister | |
| 225. |
Aruna’s younger sister Gita was …….. |
| A. | An air hostess |
| B. | A doctor |
| C. | A teacher |
| D. | A typist |
| Answer» A. An air hostess | |
| 226. |
Aruna’s research was about ……… |
| A. | Men’s issues |
| B. | Women’s issues |
| C. | Chioldren’s issues |
| D. | Caste problem |
| Answer» B. Women’s issues | |
| 227. |
Usha Rai started her career as a …….. |
| A. | Lawyer |
| B. | Writer |
| C. | Press reporter |
| D. | Clerk |
| Answer» C. Press reporter | |
| 228. |
Akha Teej is an occasion for …….. |
| A. | Mass marriages of children |
| B. | Educational reforms |
| C. | Celebration |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Mass marriages of children | |
| 229. |
DWDA is ………. |
| A. | District Women’s Development Agency |
| B. | District Women’s Development Association |
| C. | District Women’s Development Authority |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» A. District Women’s Development Agency | |
| 230. |
What does ‘muklava’ mean? |
| A. | Mehandi |
| B. | The bride’s entry to her husband’s home |
| C. | Marriage |
| D. | the festival of lights |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. The bride’s entry to her husband’s home | |
| 231. |
Who found SEWA? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Nehru |
| C. | Ela Bhatt |
| D. | Usha Rai |
| Answer» C. Ela Bhatt | |
| 232. |
How old was Ela Bhatt when India became independent on 15 August 1947? |
| A. | 14 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 13 |
| Answer» A. 14 | |
| 233. |
TLA is ……… |
| A. | Textile Labour Agreement |
| B. | Textile Labour Associatuion |
| C. | Textile Labour Association |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Textile Labour Associatuion | |
| 234. |
The name of the national labour union in Israel is …….. |
| A. | Histadrut |
| B. | TLA |
| C. | SEWA |
| D. | SNDT |
| Answer» A. Histadrut | |
| 235. |
SEWA is ……… |
| A. | Self‐Employed Women’s Association |
| B. | Self‐Employed Welfare Association |
| C. | Students’ Educational Welfare Association |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Self‐Employed Women’s Association | |
| 236. |
…….. was Ela Bhatt’s first contact with poverty? |
| A. | Communal riot in Ahmedabad |
| B. | Problems among the workers |
| C. | Her first year in college d)none of these |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Communal riot in Ahmedabad | |
| 237. |
What was the name of the bank started by SEWA? |
| A. | Manila SEWA Sahakari Bank |
| B. | SEWA Cooperative Bank |
| C. | SEWA Sahakari Bank |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Manila SEWA Sahakari Bank | |
| 238. |
Who translated Chandrabati’s Bengali Ramayana of the sixteenth century? |
| A. | Nabneeta Vev Sen |
| B. | Vandana Shiva |
| C. | Usha Rai |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Nabneeta Vev Sen | |
| 239. |
Who is the author of the Greek tragedy Medea? |
| A. | Homer |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Euripides |
| D. | Plato |
| Answer» C. Euripides | |
| 240. |
Manas’ sister‐in law is …….. |
| A. | Rupa |
| B. | Sonali |
| C. | Rekha |
| D. | Sonu |
| Answer» B. Sonali | |
| 241. |
Tutu and Ratan are Rupa’s ……… |
| A. | Brothers |
| B. | Children |
| C. | Friends |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Children | |
| 242. |
Howm, accordind to Rupsa,was her husband died? |
| A. | In a train accident |
| B. | In a bus accident |
| C. | Murdered |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. In a train accident | |
| 243. |
Where, according to Manas, was he after he had deserted Rupsa? |
| A. | In England |
| B. | In Burma |
| C. | In Kashmir |
| D. | In Muzafirpur |
| Answer» B. In Burma | |
| 244. |
Kamala Das is known under the pseudonym …….. |
| A. | Madhavikutty |
| B. | Kamala Surayya |
| C. | Kamala |
| D. | Madhavi |
| Answer» A. Madhavikutty | |
| 245. |
……… is Kamala Das’ autobiography. |
| A. | Childhood Memories |
| B. | My Story |
| C. | Ottayadi Pathakal |
| D. | Neermathalam Pootha Kalam |
| Answer» B. My Story | |
| 246. |
Childhood Memories is a work by …….. |
| A. | Usha Rai |
| B. | R.K. Narayan |
| C. | Kamala Das |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Kamala Das | |
| 247. |
What was the name of the national political party which was founded by Kamala Das? |
| A. | Lok Jana Seva Party |
| B. | Lok Seva Party |
| C. | Janata Party |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Lok Seva Party | |
| 248. |
The dominant emotion in Kamala Das’s poem is ……… |
| A. | Love |
| B. | Happiness |
| C. | Pain |
| D. | Cynicism |
| Answer» D. Cynicism | |
| 249. |
``The strangers who have come to wipe my tears…`` who could be the strangers? |
| A. | Her friends |
| B. | Her parents |
| C. | The doctors and nurses who came to nurse |
| D. | Her teachers |
| Answer» C. The doctors and nurses who came to nurse | |
| 250. |
Vandana Shiva is analyzing India’s economy and social life in the ………years since independence. |
| A. | Seventy |
| B. | Fifty |
| C. | Sixty |
| D. | Forty |
| Answer» C. Sixty | |
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