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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) , Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) , Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 1. |
Anne Frank was a victim of - |
| A. | Mussolini’s despotism |
| B. | Anti-Jewish laws of Nazi Germany |
| C. | Second World War |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Anti-Jewish laws of Nazi Germany | |
| 2. |
Anne Frank wrote her diary in- |
| A. | English |
| B. | German |
| C. | Dutch |
| D. | Spanish |
| Answer» C. Dutch | |
| 3. |
Anne Frank’s diary was addressed to- |
| A. | Kitty |
| B. | Margot |
| C. | Harry |
| D. | Van Daan |
| Answer» A. Kitty | |
| 4. |
“But I’m not sorry; memories mean more to me than dresses.” Whose words are these? |
| A. | Aldous Huxley |
| B. | The slave |
| C. | Edmond Spenser |
| D. | Anne Frank |
| Answer» D. Anne Frank | |
| 5. |
Who sent the currant cake with the words “Happy Whitsun” to Anne’s Family in hiding? |
| A. | Van Daan |
| B. | Meip |
| C. | Mr. Goudsmit |
| D. | Harry |
| Answer» B. Meip | |
| 6. |
The seventh Sunday after Easter- |
| A. | Good Friday |
| B. | Christmas |
| C. | Whitsun |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Whitsun | |
| 7. |
------------- was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. |
| A. | Aldous Huxley |
| B. | Anne Frank |
| C. | Bertrand Russell |
| D. | S. Radhakrishnan |
| Answer» C. Bertrand Russell | |
| 8. |
What was Aristotle’s mistake? |
| A. | Stated that women had fewer teeth than men without verifying it |
| B. | Believed that beauty was an external aspect |
| C. | Believed that travel can reduce insular prejudice |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Stated that women had fewer teeth than men without verifying it | |
| 9. |
“Be very wary of opinions that flatter your self-esteem.” Whose words are these? |
| A. | Maxim Gorky |
| B. | Lewis Carroll |
| C. | Bertrand Russell |
| D. | Martin Luther King |
| Answer» C. Bertrand Russell | |
| 10. |
Who wrote Republic? |
| A. | Bertrand Russell |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Longinus |
| D. | Plato |
| Answer» D. Plato | |
| 11. |
September fifth is the birthday of- |
| A. | S. Radhakrishnan |
| B. | C. Radhakrishnan |
| C. | Huxley |
| D. | Russell |
| Answer» A. S. Radhakrishnan | |
| 12. |
What are the three great obstacles that hinder India’s development? |
| A. | Intellectual rubbish, beauty & lack of awareness |
| B. | Poverty, disease & ignorance |
| C. | Five year plans, lack of infrastructure &lack of money |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Poverty, disease & ignorance | |
| 13. |
“The tree of life is sustained by art, the tree of death by science.” Who said this? |
| A. | William Wordsworth |
| B. | William Harvey |
| C. | William Blake |
| D. | S. Radhakrishnan |
| Answer» C. William Blake | |
| 14. |
“Jnanam vijnana sahitham” is a quotation from- |
| A. | The Bible |
| B. | The Quran |
| C. | The Upanishad |
| D. | The Bhagavad Gita |
| Answer» D. The Bhagavad Gita | |
| 15. |
“Adhyatma vidya” means- |
| A. | Knowledge of your own Self |
| B. | Knowledge of Truth |
| C. | Knowledge of God |
| D. | Knowledge of Science |
| Answer» A. Knowledge of your own Self | |
| 16. |
Brave New World (1932) was written by- |
| A. | S. Radhakrishnan |
| B. | Aldous Huxley |
| C. | Bertrand Russell |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Aldous Huxley | |
| 17. |
The American Depression occurred in- |
| A. | 1929 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» A. 1929 | |
| 18. |
“‘Old Ladies’ are becoming rare.” Why? |
| A. | Because they die early |
| B. | Because of the beauty industry |
| C. | Because of wealth |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Because of the beauty industry | |
| 19. |
“We must be content with moderate hopes” This is the last line of- |
| A. | Humanities vs Science |
| B. | The Diary of a young Girl |
| C. | How to Escape from Intellectual rubbish |
| D. | The Beauty Industry |
| Answer» D. The Beauty Industry | |
| 20. |
What did Spenser write upon the strand? |
| A. | Her name |
| B. | His love |
| C. | Poetry |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Her name | |
| 21. |
A sonnet is a poem of -------- lines. |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 150 |
| D. | 200 |
| Answer» B. 14 | |
| 22. |
-----------, by Spenser is a sequence celebrating youthful love and devotion. |
| A. | How do I love there |
| B. | To Anthea |
| C. | Amoretti |
| D. | A Ring to me is bondage |
| Answer» C. Amoretti | |
| 23. |
What is the theme of Spenser’s poem? |
| A. | Chivalry |
| B. | Death |
| C. | Love |
| D. | Sacrifice |
| Answer» C. Love | |
| 24. |
H. W. Longfellow was an ----------- poet. |
| A. | American |
| B. | English |
| C. | German |
| D. | Indian |
| Answer» A. American | |
| 25. |
The theme of The Slave’s Dream is: |
| A. | Plight of women |
| B. | Plight of slaves |
| C. | Plight of children |
| D. | Plight of animals |
| Answer» B. Plight of slaves | |
| 26. |
“He did not feel the driver’s whip”. Why? |
| A. | He had taken opium |
| B. | He was under medication |
| C. | He moved away |
| D. | He was dead |
| Answer» D. He was dead | |
| 27. |
What does the hyaena’s cry suggest? |
| A. | Death |
| B. | Life |
| C. | Love |
| D. | Happiness |
| Answer» A. Death | |
| 28. |
‘The Walrus and the Carpenter” is a --------- poem. |
| A. | Seriou |
| B. | Fantasy |
| C. | Nonsense |
| D. | Realistic |
| Answer» C. Nonsense | |
| 29. |
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work by: |
| A. | H. W. Longfellow |
| B. | Sylvia Plath |
| C. | Lewis Carroll |
| D. | Martin Luther King |
| Answer» C. Lewis Carroll | |
| 30. |
What is meant by billows? |
| A. | Sun’s ray |
| B. | Sea waves |
| C. | Pillow |
| D. | The wind |
| Answer» B. Sea waves | |
| 31. |
Why did the moon sulk? |
| A. | Because the carpenter walked with the walrus |
| B. | Because he could not come up in the sky |
| C. | Because the sun did not go away even at midnight |
| D. | Because she was hungry |
| Answer» C. Because the sun did not go away even at midnight | |
| 32. |
“Their shoes were clean and neat/ And this was odd”. Why? |
| A. | They had tiny feet |
| B. | They had no feet |
| C. | They did not have shoes. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. They had no feet | |
| 33. |
“It seems a shame. I weep for you. I deeply sympathize” Whose words are these? |
| A. | Tweedledum and Tweedledee |
| B. | Walrus |
| C. | Alice |
| D. | Carpenter |
| Answer» B. Walrus | |
| 34. |
The theme of “Walrus and the Carpenter” is: |
| A. | Marriage |
| B. | Corruption |
| C. | Love |
| D. | Freedom |
| Answer» B. Corruption | |
| 35. |
Colossus is the first book of poems by ---------. |
| A. | Mina Assadi |
| B. | Dilip Chitre |
| C. | Sylvia Plath |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Sylvia Plath | |
| 36. |
The poem ------------- reflects the anxieties of a mother, poet and woman. |
| A. | A Ring to me is Bondage |
| B. | Father Returning Home |
| C. | Gift |
| D. | Mirror |
| Answer» D. Mirror | |
| 37. |
A young girl drowning in the lake- mirror recalls the story of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s ---- |
| A. | Macbeth |
| B. | Hamlet |
| C. | King Lear |
| D. | Othello |
| Answer» B. Hamlet | |
| 38. |
Dilip Chitre is a prolific poet and essayist in ------------- |
| A. | Hindi |
| B. | Arabic |
| C. | Urdu |
| D. | Marathi |
| Answer» D. Marathi | |
| 39. |
Dilip Chitre translated the poem of --------------, the Marathi Bhakti poet. |
| A. | Kalidasa |
| B. | Tukaram |
| C. | Thulasidas |
| D. | Tagore |
| Answer» B. Tukaram | |
| 40. |
The theme of “Father Returning Home” is ------------- |
| A. | Adolescence |
| B. | Youth |
| C. | Middle age |
| D. | Old age |
| Answer» D. Old age | |
| 41. |
“I know Why Caged Bird Sings” is a poem by ------------- |
| A. | Mina Assadi |
| B. | Maya Angelou |
| C. | Dilip Chitre |
| D. | H. W. Longfellow |
| Answer» B. Maya Angelou | |
| 42. |
“Poor Girl” is a ---------- poem. |
| A. | Sonnet |
| B. | Ode |
| C. | Lyric |
| D. | Epic |
| Answer» C. Lyric | |
| 43. |
Words, phrases or lines repeated in a poem for creating a particular effect is called -------- |
| A. | Quatrain |
| B. | Sestet |
| C. | Refrain |
| D. | Blank verse |
| Answer» C. Refrain | |
| 44. |
What is the refrain in Maya Angelou’s poem? |
| A. | Poor girl/ Just like me |
| B. | But it was odd |
| C. | Like a word dropped from a long sentence |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Poor girl/ Just like me | |
| 45. |
---------- was born in the Mazandaran province of Iran. |
| A. | Dilip Chitre |
| B. | Mina Assadi |
| C. | Maya Angelou |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Mina Assadi | |
| 46. |
The works of ----------- are banned in Iran. |
| A. | Mina Assadi |
| B. | Maya Angelou |
| C. | Khalid Hosseini |
| D. | Salman Rushdie |
| Answer» A. Mina Assadi | |
| 47. |
The theme of “A Ring to Me is Bondage” is: |
| A. | Captivity and freedom |
| B. | Love and Hate |
| C. | Anger and protest |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Captivity and freedom | |
| 48. |
Aleksei Peshkov is the real name of: |
| A. | Tolstoy |
| B. | Dostoevsky |
| C. | Gogol |
| D. | Maxim Gorky |
| Answer» D. Maxim Gorky | |
| 49. |
Gorky’s stories are about the lives of ---------- |
| A. | The wealthy |
| B. | The bourgeois |
| C. | The poor and the uncared for |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. The poor and the uncared for | |
| 50. |
“Everything lives, for something better to come”. These are the words of- |
| A. | Tolstoy |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Martin Luther King |
| D. | Maxim Gorky |
| Answer» D. Maxim Gorky | |
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