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201. |
Charles Lamb is best known for his ________. |
A. | Essays of Edison |
B. | Essays of Selina |
C. | Essays of Elia |
D. | Essays of Addison. |
Answer» C. Essays of Elia |
202. |
What was Charles Lamb’s grandmother’s name? |
A. | Field |
B. | Gable |
C. | Aan |
D. | Jane. |
Answer» A. Field |
203. |
In the essay Dream Children, grandmother Field died of________. |
A. | Pneumonia |
B. | Tuberculosis. |
C. | Cancer. |
D. | AIDS. |
Answer» C. Cancer. |
204. |
What is the name of the river the children had to cross in order to be born again? |
A. | Thame |
B. | English Channel. |
C. | Lethe |
D. | Nile. |
Answer» C. Lethe |
205. |
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was the ________ President of India. |
A. | 13th |
B. | 14th |
C. | 11th |
D. | 12th |
Answer» C. 11th |
206. |
According to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam till the age of 15 every student can take their __________ and ____________ as their role models. |
A. | Parents and teachers. |
B. | Teachers and friends |
C. | Siblings and friends. |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» A. Parents and teachers. |
207. |
Give us a Role Model is taken from A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s book named _________. |
A. | Wings of Fire. |
B. | Judicious decisions. |
C. | None of the above. |
D. | Ignited Minds. |
Answer» D. Ignited Minds. |
208. |
Which of the books given below belong to J.B. Priestley’s collection of essays? |
A. | Apes and Angel |
B. | Distant Sorrow. |
C. | A Journey Down Memory’s Lane. |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» A. Apes and Angel |
209. |
‘On Travel by Train’ is a humorous account of the English ___________. |
A. | Capabilities. |
B. | Eccentricities. |
C. | Realities. |
D. | Employability skills. |
Answer» B. Eccentricities. |
210. |
According to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam it is the _____________ who generates creativity in the child. |
A. | Doctor |
B. | Teacher |
C. | Parent |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Teacher |
211. |
In the stories in the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, the battle took place between______________and ________________. |
A. | Black and white |
B. | Justice and injustice |
C. | love and hatr |
D. | Good and evil. |
Answer» D. Good and evil. |
212. |
The _____________ is one of the four books that have influenced him A.P.J. in his life. |
A. | Davinci Code |
B. | Holy Quraan |
C. | Secret Seven |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Holy Quraan |
213. |
According to the boy A.P.J. Abdul Kalam met at Ananad , Gujarat; our greatest enemy is___________. |
A. | Poverty |
B. | Liberty |
C. | Hatred |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» A. Poverty |
214. |
The most offensive traveller in J. B. Priestley’s ‘On Travel by Train’ is ___________. |
A. | The teacher |
B. | The carpenter |
C. | The middle-aged woman |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. The middle-aged woman |
215. |
Bertrand Russell received the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year________. |
A. | 1960 |
B. | 1940 |
C. | 1950 |
D. | 1970 |
Answer» C. 1950 |
216. |
According to Bertrand Russell Knowledge without wisdom can be ____________. |
A. | Beautiful |
B. | Harmful. |
C. | Enchanting |
D. | Ugly |
Answer» B. Harmful. |
217. |
Men who have knowledge and have no feelings lack _________. |
A. | Education |
B. | Bravery |
C. | Information |
D. | Wisdom. |
Answer» D. Wisdom. |
218. |
According to Russell, wisdom is needed in personal life to avoid _____________ for another. |
A. | Dislike |
B. | Love |
C. | Affection |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» A. Dislike |
219. |
________________ can be taught as a goal of education says Russell. |
A. | Education |
B. | Wisdom |
C. | Dislike |
D. | Compassion. |
Answer» B. Wisdom |
220. |
Let me not to the marriage of true minds is Sonnet___________. |
A. | 116 |
B. | 118 |
C. | 120 |
D. | 111 |
Answer» A. 116 |
221. |
The structure and form of Sonnet 116 are a typical example of the _____________. |
A. | Ballad |
B. | Lyric |
C. | Petrarchan sonnet |
D. | Shakespearean sonnet |
Answer» D. Shakespearean sonnet |
222. |
A sonnet is a ____________ line verse form. |
A. | Eighteen |
B. | Fourteen |
C. | Sixteen |
D. | Twelve |
Answer» B. Fourteen |
223. |
Sonnet was introduced by the Italian poet named______________. |
A. | Peter |
B. | Petrarch |
C. | Penguin |
D. | Punich |
Answer» B. Petrarch |
224. |
William Blake is known as a _______ Poet. |
A. | People’ |
B. | Pleasant |
C. | Prophetic |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. Prophetic |
225. |
William Blake has written Songs of Innocence and ____________. |
A. | Songs of Experience |
B. | Songs of Expression |
C. | Songs of Experiments |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Songs of Experience |
226. |
In the poem ‘A Poison Tree’, the poison tree is a metaphor of |
A. | Love |
B. | Anger |
C. | Wisdom |
D. | Fear |
Answer» B. Anger |
227. |
The original title of the poem ‘A Poison Tree’ was____________. |
A. | Christ in pain |
B. | Christian Forbearance |
C. | Christian Tolerance |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Christian Forbearance |
228. |
In the poem ‘A Poison Tree’, the enemy slowly entered into the garden of the speaker and _____________ the apple. |
A. | Ate |
B. | Kissed |
C. | Stole |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. Stole |
229. |
The Lyrical Ballads was published in the year__________. |
A. | 1798 |
B. | 1764 |
C. | 1789 |
D. | 1770 |
Answer» A. 1798 |
230. |
Lucy Gray’s parents traced the trail of her foot steps to the middle of a little________. |
A. | House |
B. | bridge |
C. | river |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. bridge |
231. |
Lucy Gray is written imitating the 18th Century ___________ form. |
A. | Sonnet |
B. | Epic |
C. | Elegy |
D. | Ballad |
Answer» D. Ballad |
232. |
The poem Lucy Gray narrates the sad incident of Lucy Gray’s____________. |
A. | Death |
B. | Life |
C. | Missing |
D. | Lonely life |
Answer» A. Death |
233. |
Robert Frost is a well known _______ poet. |
A. | Afro American |
B. | American |
C. | English |
D. | Irish |
Answer» B. American |
234. |
The 'Yellow wood' shows that it is the season of __________. |
A. | Summer |
B. | Winter |
C. | Spring |
D. | Autumn |
Answer» D. Autumn |
235. |
The traveller in the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ chose the path that was_______________. |
A. | More used |
B. | Effectively used |
C. | Less used |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Less used |
236. |
‘There is Certain Slant of Light’s is a poem written by_________ |
A. | Sri Aurobindo |
B. | Emily Dickinson |
C. | Robert Frost |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Emily Dickinson |
237. |
Oppresses, like the weight of cathedral tunes; what is the figure of speech used here in the poem ‘There is Certain Slant of Light’? |
A. | Simile |
B. | Metaphor |
C. | Personification |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Simile |
238. |
In the line ‘On the look of death’ from the poem ‘There is Certain Slant of Light’, death is ____________. |
A. | Used as a Simile |
B. | Used as metaphor |
C. | Personified |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. Personified |
239. |
A figure of speech in which human traits like qualities, feeling or characteristics are given to non-living objects is __________. |
A. | Metaphor |
B. | Simile |
C. | Strophe |
D. | Personification |
Answer» D. Personification |
240. |
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared in a phrase using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ is called ______________. |
A. | A Strophe |
B. | Simile |
C. | Metaphor |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Simile |
241. |
The first Nobel Laureate of Asia in Literature was |
A. | Shashi Tharoor |
B. | Rabindranath Tagore |
C. | Bertrand Russell. |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Rabindranath Tagore |
242. |
Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year _________. |
A. | 1930 |
B. | 1918 |
C. | 1913 |
D. | 1980 |
Answer» C. 1913 |
243. |
‘Heaven of Freedom’ is taken from _____________a collection of 103 English poems of Tagore translated by himself from Bengali. |
A. | Gitanjali |
B. | Kheya |
C. | Naivedya |
D. | Gitimalya |
Answer» A. Gitanjali |
244. |
The poem ‘Heaven of Freedom’ is like an_____________, a prayer where the poet prays for a country which is a heaven of freedom. |
A. | Song to God |
B. | An offering to God |
C. | A complaint to God |
D. | A suggestion to God |
Answer» B. An offering to God |
245. |
Indians had lost their freedom in all spheres under the __________rule. |
A. | Irish |
B. | Spanish |
C. | British |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. British |
246. |
The poet, in the poem ‘Heaven of Freedom’ is referring to a nation where the people can hold their head high with dignity and ____________. |
A. | Self respect |
B. | Self contempt |
C. | Self disgust |
D. | None of the above, |
Answer» A. Self respect |
247. |
In the heaven of freedom imagined by Rabindranath Tagore people belonging to any section of the society will have __________to education. |
A. | No acces |
B. | Little access |
C. | Free access |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Free access |
248. |
In the poem, ‘Heaven of Freedom’, Tagore addresses _________as the Father of the Universe. |
A. | Man |
B. | Society |
C. | Himself |
D. | God |
Answer» D. God |
249. |
________________composed the national anthem of our country. |
A. | William Blake |
B. | W.B. Yeats |
C. | Rabindranath Tagore |
D. | R.K. Narayan |
Answer» C. Rabindranath Tagore |
250. |
Kamala Das is a prominent Indian English writer who was later known by the name |
A. | Kamala Sundhya |
B. | Kamala Surayya |
C. | Kamala Sershain |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Kamala Surayya |
251. |
Kamala Das wrote under the name ___________. |
A. | Madhava Menon |
B. | Madhavi Menon |
C. | Madhavi Amma |
D. | Madhavi Kutty. |
Answer» D. Madhavi Kutty. |
252. |
Her poems are mostly ____________ in nature. |
A. | Confessional |
B. | Confidential |
C. | Contradictory |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» A. Confessional |
253. |
_____________ was Kamala Das’s Major work. |
A. | My life |
B. | My history |
C. | My story |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. My story |
254. |
______________ is a poem written by Kamala Das |
A. | Middle women |
B. | Middle life |
C. | Middle stance |
D. | Middle Age |
Answer» D. Middle Age |
255. |
In the poem ‘Middle Age’, the poet discusses the life of a______________. |
A. | Daughter |
B. | Father |
C. | Sister |
D. | Mother. |
Answer» D. Mother. |
256. |
According to the poet, Kamala Das, children wear a stern face in order to show that they are ____________ and_____________. |
A. | Sincere and faithful |
B. | Matured and serious |
C. | Happy and jovial |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Matured and serious |
257. |
‘The Astrologer’s Day’ is a short story written by______________. |
A. | S.K. Pottakadu |
B. | W. B. Yeats |
C. | R.K. Narayan |
D. | O.N.V. Kurup. |
Answer» C. R.K. Narayan |
258. |
R.K.Narayan’s famous work ___________was awarded the Sahithya Academy Award in 1958. |
A. | Swami and Friend |
B. | The Guide |
C. | The Financial Expert |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. The Guide |
259. |
Swami and friends, The Financial Expert and The Guide are works written by |
A. | R. K. Narayan |
B. | Sarojinui Naidu |
C. | Kamala Das |
D. | Rabindranath Tagore. |
Answer» A. R. K. Narayan |
260. |
R. K. Narayan’s stories uphold the _____________ culture. |
A. | American |
B. | African |
C. | English |
D. | Indian |
Answer» D. Indian |
261. |
Under what tree is the Astrologer sitting in the story, ‘The Astrologer’s Day’? |
A. | Oak tree |
B. | Tamarind tree |
C. | Banyan tree |
D. | Bodhi tree |
Answer» B. Tamarind tree |
262. |
How much money had the stranger promised to give the astrologer if he gave right answers? |
A. | 9 anna |
B. | 10 annas |
C. | 8 annas |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. 8 annas |
263. |
How much money did the astrologer have to pay if his answers went wrong? |
A. | 17anna |
B. | 18annas |
C. | 20annas |
D. | 16annas |
Answer» D. 16annas |
264. |
For how much money did the astrologer finally agree to speak? |
A. | 2 rupee |
B. | 1 rupee |
C. | 50 paise |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. 1 rupee |
265. |
What was the name of the stranger who sat before the astrologer? |
A. | Guru Sampat |
B. | Guru Veeran |
C. | Guru Nayak |
D. | Guru Kripa |
Answer» C. Guru Nayak |
266. |
The astrologer advices the man to go back to his home town and never travel ___________again. |
A. | Southward |
B. | Northwards |
C. | Eastwards |
D. | Westwards |
Answer» A. Southward |
267. |
The vendor who called his product by different names each day sold_____________. |
A. | Ground nut |
B. | areca nuts |
C. | almonds |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Ground nut |
268. |
The astrologer tells the stranger that the man he is looking for is ____________. |
A. | Sitting before him |
B. | Has run away from the village |
C. | Is no longer alive |
D. | None of the above, |
Answer» C. Is no longer alive |
269. |
The stranger had come in search of the man who tried to kill him in order to _________. |
A. | Congratulate him |
B. | Embrace him |
C. | Scold him |
D. | Take revenge. |
Answer» D. Take revenge. |
270. |
Did the stranger identify the astrologer? |
A. | No |
B. | Yes |
C. | Not sure |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» A. No |
271. |
O. Henry is the pen name of_____________. |
A. | William Words worth |
B. | William Henry |
C. | William Shakespeare |
D. | William Sydney Porter |
Answer» D. William Sydney Porter |
272. |
The Last Leaf is a Short story written by |
A. | H.H. Munro |
B. | W.H. Longfellow |
C. | O. Henry |
D. | J.K.Rowling |
Answer» C. O. Henry |
273. |
What is the name of the old artist who helped the two girls in the story, ‘The Last Leaf’? |
A. | Benjamin |
B. | Bernad |
C. | Behrman |
D. | Benoy |
Answer» C. Behrman |
274. |
What is the disease mentioned in the story, ‘The Last Leaf’? |
A. | Pneumonia |
B. | Tuberculosis |
C. | Flu |
D. | HIV |
Answer» A. Pneumonia |
275. |
Who was ill with pneumonia? |
A. | Sue |
B. | Behrman’s sister |
C. | Johnsy |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. Johnsy |
276. |
‘The Last Leaf’ is a story of ____________ done by an old man. |
A. | Self esteem |
B. | Self sacrifice |
C. | Love |
D. | Reunion |
Answer» B. Self sacrifice |
277. |
Johnsy had associated her life with falling of the leaves from a ___________. |
A. | Pine tree |
B. | Oak tree |
C. | Ivy vine |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. Ivy vine |
278. |
The last leaf ___________ on the night of the storm. |
A. | Fell |
B. | Did not fall |
C. | Changed its colour |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» A. Fell |
279. |
Johnsy wanted to paint ______________ as her masterpiece. |
A. | The Bay of Bengal |
B. | The Mexican Coast |
C. | The Bay of Naples |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. The Bay of Naples |
280. |
Behrman died of ______________. |
A. | Cholera |
B. | Tuberculosis |
C. | HIV |
D. | Pneumonia |
Answer» D. Pneumonia |
281. |
‘The Rising of The Moon’ is a play written by______________. |
A. | Anton Chekov |
B. | W.B.Yeats |
C. | Lady Gregory |
D. | Henrik Ibsen |
Answer» C. Lady Gregory |
282. |
Lady Gregory was the co- founder of the ___________theatre. |
A. | Golden |
B. | The Rose |
C. | Abbey |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Abbey |
283. |
‘The Rising of The Moon’ is a __________ . |
A. | Tragic-comedy |
B. | Comic play |
C. | Tragedy |
D. | Political Play |
Answer» D. Political Play |
284. |
The play begins with a sergeant and two policemen __________a notice or a placard with physical details of the escaped prisoner. |
A. | Planning |
B. | Pasting |
C. | Tearing |
D. | Discussing |
Answer» B. Pasting |
285. |
The escaped prisoner in ‘The Rising of The Moon’ was an important _____________. |
A. | Cinema actor |
B. | Political Leader |
C. | Gang leader |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Political Leader |
286. |
What is the amount the authorities put as prize money for the head of the escaped prisoner? |
A. | Two hundred pound |
B. | Three hundred pounds |
C. | Six hundred pounds |
D. | Hundred pounds |
Answer» D. Hundred pounds |
287. |
Who was the person who came along when the policeman was alone guarding the harbour? |
A. | A beggar |
B. | A ballad singer |
C. | A fortune teller |
D. | A hungry old man |
Answer» B. A ballad singer |
288. |
The Rising of the Moon is a symbol of _______________. |
A. | Irish folk tradition |
B. | Irish independence |
C. | English rule |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Irish independence |
289. |
Lady Gregory is ____________ playwright . |
A. | American |
B. | African |
C. | English |
D. | Irish |
Answer» D. Irish |
290. |
The play ‘The Bear’ is written by________________. |
A. | W |
B. | yeats b. Tagore |
C. | Anton Chekov |
D. | Lady Gregory |
Answer» C. Anton Chekov |
291. |
Anton Chekov is a prominent figure in __________ literature. |
A. | Russian |
B. | American |
C. | Indian English |
D. | Irish |
Answer» A. Russian |
292. |
The main Character in this play is |
A. | Madame Leobev |
B. | Madame Vanya |
C. | Madame Popova |
D. | Madame Curie |
Answer» C. Madame Popova |
293. |
Smirnov tells Madame Popova that her late husband owes him a sum of_________ roubles. |
A. | 1600 |
B. | 1200 |
C. | 1300 |
D. | 1700 |
Answer» B. 1200 |
294. |
What does Popova call Smirnov when they argue? |
A. | A Cat |
B. | A Mouse |
C. | A Bull |
D. | A Bear. |
Answer» D. A Bear. |
295. |
Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov was a ______________ |
A. | Banker |
B. | Lieutenant |
C. | Tenant |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Lieutenant |
296. |
Popova was mourning the death of her_____________. |
A. | Daughter |
B. | Husband |
C. | Sister |
D. | Father |
Answer» B. Husband |
297. |
Charles Lamb worked as a clerk at _____________. |
A. | East coast company |
B. | East India House |
C. | East Forte Company |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. East India House |
298. |
Mary Lamb was Charles Lamb’s _______________. |
A. | Mother |
B. | Sister-in-law |
C. | Sister |
D. | Daughter |
Answer» C. Sister |
299. |
Mary Lamb was insane and ____________Lamb’s mother. |
A. | Looked after |
B. | Beat |
C. | Hit |
D. | Killed |
Answer» D. Killed |
300. |
‘ Give us a Role Model’ begins with a quotation by _____________. |
A. | Sri Aurobindo |
B. | Sri Narayana Guru |
C. | Rabindranath Tagore |
D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
Answer» D. Mahatma Gandhi |
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