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101. |
Purogamana Sahatya Sangatana is ------------------- |
A. | An association of progressive writers |
B. | An association of thinking women |
C. | An association of feminist writers |
D. | An association of post modern writers |
Answer» A. An association of progressive writers |
102. |
Which of the following won for Ponkunnam Varkey an award from Madras Government |
A. | Thirumulkahzcha |
B. | My turning point |
C. | Shabdikkunna Kalappa |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Thirumulkahzcha |
103. |
Which among the following is the Autobiography of Ponkunnam Varkey ? |
A. | My Idea of Success |
B. | My Turning Point |
C. | The Turning Point in My Life |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. My Turning Point |
104. |
What did the other farmers call Ouseph? |
A. | Paachan. |
B. | Kannan. |
C. | Bullock-M |
Answer» C. Bullock-M |
105. |
Ouseph talked to Kannan as he talked to a ------ |
A. | friend |
B. | Son |
C. | a member of family. |
D. | a daughter |
Answer» C. a member of family. |
106. |
As soon as the ploughing was over------------------------ |
A. | Kannan would be allowed to graze freely, |
B. | Kannan’s body would be washed, |
C. | Kannan would be f |
Answer» A. Kannan would be allowed to graze freely, |
107. |
Kannan disliked--------- |
A. | alap |
B. | Being washed. |
C. | Being fed, |
D. | Paachan |
Answer» B. Being washed. |
108. |
How did Kannan respond when Paachan started an ‘alap’? |
A. | by giving Paachan a sharp kick, |
B. | By silently listening to the ‘alap’, |
C. | By raising his voice |
D. | by shaking his head. |
Answer» A. by giving Paachan a sharp kick, |
109. |
How long did Kannan work for Ouseph? |
A. | 12 months, |
B. | 12 years, |
C. | 12 days, and 12 months, |
D. | 12 days 12 months and 12 years. |
Answer» B. 12 years, |
110. |
How did Kannan behave at the time of his sale? |
A. | He expressed his hatred in leaving, |
B. | He lifted his head and looked all around to see whether his master was there, |
C. | He lowed once or twice, |
D. | all the above. |
Answer» D. all the above. |
111. |
How did Ouseph behave at the time of kannan’s sale? |
A. | He left the scene, |
B. | He stood under the southern jackfruit tree, |
C. | He silently wiped his tears |
D. | All the above. |
Answer» D. All the above. |
112. |
How long had Ouseph worked? |
A. | 12 years, |
B. | 21 years, |
C. | 20 years , |
D. | 22 years. |
Answer» C. 20 years , |
113. |
Ouseph’s Malabar trips got postponed because |
A. | He wanted to sell his bullock, |
B. | He wanted to sell the little plot of land at a reasonable price. |
C. | He longed to the see the little face of his grandchild that would soon be born, |
D. | Both ‘b’ and ‘c’. |
Answer» D. Both ‘b’ and ‘c’. |
114. |
What did Ouseph see outside the municipal building? |
A. | Kannan grazing, |
B. | Kannan ploughing, |
C. | Kannan among other bullocks branded for slaughter, |
D. | His wife and daughter. |
Answer» C. Kannan among other bullocks branded for slaughter, |
115. |
Which among the following is the major symbol in “The Talking Plough”? |
A. | The jack fruit tree, |
B. | The bullock, |
C. | The cob web-ridden plough , |
D. | The alap. |
Answer» C. The cob web-ridden plough , |
116. |
Before the mechanisation of agriculture, farming was inextricably linked with----- |
A. | Cattle, |
B. | Pesticides, |
C. | Fertilizers, |
D. | Tractor |
Answer» A. Cattle, |
117. |
Ouseph’s relation to the soil and bullock is ------------ |
A. | Utililitatian, |
B. | Epicurian, |
C. | Libertarian, |
D. | Not utilitarian |
Answer» D. Not utilitarian |
118. |
Ouseph had to mortgage his paddy field to----------- |
A. | buy a bullock, |
B. | buy insecticides and pesticides, |
C. | meet the expenditure on irrigation |
D. | find dowry for the marriage of his daughter. |
Answer» D. find dowry for the marriage of his daughter. |
119. |
Ouseph had to sell his bullocks including Kannan to---------- |
A. | buy a plot of land, |
B. | meet the expenditure of irrigation, |
C. | find dowry for the marriage of his daughter, |
D. | meet the expenses of the wedding of his daughter. |
Answer» D. meet the expenses of the wedding of his daughter. |
120. |
Kathrikutty is Ouseph’s--------- |
A. | daughter, |
B. | wife, |
C. | Sister, |
D. | sister-in-law |
Answer» A. daughter, |
121. |
Maria is Ouseph’s -------- |
A. | daughter, |
B. | wife, |
C. | Sister, |
D. | sister-in-law. |
Answer» B. wife, |
122. |
The poor beasts told him the ‘poverty of man’s kindness to living things’. What does ‘poverty’ in this context mean? |
A. | want of money, |
B. | Carelessness, |
C. | Absence |
D. | state of being poor, |
Answer» D. state of being poor, |
123. |
Why did Maria and Kathrikutti scold Ouseph? |
A. | Ouseph sold Kannan, |
B. | Ouseph took Kannan home, |
C. | Ouseph could not purchase new clothes for Kathrikutty, |
D. | both ‘b’ and ‘c’ |
Answer» D. both ‘b’ and ‘c’ |
124. |
Where his own family failed to understand Ouseph, the poor beast-------- |
A. | also failed, |
B. | succeeds, |
C. | Indifferent, |
D. | none of the above. |
Answer» B. succeeds, |
125. |
The plough is an important-------in the story “The Talking Plough” |
A. | simile, |
B. | metaphor, |
C. | personification, |
D. | sign. |
Answer» B. metaphor, |
126. |
After he lost the paddy field, Ouseph’s heart burns at the sight of the------ |
A. | kannan, |
B. | jack fruit tree, |
C. | cob web-ridden plough, |
D. | the lost field. |
Answer» C. cob web-ridden plough, |
127. |
At the end of the story “The Talking Plough” we see ------ |
A. | the cob web-ridden plough, |
B. | the new talking plough, |
C. | the resting plough, |
D. | the plough in the field. |
Answer» A. the cob web-ridden plough, |
128. |
What is the writers observation about the death of Kannan? |
A. | the poor beast died of broken heart at the misery of his master, |
B. | the poor beast died of starvation, |
C. | the poor beast was slaughtered, |
D. | its death was natural. |
Answer» A. the poor beast died of broken heart at the misery of his master, |
129. |
What did Ouseph do to save Kannan from the butchers? |
A. | He gave them another bullock, |
B. | He bought Kannan back with the money his wife had managed through a chitti. |
C. | He stole away with Kannan, |
D. | He sold his paddy field. |
Answer» B. He bought Kannan back with the money his wife had managed through a chitti. |
130. |
---------is a concept which is based on the holistic world view that sees the world as an integrated whole. |
A. | National integration, |
B. | secularism, |
C. | deep ecology, |
D. | social solidarity. |
Answer» C. deep ecology, |
131. |
The setting for most of R. K. Narayan’s story is ----- |
A. | Mangala, |
B. | Malgudi, |
C. | Nizamudhin, |
D. | Jaipur. |
Answer» B. Malgudi, |
132. |
Malgudi is a ------- |
A. | a real town, |
B. | an imaginary town, |
C. | a slum area, |
D. | a metropolitan city. |
Answer» B. an imaginary town, |
133. |
Which among the following is not a work by R. K. Narayan? |
A. | The Guide, |
B. | The Untouchability, |
C. | Swami and Friends, |
D. | Financial Expert. |
Answer» B. The Untouchability, |
134. |
Which among the following is a novel by R. K. Narayan? |
A. | The Parrot’s Training, |
B. | The Guide, |
C. | Fifteen Years, |
D. | The Flavour of Coconut |
Answer» B. The Guide, |
135. |
-------------is the story of a man’s supreme self-sacrifice to save his community from communal violence |
A. | Fifteen Years, |
B. | Another Community, |
C. | Parrot’s Training, |
D. | The Flavour of Coconut |
Answer» B. Another Community, |
136. |
Which among the following is not a work by R.K, Narayan? |
A. | Another Community, |
B. | My Days, |
C. | Flavour of Coconut, |
D. | Fifteen Years. |
Answer» A. Another Community, |
137. |
Which among the following is R. K. Narayan’s Memoirs? |
A. | MY Diary, |
B. | My Life, |
C. | My Days, |
D. | My Reflections. |
Answer» C. My Days, |
138. |
The hero of the story “Another Community” is------- |
A. | Raju, |
B. | Bakha, |
C. | a Judge, |
D. | unnamed. |
Answer» D. unnamed. |
139. |
What was the job of the hero in “Another Community”? |
A. | A Railway booking clerk, |
B. | a vendor, |
C. | a bookseller, |
D. | a clerk in an insurance company. |
Answer» D. a clerk in an insurance company. |
140. |
The hero in “Another Community” is---- |
A. | young, |
B. | middle-aged, |
C. | adolescent, |
D. | aged. |
Answer» B. middle-aged, |
141. |
The time referred to in “Another Community” is |
A. | August 1947, |
B. | September 1947, |
C. | October 1947, |
D. | November 1947. |
Answer» C. October 1947, |
142. |
“Another Community” describes the pangs of ordinary man in the wake of --------- |
A. | natural calamity, |
B. | political upheaval, |
C. | communal violence, |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» C. communal violence, |
143. |
“Let us not cut each others throats, it does not matter who cuts whose, it is all same to me”. Where does this line occur? |
A. | Another Communiity |
B. | The Talking Plough |
C. | The Night Never To Be Lost |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Another Communiity |
144. |
The community to which the hero of “Another Community” belongs. |
A. | Mahar |
B. | Natar |
C. | Brahmin |
D. | not mentioned. |
Answer» D. not mentioned. |
145. |
“But the button did get pressed” The implication is |
A. | The button of a nuclear bomb was pressed |
B. | The button of a calling bell was pressed |
C. | The button of a communal violence was pressed |
D. | none of the above. |
Answer» C. The button of a communal violence was pressed |
146. |
What happened to the hero in the end of “Another Community’? |
A. | died of pneumonia |
B. | killed in a cycle accident |
C. | Killed in communal violence |
D. | fled from communal violence |
Answer» C. Killed in communal violence |
147. |
How could the police identify the body of the hero in ”Another Community”? |
A. | by a scar on his face |
B. | Through the kerosene ration coupon in his pocket |
C. | through his passport |
D. | through his driving license. |
Answer» B. Through the kerosene ration coupon in his pocket |
148. |
“Had he been able to speak again, our friend would have spoken a lie and saved the city” Who is the friend under reference? |
A. | Noor Muhammed |
B. | The rustic girl |
C. | The hero in another community |
D. | Anasooya. S |
Answer» C. The hero in another community |
149. |
The unnamed hero’s body was found in ------- |
A. | ditch |
B. | on the sea shore |
C. | in a forest |
D. | by the side of the municipal building |
Answer» A. ditch |
150. |
“The English Teacher” is a novel by |
A. | R. K. Narayan |
B. | Mulk Raj Anand |
C. | Raja Rao |
D. | Girish Karanad |
Answer» A. R. K. Narayan |
151. |
Which among the following is not a poem by Gieve Patel? |
A. | On Killing a Tree |
B. | Poison Tree |
C. | Nargol |
D. | Commerce |
Answer» B. Poison Tree |
152. |
The message of the poem “On Killing a Tree” is |
A. | it tells us how to kill a tree |
B. | it is indifferent to killing of trees |
C. | it tells us we should never harm trees |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. it tells us we should never harm trees |
153. |
It takes much time to kill a tree because |
A. | the tree is tall |
B. | the tree is rigid |
C. | a tree takes so many years to grow |
D. | none of the above. |
Answer» C. a tree takes so many years to grow |
154. |
What are the possible interpretations of the poem “On Killing A Tree”? |
A. | Deep roots are not easy to be pulled out , so we have to be well rooted in life |
B. | Nature has the spirit of resilience, no matter how much we harm it. |
C. | the poem is a metaphor for rooting out the evil that has taken deep roots. |
D. | All the above. |
Answer» D. All the above. |
155. |
The poem “Factories are Eye-sores” was written by |
A. | Gieve Patel |
B. | Baldoon Dingnra |
C. | kamala Das |
D. | Nizzim Ezekiel |
Answer» B. Baldoon Dingnra |
156. |
Which among the following is not a collection of poem by Baldoon Dingra? |
A. | Symphony of love |
B. | Beauty’s Sanctuary |
C. | Bird Sanctuary |
D. | Comes Ever the Dawn |
Answer» C. Bird Sanctuary |
157. |
The Factories are eye-sores because |
A. | They cause eye-sores |
B. | Factories burn and tickles eyes |
C. | The black smoke emanating from the factories blackens the landscape |
D. | all the above |
Answer» C. The black smoke emanating from the factories blackens the landscape |
158. |
‘The iron lines against the sky standing to eastward’ suggest |
A. | The iron gates of the factories |
B. | The smoke emanating from the chimneys |
C. | The machines |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. The smoke emanating from the chimneys |
159. |
How do thing of ugliness turn bright according to Baldoon Dingra? |
A. | When the bright rays of the Sun touches the chimney shaft |
B. | with the help of imagination |
C. | when portrayed by fanciful painters |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. When the bright rays of the Sun touches the chimney shaft |
160. |
The labourers are weary and desperate because |
A. | They are working day and night |
B. | they are working in mines |
C. | they are lazy |
D. | the atmosphere of the factory is grim with smoke and soil |
Answer» D. the atmosphere of the factory is grim with smoke and soil |
161. |
The word ‘scintillation’ means |
A. | Oscillation |
B. | A flash or sparkle of light |
C. | Cancellation |
D. | Decoration |
Answer» B. A flash or sparkle of light |
162. |
Calude Monnet is a |
A. | Italian poet |
B. | French painter |
C. | German playwright |
D. | Greek Sculptor |
Answer» B. French painter |
163. |
In which of the following poems does the allusion to Claude Monnet occur? |
A. | Factories are Eye-sores |
B. | On Killing a Tree |
C. | In the Sanatorium for Trees |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Factories are Eye-sores |
164. |
The poem “In The Sanatorium for Trees” was written by------ |
A. | Baldoon Dhingra |
B. | Veeran Kutty |
C. | K.M Sherrif |
D. | Gieve Patel |
Answer» B. Veeran Kutty |
165. |
Which among the following is not authored by Veerankutty? |
A. | Manassile Thee Matram |
B. | Manthrikam |
C. | Jalabhoopadam |
D. | Nalumanipookkal |
Answer» A. Manassile Thee Matram |
166. |
Who translated Veerankutty’s “Marangalude Ashupathri” into English? |
A. | K.M. Sherrif |
B. | Sir William Jones |
C. | Narayana Menon |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. K.M. Sherrif |
167. |
Who translated Ponkunnan Varkey’s “Shabdhikkunna Kalappa” into English? |
A. | K.M. Sherrif |
B. | Sir. Villiam Jones |
C. | Narayana Menon |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Narayana Menon |
168. |
The word sanatorium means |
A. | a lunatic asylum |
B. | a bird sanctuary |
C. | an establishment for medical treatment of people suffering from chronic illness |
D. | a planetarium |
Answer» C. an establishment for medical treatment of people suffering from chronic illness |
169. |
The word probation means |
A. | Proscription |
B. | Prescription |
C. | A process of testing or observing the character or abilities of a person who is new to a role |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. A process of testing or observing the character or abilities of a person who is new to a role |
170. |
The treatment of cancer by the use of chemical substances like cytoxic and other drugs |
A. | Chemotherapy |
B. | Alchemy |
C. | Physiotherapy, |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» A. Chemotherapy |
171. |
“In The Sanatorium for Trees” shows a poignant awareness of ------- |
A. | The impact of globalization |
B. | Killing of trees |
C. | The destruction of environment by human predator |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. The destruction of environment by human predator |
172. |
A man can be at peace only when he ----------- himself to the life with nature. |
A. | Sentences |
B. | Convicts |
C. | Confirms |
D. | Warns |
Answer» A. Sentences |
173. |
In the poem “In the Sanatorium for Trees”, the poet requests us to walk gently through----- |
A. | The wards |
B. | The forest |
C. | The vestibule, |
D. | The narrow lane. |
Answer» A. The wards |
174. |
We can walk without fear in the sanatorium because |
A. | There is no one in the sanatorium |
B. | There are no wild animals in the sanatorium, |
C. | The plants and the trees in the sanatorium paralyzed with the concoctions which the human predators have poured into them, |
D. | The sanatorium is well protected. |
Answer» C. The plants and the trees in the sanatorium paralyzed with the concoctions which the human predators have poured into them, |
175. |
--------------are on chemotherapy. |
A. | The pappayas, |
B. | The pannagas, |
C. | The jackfruit tree, |
D. | The mallica plant. |
Answer» B. The pannagas, |
176. |
The word concoction means |
A. | Connotation |
B. | Conviction |
C. | Confession |
D. | A mixture of various elements. |
Answer» D. A mixture of various elements. |
177. |
“You are sentenced to life with the Sun, the rain and the wind” where does this line occur? |
A. | In the Sanatorium for Trees |
B. | On Killing a Tree |
C. | Abhijnana Sakuntalam |
D. | The Talking Plough. |
Answer» A. In the Sanatorium for Trees |
178. |
There is no return from the sanatorium because |
A. | Man can be at peace only when he sentences himself to life with nature |
B. | Man is undergoing a medical treatment. |
C. | Man is undergoing punishment. |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» A. Man can be at peace only when he sentences himself to life with nature |
179. |
What does the moon do in the Sanatorium for Trees? |
A. | Rubs its a balm on barren heads, |
B. | Rehydrates parched desires, |
C. | Decongests swollen memories, |
D. | Rushes in with tincture and cotton wool. |
Answer» A. Rubs its a balm on barren heads, |
180. |
What does the rain do in the Sanatorium for Trees? |
A. | Rubs it’s balm on barren heads, |
B. | Rehydrates parched desires, |
C. | Decongests swollen memories, |
D. | Rushes in with tincture and cotton wool. |
Answer» B. Rehydrates parched desires, |
181. |
What does the Sun do in the Sanatorium for Trees? |
A. | Rubs its balm on barren heads, |
B. | Rehydrates parched desires, |
C. | Decongests swollen memories, |
D. | Rushes in with tincture and cotton wool. |
Answer» C. Decongests swollen memories, |
182. |
What does the wind do in the Sanatorium for Trees? |
A. | Rubs its a balm on barren heads |
B. | Rehydrates parched desires |
C. | Decongests swollen memories |
D. | Rushes in with tincture and cotton wool. |
Answer» D. Rushes in with tincture and cotton wool. |
183. |
“Abhijnanasakuntalam” of Kalidasa is ------- |
A. | An epic |
B. | A myth |
C. | A legend |
D. | A drama |
Answer» D. A drama |
184. |
Who among the following translated “Abhijnanasakuntalam” into English? |
A. | William Empson |
B. | William Jones |
C. | William Wordsworth |
D. | William Logan. |
Answer» B. William Jones |
185. |
Who referred to Kalidasa as ‘The Indian Shakespeare’ ? |
A. | William Logan |
B. | William Wordsworth |
C. | William Empson |
D. | William Jones. |
Answer» D. William Jones. |
186. |
The story of the Play Abhijnanasakuntalam appears in the -------of The Mahabharatha. |
A. | The Adi parva |
B. | The Karna Parva |
C. | The Sthree Parva |
D. | The Drona Parva |
Answer» A. The Adi parva |
187. |
The story of “Abhijnanasakuntalam” is originally told in --------- |
A. | The Mahabharata |
B. | The Ramayana |
C. | The Panchathantra, |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» A. The Mahabharata |
188. |
Shakuntala is the daughter of ----- |
A. | Viswamitra |
B. | Durvasav |
C. | Kanva, |
D. | Dushyanta. |
Answer» A. Viswamitra |
189. |
Which among the following epithet is apt for Durvasa? |
A. | Angry-prone |
B. | Adamant |
C. | Haughty |
D. | All the above. |
Answer» A. Angry-prone |
190. |
The dominant rasa in the play “Abhijnanasakuntalam” |
A. | Haze |
B. | Sringara |
C. | Karuna |
D. | Soka |
Answer» B. Sringara |
191. |
Kanva is Shakuntala’s ------- |
A. | Father |
B. | Master |
C. | Teacher |
D. | Foster Father |
Answer» D. Foster Father |
192. |
“Who would pour boiling water on the blossom of a tender Mallica?”What does boiling water stand for in the context? |
A. | Durvasa’s curse, |
B. | Dushyantya’s forgetfulness, |
C. | Viswamitra’s negligence, |
D. | Sakuntala’s melancholy. |
Answer» A. Durvasa’s curse, |
193. |
Who among the following gives the description of the rising of the Sun and the setting of the Moon at the same time in the play “Abhijnanasakuntalam”? |
A. | a pupil of Kanva, |
B. | Dushyanta, |
C. | Shakuntala, |
D. | Anasooya |
Answer» A. a pupil of Kanva, |
194. |
The moral conveyed by the description of the rising of the Sun and the Setting of the Moon? |
A. | Men should be equally firm in prosperous and in adverse fortune. |
B. | Prosperity and adversity are natural like the rising and the setting of the Sun and the Moon |
C. | Prosperity and adversity are like the spokes of a wheel. |
D. | All the above. |
Answer» D. All the above. |
195. |
Who are referred to in the play Abhijnanasakuntalam as ‘Misracesi’? |
A. | Anasooya and Priyanvada, |
B. | Sarngavara and Saradwata, |
C. | both ‘a’ and ‘b’, |
D. | none of the above. |
Answer» B. Sarngavara and Saradwata, |
196. |
What leads to Dushyanta’s forgetfulness of Shakuntala? |
A. | Dhushyantya’s amorous life, |
B. | His absent-mindedness, |
C. | Durvasa’s curse , |
D. | mental illness. |
Answer» C. Durvasa’s curse , |
197. |
The only cure for Dushyanta’s forgetfulness is--- |
A. | Nagacesara, |
B. | Leading a pious life, |
C. | The signet ring, |
D. | Sleeping one night in the robe of a wise man. |
Answer» C. The signet ring, |
198. |
The ring is lost when Shakuntala is------- |
A. | Sleeping, |
B. | Collecting flowers in the garden, |
C. | While crossing the river |
D. | Playing with her hand-maids |
Answer» D. Playing with her hand-maids |
199. |
The ring is discovered by----- |
A. | Gauthami, |
B. | Anasooya, |
C. | Priyamvade, |
D. | The fisher man. |
Answer» D. The fisher man. |
200. |
Act IV of Abhijnanasakuntalan brings home the truth that: |
A. | Separation is always melancholic, |
B. | Adversity and prosperitiy in life are only natural, |
C. | Man can be at peace only when he conforms himself to life with nature, |
D. | All the above. |
Answer» D. All the above. |
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