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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) .
| 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 | |
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