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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) .
| 1. |
Whose daughter is Kama-kanya? |
| A. | death |
| B. | birth |
| C. | love |
| D. | dravida |
| Answer» C. love | |
| 2. |
Who is the father of Kal-kanya? |
| A. | time |
| B. | space |
| C. | rebirth |
| D. | death |
| Answer» D. death | |
| 3. |
How many ages have been observed by the daughter of Dravida? |
| A. | four |
| B. | three |
| C. | hundred |
| D. | ten |
| Answer» A. four | |
| 4. |
Which among the following is the allure of body’s clay? |
| A. | temple |
| B. | palace |
| C. | brothel |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» D. all of them | |
| 5. |
What resides in temple, palace, brothel and slum? |
| A. | death |
| B. | body |
| C. | love |
| D. | time |
| Answer» B. body | |
| 6. |
What does the red colour signify according to Ka Na Su? |
| A. | sky |
| B. | rose |
| C. | evening |
| D. | marriage |
| Answer» D. marriage | |
| 7. |
The red veil denotes …….. |
| A. | disgrace |
| B. | honour |
| C. | respect |
| D. | disrespect |
| Answer» B. honour | |
| 8. |
Which colour shows disgrace? |
| A. | white |
| B. | black |
| C. | red |
| D. | yellow |
| Answer» B. black | |
| 9. |
‘I am the daughter of the land of Dravida’ is the …… of the poem? |
| A. | alliteration |
| B. | simile |
| C. | metaphor |
| D. | refrain |
| Answer» D. refrain | |
| 10. |
From where did she emerge as herself? |
| A. | from the depth of the caverns |
| B. | from the depth of the see |
| C. | from the depth of her own being |
| D. | from the depth of the sky |
| Answer» C. from the depth of her own being | |
| 11. |
Amrita Pritam is an Indian English writer who belongs to ……… |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | maharashtra |
| C. | west bengal |
| D. | punjab |
| Answer» D. punjab | |
| 12. |
In which language Ka. Naa. Subramaniam is used to write? |
| A. | tamil |
| B. | kannada |
| C. | malayalam |
| D. | telugu |
| Answer» A. tamil | |
| 13. |
What will bring cold according to the poet? |
| A. | dust |
| B. | rain |
| C. | wind |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. rain | |
| 14. |
The poet shut the window in order to prevent the wind which brings …….. |
| A. | water |
| B. | sunshine |
| C. | dew drops |
| D. | dust |
| Answer» D. dust | |
| 15. |
What steals sleep from the poet? |
| A. | wind |
| B. | rain |
| C. | cough |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. cough | |
| 16. |
What is the after effect of reading and reading? |
| A. | book looks aged |
| B. | eyes get tired |
| C. | eyes look aged |
| D. | sight gets shorter |
| Answer» D. sight gets shorter | |
| 17. |
Where does the poet keep books? |
| A. | on the table |
| B. | in the shelf |
| C. | beside the pillow |
| D. | somewhere else |
| Answer» C. beside the pillow | |
| 18. |
According to the poet, the comment of the townspeople will be ……. |
| A. | good |
| B. | adverse |
| C. | true |
| D. | satisfactory |
| Answer» B. adverse | |
| 19. |
Who will raise objection against the poet? |
| A. | raji |
| B. | townspeople |
| C. | rain |
| D. | friends |
| Answer» A. raji | |
| 20. |
For what is the poet waiting? |
| A. | death |
| B. | love |
| C. | rebirth |
| D. | second death |
| Answer» D. second death | |
| 21. |
What was the first death for the poet? |
| A. | falling ill |
| B. | failure to get a job |
| C. | separation from the lover |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. separation from the lover | |
| 22. |
What was pseudonym of Ka. Na. Su. |
| A. | mayan |
| B. | maran |
| C. | mohan |
| D. | kalki |
| Answer» A. mayan | |
| 23. |
SatishAlekar writes plays in ………….. language. |
| A. | kannada |
| B. | urdu |
| C. | marathi |
| D. | english |
| Answer» C. marathi | |
| 24. |
Which of the following was not written by SatishAlekar? |
| A. | begum barve |
| B. | atireki |
| C. | mahanirvan |
| D. | silence! the court is in session |
| Answer» D. silence! the court is in session | |
| 25. |
A K Ramanujan’s academic research ranges in …………. |
| A. | sanskrit |
| B. | tamil |
| C. | telugu |
| D. | all these languages |
| Answer» D. all these languages | |
| 26. |
Which writer created controversy by making a statement that Rama and Sita are siblings? |
| A. | tagore |
| B. | kalidasa |
| C. | a k ramanujan |
| D. | tulsidas |
| Answer» C. a k ramanujan | |
| 27. |
Who is the author of ‘Boatman Tarini’? |
| A. | tagore |
| B. | sarat chandra chaterjee |
| C. | tarashankar banerjee |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. tarashankar banerjee | |
| 28. |
Tarashankar Banerjee is a …….. writer. |
| A. | pakistani |
| B. | bengali |
| C. | oriya |
| D. | kashmiri |
| Answer» B. bengali | |
| 29. |
Who represented India in the Afro-Asian Writer’s Association at Tashkent? |
| A. | arunkolatkar |
| B. | sarojini naidu |
| C. | tarashankar banerjee |
| D. | kamala das |
| Answer» C. tarashankar banerjee | |
| 30. |
What was the peculiarity of the works of Tarashankar Banerjee? |
| A. | rejection of realism |
| B. | simple narration |
| C. | poetic language |
| D. | truth of human relationship |
| Answer» D. truth of human relationship | |
| 31. |
In which year Tarashankar Banerjee received Padma Bhushan? |
| A. | 1966 |
| B. | 1969 |
| C. | 1959 |
| D. | 1965 |
| Answer» B. 1969 | |
| 32. |
In which language SitakantMahapatra used to write? |
| A. | bengali |
| B. | assamese |
| C. | oriya |
| D. | hindi |
| Answer» C. oriya | |
| 33. |
In which year SitakantMahapatra was awarded with Jnanpith? |
| A. | 1998 |
| B. | 1983 |
| C. | 1999 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» D. 1993 | |
| 34. |
Which from the following is not written by SitakantMahapatra? |
| A. | the other silence |
| B. | the wooden sword |
| C. | men, patterns of death |
| D. | jejuri |
| Answer» D. jejuri | |
| 35. |
What is the pen name of QurratulainHyder? |
| A. | aineeapa |
| B. | ) hyder, |
| C. | ora |
| D. | apa |
| Answer» A. aineeapa | |
| 36. |
QurratulainHyder is famous for her writngs in ………… |
| A. | punjabi |
| B. | marathi |
| C. | telugu |
| D. | urdu |
| Answer» D. urdu | |
| 37. |
For which workQurratulainHyder is mainly known? |
| A. | mere bhisanamkhane |
| B. | aajka darya |
| C. | ruashini ki raftar |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. aajka darya | |
| 38. |
“Hers is one of the most important Indian voices of the twentieth Century.” Who commented so on QurratulainHyder? |
| A. | amitav ghosh |
| B. | arundati roy |
| C. | anita desai |
| D. | chetanbhagat |
| Answer» A. amitav ghosh | |
| 39. |
Who is the founder of Katha Books? |
| A. | geetamadhuri |
| B. | geetadharmarajan |
| C. | geeta desai |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. geetadharmarajan | |
| 40. |
What is the other name given to Katha Books? |
| A. | kathalayam |
| B. | katha pusthak |
| C. | katha vilasam |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. katha vilasam | |
| 41. |
To which process Katha Books is related? |
| A. | child welfare |
| B. | community |
| C. | translation of regional literature |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» D. all of them | |
| 42. |
SachidanandaHiranandaVatsyayana used the pen name ……… |
| A. | kalki |
| B. | yogesh |
| C. | ajneya |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. ajneya | |
| 43. |
What was the name of the classic trilogy of Ajneya? |
| A. | shekhar: ekjeevani |
| B. | bheenubhagat |
| C. | kavishri |
| D. | sadanira |
| Answer» A. shekhar: ekjeevani | |
| 44. |
What are ‘Katha Prize Stories’? |
| A. | translation of indian stories |
| B. | novels |
| C. | novels in english |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. translation of indian stories | |
| 45. |
Which river is mentioned in ‘Boatman Tarini’? |
| A. | yamuna |
| B. | mayurakshi |
| C. | ganga |
| D. | kaveri |
| Answer» B. mayurakshi | |
| 46. |
What is pictured in ‘Boatman Tarini’? |
| A. | anarchy |
| B. | nostalgia |
| C. | destruction |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» C. destruction | |
| 47. |
Which quality of Tarini gets unrewarded? |
| A. | truthfulness |
| B. | loyalty |
| C. | obedience |
| D. | heroism |
| Answer» D. heroism | |
| 48. |
What compels the villagers near to Mayurakshi to migrate? |
| A. | flood |
| B. | draught |
| C. | wind |
| D. | famine |
| Answer» D. famine | |
| 49. |
Which vision projects the organic bonds of community members? |
| A. | ganamata |
| B. | ganapita |
| C. | ganadevata |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. ganadevata | |
| 50. |
When do the people return to the Village in ‘Boatman Tarini’? |
| A. | in the spring |
| B. | in the summer |
| C. | with the reach of rain |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. with the reach of rain | |
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