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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) .
| 51. |
What is hidden in the rhythms of Mayurakshi? |
| A. | death and renewal |
| B. | life |
| C. | history of the village |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» A. death and renewal | |
| 52. |
Who/what controls the life in the village? |
| A. | ruler |
| B. | government |
| C. | nature |
| D. | tarini |
| Answer» C. nature | |
| 53. |
Mostly, the lyrics of gazals are written in ……. Language. |
| A. | hindi |
| B. | urdu |
| C. | arabic |
| D. | persian |
| Answer» B. urdu | |
| 54. |
Which singer is mentioned in Ghazal? |
| A. | pankajudhas |
| B. | nusratfateh ali khan |
| C. | amjad ali khan |
| D. | gulam ali |
| Answer» D. gulam ali | |
| 55. |
What was the theme of Gulam Ali’s gazal? |
| A. | mansion |
| B. | lost love |
| C. | lament |
| D. | road |
| Answer» B. lost love | |
| 56. |
What breaks at the window of harmonium? |
| A. | singer’s voice |
| B. | eye-beam |
| C. | melody of grief |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. melody of grief | |
| 57. |
The unrelishable tragedy of debit and credit is portrayed on ……. |
| A. | calendar |
| B. | tabla |
| C. | stage |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. calendar | |
| 58. |
The counting is the rhythm/and the rhythm is time/ and the time is ……. |
| A. | sound |
| B. | music |
| C. | rhythm |
| D. | beat |
| Answer» B. music | |
| 59. |
Who multiplied their far-off wing beats on table? |
| A. | doves |
| B. | wandering parrots |
| C. | myriad migratory birds |
| D. | vultures |
| Answer» C. myriad migratory birds | |
| 60. |
Where does the man of wisdom meditate? |
| A. | under the tree |
| B. | under the electric tree |
| C. | under the bunyan tree |
| D. | under the fig tree |
| Answer» B. under the electric tree | |
| 61. |
What is going to swallow earth? |
| A. | black hole |
| B. | a monster |
| C. | ghost |
| D. | serpent of time |
| Answer» D. serpent of time | |
| 62. |
What is drippingfrom the daily newspaper? |
| A. | blood |
| B. | news |
| C. | water |
| D. | honey |
| Answer» A. blood | |
| 63. |
What feeling is filled in the mind after the completion of the gazal? |
| A. | emptiness |
| B. | happiness |
| C. | sadness |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. emptiness | |
| 64. |
According to mythologies, Yama is the god of …… |
| A. | sea |
| B. | sky |
| C. | life |
| D. | death |
| Answer» D. death | |
| 65. |
What is the major theme of Act IV of Abhinjanasakuntalam? |
| A. | meeting of dushyanta and sakuntala |
| B. | marriage of dushyanta and sakuntala |
| C. | departure of sakuntala from kanwashrama |
| D. | reunion of dushyanta and sakuntala |
| Answer» C. departure of sakuntala from kanwashrama | |
| 66. |
Which among the following works does not belong to Kalidasa? |
| A. | vikramorvaseeyam |
| B. | ramacharita |
| C. | raghuvamsha |
| D. | meghadoothu |
| Answer» B. ramacharita | |
| 67. |
Who is the foster child of MaharshiKanwa? |
| A. | dheergapangan |
| B. | sargarava |
| C. | goutami |
| D. | sakuntala |
| Answer» D. sakuntala | |
| 68. |
Who cursedSakuntala? |
| A. | durvasa |
| B. | vasishta |
| C. | viswamitra |
| D. | kanwa |
| Answer» A. durvasa | |
| 69. |
Partner of the bird Chacravaka was hidden by a …….. |
| A. | tree |
| B. | lotus leaf |
| C. | kusha grass |
| D. | amra tree |
| Answer» B. lotus leaf | |
| 70. |
What is the name of the creeper looked after by Sakuntala? |
| A. | anasooya |
| B. | dheergapangan |
| C. | amra |
| D. | madhavi |
| Answer» D. madhavi | |
| 71. |
Which woman accompanies Sakuntala to the mansion of her husband? |
| A. | priyamvada |
| B. | anasooya |
| C. | goutami |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. goutami | |
| 72. |
Which object will relieve Sakuntala from the effect of Durvasa’s imprecations? |
| A. | bangle |
| B. | chain |
| C. | earrings |
| D. | wedding ring |
| Answer» D. wedding ring | |
| 73. |
According to the damsels of Sakuntala, Duravasa has a ……….. nature. |
| A. | bad |
| B. | choleric |
| C. | very good |
| D. | unpredictable |
| Answer» B. choleric | |
| 74. |
According to which rites, Dushyanta married Sakuntala? |
| A. | rakshasa |
| B. | kanya-dana |
| C. | gandharva |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. gandharva | |
| 75. |
Who blessedSakuntala in the voice of Kokila? |
| A. | hermits |
| B. | women |
| C. | maharishi kanwa |
| D. | wood nymphs |
| Answer» D. wood nymphs | |
| 76. |
Who is the most respected person of the Agrahara in ‘Samskara’? |
| A. | naranappa |
| B. | praneshacharya |
| C. | mahabala |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. praneshacharya | |
| 77. |
What forms the background of the novel ‘Samskara’? |
| A. | birth |
| B. | death |
| C. | rebirth |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. death | |
| 78. |
Which of the following was practiced by Naranappa against the traditions of agrahara? |
| A. | meat-eating |
| B. | wine |
| C. | illegal relationship |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 79. |
Where does Praneshacharya go to meditate? |
| A. | home |
| B. | agrahara |
| C. | maruti temple |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. maruti temple | |
| 80. |
According to the beliefs, what was the cause of the epidemic plague in the village? |
| A. | rats |
| B. | water pollution |
| C. | naranappa’s dead body |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. naranappa’s dead body | |
| 81. |
With whom Praneshacharya commits liaison? |
| A. | chandri |
| B. | rani |
| C. | unknown woman |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. chandri | |
| 82. |
Which community is criticized in ‘Samskara’? |
| A. | muslim |
| B. | sikh |
| C. | brahmin |
| D. | christian |
| Answer» C. brahmin | |
| 83. |
‘Samskara’ is about ………. |
| A. | lust |
| B. | gluttony |
| C. | greed |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» D. all of them | |
| 84. |
With whose help does Chandri cremate the body? |
| A. | brahmins |
| B. | a muslim |
| C. | mahabala |
| D. | an unknown |
| Answer» B. a muslim | |
| 85. |
What is ‘I am the Daughter of the Land of Dravida’ about? |
| A. | language |
| B. | culture |
| C. | life |
| D. | reality |
| Answer» B. culture | |
| 86. |
To which culture Dravidas belong? |
| A. | persian |
| B. | arabian |
| C. | indian |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. indian | |
| 87. |
What happened to the daughter of land of Dravida when the ages changed? |
| A. | she turned aged |
| B. | she became beautiful |
| C. | she became a mere object |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. she became a mere object | |
| 88. |
From which wood, the wood nymphs pressed the juice to redden Sakuntala’s feet? |
| A. | amra |
| B. | chamata |
| C. | mango tree |
| D. | laksha |
| Answer» D. laksha | |
| 89. |
What was the name of the capital of Dushyanta? |
| A. | indraprasta |
| B. | hastinapura |
| C. | kurukshetra |
| D. | kalinga |
| Answer» B. hastinapura | |
| 90. |
Which empire ruled India during the lifespan of Kalidasa? |
| A. | gupta |
| B. | maurya |
| C. | khilji |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. gupta | |
| 91. |
In which language Kalidasa wrote his plays? |
| A. | pali |
| B. | sanskrit |
| C. | prakrit |
| D. | hindi |
| Answer» B. sanskrit | |
| 92. |
Which work of Kalidasa provides information about his life? |
| A. | meghaoota |
| B. | kuamarasambhava |
| C. | raghuvamsha |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» D. all of them | |
| 93. |
From which epic is the story of Sakuntala taken? |
| A. | iliad |
| B. | ramayana |
| C. | mahabharata |
| D. | vedas |
| Answer» C. mahabharata | |
| 94. |
Who advises Sakuntala to be patient at the palace of her husband? |
| A. | anasooya |
| B. | goutami |
| C. | saradwata |
| D. | kanwa |
| Answer» D. kanwa | |
| 95. |
‘Ghazal’ is divided in to …… sections. |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» C. three | |
| 96. |
On which day, Gulam Ali sings theghazal? |
| A. | dec 31 |
| B. | jan 1 |
| C. | feb 2 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. dec 31 | |
| 97. |
The major theme of gazals is……. |
| A. | mother’s care |
| B. | nostalgia |
| C. | friendship |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» B. nostalgia | |
| 98. |
What seems contradictory in the stage where Gulam Ali sings? |
| A. | tabla |
| B. | calendar |
| C. | tampura |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. calendar | |
| 99. |
What isGulam Ali’s request in the gazal? |
| A. | bring a flower |
| B. | utter some words |
| C. | take of veil |
| D. | show love |
| Answer» C. take of veil | |
| 100. |
What is seen in the calendar? |
| A. | savage beating drum |
| B. | numbers |
| C. | dates |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» A. savage beating drum | |
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