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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. |
The phrase Social Darwinism was first used in.............................. |
| A. | 1856 |
| B. | 1865 |
| C. | 1882 |
| D. | 1887 |
| Answer» D. 1887 | |
| 52. |
Social Darwinism was the name given to the theories of......................, an elitist philosopher. |
| A. | herbert spencer |
| B. | charles darwin |
| C. | dickens, |
| D. | thackeray |
| Answer» A. herbert spencer | |
| 53. |
......................coined the phrase “survival of the fittest,” and this was the essence of his thought on society. |
| A. | herbert spencer |
| B. | charles darwin |
| C. | dickens, |
| D. | thackeray |
| Answer» A. herbert spencer | |
| 54. |
...................... justified the mass murder of the Jewish people during World War II as purging inferior genetics. |
| A. | adolf hitler |
| B. | stalin |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | mussolini |
| Answer» A. adolf hitler | |
| 55. |
Matthew Arnold is one of the great social voices of the ...................era. |
| A. | victorian |
| B. | tudor |
| C. | stuart |
| D. | windsor |
| Answer» A. victorian | |
| 56. |
........................... wrote his autobiography Apologia (1865–66). |
| A. | john henry newman |
| B. | dickens, |
| C. | trollope, |
| D. | thackeray |
| Answer» A. john henry newman | |
| 57. |
....................... wrote the popular hymns "Lead, Kindly Light" and "Praise to the Holiest in the Height" (taken from Gerontius). |
| A. | john henry newman |
| B. | dickens, |
| C. | trollope, |
| D. | thackeray |
| Answer» A. john henry newman | |
| 58. |
.................. - was "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. |
| A. | john clare |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | , shelley, |
| D. | keats |
| Answer» A. john clare | |
| 59. |
..................... of Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. |
| A. | alfred tennyson |
| B. | carlyle |
| C. | ruskin |
| D. | matthew arnold |
| Answer» A. alfred tennyson | |
| 60. |
.................. excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". |
| A. | matthew arnold |
| B. | carlyle |
| C. | ruskin |
| D. | alfred tennyson |
| Answer» D. alfred tennyson | |
| 61. |
....................... was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. |
| A. | dante |
| B. | robert browning |
| C. | paracelsus |
| D. | wordsworth |
| Answer» B. robert browning | |
| 62. |
’The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems” was the first book of poetry penned by........................, which was published in 1849. |
| A. | matthew arnold |
| B. | christina rossetti |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | henry james |
| Answer» A. matthew arnold | |
| 63. |
.....................published ‘Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems’ (1852) and ‘Poems: A New Edition’ (1853 |
| A. | g. k. chesterton |
| B. | oscar wilde |
| C. | george bernard shaw, |
| D. | matthew arnold |
| Answer» D. matthew arnold | |
| 64. |
Apart from the poetry, ..................penned many prominent critical works, which includes ‘Essays in Criticism’ (1865), and ‘Culture and Anarchy’ (1869). |
| A. | goethe |
| B. | matthew arnold |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | charles swinburne |
| Answer» B. matthew arnold | |
| 65. |
The Oxford movement was a movement of High Church members of the Church of ............................. which eventually developed into Anglo-Catholicism. |
| A. | england |
| B. | ireland |
| C. | switzerland |
| D. | usa |
| Answer» A. england | |
| 66. |
The ..................movement's philosophy was known as Tractarianism after its series of publications, the Tracts for the Times, published from 1833 to 1841. |
| A. | usa |
| B. | ireland |
| C. | switzerland |
| D. | oxford |
| Answer» D. oxford | |
| 67. |
...................... is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality. |
| A. | capitalism |
| B. | liberalism |
| C. | communalism |
| D. | communism |
| Answer» B. liberalism | |
| 68. |
....................... rejected the notions, common at the time, of hereditary privilege, religion, absolute, and the Divine Right of Kings. |
| A. | liberalism |
| B. | capitalism |
| C. | communalism |
| D. | communism |
| Answer» A. liberalism | |
| 69. |
.................. literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. |
| A. | isaac williams |
| B. | robert wilberforce |
| C. | charles dickens's |
| D. | william palmer |
| Answer» C. charles dickens's | |
| 70. |
................... was an English novelist of the 19th century is famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. |
| A. | a. c. swinburne |
| B. | john locke |
| C. | william makepeace thackeray |
| D. | george eliot |
| Answer» C. william makepeace thackeray | |
| 71. |
In 1837, .......................came to London and became a regular contributor to Fraser’s Magazine. |
| A. | thackeray |
| B. | john locke |
| C. | a. c. swinburne |
| D. | george eliot |
| Answer» A. thackeray | |
| 72. |
........................ is best known for Ulysses (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in an array of contrasting literary styles, |
| A. | james joyce |
| B. | t. s. eliot |
| C. | w. h. auden |
| D. | edward thomas |
| Answer» A. james joyce | |
| 73. |
..................... was an Anglo-American poet, best known for love poems such as "Funeral Blues," |
| A. | w. h. auden |
| B. | isaac rosenberg, |
| C. | wilfred owen |
| D. | charles sorely |
| Answer» A. w. h. auden | |
| 74. |
..................... is perhaps best known for his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945). |
| A. | george orwell |
| B. | dylan thomas |
| C. | samuel barclay beckett |
| D. | charles sorely |
| Answer» D. charles sorely | |
| 75. |
......................... is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture. |
| A. | arya samaj |
| B. | commonwealth |
| C. | nwo |
| D. | globalization |
| Answer» A. arya samaj | |
| 76. |
The term ..................... refers to the emergence of a totalitarian government. |
| A. | nwo |
| B. | commonwealth |
| C. | globalization |
| D. | arya samaj |
| Answer» A. nwo | |
| 77. |
The Commonwealth was formally constituted by the London Declaration in.................., which established the member states as "free and equal”. |
| A. | 1949 |
| B. | 1987 |
| C. | 1967 |
| D. | 1998 |
| Answer» A. 1949 | |
| 78. |
The symbol of the Commonwealth is.............. who is the Head of the Commonwealth. |
| A. | queen elizabeth ii |
| B. | warren hastings |
| C. | jonathan duncan |
| D. | macaulay, |
| Answer» A. queen elizabeth ii | |
| 79. |
William James founded The Asiatic Society of ...................in 1784. |
| A. | bengal |
| B. | madras |
| C. | bombay |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» A. bengal | |
| 80. |
....................., who is generally regarded as the architect of the system of education in India during the British rule. |
| A. | thomas babington macaulay |
| B. | william james |
| C. | swami vivekananda |
| D. | swami |
| Answer» A. thomas babington macaulay | |
| 81. |
Macaulay’s minutes was accepted and ................issued his proclamation inn march 1935 which set at rest all the controversies and led to the formulation of a policy which became the corner stone of all educational programmes during the British period in India. |
| A. | lord william bentinck |
| B. | queen elizabeth ii |
| C. | jonathan duncan |
| D. | warren hastings |
| Answer» A. lord william bentinck | |
| 82. |
Wood's Education Despatch formed the basis of the education policy of east India Company's government in India since........................... |
| A. | 1854 |
| B. | 1864 |
| C. | 1874 |
| D. | 1884 |
| Answer» B. 1864 | |
| 83. |
................., the founder of the Arya Samaj, gave the slogan, “India for the Indians”. |
| A. | lord william bentinck |
| B. | swami dayanand saraswati |
| C. | raja ram mohan roy |
| D. | subramanya bharati |
| Answer» B. swami dayanand saraswati | |
| 84. |
................... famous book ‘Anand Math’, the Bible of modern Bengali patriotism, provided very great inspiration to the people. |
| A. | rabindranath tagore’s |
| B. | bankim chandra’s |
| C. | lakshminath bezbarua’s |
| D. | vishnu shastri chiplunkar’s. |
| Answer» A. rabindranath tagore’s | |
| 85. |
...................was an Indian socio-educational reformer who was also known as ‘Maker of Modern India’ and ‘Father of Modern India’ and ‘Father of the Bengal Renaissance.’ |
| A. | raja ram mohan roy |
| B. | subramanya bharati |
| C. | bharatendu harishchandra |
| D. | altaf hussain mali |
| Answer» B. subramanya bharati | |
| 86. |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj at ...............in 1828. |
| A. | madras |
| B. | kolkata |
| C. | bombay |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» A. madras | |
| 87. |
Noticeable magazines published by ....................were the Brahmanical Magazine, the Sambad Kaumudi and Mirat-ul-Akbar. |
| A. | raja ram mohan roy |
| B. | toru dutt |
| C. | sri aurobindo |
| D. | thomas paine |
| Answer» A. raja ram mohan roy | |
| 88. |
......................., Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. |
| A. | rabindranath tagore |
| B. | robert graves, |
| C. | ivor gurney |
| D. | siegfried sassoon |
| Answer» A. rabindranath tagore | |
| 89. |
................................... founded, Visva-Bharati University. |
| A. | rabindranath tagore |
| B. | mrs annie besant, |
| C. | mahadev govind ranade |
| D. | rousseau, |
| Answer» A. rabindranath tagore | |
| 90. |
Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced) and Ghare-Baire (The Home and The World) are ......................his best-known works, |
| A. | rabindranath tagore’s |
| B. | robert h. ross |
| C. | richard aldington |
| D. | laurence binyon |
| Answer» A. rabindranath tagore’s | |
| 91. |
"I am not a man of letters," wrote .................in one of his missives from jail to his daughter Indira, but of course he was. |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | ibn battuta |
| C. | marx, |
| D. | oswald spengler |
| Answer» A. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 92. |
....................... also known by the sobriquet as The Nightingale of India, was an Indian independence activist and poet. |
| A. | sarojini naidu |
| B. | walter scott |
| C. | jules verne |
| D. | goethe |
| Answer» A. sarojini naidu | |
| 93. |
..................... served as the first governor of the Oudh from 1947 to 1949; the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. |
| A. | sarojini naidu |
| B. | walter scott |
| C. | jules verne |
| D. | goethe |
| Answer» A. sarojini naidu | |
| 94. |
Sarojini Naidu was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in ................................ |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1910 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» D. 1925 | |
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