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201. |
The Royalists in the Age of Milton are also called as …….. |
A. | reformists |
B. | cavaliers |
C. | intellectualists |
D. | brilliant buds |
Answer» B. cavaliers |
202. |
Oliver Cromwell under an adopted written constitution assumed the title of |
A. | lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland |
B. | lord protector of scotland |
C. | king of england and ireland |
D. | duke of england |
Answer» A. lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland |
203. |
In whose favour the Parliament voted to restore the Monarchy after Cromwell’s death in 1658…….. |
A. | george i |
B. | charles i |
C. | charles ii |
D. | charles iii |
Answer» C. charles ii |
204. |
John Milton wrote ‘Paradise Lost’ …….. |
A. | immediately after shakespeare’s death |
B. | after king charles ii’s restoration* |
C. | during commonwealth period |
D. | before the commonwealth |
Answer» B. after king charles ii’s restoration* |
205. |
Who applied first the epithet “Augustan”? |
A. | john donne |
B. | john milton |
C. | john dryden |
D. | dr. samuel johnson |
Answer» D. dr. samuel johnson |
206. |
On the accession of James II in 1685, Dryden changed his faith and political persuasion and became ………. |
A. | a roman protestant |
B. | a roman catholic |
C. | a reformer of churches. |
D. | a court advisor |
Answer» B. a roman catholic |
207. |
In Dryden’s famous satirical allegory Absalom and Achitophel…… Absalom is …….. |
A. | the duck of monmouth |
B. | the counsellor shaftsbury |
C. | the biblical character |
D. | oliver cromwell |
Answer» A. the duck of monmouth |
208. |
Dryden wrote which of the following in celebration of Charles II’s return ……….. |
A. | the medal |
B. | religio laici |
C. | astraea |
D. | annus mirabilis |
Answer» C. astraea |
209. |
Dryden’s Religio Laici is ……… |
A. | an allegorical defence of the roman catholic faith. |
B. | a thesis in support of the english church. |
C. | a violent attack on shadwell. |
D. | a dogmatic assertion and tedious argument of church. |
Answer» B. a thesis in support of the english church. |
210. |
Which is Dryden’s first play? |
A. | the wild gallant |
B. | tyrannick love |
C. | aureng-zebe |
D. | the conquest of granada |
Answer» A. the wild gallant |
211. |
Elizabethan Romanticism had all but spent itself by the year…… |
A. | 1619 |
B. | 1590 |
C. | 1630 |
D. | 1660 |
Answer» D. 1660 |
212. |
The Dryden’s School of Poetry is also called as……… |
A. | the “correct” school |
B. | tthe “irresponsive” school |
C. | the “resurrection” school |
D. | the non-productive” school |
Answer» A. the “correct” school |
213. |
Which is the last rhyming tragedy written by John Dryden? |
A. | the rival lady |
B. | the wild galant |
C. | tyrannick love |
D. | aureng-zebe |
Answer» D. aureng-zebe |
214. |
John Dryden’s ‘The Indian Emperor’ appeared in 1665 is a ……. |
A. | the blank verse tragedy |
B. | the first tragi-comedy |
C. | the heroic play |
D. | an allegory |
Answer» C. the heroic play |
215. |
The Restoration Period was less rich in tragedy than in …….. |
A. | tragi-comedy |
B. | comedy |
C. | melodrama |
D. | tragical histories |
Answer» B. comedy |
216. |
Oliver Cromwell under an adopted constitution assumed the title of ………. |
A. | lord protector of england |
B. | lord protector of italy |
C. | king of england and ireland |
D. | duke of england |
Answer» A. lord protector of england |
217. |
In whose favour the Parliament voted to restore the Monarchy after Cromwell’s death in 1658? |
A. | george i |
B. | charles i |
C. | charles ii |
D. | george ii |
Answer» C. charles ii |
218. |
Who held the post in Government Administration during The Commonwealth? |
A. | dr. johnson |
B. | john milton |
C. | john dryden |
D. | william congreve |
Answer» B. john milton |
219. |
Who inspired John Milton to portray the rebel in his epic Paradise Lost? |
A. | charles i |
B. | charles ii |
C. | oliver cromwell |
D. | queen anne |
Answer» C. oliver cromwell |
220. |
Who described Restoration Comedy as “artificial”? |
A. | dr. johnson |
B. | charles lamb |
C. | mathew arnold |
D. | t.s. eliot |
Answer» B. charles lamb |
221. |
The Act of Settlement was passed in 1701 during the reign of …… |
A. | mary ii |
B. | queen anne |
C. | james ii |
D. | george i |
Answer» B. queen anne |
222. |
The Age of Pope is known as …….. |
A. | the age of tolerance, moderation, and common sense. |
B. | the age of scholarship, vain-gloriousness and shrewed political activity. |
C. | the age of fever, unrest, and intellectual barrenness. |
D. | the age of chaos, confusion and conduciveness. |
Answer» A. the age of tolerance, moderation, and common sense. |
223. |
Who is best known as the founder of the Tatler and the Spectator? |
A. | joseph addison |
B. | sir richard steele |
C. | sir roger de coverely |
D. | daniel defoe. |
Answer» B. sir richard steele |
224. |
Dr. Johnson’s claim to be called a first-rate writer rests on his………. |
A. | epics |
B. | dramas |
C. | poetry |
D. | prose works |
Answer» D. prose works |
225. |
Which of the following is Oliver Goldsmith’s first poem? |
A. | the deserted village |
B. | the traveller |
C. | the hermit |
D. | elegy on the death of a mad dog |
Answer» B. the traveller |
226. |
‘Decline and fall of the Roman Empire’ is written by …….. |
A. | dr. gibson |
B. | orlando gibbons |
C. | edward gibbon |
D. | grinling gibbon |
Answer» C. edward gibbon |
227. |
‘The Spectator’ discussed moral and social questions, whereas ‘The Tatler’ discussed ………. |
A. | the gossip, news and literary essays |
B. | the political scandals exclusively |
C. | the scientific achievements, philosophical discussions in the clubs |
D. | the matters of daily human life. |
Answer» A. the gossip, news and literary essays |
228. |
Who is characteristically known as a Realistic Romanticist? |
A. | walter scott |
B. | alexander pope |
C. | william wordsworth |
D. | lord byron |
Answer» A. walter scott |
229. |
Which term Alexander Pope used for a literary technique of Romanticists? |
A. | “nature sensitized” |
B. | “nature exploited” |
C. | “nature methodised” |
D. | “nature naturalized” |
Answer» C. “nature methodised” |
230. |
In 1789, the year of the French Revolution, William Blake issued his ………. |
A. | songs of experience |
B. | political sketches |
C. | songs of innocence |
D. | tiriel |
Answer» C. songs of innocence |
231. |
Which of the following works of Wordsworth was completed on 1805 but not published until 1850? |
A. | the old cumberland beggar |
B. | peter bell |
C. | the prelude |
D. | michael |
Answer» C. the prelude |
232. |
S.T. Coleridge, while residing in the Lake District, in 1809 started the magazine …….. |
A. | the friend |
B. | the morning post |
C. | the watchman |
D. | table talk |
Answer» A. the friend |
233. |
Lord Byron wrote all his plays in ………. |
A. | miltonic metre |
B. | prosaic metre |
C. | the blank verse |
D. | trachoic metre |
Answer» C. the blank verse |
234. |
The Necessity of Atheism, an extra-ordinary pamphlet caused whom to be expelled from Oxford? |
A. | william hazlitt |
B. | william godwin |
C. | percy bysshe shelley |
D. | lord byron |
Answer» C. percy bysshe shelley |
235. |
Who preached in his poetry “the human perceptibility and emancipation of the spirit”? |
A. | wordsworth |
B. | s.t. coleridge |
C. | john keats |
D. | p.b. shelley |
Answer» D. p.b. shelley |
236. |
Point out the kingdom ruled by Alfred, the Great. |
A. | essex |
B. | kent |
C. | north umbria |
D. | wessex |
Answer» D. wessex |
237. |
Name the document that mentions about the origin of feudalism: |
A. | magna carta |
B. | domesday book |
C. | magnum concilium |
D. | curia regis |
Answer» B. domesday book |
238. |
The founder of the Tudor Monarchy was: |
A. | henry vii |
B. | henry viii |
C. | edward vii |
D. | james i |
Answer» A. henry vii |
239. |
The leader of the Reformation Movement in Scotland was: |
A. | john calvin |
B. | john knox |
C. | henry viii |
D. | martin luther |
Answer» B. john knox |
240. |
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death, on 22 January........................ |
A. | 1801 |
B. | 1876 |
C. | 1897 |
D. | 1901 |
Answer» D. 1901 |
241. |
The phrase Social Darwinism was first used in.............................. |
A. | 1856 |
B. | 1865 |
C. | 1882 |
D. | 1887 |
Answer» D. 1887 |
242. |
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 |
243. |
......................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 |
244. |
..................... 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 |
245. |
Matthew Arnold is one of the great social voices of the ...................era. |
A. | Victorian |
B. | Tudor |
C. | Stuart |
D. | Windsor |
Answer» A. Victorian |
246. |
.......................... wrote his autobiography Apologia (1865–66). |
A. | John Henry Newman |
B. | Dickens, |
C. | Trollope, |
D. | Thackeray |
Answer» A. John Henry Newman |
247. |
...................... 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 |
248. |
................. - was "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. |
A. | John Clare |
B. | Coleridge |
C. | , Shelley, |
D. | Keats |
Answer» A. John Clare |
249. |
.................... 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 |
250. |
................. 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 |
251. |
...................... 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 |
252. |
’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 |
253. |
.....................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 |
254. |
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 |
255. |
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 |
256. |
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 |
257. |
..................... is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality. |
A. | Capitalism |
B. | Liberalism |
C. | Communalism |
D. | Communism |
Answer» B. Liberalism |
258. |
...................... 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 |
259. |
The 17th-century philosopher ................... is often credited with founding liberalism as a distinct philosophical tradition. |
A. | Thackeray |
B. | A. |
C. | Swinburne c) John Lock |
D. | George Eliot |
Answer» C. Swinburne c) John Lock |
260. |
................. 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 |
261. |
.................. 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 |
262. |
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 |
263. |
During his stay at Punch, ................wrote Vanity Fair, the work which placed him in the first rank of novelists. |
A. | A. C. Swinburne |
B. | John Locke |
C. | Thackeray |
D. | George Eliot |
Answer» C. Thackeray |
264. |
..............., was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. |
A. | George Eliot |
B. | John Locke |
C. | A. C. Swinburne |
D. | Thackeray |
Answer» A. George Eliot |
265. |
....................is the author of Adam Bede (1859), |
A. | George Eliot |
B. | John Locke |
C. | A. C. Swinburne |
D. | Thackeray |
Answer» A. George Eliot |
266. |
..................... was the author of, The Mayor of Caster bridge (1886), |
A. | A. C. Swinburne |
B. | John Locke |
C. | Thomas Hardy |
D. | Thackeray |
Answer» C. Thomas Hardy |
267. |
..............................., was an American writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. |
A. | Thomas hardy |
B. | Words worth |
C. | Henry James |
D. | Maurice Kinsley |
Answer» C. Henry James |
268. |
....................... is an intellectual and art movement supporting the emphasis of aesthetic values more than social-political themes for literature, fine art, music and other arts. |
A. | Aestheticism |
B. | Capitalism |
C. | Communalism |
D. | Communism |
Answer» A. Aestheticism |
269. |
........................ was humanist whose advocacy of “art for art’s sake” became a cardinal doctrine of the movement known as Aestheticism. |
A. | Walter Horatio Pater |
B. | John Keble |
C. | Charles Marriott |
D. | Richard Hurrell Froude |
Answer» A. Walter Horatio Pater |
270. |
................... began to write for the reviews and his essays on Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Pico della Mirandola,and Michelangelo, |
A. | Walter Horatio Pater |
B. | John Keble |
C. | Charles Marriott |
D. | Richard Hurrell Froude |
Answer» A. Walter Horatio Pater |
271. |
........................ is remembered for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, |
A. | Oscar Wilde |
B. | Walter Pater |
C. | John Ruskin |
D. | George Bernard Shaw |
Answer» A. Oscar Wilde |
272. |
................. wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence for England due to the absolute prohibition of Biblical subjects on the English stage. |
A. | Oscar Wilde |
B. | Walter Pater |
C. | John Ruskin |
D. | George Bernard Shaw |
Answer» A. Oscar Wilde |
273. |
............................ wrote Man and Superman |
A. | George Bernard Shaw |
B. | Karl Marx |
C. | John Ruskin |
D. | Oscar Wilde |
Answer» A. George Bernard Shaw |
274. |
.................. wrote his critique of capitalism, Das Kapital, over a period of almost 30 years in the late 19th century. |
A. | Karl Marx |
B. | Oscar Wilde |
C. | Lenin |
D. | Mao |
Answer» A. Karl Marx |
275. |
The Fabian Society, established in .........................in 1884, |
A. | Delhi |
B. | Bagdad |
C. | Beijing |
D. | London |
Answer» D. London |
276. |
........................., unlike Marxists, advocated a gradual, non-revolutionary transition to socialism based on humanist foundations. |
A. | Fabians |
B. | Liberals |
C. | Capitalists |
D. | Communalists |
Answer» A. Fabians |
277. |
The Fabian Society took its name, suggested by one of its founding members, Frank Podmore, from the Roman General, Quintus Fabius Cunctator, who avoided a frontal attack on ..................army in the third century B.C., but used delaying tactics. |
A. | David Lloyd George’s |
B. | William Gladstone’s |
C. | H. H. Asquith’s |
D. | Hannibal’s |
Answer» D. Hannibal’s |
278. |
After the Second world war, which highlighted that so many people were deprived and poor, the Liberal politician ....................identified five issues that needed to be tackled to make a better Britain. |
A. | Ramsay MacDonal |
B. | John Stuart Mill |
C. | Keynes |
D. | William Beveridge |
Answer» D. William Beveridge |
279. |
.........................was an English biologist known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. |
A. | Thomas Henry Huxley |
B. | Samuel Wilberforce |
C. | Robert Chambers |
D. | Richard Owen |
Answer» A. Thomas Henry Huxley |
280. |
................. most notable science fiction work is The Time Machine (1895), |
A. | H. G. Wells’ |
B. | Clement Attlee |
C. | Harold Wilson |
D. | James Callaghan. |
Answer» A. H. G. Wells’ |
281. |
................ 1908 novel, A Room with a View, is his most optimistic work, |
A. | E. M. Forster’s |
B. | Tony Blair |
C. | Gordon Brown |
D. | ,Edward Thomas |
Answer» A. E. M. Forster’s |
282. |
.................... is best known for his 12-volume A Study of History (1934–1961). |
A. | Arnold Joseph Toynbee |
B. | W. B. Yeats |
C. | Edward Martyn |
D. | ,D.H Lawrence |
Answer» A. Arnold Joseph Toynbee |
283. |
........................ 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 |
284. |
.................... was an Anglo-American poet, best known for love poems such as "Funeral Blues," |
A. | Wystan Hugh Auden |
B. | Isaac Rosenberg, |
C. | Wilfred Owen |
D. | Charles Sorely |
Answer» A. Wystan Hugh Auden |
285. |
.................... is perhaps best known for his dystopian novel Nineteen EightyFour (1949) and the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945). |
A. | George Orwell |
B. | Dylan Thomas |
C. | Samuel Barclay Beckett |
D. | Charles Sorely |
Answer» A. George Orwell |
286. |
........................ 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» D. Globalization |
287. |
The term ..................... refers to the emergence of a totalitarian government. |
A. | NWO |
B. | Commonwealth |
C. | Globalization |
D. | Arya Samaj |
Answer» A. NWO |
288. |
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 |
289. |
William James founded The Asiatic Society of ...................in 1784. |
A. | Bengal |
B. | Madras |
C. | Bombay |
D. | Delhi |
Answer» A. Bengal |
290. |
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 |
Answer» A. Lord William Bentinck |
291. |
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» A. 1854 |
292. |
................, 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 |
Answer» B. Swami Dayanand Saraswati |
293. |
.................. 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» B. Bankim Chandra’s |
294. |
...................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. | Bhartendu Harishchandra |
D. | Altaf Hussain Mali |
Answer» A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
295. |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj at ...............in 1828. |
A. | Madras |
B. | Kolkata |
C. | Bombay |
D. | Delhi |
Answer» B. Kolkata |
296. |
Noticeable magazines published by ....................were the Brahmonical Magazine, the Sambad KaumudiandMirat-ul-Akbar. |
A. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
B. | Toru Dutt |
C. | ,Sri Aurobindo |
D. | Thomas Paine |
Answer» A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
297. |
......................, 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 |
298. |
.................................. founded, Visva-Bharati University. |
A. | Rabindranath Tagore |
B. | Mrs Annie Besant, |
C. | Mahadev Govind Ranade |
D. | Rousseau, |
Answer» A. Rabindranath Tagore |
299. |
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 |
300. |
"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 Battutah |
C. | Marx, |
D. | Oswald Spengler |
Answer» A. Jawaharlal Nehru |
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