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501. |
T.S. Eliot received Nobel Prize for literature in…………………… |
A. | 1950 |
B. | 1949 |
C. | 1948 |
D. | 1953 |
Answer» C. 1948 |
502. |
“This is the way the world ends; Not with a bang but a whimper”‐ is the famous lines of T.S. Eliot’s …………………………. |
A. | The Wasteland |
B. | The Hollow men |
C. | Ash Wednesday |
D. | The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock |
Answer» B. The Hollow men |
503. |
………………………..is the first long poem written by T.S. Eliot after his conversion to Anglicanism. |
A. | Hollow men |
B. | Ash Wednesday |
C. | The Wasteland |
D. | Murder in the Cathedral |
Answer» B. Ash Wednesday |
504. |
‘A History of Western Philosophy’ was written by…………………….. |
A. | A.J. Toynbee |
B. | G.M. Trevelyan |
C. | Bertrand Russell |
D. | Gibbon |
Answer» C. Bertrand Russell |
505. |
Who among the following British scholar was famous for his anti‐war activities and campaigns against the proliferation of nuclear weapons? |
A. | Bertrand Russell |
B. | G.M. Trevelyan |
C. | A.N. Whitehead |
D. | A.J. Toynbee |
Answer» A. Bertrand Russell |
506. |
English people heard the death knell of “Victorianism” through the writings of………………………… |
A. | W.B. Yeats |
B. | Oscar Wilde |
C. | Thomas Hardy |
D. | William Thackeray |
Answer» C. Thomas Hardy |
507. |
Who authored a twelve volume book titled ‘A Study of History’? |
A. | Edward Gibbon |
B. | Bertrand Russell |
C. | A.J. Toynbee |
D. | G.M. Trevelyan |
Answer» C. A.J. Toynbee |
508. |
“Challenge and Response Theory” was propounded by the famous British historian…………………………. |
A. | Edward Gibbon |
B. | Collingwood |
C. | E.H. Carr |
D. | A.J. Toynbee |
Answer» D. A.J. Toynbee |
509. |
William Butler Yeats belongs to……………………….. |
A. | England |
B. | Ireland |
C. | Scotland |
D. | Wales |
Answer» B. Ireland |
510. |
In which year W.B. Yeats received Nobel Prize in Literature? |
A. | 1925 |
B. | 1923 |
C. | 1928 |
D. | 1929 |
Answer» B. 1923 |
511. |
‘The Tower’, a famous poem published in 1928 by…………….. |
A. | W.B. Yeats |
B. | Thomas Hardy |
C. | T.S. Eliot |
D. | Oscar Wilde |
Answer» A. W.B. Yeats |
512. |
…………………...................defined the Common Wealth as a “Procession of different countries at different stages in their advance towards complete self‐government”. |
A. | A.E. Zimmern |
B. | General Smuts |
C. | Beveridge |
D. | William Temple |
Answer» A. A.E. Zimmern |
513. |
The name “Common Wealth” was suggested by………………………in 1917. |
A. | A.E. Zimmern |
B. | William Temple |
C. | General Smuts |
D. | Beveridge |
Answer» C. General Smuts |
514. |
……………………… is the Head Quarters of the ‘Common wealth Secretariat’. |
A. | India House, London |
B. | Marlborough House, London |
C. | Memorial Hall, London |
D. | Westminster |
Answer» B. Marlborough House, London |
515. |
The main intergovernmental agency of the Common wealth of Nations known as the “Common Wealth Secretariat” was established in the year………. |
A. | 1960 |
B. | 1968 |
C. | 1965 |
D. | 1969 |
Answer» C. 1965 |
516. |
“From the Five Rivers” and “Tales of the Punjab”, famous Anglo‐Indian short stories, were written by……………………… |
A. | E.M. Thomson |
B. | E.M. Forster |
C. | Flora Annie Steel |
D. | Thomas Stephens |
Answer» C. Flora Annie Steel |
517. |
In which novel Flora Annie Steel depicts the incidents of Indian mutiny of 1857? |
A. | Voices in the Night |
B. | A Sovereign Remedy |
C. | On the Face of the Waters |
D. | The Hosts of the Lord |
Answer» C. On the Face of the Waters |
518. |
Edward M. Thomson was famous……………………… |
A. | Anglo Indian Poet |
B. | Orientalist |
C. | Historian |
D. | Diplomat |
Answer» A. Anglo Indian Poet |
519. |
“A Farewell to India” was written by……………………… |
A. | E.M. Forster |
B. | Rudyard Kipling |
C. | Edward M. Thomson |
D. | F.A Steel |
Answer» C. Edward M. Thomson |
520. |
In which year T.B. Macaulay issued his famous ‘Minute on Indian Education’, which became the blue print for the introduction of English education in India? |
A. | 1st March 1835 |
B. | 2nd February 1835 |
C. | 2nd February 1836 |
D. | 1st Mar. 1836 |
Answer» B. 2nd February 1835 |
521. |
The beginning of Western education in India was dated from the……………………. |
A. | Act of 1832 |
B. | Act of 1867 |
C. | Charter Act of 1813 |
D. | Charter Act of 1830 |
Answer» C. Charter Act of 1813 |
522. |
The ‘Charter Act of 1813’ provided the allocation of ……………………. Rupees per year for the education purpose of India. |
A. | 5 lakh |
B. | 2 lakh |
C. | 1 lakh |
D. | 3 lakh |
Answer» C. 1 lakh |
523. |
…………………………… was established in 1823 to look after the development of education in India. |
A. | Council of Education |
B. | Committee of English Education |
C. | General Committee of Public Instruction |
D. | Board of Public Instruction |
Answer» C. General Committee of Public Instruction |
524. |
……………………………….in 1841 recommended the opening of English colleges at Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Patna, Banaras, Bareilly, and Dacca. |
A. | William Bentinck |
B. | Lord Auckland |
C. | Lord Dalhousie |
D. | Lord Canning |
Answer» B. Lord Auckland |
525. |
In 1854, ………………………………….laid down the policy which became the guiding principle of the education programme of the Government of India. |
A. | T.B. Macaulay |
B. | Sir Charles Wood |
C. | William Bentinck |
D. | Canning |
Answer» B. Sir Charles Wood |
526. |
The establishment of University at ……… ……….. ………..were recommended by, Sir Charles Wood. |
A. | Delhi, Punjab, Bihar |
B. | Calcutta, Bombay, Madras |
C. | Agra, Jaipur, Orissa |
D. | Delhi, Agra, Rajasthan |
Answer» B. Calcutta, Bombay, Madras |
527. |
Among the following countries which is not included in the Latin Americas? |
A. | Venezuela |
B. | Paraguay |
C. | Bolivia |
D. | Canada |
Answer» D. Canada |
528. |
……………………. comprises the entire continent of South America, as well as Central America and Mexico, and the Islands of Caribbean. |
A. | USA |
B. | Latin America |
C. | Tanzania |
D. | Canada |
Answer» B. Latin America |
529. |
………………………. popularised the term Latin America through his writings in the 1830s. |
A. | Johan Edwardson |
B. | Edwin Williamson |
C. | Michel Chevalier |
D. | H. James |
Answer» C. Michel Chevalier |
530. |
Which monarch provided the financial assistance to Columbus’s voyages to the “New World”? |
A. | Ferdinand of Portugal |
B. | Queen Isabella of Spain |
C. | Queen Elizabeth of England |
D. | Louis of France |
Answer» B. Queen Isabella of Spain |
531. |
Christopher Columbus landed in Latin Americas in the year……………………. |
A. | 12th October 1492 |
B. | 10th November 1494 |
C. | 18th December 1493 |
D. | 6th June 1495 |
Answer» A. 12th October 1492 |
532. |
The “audiencia” in Latin America was……………………. |
A. | Military general |
B. | Royal messenger |
C. | Court |
D. | Viceroy |
Answer» C. Court |
533. |
The “encomienda” system imparted by Spanish conquerors in Latin America was ………… |
A. | Military system |
B. | Municipal Administration |
C. | Forced labour |
D. | Taxation |
Answer» C. Forced labour |
534. |
“The True History of the Conquest of New Spain” was written by…………… |
A. | Bartlome Casas |
B. | Hernan Cortez |
C. | Bernal Diaz |
D. | Pissarro |
Answer» C. Bernal Diaz |
535. |
………………………….was credited with introducing Romanticism in Latin American Literature. |
A. | Lizardi |
B. | Esteban Echeverria ` |
C. | Ruben Dario |
D. | Pablo Neruda |
Answer» B. Esteban Echeverria ` |
536. |
……………………………… is considered as the propounder of ‘Modernismo’ in Latin American Literature. |
A. | Ruben Dario |
B. | Julio Cortazer |
C. | Esteban Echeverria |
D. | Pablo Neruda |
Answer» A. Ruben Dario |
537. |
Ruben Dario was a……………………….. |
A. | Peruvian poet |
B. | Nicaraguan poet |
C. | Columbian novelist |
D. | Mexican poet |
Answer» B. Nicaraguan poet |
538. |
Julio Cortazer was a famous……………………………. |
A. | Argentine writer |
B. | Mexican writer |
C. | Columbian poet |
D. | Brazilian playwright |
Answer» A. Argentine writer |
539. |
……………………was written by Julio Cortazer. |
A. | Lay Hymns |
B. | Hopscotch |
C. | Residence on Earth |
D. | Azul |
Answer» B. Hopscotch |
540. |
Famous Latin American poet and writer, ‘Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basalto’ is popularly known as…………………. |
A. | Ruben Dario |
B. | Eduardo Mallea |
C. | Pablo Neruda |
D. | Julio Cortazer |
Answer» C. Pablo Neruda |
541. |
Pablo Neruda belongs to……………………… |
A. | Bolivia |
B. | Columbia |
C. | Argentina |
D. | Chile |
Answer» D. Chile |
542. |
Pablo Neruda wrote the poem titled, “Spain in My Heart” in the background of…………………………. |
A. | Anglo‐Spanish war |
B. | Spanish Civil war of 1936 |
C. | Spanish colonial expeditions |
D. | Spanish elite culture |
Answer» B. Spanish Civil war of 1936 |
543. |
…………………………………wrote the poem “Residence on Earth 1925‐31” |
A. | Ruben Dario |
B. | Julio Cortazer |
C. | Eduardo Mallea |
D. | Pablo Neruda |
Answer» D. Pablo Neruda |
544. |
Pablo Neruda received Nobel Prize in the year………………….. |
A. | 1973 |
B. | 1974 |
C. | 1971 |
D. | 1978 |
Answer» C. 1971 |
545. |
Famous Latin American writer Juao Guimaraes Rosa belongs to…………. |
A. | Argentina |
B. | Brazil |
C. | Chile |
D. | Bolivia |
Answer» B. Brazil |
546. |
The novel ‘Third Bank of the River’ was written by…………………………. |
A. | Juao Guimaraes Rosa |
B. | Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
C. | Llosa |
D. | Mallea |
Answer» A. Juao Guimaraes Rosa |
547. |
Eduardo Mallea was………. |
A. | Brazilian writer |
B. | Argentine writer |
C. | Peruvian novelist |
D. | Columbian writer |
Answer» B. Argentine writer |
548. |
who wrote the novel “All Green Shall Perish”? |
A. | Rosa |
B. | Eduardo Mallea |
C. | Julio Cortazer |
D. | Marquez |
Answer» B. Eduardo Mallea |
549. |
Which Latin American novelist served as Argentine Representative to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) during 1955‐58? |
A. | Garcia Marquez |
B. | Pablo Neruda |
C. | Eduardo Mallea |
D. | Julio Cortazer |
Answer» C. Eduardo Mallea |
550. |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in the year……………… |
A. | 1927 |
B. | 1928 |
C. | 1930 |
D. | 1931 |
Answer» A. 1927 |
551. |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez belongs to……………………… |
A. | Venezuela |
B. | Chile |
C. | Bolivia |
D. | Columbia |
Answer» D. Columbia |
552. |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez received Nobel Prize in Literature in the year……… |
A. | 1983 |
B. | 1981 |
C. | 1982 |
D. | 1980 |
Answer» C. 1982 |
553. |
The masterpiece of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is………………………………. |
A. | Love in the Time of Cholera |
B. | One Hundred Years of Solitude |
C. | Autumn of the Patriarch |
D. | Memories of my Melancholy Whores |
Answer» B. One Hundred Years of Solitude |
554. |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez popularised a literary style known as………………….through his writings. |
A. | Modernism |
B. | Romanticism |
C. | Magical Realism |
D. | Traditionalism |
Answer» C. Magical Realism |
555. |
Famous Latin American writer Mario Vargas Llosa belongs to……………… |
A. | Peru |
B. | Chile |
C. | Brazil |
D. | Columbia |
Answer» A. Peru |
556. |
Mario Vargas Llosa received Nobel Prize in the year……………………….. |
A. | 2011 |
B. | 2009 |
C. | 2010 |
D. | 2008 |
Answer» C. 2010 |
557. |
The monumental work of Mario Vargas Llosa is………………………….. |
A. | The Time of the Hero |
B. | The Green House |
C. | Conversation in the Cathedral |
D. | Aunt Julia and the Script writer |
Answer» C. Conversation in the Cathedral |
558. |
……………………………. is the central theme of Mario Vargas Llosa’s book titled ‘Garcia Marquez: Story of a Decide. |
A. | The friendship of Marquez and Llosa |
B. | Criticism of Marquez’s writings |
C. | New trends in Latin American Literature |
D. | Discussions on Magical Realism |
Answer» B. Criticism of Marquez’s writings |
559. |
Latin American war of independence started in the………………………….. |
A. | 15th century |
B. | 16th century |
C. | 17th century |
D. | 18th century |
Answer» D. 18th century |
560. |
Simon Bolivar was a…………………military and political leader. |
A. | Venezuelan |
B. | Bolivian |
C. | Brazilian |
D. | Columbian |
Answer» A. Venezuelan |
561. |
……………………… is regarded as the “El‐ Libertador” (The Liberator) of Latin American colonies? |
A. | San Martin |
B. | Simon Bolivar |
C. | Cheguvera |
D. | Francisco de Paula |
Answer» B. Simon Bolivar |
562. |
…………………………….. was the prime leader of the Southern part of South America’s successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire. |
A. | Simon Bolivar |
B. | Francisco de Paula |
C. | San Martin |
D. | Alxandre |
Answer» C. San Martin |
563. |
Name the army, formed by San Martin to fight against Spanish Empire in South America? |
A. | New Army |
B. | Army of the Andes |
C. | People’s Army |
D. | Army of Youths |
Answer» B. Army of the Andes |
564. |
……………………..is regarded as the ‘National Hero’ of Argentina. |
A. | San Lorenzo |
B. | San Martin |
C. | Paula de |
D. | Simon Bolivar |
Answer» B. San Martin |
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