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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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