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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) .
| 301. |
......................, Glimpses of World History, and The Discovery of India) know, and as The Oxford India Nehru, a selection of his most representative speeches and writings, again proves. |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Tolstoy |
| C. | Ruskin |
| D. | Plato |
| Answer» A. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 302. |
...................... 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 | |
| 303. |
.................... 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 | |
| 304. |
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 | |
| 305. |
.......................... was an Indian writer in English, notable for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. |
| A. | Mulk Raj Anand |
| B. | Ahmad Aliand Raja Rao, |
| C. | R. K. Narayan |
| D. | Graham Greene |
| Answer» A. Mulk Raj Anand | |
| 306. |
.......................was an Indian writer, best known for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. |
| A. | Raja Ra |
| B. | Mulk Raj Anand |
| C. | R. K. Narayan |
| D. | Graham Greene |
| Answer» C. R. K. Narayan | |
| 307. |
..................... is a well-known Indian writer who writes in English as well as Malayalam, her native language. |
| A. | Mulk Raj Anand |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | R. K. Narayan |
| D. | Kamala Surayya |
| Answer» D. Kamala Surayya | |
| 308. |
..................is considered to be one of the outstanding Indian poets writing in English, although her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography. |
| A. | Kalyani |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Sheela |
| D. | Kamala Das |
| Answer» D. Kamala Das | |
| 309. |
Much of ...............writing in Malayalam came under the pen name Madhavikkutty. |
| A. | Kalyani |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Sheela |
| D. | Kamala Das’ |
| Answer» D. Kamala Das’ | |
| 310. |
................is the daughter of V. M. Nair, a former managing editor of the widelycirculated Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi, |
| A. | Kamala Das |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Balamani Amma |
| D. | Narayani |
| Answer» A. Kamala Das | |
| 311. |
..................is the daughter of Nalappatt Balamani Amma, a renowned Malayali poetess. |
| A. | Kamala Das |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Nalini |
| D. | Narayani |
| Answer» A. Kamala Das | |
| 312. |
The word Colonialism, according to the Oxford English Dictionary comes from the ……………………… Colonia. |
| A. | Latin |
| B. | English |
| C. | Roman |
| D. | French |
| Answer» C. Roman | |
| 313. |
The Spanish Armada occurred in the year………… |
| A. | 1588 |
| B. | 1589 |
| C. | 1587 |
| D. | 1590 |
| Answer» A. 1588 | |
| 314. |
During the reign of …………………… the mercantile system in England developed in a full‐ fledged form. |
| A. | HenryVII |
| B. | CharlesII |
| C. | JamesII |
| D. | Queen Elizabeth |
| Answer» B. CharlesII | |
| 315. |
Who was the British King when American colonies achieved independence in 1776? |
| A. | George III |
| B. | George V |
| C. | James III |
| D. | Mary Tudor |
| Answer» A. George III | |
| 316. |
Who wrote the poem White Man’s Burden? |
| A. | George Orwell |
| B. | T.S. Elliot |
| C. | Rudyard Kipling |
| D. | Mathew Arnold |
| Answer» C. Rudyard Kipling | |
| 317. |
Who is known as the ‘prophet of Imperialism’? |
| A. | Rudyard Kipling |
| B. | George Orwell |
| C. | James Mill |
| D. | Max Mueller |
| Answer» A. Rudyard Kipling | |
| 318. |
Who called Rudyard Kipling as the Prophet of Imperialism? |
| A. | James Mill |
| B. | T.S. Eliot |
| C. | George Orwell |
| D. | John William Kay |
| Answer» C. George Orwell | |
| 319. |
Rudyard Kipling was born in December 1865 in …………… |
| A. | London |
| B. | Manchester |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Bombay |
| Answer» D. Bombay | |
| 320. |
The famous fiction Jungle Book is authored by ……………….. |
| A. | Edwin. J .H |
| B. | John Roberts |
| C. | E.M Thomson |
| D. | Rudyard Kipling |
| Answer» D. Rudyard Kipling | |
| 321. |
……………………… represents the body of knowledge created by the westerners about the eastern societies. |
| A. | Indology |
| B. | Orientalism |
| C. | Imperialism |
| D. | Post‐modernism |
| Answer» B. Orientalism | |
| 322. |
Who among the following western scholar was associated with Orientalist studies in India? |
| A. | William Jones |
| B. | John Keble |
| C. | Richards |
| D. | E.M. Forster |
| Answer» A. William Jones | |
| 323. |
The ‘Asiatic Society of Bengal’ was established in the year…………. |
| A. | 1785 |
| B. | 1786 |
| C. | 1784 |
| D. | 1783 |
| Answer» C. 1784 | |
| 324. |
The famous Palestinian‐American intellectual …………………………. posed major criticism against the oriental constructions of the east. |
| A. | Samuel P. Huntington |
| B. | David Pipes |
| C. | Edward Said |
| D. | Fukuyama |
| Answer» C. Edward Said | |
| 325. |
Who authored the famous book titled “Orientalism”? |
| A. | Edward Said |
| B. | Frantz Fanon |
| C. | Noam Chomsky |
| D. | Talal Asad |
| Answer» A. Edward Said | |
| 326. |
The book Orientalism was published in the year ………. |
| A. | 1978 |
| B. | 1979 |
| C. | 1973 |
| D. | 1980 |
| Answer» A. 1978 | |
| 327. |
.……………………… redefined Orientalism thus: “orientalism is a western style for dominating, restructuring and having authority over the orient”. |
| A. | Romila Thapar |
| B. | Edward Said |
| C. | Frantz Fanon |
| D. | Aijaz Ahamed |
| Answer» B. Edward Said | |
| 328. |
The Union Jack is ………………………… |
| A. | Coin of Great Britain |
| B. | Flag of Great Britain |
| C. | National song of Great Britain |
| D. | National tree of Great Britain |
| Answer» B. Flag of Great Britain | |
| 329. |
The name “Union Jack” became official when it was approved by British Parliament in ……… |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1908 |
| C. | 1903 |
| D. | 1910 |
| Answer» B. 1908 | |
| 330. |
Queen Victoria ascended the British throne in the year……………… |
| A. | 1837 |
| B. | 1838 |
| C. | 1840 |
| D. | 1843 |
| Answer» A. 1837 | |
| 331. |
Queen Victoria died in the year…………………. |
| A. | 1902 |
| B. | 1905 |
| C. | 1901 |
| D. | 1910 |
| Answer» C. 1901 | |
| 332. |
Queen Victoria’s reign lasted for …………………… years |
| A. | 65 years |
| B. | 63 years |
| C. | 61 years |
| D. | 66 years |
| Answer» B. 63 years | |
| 333. |
Railway locomotive was invented by …………………….. |
| A. | George Stephenson |
| B. | Robert Lewis |
| C. | Arthur Young |
| D. | R. Hill |
| Answer» A. George Stephenson | |
| 334. |
“Penny Black”, the first postage of England, is associated with the name of …………………….. |
| A. | Townshend |
| B. | Louis Stephenson |
| C. | Thompson |
| D. | Rowland Hill |
| Answer» D. Rowland Hill | |
| 335. |
The inventions of camera, gas, bicycle, and typewriter occurred in England during the reign of………………………. |
| A. | Queen Elizabeth |
| B. | Queen Victoria |
| C. | King George |
| D. | James IV |
| Answer» B. Queen Victoria | |
| 336. |
John Hyatt’s celluloid was used in…………………… |
| A. | Cartridges |
| B. | Ships |
| C. | Victorian shirt collars |
| D. | Flags |
| Answer» C. Victorian shirt collars | |
| 337. |
Great Victorian poet Alfred Tennyson was born in the year……………. |
| A. | 1808 |
| B. | 1810 |
| C. | 1815 |
| D. | 1809 |
| Answer» D. 1809 | |
| 338. |
Who wrote the poem “The Princess”? |
| A. | Mathew Arnold |
| B. | George Elliot |
| C. | Oscar Wilde |
| D. | Alfred Tennyson |
| Answer» D. Alfred Tennyson | |
| 339. |
Famous English poet Alfred Tennyson died in the year……………… |
| A. | 1893 |
| B. | 1895 |
| C. | 1892 |
| D. | 1895 |
| Answer» C. 1892 | |
| 340. |
Famous English poet and prose critic of Victorian era, Mathew Arnold was born in the year? |
| A. | 1825 |
| B. | 1830 |
| C. | 1821 |
| D. | 1822 |
| Answer» D. 1822 | |
| 341. |
Which among the following poem was written by Mathew Arnold? |
| A. | Maud |
| B. | The Idylls |
| C. | Dover Beach |
| D. | Ulysses |
| Answer» C. Dover Beach | |
| 342. |
Mathew Arnold died in the year…………………….. |
| A. | 1887 |
| B. | 1890 |
| C. | 1888 |
| D. | 1897 |
| Answer» C. 1888 | |
| 343. |
The books “scene of clerical life” and “the mill on the floss” were written by……………………… |
| A. | T.S. Elliot |
| B. | George Elliot |
| C. | William Thackeray |
| D. | George Meredith |
| Answer» B. George Elliot | |
| 344. |
Who wrote the novel “Sybil”? |
| A. | Gladstone |
| B. | W.Thackaray |
| C. | Mathew Arnold |
| D. | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Answer» D. Benjamin Disraeli | |
| 345. |
The Victorian era was a time when the ……………………grew rapidly in influence. |
| A. | Lower Class |
| B. | Middle Class |
| C. | Industrial Class |
| D. | Peasants |
| Answer» B. Middle Class | |
| 346. |
The concept of “self‐made man” became dominant among the …......... |
| A. | Victorian middle class |
| B. | Victorian Upper Class |
| C. | Aristocrats |
| D. | Working Class |
| Answer» A. Victorian middle class | |
| 347. |
Charles Darwin was born in the year………………. |
| A. | 1810 |
| B. | 1809 |
| C. | 1812 |
| D. | 1813 |
| Answer» B. 1809 | |
| 348. |
‘HMS Beagle’ was associated with…………………. |
| A. | The voyage of Columbus |
| B. | Anglo‐French war |
| C. | The voyage of Charles Darwin |
| D. | Spanish Armada |
| Answer» C. The voyage of Charles Darwin | |
| 349. |
The book ‘Descent of Man’ was authored by ……………………… |
| A. | Charles Darwin |
| B. | Henry Newman |
| C. | Lamarck |
| D. | Robert John |
| Answer» A. Charles Darwin | |
| 350. |
In which year the book “Descent of Man” was published? |
| A. | 1874 |
| B. | 1875 |
| C. | 1878 |
| D. | 1871 |
| Answer» D. 1871 | |
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