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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) .
| 1. |
Which Character washes up on the Island of Phaeacians during his journey to Ithaca? |
| A. | hamlet |
| B. | odysseus |
| C. | stephen dedalus |
| D. | don quixote |
| Answer» B. odysseus | |
| 2. |
Who according to Amenda Michalapoulou created the novel of wander lust? |
| A. | cervantes |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | james joyce |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» A. cervantes | |
| 3. |
Who is the author of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
| A. | james joyce |
| B. | cervantes |
| C. | shakespeare |
| D. | anton chekov |
| Answer» A. james joyce | |
| 4. |
Claudius and Getrude are the characters in ………………………………. |
| A. | sorrows of young werther |
| B. | hamlet |
| C. | a portrait of an artist as a young man |
| D. | don quixote |
| Answer» B. hamlet | |
| 5. |
Who is the author of Friday, the Other Island? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | michel tournier |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. michel tournier | |
| 6. |
Who is the author of The Sorrows of Young Werther? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | goethe |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» C. goethe | |
| 7. |
Who is Viswanathan’s wife? |
| A. | radha |
| B. | seetha |
| C. | manju |
| D. | maya |
| Answer» A. radha | |
| 8. |
What was Radha’s profession? |
| A. | tailor |
| B. | carpenter |
| C. | house maid |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. tailor | |
| 9. |
In which novel is Comala a town of the dead? |
| A. | the feast of the goat |
| B. | pedro paramo |
| C. | love in the time of cholera |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. pedro paramo | |
| 10. |
Who is the author of Pedro Paramo? |
| A. | mariyo varges llosa |
| B. | juan rulfo |
| C. | gabriel garcia marquez |
| D. | jorge luis borges |
| Answer» B. juan rulfo | |
| 11. |
Which day did Viswnathan select to commit suicide? |
| A. | independent day |
| B. | republic day |
| C. | gandhi jayanti |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. independent day | |
| 12. |
Who is the author of Comala ? |
| A. | sachidananthan |
| B. | n p hafiz mohamed |
| C. | santhosh eachikkanam |
| D. | sara joseph |
| Answer» C. santhosh eachikkanam | |
| 13. |
What does Mariam bring along with the tea for the visitor? |
| A. | halwa |
| B. | small rolls of boiled riped nentrappazham |
| C. | boiled eggs |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. small rolls of boiled riped nentrappazham | |
| 14. |
Who was the wife of Alassankutty? |
| A. | mariam |
| B. | fathima |
| C. | ayisha |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. mariam | |
| 15. |
In what accent did the visitor speak to Alassankutty? |
| A. | hinglish |
| B. | manglish |
| C. | zinglish |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. manglish | |
| 16. |
According to Mariam, the visitor was a ____ sent by God to work miracles for them. |
| A. | messanger |
| B. | soothsayer |
| C. | oracle |
| D. | angel |
| Answer» D. angel | |
| 17. |
How old was Alassankutty? |
| A. | 40 |
| B. | 41 |
| C. | 42 |
| D. | 44 |
| Answer» B. 41 | |
| 18. |
What did the urban beauty smuggle? |
| A. | ivory |
| B. | gold |
| C. | values |
| D. | culture |
| Answer» B. gold | |
| 19. |
Turmeric is called the Nector of ____. |
| A. | love |
| B. | immortality |
| C. | purity |
| D. | wisdom |
| Answer» B. immortality | |
| 20. |
The term Yellow shore refers to the quality of Turmeric as a ___. |
| A. | medicine |
| B. | anti-dote |
| C. | cosmetic |
| D. | ingredient in curries. |
| Answer» B. anti-dote | |
| 21. |
Where was the speaker’s brother employed? |
| A. | vox wagon |
| B. | cadillac |
| C. | ford |
| D. | benz |
| Answer» B. cadillac | |
| 22. |
Identify the figure of speech: “Feeling the light rain falling like mist/into your hair” |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | simile |
| C. | metonymy |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. simile | |
| 23. |
Whose is described as the opera ‘you’ hate most in “What Work Is”? |
| A. | wagner’s |
| B. | tucker’s |
| C. | domingo’s |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. wagner’s | |
| 24. |
What is Warsan Shire’s ethnic identity? |
| A. | somali |
| B. | egyptian |
| C. | palestinian |
| D. | british |
| Answer» A. somali | |
| 25. |
What is the boy with whom the poet went to school holding? |
| A. | a pistol |
| B. | a knife |
| C. | a gun |
| D. | a dagger. |
| Answer» C. a gun | |
| 26. |
No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is _____ |
| A. | safer than the home |
| B. | safer than the land |
| C. | risker than the jail |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. safer than the land | |
| 27. |
____ is better than a truckload of men who look like one’s father. |
| A. | a general |
| B. | a pastor |
| C. | a prison guard |
| D. | a teacher |
| Answer» C. a prison guard | |
| 28. |
Who is described as “the veteran of a hundred illegal trips to Sind”? |
| A. | aftab |
| B. | zaman |
| C. | najab |
| D. | kaley shah |
| Answer» B. zaman | |
| 29. |
What was Najab notorious for among his friends? |
| A. | adventures |
| B. | confidence |
| C. | diffidence |
| D. | brutality |
| Answer» C. diffidence | |
| 30. |
What was Kaley Shah’s profession? |
| A. | money lender |
| B. | cloth seller |
| C. | trader |
| D. | illegal businessman |
| Answer» C. trader | |
| 31. |
What could have brightened the darkness of the underworld? |
| A. | kaley shah’s eyes |
| B. | najab’s eyes |
| C. | fatima’s eyes |
| D. | panchmai pir’s halo |
| Answer» C. fatima’s eyes | |
| 32. |
In which Indian state is the Rann of Kutch situated? |
| A. | maharashtra |
| B. | gujarat |
| C. | uttarpradesh |
| D. | jammu and kashmir |
| Answer» B. gujarat | |
| 33. |
Where did Najab sleep in the evening before slipping into Fatimah’s room late at night? |
| A. | stable |
| B. | cattle shed |
| C. | inside a car |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. cattle shed | |
| 34. |
Identify the figure of speech: “ Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes.” |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | simile |
| C. | metonymy |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» C. metonymy | |
| 35. |
By what can one win the strength of the other? |
| A. | arms |
| B. | love |
| C. | compassion |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. love | |
| 36. |
How are the other starved? |
| A. | by war’s long winter |
| B. | by peaceful harvest |
| C. | by dirty water |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. by war’s long winter | |
| 37. |
In which collection was the poem “No Men Are Foreign” included? |
| A. | no men are foreign |
| B. | the caged bird in springtime |
| C. | the prodigal son |
| D. | the sand artist. |
| Answer» A. no men are foreign | |
| 38. |
Where are the speaker/s of the poem digging a grave? |
| A. | sky |
| B. | earth |
| C. | water |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. earth | |
| 39. |
Who is the woman with golden hair? |
| A. | shulamith |
| B. | margarete |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. margarete | |
| 40. |
What does the man in house play with? |
| A. | snakes |
| B. | lizards |
| C. | rabbits |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. snakes | |
| 41. |
Who is the woman with ashen hair? |
| A. | shulamith |
| B. | margarete |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of these . |
| Answer» A. shulamith | |
| 42. |
The narrator of “Jamaican Fragment” went for a walk everyday from his home to _____ |
| A. | the tramcar lines |
| B. | bus station |
| C. | the coffee shop |
| D. | the office. |
| Answer» A. the tramcar lines | |
| 43. |
The narrator of “Jamaican Fragment” noticed two boys, ___, playing in the garden. |
| A. | ne tall and one short |
| B. | one fat and one lean |
| C. | one white and one black |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. one white and one black | |
| 44. |
The two boys were the ____of the white man. |
| A. | brothers |
| B. | neighbours |
| C. | cousins |
| D. | sons |
| Answer» D. sons | |
| 45. |
In A.L. Hendricks’ narrative, the white boy strode _____. |
| A. | gorgeously |
| B. | imperiously |
| C. | pompously |
| D. | humbly. |
| Answer» B. imperiously | |
| 46. |
Malala Yusefsai delivered a speech at U.N Assembly on ………………………… |
| A. | 12 june 2013 |
| B. | 12 july 2013 |
| C. | 13 jan 2014 |
| D. | 13 july 2014 |
| Answer» B. 12 july 2013 | |
| 47. |
Malala got the Nobel Prize for peace at the age of ……………………… |
| A. | 11 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 16 |
| D. | 17 |
| Answer» D. 17 | |
| 48. |
……………………. is the U.N Secretary General addressed by Malala in her speech. |
| A. | vuk jeremic |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | ban ki moon |
| D. | gordon brown |
| Answer» C. ban ki moon | |
| 49. |
Malala delivered the U.N Speech on her ……………th birthday in 2013 |
| A. | 16th |
| B. | 14th |
| C. | 15th |
| D. | 17th |
| Answer» A. 16th | |
| 50. |
Malala wanted people to empower themselves with …………………….. |
| A. | peaceful coexistence |
| B. | terrorism |
| C. | violence |
| D. | the weapon of knowledge |
| Answer» D. the weapon of knowledge | |
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