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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) , Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) , Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 1. |
Alexander of Abonutichus lived during the reign of the Roman Emperor ________. |
| A. | Marcus Aureliu |
| B. | Publius Helvius Pertinax |
| C. | Augustus |
| D. | Lucius Aurelius Verus |
| Answer» A. Marcus Aureliu | |
| 2. |
The serpent of Alexander of Abonutichus was bought from ________. |
| A. | Greece |
| B. | Macedonia |
| C. | France |
| D. | Tampa |
| Answer» B. Macedonia | |
| 3. |
Who wrote the book Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds. |
| A. | Alexander of Abonutichu |
| B. | Lamar Keene |
| C. | Charles Markay |
| D. | Harry Houdini |
| Answer» C. Charles Markay | |
| 4. |
One of the most striking apparent instances of extrasensory perception is the _______. |
| A. | precognitive experience |
| B. | post-judice |
| C. | prejudice |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. precognitive experience | |
| 5. |
Universal spiritualist association, an association of spiritualist churches and clergy founded in 1956 by ____________. |
| A. | Clifford Bia |
| B. | Lamar Keene |
| C. | Charles Markay |
| D. | Carl Sagan |
| Answer» A. Clifford Bia | |
| 6. |
The preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. |
| A. | precognitive experience |
| B. | post-judice |
| C. | prejudice |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. prejudice | |
| 7. |
scientists are, of course, ___________ |
| A. | superheroe |
| B. | human |
| C. | holy man |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. human | |
| 8. |
Who wrote Worlds in collision |
| A. | Spiro T Agnew |
| B. | Immanuel Velikovsky |
| C. | Robert Fulton |
| D. | Charles Markay |
| Answer» B. Immanuel Velikovsky | |
| 9. |
The rising or lifting of a person or thing in the air by supernatural means is called ____________ |
| A. | Levitation |
| B. | Bamboozles |
| C. | Seances |
| D. | Arcane |
| Answer» A. Levitation | |
| 10. |
SETI means |
| A. | space educational technology information |
| B. | search for extra - terrestrial intelligence |
| C. | stock exchange technology information |
| D. | search engine tech intelligence |
| Answer» B. search for extra - terrestrial intelligence | |
| 11. |
Cosmos :A personal voyage is written by __________ |
| A. | Dilip Chitre |
| B. | EV Lucas |
| C. | Roald Dahl |
| D. | Carl Sagan |
| Answer» D. Carl Sagan | |
| 12. |
Harry Houdini was an American ______________ |
| A. | Scientist |
| B. | Doctor |
| C. | spiritualist |
| D. | Magician |
| Answer» D. Magician | |
| 13. |
Dilip Chitre, bilingual writer, who wrote in ____________ |
| A. | Marathi and english |
| B. | english and Bengali |
| C. | english and Gujarati |
| D. | english and Punjabi |
| Answer» A. Marathi and english | |
| 14. |
Dilip Chitre 's most famous translation is of the celebrated 17th century Marathi Bhakti poet ____________ |
| A. | Tukaram |
| B. | Tulsidas |
| C. | Kabirdas |
| D. | Guru Nanak |
| Answer» D. Guru Nanak | |
| 15. |
Who left the elderly infant to explore the rooms of age in the poem "The house of my childhood " |
| A. | family member |
| B. | Grandmother |
| C. | season |
| D. | sons and daughters |
| Answer» C. season | |
| 16. |
The figurines of grandmother's gods are made up with_______ |
| A. | Gold |
| B. | Silver |
| C. | Brass |
| D. | Iron |
| Answer» C. Brass | |
| 17. |
Whose voice shivers on a bare branch in the poem " The house of my childhood "? |
| A. | Poet' |
| B. | Grandmother's |
| C. | Families |
| D. | Birds' |
| Answer» B. Grandmother's | |
| 18. |
Who toddled around the empty house in the poem "The house of my childhood "? |
| A. | Poet |
| B. | Grandmother |
| C. | child |
| D. | father |
| Answer» A. Poet | |
| 19. |
________ distribute their silence Among intricately clustered glyphs |
| A. | song |
| B. | gifts |
| C. | symbols |
| D. | words |
| Answer» D. words | |
| 20. |
Find the figure of speech in the expression 'colourless cracks '? |
| A. | Metaphor |
| B. | Alliteration |
| C. | Oxymoron |
| D. | Hyperbole |
| Answer» B. Alliteration | |
| 21. |
Who was the first black woman poet to read her poem at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton? |
| A. | Toni Morrison |
| B. | Alice walker |
| C. | Maya Angelou |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» C. Maya Angelou | |
| 22. |
The poem "Still I Rise" is written by _____________ |
| A. | John Keat |
| B. | Gabriel Okara |
| C. | Maya Angelou |
| D. | Dilip Chitre |
| Answer» C. Maya Angelou | |
| 23. |
How many autobiographies were written by Maya Angelou? |
| A. | Seven |
| B. | One |
| C. | Three |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Seven | |
| 24. |
Which of the poem was read by Maya Angelou on the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1993? |
| A. | Still I Rise |
| B. | Phenomenal Women |
| C. | Old flocks laugh |
| D. | On the Pulse of Morning |
| Answer» D. On the Pulse of Morning | |
| 25. |
Maya Angelou's most famous autobiography, _____________. |
| A. | Still I Rise |
| B. | phenomenal Women |
| C. | I know why the caged birds sing |
| D. | The heart of a woman |
| Answer» C. I know why the caged birds sing | |
| 26. |
Old folks laugh is compared to which musical instrument? |
| A. | Drum |
| B. | Flute |
| C. | Violin |
| D. | Tambourine |
| Answer» D. Tambourine | |
| 27. |
The laps of the Old folks are filled with _______ |
| A. | Memorie |
| B. | Money |
| C. | Sweets |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Memorie | |
| 28. |
What glistens in the corners of the Old folk’s mouth? |
| A. | Teeth |
| B. | Saliva |
| C. | sweets |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Saliva | |
| 29. |
When Old folks laugh, what are they actually doing? |
| A. | They free the world |
| B. | They make fun of the world |
| C. | They enjoy the world |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. They free the world | |
| 30. |
The poem "old folks laugh” is in___________ |
| A. | blank verse |
| B. | free verse |
| C. | Cinquains |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. free verse | |
| 31. |
In the poem "Old folks laugh" Large parts of the poem are written in short lines using __________. |
| A. | enjambment |
| B. | Caesura |
| C. | Epigram |
| D. | Villanelle |
| Answer» A. enjambment | |
| 32. |
Which landscape did Robert frost frequently employ as setting of his poems? |
| A. | New France |
| B. | New Atlantis |
| C. | New Africa |
| D. | New England |
| Answer» D. New England | |
| 33. |
Which among the following is Frost's volume of poetry? |
| A. | Further Range |
| B. | Phenomenal Woman |
| C. | Mountain Interval |
| D. | The Power and Glory |
| Answer» C. Mountain Interval | |
| 34. |
The figure of speech in which we use a part for the whole is termed.. |
| A. | Simile |
| B. | transferred epithet |
| C. | oxymoron |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» D. synecdoche | |
| 35. |
Whose poems "begin in delight and end in wisdom" |
| A. | Robert Frost |
| B. | Graham Greene |
| C. | John Keats |
| D. | Gabriel Okara |
| Answer» A. Robert Frost | |
| 36. |
' The polished traffic passed with a mind ahead'.The figure of speech employed here is |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | transferred epithet |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metaphor |
| Answer» B. transferred epithet | |
| 37. |
The voice of the farmer in A Roadside Stand is rendered in which form |
| A. | Interior monologue |
| B. | monologue |
| C. | dialogue |
| D. | dramatic monologue |
| Answer» D. dramatic monologue | |
| 38. |
Which among the following is the first published work of Roald Dahl? |
| A. | Kiss Kis |
| B. | Going Solo |
| C. | James and the Giant Peach |
| D. | A Piece of Cake |
| Answer» D. A Piece of Cake | |
| 39. |
Lamb to the Slaughter means |
| A. | In a fierce manner |
| B. | in an unconcerned manner |
| C. | in an awful manner |
| D. | in a disgusting manner |
| Answer» B. in an unconcerned manner | |
| 40. |
Lamb to the Slaughter was published in |
| A. | Daily mirror |
| B. | Holinshed's magazine |
| C. | Monthly gazette |
| D. | Harper's magazine |
| Answer» D. Harper's magazine | |
| 41. |
Who is Charlie? |
| A. | Mr.Maloney |
| B. | The doctor |
| C. | The brother of Mrs. Maloney |
| D. | Policeman |
| Answer» D. Policeman | |
| 42. |
What favour did Mrs. Maloney ask the policemen? |
| A. | Eating the lamb |
| B. | Helping her to get up |
| C. | Finish the investigation |
| D. | Leaving her alone |
| Answer» A. Eating the lamb | |
| 43. |
Who killed Mr. Maloney? |
| A. | Betty Maloney |
| B. | Beatrice Maloney |
| C. | Mary Maloney |
| D. | Maureen Maloney |
| Answer» C. Mary Maloney | |
| 44. |
The day mentioned in the chapter Lamb to the Slaughter is |
| A. | Monday |
| B. | Tuesday |
| C. | Wednesday |
| D. | Thursday |
| Answer» D. Thursday | |
| 45. |
The weapon used for killing Mr.Maloney was |
| A. | the fried leg of lamb |
| B. | the frozen leg of the lamb |
| C. | the boiled leg of the lamb |
| D. | the dried leg of the lamb |
| Answer» B. the frozen leg of the lamb | |
| 46. |
Who supported the view that Mrs.Maloney was not at home when Mr.Maloney was killed |
| A. | The watchman |
| B. | The house keeper |
| C. | The grocer |
| D. | The maid |
| Answer» C. The grocer | |
| 47. |
Which among the following is an autobiographical work of Roald Dahl? |
| A. | Someone Like You |
| B. | Fantastic Mr fox |
| C. | Going Solo |
| D. | BFG |
| Answer» C. Going Solo | |
| 48. |
Who discovered a small patch of congealed blood on the dead man's head? |
| A. | O'Malley |
| B. | Charlie |
| C. | Jack Noonan |
| D. | Mrs Maloney |
| Answer» C. Jack Noonan | |
| 49. |
The contrast between what is said and meant,thought and known and what happens in contrast to what is expected is known as |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | simile |
| C. | metaphor |
| D. | irony |
| Answer» D. irony | |
| 50. |
E.V Lucas was associated with the humour magazine called |
| A. | Phantom Journal |
| B. | Punch |
| C. | The Globe |
| D. | The Academy |
| Answer» B. Punch | |
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