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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) .
| 51. |
According to Adrienne Rich, university education implies an ethical and intellectual contract between whom? |
| A. | Parents and teacher |
| B. | Parents and children |
| C. | Teachers and students |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Teachers and students | |
| 52. |
According to Adrienne Rich, many male professors still feel that teaching in a women's college is a __________ career. |
| A. | First- rate |
| B. | Main- rate |
| C. | Second- rate |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Second- rate | |
| 53. |
Adrienne Rich refused to accept the ________________ award in1997. |
| A. | National Booker Award |
| B. | National Medal for the Arts |
| C. | The Yale series of younger poet's award |
| D. | Booker Prize |
| Answer» B. National Medal for the Arts | |
| 54. |
How many volume of prose Adrienne Rich published? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» C. 5 | |
| 55. |
Adrienne Rich refused to accept the National Medal for the Arts award from whom? |
| A. | President |
| B. | President Clinton |
| C. | President Trump |
| D. | President |
| Answer» B. President Clinton | |
| 56. |
Whose convocation speech is “Calming an Education”? |
| A. | Adrienne Rich |
| B. | Nadine Gordimer |
| C. | Lee Mokobe |
| D. | Gieve Patel |
| Answer» A. Adrienne Rich | |
| 57. |
According to Adrienne Rich, ultimately the women students and their teachers are ____________. |
| A. | Invisible |
| B. | Indivisible |
| C. | divisible |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Indivisible | |
| 58. |
How many honorary doctorates has been awarded to Nadine Gordimer in literature from various universities. |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» B. 10 | |
| 59. |
Whose work is “The Conservationist”? |
| A. | Nadine Gordimer |
| B. | Lee Mokobe |
| C. | Gieve Patel |
| D. | Nadine Gordimer |
| Answer» D. Nadine Gordimer | |
| 60. |
“Amnesty”, a short story originally published in ____________ in 1991. |
| A. | Vogue |
| B. | The New Yorker |
| C. | The Common Woman |
| D. | Times |
| Answer» B. The New Yorker | |
| 61. |
In the short story “Amnesty” the narrator's life partner work in a ___________ . |
| A. | Industry |
| B. | Construction company |
| C. | Farm |
| D. | Shop |
| Answer» B. Construction company | |
| 62. |
In the short story “Amnesty” by time of the trail of narrator's potential husband she had just passed her __________standard |
| A. | Tenth |
| B. | Sixth |
| C. | Eighth |
| D. | Fifth |
| Answer» C. Eighth | |
| 63. |
In the short story “Amnesty” how many brothers does the narrator have? |
| A. | Two |
| B. | Three |
| C. | Four |
| D. | One |
| Answer» B. Three | |
| 64. |
In the short story “Amnesty”what did the the prisoners give the narrator as a present for the new born baby? |
| A. | Doll |
| B. | Money |
| C. | Gift |
| D. | Dress |
| Answer» B. Money | |
| 65. |
In the short story “Amnesty” the policeman didn't allow them to the island because? |
| A. | they didn’t have passport |
| B. | they didn't have a prior permit |
| C. | they didn't took ticket |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. they didn't have a prior permit | |
| 66. |
Sharankumar Limbale is best known for his novel ___________. |
| A. | Akkarmashi |
| B. | Joothan |
| C. | Face to Face |
| D. | The pickup |
| Answer» A. Akkarmashi | |
| 67. |
Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi is published in _________. |
| A. | 1981 |
| B. | 1984 |
| C. | 1987 |
| D. | 1982 |
| Answer» B. 1984 | |
| 68. |
Who translated Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi into English? |
| A. | Radhika P. Menon |
| B. | Anitha Nair |
| C. | Santosh Thooval |
| D. | Santosh Bhoomkar |
| Answer» D. Santosh Bhoomkar | |
| 69. |
Sharankumar Limbale's novel 'Akkarmashi' originally written in __________ language. |
| A. | Tamil |
| B. | Malayalam |
| C. | Hindi |
| D. | Marathi |
| Answer» D. Marathi | |
| 70. |
In the extract “the outcaste” who pulled Parshya from the picnic row? |
| A. | Mallya |
| B. | Harya |
| C. | Bhiwarabai |
| D. | Parsya |
| Answer» C. Bhiwarabai | |
| 71. |
In the extract “the outcaste” who looked restless along the bank of the stream? |
| A. | Parsya |
| B. | Bhiwarabai |
| C. | Harya |
| D. | Umbrya |
| Answer» C. Harya | |
| 72. |
In the extract “the outcaste” The Wani and Brahmin boys played _________. |
| A. | Football |
| B. | Cricket |
| C. | Kabbadi |
| D. | Touch and Go |
| Answer» C. Kabbadi | |
| 73. |
In the extract “the outcaste” Mahar boys and girls played _____________. |
| A. | Touch and Go |
| B. | Kabbadi |
| C. | Football |
| D. | Cricket |
| Answer» A. Touch and Go | |
| 74. |
In the extract “the outcaste” what did the high caste ones do before eating? |
| A. | sit quietly |
| B. | look here and there |
| C. | nothing |
| D. | pray |
| Answer» D. pray | |
| 75. |
In the extract “the outcaste” what did the Mahar caste brought for the picnic? |
| A. | rice and curry |
| B. | bread and butter |
| C. | Jowar bhakari and chutney |
| D. | nothing |
| Answer» C. Jowar bhakari and chutney | |
| 76. |
In the extract “the outcaste” what did the high caste girls offered the Mahar caste? |
| A. | gift |
| B. | their leftover food |
| C. | books |
| D. | cloths |
| Answer» B. their leftover food | |
| 77. |
In the extract “the outcaste” the mother of the narrator looks the leftover food as___________. |
| A. | Nectar |
| B. | Waste |
| C. | Gift |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Nectar | |
| 78. |
In the extract “the outcaste” What did the teacher ask the students to do the day after the picnic? |
| A. | to write a summary |
| B. | to write an essay |
| C. | to write a letter |
| D. | to write an experience |
| Answer» B. to write an essay | |
| 79. |
Harari thinks that human happiness is the result of processes taking place in the ______. |
| A. | human heart |
| B. | human mind |
| C. | human thought |
| D. | human brain. |
| Answer» D. human brain. | |
| 80. |
From which work is the extract “Chemical Happiness and the Meaning of Life” taken |
| A. | Joothan |
| B. | ho*mo Deus |
| C. | The poisoned Bread |
| D. | ho*mo sapiens |
| Answer» D. ho*mo sapiens | |
| 81. |
In which subject did Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize |
| A. | humanitie |
| B. | language and literature |
| C. | Economic Studies |
| D. | medicine |
| Answer» C. Economic Studies | |
| 82. |
Prozac is lift people out of _____________ |
| A. | illnes |
| B. | happiness |
| C. | depression |
| D. | none of the these |
| Answer» C. depression | |
| 83. |
According to Harari, what is the level of happiness of a medieval French peasant versus a modern Parisian banker? |
| A. | different |
| B. | more than peasant |
| C. | same |
| D. | more than banker |
| Answer» C. same | |
| 84. |
In the extract “Chemical Happiness and the Meaning of Life”, Most parents declare that their children are their chief source of _____________ |
| A. | blessing |
| B. | happiness. |
| C. | sadness |
| D. | headache |
| Answer» B. happiness. | |
| 85. |
Pearl S.buck won Pulitzer prize for her novel_______. |
| A. | East wind, west wind |
| B. | The Good Earth |
| C. | The Dragon seed |
| D. | The Christmas ghost |
| Answer» A. East wind, west wind | |
| 86. |
Who said “ my life is my message? |
| A. | Mahatma gandhi |
| B. | Nehru |
| C. | Einstein |
| D. | None |
| Answer» A. Mahatma gandhi | |
| 87. |
Who is Gandhi’s murderer? |
| A. | Naturam Vinayak Godse |
| B. | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| C. | V |
| D. | Savarkar d. S V Gokhale |
| Answer» A. Naturam Vinayak Godse | |
| 88. |
Pearl S buck’s essay ‘Should the Assassin of Gandhi be Killed’ is a ______ |
| A. | Satire |
| B. | Editorial |
| C. | Letter |
| D. | Obituary |
| Answer» D. Obituary | |
| 89. |
Men wind confusion because they fear ____ |
| A. | Violence |
| B. | Truth |
| C. | People |
| D. | Gandhi |
| Answer» B. Truth | |
| 90. |
Who says, “No war brings peace, for violence only brings more violence .”? |
| A. | Gandhi |
| B. | Nehru |
| C. | Pearl.S buck |
| D. | Godse |
| Answer» C. Pearl.S buck | |
| 91. |
Who should take up Gandhi’s world leadership? |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | People of India |
| C. | Pearl S buck |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. People of India | |
| 92. |
When did India adopt a new constitution? |
| A. | 26th Jan 1950 |
| B. | 15th August 1947 |
| C. | 3 November 1947 |
| D. | 20th June 1967 |
| Answer» A. 26th Jan 1950 | |
| 93. |
Drafting committee comprise of ___members |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» C. 7 | |
| 94. |
The criticism against the Constitution was that it is _____ |
| A. | Not seriou |
| B. | Incomplete |
| C. | Nonsensical |
| D. | A bag of borrowings |
| Answer» D. A bag of borrowings | |
| 95. |
The tradition of preamble began with ______ |
| A. | France |
| B. | Africa |
| C. | America |
| D. | Greece |
| Answer» C. America | |
| 96. |
Manto was an ____author. |
| A. | Indian |
| B. | Pakistani |
| C. | Indo- Pakistani |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Indo- Pakistani | |
| 97. |
Most of his writing were originally written in _____. |
| A. | Urdu |
| B. | English |
| C. | Regional language |
| D. | Marati |
| Answer» A. Urdu | |
| 98. |
Toba means ____in Punjab. |
| A. | Kind |
| B. | Cruel |
| C. | Mad |
| D. | Pond |
| Answer» D. Pond | |
| 99. |
Which inmate of the lunatic asylum mourned over his lost love? |
| A. | Bishan Singh |
| B. | Mohammed Ali |
| C. | A lawyer |
| D. | A sweeper |
| Answer» C. A lawyer | |
| 100. |
Who were worried about eating Chapatis? |
| A. | Taralal |
| B. | Fazal Din |
| C. | Anglo Indians |
| D. | Pakistanis |
| Answer» C. Anglo Indians | |
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