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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
What is the age of the girl in the story ‘Disagree’? |
| A. | 8‐year old girl |
| B. | 7‐year old girl |
| C. | 10‐year old girl |
| D. | 11‐year old girl |
| Answer» D. 11‐year old girl | |
| 2. |
When was Emergency proclaimed in India? |
| A. | 1970 |
| B. | 1972 |
| C. | 1980 |
| D. | 1975 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
People from very deprived countries demand for the fruits of …………. |
| A. | Modern technology |
| B. | Industrialization |
| C. | Globalization |
| D. | Technology |
| Answer» B. Industrialization | |
| 4. |
The silence of the sea is compared to: |
| A. | Chain |
| B. | Captivity |
| C. | Poetry |
| D. | Death |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
The poem Ghanashyam is written by: |
| A. | Balamani Amma |
| B. | Kamala Das |
| C. | Vijayalakshmi |
| D. | Sugathakumari |
| Answer» C. Vijayalakshmi | |
| 6. |
Maya Angelou was born in…….? |
| A. | 1920 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1925 |
| D. | 1928 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
The story ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is taken from…… |
| A. | India Calling |
| B. | India Recalled |
| C. | India Again |
| D. | Love and Life Behind the Purdha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Globalization seems to apply only to expanding the market place for the benefit of ………. |
| A. | The poor |
| B. | The rich |
| C. | Free markets |
| D. | Multinational companies |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Bhisham sahni won the Sahitya Akademi Award for ……. |
| A. | Bhagya Rekha |
| B. | Nai Kahaniyan |
| C. | Tamas |
| D. | Writing from the Margin |
| Answer» D. Writing from the Margin | |
| 10. |
DWDA is ………. |
| A. | District Women’s Development Agency |
| B. | District Women’s Development Association |
| C. | District Women’s Development Authority |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» B. District Women’s Development Association | |
| 11. |
Anne Tyler is an ………… novelist. |
| A. | American |
| B. | British |
| C. | African |
| D. | Indian |
| Answer» B. British | |
| 12. |
Darken the doors means: |
| A. | Make the door dark |
| B. | Bring misfortune |
| C. | Put fire |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Put fire | |
| 13. |
Internationalism is a …… broker |
| A. | Ware |
| B. | Peace |
| C. | Money |
| D. | Land |
| Answer» C. Money | |
| 14. |
Globalisation promotes……….. model of development |
| A. | Single |
| B. | Double |
| C. | Multiple |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Multiple | |
| 15. |
Internationalism keeps the environment ………. |
| A. | Brown |
| B. | Dry |
| C. | Green |
| D. | Wet |
| Answer» D. Wet | |
| 16. |
Which one among the following does not belong to the field of Wahid Kazmi’s speeches on radio programmes? |
| A. | History |
| B. | Archaeology |
| C. | Philosophy |
| D. | Science |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Who was the first female barrister from India? |
| A. | Cornelia Sorabji |
| B. | Kamala Das |
| C. | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
| D. | Sarojini Naidu |
| Answer» B. Kamala Das | |
| 18. |
Activists want cotton imports to be made ………. To protect Indian farmers |
| A. | Cheaper |
| B. | Costlier |
| C. | Minimum |
| D. | Maximum |
| Answer» C. Minimum | |
| 19. |
The fetters and handcuffs that the poet says about in the poem ‘Who Are You?’ are our own……… |
| A. | Prejudices |
| B. | Threats |
| C. | Culture |
| D. | Society |
| Answer» B. Threats | |
| 20. |
GATT was signed in: |
| A. | 1933 |
| B. | 1943 |
| C. | 1953 |
| D. | 1963 |
| Answer» C. 1953 | |
| 21. |
In the poem ‘Can you Make out?’ blood lies splattered on the ……… |
| A. | Road |
| B. | House |
| C. | Hospital |
| D. | River |
| Answer» B. House | |
| 22. |
……… is Kamala Das’ autobiography. |
| A. | Childhood Memories |
| B. | My Story |
| C. | Ottayadi Pathakal |
| D. | Neermathalam Pootha Kalam |
| Answer» C. Ottayadi Pathakal | |
| 23. |
……….. movement was started by Vandana Shiva to save seeds and promote organic farming. |
| A. | Navdanya |
| B. | Genetic engineering |
| C. | Green revolution |
| D. | Satyagraha |
| Answer» B. Genetic engineering | |
| 24. |
The public building in the untouchable settlement referred to in the story ‘TheStoreyed House’ |
| A. | Takkya |
| B. | Wada |
| C. | Dabowalli |
| D. | The Great Bath |
| Answer» B. Wada | |
| 25. |
‘Lived like a foot’ is a ……? |
| A. | Simile |
| B. | Metaphor |
| C. | Assimilation |
| D. | Assonance |
| Answer» B. Metaphor | |
| 26. |
What is the most extreme crime that attracts an extreme punishment? |
| A. | Burglary |
| B. | Taking a human life |
| C. | Untouchability |
| D. | Destruction of public property |
| Answer» C. Untouchability | |
| 27. |
The present name of GATT: |
| A. | WTO |
| B. | WHO |
| C. | UN |
| D. | WOT |
| Answer» B. WHO | |
| 28. |
The prisoners come to the shore usually out of: |
| A. | Their wish |
| B. | Compulsion |
| C. | Both 1&2 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Both 1&2 | |
| 29. |
Behind Closed Doors is a work by ……… |
| A. | Usha Rai |
| B. | R.K. Narayan |
| C. | Rinki Roy Bhattacharya |
| D. | Ramachandra Guha |
| Answer» D. Ramachandra Guha | |
| 30. |
The caste system first came into being on the basis of ……… |
| A. | Different types of people |
| B. | Rigid divisions of professions |
| C. | Economic classes |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Economic classes | |
| 31. |
GATT is: |
| A. | General Agreement on Travel and Tourism |
| B. | General Agreement on Trade and Tariff |
| C. | General Agreement on Tariff and Trade |
| D. | General Agreement on Transport and Technology |
| Answer» C. General Agreement on Tariff and Trade | |
| 32. |
We violate ……… in the name of convenience and dominance. |
| A. | Right to liberty |
| B. | Right to education |
| C. | Right to life |
| D. | Right to dignity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
According to the narrator, the sea is supporting…..? |
| A. | The prisoner |
| B. | Terrorists |
| C. | The US soldiers |
| D. | Narrator |
| Answer» D. Narrator | |
| 34. |
Ms.Roy defines the World Bank, IMF, WTO and multinational corporations as the modern concept of………. |
| A. | Nationalism |
| B. | Empire |
| C. | Fascism |
| D. | Terrorism |
| Answer» C. Fascism | |
| 35. |
Which is the first story of Swami Wahid Kazmi? |
| A. | Dharmyug |
| B. | Disagree |
| C. | The scourge |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Disagree | |
| 36. |
John Rawl’s analysis of critical assessment was largely confined to ……… with in a country. |
| A. | Right minded people |
| B. | Issues of justice |
| C. | Globalization |
| D. | Poverty |
| Answer» C. Globalization | |
| 37. |
For what is the mother waiting? |
| A. | For her daughter |
| B. | For her son |
| C. | For the police |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. For her son | |
| 38. |
Guess the name of the kind of literature whose examples may be the following‘Send My Boy to School’, ‘The Poisoned Bread’, and ‘The Stains of Blood’. |
| A. | Women’s Literature |
| B. | Dalit literature |
| C. | Romantic Writings |
| D. | Classic literature |
| Answer» C. Romantic Writings | |
| 39. |
Nabaneeta Dev Sen writes in her mother-tongue…………. |
| A. | Bengali |
| B. | Oria |
| C. | Punjabi |
| D. | Kannada |
| Answer» B. Oria | |
| 40. |
Who among the following is not a post-independence poet? |
| A. | Sujatha Bhatt |
| B. | Imtiaz Dharker |
| C. | Kamala Das |
| D. | None of These |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Who does the word ‘you’ in the poem Still I Rise refer to? |
| A. | The White |
| B. | The Black |
| C. | A Woman |
| D. | Maya Angelou |
| Answer» B. The Black | |
| 42. |
Hunger is a great ……… according to Keki Daruwala |
| A. | Destroyer |
| B. | Helper |
| C. | Leveller |
| D. | Achievement |
| Answer» D. Achievement | |
| 43. |
With who’s certainty, Maya Angelou compares the certainty of the Blacks? |
| A. | Moon |
| B. | Sun |
| C. | Tides |
| D. | Hopes |
| Answer» D. Hopes | |
| 44. |
‘A brilliant spark’ means? |
| A. | Recovery |
| B. | Patience |
| C. | Escape |
| D. | Struggle |
| Answer» D. Struggle | |
| 45. |
Kamala Das compares life with: |
| A. | Moisture |
| B. | Drought |
| C. | Death |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Drought | |
| 46. |
According to Barthes …….makes essential objects, objects for all times. |
| A. | Plastic |
| B. | Iron |
| C. | Wood |
| D. | Fiber |
| Answer» D. Fiber | |
| 47. |
For Gandhi sathyagraha is not a theory but a: |
| A. | divine force |
| B. | material force |
| C. | practice |
| D. | soul force |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Gandhi says, individual freedom have the fullest play only under the regime of unadulterated--------------- |
| A. | sathya |
| B. | aprigraha |
| C. | astheya |
| D. | ahimsa |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Gandhi says, ----------------have the fullest play only under the regime of unadulteratedahimsa. |
| A. | individual freedom |
| B. | economic freedom |
| C. | social freedom |
| D. | political freedom |
| Answer» B. economic freedom | |
| 50. |
According to Gandhi, -----------------alone can bring morality to politics. |
| A. | faith |
| B. | love |
| C. | compassion |
| D. | religion |
| Answer» E. | |