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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. |
In Ghanashyam, death is compared to: |
| A. | Drought |
| B. | Evil |
| C. | Devil |
| D. | Sorrow |
| Answer» B. Evil | |
| 2. |
Golden and stony substance refers to ………,? |
| A. | Ornament |
| B. | Poetry |
| C. | Carved face in the rock |
| D. | Equipment |
| Answer» C. Carved face in the rock | |
| 3. |
Waman Govind Hoval’s writings highlight the plight of ………… |
| A. | The colonized |
| B. | The dalits |
| C. | The industrial workers |
| D. | The poor farmers |
| Answer» C. The industrial workers | |
| 4. |
Satchidanandan equates globalization with the desire for dominance and ………. By the west |
| A. | Hegemony |
| B. | Internationalism |
| C. | Negotiations |
| D. | Culture |
| Answer» B. Internationalism | |
| 5. |
With Liberalisation, the white gold became……….. |
| A. | Costly |
| B. | Cheap |
| C. | Worthy |
| D. | Worthless |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
The Dowry Prohibition Act was implemented in……..? |
| A. | 1972 |
| B. | 1963 |
| C. | 1974 |
| D. | 1961 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
The Newsweek magazine wrote a breathless celebration of what it called ……… about India. |
| A. | The Rise of India |
| B. | Outsourcing |
| C. | India’s historic escape from poverty |
| D. | Newest Asian Tiger |
| Answer» C. India’s historic escape from poverty | |
| 8. |
Manas in the play ‘Medea’ stands for ……..in the Greek Mythology |
| A. | Jason |
| B. | Sonali |
| C. | Ratan |
| D. | Tuttu |
| Answer» B. Sonali | |
| 9. |
“And then the undreamt of incident took place” What is the incident? |
| A. | Bayaji’s new house was demolished |
| B. | Bayaji’s new house caught fire |
| C. | Bayaji’s new house was warmed |
| D. | Bayaji’s old house was reconstructed. |
| Answer» C. Bayaji’s new house was warmed | |
| 10. |
At her in-law’s house, the woman lacks: |
| A. | Voice |
| B. | Choice |
| C. | Proper food |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Globalisation believes in world dominance by ………… |
| A. | One nation |
| B. | Two nations |
| C. | Western nations |
| D. | Eastern nations |
| Answer» B. Two nations | |
| 12. |
The Central government can protect the cotton producers of Vidarbha from imports and crashing international prices by …….. the import duty on cotton. |
| A. | Hiking |
| B. | Lowering |
| C. | Minimising |
| D. | Maximising |
| Answer» B. Lowering | |
| 13. |
……… is one of the biggest markets of globalized economy. |
| A. | US |
| B. | France |
| C. | India |
| D. | England |
| Answer» D. England | |
| 14. |
The word ‘homunculus’ means…………… |
| A. | A little man |
| B. | A little boy |
| C. | Homosapiens |
| D. | A branch of mathematics |
| Answer» B. A little boy | |
| 15. |
In the early periods of writing, Neruda wrote………. poems |
| A. | Revolutionary |
| B. | Realistic |
| C. | Post colonial |
| D. | Love |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Kondiba Patel is …….. |
| A. | A Dalit |
| B. | A caste Hindu |
| C. | A tradesman |
| D. | A poor peasant |
| Answer» C. A tradesman | |
| 17. |
The Tower of Silence in “The Fire is Quenched” refers to… |
| A. | Place of worship |
| B. | A scaffold |
| C. | A forum |
| D. | A circular platform for exposing the |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
What was the name of the national political party which was founded by Kamala Das? |
| A. | Lok Jana Seva Party |
| B. | Lok Seva Party |
| C. | Janata Party |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Janata Party | |
| 19. |
Swami Wahid Kazmi wrote the story ‘Disagree’ in the year.…….. |
| A. | 2010 |
| B. | 1998 |
| C. | 2003 |
| D. | 2004 |
| Answer» D. 2004 | |
| 20. |
……… was once called India’s Orange County |
| A. | Lehegaon |
| B. | Vidarbha |
| C. | Maharashtra |
| D. | Amra |
| Answer» B. Vidarbha | |
| 21. |
The Dark Holds No Terrors is written by ……. |
| A. | Shashi Deshpande |
| B. | Usha Rai |
| C. | Amartya Sen |
| D. | Kamala Das |
| Answer» B. Usha Rai | |
| 22. |
The 72 threads of the Zoroastrian sacred thread symbolizes….. |
| A. | 72 angel |
| B. | Values within the Zoroastrian faith |
| C. | Both ‘a’ and ‘b’ |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Values within the Zoroastrian faith | |
| 23. |
Who is the writer who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kendra Sahitya Akademy? |
| A. | Sundara Ramaswamy |
| B. | Namdeo Dhasal |
| C. | Satchidanandan |
| D. | Dionne Bunsha |
| Answer» C. Satchidanandan | |
| 24. |
Liberlisation forces the local farmers to compete with …….. prices. |
| A. | Market |
| B. | Local |
| C. | Government |
| D. | Global |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
What does the word beseech mean? |
| A. | Request |
| B. | Advice |
| C. | Suggest |
| D. | Warn |
| Answer» B. Advice | |
| 26. |
Kamala Das is comparing Ghanashyam to a……? |
| A. | Skylark |
| B. | Parrot |
| C. | Koel |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 27. |
Rupa in the play ‘Medea’ stands for ……..in the Greek Mythology |
| A. | Jason |
| B. | Sonali |
| C. | Ratan |
| D. | Medea |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Sylvia Plath is a …….. poet? |
| A. | Surrealist |
| B. | Post colonial |
| C. | Confessional |
| D. | Romantic |
| Answer» D. Romantic | |
| 29. |
Angelou tells that the Whites can cut the black with: |
| A. | Word |
| B. | Eyes |
| C. | Hatefulness |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. Hatefulness | |
| 30. |
Tutu and Ratan are Rupa’s ……… |
| A. | Brothers |
| B. | Children |
| C. | Friends |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Friends | |
| 31. |
Aruna’s younger sister Gita was …….. |
| A. | An air hostess |
| B. | A doctor |
| C. | A teacher |
| D. | A typist |
| Answer» B. A doctor | |
| 32. |
Ghanashyam vanishes like a/an: |
| A. | Magician |
| B. | Air |
| C. | Spectral flame |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 33. |
In December 2003 the Business Week wrote a cover story on ……… |
| A. | The Rise of India |
| B. | Outsourcing India |
| C. | Arcelor |
| D. | American capital |
| Answer» B. Outsourcing India | |
| 34. |
…………. Called globalization ‘the greatest form of violence in our times’ |
| A. | K. Satchidanandan |
| B. | Baudrillard |
| C. | Aryabhata |
| D. | Stevenson |
| Answer» C. Aryabhata | |
| 35. |
‘You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep the spring from coming’ Whosaid this? |
| A. | Hitler |
| B. | Soldier |
| C. | al- Rubaish |
| D. | Neruda |
| Answer» C. al- Rubaish | |
| 36. |
That Long Silence is written by…….. |
| A. | Vandana Shiva |
| B. | Kamala Das |
| C. | Shashi Deshpande |
| D. | Usha Rai |
| Answer» D. Usha Rai | |
| 37. |
Writing from the Margin is written by ……. |
| A. | Kamala Das |
| B. | Shashi Deshpande |
| C. | Vandana Shiva |
| D. | Usha Rai |
| Answer» C. Vandana Shiva | |
| 38. |
The Zoroastrians consider contact with the dead body as ……… |
| A. | Contaminated |
| B. | Impure |
| C. | A taboo |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Why did the girl threw away the scraps of food that were hidden like valuable treasure? |
| A. | A dog ate those scraps of food |
| B. | It was poisoned |
| C. | It had been touched by the ‘unclear’ hand of a ‘sweeper’ |
| D. | She was not at all hungry |
| Answer» D. She was not at all hungry | |
| 40. |
A Very Easy Death is written by ……….. |
| A. | Usha Rai |
| B. | Anne Tyler |
| C. | Simone de Beavoir |
| D. | Kamala Das |
| Answer» D. Kamala Das | |
| 41. |
What was the name of the bank started by SEWA? |
| A. | Manila SEWA Sahakari Bank |
| B. | SEWA Cooperative Bank |
| C. | SEWA Sahakari Bank |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. SEWA Cooperative Bank | |
| 42. |
Whom does the mother-in-law curse for darkening their doors? |
| A. | The woman |
| B. | The woman’s husband |
| C. | The woman’s parents |
| D. | The woman’s brother |
| Answer» D. The woman’s brother | |
| 43. |
Globalisation believes in centralization and a ……….. economy. |
| A. | Fixed |
| B. | Multiple |
| C. | Command |
| D. | Spreading |
| Answer» D. Spreading | |
| 44. |
Who wrote the history of the Blacks? |
| A. | Red Indian |
| B. | Blacks |
| C. | Whites |
| D. | Indians |
| Answer» D. Indians | |
| 45. |
What does the use of the names of different countries imply? |
| A. | Spreading of the idea |
| B. | War |
| C. | International relations |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. War | |
| 46. |
Bayaji is…………….. |
| A. | A Dalit |
| B. | A caste Hindu |
| C. | A tradesman |
| D. | A poor peasant |
| Answer» B. A caste Hindu | |
| 47. |
……… is another aspect of Gandhiji’s notion of freedom, the other being self‐ reliance, which inspired Vandana. |
| A. | Swaraj |
| B. | Satyagraha |
| C. | Civil disobedience |
| D. | Non‐cooperation |
| Answer» B. Satyagraha | |
| 48. |
Maya Angelou is a/an …………… poet? |
| A. | Black American |
| B. | Canadian |
| C. | British |
| D. | Irish |
| Answer» B. Canadian | |
| 49. |
Justice Albie Sachs was a judge in: |
| A. | South African Constitutional Court |
| B. | Supreme Court of India |
| C. | Supreme Court of Pakistan |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» B. Supreme Court of India | |
| 50. |
Deshpande received the Sahitya Akademi Award for ………. |
| A. | That Long Silence |
| B. | The Dark Holds No Terrors |
| C. | In the Country of Deceit |
| D. | Writing from the Margin |
| Answer» B. The Dark Holds No Terrors | |