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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. |
Which of the following is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand? |
| A. | a fine balance |
| B. | untouchables |
| C. | bye bye black bird |
| D. | maneater of malgudi |
| Answer» C. bye bye black bird | |
| 2. |
Who wrote Poetics? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | longinus |
| D. | horace |
| Answer» C. longinus | |
| 3. |
Who wrote the famous essay “What is an Author?” 1969? |
| A. | roland bartthes |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | david crystal |
| D. | david lodge |
| Answer» C. david crystal | |
| 4. |
Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is of |
| A. | nirad chaudhri |
| B. | kamaladas |
| C. | kushwant singh |
| D. | dom moraes |
| Answer» B. kamaladas | |
| 5. |
My story is a fictional autobiography of |
| A. | kamala das |
| B. | a k ramanujam |
| C. | indira nooyi |
| D. | nissim ezikial |
| Answer» B. a k ramanujam | |
| 6. |
Aestheticism means intended for_ |
| A. | learning |
| B. | pleasure |
| C. | teaching |
| D. | spirituality |
| Answer» C. teaching | |
| 7. |
means intended to give instruction, is applied to a work with aneducational value |
| A. | didacticism |
| B. | structure |
| C. | textual criticism |
| D. | sensualism |
| Answer» B. structure | |
| 8. |
“Piers Plowman” is a poem by |
| A. | cervantes, |
| B. | wycliffe |
| C. | william langland |
| D. | tyndale |
| Answer» D. tyndale | |
| 9. |
The word for copying another person’s ideas, words, or work and using as if they areyours is called |
| A. | plagiarism |
| B. | theft |
| C. | robbery |
| D. | copyright |
| Answer» B. theft | |
| 10. |
Who spoke about the concept of value in literature? |
| A. | t s eliot |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | frank kermode |
| D. | wordsworth |
| Answer» D. wordsworth | |
| 11. |
Who translated Rubaiyat of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam into English? |
| A. | homer |
| B. | edward fitzgerald |
| C. | harold bloom |
| D. | terry eagleton |
| Answer» C. harold bloom | |
| 12. |
Who wrote the book Loose Canons: Notes on the Culture Wars (1992)? |
| A. | henry louis gates |
| B. | harold bloom |
| C. | dinesh d’souza |
| D. | milton |
| Answer» B. harold bloom | |
| 13. |
Who made a distinction between implied reader and actual reader? |
| A. | wolf gang iser |
| B. | kamla das |
| C. | mahasweta devi |
| D. | terry eagleton |
| Answer» B. kamla das | |
| 14. |
What does the acronym DWEM stands for ? |
| A. | dear white european males |
| B. | dead white english man |
| C. | dead white european male |
| D. | dear white english man |
| Answer» D. dear white english man | |
| 15. |
Macaulay’s “Minutes on Indian Education” dates back to |
| A. | 1835 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1845 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» B. 1935 | |
| 16. |
The famous book on culture wars in USA, Illiberal Education : The politics of Sex andRace on Campus is written by |
| A. | dinesh d’souza |
| B. | amartya sen |
| C. | arundhadi roy |
| D. | noam chomsky |
| Answer» B. amartya sen | |
| 17. |
The term canon originaly meanin g a measuring rod, is of |
| A. | hebrew |
| B. | arab |
| C. | chinese |
| D. | greek |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Who wrote the book The Common Pursuit? |
| A. | harold bloom |
| B. | terry eagleton |
| C. | f.r leavis |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» D. coleridge | |
| 19. |
“Of the standard of Taste” is an essay by |
| A. | david hume |
| B. | harold bloom |
| C. | david lodge |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» B. harold bloom | |
| 20. |
Literary Theory: An Introduction is a book written by |
| A. | harold bloom |
| B. | terry eagleton |
| C. | f.r.leavis |
| D. | northrop frye |
| Answer» C. f.r.leavis | |
| 21. |
Who wrote the book The Western Canon? |
| A. | harold bloom |
| B. | david lodge |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | f r leavis |
| Answer» B. david lodge | |
| 22. |
Douglas Steward who wrote many verse plays like Kelly, Shipwreck, The GoldenLover and Fischer’s Ghost originally belonged to |
| A. | australia |
| B. | new zealand |
| C. | trinidad |
| D. | china |
| Answer» C. trinidad | |
| 23. |
Who wrote the introduction to Gitanjali? |
| A. | wb yeats |
| B. | tagore |
| C. | eliot |
| D. | louis fischer |
| Answer» B. tagore | |
| 24. |
The term “Gitanjali” of the poem of the same name by Tagore means |
| A. | god songs |
| B. | good songs |
| C. | verses |
| D. | song offerings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Mukta Dhara is a play by |
| A. | tagore |
| B. | r k narayanan |
| C. | anita desai |
| D. | manjula padmanaban |
| Answer» B. r k narayanan | |
| 26. |
The Guide is a novel written by |
| A. | rk narayan |
| B. | kr narayanan |
| C. | anita desai |
| D. | kirandesai |
| Answer» B. kr narayanan | |
| 27. |
The Stone Angel is a novel written by Margaret Lawrence, a native Neepawa in |
| A. | africa |
| B. | england |
| C. | australia |
| D. | u s a |
| Answer» B. england | |
| 28. |
An Area of Darkness by VS Naipaul is a |
| A. | travelogue |
| B. | novel |
| C. | shortstory |
| D. | drama |
| Answer» B. novel | |
| 29. |
The poem which lends the title of Things fall Apart by Achebe is |
| A. | easter 1916 |
| B. | byzantium |
| C. | second coming |
| D. | daffodils |
| Answer» D. daffodils | |
| 30. |
is a novel by Patrick White, the Australian novelist. |
| A. | snake |
| B. | voss |
| C. | cosmos |
| D. | raj quartet |
| Answer» C. cosmos | |
| 31. |
Achebe belongs to_ |
| A. | nigeria |
| B. | sudan |
| C. | south africa |
| D. | ethiopia |
| Answer» B. sudan | |
| 32. |
Which of the following is not a novel by Chinua Achebe? |
| A. | no longer at ease |
| B. | arrow of god |
| C. | a man of people |
| D. | shame |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Who wrote Summer in Calcutta ? |
| A. | kamla das |
| B. | mahasweta devi |
| C. | mihir sen |
| D. | satyajit ray |
| Answer» B. mahasweta devi | |
| 34. |
Train to Pakistan is a famous novel by Kushwant Singh based on |
| A. | partition |
| B. | untouchables |
| C. | prostitution |
| D. | famine |
| Answer» B. untouchables | |
| 35. |
Who is the author of A House for Mr. Biswas? |
| A. | shiv naipaul |
| B. | kushwant singh |
| C. | dom moraes |
| D. | vs naipaul |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Who wrote Things fall Apart? |
| A. | chinua achebe |
| B. | wole soyinka |
| C. | ismuth chugthai |
| D. | yeats |
| Answer» B. wole soyinka | |
| 37. |
Who coined the word netspeak to denote the language used in internetcommunication? |
| A. | roland bartthes |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | david crystal |
| D. | david lodge |
| Answer» D. david lodge | |
| 38. |
The study of signs is called_ |
| A. | linguistics |
| B. | semiotics |
| C. | scientology |
| D. | stylistics |
| Answer» C. scientology | |
| 39. |
The Archaeology of Knowledge, is book written by |
| A. | antonio gramsci |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | collingwood |
| D. | marwick |
| Answer» C. collingwood | |
| 40. |
Who is considered the father of ‘Romanticism’? |
| A. | rousseau |
| B. | shelly |
| C. | augustine |
| D. | jules michelet |
| Answer» B. shelly | |
| 41. |
Who introduced the new principle ‘Verum Factum’? |
| A. | vico |
| B. | r.g. collingwood |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | spengler |
| Answer» B. r.g. collingwood | |
| 42. |
Who was the author of the book “The Prince”? |
| A. | ibn khaldun |
| B. | machiavelli |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | spinoza |
| Answer» C. descartes | |
| 43. |
Who coined the term ‘Universal History’? |
| A. | ibn khaldun |
| B. | rg collingwood |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | marwick |
| Answer» B. rg collingwood | |
| 44. |
‘Historical Relativism’ is emerged from which country? |
| A. | france |
| B. | england |
| C. | america |
| D. | rome |
| Answer» D. rome | |
| 45. |
‘History of the Peloponnesian war’ was written by |
| A. | herodotus |
| B. | thucydides |
| C. | livy |
| D. | polybius |
| Answer» C. livy | |
| 46. |
In which historiography placed ‘God’ in the centre |
| A. | roman |
| B. | greek |
| C. | church |
| D. | renaissance |
| Answer» D. renaissance | |
| 47. |
‘Opera citato’ is the full form of------- |
| A. | ibid. |
| B. | op,cit. |
| C. | loc. cit. |
| D. | all of the above. |
| Answer» C. loc. cit. | |
| 48. |
-------- is a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features. |
| A. | diagrams |
| B. | map |
| C. | glossary |
| D. | index |
| Answer» C. glossary | |
| 49. |
A shortened form of a word or a phrase is called |
| A. | glossary |
| B. | index |
| C. | abbreviations |
| D. | diagrams |
| Answer» D. diagrams | |
| 50. |
. When constructing a questionnaire, there are 15 principles to which you should adhere. Whichof the following is not one of those principles? |
| A. | do not use "leading" or "loaded" questions |
| B. | avoid double-barreled questions |
| C. | avoid double negatives |
| D. | avoid using multiple items to measure a single construct |
| Answer» C. avoid double negatives | |