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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. |
The Lyrical Ballads was published in the year__________. |
| A. | 1798 |
| B. | 1764 |
| C. | 1789 |
| D. | 1770 |
| Answer» B. 1764 | |
| 2. |
H. W. Longfellow was an ----------- poet. |
| A. | American |
| B. | English |
| C. | German |
| D. | Indian |
| Answer» B. English | |
| 3. |
Who was easily attracted by the words of the Walrus and the Carpenter? |
| A. | The old oyster |
| B. | Alice |
| C. | The young oysters |
| D. | Tweedledom and tweedledee |
| Answer» D. Tweedledom and tweedledee | |
| 4. |
Who is the character placed in contrast to Uncle James in “The Boy Comes Home”? |
| A. | Marie |
| B. | Emily |
| C. | Alice |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Alice | |
| 5. |
Who sent the currant cake with the words “Happy Whitsun” to Anne’s Family in hiding? |
| A. | Van Daan |
| B. | Meip |
| C. | Mr. Goudsmit |
| D. | Harry |
| Answer» C. Mr. Goudsmit | |
| 6. |
Gorky’s stories are about the lives of ---------- |
| A. | The wealthy |
| B. | The bourgeois |
| C. | The poor and the uncared for |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 7. |
The great crimes against civilization are committed by ------------- |
| A. | So-called civilized people |
| B. | Uneducated people |
| C. | Primitive people |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Uneducated people | |
| 8. |
The abuse of science is the fault of -------------- |
| A. | Scientist |
| B. | Technicians |
| C. | Spiritualists |
| D. | Man |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Kamala Das wrote under the name ___________. |
| A. | Madhava Menon |
| B. | Madhavi Menon |
| C. | Madhavi Amma |
| D. | Madhavi Kutty. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Under what tree is the Astrologer sitting in the story, ‘The Astrologer’s Day’? |
| A. | Oak tree |
| B. | Tamarind tree |
| C. | Banyan tree |
| D. | Bodhi tree |
| Answer» C. Banyan tree | |
| 11. |
Who was Van Daan? |
| A. | Anne’s friend |
| B. | Mother’s friend |
| C. | Anne’s Father’s friend |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 12. |
The main Character in this play is |
| A. | Madame Leobev |
| B. | Madame Vanya |
| C. | Madame Popova |
| D. | Madame Curie |
| Answer» D. Madame Curie | |
| 13. |
The Last Leaf is a Short story written by |
| A. | H.H. Munro |
| B. | W.H. Longfellow |
| C. | O. Henry |
| D. | J.K.Rowling |
| Answer» D. J.K.Rowling | |
| 14. |
The escaped prisoner in ‘The Rising of The Moon’ was an important _____________. |
| A. | Cinema actor |
| B. | Political Leader |
| C. | Gang leader |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» C. Gang leader | |
| 15. |
“The tree of life is sustained by art, the tree of death by science.” Who said this? |
| A. | William Wordsworth |
| B. | William Harvey |
| C. | William Blake |
| D. | S. Radhakrishnan |
| Answer» D. S. Radhakrishnan | |
| 16. |
What is the master’s nickname? |
| A. | Shiro |
| B. | Myojo |
| C. | Mr Mensroom |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 17. |
How many maids were to be employed to clear the sand? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 7 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 11 |
| Answer» C. 9 | |
| 18. |
Charles Lamb worked as a clerk at _____________. |
| A. | East coast company |
| B. | East India House |
| C. | East Forte Company |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» C. East Forte Company | |
| 19. |
What do we find on the faces of those who are trying to have a continuous “good time”? |
| A. | Beauty |
| B. | A bored sullenness |
| C. | Ugliness |
| D. | Determination |
| Answer» C. Ugliness | |
| 20. |
Who tells the story of Galethebege? |
| A. | Raloke |
| B. | Modise |
| C. | The Christian Missionary |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. The Christian Missionary | |
| 21. |
---------- was born in the Mazandaran province of Iran. |
| A. | Dilip Chitre |
| B. | Mina Assadi |
| C. | Maya Angelou |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Maya Angelou | |
| 22. |
Raloke believed in- |
| A. | Christainity |
| B. | Setswana Custom |
| C. | Hinduism |
| D. | Islam |
| Answer» C. Hinduism | |
| 23. |
The seventh Sunday after Easter- |
| A. | Good Friday |
| B. | Christmas |
| C. | Whitsun |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 24. |
What was Uncle James so particular about? |
| A. | War |
| B. | Happiness |
| C. | Relaxation |
| D. | Punctuality |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
How much money did the astrologer have to pay if his answers went wrong? |
| A. | 17anna |
| B. | 18annas |
| C. | 20annas |
| D. | 16annas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
The marriage of Raloke and Galethebege was solemnized according to ----------- |
| A. | Christian tradition |
| B. | Setswana custom |
| C. | Indian tradition |
| D. | Islamic tradition |
| Answer» D. Islamic tradition | |
| 27. |
“But not on us!” Whose cry is it? |
| A. | The Walru |
| B. | The oysters |
| C. | The Carpenters |
| D. | Alice |
| Answer» C. The Carpenters | |
| 28. |
Sonnet was introduced by the Italian poet named______________. |
| A. | Peter |
| B. | Petrarch |
| C. | Penguin |
| D. | Punich |
| Answer» C. Penguin | |
| 29. |
The young soldier, the hero of A A Milne’s play has come home after- |
| A. | The II World War |
| B. | The Trojan War |
| C. | The I World War |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 30. |
William Blake has written Songs of Innocence and ____________. |
| A. | Songs of Experience |
| B. | Songs of Expression |
| C. | Songs of Experiments |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Songs of Expression | |
| 31. |
Who is like a word dropped from a long sentence? |
| A. | Dilip Chitre |
| B. | The father |
| C. | Tukaram |
| D. | Grandchildren |
| Answer» C. Tukaram | |
| 32. |
What were the topics to be discussed amongst the Walrus, Carpenter and Oysters? |
| A. | Of shoe |
| B. | Of ships |
| C. | Sealing wax |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
‘On Travel by Train’ is a humorous account of the English ___________. |
| A. | Capabilities. |
| B. | Eccentricities. |
| C. | Realities. |
| D. | Employability skills. |
| Answer» C. Realities. | |
| 34. |
R.K.Narayan’s famous work ___________was awarded the Sahithya AcademyAward in 1958. |
| A. | Swami and Friend |
| B. | The Guide |
| C. | The Financial Expert |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. The Financial Expert | |
| 35. |
What is freedom according to Assadi? |
| A. | Being in a cage |
| B. | Picking flowers |
| C. | Short walk in the garden of memories |
| D. | Roads |
| Answer» D. Roads | |
| 36. |
“Mother” is a novel written by ------------ |
| A. | Alexander Pushkin |
| B. | Anton Chekov |
| C. | Tolstoy |
| D. | Gorky |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Weak tea, stale chappathi etc. represent ------------- |
| A. | Youthfulnes |
| B. | Selfishness |
| C. | Plight of old age |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 38. |
Crome Yellow is written by |
| A. | Huxley |
| B. | Gorky |
| C. | Radhakrishnan |
| D. | Bessie Head |
| Answer» B. Gorky | |
| 39. |
“The Boy Comes Home” was written in ---------- |
| A. | 1920 |
| B. | 1930 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1918 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
O. Henry is the pen name of_____________. |
| A. | William Words worth |
| B. | William Henry |
| C. | William Shakespeare |
| D. | William Sydney Porter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Who is the narrator of the story “I Am a Cat”? |
| A. | The boy |
| B. | Osan |
| C. | The cat |
| D. | Mike |
| Answer» D. Mike | |
| 42. |
Yeats was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1910 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1923 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Who has been called the leader of Angry Young Men? |
| A. | alan sillitoe |
| B. | john wain |
| C. | colin wilson |
| D. | john osborne |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Eliot’s “Journey of the Magi” occurs in his |
| A. | ariel poems |
| B. | poems (1920) |
| C. | the wasteland |
| D. | four quartets |
| Answer» B. poems (1920) | |
| 45. |
Virginia Woolf was the daughter of an eminent critic and scholar. Whowas he? |
| A. | matthew arnold |
| B. | carlyle |
| C. | john ruskin |
| D. | leslie stephen |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Stream of Consciousness novel is a product of |
| A. | 18 c |
| B. | 16c |
| C. | 17c |
| D. | 20c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
“Dubliners” was first published in the year |
| A. | 1912 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1918 |
| D. | 1921 |
| Answer» C. 1918 | |
| 48. |
Who among the following is a Movement poet? |
| A. | elizabeth jennings |
| B. | ted hughes |
| C. | t.s eliot |
| D. | w.h auden |
| Answer» B. ted hughes | |
| 49. |
--------------- is the only play published by James Joyce |
| A. | exiles |
| B. | the dead |
| C. | the black sun |
| D. | chamber music |
| Answer» D. chamber music | |
| 50. |
The early stories in Joyce’s “Dubliners” have -------- as protagonists |
| A. | women |
| B. | irish peasants |
| C. | children |
| D. | mythical characters |
| Answer» B. irish peasants | |