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This section includes 1535 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
Where does the cat sleep on fine days? |
| A. | Container for boiled rice |
| B. | Charcoal-burning foot warmer |
| C. | Master’s lap |
| D. | Veranda |
| Answer» E. | |
| 102. |
Who can transform our societies? |
| A. | Ignorant youth |
| B. | People with technical skills |
| C. | People who have humane feelings |
| D. | Young men having competence, skill, a sense of direction and a social purpose |
| Answer» E. | |
| 103. |
“But I’m not sorry; memories mean more to me than dresses.” Whose words are these? |
| A. | Aldous Huxley |
| B. | The slave |
| C. | Edmond Spenser |
| D. | Anne Frank |
| Answer» E. | |
| 104. |
What had illumined the land of sleep? |
| A. | The dream |
| B. | Death |
| C. | The whipping |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. The whipping | |
| 105. |
What is Radhakrishnan’s greatest academic achievement? |
| A. | September 5th is celebrated as teacher’s day |
| B. | He wrote Humanities Vs Science |
| C. | Elected to Oxford’s most prestigious Spalding Professorship |
| D. | Received Bharat Ratna in 1954 |
| Answer» D. Received Bharat Ratna in 1954 | |
| 106. |
What happened when Manchus conquered China? |
| A. | Chinese began to wear pigtails |
| B. | Chinese retained their custom of having small feet |
| C. | Manchus imitiated Chinese custom of small feet. |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 107. |
Who was Raloke? |
| A. | A carpenter |
| B. | A Christian |
| C. | A mason |
| D. | A farmer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 108. |
Thirukkural is claimed by the followers of ---------- |
| A. | Jainism |
| B. | Buddhism |
| C. | Hinduism |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 109. |
Lady Gregory is ____________ playwright . |
| A. | American |
| B. | African |
| C. | English |
| D. | Irish |
| Answer» E. | |
| 110. |
“If I were to be reborn as a man, I would, without doubt, become a -----------“ |
| A. | Maid |
| B. | Student |
| C. | Teacher |
| D. | Painter |
| Answer» D. Painter | |
| 111. |
This was probably the first time I had “a good look at a so-called ------------------“ |
| A. | Animal |
| B. | Aunt |
| C. | Painter |
| D. | Human being |
| Answer» E. | |
| 112. |
“One Day I Wrote Her Name” is a -------------- |
| A. | Elegy |
| B. | Sonnet |
| C. | Narrative |
| D. | Ballad |
| Answer» C. Narrative | |
| 113. |
In the poem ‘A Poison Tree’, the poison tree is a metaphor of |
| A. | Love |
| B. | Anger |
| C. | Wisdom |
| D. | Fear |
| Answer» C. Wisdom | |
| 114. |
The theme of The Slave’s Dream is: |
| A. | Plight of women |
| B. | Plight of slaves |
| C. | Plight of children |
| D. | Plight of animals |
| Answer» C. Plight of children | |
| 115. |
Give us a Role Model is taken from A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s book named _________. |
| A. | Wings of Fire. |
| B. | Judicious decisions. |
| C. | None of the above. |
| D. | Ignited Minds. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 116. |
Raloke rejected all things ---------- |
| A. | African |
| B. | American |
| C. | Foreign |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 117. |
R. K. Narayan’s stories uphold the _____________ culture. |
| A. | American |
| B. | African |
| C. | English |
| D. | Indian |
| Answer» E. | |
| 118. |
________________composed the national anthem of our country. |
| A. | William Blake |
| B. | W.B. Yeats |
| C. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| D. | R.K. Narayan |
| Answer» D. R.K. Narayan | |
| 119. |
The last leaf ___________ on the night of the storm. |
| A. | Fell |
| B. | Did not fall |
| C. | Changed its colour |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» B. Did not fall | |
| 120. |
Who told the cat that humans were inconsiderate? |
| A. | Osan |
| B. | Shiro |
| C. | Mike |
| D. | Andrea del Sarto |
| Answer» C. Mike | |
| 121. |
“Be very wary of opinions that flatter your self-esteem.” Whose words are these? |
| A. | Maxim Gorky |
| B. | Lewis Carroll |
| C. | Bertrand Russell |
| D. | Martin Luther King |
| Answer» D. Martin Luther King | |
| 122. |
_____________ was Kamala Das’s Major work. |
| A. | My life |
| B. | My history |
| C. | My story |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» D. None of the above. | |
| 123. |
Behrman died of ______________. |
| A. | Cholera |
| B. | Tuberculosis |
| C. | HIV |
| D. | Pneumonia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 124. |
Johnsy had associated her life with falling of the leaves from a ___________. |
| A. | Pine tree |
| B. | Oak tree |
| C. | Ivy vine |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» D. None of the above. | |
| 125. |
-----------, by Spenser is a sequence celebrating youthful love and devotion. |
| A. | How do I love there |
| B. | To Anthea |
| C. | Amoretti |
| D. | A Ring to me is bondage |
| Answer» D. A Ring to me is bondage | |
| 126. |
“I know Why Caged Bird Sings” is a poem by ------------- |
| A. | Mina Assadi |
| B. | Maya Angelou |
| C. | Dilip Chitre |
| D. | H. W. Longfellow |
| Answer» C. Dilip Chitre | |
| 127. |
The poem Lucy Gray narrates the sad incident of Lucy Gray’s____________. |
| A. | Death |
| B. | Life |
| C. | Missing |
| D. | Lonely life |
| Answer» B. Life | |
| 128. |
What did the teachers decide to give Wasserkopf? |
| A. | Refund |
| B. | Abuse |
| C. | An ‘Excellent’ for all subjects |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 129. |
The theme of the poem ‘Poor Girl’ is ----------- |
| A. | Being deceived in love |
| B. | Disillusionment |
| C. | Repeated experience of girls |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 130. |
The vendor who called his product by different names each day sold_____________. |
| A. | Ground nut |
| B. | areca nuts |
| C. | almonds |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. areca nuts | |
| 131. |
Anne Frank died of --------- |
| A. | Plague |
| B. | T B |
| C. | Typhoid |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 132. |
What does the hyaena’s cry suggest? |
| A. | Death |
| B. | Life |
| C. | Love |
| D. | Happiness |
| Answer» B. Life | |
| 133. |
The original title of the poem ‘A Poison Tree’ was____________. |
| A. | Christ in pain |
| B. | Christian Forbearance |
| C. | Christian Tolerance |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Christian Tolerance | |
| 134. |
Swami and friends, The Financial Expert and The Guide are works written by |
| A. | R. K. Narayan |
| B. | Sarojinui Naidu |
| C. | Kamala Das |
| D. | Rabindranath Tagore. |
| Answer» B. Sarojinui Naidu | |
| 135. |
Why did Philip ring the bell? |
| A. | He was going out |
| B. | He wanted to enter the house |
| C. | He wanted breakfast |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 136. |
September fifth is the birthday of- |
| A. | S. Radhakrishnan |
| B. | C. Radhakrishnan |
| C. | Huxley |
| D. | Russell |
| Answer» B. C. Radhakrishnan | |
| 137. |
A sonnet is a poem of -------- lines. |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 150 |
| D. | 200 |
| Answer» C. 150 | |
| 138. |
Who is called the ‘vain man’? |
| A. | The shepherd |
| B. | Amoretti |
| C. | Spenser/ lover |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 139. |
‘Heaven is not Closed’ is a short story by ----------- |
| A. | Maxim Gorky |
| B. | Tolstoy |
| C. | Bessie Cemery Head |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 140. |
Indians had lost their freedom in all spheres under the __________rule. |
| A. | Irish |
| B. | Spanish |
| C. | British |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 141. |
‘The Last Leaf’ is a story of ____________ done by an old man. |
| A. | Self esteem |
| B. | Self sacrifice |
| C. | Love |
| D. | Reunion |
| Answer» C. Love | |
| 142. |
The Rising of the Moon is a symbol of _______________. |
| A. | Irish folk tradition |
| B. | Irish independence |
| C. | English rule |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» C. English rule | |
| 143. |
Dilip Chitre is a prolific poet and essayist in ------------- |
| A. | Hindi |
| B. | Arabic |
| C. | Urdu |
| D. | Marathi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 144. |
The play ‘The Bear’ is written by________________. |
| A. | W |
| B. | yeats b. Tagore |
| C. | Anton Chekov |
| D. | Lady Gregory |
| Answer» D. Lady Gregory | |
| 145. |
The poem ------------- reflects the anxieties of a mother, poet and woman. |
| A. | A Ring to me is Bondage |
| B. | Father Returning Home |
| C. | Gift |
| D. | Mirror |
| Answer» E. | |
| 146. |
What does the father’s dream suggest? |
| A. | Happy day |
| B. | Ancient grandeur |
| C. | Rootlessness of modern man |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 147. |
Smirnov tells Madame Popova that her late husband owes him a sumof_________ roubles. |
| A. | 1600 |
| B. | 1200 |
| C. | 1300 |
| D. | 1700 |
| Answer» C. 1300 | |
| 148. |
What is the name of the old artist who helped the two girls in the story, ‘The LastLeaf’? |
| A. | Benjamin |
| B. | Bernad |
| C. | Behrman |
| D. | Benoy |
| Answer» D. Benoy | |
| 149. |
Lucy Gray is written imitating the 18th Century ___________ form. |
| A. | Sonnet |
| B. | Epic |
| C. | Elegy |
| D. | Ballad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 150. |
The theme of “Walrus and the Carpenter” is: |
| A. | Marriage |
| B. | Corruption |
| C. | Love |
| D. | Freedom |
| Answer» C. Love | |