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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 | |