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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.
201. |
The themes discussed by Bessie Head are ----------- |
A. | Cast difference, poverty and hunger |
B. | Societal displacement, identity conflict and discrimination |
C. | Africa’s past, present and future |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Africa’s past, present and future | |
202. |
Aleksei Peshkov is the real name of: |
A. | Tolstoy |
B. | Dostoevsky |
C. | Gogol |
D. | Maxim Gorky |
Answer» E. | |
203. |
Let me not to the marriage of true minds is Sonnet___________. |
A. | 116 |
B. | 118 |
C. | 120 |
D. | 111 |
Answer» B. 118 | |
204. |
What is the amount the authorities put as prize money for the head of the escaped prisoner? |
A. | Two hundred pound |
B. | Three hundred pounds |
C. | Six hundred pounds |
D. | Hundred pounds |
Answer» E. | |
205. |
Who is a Gaoler according to Mina Assadi? |
A. | One who has a garden |
B. | One who has a cage |
C. | One who has a kibla |
D. | One who has prayer mats |
Answer» C. One who has a kibla | |
206. |
Who was ill with pneumonia? |
A. | Sue |
B. | Behrman’s sister |
C. | Johnsy |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» D. None of the above. | |
207. |
People now –a- days are attracted to ---------- education |
A. | Humanistic |
B. | Technological |
C. | Job-oriented |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
208. |
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was the ________ President of India. |
A. | 13th |
B. | 14th |
C. | 11th |
D. | 12th |
Answer» D. 12th | |
209. |
“We must be content with moderate hopes” This is the last line of- |
A. | Humanities vs Science |
B. | The Diary of a young Girl |
C. | How to Escape from Intellectual rubbish |
D. | The Beauty Industry |
Answer» E. | |
210. |
------------- was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. |
A. | Aldous Huxley |
B. | Anne Frank |
C. | Bertrand Russell |
D. | S. Radhakrishnan |
Answer» D. S. Radhakrishnan | |
211. |
Did the stranger identify the astrologer? |
A. | No |
B. | Yes |
C. | Not sure |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Yes | |
212. |
What was Aristotle’s mistake? |
A. | Stated that women had fewer teeth than men without verifying it |
B. | Believed that beauty was an external aspect |
C. | Believed that travel can reduce insular prejudice |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Believed that beauty was an external aspect | |
213. |
Which is the locale of “One Autumn Night”? |
A. | Leningrad |
B. | Yste |
C. | St. Petersberg |
D. | Moscow |
Answer» C. St. Petersberg | |
214. |
A figure of speech in which human traits like qualities, feeling or characteristics aregiven to non-living objects is __________. |
A. | Metaphor |
B. | Simile |
C. | Strophe |
D. | Personification |
Answer» E. | |
215. |
“The Epithalamion” celebrates Spenser’s ------------------- |
A. | Marriage |
B. | Birth |
C. | Love affair |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Birth | |
216. |
Dilip Chitre translated the poem of --------------, the Marathi Bhakti poet. |
A. | Kalidasa |
B. | Tukaram |
C. | Thulasidas |
D. | Tagore |
Answer» C. Thulasidas | |
217. |
The translation of Anne Frank’s Diary was published in: |
A. | 1951 |
B. | 1952 |
C. | 1953 |
D. | 1954 |
Answer» C. 1953 | |
218. |
The works of ----------- are banned in Iran. |
A. | Mina Assadi |
B. | Maya Angelou |
C. | Khalid Hosseini |
D. | Salman Rushdie |
Answer» B. Maya Angelou | |
219. |
For how much money did the astrologer finally agree to speak? |
A. | 2 rupee |
B. | 1 rupee |
C. | 50 paise |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. 50 paise | |
220. |
Who motivated Wasserkopf to go to school and ask for refund? |
A. | Mathematics master |
B. | The Principal |
C. | Leaderer |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
221. |
The poet, in the poem ‘Heaven of Freedom’ is referring to a nation where the peoplecan hold their head high with dignity and ____________. |
A. | Self respect |
B. | Self contempt |
C. | Self disgust |
D. | None of the above, |
Answer» B. Self contempt | |
222. |
In the heaven of freedom imagined by Rabindranath Tagore people belonging to anysection of the society will have __________to education. |
A. | No acces |
B. | Little access |
C. | Free access |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
223. |
“I will not have impertinence”. Whose words are these? |
A. | Emily |
B. | Philip |
C. | Uncle James |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
224. |
“He did not feel the driver’s whip”. Why? |
A. | He had taken opium |
B. | He was under medication |
C. | He moved away |
D. | He was dead |
Answer» E. | |
225. |
Men who have knowledge and have no feelings lack _________. |
A. | Education |
B. | Bravery |
C. | Information |
D. | Wisdom. |
Answer» E. | |
226. |
Which question trapped Wasserkopf? |
A. | How long did the Hundred Years war last? |
B. | Is that your answer? |
C. | What city of the same name is the capital of Brunswick? |
D. | How much do we owe you, Herr Wasserkopf? |
Answer» E. | |
227. |
---------- is a Japanese story teller of the Meiji era. |
A. | Natsume Soseki |
B. | Bessie Head |
C. | Maxim Ghorky |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Bessie Head | |
228. |
Be very wary of opinions that ----------- |
A. | Test your experience |
B. | Are different from yours |
C. | Flatter your self-esteem |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
229. |
“The Faerie Queene” is a famous work by ----------- |
A. | H. W. Longfellow |
B. | Sylvia Plath |
C. | Edmund Spenser |
D. | Shakespeare |
Answer» D. Shakespeare | |
230. |
How to Escape from Intellectual Rubbish is written by ------------ |
A. | Radhakrishnan |
B. | Voltaire |
C. | Huxley |
D. | Russell |
Answer» E. | |
231. |
‘There is Certain Slant of Light’s is a poem written by_________ |
A. | Sri Aurobindo |
B. | Emily Dickinson |
C. | Robert Frost |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Robert Frost | |
232. |
‘The Rising of The Moon’ is a __________ . |
A. | Tragic-comedy |
B. | Comic play |
C. | Tragedy |
D. | Political Play |
Answer» E. | |
233. |
According to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam it is the _____________ who generates creativity in the child. |
A. | Doctor |
B. | Teacher |
C. | Parent |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. Parent | |
234. |
What is meant by billows? |
A. | Sun’s ray |
B. | Sea waves |
C. | Pillow |
D. | The wind |
Answer» C. Pillow | |
235. |
Where do the Walrus and the Carpenter go for a walk? |
A. | Garden |
B. | Briny Beach |
C. | Hillside |
D. | Park |
Answer» C. Hillside | |
236. |
According to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam till the age of 15 every student can take their__________ and ____________ as their role models. |
A. | Parents and teachers. |
B. | Teachers and friends |
C. | Siblings and friends. |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Teachers and friends | |
237. |
Dilip Chitre portrays Father in a -------------- way |
A. | Seriou |
B. | Comic |
C. | Tragic |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
238. |
Why did the moon sulk? |
A. | Because the carpenter walked with the walrus |
B. | Because he could not come up in the sky |
C. | Because the sun did not go away even at midnight |
D. | Because she was hungry |
Answer» D. Because she was hungry | |
239. |
Why did the teachers give excellent in physical education? |
A. | Wasserkopf shouted at the teachers |
B. | He refused to sit |
C. | He abused the teachers |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. He abused the teachers | |
240. |
Why was it odd that the sun was shining with all his might? |
A. | It was midnight |
B. | It was twilight |
C. | It was morning |
D. | It was noon |
Answer» B. It was twilight | |
241. |
In the essay Dream Children, grandmother Field died of________. |
A. | Pneumonia |
B. | Tuberculosis. |
C. | Cancer. |
D. | AIDS. |
Answer» D. AIDS. | |
242. |
National heritage means ------------------ |
A. | Tradition of values |
B. | Tradition of science |
C. | Tradition of geographical abstraction |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Tradition of science | |
243. |
When was the vegetable man picked up for having two Jews in his house? |
A. | Thursday, 25th May, 1944 |
B. | Wednesday, 8th July, 1942 |
C. | Friday, 26th May, 1944 |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Wednesday, 8th July, 1942 | |
244. |
What does Popova call Smirnov when they argue? |
A. | A Cat |
B. | A Mouse |
C. | A Bull |
D. | A Bear. |
Answer» E. | |
245. |
In the poem ‘A Poison Tree’, the enemy slowly entered into the garden of the speaker and _____________ the apple. |
A. | Ate |
B. | Kissed |
C. | Stole |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» D. None of the above. | |
246. |
How much money had the stranger promised to give the astrologer if he gave rightanswers? |
A. | 9 anna |
B. | 10 annas |
C. | 8 annas |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
247. |
Huxley wrote an essay on the ----------- after his visit to India |
A. | Qutab Minar |
B. | Agra Fort |
C. | Taj Mahal |
D. | Golden Temple |
Answer» D. Golden Temple | |
248. |
What did the principal do when he heard Wasserkopf’s demand? |
A. | Shouted at Wasserkopf |
B. | Threw Wasserkopf out with the help of the sentry |
C. | Called a meeting of the teachers |
D. | Gave Wasserkopf the money |
Answer» D. Gave Wasserkopf the money | |
249. |
Who was the person who came along when the policeman was alone guarding the harbour? |
A. | A beggar |
B. | A ballad singer |
C. | A fortune teller |
D. | A hungry old man |
Answer» C. A fortune teller | |
250. |
The theme of “Father Returning Home” is ------------- |
A. | Adolescence |
B. | Youth |
C. | Middle age |
D. | Old age |
Answer» E. | |