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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.
251. |
“Jnanam vijnana sahitham” is a quotation from- |
A. | The Bible |
B. | The Quran |
C. | The Upanishad |
D. | The Bhagavad Gita |
Answer» E. | |
252. |
‘The Rising of The Moon’ is a play written by______________. |
A. | Anton Chekov |
B. | W.B.Yeats |
C. | Lady Gregory |
D. | Henrik Ibsen |
Answer» D. Henrik Ibsen | |
253. |
Who is the guardian of young Philip? |
A. | Emily |
B. | Mary |
C. | Uncle James |
D. | Mrs. Higgins |
Answer» D. Mrs. Higgins | |
254. |
Who is the author of the play “Refund”? |
A. | A. A. Milne |
B. | Fritz Karinthy |
C. | Lewis Carroll |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Lewis Carroll | |
255. |
The poem ‘Heaven of Freedom’ is like an_____________, a prayer where the poetprays for a country which is a heaven of freedom. |
A. | Song to God |
B. | An offering to God |
C. | A complaint to God |
D. | A suggestion to God |
Answer» C. A complaint to God | |
256. |
According to Russell, wisdom is needed in personal life to avoid _____________ for another. |
A. | Dislike |
B. | Love |
C. | Affection |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Love | |
257. |
‘The Walrus and the Carpenter” is a --------- poem. |
A. | Seriou |
B. | Fantasy |
C. | Nonsense |
D. | Realistic |
Answer» D. Realistic | |
258. |
Anne bid farewell only to- |
A. | Mr. Goudsmit |
B. | Meip |
C. | Van Daan |
D. | The cat |
Answer» E. | |
259. |
The industrial growth of our country needs -----------, ------------ and -----------. |
A. | Poets, novelists and dramatists |
B. | Scientists, technicians and engineers |
C. | Spiritualists, humanists and wealthy |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Spiritualists, humanists and wealthy | |
260. |
“‘Old Ladies’ are becoming rare.” Why? |
A. | Because they die early |
B. | Because of the beauty industry |
C. | Because of wealth |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Because of wealth | |
261. |
Who is Leaderer? |
A. | Wasserkopf’s friend |
B. | The Mathematics Master |
C. | The Geography Master |
D. | The Physics Master |
Answer» B. The Mathematics Master | |
262. |
Oppresses, like the weight of cathedral tunes; what is the figure of speech used here inthe poem ‘There is Certain Slant of Light’? |
A. | Simile |
B. | Metaphor |
C. | Personification |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Metaphor | |
263. |
The theme of “A Ring to Me is Bondage” is: |
A. | Captivity and freedom |
B. | Love and Hate |
C. | Anger and protest |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Love and Hate | |
264. |
A light dramatic composition of a satirical or humorous cast is called ----------- |
A. | Farce |
B. | Elegy |
C. | Sonnet |
D. | Lyric |
Answer» B. Elegy | |
265. |
A fat animal with tusks found in the sea is --------------- |
A. | Elephant |
B. | Sea-horse |
C. | Oysters |
D. | Walrus |
Answer» E. | |
266. |
“And it passed, like a glorious roll of drums, Through the triumph of his dream”. What is the triumph? |
A. | His dream of homeland |
B. | His dream of flamingoes |
C. | His dream of family |
D. | His dream of liberty |
Answer» E. | |
267. |
How does Mina Assadi realize her smallness? |
A. | Comparing herself to the sea |
B. | Thinking of being in a cage |
C. | Wearing a ring |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Thinking of being in a cage | |
268. |
Kamala Das is a prominent Indian English writer who was later known by the name |
A. | Kamala Sundhya |
B. | Kamala Surayya |
C. | Kamala Sershain |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» C. Kamala Sershain | |
269. |
Popova was mourning the death of her_____________. |
A. | Daughter |
B. | Husband |
C. | Sister |
D. | Father |
Answer» C. Sister | |
270. |
To me a ring is --------------- |
A. | Freedom |
B. | Affection |
C. | Aloneness |
D. | Bondage |
Answer» E. | |
271. |
Charles Lamb is best known for his ________. |
A. | Essays of Edison |
B. | Essays of Selina |
C. | Essays of Elia |
D. | Essays of Addison. |
Answer» D. Essays of Addison. | |
272. |
“I am a Cat” is ------------- |
A. | An Autobiography |
B. | A simple story |
C. | An animal story |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
273. |
What is a ‘call- up’ notice? |
A. | Imprisonment |
B. | Order to show up before the S. S. |
C. | Order for deportation |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Order for deportation | |
274. |
Psychological ugliness according to Huxley is --------------- |
A. | Stupidity |
B. | Unawareness |
C. | Greed |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
275. |
Who was the first person that the cat met on reaching the master’s house? |
A. | Mike |
B. | Shiro |
C. | The Master |
D. | Osan |
Answer» E. | |
276. |
To conquer fear is the beginning of ---------------- |
A. | Ignorance |
B. | Wealth |
C. | Wisdom |
D. | Spirituality |
Answer» D. Spirituality | |
277. |
The play by A A Milne is titled- |
A. | Refund |
B. | The Boy Comes Home |
C. | The King Who Limped |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. The King Who Limped | |
278. |
“I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions”. Whose words are these? |
A. | Sylvia Plath |
B. | The mother |
C. | The young woman |
D. | The mirror |
Answer» E. | |
279. |
According to the boy A.P.J. Abdul Kalam met at Ananad , Gujarat; our greatest enemy is___________. |
A. | Poverty |
B. | Liberty |
C. | Hatred |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Liberty | |
280. |
Who is the speaker in the poem Poor Girl? |
A. | An old woman |
B. | A poor woman |
C. | A young girl |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. A young girl | |
281. |
Lady Gregory was the co- founder of the ___________theatre. |
A. | Golden |
B. | The Rose |
C. | Abbey |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
282. |
How many questions did the Mathematics Master ask? |
A. | Three |
B. | Five |
C. | Two |
D. | One |
Answer» D. One | |
283. |
“Their shoes were clean and neat/ And this was odd”. Why? |
A. | They had tiny feet |
B. | They had no feet |
C. | They did not have shoes. |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. They did not have shoes. | |
284. |
‘ Give us a Role Model’ begins with a quotation by _____________. |
A. | Sri Aurobindo |
B. | Sri Narayana Guru |
C. | Rabindranath Tagore |
D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
Answer» E. | |
285. |
What was the name of the stranger who sat before the astrologer? |
A. | Guru Sampat |
B. | Guru Veeran |
C. | Guru Nayak |
D. | Guru Kripa |
Answer» D. Guru Kripa | |
286. |
______________ is a poem written by Kamala Das |
A. | Middle women |
B. | Middle life |
C. | Middle stance |
D. | Middle Age |
Answer» E. | |
287. |
“--------------- is what I call happiness”. |
A. | Affection |
B. | Prayer mats |
C. | Aloneness |
D. | Music of sparrows |
Answer» D. Music of sparrows | |
288. |
Words, phrases or lines repeated in a poem for creating a particular effect is called -------- |
A. | Quatrain |
B. | Sestet |
C. | Refrain |
D. | Blank verse |
Answer» D. Blank verse | |
289. |
What good idea hit Natasha’s head? |
A. | To dig under the crate |
B. | Wait for someone to come and open the crate |
C. | To beg for food |
D. | To break open the crate |
Answer» E. | |
290. |
Which of the books given below belong to J.B. Priestley’s collection of essays? |
A. | Apes and Angel |
B. | Distant Sorrow. |
C. | A Journey Down Memory’s Lane. |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. Distant Sorrow. | |
291. |
The American Depression occurred in- |
A. | 1929 |
B. | 1919 |
C. | 1939 |
D. | 1949 |
Answer» B. 1919 | |
292. |
Robert Frost is a well known _______ poet. |
A. | Afro American |
B. | American |
C. | English |
D. | Irish |
Answer» C. English | |
293. |
Who is called stick-in-the mud? |
A. | The Geography teacher |
B. | The Mathematics teacher |
C. | The Physics teacher |
D. | The Principal |
Answer» C. The Physics teacher | |
294. |
In the poem, ‘Heaven of Freedom’, Tagore addresses _________as the Father of theUniverse. |
A. | Man |
B. | Society |
C. | Himself |
D. | God |
Answer» E. | |
295. |
What is “Farthing”? |
A. | Tit bit |
B. | A coin of small denomination |
C. | Bread crumbs |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Bread crumbs | |
296. |
Wasserkopf in Germen means ---------- |
A. | Idiot |
B. | Insane |
C. | Water-head |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
297. |
Spenser married ------------------ |
A. | Elizabeth Barret Browing |
B. | Elizabeth Boyle |
C. | Eliza Doolittle |
D. | Elizabeth Taylor |
Answer» C. Eliza Doolittle | |
298. |
What did Spenser write upon the strand? |
A. | Her name |
B. | His love |
C. | Poetry |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. His love | |
299. |
At what age did Galethebege die? |
A. | 85 |
B. | 86 |
C. | 90 |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
300. |
Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov was a ______________ |
A. | Banker |
B. | Lieutenant |
C. | Tenant |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Tenant | |