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301.

Anne Frank was a victim of -

A. Mussolini’s despotism
B. Anti-Jewish laws of Nazi Germany
C. Second World War
D. None of these
Answer» C. Second World War
302.

According to the poet, Kamala Das, children wear a stern face in order to show thatthey are ____________ and_____________.

A. Sincere and faithful
B. Matured and serious
C. Happy and jovial
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Happy and jovial
303.

A. A Milne wrote comic essays for the ---------

A. Punch
B. Myojo
C. The week
D. Outlook
Answer» B. Myojo
304.

Bessie Head was a ------------- writer

A. South-African
B. Australian
C. Indian
D. American
Answer» B. Australian
305.

A musical instrument mentioned in “One Autumn Night” is-

A. Bonbon
B. Banjo
C. Skiff
D. Dithyramb
Answer» C. Skiff
306.

A sonnet is a ____________ line verse form.

A. Eighteen
B. Fourteen
C. Sixteen
D. Twelve
Answer» C. Sixteen
307.

Beside self-esteem there is another source of error. What is it?

A. Fear
B. Imitation
C. Hypocrisy
D. None of these
Answer» B. Imitation
308.

Anton Chekov is a prominent figure in __________ literature.

A. Russian
B. American
C. Indian English
D. Irish
Answer» B. American
309.

Bertrand Russell received the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year________.

A. 1960
B. 1940
C. 1950
D. 1970
Answer» D. 1970
310.

Mary Lamb was Charles Lamb’s _______________.

A. Mother
B. Sister-in-law
C. Sister
D. Daughter
Answer» D. Daughter
311.

Natsume Soseki, makes fun of the pretence in ----------, through his story.

A. Academic world
B. Home
C. Neighbourhood
D. None of these
Answer» B. Home
312.

‘The Walrus and the Carpenter” is a poem recited by -----------------

A. Walru
B. Carpenter
C. Alice
D. Tweedledum andTweedledee
Answer» E.
313.

A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared in a phrase using thewords ‘like’ or ‘as’ is called ______________.

A. A Strophe
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Metaphor
314.

Bessie Head’s first novel-

A. The Collector of Treasure
B. When Rain Clouds Gather
C. The Lower Depths
D. None of these
Answer» C. The Lower Depths
315.

Meaning of the word ‘muster up’ is -----------

A. Dissolve
B. Distribute
C. Gather
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
316.

‘Heaven of Freedom’ is taken from _____________a collection of 103 English poemsof Tagore translated by himself from Bengali.

A. Gitanjali
B. Kheya
C. Naivedya
D. Gitimalya
Answer» B. Kheya
317.

William Blake is known as a _______ Poet.

A. People’
B. Pleasant
C. Prophetic
D. None of the above.
Answer» D. None of the above.
318.

I am a ----------- but as yet I have no name

A. Man
B. Cat
C. Teacher
D. Painter
Answer» C. Teacher
319.

Humanities Vs Science is a plea for ------------

A. Study of science
B. Study of Humanities
C. Integrated study of applied sciences and Humanities
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
320.

What does the father contemplate?

A. About the train
B. About his children
C. About music
D. About man’s estrangement
Answer» E.
321.

Why should the Blacks get converted?

A. To go to heaven
B. To please God
C. To become civilized
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
322.

Fritz Karinthy is described as a ----------

A. Lyricist
B. Absurdist
C. Pseudo-humorist
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
323.

Anne Frank wrote her diary in-

A. English
B. German
C. Dutch
D. Spanish
Answer» D. Spanish
324.

--------------- celebrates courtship of Spenser and Elizabeth Boyle

A. The Shephearde’s Calender
B. The Faerie Queen
C. The Epithalamion
D. Amoretti
Answer» E.
325.

Where, when as death shall all the world subdue Our love shall live, and later life renew” Whose lines are these?

A. Shakespeare
B. Keats
C. Shelley
D. Spenser
Answer» E.
326.

“The song of Hiawatha” is written by -

A. William Wordsworth
B. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
C. William Shakespeare
D. None of these
Answer» C. William Shakespeare
327.

What is the significance of the word ‘poor’ in Angelou’s poem?

A. It means the girl has no money
B. It tells us about her background
C. She is going to be cheated and she does not know that
D. She does not know her future
Answer» D. She does not know her future
328.

According to Bertrand Russell Knowledge without wisdom can be ____________.

A. Beautiful
B. Harmful.
C. Enchanting
D. Ugly
Answer» C. Enchanting
329.

The structure and form of Sonnet 116 are a typical example of the _____________.

A. Ballad
B. Lyric
C. Petrarchan sonnet
D. Shakespearean sonnet
Answer» E.
330.

Who came back to school for refund?

A. Leaderer
B. Uncle James
C. Philip
D. Wasserkopf
Answer» E.
331.

What are the reasons for the growth and expansion of beauty industry?

A. Wealth
B. Freedom of women
C. Awareness to express their rights
D. All of these
Answer» E.
332.

‘The slave’s Dream’ describes-

A. The happy life of a slave
B. The end of slavery
C. The dying moment of a black slave
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
333.

Who is the hero in “The boy Comes Home”?

A. Jame
B. Bill
C. Philip
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
334.

“Everything lives, for something better to come”. These are the words of-

A. Tolstoy
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Martin Luther King
D. Maxim Gorky
Answer» E.
335.

What are the three great obstacles that hinder India’s development?

A. Intellectual rubbish, beauty & lack of awareness
B. Poverty, disease & ignorance
C. Five year plans, lack of infrastructure &lack of money
D. None of these
Answer» C. Five year plans, lack of infrastructure &lack of money
336.

What is the climax of the play “Refund”?

A. Written test
B. Oral test
C. Geography question
D. Physics question
Answer» C. Geography question
337.

The poet calls the moon and the candles ------------

A. Good angle
B. Illuminators
C. Liars
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
338.

“He did not feel the drivers whip”. Why?

A. He was asleep
B. He was unconscious
C. He was dreaming
D. He was dead
Answer» E.
339.

Europe is poor, and a face can cost as much in upkeep as a --------------

A. Rolls- Royce
B. Linea
C. Limousine
D. Chevorlet
Answer» B. Linea
340.

The astrologer advices the man to go back to his home town and never travel___________again.

A. Southward
B. Northwards
C. Eastwards
D. Westwards
Answer» B. Northwards
341.

Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year _________.

A. 1930
B. 1918
C. 1913
D. 1980
Answer» D. 1980
342.

Johnsy wanted to paint ______________ as her masterpiece.

A. The Bay of Bengal
B. The Mexican Coast
C. The Bay of Naples
D. None of the above.
Answer» D. None of the above.
343.

In the poem ‘Middle Age’, the poet discusses the life of a______________.

A. Daughter
B. Father
C. Sister
D. Mother.
Answer» E.
344.

Brave New World (1932) was written by-

A. S. Radhakrishnan
B. Aldous Huxley
C. Bertrand Russell
D. None of these
Answer» C. Bertrand Russell
345.

Uncle James’ house was furnished in ------------------

A. Greek style
B. Mid-Victorian style
C. Modern style
D. None of these
Answer» C. Modern style
346.

What is the good way for getting rid of dogmatism?

A. Reading
B. Discussion
C. Watching T V
D. Become aware of other people’s opinion
Answer» E.
347.

What did the missionaries from the West ask the black people to do?

A. To believe in their own custom
B. To embrace Christianity
C. To pray to God
D. None of these
Answer» C. To pray to God
348.

Colossus is the first book of poems by ---------.

A. Mina Assadi
B. Dilip Chitre
C. Sylvia Plath
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
349.

Her poems are mostly ____________ in nature.

A. Confessional
B. Confidential
C. Contradictory
D. None of the above.
Answer» B. Confidential
350.

Stories in which animals are characters who speak like human beings are called ----------

A. Folk tale
B. Ballad
C. Fable
D. Legend
Answer» D. Legend