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This section includes 5672 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UPSC IAS Exam knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
Eduardo Mallea was………. |
| A. | Brazilian writer |
| B. | Argentine writer |
| C. | Peruvian novelist |
| D. | Columbian writer |
| Answer» C. Peruvian novelist | |
| 102. |
The novel ‘Third Bank of the River’ was written by…………………………. |
| A. | Juao Guimaraes Rosa |
| B. | Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
| C. | Llosa |
| D. | Mallea |
| Answer» B. Gabriel Garcia Marquez | |
| 103. |
Famous Latin American writer Juao Guimaraes Rosa belongs to…………. |
| A. | Argentina |
| B. | Brazil |
| C. | Chile |
| D. | Bolivia |
| Answer» C. Chile | |
| 104. |
Pablo Neruda received Nobel Prize in the year………………….. |
| A. | 1973 |
| B. | 1974 |
| C. | 1971 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» D. 1978 | |
| 105. |
…………………………………wrote the poem “Residence on Earth 1925‐31” |
| A. | Ruben Dario |
| B. | Julio Cortazer |
| C. | Eduardo Mallea |
| D. | Pablo Neruda |
| Answer» E. | |
| 106. |
Pablo Neruda wrote the poem titled, “Spain in My Heart” in the backgroundof…………………………. |
| A. | Anglo‐Spanish war |
| B. | Spanish Civil war of 1936 |
| C. | Spanish colonial expeditions |
| D. | Spanish elite culture |
| Answer» C. Spanish colonial expeditions | |
| 107. |
Pablo Neruda belongs to……………………… |
| A. | Bolivia |
| B. | Columbia |
| C. | Argentina |
| D. | Chile |
| Answer» E. | |
| 108. |
Famous Latin American poet and writer, ‘Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basalto’ is popularly knownas…………………. |
| A. | Ruben Dario |
| B. | Eduardo Mallea |
| C. | Pablo Neruda |
| D. | Julio Cortazer |
| Answer» D. Julio Cortazer | |
| 109. |
……………………was written by Julio Cortazer. |
| A. | Lay Hymns |
| B. | Hopscotch |
| C. | Residence on Earth |
| D. | Azul |
| Answer» C. Residence on Earth | |
| 110. |
Julio Cortazer was a famous……………………………. |
| A. | Argentine writer |
| B. | Mexican writer |
| C. | Columbian poet |
| D. | Brazilian playwright |
| Answer» B. Mexican writer | |
| 111. |
Ruben Dario was a……………………….. |
| A. | Peruvian poet |
| B. | Nicaraguan poet |
| C. | Columbian novelist |
| D. | Mexican poet |
| Answer» C. Columbian novelist | |
| 112. |
……………………………… is considered as the propounder of ‘Modernismo’ in Latin AmericanLiterature. |
| A. | Ruben Dario |
| B. | Julio Cortazer |
| C. | Esteban Echeverria |
| D. | Pablo Neruda |
| Answer» B. Julio Cortazer | |
| 113. |
………………………….was credited with introducing Romanticism in Latin American Literature. |
| A. | Lizardi |
| B. | Esteban Echeverria ` |
| C. | Ruben Dario |
| D. | Pablo Neruda |
| Answer» C. Ruben Dario | |
| 114. |
“The True History of the Conquest of New Spain” was written by…………… |
| A. | Bartlome Casas |
| B. | Hernan Cortez |
| C. | Bernal Diaz |
| D. | Pissarro |
| Answer» D. Pissarro | |
| 115. |
The “encomienda” system imparted by Spanish conquerors in Latin America was ………… |
| A. | Military system |
| B. | Municipal Administration |
| C. | Forced labour |
| D. | Taxation |
| Answer» D. Taxation | |
| 116. |
The “audiencia” in Latin America was……………………. |
| A. | Military general |
| B. | Royal messenger |
| C. | Court |
| D. | Viceroy |
| Answer» D. Viceroy | |
| 117. |
Christopher Columbus landed in Latin Americas in the year……………………. |
| A. | 12th October 1492 |
| B. | 10th November 1494 |
| C. | 18th December 1493 |
| D. | 6th June 1495 |
| Answer» B. 10th November 1494 | |
| 118. |
Which monarch provided the financial assistance to Columbus’s voyages to the “NewWorld”? |
| A. | Ferdinand of Portugal |
| B. | Queen Isabella of Spain |
| C. | Queen Elizabeth of England |
| D. | Louis of France |
| Answer» C. Queen Elizabeth of England | |
| 119. |
………………………. popularised the term Latin America through his writings in the 1830s. |
| A. | Johan Edwardson |
| B. | Edwin Williamson |
| C. | Michel Chevalier |
| D. | H. James |
| Answer» D. H. James | |
| 120. |
……………………. comprises the entire continent of South America, as well as CentralAmerica and Mexico, and the Islands of Caribbean. |
| A. | USA |
| B. | Latin America |
| C. | Tanzania |
| D. | Canada |
| Answer» C. Tanzania | |
| 121. |
The establishment of University at ……… ……….. ………..were recommended by, Sir CharlesWood. |
| A. | Delhi, Punjab, Bihar |
| B. | Calcutta, Bombay, Madras |
| C. | Agra, Jaipur, Orissa |
| D. | Delhi, Agra, Rajasthan |
| Answer» C. Agra, Jaipur, Orissa | |
| 122. |
Among the following countries which is not included in the Latin Americas? |
| A. | Venezuela |
| B. | Paraguay |
| C. | Bolivia |
| D. | Canada |
| Answer» E. | |
| 123. |
In 1854, ………………………………….laid down the policy which became the guiding principle ofthe education programme of the Government of India. |
| A. | T.B. Macaulay |
| B. | Sir Charles Wood |
| C. | William Bentinck |
| D. | Canning |
| Answer» C. William Bentinck | |
| 124. |
……………………………….in 1841 recommended the opening of English colleges at Delhi, Agra,Allahabad, Patna, Banaras, Bareilly, and Dacca. |
| A. | William Bentinck |
| B. | Lord Auckland |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Lord Canning |
| Answer» C. Lord Dalhousie | |
| 125. |
…………………………… was established in 1823 to look after the development of education inIndia. |
| A. | Council of Education |
| B. | Committee of English Education |
| C. | General Committee of Public Instruction |
| D. | Board of Public Instruction |
| Answer» D. Board of Public Instruction | |
| 126. |
The ‘Charter Act of 1813’ provided the allocation of ……………………. Rupees per year for theeducation purpose of India. |
| A. | 5 lakh |
| B. | 2 lakh |
| C. | 1 lakh |
| D. | 3 lakh |
| Answer» D. 3 lakh | |
| 127. |
The beginning of Western education in India was dated from the……………………. |
| A. | Act of 1832 |
| B. | Act of 1867 |
| C. | Charter Act of 1813 |
| D. | Charter Act of 1830 |
| Answer» D. Charter Act of 1830 | |
| 128. |
In which year T.B. Macaulay issued his famous ‘Minute on Indian Education’, whichbecame the blue print for the introduction of English education in India? |
| A. | 1st March 1835 |
| B. | 2nd February 1835 |
| C. | 2nd February 1836 |
| D. | 1st Mar. 1836 |
| Answer» C. 2nd February 1836 | |
| 129. |
“A Farewell to India” was written by……………………… |
| A. | E.M. Forster |
| B. | Rudyard Kipling |
| C. | Edward M. Thomson |
| D. | F.A Steel |
| Answer» D. F.A Steel | |
| 130. |
In which novel Flora Annie Steel depicts the incidents of Indian mutiny of 1857? |
| A. | Voices in the Night |
| B. | A Sovereign Remedy |
| C. | On the Face of the Waters |
| D. | The Hosts of the Lord |
| Answer» D. The Hosts of the Lord | |
| 131. |
Edward M. Thomson was famous……………………… |
| A. | Anglo Indian Poet |
| B. | Orientalist |
| C. | Historian |
| D. | Diplomat |
| Answer» B. Orientalist | |
| 132. |
“From the Five Rivers” and “Tales of the Punjab”, famous Anglo‐Indian short stories, werewritten by……………………… |
| A. | E.M. Thomson |
| B. | E.M. Forster |
| C. | Flora Annie Steel |
| D. | Thomas Stephens |
| Answer» D. Thomas Stephens | |
| 133. |
The main intergovernmental agency of the Common wealth of Nations known as the“Common Wealth Secretariat” was established in the year………. |
| A. | 1960 |
| B. | 1968 |
| C. | 1965 |
| D. | 1969 |
| Answer» D. 1969 | |
| 134. |
……………………… is the Head Quarters of the ‘Common wealth Secretariat’. |
| A. | India House, London |
| B. | Marlborough House, London |
| C. | Memorial Hall, London |
| D. | Westminster |
| Answer» C. Memorial Hall, London | |
| 135. |
The name “Common Wealth” was suggested by………………………in 1917. |
| A. | A.E. Zimmern |
| B. | William Temple |
| C. | General Smuts |
| D. | Beveridge |
| Answer» D. Beveridge | |
| 136. |
…………………...................defined the Common Wealth as a “Procession of differentcountries at different stages in their advance towards complete self‐government”. |
| A. | A.E. Zimmern |
| B. | General Smuts |
| C. | Beveridge |
| D. | William Temple |
| Answer» B. General Smuts | |
| 137. |
‘The Tower’, a famous poem published in 1928 by…………….. |
| A. | W.B. Yeats |
| B. | Thomas Hardy |
| C. | T.S. Eliot |
| D. | Oscar Wilde |
| Answer» B. Thomas Hardy | |
| 138. |
In which year W.B. Yeats received Nobel Prize in Literature? |
| A. | 1925 |
| B. | 1923 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» C. 1928 | |
| 139. |
William Butler Yeats belongs to……………………….. |
| A. | England |
| B. | Ireland |
| C. | Scotland |
| D. | Wales |
| Answer» C. Scotland | |
| 140. |
“Challenge and Response Theory” was propounded by the famous Britishhistorian…………………………. |
| A. | Edward Gibbon |
| B. | Collingwood |
| C. | E.H. Carr |
| D. | A.J. Toynbee |
| Answer» E. | |
| 141. |
Who authored a twelve volume book titled ‘A Study of History’? |
| A. | Edward Gibbon |
| B. | Bertrand Russell |
| C. | A.J. Toynbee |
| D. | G.M. Trevelyan |
| Answer» D. G.M. Trevelyan | |
| 142. |
English people heard the death knell of “Victorianism” through the writingsof………………………… |
| A. | W.B. Yeats |
| B. | Oscar Wilde |
| C. | Thomas Hardy |
| D. | William Thackeray |
| Answer» D. William Thackeray | |
| 143. |
Who among the following British scholar was famous for his anti‐war activities andcampaigns against the proliferation of nuclear weapons? |
| A. | Bertrand Russell |
| B. | G.M. Trevelyan |
| C. | A.N. Whitehead |
| D. | A.J. Toynbee |
| Answer» B. G.M. Trevelyan | |
| 144. |
‘A History of Western Philosophy’ was written by…………………….. |
| A. | A.J. Toynbee |
| B. | G.M. Trevelyan |
| C. | Bertrand Russell |
| D. | Gibbon |
| Answer» D. Gibbon | |
| 145. |
………………………..is the first long poem written by T.S. Eliot after his conversion to Anglicanism. |
| A. | Hollow men |
| B. | Ash Wednesday |
| C. | The Wasteland |
| D. | Murder in the Cathedral |
| Answer» C. The Wasteland | |
| 146. |
“This is the way the world ends; Not with a bang but a whimper”‐ is the famous lines ofT.S. Eliot’s …………………………. |
| A. | The Wasteland |
| B. | The Hollow men |
| C. | Ash Wednesday |
| D. | The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock |
| Answer» C. Ash Wednesday | |
| 147. |
T.S. Eliot received Nobel Prize for literature in…………………… |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» D. 1953 | |
| 148. |
T.S. Eliot was born in the year……………………. |
| A. | 1885 |
| B. | 1888 |
| C. | 1890 |
| D. | 1891 |
| Answer» C. 1890 | |
| 149. |
The poem, titled ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ was written by……………….. |
| A. | Mathew Arnold |
| B. | Alfred Tennyson |
| C. | W.B.Yeats |
| D. | T.S. Eliot |
| Answer» E. | |
| 150. |
T.S. Elliot was born in………………………………. |
| A. | England |
| B. | America |
| C. | Scotland |
| D. | France |
| Answer» C. Scotland | |