Explore topic-wise MCQs in Bachelor of Arts (BA).

This section includes 50 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor of Arts (BA) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Jayaramachar is a ..

A. Harikathaman
B. priest
C. freedon fighter
D. an old man
Answer» B. priest
2.

By Moorthy is inspired.

A. Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Sardar
D. Vivekandad
Answer» C. Sardar
3.

Rabindranath Tagore got the Nobel prize for literature in the year .

A. 1910
B. 1913
C. 1912
D. 1915
Answer» C. 1912
4.

is the heroine of Rajmohan'sWife.

A. Malti
B. Mansi
C. Meena
D. Matangi
Answer» E.
5.

..is the winner of the 1999 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for the best book Difficult Daughters.

A. Gita Maheta
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Shashi Deshpande
D. Manju Kapoor
Answer» E.
6.

A Suitable Boy is Published in ..

A. 1991
B. 1992
C. 1994
D. 1993
Answer» E.
7.

is the dancer in the novel Guide.

A. Bharati
B. Rosie
C. Daisy
D. Savitri
Answer» C. Daisy
8.

The writer of the novel Home is ..

A. Manju Kapoor
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Gita Maheta
D. Anita Desai
Answer» B. Arundhati Roy
9.

is the author of A Sutable Boy.

A. Khushwant Singh
B. Raja Rao
C. Vikram Seth
D. Salman Rudhie
Answer» D. Salman Rudhie
10.

Anita Desai won Padma Bhushan award in

A. 2012
B. 2013
C. 2015
D. 2014
Answer» E.
11.

wrote Train to Pakistan.

A. Raja Rao
B. R.K Narayan
C. Khushwant Singh
D. Mulk Raj Anand
Answer» D. Mulk Raj Anand
12.

novel has won the English speaking world's most prestigious award, the Booker Prize.

A. Train to Pakistan
B. So Many Hunger
C. The God of Samll Things
D. Interpreter of Maladies
Answer» D. Interpreter of Maladies
13.

Salman Rushdie has won the Booker Prize as well as the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for .

A. The Moor's Last Sigh
B. Midnight Children
C. The Satanic Verses
D. Shame
Answer» C. The Satanic Verses
14.

Salman Rushdie's first novel

A. Grimus
B. Midnight Children
C. Shame
D. Interpreter of Maladies
Answer» D. Interpreter of Maladies
15.

..is the protagonist of the novel Guide.

A. Marco
B. Rosie
C. Raju
D. Velan
Answer» D. Velan
16.

Gujarat and Gujaratis is written by __________

A. Raja Rao
B. Behramji Malabari
C. Arundhati Roy
D. R.K Narayan
Answer» C. Arundhati Roy
17.

..wrote Untouchable in 1935.

A. Mulk Raj Anand
B. K.A Abbas
C. C.S Rau
D. Ahmad Ali
Answer» B. K.A Abbas
18.

.wrote the first novel Rajmohan's wife.

A. B.C Chatterjee
B. Ramesh Chauhan
C. Raja Rao
D. R.K Narayan
Answer» B. Ramesh Chauhan
19.

The Bulk of Indian English literarure is in the form.

A. Poetry
B. Drama
C. Novel
D. Essay
Answer» D. Essay
20.

Indian English Literarture has a new form of Indian .

A. Society
B. Culture
C. Politics
D. History
Answer» C. Politics
21.

Khushwant Singh has written his novel Train to Pakistan.

A. 1952
B. 1954
C. 1956
D. 1958
Answer» D. 1958
22.

R.K Narayan won the award in 1960 for his novel 'The Guide'.

A. Sahitya Akademy
B. Nobel
C. Commonwealth
D. Pultizer
Answer» B. Nobel
23.

is the first novel of Kamala Markandeya.

A. Some Inner Furry
B. A Silence Desire
C. A Handful of Rice
D. Necter in a Sieve
Answer» E.
24.

..wrote a novel The Inheritance of Loss.

A. Anita Desai
B. Kamala Markendeya
C. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
D. Kiran Desai
Answer» E.
25.

The Novel Swami and Friends was published in

A. 1935
B. 1937
C. 1939
D. 1945
Answer» B. 1937
26.

Mano Majra is the central character in ..

A. Train to Pakistan
B. So Many Hunger
C. Delhi
D. Interpreter of Maladies
Answer» B. So Many Hunger
27.

is the protagonist of the novel Kanthapura.

A. Ratna
B. Bhatta
C. Kamalamma
D. Moorthy
Answer» E.
28.

The Title of the novel Midnight's Children refers to the children born in the midnight hour of

A. 1947-08-15 00:00:00
B. 1947-01-26 00:00:00
C. 1950-08-15 00:00:00
D. 1922-06-22 00:00:00
Answer» B. 1947-01-26 00:00:00
29.

..is the first novel of Raja Rao.

A. Kanthapura
B. The Serpant and the Rope
C. The Cat and Shakespeare
D. None of the above
Answer» B. The Serpant and the Rope
30.

Swaminathan,Rajam,Mani, Shankar and the Pea Studied in ..

A. Albert Mission School
B. Board School
C. South School
D. Christ College
Answer» B. Board School
31.

There are forests of ..near Kanthapura.

A. teak,jack,sal,sandal
B. mango
C. apple
D. various woods
Answer» B. mango
32.

A River Sutra is written by

A. Arundhati Roy
B. Anita Desai
C. Gita Maheta
D. Kiran Desai
Answer» D. Kiran Desai
33.

The river flows near Kanthapura.

A. Ganges
B. Kavery
C. Himarathy
D. Sarayu
Answer» D. Sarayu
34.

..novels by Raja Ram Mohan Rao may be summed up as 'Gandhi and Our Village.

A. The Serpant and the Rope
B. The Cat and Shakespeare
C. Kanthapura
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
35.

The setting of The God of Samll Things is in India's southern state of

A. Kerala
B. Karnataka
C. Tamilnadu
D. Andhrapradesh
Answer» B. Karnataka
36.

The setting of the Novel is in

A. Malegao
B. Malgudi
C. Miligao
D. Navagam
Answer» C. Miligao
37.

.. is Rajam's father in Swami and Friends.

A. IAS Officer
B. IFS
C. A Police Superientendant
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
38.

Malgudi Days in 1986, is a televison drama series of ..novel by R.K Narayan.

A. The Bachelor of Arts
B. The Dark Room
C. The English Teacher
D. Swami and Friends
Answer» E.
39.

. is the real name of the Pea.

A. Shankar
B. Suresh
C. Samuel
D. Sanket
Answer» D. Sanket
40.

wrote an introduction to R.K Narayan's novel The Financial Expert.

A. Mulk Raj Anand
B. Raja Rao
C. Graham Greene
D. E.M Forster
Answer» D. E.M Forster
41.

Swaminathan is the central character of the novel

A. Swami and Friends
B. The Bachelor of Arts
C. Mr.Sampath
D. The English Teacher
Answer» B. The Bachelor of Arts
42.

Narayan created the fictitious town of Malgudi which is similar to .

A. T.S Eliot's Waste Land
B. Hardy'sWessex
C. Pope's London
D. Chaucer;s Canterbury
Answer» C. Pope's London
43.

river flows through the town of Malgudi.

A. Saraswati
B. Narmada
C. Saryu
D. Tapi
Answer» D. Tapi
44.

Women are called as ..

A. Devis
B. Dhakti
C. Destroyer
D. Creator
Answer» C. Destroyer
45.

Raja Rao was born in .family.

A. Rich
B. An orthodox Brahmin
C. A poor
D. Educated
Answer» C. A poor
46.

Raja Rao married actress.

A. a French
B. a American
C. a Bengali
D. a Bollywood
Answer» B. a American
47.

Raja Rao went to University in india for his higher studies.

A. Mumbai
B. Calcutta
C. Aligarh
D. Delhi
Answer» D. Delhi
48.

When Moorthy is arrested ..takes over Moorthy's work.

A. Waterfall Venkamma
B. Ratna
C. Bhatta
D. Sankar
Answer» C. Bhatta
49.

Kanthapura is a typical village.

A. South Indian
B. North Indian
C. Esat Indian
D. West Indian
Answer» B. North Indian
50.

.is the narrator of the novel.

A. Rangemma
B. Narasimma
C. Achakka
D. Ratna
Answer» D. Ratna