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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 | |