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This section includes 1177 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
According to Aristotle _____ is the effect of mimesis |
| A. | monologue |
| B. | catharsis |
| C. | confession |
| D. | confusion |
| Answer» C. confession | |
| 152. |
The essay ‘Narrative Construction of Reality’ was written by |
| A. | walter scott |
| B. | jerome bruner |
| C. | roland barthes |
| D. | derek walcott |
| Answer» C. roland barthes | |
| 153. |
Study of narrative is known as |
| A. | sociology |
| B. | grammatology |
| C. | lexicology |
| D. | narratology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 154. |
The narrative strategies of Hadith are associated with which religion? |
| A. | hinduism |
| B. | judaism |
| C. | jainism |
| D. | islam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 155. |
Mary Shelly’s Fankenstein is about the quest of a |
| A. | explorer |
| B. | poet |
| C. | scientist |
| D. | doctor |
| Answer» D. doctor | |
| 156. |
Who wrote wide Sargasso sea |
| A. | jean rhys |
| B. | charlette bronte |
| C. | daniel defoe |
| D. | emile bronte |
| Answer» B. charlette bronte | |
| 157. |
J.M. Coetzee’s Foe is a retelling of |
| A. | jane eyre |
| B. | wide sargasso sea |
| C. | robinson crusoe |
| D. | joseph andrews |
| Answer» D. joseph andrews | |
| 158. |
Who wrote Shamela |
| A. | henry fielding |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | samuel richardson |
| D. | daniel defoe |
| Answer» B. shakespeare | |
| 159. |
The Social, economic and cultural context in which reality is represented andcommunicates meaning is called |
| A. | institution |
| B. | society |
| C. | dialogue |
| D. | discourse |
| Answer» E. | |
| 160. |
Wimsatt and Robert Pen Warren belong to a group called |
| A. | new critics |
| B. | structuralist |
| C. | post modernist |
| D. | formalist |
| Answer» B. structuralist | |
| 161. |
Narrative is an act of |
| A. | imitation |
| B. | communication |
| C. | imagination |
| D. | expression |
| Answer» C. imagination | |
| 162. |
______ Argued for English as a more neutral language where traditional caste names become irrelevant. |
| A. | ambedkar |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | gandhi |
| D. | raja ram mohan roy |
| Answer» B. nehru | |
| 163. |
Father of modern linguistics |
| A. | saussure |
| B. | bloomfield |
| C. | halliday |
| D. | chomsky |
| Answer» B. bloomfield | |
| 164. |
Hignlish is an example of |
| A. | dialect |
| B. | idiolect |
| C. | ethnolect |
| D. | genderlect |
| Answer» D. genderlect | |
| 165. |
Capacity that separates humans from other primates |
| A. | emotions |
| B. | mobility |
| C. | communication |
| D. | language |
| Answer» E. | |
| 166. |
The study of the cultural system of signs is called |
| A. | linguistics |
| B. | pragmatics |
| C. | symbolism |
| D. | semiotics |
| Answer» E. | |
| 167. |
_____ is the verbal expression of culture |
| A. | signs |
| B. | language |
| C. | signals |
| D. | symbols |
| Answer» C. signals | |
| 168. |
The core idea that man’s language moulds his perception of reality belongs to |
| A. | sapir and whorf |
| B. | saussure and choamsky |
| C. | bloomfield and halliday |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. saussure and choamsky | |
| 169. |
The evolved human capacity to classify and represent experiences with symbols, and to act imaginatively and creatively is called. |
| A. | culture |
| B. | subjectivity |
| C. | identity |
| D. | language |
| Answer» B. subjectivity | |
| 170. |
Theories which understand reality as constructed within culture through language are called _____ theories. |
| A. | constructivist |
| B. | essentialist |
| C. | idealist |
| D. | pragmatist |
| Answer» B. essentialist | |
| 171. |
______ is the belief that human beings possess an innate, natural unchanging identity |
| A. | idealism |
| B. | essentialism |
| C. | constructivism |
| D. | naturalism |
| Answer» C. constructivism | |
| 172. |
What is prominent factor in structuring taste? |
| A. | education |
| B. | family status |
| C. | social class |
| D. | personality |
| Answer» D. personality | |
| 173. |
Positivism laid stress on use of |
| A. | social science method |
| B. | cultural studies |
| C. | natural sciences |
| D. | spiritual metaphysics |
| Answer» D. spiritual metaphysics | |
| 174. |
There is relative freedom from subjective biases in study of |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | literature |
| C. | natural sciences |
| D. | social sciences |
| Answer» E. | |
| 175. |
Cause hypotheses and explanations are the testing ground of |
| A. | natural sciences |
| B. | social sciences |
| C. | literature |
| D. | philosophy |
| Answer» C. literature | |
| 176. |
Twentieth century literary criticism attempted to keep away from |
| A. | discuss on value |
| B. | discussion on taste |
| C. | discussion on reality |
| D. | discussion on truth |
| Answer» B. discussion on taste | |
| 177. |
David Hume was a |
| A. | german scientists |
| B. | british philosopher |
| C. | french sociologist |
| D. | american educationist |
| Answer» B. british philosopher | |
| 178. |
Term ideology was coined by |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | terry eagleton |
| C. | destutt de tracy |
| D. | frantz fanan |
| Answer» D. frantz fanan | |
| 179. |
History deals with |
| A. | fancies |
| B. | facts |
| C. | hypotheses of past |
| D. | beliefs |
| Answer» C. hypotheses of past | |
| 180. |
Literature is primarily a subject of |
| A. | natural sciences |
| B. | social sciences |
| C. | humanities |
| D. | psychology |
| Answer» D. psychology | |
| 181. |
Founding father of sociology |
| A. | augustie comte |
| B. | emile durkheim |
| C. | max weber |
| D. | karl marx |
| Answer» B. emile durkheim | |
| 182. |
The classical Greek notion of philosophy was |
| A. | to improve our social world |
| B. | to educate its citizens |
| C. | to demarcate the national and social world |
| D. | to understand the world |
| Answer» C. to demarcate the national and social world | |
| 183. |
The source of all the sciences and social sciences is |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | history |
| C. | psychology |
| D. | astrology |
| Answer» B. history | |
| 184. |
Humanities emphasis the role of |
| A. | meaning of human conditions |
| B. | purpose of human conditions |
| C. | goals of human conditions |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 185. |
Methods that are create and speculative are employed by |
| A. | social science |
| B. | humanities |
| C. | physical science |
| D. | natural science |
| Answer» C. physical science | |
| 186. |
Modern science depends on |
| A. | opinions |
| B. | beliefs |
| C. | facts |
| D. | intuitions |
| Answer» D. intuitions | |
| 187. |
CEO of Jet Airways ________ has resigned with immediate effect due to personal reasons. |
| A. | Amit Agarwal, |
| B. | Rahul Taneja |
| C. | Kuldeep Sharma |
| D. | Vinay Dube |
| E. | Mohit Singh |
| Answer» E. Mohit Singh | |
| 188. |
In February 2020, Rabi Singh passed away. In which year did he receive the Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman instituted by Odisha Sahitya Akademi? |
| A. | 2019 |
| B. | 2018 |
| C. | 2017 |
| D. | 2016 |
| E. | 2015 |
| Answer» D. 2016 | |
| 189. |
In March 2021, who presided at the third Governing Council Meeting of the Bureau of Indian Standards? |
| A. | Nitin Gadkari |
| B. | Piyush Goyal |
| C. | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| D. | Suresh Prabhu |
| E. | Ved Prakash Goyal |
| Answer» C. Ravi Shankar Prasad | |
| 190. |
Arvind Joshi passed away in January 2021. From which of the following states did he belong? |
| A. | Odisha |
| B. | Gujarat |
| C. | Haryana |
| D. | Punjab |
| E. | Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» C. Haryana | |
| 191. |
Jock Edwards passed away in April 2020. He was related to which of the following sports? |
| A. | Chess |
| B. | Tennis |
| C. | Polo |
| D. | Cricket |
| E. | Golf |
| Answer» E. Golf | |
| 192. |
Papua New Guinea’s first Prime Minister passed away in February 2021. Who was the first PM of Papua New Guinea? |
| A. | Paias Wingti |
| B. | Bill Skate |
| C. | Michael Somare |
| D. | James Marape |
| E. | Mekere Morauta |
| Answer» D. James Marape | |
| 193. |
In October 2020, who chaired the 21st meeting of the High-level Group of Ministers, GoM on COVID-19? |
| A. | Prakash Javadekar |
| B. | J. P. Nadda |
| C. | Dr Harsh Vardhan |
| D. | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| E. | Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
| Answer» D. Ravi Shankar Prasad | |
| 194. |
In December 2020, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath disbursed a loan of Rs. 10 thousand 390 crores to 3.54L MSME units during the MSME loan fair in which city? |
| A. | Agra |
| B. | Lucknow |
| C. | Mathura |
| D. | Kanpur |
| E. | Varanasi |
| Answer» C. Mathura | |
| 195. |
Ilavenil passed away in January 2021. He was related to which of the following fields? |
| A. | Politics |
| B. | Film Direction |
| C. | Chess |
| D. | Motor Racing |
| E. | Medicine |
| Answer» C. Chess | |
| 196. |
Doug Sanders passed away in April 2020. He was related to which of the following sports? |
| A. | Chess |
| B. | Cricket |
| C. | Tennis |
| D. | Golf |
| E. | Polo |
| Answer» E. Polo | |
| 197. |
Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur has launched the first phase of data analytics-driven MCA21 Version 3.0. It has additional modules for which of the following? |
| A. | e-adjudication |
| B. | e-consultation |
| C. | Compliance management |
| D. | Both 1 and 2 |
| E. | All 1, 2 and 3 |
| Answer» F. | |
| 198. |
Prasanta Dora passed away in January 2021. He was related to which of the following sports? |
| A. | Cricket |
| B. | Football |
| C. | Hockey |
| D. | Tennis |
| E. | Badminton |
| Answer» C. Hockey | |
| 199. |
Ang Rita Sherpa passed away in September 2020. In 2017, the Guinness World Records recognised Ang Rita as the only person in the world to have climbed Mount Everest how many times without bottled oxygen, between 1983 and 1996? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 7 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 12 |
| E. | 14 |
| Answer» D. 12 | |
| 200. |
Devi Priya passed away in November 2020. He was related to which of the following fields? |
| A. | Writing |
| B. | Journalism |
| C. | Politics |
| D. | Both 1 and 2 |
| E. | Both 1 and 3 |
| Answer» E. Both 1 and 3 | |