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1.

How old is Bluntschli?

A. 28
B. 34
C. 40
D. 60
Answer» C. 40
2.

Louka accuses Nicola of having the soul of a servant. Who accuses Loukaof having the same?

A. catherine petkoff
B. capt. bluntschli
C. sergius saranoff
D. nicola
Answer» D. nicola
3.

Bluntschli mistook Raina’s age and called her a ‘school girl of 17’. Whatwas her real age?

A. 20
B. 23
C. 15
D. 33
Answer» C. 15
4.

Who calls Nicola ‘the ablest man in Bulgaria’?

A. major petkoff
B. sergius saranoff
C. capt. bluntschli
D. raina petkoff
Answer» D. raina petkoff
5.

In Bluntschli’s famous dialogue to Raina he calls nine out of ten soldiersto be __________

A. brave
B. coward
C. fools
D. selfish
Answer» D. selfish
6.

‘Arms and the Man’ takes its title from_____________

A. farewell to arms
B. the old man and the sea
C. illiad
D. aeineid
Answer» E.
7.

Captain Bluntschli is a professional soldier in the Serbian Army. What ishis nationality?

A. british
B. italian
C. swiss
D. german
Answer» D. german
8.

What had Raina put into the pocket of the old coat in which she and hermother had sent off captain Bluntschli?

A. chocolates
B. a necklace
C. a signed portrait
D. a cake
Answer» D. a cake
9.

Where was the old coat of Major Petkoff found at last?

A. in the battle field
B. in the kitchen
C. in the blue closet
D. in the garden
Answer» D. in the garden
10.

In which season does Act II of ‘Arms and the Man’ take place?

A. spring
B. summer
C. winter
D. autumn
Answer» B. summer
11.

What did Bluntschli do after running away from home?

A. began a hotel business
B. joined the army
C. got married
D. got arrested by the police
Answer» C. got married
12.

What is Saranoff’s military rank?

A. colonel
B. captain
C. major
D. lieutenant
Answer» D. lieutenant
13.

Name the famous literary character to whom Sergius Saranoff iscompared by Captain Bluntschli while describing the cavalry charge to Raina?

A. othello
B. don quixote
C. hamlet
D. gulliver
Answer» C. hamlet
14.

What is the military rank of Raina’s father?

A. colonel
B. captain
C. major
D. lieutenant
Answer» D. lieutenant
15.

Through what did Captain Bluntschli make his first entrance?

A. the front door
B. raina’s bedroom door
C. the back door
D. the window
Answer» E.
16.

The interior of Raina’s room is a mixture of Bulgarian and __________furniture.

A. viennese
B. serbian
C. swiss
D. american
Answer» B. serbian
17.

What is Catherine Petkoff’s preferred clothing?

A. evening dresses
B. kimonos
C. fashionable tea gowns
D. fur coats
Answer» D. fur coats
18.

What did Raina call Captain Bluntschli?

A. king
B. chocolate-cream soldier
C. portrait soldier
D. brave
Answer» C. portrait soldier
19.

Compared to other playwrights of the time what was different aboutShaw’s stage directions?

A. there were no stage directions
B. romantic stage directions
C. short stage directions
D. lengthy stage directions
Answer» E.
20.

Whose picture was cut out of the wedding photo by Okeke?

A. nnaemka
B. nene
C. okeke
D. nene’s parents
Answer» C. okeke
21.

Where do Nene and Nnaemeka live their married life?

A. in lagos
B. in ibibo village
C. in ibo village
D. in america
Answer» B. in ibibo village
22.

What was the suggestion of the villagers when they heard of Nnaemeka’splan to marry from another tribe?

A. to kill him
B. to make him an outcaste
C. to treat him with herbs
D. to forcefully marry him to another girl
Answer» D. to forcefully marry him to another girl
23.

Name the tribe to which Nene belonged.

A. ibo
B. ibibo
C. yoruba
D. morua
Answer» C. yoruba
24.

What kind of a hero is Schatz?

A. romantic hero
B. anti-romantic hero
C. antagonist hero
D. fatalistic hero
Answer» E.
25.

What is the central theme of the story ‘Marriage is a Private Affair’?

A. stubborn sons
B. duty towards grandchildren
C. unconditional love of fathers
D. clash of cultures
Answer» E.
26.

What did the father in A Day’s Wait catch when he went out hunting?

A. fish
B. quail
C. chicken
D. deer
Answer» C. chicken
27.

In which season did the story A Day’s Wait take place?

A. summer
B. winter
C. spring
D. autumn
Answer» C. spring
28.

What did the father in A Day’s Wait do in order to cheer the boy up?

A. went hunting
B. went fishing
C. read to him
D. left him alone
Answer» D. left him alone
29.

What was Schatz’s real disease?

A. cancer
B. tuberculosis
C. influenza
D. pneumonia
Answer» D. pneumonia
30.

When the doctor examined Schatz, his temperature was___________

A. 40 degree farenheit
B. 102 degree farenheit
C. 50 degree farenheit
D. 79 degree farenheit
Answer» C. 50 degree farenheit
31.

What was Schatz’s initial symptom?

A. fever
B. headache
C. stomach pain
D. influenza
Answer» C. stomach pain
32.

Who taught Vanka to read and write?

A. konstantin makarich
B. his mother
C. the maids
D. olga
Answer» E.
33.

Why was Vanka beaten by the master the previous day?

A. for stealing his cucumbers
B. for falling asleep while rocking their brat
C. for cleaning the fish the wrong way
D. for disobedience
Answer» C. for cleaning the fish the wrong way
34.

What did Vanka’s diet consist of at the master’s?

A. bread and gruel
B. tea and bread
C. tea and cabbage soup
D. potato and soup
Answer» B. tea and bread
35.

What do the other apprentices make Vanka steal?

A. master’s work tools
B. fish
C. vodka
D. master’s cucumbers
Answer» E.
36.

Konstantin Makarich, Vanka’s grandfather, works as _____________

A. a cook
B. a shoe-maker
C. a night-watchman
D. a teacher
Answer» D. a teacher
37.

What would be the result if liberty enabled everyone to do whatever theywanted whenever they wanted to?

A. peace
B. universal chaos
C. complete freedom
D. individual freedom
Answer» C. complete freedom
38.

What time of the year is the story ‘Vanka’ set?

A. on christmas day
B. on easter
C. on christmas eve
D. on vanka’s birthday.
Answer» D. on vanka’s birthday.
39.

Vanka was apprenticed to Alaykhin to become ___________

A. a cook
B. a shoe-maker
C. a night-watchman
D. a teacher
Answer» C. a night-watchman
40.

What is the pen-name of A. G. Gardiner under which he wrote his essays?

A. bassett horn
B. bozzo
C. alpha of the plough
D. a. g. g.
Answer» D. a. g. g.
41.

The essay ‘On the Rule of the Road’ argues that in order that the libertiesof all may be preserved, the liberties of everyone must be ___________

A. granted
B. set free
C. banned
D. curtailed
Answer» E.
42.

A. G. Gardiner says that people are liberty-drunk these days. Whatdoes the author mean by ‘liberty-drunk’?

A. people are over-using individual liberty.
B. the public is drinking too much.
C. there is no liberty for the common man.
D. liberty is a luxury.
Answer» B. the public is drinking too much.
43.

The fat old lady, in the beginning of the essay ‘On the Rule of the Road’, iswalking down a busy road in ___________

A. spain
B. britain
C. moscow
D. petrograd
Answer» E.
44.

The essay ‘On the Rule of the Road’ by A. G. Gardiner is about the judicialuse of ___________

A. roads
B. footpaths
C. liberty
D. prisons
Answer» D. prisons
45.

Martin Luther King Jr. considers publicity for a non-violent resisteras________

A. a blessing
B. a pitfall
C. a misunderstanding
D. a curse
Answer» C. a misunderstanding
46.

‘The Philosophy of Non-Violence’ states that the focus of the non-violentresister is on ________

A. the evil system
B. the enemy
C. the evil-doer
D. the self
Answer» B. the enemy
47.

According to Martin Luther King Jr. what is the highest expressionof non-injury?

A. avoiding external injury
B. love
C. avoiding internal injury
D. suffering
Answer» C. avoiding internal injury
48.

What is the difference between the present ages of Ayush and Deepak?_x000D_ I. _x000D_ The ratio between Ayush's present age and his age after 8 years 4 : 5._x000D_ II. _x000D_ The ratio between the present ages of Ayush and Deepak is 4 : 3._x000D_  III. _x000D_ The ratio between Deepak's present age and his age four years ago is 6 : 5.

A. Any two of I, II and III
B. I or III only
C. Any one of the three
D. All I, II and III are required
E. Even with all I, II and III, the answer cannot be obtained.
Answer» B. I or III only
49.

What will be the ratio between ages of Sam and Albert after 5 years? I.  Sam's present age is more than Albert's present age by 4 years. II.  Albert's present age is 20 years.  III.  The ratio of Albert's present age to Sam's present age is 5 : 6.

A. Any two of I, II and III
B. II only
C. III only
D. I or III only
E. II or III only
Answer» B. II only
50.

What is Ravi's present age? I.  The present age of Ravi is half of that of his father. II.  After 5 years, the ratio of Ravi's age to that of his father's age will be 6 : 11.  III.  Ravi is 5 years younger than his brother.

A. I and II only
B. II and III only
C. I and III only
D. All I, II and III
E. Even with all the three statements answer cannot be determined.
Answer» B. II and III only