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This section includes 93 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
……………, one of the earliest Dalit writers, defines Dalit literature as “Literature whichartistically portrays the sorrows, tribulations, slavery, degradation, ridicule and poverty endured by Dalits” |
A. | sharankumar limbale |
B. | arjun dangle |
C. | abedkar |
D. | valmiki |
Answer» B. arjun dangle | |
2. |
“Don’t cry, Darling, It’s Blood All right” is the poem of……….. |
A. | ogden nash |
B. | thomas hood |
C. | robert frost |
D. | walt whitman |
Answer» B. thomas hood | |
3. |
“Naught may endure but “mutability”is the line from the poem “ Mutability” by |
A. | john keats |
B. | p b shelly |
C. | william wordsworth |
D. | coleridge |
Answer» C. william wordsworth | |
4. |
‘The Letter Q’ is a letter written by………… |
A. | ely shipley |
B. | vasudhendra |
C. | walt whitman |
D. | emerson |
Answer» B. vasudhendra | |
5. |
“Songs of Life” is the work of……… |
A. | s joseph. |
B. | emerson |
C. | f m shinde |
D. | walt whitman |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
People who identify as ……………..typically feel attracted to more than one gender, suchas being attracted to both women and men. |
A. | bi sexual |
B. | homo sexual |
C. | hetero sexual |
D. | pan sexual |
Answer» B. homo sexual | |
7. |
“I am large. I contain multitudes” is a line from………… |
A. | habit |
B. | identity |
C. | songs of myself |
D. | mohanaswamy |
Answer» D. mohanaswamy | |
8. |
Vasudhendra is a …………………………writer |
A. | gay |
B. | lesbian |
C. | transgender |
D. | dalit |
Answer» B. lesbian | |
9. |
Vasudhendra is a………….writer |
A. | tamil |
B. | hindi |
C. | bengali |
D. | kannada |
Answer» E. | |
10. |
………….is about a gay man from rural Karnataka |
A. | habit |
B. | mohanaswamy |
C. | the letter q, |
D. | identity card |
Answer» C. the letter q, | |
11. |
People who identify their sexual orientation as ……………..typically feel attracted to peopleof a different gender |
A. | bi sexual |
B. | pansexual |
C. | hetero sexual |
D. | homo sexual |
Answer» D. homo sexual | |
12. |
“ Norms are not static entities, but incorporated and interpreted features of existence” Whosays? |
A. | elaine showalter |
B. | judith butler |
C. | betty friedan |
D. | virginia woolf |
Answer» D. virginia woolf | |
13. |
‘I Remember I Remembe’r is a poem of……….. |
A. | thomas hood |
B. | ogden nash |
C. | robert frost |
D. | john keats |
Answer» B. ogden nash | |
14. |
People who use the term …………..may use it to mean lesbian, gay, bisexual, or pansexual,or they may use it because other terms don’t quite describe their experiences. |
A. | queer |
B. | transgender |
C. | gender |
D. | hetero sexual |
Answer» B. transgender | |
15. |
Calvin and Hobbes , a daily comic strip by the American Cartoonist …….. |
A. | dr. seuss |
B. | shel silverstein |
C. | bill watterson |
D. | grey larson |
Answer» D. grey larson | |
16. |
A person’s gender identity may differ from the sex they were assigned at birth. Such subjectsare called …………… |
A. | masculine |
B. | feminine |
C. | lesbian |
D. | transgender. |
Answer» E. | |
17. |
Which among the poems is written by S Joseph? |
A. | identity card |
B. | habit |
C. | which language should i speak |
D. | black dance |
Answer» B. habit | |
18. |
Who is the author of the novel Lord Of Flies? |
A. | william golding |
B. | amitav ghosh |
C. | tolstoy |
D. | william faulkner |
Answer» B. amitav ghosh | |
19. |
The poem ‘Identity Card’ is translated from Malayalam to English by |
A. | anand |
B. | valsan thampu |
C. | devika |
D. | k sachidanandan |
Answer» E. | |
20. |
The poem ‘Habit’ is written by…………… |
A. | arun camble |
B. | s joseph |
C. | priya adarker |
D. | f m shinde |
Answer» E. | |
21. |
F M Shinde is a……………..poet |
A. | bengali |
B. | marathi |
C. | hindi |
D. | tamil |
Answer» C. hindi | |
22. |
‘ Oxford India Anthology of Malayalam Dalit Writing is edited by……… |
A. | arun kumble |
B. | sachidanandan |
C. | sunny m kapikkad |
D. | dr. m dasan |
Answer» E. | |
23. |
Who is the author of Images of Women in Literature? |
A. | judith butler |
B. | virginia wolf |
C. | mary anne ferguson |
D. | elaine showalter. |
Answer» D. elaine showalter. | |
24. |
“ Which Language Should I Speak; is a poem of ………….. |
A. | f m shinde |
B. | raghavan atholi |
C. | arun kamble |
D. | m dasan |
Answer» D. m dasan | |
25. |
The typical, fixed gender images are called …………… |
A. | masculinity |
B. | feminine |
C. | stereotypes |
D. | third gender |
Answer» D. third gender | |
26. |
The second Sex is written by………………… |
A. | simon de beauvoir |
B. | virginia wolf |
C. | judith butler |
D. | elaine showalter |
Answer» B. virginia wolf | |
27. |
The word………. refers to any person or group of inferior rank or station, whether because ofrace, class, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion. |
A. | subaltern |
B. | dalit |
C. | adivasi |
D. | transgender |
Answer» B. dalit | |
28. |
The short story ‘Prelude’ written by……… |
A. | emily dickenson |
B. | virginia woolf |
C. | maxine hong kingston |
D. | katherine mansfield |
Answer» E. | |
29. |
…………..is an ideology people use in modern societies to imagine the existence of differencesbetween men and women on the basis of their sex. |
A. | feminism |
B. | gender |
C. | patriarchy |
D. | marxism |
Answer» C. patriarchy | |
30. |
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts is the autobiography of ……. |
A. | maxine hong kingston |
B. | maya angelou |
C. | george orwell |
D. | althusser |
Answer» B. maya angelou | |
31. |
The dictionary defines …………..as a ‘social organization marked by the supremacy of thefather in the clan or family in both domestic and religious functions. |
A. | gender |
B. | patriarchy |
C. | matriarchy |
D. | anarchism |
Answer» C. matriarchy | |
32. |
‘The Adivasi will not Dance’ is written by …………………….. |
A. | h s shekhar b) mulkraj anand |
B. | |
C. | limbale |
Answer» B. | |
33. |
The story ‘A Hanging’ is set in………………………. |
A. | nepal |
B. | india |
C. | china |
D. | burma |
Answer» E. | |
34. |
The term …………………….to denote a historically contingent social system thatproduces knowledge and meaning |
A. | interpellation |
B. | hegemony |
C. | discourse |
D. | ideology |
Answer» D. ideology | |
35. |
Who used the term ‘discourse’ to denote a historically contingent social system thatproduces knowledge and meaning |
A. | michel foucault |
B. | raymond williams |
C. | marx |
D. | antonio gramsci |
Answer» B. raymond williams | |
36. |
Maya Angelou is an …………….poet |
A. | british |
B. | indian |
C. | american |
D. | italian |
Answer» D. italian | |
37. |
The term …………………to refer to the dominant beliefs, ideas and representations whichlegitimize existing power relations |
A. | interpellation |
B. | hegemony |
C. | ideology |
D. | monopoly |
Answer» D. monopoly | |
38. |
Jane Eyre is the famous novel written by………………. |
A. | emily bronte |
B. | charlotte bronte |
C. | virginia woolf |
D. | george eliot |
Answer» C. virginia woolf | |
39. |
The leading Marxist philosopher ……………………….used the term ideology to refer tothese dominant beliefs, ideas and representations which legitimize existing power relations. |
A. | louis althusser |
B. | antonio gramsci |
C. | terry eagleton |
D. | engels |
Answer» B. antonio gramsci | |
40. |
The process of voluntarily assimilating consent into the mainstream thinkingis…………………. |
A. | ideology |
B. | interpellation |
C. | subjugation |
D. | hegemony |
Answer» C. subjugation | |
41. |
“A Hanging” is written by…………………………….. |
A. | arundhati roy b) antonio gramsci |
B. | |
C. | george orwell |
Answer» D. | |
42. |
…………….is the process through which the dominant class propagate their beliefs andideas and rule over the subordinate groups. |
A. | ideology |
B. | interpellation |
C. | hegemony |
D. | power |
Answer» D. power | |
43. |
Polonius and Ophelia are characters in which famous Shakespeare play? |
A. | king lear |
B. | othello |
C. | hamlet |
D. | macbeth |
Answer» D. macbeth | |
44. |
Who wrote the book Politically Correct Bedtime Stories? |
A. | italo calvino |
B. | james finn garner |
C. | marcel proust |
D. | julian barnes |
Answer» C. marcel proust | |
45. |
Who authored the collection of poetry, A Shropshire Lad? |
A. | robert frost |
B. | earl of surrey |
C. | thomas hardy |
D. | a e housman |
Answer» E. | |
46. |
Who wrote the poem Birches? |
A. | robert frost |
B. | walt whitman |
C. | emily dickinson |
D. | t s eliot |
Answer» B. walt whitman | |
47. |
Who wrote the sonnet Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? |
A. | thomas wyatt |
B. | earl of surrey |
C. | william shakespeare |
D. | philip sidney |
Answer» D. philip sidney | |
48. |
Who wrote the poem The Voice? |
A. | thomas hardy |
B. | robert frost |
C. | emily dickinson |
D. | alfred lord tennyson |
Answer» B. robert frost | |
49. |
Identify the poet who wrote the following lines.The Carriage held but just Ourselves - And Immortality |
A. | siegfried sassoon |
B. | william wordsworth |
C. | emily dickinson |
D. | alfred lord tennyson |
Answer» D. alfred lord tennyson | |
50. |
Identify the poem from which the following line is taken.I wandered lonely as a cloud |
A. | the destruction of sennacherib |
B. | the oak |
C. | rime of the ancient mariner |
D. | the daffodils |
Answer» E. | |