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This section includes 166 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English (CBCS) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Den Wild Zee is a |
| A. | French phraseology |
| B. | Spanish phraseology |
| C. | Dutch phraseology |
| D. | English phraseology |
| Answer» D. English phraseology | |
| 2. |
Crusoe was kept as a slave by the Turkish Captain for |
| A. | a year |
| B. | two years |
| C. | four years |
| D. | five years |
| Answer» C. four years | |
| 3. |
Robinson Crusoe s parents wanted him to become :- |
| A. | A doctor |
| B. | A teacher |
| C. | A lawyer |
| D. | A sailor |
| Answer» D. A sailor | |
| 4. |
Crusoe is able to survive on the island for :- |
| A. | 25 years |
| B. | 28 years |
| C. | 30 years |
| D. | 32 years |
| Answer» C. 30 years | |
| 5. |
Crusoe saves Friday on his :- |
| A. | 20th year on the island |
| B. | 23rd year on the island |
| C. | 25th year on the island |
| D. | 30th year on the island |
| Answer» D. 30th year on the island | |
| 6. |
Crusoe teaches Friday to eat:- |
| A. | Fruits |
| B. | Cooked food |
| C. | Animal flesh |
| D. | Sea food |
| Answer» D. Sea food | |
| 7. |
The English mutineers who landed on Crusoe s island are just as dangerous to him as :- |
| A. | Any wild animal |
| B. | Any shark |
| C. | Any native |
| D. | Any cannibal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Crusoe is a man at peace with :- |
| A. | Himself |
| B. | Those around him |
| C. | Cannibals |
| D. | Nature |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
The novel Robinson Crusoe is set in the :- |
| A. | 16th century |
| B. | 17th century |
| C. | 18th century |
| D. | 19th century |
| Answer» C. 18th century | |
| 10. |
Crusoe's father wanted him to be |
| A. | a soldier |
| B. | a businessman |
| C. | a lawyer |
| D. | a teacher |
| Answer» D. a teacher | |
| 11. |
Crusoe made an oven out of |
| A. | clay |
| B. | wood |
| C. | stones |
| D. | iron |
| Answer» B. wood | |
| 12. |
Crusoe was born in |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | City of York |
| C. | London |
| D. | New York |
| Answer» C. London | |
| 13. |
What according to Crusoe pushed him on? |
| A. | his friends |
| B. | his parents |
| C. | his hobby |
| D. | his ill fate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Crusoe was born in the year |
| A. | 1632 |
| B. | 1633 |
| C. | 1634 |
| D. | 1635 |
| Answer» B. 1633 | |
| 15. |
Crusoe was rescued by |
| A. | a pirate ship |
| B. | a Spanish ship |
| C. | a Turkish ship |
| D. | a Portuguese ship |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Crusoe named the savage Friday to commemorate the day |
| A. | he saved the savage s life |
| B. | he found footprints |
| C. | he landed on the island |
| D. | he left the island |
| Answer» B. he found footprints | |
| 17. |
Robinson Crusoe serves as a slave for two years in |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | Morocco |
| C. | America |
| D. | Spain |
| Answer» C. America | |
| 18. |
The cross that Crusoe erects on the island serves as a |
| A. | religious icon |
| B. | compass |
| C. | calendar |
| D. | scarecrow |
| Answer» D. scarecrow | |
| 19. |
When Crusoe revisited the island he was pleased to see how the ________ established a successful colony with the English mutineers. |
| A. | Spaniards |
| B. | Portuguese captain |
| C. | Cannibals |
| D. | Caribbean natives |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
In the first entry of his journal Crusoe called the island |
| A. | island of hope |
| B. | island of fear |
| C. | horrid island |
| D. | island of despair |
| Answer» C. horrid island | |
| 21. |
Crusoe s father wishes his son to go into which profession? |
| A. | Law |
| B. | Medicine |
| C. | Business |
| D. | Farming |
| Answer» B. Medicine | |
| 22. |
The first fantasy island that Gulliver visits on his travel is the island of |
| A. | Brobdingnag |
| B. | Laputa |
| C. | Houyhnhms |
| D. | Lilliput |
| Answer» B. Laputa | |
| 23. |
What is Gulliver s profession before he begins his voyage |
| A. | Lawyer |
| B. | Surgeon |
| C. | Merchant |
| D. | Dentist |
| Answer» C. Merchant | |
| 24. |
The great invention that Gulliver offered as a gift to the king of Brobdingnag was |
| A. | Electricity |
| B. | Sewing machine |
| C. | Gun powder |
| D. | Telephone |
| Answer» C. Gun powder | |
| 25. |
What countries does Swift satirize with Lilliput and Blefuscu? |
| A. | Japan and France |
| B. | England and France |
| C. | Great Britain and North America |
| D. | Ireland and France |
| Answer» B. England and France | |
| 26. |
What is Gulliver's role on his first voyage? |
| A. | Sailor |
| B. | Captain |
| C. | Surgeon |
| D. | Passenger |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
How tall are the Lilliputians? |
| A. | Five to Six inches |
| B. | Giant |
| C. | Human Size |
| D. | About a foot tall |
| Answer» B. Giant | |
| 28. |
How does Gulliver get home from Blefuscu? |
| A. | He doesn't |
| B. | He swims |
| C. | He is picked up by a large bird |
| D. | He finds a boat floating off shore and repairs it |
| Answer» B. He swims | |
| 29. |
Which of the Lilliputians is the nicest to Gulliver? |
| A. | Redresal |
| B. | Flimnap |
| C. | The Emperor |
| D. | The Empress |
| Answer» D. The Empress | |
| 30. |
Who raises the Lilliputian children? |
| A. | Their parents |
| B. | The Government |
| C. | Gulliver raises them while he's there |
| D. | Animals |
| Answer» D. Animals | |
| 31. |
In his second voyage Gulliver landed on the Island of - |
| A. | Lilliput. |
| B. | Brobdingnag |
| C. | Houyhnhnms |
| D. | Laputa |
| Answer» C. Houyhnhnms | |
| 32. |
The highest title of honour given to Gulliver by the emperor was a/ an |
| A. | Nardac |
| B. | Endians |
| C. | Swallow |
| D. | Antelope |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Gulliver did not surrender his ___________ to the Lilliputians. |
| A. | spectacles |
| B. | pistol |
| C. | watch |
| D. | sword |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
The greatest danger that Gulliver faced in Brobdingnag was from a - |
| A. | dwarf |
| B. | giant wasp |
| C. | gardener s dog |
| D. | monkey |
| Answer» B. giant wasp | |
| 35. |
The name Glubbdubdrib signifies the Island of the |
| A. | modern philosophy |
| B. | astronomy |
| C. | Sorcerers or Magicians |
| D. | Academy |
| Answer» B. astronomy | |
| 36. |
Which society is endowed by nature with a general disposition to all Virtues , in Gulliver s Travels? |
| A. | Brobdingnagians |
| B. | Houyhnhnms |
| C. | Laputans |
| D. | Yahoos |
| Answer» B. Houyhnhnms | |
| 37. |
Luggnaggians are |
| A. | person of quality |
| B. | impolite and uncultured |
| C. | polite and generous people |
| D. | disagreeable people |
| Answer» B. impolite and uncultured | |
| 38. |
During his lifetime, what genre was Jonathan Swift most widely known for? |
| A. | Romance |
| B. | Historical Fiction |
| C. | Fantasy |
| D. | Satire |
| Answer» D. Satire | |
| 39. |
How does Gulliver help the Lilliputians defeat Blefuscu? |
| A. | By stealing their ships |
| B. | By stomping on their ships |
| C. | By sinking their ships |
| D. | By shooting their ships |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
How are the Yahoos described? |
| A. | Hairy, dirty and deformed |
| B. | Civilised and good-natured |
| C. | Half-human, half-animal |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Civilised and good-natured | |
| 41. |
What is the name of the captain who takes Gulliver on his ship after he was shot by New Hllanders? |
| A. | Captain Abraham Pannell |
| B. | Captain John Nicholas |
| C. | Captain William Robinson |
| D. | Captain Pedro de Mendez |
| Answer» C. Captain William Robinson | |
| 42. |
Before Gulliver takes to the seas, what was his profession? |
| A. | Journalist |
| B. | Surgeon |
| C. | Novelist |
| D. | Lawyer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Where does Louisa flee after Harthouse s declaration of love? |
| A. | Her husband s house |
| B. | Her father s house |
| C. | Stephen s room |
| D. | The circus |
| Answer» C. Stephen s room | |
| 44. |
What are Sissy s father s first words after he returns to his daughter? |
| A. | Oh, Sissy, how I ve missed you! |
| B. | At last . . . at long last . . . my daughter. . . . |
| C. | Child, do you not know me at last? |
| D. | He never returns |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Thomas Gradgrind was a man of |
| A. | Realities |
| B. | Little Faith |
| C. | Facts |
| D. | Wit |
| Answer» D. Wit | |
| 46. |
What motivates Harthouse to become one of Gradgrind s political disciples? |
| A. | He believes in Gradgrind s philosophy of fact |
| B. | Boredom |
| C. | The desire for wealth |
| D. | Pride |
| Answer» C. The desire for wealth | |
| 47. |
At the beginning of the story Mr Gradgrind calls the pupils by numbers. What number is Sissy Jupe? |
| A. | ten |
| B. | twenty |
| C. | thirty |
| D. | Forty |
| Answer» C. thirty | |
| 48. |
Who is the first character to speak in the novel Hard Times? |
| A. | Bounderby |
| B. | Mr Gradgrind |
| C. | Sissy |
| D. | Bitzer |
| Answer» C. Sissy | |
| 49. |
_____ is the common name given to the poor Coketown factory workers |
| A. | Combination |
| B. | Hands |
| C. | Labors |
| D. | Unions |
| Answer» C. Labors | |
| 50. |
In Hard Times Thomas Gradgrind is described as a man of |
| A. | facts and calculations |
| B. | dreams and aspirations |
| C. | facts and discipline |
| D. | wisdom and knowledge |
| Answer» B. dreams and aspirations | |