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This section includes 180 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in English (M.A. English) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Nehru concludes “What is Culture” by quoting a ________ poet. |
| A. | latin |
| B. | indian |
| C. | greek |
| D. | english |
| Answer» D. english | |
| 2. |
Nehru’s “What is Culture” was written on _________. |
| A. | 8th april |
| B. | 9th april |
| C. | 8th may |
| D. | 9th may |
| Answer» C. 8th may | |
| 3. |
Nehru believed that culture’s must be _________. |
| A. | dynamic |
| B. | static |
| C. | isolated |
| D. | closed up |
| Answer» B. static | |
| 4. |
According to Sen, which of the following people understood ‘the full significance of theindustrial revolution in the West & its potentialities for his own country’? |
| A. | jamsetji tata |
| B. | akbar |
| C. | glover |
| D. | sir john stratchey |
| Answer» B. akbar | |
| 5. |
What is the name of the new religion which Akbar attempted to start that Sen talks of in“Reason & Identity”? |
| A. | din-ilahi |
| B. | bin-ilahi |
| C. | jin-ilahi |
| D. | tarikh-ilahi |
| Answer» B. bin-ilahi | |
| 6. |
‘Tarikh-ilahi’ is a ________ that Sen says Akbar tried to introduce in India. |
| A. | new religion |
| B. | synthetic calender |
| C. | new document |
| D. | mixed group |
| Answer» C. new document | |
| 7. |
Which of the following Muslim emperors does Sen talk about frequently in the section“Reason and Identity”? |
| A. | tughlaq |
| B. | shajahan |
| C. | aurangazeb |
| D. | akbar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
How many parts is Sen’s “The Argumentative Indian” divided into? |
| A. | five |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | six |
| Answer» D. six | |
| 9. |
Which of the following characters doesnt understand English very well and therefore neverreally understands the jokes made by the twins? |
| A. | bharathi |
| B. | roopa |
| C. | freni |
| D. | patel |
| Answer» C. freni | |
| 10. |
Who doesn’t want to join college without Tara in the play “Tara”? |
| A. | roopa |
| B. | bharati |
| C. | chandan |
| D. | piya |
| Answer» D. piya | |
| 11. |
In “Tara”, who does Roopa think Chandan would find ‘compatible’ or suitable as a partner? |
| A. | roopa |
| B. | piya |
| C. | freni narangiwalla |
| D. | wandh tarah |
| Answer» D. wandh tarah | |
| 12. |
Which of the following characters in “Tara” is present throughout the play, always seated on achair? |
| A. | chandan |
| B. | dan |
| C. | dr.thakkur |
| D. | tara |
| Answer» D. tara | |
| 13. |
_________ says that Tara “would make a great business woman”. |
| A. | chandan |
| B. | patel |
| C. | bharathi |
| D. | roopa |
| Answer» B. patel | |
| 14. |
Which of the following characters are not part of the original myth and were therefore inventedby Karnad for the play “Yayati”? |
| A. | devyani |
| B. | chitralekha |
| C. | sharmistha |
| D. | sukracharya |
| Answer» C. sharmistha | |
| 15. |
Dan in “Tara” attempts to write a play titled _______. |
| A. | tara |
| B. | twinkle tara |
| C. | tara and chandan |
| D. | twinkle twins |
| Answer» C. tara and chandan | |
| 16. |
Who is the author of the play “Tara”? |
| A. | vikram seth |
| B. | vijay tendulkar |
| C. | mahesh dattani |
| D. | manjula padhmanabhan |
| Answer» D. manjula padhmanabhan | |
| 17. |
Who is Vrshparvan in the play “Yayati”? |
| A. | devyani’s father |
| B. | yayati’s father |
| C. | a guru |
| D. | sharmishtha’s father |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
The play “Yayati” was written originally in _________. A. Bengali B. Sanskrit C. Kannada D. Tamil81. “Yayati” is an adaptation of an ancient myth from _________. |
| A. | the ramayana |
| B. | the mahabharata |
| C. | vedas |
| D. | stories of kings |
| Answer» D. stories of kings | |
| 19. |
In “Yayati”, _________ is Pooru’s wife. |
| A. | sharmishtha |
| B. | swarnalata |
| C. | chitralekha |
| D. | devyani |
| Answer» D. devyani | |
| 20. |
“Yayati”, “Hayavadana” etc. are plays by __________. |
| A. | girish karnad |
| B. | vijay tendulkar |
| C. | mahesh dattani |
| D. | vikram seth |
| Answer» B. vijay tendulkar | |
| 21. |
Piya returns to ______ after Fokir’s death. |
| A. | new delhi |
| B. | lusibari |
| C. | kolkata |
| D. | morichjhapi |
| Answer» D. morichjhapi | |
| 22. |
In “The Hungry Tide”, ______ is Fokir’s wife. |
| A. | piya |
| B. | moyna |
| C. | nilima |
| D. | kusum |
| Answer» C. nilima | |
| 23. |
Who took Kusum away claiming it’s for her safety? |
| A. | kanai |
| B. | horen |
| C. | nirmal |
| D. | nilima |
| Answer» C. nirmal | |
| 24. |
In “The Hungry Tide”,Kanai’s aunt resides in ________ and he goes there to visit her. |
| A. | delhi |
| B. | canning |
| C. | lusibari |
| D. | morichjhapi |
| Answer» D. morichjhapi | |
| 25. |
“The Sea of Poppies” and “The Hungry Tide” are novels written by ____________. |
| A. | jhumpa lahiri |
| B. | salman rushdie |
| C. | amitav ghosh |
| D. | amartya sen |
| Answer» D. amartya sen | |
| 26. |
In “The Hungry Tide”, the character Kanai is a ________ hailing from New Delhi. |
| A. | businessman |
| B. | translator |
| C. | writer |
| D. | cetologist |
| Answer» C. writer | |
| 27. |
Which of the following is not a theme dealt with in Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” |
| A. | national history |
| B. | political reality |
| C. | true love |
| D. | religious orthodoxy |
| Answer» D. religious orthodoxy | |
| 28. |
“Midnight’s Children” is categorized under which of the following genres? |
| A. | satire |
| B. | realistic |
| C. | magical realism |
| D. | autobiography |
| Answer» D. autobiography | |
| 29. |
Parvati’s son, Aadam, is endowed with a special feature. What is it? |
| A. | blue eyes |
| B. | long hair |
| C. | enormous ears |
| D. | tiny feet |
| Answer» D. tiny feet | |
| 30. |
Which one of the characters in “Midnight’s Children” is bestowed with blue eyes and acucumber shaped nose? |
| A. | padma |
| B. | shiva |
| C. | saleem |
| D. | jamila |
| Answer» D. jamila | |
| 31. |
_____________ declared a state of emergency in India and conducted mass sterilization campsin Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children”. |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | indhira gandhi |
| C. | sonia gandhi |
| D. | saleem sinai |
| Answer» C. sonia gandhi | |
| 32. |
In “Midnight’s Children”, ________ is both the protagonist and the narrator of the story. |
| A. | padma |
| B. | saleem |
| C. | aadam |
| D. | amina |
| Answer» C. aadam | |
| 33. |
“A Rain of Rites”, “A River”, “Obituary” are poems by __________. |
| A. | parthasarathy |
| B. | a.k. ramanujan |
| C. | jayanta mahapatra |
| D. | meena alexander |
| Answer» C. jayanta mahapatra | |
| 34. |
Poems like “Gitanjali” and “The Child” have been authored by __________. |
| A. | sarojini naidu |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | rabindranath tagore |
| D. | vikram seth |
| Answer» D. vikram seth | |
| 35. |
How long is Raju’s fast to bring in the rains? |
| A. | two weeks |
| B. | three weeks |
| C. | one week |
| D. | five days |
| Answer» B. three weeks | |
| 36. |
Who comes to Raju’s house and insults Raju and demands Rosie to leave? |
| A. | his uncle |
| B. | his neighbour |
| C. | his aunt |
| D. | his sister |
| Answer» B. his neighbour | |
| 37. |
Rosie reads about Marco’s published book from _________. |
| A. | the newspapers |
| B. | a magazine |
| C. | the news |
| D. | a letter |
| Answer» C. the news | |
| 38. |
Raju hides Marco’s letter to Rosie because of his _________. |
| A. | love |
| B. | jealousy |
| C. | fear |
| D. | greed |
| Answer» C. fear | |
| 39. |
What is Marco Polo’s wife’s name? |
| A. | rose |
| B. | rosie |
| C. | rosh |
| D. | nalini |
| Answer» C. rosh | |
| 40. |
Raju is the son of a __________ in the novel “The Guide”. |
| A. | barber |
| B. | tailor |
| C. | shopkeeper |
| D. | railway sweeper |
| Answer» D. railway sweeper | |
| 41. |
_________ is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand which highlights the ways in which the lower classis exploited. |
| A. | untouchable |
| B. | coolie |
| C. | the village |
| D. | gauri |
| Answer» C. the village | |
| 42. |
It was an _________ who was travelling to Bombay along with a circus who Munoo joins toget to Bombay. |
| A. | lion tamer |
| B. | joker |
| C. | elephant driver |
| D. | wrestler |
| Answer» D. wrestler | |
| 43. |
Munoo is run over by _________’s car. |
| A. | mrs. simla |
| B. | mrs. prabha |
| C. | mrs. mainwaring |
| D. | mrs. waring |
| Answer» D. mrs. waring | |
| 44. |
Munoo meets Ratan at Sir George White’s ________. |
| A. | sugar mill |
| B. | wind mill |
| C. | cotton mill |
| D. | spinning mill |
| Answer» D. spinning mill | |
| 45. |
Prabha and his wife in “Coolie” runs a __________. |
| A. | pickle factory |
| B. | jam factory |
| C. | bread factory |
| D. | chutney factory |
| Answer» B. jam factory | |
| 46. |
________ is the British man who arrives at the bank in “Coolie”. |
| A. | mr.smith |
| B. | mr.adam |
| C. | mr. english |
| D. | sir todar mal |
| Answer» D. sir todar mal | |
| 47. |
Babu Nathoo Ram in “Coolie” is a ______ by profession. |
| A. | barber |
| B. | bank clerk |
| C. | college professor |
| D. | jam maker |
| Answer» C. college professor | |
| 48. |
The novel “Coolie” was first published in the year _______. |
| A. | 1938 |
| B. | 1937 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1936 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
In “Dead Woman Walking”, the character Karaikal Ammayar also stands as a representativefor __________ who are sexually exploited and later abandoned by men. |
| A. | dalit women |
| B. | jewish women |
| C. | nair women |
| D. | parsee women |
| Answer» B. jewish women | |
| 50. |
Karaikal Ammaiyar takes the form of ___________ when she asks Lord Shiva to grant her a “ different form. |
| A. | saraswati |
| B. | kali |
| C. | parvati |
| D. | lakshmi |
| Answer» C. parvati | |