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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in English (MA English) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The creeper growing around the tree in Our Casuarina Tree has a creeper round it which resembles a __________. |
| A. | trunk |
| B. | branch |
| C. | python |
| D. | lizard |
| Answer» D. lizard | |
| 2. |
It is the _________ in In the Country Cottage which teaches man lessons of determination and patience. |
| A. | lizard |
| B. | caterpillar |
| C. | cockroach |
| D. | snake |
| Answer» B. caterpillar | |
| 3. |
In the poem The Old Playhouse , Kamala Das feels treated as an object for ______. A. Money B. Love C. Cooking D. Sexual Gratification 20. Which of the following does not appear in the poem The Old Playhouse ? |
| A. | cut flowers |
| B. | carpets |
| C. | air-conditioner |
| D. | artificial lights |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Parthasarathy s River, Once was inspired by one of A.K. RAmanjujan s poem, which poem was it? |
| A. | still life |
| B. | a river |
| C. | chicago zen |
| D. | extended family |
| Answer» C. chicago zen | |
| 5. |
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. | |
| 6. |
Which one of the characters in Midnight s Children is bestowed with blue eyes and a cucumber shaped nose? |
| A. | padma |
| B. | shiva |
| C. | saleem |
| D. | jamila |
| Answer» D. jamila | |
| 7. |
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 | |
| 8. |
According to Sen, which of the following people understood the full significance of the industrial revolution in the West & its potentialities for his own country ? |
| A. | jamsetji tata |
| B. | akbar |
| C. | glover |
| D. | sir john stratchey |
| Answer» B. akbar | |
| 9. |
Yayati is an adaptation of an ancient myth from _________. |
| A. | the ramayana |
| B. | the mahabharata |
| C. | vedas |
| D. | stories of kings |
| Answer» C. vedas | |
| 10. |
Which of the following characters in Tara is present throughout the play, always seated on a chair? |
| A. | chandan |
| B. | dan |
| C. | dr.thakkur |
| D. | tara |
| Answer» D. tara | |
| 11. |
Which of the following characters are not part of the original myth and were therefore invented by Karnad for the play Yayati ? |
| A. | devyani |
| B. | chitralekha |
| C. | sharmistha |
| D. | sukracharya |
| Answer» C. sharmistha | |
| 12. |
In Dead Woman Walking , the character Karaikal Ammayar also stands as a representative for __________ 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 | |
| 13. |
_______ is the fruit that magically appears in Karaikkal Ammaiyar s hands when she prays to Lord Shiva. |
| A. | coconut |
| B. | mango |
| C. | orange |
| D. | papaya |
| Answer» C. orange | |
| 14. |
_____________ declared a state of emergency in India and conducted mass sterilization camps in Rushdie s Midnight s Children . |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | indhira gandhi |
| C. | sonia gandhi |
| D. | saleem sinai |
| Answer» C. sonia gandhi | |
| 15. |
The Ambiguous Fate of Gieve Patel, He Being Neither Muslim Nor Hindu in India by Gieve Patel is a satire on ___________. |
| A. | indian soceity |
| B. | religious hatred |
| C. | poverty |
| D. | desire |
| Answer» C. poverty | |