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This section includes 186 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English (CBCS) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
Miss Benare is accused of carrying the child of |
| A. | Karnik |
| B. | Prof Damle |
| C. | Kashikar |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Kashikar | |
| 102. |
Miss Benare was accused of trying to commit suicide by ingesting a bottle of |
| A. | Liv-52 |
| B. | Tik-20 |
| C. | Cyanide |
| D. | Phenodrine |
| Answer» C. Cyanide | |
| 103. |
Tara a play by Mahesh Dattani is a |
| A. | Two act play |
| B. | Four act play |
| C. | One act play |
| D. | Five act play |
| Answer» B. Four act play | |
| 104. |
The names of the Conjoined Twins are |
| A. | Chandan and Bharati |
| B. | Chandan and Tara |
| C. | Thakur and Tara |
| D. | Mahesh and Tara |
| Answer» C. Thakur and Tara | |
| 105. |
Let her get older. Yes, Chandan, the planet will tolerate you, the planet will accept you but not her . Who is the speaker here? |
| A. | Patel |
| B. | Deepa |
| C. | Bharati |
| D. | Rupa |
| Answer» D. Rupa | |
| 106. |
Chandan moves to England from India |
| A. | To flee from his family |
| B. | To find his fortune |
| C. | To begin a new life away from the guilt of his personal history |
| D. | To get medical treatment |
| Answer» D. To get medical treatment | |
| 107. |
One of the major themes in Tara is |
| A. | Gender discrimination |
| B. | Guilt |
| C. | Partiality |
| D. | Female infanticide |
| Answer» B. Guilt | |
| 108. |
The characters purpose of performing mock-trial in Silence! The Court is in Session is to bring to public attention cases of |
| A. | social significance to public attention |
| B. | social evils to public attention |
| C. | human relationship to public attention |
| D. | moral principles to public attention |
| Answer» B. social evils to public attention | |
| 109. |
In the mock trial, Leela Benare was maliciously charged with |
| A. | robbery |
| B. | infanticide |
| C. | adultery |
| D. | corruption |
| Answer» C. adultery | |
| 110. |
In Silence The court is in Session , Leela Benare is accused of the crime of _____________ |
| A. | Infanticide |
| B. | Murder |
| C. | Homicide |
| D. | Suicide |
| Answer» B. Murder | |
| 111. |
The play is much about the Indian _____________ system during the early 1960 |
| A. | Judicial system |
| B. | Executive system |
| C. | Economic system |
| D. | Educational system |
| Answer» B. Executive system | |
| 112. |
Leela Benare was having an affair with |
| A. | Mr. Kashikar |
| B. | Prof. Damle |
| C. | Samant |
| D. | Rokde |
| Answer» C. Samant | |
| 113. |
In the end, when Benare is found guilty |
| A. | She dances out of the court-room |
| B. | She collapses to the floor |
| C. | She continues to sing |
| D. | She continues to claim her innocence |
| Answer» C. She continues to sing | |
| 114. |
Prisoner Miss Benare, under section no________ of the Indian Penal Code, you are accused of the crime of infanticide. |
| A. | 102 |
| B. | 202 |
| C. | 402 |
| D. | 302 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 115. |
Roopa in Tara is |
| A. | The girlfriend of Chandan |
| B. | The sister of Tara |
| C. | The daughter of Bharati |
| D. | The friend of Tara |
| Answer» E. | |
| 116. |
What was Dan doing as the play starts? |
| A. | Sleeping |
| B. | Reading |
| C. | Typing |
| D. | Listening to music |
| Answer» D. Listening to music | |
| 117. |
In Silence, The court is in Session , Motherhood is extolled as something |
| A. | Purer than heaven |
| B. | Purer than earth |
| C. | Purer than gold |
| D. | Purer than diamond |
| Answer» B. Purer than earth | |
| 118. |
The Play Hayavadana starts with prayer to |
| A. | Lord Ganesha |
| B. | Kali |
| C. | Ram and Sita |
| D. | Lord Shiva |
| Answer» B. Kali | |
| 119. |
What according to Dan is the crux of life ? |
| A. | Love |
| B. | Conflict |
| C. | Family |
| D. | Friendship |
| Answer» C. Family | |
| 120. |
Stop it! Stop this madness and let me live in peace. Who said this? |
| A. | Chandan |
| B. | Bharati |
| C. | Mr. Patel |
| D. | Tara |
| Answer» C. Mr. Patel | |
| 121. |
Why did Bharati insist on wanting to give her Kidney to Tara? |
| A. | Because she was also a match for Tara |
| B. | Because she loved Tara |
| C. | Because she did not allow anyone to be near her |
| D. | Because she felt guilty |
| Answer» E. | |
| 122. |
What was Bharati s strength against her husband? |
| A. | Her father s money |
| B. | Her wit |
| C. | Her educational background |
| D. | Her love for her children |
| Answer» B. Her wit | |
| 123. |
__________ is set against the backdrop of major historical events such as- Freedom movement in Bengal, Second World War, partition of India in 1947 and Communal riots in Bangladesh and India |
| A. | Tara |
| B. | The Shadow Lines |
| C. | Untouchables |
| D. | Hayavadana |
| Answer» C. Untouchables | |
| 124. |
The Shadow Lines is divided into two sections |
| A. | Moving Away and Coming Home |
| B. | The Window and Time Passes |
| C. | Reaping and Garnering |
| D. | Going Away and Coming Home |
| Answer» E. | |
| 125. |
The Shadow Lines was published in |
| A. | 1984 |
| B. | 1986 |
| C. | 1988 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» D. 1990 | |
| 126. |
The Shadow Lines takes the form of |
| A. | bildungsroman tradition |
| B. | historical fiction |
| C. | gothic tradition |
| D. | romanticism |
| Answer» B. historical fiction | |
| 127. |
Through her characteristic pose Ila s mother earned a nickname of |
| A. | Queen Elizabeth |
| B. | Princess Camilla |
| C. | Queen Victoria |
| D. | Lady Windsor |
| Answer» D. Lady Windsor | |
| 128. |
The Shadow Lines spans around |
| A. | Two generations |
| B. | Three generations |
| C. | Four generations |
| D. | Five generations |
| Answer» C. Four generations | |
| 129. |
Who can talk on length about issues as diverse as the sloping roofs of Columbian houses and culture of the Incas with equal case in The Shadow Lines? |
| A. | Tridip |
| B. | Jatin |
| C. | Robi |
| D. | Ila |
| Answer» B. Jatin | |
| 130. |
The play Hayavadana is written by |
| A. | Girish Karnad |
| B. | R.K.Narayan |
| C. | Vijay Tendulkar |
| D. | Amitavh Ghosh |
| Answer» B. R.K.Narayan | |
| 131. |
A committed and dedicated missionary in Untouchable is |
| A. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| B. | Ram Charan |
| C. | Igbal Nath Sarshar |
| D. | Chart Singh |
| Answer» B. Ram Charan | |
| 132. |
Untouchable narrates a story that took place within a span of |
| A. | One hour |
| B. | One day |
| C. | One month |
| D. | One year |
| Answer» C. One month | |
| 133. |
Untouchable presents an accord of a single day in |
| A. | Lakha s life |
| B. | Sohini's life |
| C. | Bakha's life |
| D. | Rakha's life |
| Answer» D. Rakha's life | |
| 134. |
A recurring nightmare haunts Robi for decades because he witnessed the riot that killed |
| A. | May |
| B. | Tridib |
| C. | Thamma |
| D. | The narrator |
| Answer» C. Thamma | |
| 135. |
Who killed each other in the play Hayavadana? |
| A. | Devadatta and Kapila |
| B. | Padmini and Bhagavata |
| C. | Lava and Kusha |
| D. | Rama and Lakshmana |
| Answer» B. Padmini and Bhagavata | |
| 136. |
Hayavadana gains a horse s voice after he obeyed the boy s request to _____ |
| A. | Neigh |
| B. | Laugh |
| C. | Cry |
| D. | shout |
| Answer» C. Cry | |
| 137. |
Tha mma (the narrator s grandmother) worked as |
| A. | The headmistress of a girls school in Calcutta |
| B. | The hindi Teacher of a girls school in Calcutta |
| C. | The Warden of a hostel in Calcutta |
| D. | The owner of girls school in Calcutta |
| Answer» B. The hindi Teacher of a girls school in Calcutta | |
| 138. |
Who was the man who still lived in Tha mma s ancestral home?* |
| A. | Khalil |
| B. | Mayadebi |
| C. | Jethamoshai |
| D. | Tridib |
| Answer» D. Tridib | |
| 139. |
The Bahagavata describes Devadatta and Kapila as two friends having ______ |
| A. | One soul, one body |
| B. | one head, one soul |
| C. | One life, one wife |
| D. | one mind, one heart |
| Answer» E. | |
| 140. |
Devadatta in Hayavadana is |
| A. | A doctor |
| B. | An artist |
| C. | A social worker |
| D. | A poet |
| Answer» E. | |
| 141. |
The Protagonist in the novel The Shadow Lines is |
| A. | May Price |
| B. | Justice Datta Chaudhari |
| C. | Tridib Mayadebi s son |
| D. | Jethamoshai |
| Answer» D. Jethamoshai | |
| 142. |
Bakha is the son of |
| A. | The jemadar of sweepers and public latrines. |
| B. | The foreman of the outcaste colony |
| C. | The jemadar of all temple beggars |
| D. | A police constable |
| Answer» B. The foreman of the outcaste colony | |
| 143. |
Devadatta is the son of |
| A. | Vidyasagar |
| B. | Kapila |
| C. | Rama |
| D. | Lakshmana |
| Answer» B. Kapila | |
| 144. |
The narrator s grandmother Thamma was the headmistress of all-girl school in |
| A. | London |
| B. | Chennai |
| C. | Paris |
| D. | Calcutta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 145. |
Who is the narrator in The Shadow Lines |
| A. | A fictional character born and raised in Calcutta |
| B. | Tridib |
| C. | Tha mma |
| D. | Ila |
| Answer» B. Tridib | |
| 146. |
Who is Nick? |
| A. | May Price s brother |
| B. | May Price s father |
| C. | Ila s brother |
| D. | Tridib s friend |
| Answer» B. May Price s father | |
| 147. |
Who was the narrator in love with?* |
| A. | May Price |
| B. | Tridib |
| C. | Magda |
| D. | Ila |
| Answer» E. | |
| 148. |
Tridib dies in |
| A. | The London Bombings |
| B. | The Bay of Bengal |
| C. | A car crash |
| D. | A communal riot in Dhaka |
| Answer» E. | |
| 149. |
What memory does Robi want to be free of? |
| A. | The memory of travelling everywhere with his parents |
| B. | The memory of Tridib s death |
| C. | The memory of his college life |
| D. | The memory of the war |
| Answer» C. The memory of his college life | |
| 150. |
No one went to the Temple of Kali at Mount Chitrakoot anymore because___ |
| A. | She used to give anything anyone asked for |
| B. | She could not grant prayers and requests |
| C. | She was not a real goddess |
| D. | She was asleep all the time |
| Answer» B. She could not grant prayers and requests | |