Evolution Literary of Movements ,The cross currents of Change | Set 1
1. The fall of Constantinople is associated with
Correct : C. renaissance
2. Enlightenment was
Correct : C. eighteenth century movement
3. ‘Ancient Regime’ is a term connected with the government in
Correct : B. france
4. Taille was
Correct : B. a land tax
5. Tithe was the tax given to
Correct : B. the church
6. Who wrote the essay What is Enlightenment?
Correct : C. immanuel kant
7. “Enlightenment is man’s emrgence from his self imposednonage”. Who said this?
Correct : D. kant
8. Who was the chief editor of the Encyclopedia?
Correct : C. diderot
9. “Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” is written by
Correct : A. locke
10. The man who proved that the nature obeys certain fundamental laws
Correct : B. newton
11. Tabula Rasa is a term coined by
Correct : A. locke
12. The spirit of Laws was written by
Correct : D. montesquieu
13. “Humanity had lost its title deeds and Montesquieu recovered them”. Who said this?
Correct : A. voltaire
14. Who was Diderot’s co-editor of The Encyclopaedia?
Correct : B. d’ alembert
15. “All the great modern ideas have their commencement in Montesquieu”. Who said this?
Correct : C. faguet
16. “He was scornful of revealed truth”. Who?
Correct : B. diderot
17. “Reason is the most perfect, the most noble, the most beautiful of all our faculties”. Who
said this?
Correct : C. montesquieu
18. Who wrote the ‘Discourse Preliminarie’ of The Encyclopedia?
Correct : B. d’alembert
19. “We are tempted to regard him as the greatest, the most universal and the most eloquent of
philosophers”. Who is praised here?
Correct : A. bacon
20. The author of La Religieuse?
Correct : B. diderot
21. Treatise on Human Nature was written by?
Correct : A. hume
22. “An Englishman like a free man goes to heaven by whatever route he chooses”. Who made
this statement?
Correct : C. hume
23. The author of Candide ?
Correct : A. voltaire
24. Prof.Pangloss is a character in
Correct : D. candide
25. Who termed primitive man ‘noble savage’ ?
Correct : B. rousseau
26. The author of Social Contract?
Correct : D. rousseau
27. Who wrote Emilie
Correct : D. rousseau
28. Who wrote the preface to Lyrical Ballads?
Correct : D. wordsworth
29. the Essay on Man is written by
Correct : B. pope
30. The elegy written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by
Correct : D. gray
31. Who coined the term ‘Esemblastic Imagination’
Correct : C. coleridge
32. Who wrote The Solitary Reaper?
Correct : C. wordsworth
33. Kubla Khan is written by
Correct : C. coleridge
34. BiographiaLiterariais authored by
Correct : B. coleridge
35. The Vindication of the Rights of Women is written by
Correct : B. mary wollstonecraft
36. Manuals of good conduct for girls like The Wives of England, Daughters of England etcwere
written by
Correct : B. sarah stickney ellis
37. The woman who fought against oppressive marriage laws
Correct : A. caroline norton
38. The fragmentary novel ‘Cassandra’ is written by
Correct : B. florence nightingale
39. A magazine the pleaded for the rights to women
Correct : C. the english women’s journal
40. The first higher education institution for women?
Correct : A. girton college
41. The founder of the women’s anti-slavery society
Correct : B. lucretiaott
42. The author of Women in the Nineteenth Century?
Correct : B. margaret fuller
43. The History of Women suffrage was written by
Correct : A. elizabeth stanton
44. The Seneca Falls Convention is associated with
Correct : A. women’s suffrage
45. Declaration of Sentiments is associated with
Correct : A. the seneca falls convention
46. The Revolution was a newspaper founded by
Correct : A. margaret fuller
47. Author of the Book The Feminine Mystique
Correct : B. betty friedan
48. The second sex is written by
Correct : B. simon de beauvoir
49. The first serious book on feminist theory
Correct : B. the second sex
50. “One is not born, but becomes a woman” is said by
Correct : A. simone de beauvoir
51. The author of Dialectic of Sex?
Correct : B. shulamith firestone
52. The author of Female Eunuch is
Correct : C. germaine greer
53. The Poetical is the Political is written by
Correct : A. t. v. reed
54. “No other movement has been so grounded in poetry as Feminism”. Who said this?
Correct : C. t.v. reed
55. Simone de Beauvoir was influenced by
Correct : C. existentialism
56. Who Said it Was Simple is a poem by
Correct : A. audrelorde
57. Dalit is a term derived from
Correct : B. marathi
58. The first man who launched the anti-caste movement in Maharashtra
Correct : B. jyotibabhule
59. SathyaShodhakSamaj was
Correct : A. an organisation of the lower castes
60. Din Bandhu was a newspaper brought out by
Correct : C. sathyashodhaksamaj
61. The leader who converted the Dalits to Budhism
Correct : B. ambedkar
62. Who collected the folk songs dealing with Ambedkar?
Correct : B. indira junghare
63. The political party representing the dalits
Correct : B. the republican party
64. The radical writers of the Dalit Sahithya Movement is known as
Correct : B. black panthers
65. Dalit sangharshSamiti was formed in
Correct : B. karnataka
66. White Paper is a poem by
Correct : A. sankumarlimbale
67. gold from Grave is a
Correct : A. short story
68. Bali Adugal is a play by
Correct : A. gunasekaran
69. Karakkuis the autobiography of
Correct : B. bama
70. The wretched of the Earth is a book by
Correct : B. frantz fanon
71. Orientalism is a book by
Correct : B. edward said
72. Garden of Forking Paths is a novel by
Correct : B. borges
73. Macondo is
Correct : B. the name of a village
74. The SadhujanaParipalanaSangham was founded by
Correct : B. ayyankali
75. Yuktivadiwas founded by
Correct : C. sahodaranayyappan
76. Who wrote the “Introduction to the Lyrical Ballads?
Correct : C. wordsworth
77. “Nothing can work without the third and everything would work infinitely better without the
other.” Who said this?
Correct : D. sieyes
78. The Essay entitled “What is Enlightenment” is written by……………………..
Correct : C. kant
79. Who was e author of the treatise “Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding”?
Correct : D. locke
80. Who was the chief editor of The Encyclopaedia?
Correct : A. diderot
81. Who said at human mind is like a blank slate upon which experience makes is imprint?
Correct : A. locke
82. PenseesPilosophiqus, published in 1746 was written by………………………..
Correct : C. diderot
83. “The Spirit of Laws” was written by …………………………
Correct : B. hume
84. “All the great modern ideas have their commencement in Montesquieu” who said this?
Correct : D. faguet
85. Letters Persaneswas a significant work by ……………………..
Correct : A. montesquieu
86. “I salute you, I love You, I revere you” to whom Diderot pay this compliment?
Correct : A. hume
87. According to Will and Ariel Durant, who formed “the profane trio”?
Correct : A. voltaire, diderot and rousseau
88. Who wrote Emile?
Correct : D. rousseau
89. The Critique of Pure Reason was a seminal work by ……………….
Correct : B. kant
90. Who wrote the “Discourse Peliminarie” of the Encyclopaedia?
Correct : B. d’ alembert
91. “Liberty of action and thought alone is capable of producing great things and liberty requires
enlightenment to preserve it from excess” Who affirms this?
Correct : A. alembert
92. Who wrote the novel La Religieuse(The Nun)?
Correct : B. diderot
93. “In future people will look from afar at the universal head with mingled admiration and
astonishment…”Whom did Rousseau eulogize saying this?
Correct : A. diderot
94. “We are tempted to regard him as e greatest, the most universal and the most eloquent of
philosophers. Who is praised here?
Correct : B. bacon
95. Who is the author of The Treatise of Human Nature?
Correct : A. hume
96. “His prophecy that workers could gain advantage through collective bargain came true”
Who made this prophecy?
Correct : C. hume
97. “An Englishman like a freeman, goes to heaven by whatever route he chooses “ Who made
this statement?
Correct : A. voltaire
98. Prof.Pangloss is a character appearing in………………..