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Literature and Contemporary Issues | Set 2

1. The concept of zero was the contribution of----

Correct : B. India

2. The author of ‘ZERO SUM GAME’ Bibhas Sen was inspired by newspaper reports about the impact of the GATT on the lives of -----

Correct : A. Common men and women

3. Kisangung Samachar was a weekly----- owned and published by Shewprasad Thiwari.

Correct : B. Tabloid

4. The owner and publisher of Kisangung Samachar

Correct : B. Shewprasad Tiwari

5. Zero Game is a term used in ………………..

Correct : D. Game theory

6. Game theory is a mathematical tool to study---

Correct : A. Decision making strategy

7. Waman Govind Hoval is a -----------writer

Correct : A. Marathi

8. Waman Govind Hoval’s writings highlight the plight of …………

Correct : B. The dalits

9. Who among the following in Kerala led the movement to improve the lives of the Dalits?

Correct : B. Ayyankali

10. Who among the following struggled against caste discrimination in India?

Correct : D. All of these

11. The protagonist of the story “The Storied House”

Correct : D. Bhimaraya

12. Who among the following is a known rascal of the village in “ The Storeyed House”?

Correct : A. Bhujaba

13. The public building in the untouchable settlement referred to in the story ‘The Storeyed House’

Correct : A. Takkya

14. Which among the following adjective is suitable for Kondiba Patel ?

Correct : D. Arrogant

15. Kondiba Patel is ……. of the story “The Storied House”

Correct : B. The antagonist

16. Kondiba Patel is ……..

Correct : B. A caste Hindu

17. Bayaji is……………..

Correct : A. A Dalit

18. Bayaji was a …..by caste

Correct : A. Mahar

19. “And then the undreamt of incident took place” What is the incident?

Correct : B. Bayaji’s new house caught fire

20. Xialu Guo is a…………novelist

Correct : A. Chinese-British

21. “A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers” is a novel written by …..

Correct : A. Xialu Guo

22. Which among the following has won for Xialu Guo the Pearl Award for creative excellence?

Correct : A. ‘A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers

23. yuli’s boy friend is ……

Correct : A. Weiming

24. UNHCR stands for……….

Correct : C. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

25. Which among the followings recounts the shocking story of a young Chinese couple who decides to sell their baby?

Correct : B. Internet Baby

26. UNHRC stands for……………..

Correct : A. United Nations Human Rights Commission

27. UDHR stands for…………

Correct : A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

28. Guess the name of the kind of literature whose examples may be the following ‘Send My Boy to School’, ‘The Poisoned Bread’, and ‘The Stains of Blood’.

Correct : B. Dalit literature

29. Name the dominant emotions often expressed in Dalit writing.

Correct : C. Protest and anger

30. Ambedkar was a …………at the time of his death.

Correct : D. Buddhist

31. Mahar is the name given to …………..

Correct : A. A caste

32. Makkhi is a young pretty……….woman.

Correct : C. Parsee

33. Which among the following contributed to Makkhi’s tragedy?

Correct : D. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

34. The story ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is taken from……

Correct : D. Love and Life Behind the Purdha

35. The little crooked old woman in the story ‘The Fire is Quenched’

Correct : B. Avemai

36. The Zorastrian sacred chord is called …

Correct : B. Kusthi

37. The High Priest in the story ‘The Fire is Quenched’

Correct : A. Ahura

38. The 72 threads of the Zoroastrian sacred thread symbolizes…..

Correct : A. 72 angel

39. The Zorastrian God

Correct : D. Ahura Mazda

40. The Tower of Silence in “The Fire is Quenched” refers to…

Correct : D. A circular platform for exposing the

41. The Zorastrian Leviticus means……

Correct : C. A book which contains religious commands

42. What does the word beseech mean?

Correct : A. Request

43. ‘I may not even touch the child to test the truth of what I see’ Who said these words?

Correct : A. Avemai

44. ‘I may not even touch the child to test the truth of what I see’ Why did the speaker say so?

Correct : C. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

45. ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is a powerful symbol of the Indian woman-hood in the …….order.

Correct : A. Patriarchal

46. The author of the story ‘The Fire is Quenched’

Correct : A. Cornelia Sorabji

47. ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is a …

Correct : B. Tragedy

48. The Zoroastrians consider contact with the dead body as ………

Correct : D. All of these

49. ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is set against…….

Correct : B. Zorastrian superstitious custom

50. As per the Zoroastrian custom, contact with the dead body is punished with ….

Correct : D. Ten thousand stripes

51. Which among the following is considered more deadly than any other sin as per the Zoroastrian religious custom?

Correct : A. Letting the sacred fire go out

52. The story of MEDEA was originally told in ……..mythology

Correct : A. Greek

53. As per the Greek mythology, Medea was the princess of ……

Correct : A. Colchi

54. Who is the author of the play ‘Medea’?

Correct : C. Nabaneeta Dev Sen

55. Manas in the play ‘Medea’ stands for ……..in the Greek Mythology

Correct : A. Jason

56. Sonali in the play ‘Medea’ stands for ……..in the Greek Mythology

Correct : B. Glauce

57. Nabaneeta Dev Sen writes in her mother-tongue………….

Correct : A. Bengali

58. In Greek mythology ……….was Medea’s husband

Correct : A. Jason

59. Medea is called the first feminist because……..

Correct : B. She was the first woman protester to fight against the indignities she was subjected to

60. According to Roland Barthes French Toys are like a…..

Correct : A. Jivaro Head

61. ……….is the second largest toy market in Europe

Correct : A. France

62. Nabaneeta Sen’s Medea is an adaptation of ………

Correct : A. The Greek Myth

63. Jivaro means………

Correct : D. A tribe

64. Makkhi in the story ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is presented as a powerful symbol of…..

Correct : B. Indian womanhood

65. Current toys are the product of …….

Correct : B. Chemistry

66. Barthes prefers wooden toys because

Correct : D. All of these

67. According to Barthes …….makes essential objects, objects for all times.

Correct : C. Wood

68. Once dead, toys have no ……..for the child

Correct : A. Posthumous life

69. The organization founded in 1961 to conduct research and carry out action to prevent and end human rights violations

Correct : C. Amnesty International

70. Amnesty International was founded in ……

Correct : A. 1961

71. Roland Barthes first book ………….was a literary manifesto that examined the hidden assumptions in language.

Correct : A. Writing Degree Zero

72. Barthes analyses ‘toys’ as a ………..

Correct : B. Text.

73. According to Barthes, all the toys one commonly sees are essentially a microcosm of the ………..world.

Correct : A. Adult

74. The word ‘homunculus’ means……………

Correct : A. A little man

75. Roland Barthes is a ……………..

Correct : A. French writer

76. Semiotics is the formal study of ………..

Correct : A. Signs and symbol

77. ‘Toys’ is one of the essays in Roland Barthes’ ……………

Correct : A. Mythologie

78. The universal declaration of human rights was proclaimed in:

Correct : A. 1948

79. Justice Albie Sachs was a judge in:

Correct : A. South African Constitutional Court

80. Xenophobia stands for :

Correct : A. Irrational fear of foreigner

81. The term ‘comparator’ means :

Correct : A. An instrument for making comparison

82. GATT was signed in:

Correct : B. 1943

83. Who was the first woman president of the UN General Assembly?

Correct : D. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

84. The idiom, ‘ like water off a duck’s back’ means:

Correct : A. Without any apparent effect

85. Swaraj Party was formed in India in …………

Correct : A. 1923

86. The two greatest pests in the eyes of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

Correct : A. The telephone and the journalist

87. ……….was elected to draft the Constitution of India.

Correct : A. The Constituent Assembly of India

88. GATT is:

Correct : B. General Agreement on Trade and Tariff

89. The present name of GATT:

Correct : A. WTO

90. Zero hour means:

Correct : B. Time to raise questions in the parliament without prior notice

91. Rupa in the play ‘Medea’ stands for ……..in the Greek Mythology

Correct : D. Medea

92. Expansion of TRIPS

Correct : A. Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Right

93. TRIPS is an international agreement administered by………….

Correct : A. WTO

94. TRIPS is an international agreement administered by WTO to protect……………….

Correct : D. All of these

95. “I had escaped a worse than lion’s jaws”. Who is the lion here?

Correct : B. Andrew

96. Who assisted Douglas in learning the Alphabet ?

Correct : A. Sophia Auld

97. At present ………………nations are represented in the WTO.

Correct : A. 153

98. Who was the first female barrister from India?

Correct : A. Cornelia Sorabji

99. Who wrote “Love and Life Behind the Purdah?

Correct : A. Cornelia Sorabji

100. Patriarchy means ………

Correct : B. Father’s rule