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?