1. The poem ‘Can you Make out?’ was translated from Hindi by……….
Correct : D. Bhisham Sahni
2. In the poem ‘Can you Make out?’ blood lies splattered on the ………
Correct : A. Road
3. For what is the mother waiting?
Correct : A. For her daughter
4. Which right is the most basic of human rights?
Correct : C. Right to life
5. What is the most extreme crime that attracts an extreme punishment?
Correct : B. Taking a human life
6. ……… is the goal of terrorists.
Correct : A. Destruction
7. From which of Keki Daruwala’s poem do the following lines taken?
“Hunger is everything It is the thicket and the boar in the thicket’
Correct : D. ‘The death of distinctions’
8. Hunger is a great ……… according to Keki Daruwala
Correct : C. Leveller
9. We violate ……… in the name of convenience and dominance.
Correct : D. Right to dignity
10. How many people are there in India who does not belong to any caste?
Correct : A. 170 million
11. In our caste‐based country, Indians who do not belong to any caste identity
themselves as………..
Correct : C. Dalits
12. Millions of Indians are still……… in this land of Gandhi and Ambedkar
Correct : D. ‘Untouchables’
13. Swami Wahid Kazmi wrote the story ‘Disagree’ in the year.……..
Correct : C. 2003
14. Which is the first story of Swami Wahid Kazmi?
Correct : A. Dharmyug
15. Wahid Kazmi’s story ‘Disagree’ appeared in the November 7, 2004 issue of ……
Correct : B. The Hindu
16. Which one among the following does not belong to the field of Wahid Kazmi’s
speeches on radio programmes?
Correct : D. Science
17. What is the age of the girl in the story ‘Disagree’?
Correct : C. 10‐year old girl
18. What did the girl do when she got things to eat?
Correct : B. She buried it under a brick among the roots of the tree
19. What name did the girl called the young beggar boy?
Correct : D. ‘Kaloota’
20. Why did the girl threw away the scraps of food that were hidden like valuable
treasure?
Correct : C. It had been touched by the ‘unclear’ hand of a ‘sweeper’
21. The caste system first came into being on the basis of ………
Correct : B. Rigid divisions of professions
22. Crafts and professions during olden days were often………
Correct : B. Hereditary
23. The story ‘Disagree’ is about……….
Correct : D. Untouchability
24. Why did the young beggar boy stole the scraps of food from the girl?
Correct : A. The boy was starving
25. Wars begin in the ………. Of men
Correct : B. Minds
26. ………. Have been warning us of the dangers of approaching our lives with narrow
minds
Correct : D. Writers
27. ………. is one of the greatest writers of modern Tamil literature
Correct : C. Sundara Ramaswamy
28. Sundara Ramaswamy edited and published a notable literary magazine called………..
Correct : A. Kalachuvadu
29. Sundara Ramaswamy began his literary career in 1951 translating Thakazhi
Sivashankara Pillai’s Malayalam novel………
Correct : C. ‘Thottiyude Makan’
30. Which one among the following awards has been received by Sundara Ramaswamy?
Correct : A. Katha Choodamani
31. The poem ‘Who Are You?’ is written by ……….
Correct : B. Sundara Ramaswamy
32. What is the title of the original tamil version of the poem ‘Who Are You?’
Correct : D. ‘Ni Yaar?’
33. The fetters and handcuffs that the poet says about in the poem ‘Who Are You?’ are
our own………
Correct : A. Prejudices
34. The poem ‘Who Are You’ says that our bandaged eyes and muzzled mouths prevent
us from seeing and speaking of the ………. Of our social system.
Correct : C. Evils
35. Caste, region, language, religion, complexion, rituals and customs are the areas that
are pointed out by social reformers as being the ………. Of our society.
Correct : A. Faultiness
36. “Who Are You?
Are you really a human being?” These lines from Sundara Ramaswamy’s poem ‘Who Are You’ reflect a tone of …
Correct : D. Irony
37. Who said the following opinion?
“I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peace time and in ware time.”
Correct : C. Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar
38. If ‘Man is Vile, the ….. itself cannot work
Correct : A. Constitution
39. When was Emergency proclaimed in India?
Correct : D. 1975
40. In the poem ‘The Tree of Violence’ the poet Namdeo Dhasal uses allegory to portray
his anger against ………..
Correct : A. Trampling of human rights
41. Who is the writer who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kendra
Sahitya Akademy?
Correct : B. Namdeo Dhasal
42. The Militant Dalit Movement started by Namdeo Dhasal
Correct : B. Dalit Panthers Movement
43. The poem ‘The Tree of Violence’ draws its rhetorical energy from …….. sources.
Correct : C. Folk
44. When was the poem ‘The Tree of Violence’ written?
Correct : A. 1975
45. Namdeo Dhasal’s poem ‘The Tree of Violence’ focuses on the experiences of the ………
Correct : D. Dalits
46. Namdeo Dhasal received Padma Shri in the year………
Correct : A. 1999
47. Who is the ‘holyman’ who is alarmed at the evil power of the tree of violence?
Correct : D. Jayaprakash Narayanan
48. The poet of ‘The Tree of Violence’ says that we have to……… those who try to plant the seeds of violence in our soil.