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Reading Literature in English | Set 1

1. Anne Frank was a victim of -

Correct : B. Anti-Jewish laws of Nazi Germany

2. Anne Frank wrote her diary in-

Correct : C. Dutch

3. Anne Frank’s diary was addressed to-

Correct : A. Kitty

4. “But I’m not sorry; memories mean more to me than dresses.” Whose words are these?

Correct : D. Anne Frank

5. Who sent the currant cake with the words “Happy Whitsun” to Anne’s Family in hiding?

Correct : B. Meip

6. The seventh Sunday after Easter-

Correct : C. Whitsun

7. ------------- was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950.

Correct : C. Bertrand Russell

8. What was Aristotle’s mistake?

Correct : A. Stated that women had fewer teeth than men without verifying it

9. “Be very wary of opinions that flatter your self-esteem.” Whose words are these?

Correct : C. Bertrand Russell

10. Who wrote Republic?

Correct : D. Plato

11. September fifth is the birthday of-

Correct : A. S. Radhakrishnan

12. What are the three great obstacles that hinder India’s development?

Correct : B. Poverty, disease & ignorance

13. “The tree of life is sustained by art, the tree of death by science.” Who said this?

Correct : C. William Blake

14. “Jnanam vijnana sahitham” is a quotation from-

Correct : D. The Bhagavad Gita

15. “Adhyatma vidya” means-

Correct : A. Knowledge of your own Self

16. Brave New World (1932) was written by-

Correct : B. Aldous Huxley

17. The American Depression occurred in-

Correct : A. 1929

18. “‘Old Ladies’ are becoming rare.” Why?

Correct : B. Because of the beauty industry

19. “We must be content with moderate hopes” This is the last line of-

Correct : D. The Beauty Industry

20. What did Spenser write upon the strand?

Correct : A. Her name

21. A sonnet is a poem of -------- lines.

Correct : B. 14

22. -----------, by Spenser is a sequence celebrating youthful love and devotion.

Correct : C. Amoretti

23. What is the theme of Spenser’s poem?

Correct : C. Love

24. H. W. Longfellow was an ----------- poet.

Correct : A. American

25. The theme of The Slave’s Dream is:

Correct : B. Plight of slaves

26. “He did not feel the driver’s whip”. Why?

Correct : D. He was dead

27. What does the hyaena’s cry suggest?

Correct : A. Death

28. ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter” is a --------- poem.

Correct : C. Nonsense

29. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work by:

Correct : C. Lewis Carroll

30. What is meant by billows?

Correct : B. Sea waves

31. Why did the moon sulk?

Correct : C. Because the sun did not go away even at midnight

32. “Their shoes were clean and neat/ And this was odd”. Why?

Correct : B. They had no feet

33. “It seems a shame. I weep for you. I deeply sympathize” Whose words are these?

Correct : B. Walrus

34. The theme of “Walrus and the Carpenter” is:

Correct : B. Corruption

35. Colossus is the first book of poems by ---------.

Correct : C. Sylvia Plath

36. The poem ------------- reflects the anxieties of a mother, poet and woman.

Correct : D. Mirror

37. A young girl drowning in the lake- mirror recalls the story of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s ----

Correct : B. Hamlet

38. Dilip Chitre is a prolific poet and essayist in -------------

Correct : D. Marathi

39. Dilip Chitre translated the poem of --------------, the Marathi Bhakti poet.

Correct : B. Tukaram

40. The theme of “Father Returning Home” is -------------

Correct : D. Old age

41. “I know Why Caged Bird Sings” is a poem by -------------

Correct : B. Maya Angelou

42. “Poor Girl” is a ---------- poem.

Correct : C. Lyric

43. Words, phrases or lines repeated in a poem for creating a particular effect is called --------

Correct : C. Refrain

44. What is the refrain in Maya Angelou’s poem?

Correct : A. Poor girl/ Just like me

45. ---------- was born in the Mazandaran province of Iran.

Correct : B. Mina Assadi

46. The works of ----------- are banned in Iran.

Correct : A. Mina Assadi

47. The theme of “A Ring to Me is Bondage” is:

Correct : A. Captivity and freedom

48. Aleksei Peshkov is the real name of:

Correct : D. Maxim Gorky

49. Gorky’s stories are about the lives of ----------

Correct : C. The poor and the uncared for

50. “Everything lives, for something better to come”. These are the words of-

Correct : D. Maxim Gorky

51. Who is the protagonist of the story “One Autumn Night”?

Correct : B. A young boy

52. A musical instrument mentioned in “One Autumn Night” is-

Correct : B. Banjo

53. Who is the female character in “One Autumn Night”?

Correct : A. Natasha

54. Bessie Head’s first novel-

Correct : B. When Rain Clouds Gather

55. Who tells the story of Galethebege?

Correct : B. Modise

56. Raloke believed in-

Correct : B. Setswana Custom

57. ----------was a holy thing for the people of Setswana community.

Correct : C. Cow

58. ---------- is a Japanese story teller of the Meiji era.

Correct : A. Natsume Soseki

59. Who is the narrator of the story “I Am a Cat”?

Correct : C. The cat

60. Who was the first person that the cat met on reaching the master’s house?

Correct : D. Osan

61. Which Italian painter is referred to in “I Am a Cat.”

Correct : A. Andrea Del Sarto

62. The play by A A Milne is titled-

Correct : B. The Boy Comes Home

63. The young soldier, the hero of A A Milne’s play has come home after-

Correct : C. The I World War

64. Who is the character placed in contrast to Uncle James in “The Boy Comes Home”?

Correct : B. Emily

65. Fritz Karinthy is described as a ----------

Correct : C. Pseudo-humorist

66. Who came back to school for refund?

Correct : D. Wasserkopf

67. What did the principal do when he heard Wasserkopf’s demand?

Correct : C. Called a meeting of the teachers

68. Who is called stick-in-the mud?

Correct : B. The Mathematics teacher

69. How many questions did the Mathematics Master ask?

Correct : C. Two

70. Which question trapped Wasserkopf?

Correct : D. How much do we owe you, Herr Wasserkopf?

71. The translation of Anne Frank’s Diary was published in:

Correct : B. 1952

72. Anne Frank died of ---------

Correct : C. Typhoid

73. The first entry of the Diary of Anne Frank is on ---------

Correct : A. Wednesday, 8th July, 1942

74. Who was served the ‘call – up’ notice?

Correct : D. Margot

75. Who was Van Daan?

Correct : C. Anne’s Father’s friend

76. Anne bid farewell only to-

Correct : D. The cat

77. When was the vegetable man picked up for having two Jews in his house?

Correct : A. Thursday, 25th May, 1944

78. What is a ‘call- up’ notice?

Correct : B. Order to show up before the S. S.

79. Why did Anne’s family sacrifice breakfast?

Correct : B. Vegetable man was arrested.

80. How to Escape from Intellectual Rubbish is written by ------------

Correct : D. Russell

81. Russell pleaded for the establishment of a -------------

Correct : C. A world Government

82. What is the good way for getting rid of dogmatism?

Correct : D. Become aware of other people’s opinion

83. What happened when Manchus conquered China?

Correct : D. All of the above

84. Be very wary of opinions that -----------

Correct : C. Flatter your self-esteem

85. Beside self-esteem there is another source of error. What is it?

Correct : A. Fear

86. ---------- is the main source of superstition.

Correct : B. Fear

87. To conquer fear is the beginning of ----------------

Correct : C. Wisdom

88. From the Romans magic descended to medieval ---------------- and ---------------

Correct : D. Christendom and Islam

89. What is Radhakrishnan’s greatest academic achievement?

Correct : C. Elected to Oxford’s most prestigious Spalding Professorship

90. Humanities Vs Science is a plea for ------------

Correct : C. Integrated study of applied sciences and Humanities

91. Who can transform our societies?

Correct : D. Young men having competence, skill, a sense of direction and a social purpose

92. People now –a- days are attracted to ---------- education

Correct : C. Job-oriented

93. The industrial growth of our country needs -----------, ------------ and -----------.

Correct : B. Scientists, technicians and engineers

94. The great crimes against civilization are committed by -------------

Correct : A. So-called civilized people

95. The abuse of science is the fault of --------------

Correct : D. Man

96. National heritage means ------------------

Correct : A. Tradition of values

97. Thirukkural is claimed by the followers of ----------

Correct : D. All of these

98. Crome Yellow is written by

Correct : A. Huxley

99. Huxley wrote an essay on the ----------- after his visit to India

Correct : C. Taj Mahal

100. Which is the only industry unaffected by the Great Depression?

Correct : D. Beauty Industry