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Zeitgeist- Reading on Contemporary Culture | Set 1
1. Who wrote “the story of an hour”?
A. Sharankumar Limbale
B. Lee Mokobe
C. Mr. Richard
D. Kate Chopin
Correct : D. Kate Chopin
2. Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with ____________
A. Cancer
B. TB
C. heart trouble
D. Jaundice
Correct : C. heart trouble
3. Who is Josephine in the short story “ The story of an hour”?
A. Mrs. Mallard's cousin
B. Mrs. Mallard's sister
C. Mrs. Mallard's daughter
D. Mrs. Mallard's mother
Correct : B. Mrs. Mallard's sister
4. What is Mr. Mallard's friend name in the short story “The story of an hour”?
A. Mr. Joseph
B. Mr. Richard
C. Mr. Raphael
D. Mr. John
Correct : B. Mr. Richard
5. Where did Mrs. Mallard went, when she heard the news of her husband's death?
A. To her Room
B. to bath room
C. to prayer-room
D. to kitchen
Correct : A. To her Room
6. Kate Chopin's first novel?
A. The awakening
B. The dragon seed
C. At Fault
D. The slave
Correct : C. At Fault
7. Kate chopin's At Fault published in ___________.
A. 1984
B. 1989
C. 1979
D. 1980
Correct : D. 1980
8. In which magazine “The story of an hour” first published?
A. The Common Woman
B. Vogue
C. The New Yorker
D. None of these
Correct : B. Vogue
9. “The story of an hour” first published as ________________
A. The Dream of an hour
B. The Story of Dream
C. An Hour of Dream
D. The Story in an Hour
Correct : A. The Dream of an hour
10. Who is the protagonist of the short story “The story of an hour”?
A. Josephine
B. Mr. Mallard
C. Mr. Richard
D. Lousie
Correct : D. Lousie
11. Who told the news of Mr. Mallard's death to his wife?
A. Mr. Richard
B. Josephine
C. Mr. Mallard
D. Lousie
Correct : B. Josephine
12. Who told the news of Mr. Mallard's death to Josephine?
A. Mr. Richard
B. Mr. Mallard
C. Lousie
D. Josephine
Correct : A. Mr. Richard
13. Richard had been in the ____________ office when intelligence of the rail road disaster was received?
A. Police station
B. Post office
C. Bus stop
D. Newspaper office
Correct : D. Newspaper office
14. In the short story “The story of an hour” the open window is a symbol of__________.
A. Peace
B. Agony
C. Freedom
D. Sorrow
Correct : C. Freedom
15. who is the author of the poem “ What it's like to be Transgender”?
A. Adrienne Rich
B. Kate Chopin
C. W. H. Auden
D. Lee Mokobe
Correct : D. Lee Mokobe
16. Name of the poem which is about extreme right wing politics of Donald Trump?
A. Refugee Blue
B. The not yet burning country
C. What it's like to be Transgender
D. None of these
Correct : B. The not yet burning country
17. “What it's like to be Transgender” is a/an __________________ poem.
A. Elegy
B. Love poem
C. Autobiographical poem
D. Sonnet
Correct : C. Autobiographical poem
18. In the poem “What it's like to be Transgender” What does the poet ask to the Jesus?
A. to make him popular
B. To fix him
C. To give him wealth
D. To grand him money
Correct : B. To fix him
19. In the poem “What it's like to be Transgender” what was Jesus's response to the poets prayer?
A. Granted him all
B. fixed him
C. Silence
D. none of these
Correct : C. Silence
20. Who reminds the poet that he could not bring a husband to his home?
A. His friend
B. His Aunt
C. His mother
D. His Uncle
Correct : B. His Aunt
21. In the poem “What it's like to be Transgender” What does the kids at school called him?
A. Lesbian
B. silly boy
C. smuggler
D. thief
Correct : A. Lesbian
22. In the poem “What it's like to be Transgender” the poet treat his body like a ___________.
A. workshop
B. church
C. House
D. Ideal place
Correct : C. House
23. In the poem “What it's like to be Transgender” where did the speaker make his first prayer?
A. In the garden
B. From the school
C. In his house
D. In a glass stain cathedral
Correct : D. In a glass stain cathedral
24. Who is the Olympic Gold winner athlete in decathlon in the 1976 Montreal Olympics mentioned in the poem “What it's like to be Transgender”?
A. Mya Hall
B. Leelah Alcorn
C. Bruce Jenner
D. Blake Brockington
Correct : C. Bruce Jenner
25. Who called the speaker “Lesbian” in the poem “What it's like to be Transgender”?
A. Kid
B. Teachers
C. Parents
D. Principal
Correct : A. Kid
26. Identify the figure of speech in the line 'My tiny body dropping like a question mark all over the wooden pew.'
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Hyperbole
D. Alliteration
Correct : B. Simile
27. Who is the founder of Vocal revolutionaries?
A. Lee Mokobe
B. W. H. Auden
C. Nadine Gordimer
D. Gieve Patel
Correct : A. Lee Mokobe
28. In the poem “Refugee Blues” people were living in.
A. Place
B. Mansions and Holes
C. Hut
D. Big Hotels
Correct : B. Mansions and Holes
29. In the poem “Refugee Blues” What does the old yew do every spring?
A. It blossom
B. It dries
C. It
D. None of these
Correct : A. It blossom
30. In the poem “Refugee Blues” What was the refugee offered by the committee?
A. a new passport
B. a gift
C. a cup of tea
D. a chair
Correct : D. a chair
31. In the poem “Refugee Blues”Which animal was let into an opened door?
A. a dog
B. a squirrel
C. a cat
D. a puppy
Correct : C. a cat
32. In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the narrator see at the harbour?
A. crow
B. ship
C. Fish
D. person
Correct : C. Fish
33. In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the refugee see in the woods?
A. Cheetah
B. Birds
C. Spider
D. Monkey
Correct : B. Birds
34. In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the refugee see in his dream?
A. heaven
B. a thousands of building
C. a beautiful fairy
D. an old man
Correct : B. a thousands of building
35. In the poem “Refugee Blues”Who is looking for the refugees?
A. Parent
B. Cousins
C. Soldiers
D. Colleagues
Correct : C. Soldiers
36. In the poem “Refugee Blues” you are ‘officially dead’ if you haven’t got a ________________.
A. Birth certificate
B. Driver’s license
C. Passport
D. Country
Correct : C. Passport
37. In the poem “Refugee Blues” the speaker at the public meeting worried that the refugees will steal?
A. Money
B. Wealth
C. Daily bread
D. House
Correct : C. Daily bread
38. The speech entitled “Calming an Education” is first printed in the magazine __________
A. Time
B. Vogue
C. The New Yorker
D. The Common Woman
Correct : D. The Common Woman
39. Who was the author of “Jane Eyre”?
A. Charlotte Bronte
B. Emily Bronte
C. Jane Austen
D. Nadine Gordimer
Correct : A. Charlotte Bronte
40. “Calming an Education”, the convocation speech delivered to ____________ college.
A. Edinburg
B. Douglass
C. Abbey
D. Bishop Burton
Correct : B. Douglass
41. “Calming an Education” the convocation speech delivered to whom?
A. Graduating women student
B. public
C. all women
D. none of these
Correct : A. Graduating women student
42. A tendency to look to a style, activity or interest for a very short span of time is called_________.
A. Faddism
B. Grappling
C. Slapdash
D. Drifting
Correct : A. Faddism
43. Adrienne Rich won Yale series of younger poets award for her book named _________.
A. The Diamond Cutter
B. A Change Of World
C. Diving into Wreck
D. Ruins
Correct : B. A Change Of World
44. Adrienne Rich won National Book Award for __________.
A. The Diamond Cutter
B. A Change Of World
C. Ruins
D. Diving into the Wreck
Correct : D. Diving into the Wreck
45. Adrienne Rich's second collection of poetry is _______________.
A. The Diamond Cutter
B. A Change Of World
C. Diving into Wreck
D. Ruins
Correct : A. The Diamond Cutter
46. Who was headed the Jury for giving the Yale series of younger poet's award to Adrienne Rich?
A. William Blake
B. P. B. Shelley
C. W. H. Auden
D. Robert Frost
Correct : C. W. H. Auden
47. Adrienne Rich's work ' Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law' published in _________ year.
A. 1963
B. 1965
C. 1983
D. 1985
Correct : A. 1963
48. Who is the author of “An Atlas of the Early World”?
A. W. H. Auden
B. Adrienne Rich
C. P. B. Shelley
D. Robert Frost
Correct : B. Adrienne Rich
49. According to Adrienne Rich, intelligent woman, who denies her intelligence in order to seem more _________.
A. Feminine
B. energetic
C. strong
D. polite
Correct : A. Feminine
50. Adrienne Rich planned to separate her remarks in her speech “claiming an education” into how many parts?
A. Three
B. Five
C. Four
D. Two
Correct : D. Two
51. According to Adrienne Rich, university education implies an ethical and intellectual contract between whom?
A. Parents and teacher
B. Parents and children
C. Teachers and students
D. none of these
Correct : C. Teachers and students
52. According to Adrienne Rich, many male professors still feel that teaching in a women's college is a __________ career.
A. First- rate
B. Main- rate
C. Second- rate
D. none of these
Correct : C. Second- rate
53. Adrienne Rich refused to accept the ________________ award in1997.
A. National Booker Award
B. National Medal for the Arts
C. The Yale series of younger poet's award
D. Booker Prize
Correct : B. National Medal for the Arts
54. How many volume of prose Adrienne Rich published?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Correct : C. 5
55. Adrienne Rich refused to accept the National Medal for the Arts award from whom?
A. President
B. President Clinton
C. President Trump
D. President
Correct : B. President Clinton
56. Whose convocation speech is “Calming an Education”?
A. Adrienne Rich
B. Nadine Gordimer
C. Lee Mokobe
D. Gieve Patel
Correct : A. Adrienne Rich
57. According to Adrienne Rich, ultimately the women students and their teachers are ____________.
A. Invisible
B. Indivisible
C. divisible
D. none of these
Correct : B. Indivisible
58. How many honorary doctorates has been awarded to Nadine Gordimer in literature from various universities.
A. 7
B. 10
C. 8
D. 9
Correct : B. 10
59. Whose work is “The Conservationist”?
A. Nadine Gordimer
B. Lee Mokobe
C. Gieve Patel
D. Nadine Gordimer
Correct : D. Nadine Gordimer
60. “Amnesty”, a short story originally published in ____________ in 1991.
A. Vogue
B. The New Yorker
C. The Common Woman
D. Times
Correct : B. The New Yorker
61. In the short story “Amnesty” the narrator's life partner work in a ___________ .
A. Industry
B. Construction company
C. Farm
D. Shop
Correct : B. Construction company
62. In the short story “Amnesty” by time of the trail of narrator's potential husband she had just passed her __________standard
A. Tenth
B. Sixth
C. Eighth
D. Fifth
Correct : C. Eighth
63. In the short story “Amnesty” how many brothers does the narrator have?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. One
Correct : B. Three
64. In the short story “Amnesty”what did the the prisoners give the narrator as a present for the new born baby?
A. Doll
B. Money
C. Gift
D. Dress
Correct : B. Money
65. In the short story “Amnesty” the policeman didn't allow them to the island because?
A. they didn’t have passport
B. they didn't have a prior permit
C. they didn't took ticket
D. none of the above
Correct : B. they didn't have a prior permit
66. Sharankumar Limbale is best known for his novel ___________.
A. Akkarmashi
B. Joothan
C. Face to Face
D. The pickup
Correct : A. Akkarmashi
67. Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi is published in _________.
A. 1981
B. 1984
C. 1987
D. 1982
Correct : B. 1984
68. Who translated Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi into English?
A. Radhika P. Menon
B. Anitha Nair
C. Santosh Thooval
D. Santosh Bhoomkar
Correct : D. Santosh Bhoomkar
69. Sharankumar Limbale's novel 'Akkarmashi' originally written in __________ language.
A. Tamil
B. Malayalam
C. Hindi
D. Marathi
Correct : D. Marathi
70. In the extract “the outcaste” who pulled Parshya from the picnic row?
A. Mallya
B. Harya
C. Bhiwarabai
D. Parsya
Correct : C. Bhiwarabai
71. In the extract “the outcaste” who looked restless along the bank of the stream?
A. Parsya
B. Bhiwarabai
C. Harya
D. Umbrya
Correct : C. Harya
72. In the extract “the outcaste” The Wani and Brahmin boys played _________.
A. Football
B. Cricket
C. Kabbadi
D. Touch and Go
Correct : C. Kabbadi
73. In the extract “the outcaste” Mahar boys and girls played _____________.
A. Touch and Go
B. Kabbadi
C. Football
D. Cricket
Correct : A. Touch and Go
74. In the extract “the outcaste” what did the high caste ones do before eating?
A. sit quietly
B. look here and there
C. nothing
D. pray
Correct : D. pray
75. In the extract “the outcaste” what did the Mahar caste brought for the picnic?
A. rice and curry
B. bread and butter
C. Jowar bhakari and chutney
D. nothing
Correct : C. Jowar bhakari and chutney
76. In the extract “the outcaste” what did the high caste girls offered the Mahar caste?
A. gift
B. their leftover food
C. books
D. cloths
Correct : B. their leftover food
77. In the extract “the outcaste” the mother of the narrator looks the leftover food as___________.
A. Nectar
B. Waste
C. Gift
D. None of these
Correct : A. Nectar
78. In the extract “the outcaste” What did the teacher ask the students to do the day after the picnic?
A. to write a summary
B. to write an essay
C. to write a letter
D. to write an experience
Correct : B. to write an essay
79. Harari thinks that human happiness is the result of processes taking place in the ______.
A. human heart
B. human mind
C. human thought
D. human brain.
Correct : D. human brain.
80. From which work is the extract “Chemical Happiness and the Meaning of Life” taken
A. Joothan
B. ho*mo Deus
C. The poisoned Bread
D. ho*mo sapiens
Correct : D. ho*mo sapiens
81. In which subject did Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize
A. humanitie
B. language and literature
C. Economic Studies
D. medicine
Correct : C. Economic Studies
82. Prozac is lift people out of _____________
A. illnes
B. happiness
C. depression
D. none of the these
Correct : C. depression
83. According to Harari, what is the level of happiness of a medieval French peasant versus a modern Parisian banker?
A. different
B. more than peasant
C. same
D. more than banker
Correct : C. same
84. In the extract “Chemical Happiness and the Meaning of Life”, Most parents declare that their children are their chief source of _____________
A. blessing
B. happiness.
C. sadness
D. headache
Correct : B. happiness.
85. Pearl S.buck won Pulitzer prize for her novel_______.
A. East wind, west wind
B. The Good Earth
C. The Dragon seed
D. The Christmas ghost
Correct : A. East wind, west wind
86. Who said “ my life is my message?
A. Mahatma gandhi
B. Nehru
C. Einstein
D. None
Correct : A. Mahatma gandhi
87. Who is Gandhi’s murderer?
A. Naturam Vinayak Godse
B. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
C. V
D. Savarkar d. S V Gokhale
Correct : A. Naturam Vinayak Godse
88. Pearl S buck’s essay ‘Should the Assassin of Gandhi be Killed’ is a ______
A. Satire
B. Editorial
C. Letter
D. Obituary
Correct : D. Obituary
89. Men wind confusion because they fear ____
A. Violence
B. Truth
C. People
D. Gandhi
Correct : B. Truth
90. Who says, “No war brings peace, for violence only brings more violence .”?
A. Gandhi
B. Nehru
C. Pearl.S buck
D. Godse
Correct : C. Pearl.S buck
91. Who should take up Gandhi’s world leadership?
A. Nehru
B. People of India
C. Pearl S buck
D. All of the above
Correct : B. People of India
92. When did India adopt a new constitution?
A. 26th Jan 1950
B. 15th August 1947
C. 3 November 1947
D. 20th June 1967
Correct : A. 26th Jan 1950
93. Drafting committee comprise of ___members
A. 10
B. 8
C. 7
D. 5
Correct : C. 7
94. The criticism against the Constitution was that it is _____
A. Not seriou
B. Incomplete
C. Nonsensical
D. A bag of borrowings
Correct : D. A bag of borrowings
95. The tradition of preamble began with ______
A. France
B. Africa
C. America
D. Greece
Correct : C. America
96. Manto was an ____author.
A. Indian
B. Pakistani
C. Indo- Pakistani
D. None of the above
Correct : C. Indo- Pakistani
97. Most of his writing were originally written in _____.
A. Urdu
B. English
C. Regional language
D. Marati
Correct : A. Urdu
98. Toba means ____in Punjab.
A. Kind
B. Cruel
C. Mad
D. Pond
Correct : D. Pond
99. Which inmate of the lunatic asylum mourned over his lost love?
A. Bishan Singh
B. Mohammed Ali
C. A lawyer
D. A sweeper
Correct : C. A lawyer
100. Who were worried about eating Chapatis?
A. Taralal
B. Fazal Din
C. Anglo Indians
D. Pakistanis
Correct : C. Anglo Indians