Reading on Indian Constitution, Secularism and Sustainable Environment | Set 2
1. Purogamana Sahatya Sangatana is -------------------
Correct : A. An association of progressive writers
2. Which of the following won for Ponkunnam Varkey an award from Madras Government
Correct : A. Thirumulkahzcha
3. Which among the following is the Autobiography of Ponkunnam Varkey ?
Correct : B. My Turning Point
4. What did the other farmers call Ouseph?
Correct : C. Bullock-M
5. Ouseph talked to Kannan as he talked to a ------
Correct : C. a member of family.
6. As soon as the ploughing was over------------------------
Correct : A. Kannan would be allowed to graze freely,
7. Kannan disliked---------
Correct : B. Being washed.
8. How did Kannan respond when Paachan started an ‘alap’?
Correct : A. by giving Paachan a sharp kick,
9. How long did Kannan work for Ouseph?
Correct : B. 12 years,
10. How did Kannan behave at the time of his sale?
Correct : D. all the above.
11. How did Ouseph behave at the time of kannan’s sale?
Correct : D. All the above.
12. How long had Ouseph worked?
Correct : C. 20 years ,
13. Ouseph’s Malabar trips got postponed because
Correct : D. Both ‘b’ and ‘c’.
14. What did Ouseph see outside the municipal building?
Correct : C. Kannan among other bullocks branded for slaughter,
15. Which among the following is the major symbol in “The Talking Plough”?
Correct : C. The cob web-ridden plough ,
16. Before the mechanisation of agriculture, farming was inextricably linked with-----
Correct : A. Cattle,
17. Ouseph’s relation to the soil and bullock is ------------
Correct : D. Not utilitarian
18. Ouseph had to mortgage his paddy field to-----------
Correct : D. find dowry for the marriage of his daughter.
19. Ouseph had to sell his bullocks including Kannan to----------
Correct : D. meet the expenses of the wedding of his daughter.
20. Kathrikutty is Ouseph’s---------
Correct : A. daughter,
21. Maria is Ouseph’s --------
Correct : B. wife,
22. The poor beasts told him the ‘poverty of man’s kindness to living things’. What does
‘poverty’ in this context mean?
Correct : D. state of being poor,
23. Why did Maria and Kathrikutti scold Ouseph?
Correct : D. both ‘b’ and ‘c’
24. Where his own family failed to understand Ouseph, the poor beast--------
Correct : B. succeeds,
25. The plough is an important-------in the story “The Talking Plough”
Correct : B. metaphor,
26. After he lost the paddy field, Ouseph’s heart burns at the sight of the------
Correct : C. cob web-ridden plough,
27. At the end of the story “The Talking Plough” we see ------
Correct : A. the cob web-ridden plough,
28. What is the writers observation about the death of Kannan?
Correct : A. the poor beast died of broken heart at the misery of his master,
29. What did Ouseph do to save Kannan from the butchers?
Correct : B. He bought Kannan back with the money his wife had managed through a chitti.
30. ---------is a concept which is based on the holistic world view that sees the world as
an integrated whole.
Correct : C. deep ecology,
31. The setting for most of R. K. Narayan’s story is -----
Correct : B. Malgudi,
32. Malgudi is a -------
Correct : B. an imaginary town,
33. Which among the following is not a work by R. K. Narayan?
Correct : B. The Untouchability,
34. Which among the following is a novel by R. K. Narayan?
Correct : B. The Guide,
35. -------------is the story of a man’s supreme self-sacrifice to save his community from
communal violence
Correct : B. Another Community,
36. Which among the following is not a work by R.K, Narayan?
Correct : A. Another Community,
37. Which among the following is R. K. Narayan’s Memoirs?
Correct : C. My Days,
38. The hero of the story “Another Community” is-------
Correct : D. unnamed.
39. What was the job of the hero in “Another Community”?
Correct : D. a clerk in an insurance company.
40. The hero in “Another Community” is----
Correct : B. middle-aged,
41. The time referred to in “Another Community” is
Correct : C. October 1947,
42. “Another Community” describes the pangs of ordinary man in the wake of ---------
Correct : C. communal violence,
43. “Let us not cut each others throats, it does not matter who cuts whose, it is all same
to me”. Where does this line occur?
Correct : A. Another Communiity
44. The community to which the hero of “Another Community” belongs.
Correct : D. not mentioned.
45. “But the button did get pressed” The implication is
Correct : C. The button of a communal violence was pressed
46. What happened to the hero in the end of “Another Community’?
Correct : C. Killed in communal violence
47. How could the police identify the body of the hero in ”Another Community”?
Correct : B. Through the kerosene ration coupon in his pocket
48. “Had he been able to speak again, our friend would have spoken a lie and saved the
city” Who is the friend under reference?
Correct : C. The hero in another community
49. The unnamed hero’s body was found in -------
Correct : A. ditch
50. “The English Teacher” is a novel by
Correct : A. R. K. Narayan
51. Which among the following is not a poem by Gieve Patel?
Correct : B. Poison Tree
52. The message of the poem “On Killing a Tree” is
Correct : C. it tells us we should never harm trees
53. It takes much time to kill a tree because
Correct : C. a tree takes so many years to grow
54. What are the possible interpretations of the poem “On Killing A Tree”?
Correct : D. All the above.
55. The poem “Factories are Eye-sores” was written by
Correct : B. Baldoon Dingnra
56. Which among the following is not a collection of poem by Baldoon Dingra?
Correct : C. Bird Sanctuary
57. The Factories are eye-sores because
Correct : C. The black smoke emanating from the factories blackens the landscape
58. ‘The iron lines against the sky standing to eastward’ suggest
Correct : B. The smoke emanating from the chimneys
59. How do thing of ugliness turn bright according to Baldoon Dingra?
Correct : A. When the bright rays of the Sun touches the chimney shaft
60. The labourers are weary and desperate because
Correct : D. the atmosphere of the factory is grim with smoke and soil
61. The word ‘scintillation’ means
Correct : B. A flash or sparkle of light
62. Calude Monnet is a
Correct : B. French painter
63. In which of the following poems does the allusion to Claude Monnet occur?
Correct : A. Factories are Eye-sores
64. The poem “In The Sanatorium for Trees” was written by------
Correct : B. Veeran Kutty
65. Which among the following is not authored by Veerankutty?
Correct : A. Manassile Thee Matram
66. Who translated Veerankutty’s “Marangalude Ashupathri” into English?
Correct : A. K.M. Sherrif
67. Who translated Ponkunnan Varkey’s “Shabdhikkunna Kalappa” into English?
Correct : C. Narayana Menon
68. The word sanatorium means
Correct : C. an establishment for medical treatment of people suffering from chronic illness
69. The word probation means
Correct : C. A process of testing or observing the character or abilities of a person who is new to a role
70. The treatment of cancer by the use of chemical substances like cytoxic and other drugs
Correct : A. Chemotherapy
71. “In The Sanatorium for Trees” shows a poignant awareness of -------
Correct : C. The destruction of environment by human predator
72. A man can be at peace only when he ----------- himself to the life with nature.
Correct : A. Sentences
73. In the poem “In the Sanatorium for Trees”, the poet requests us to walk gently through-----
Correct : A. The wards
74. We can walk without fear in the sanatorium because
Correct : C. The plants and the trees in the sanatorium paralyzed with the concoctions which the human predators have poured into them,
75. --------------are on chemotherapy.
Correct : B. The pannagas,
76. The word concoction means
Correct : D. A mixture of various elements.
77. “You are sentenced to life with the Sun, the rain and the wind” where does this line
occur?
Correct : A. In the Sanatorium for Trees
78. There is no return from the sanatorium because
Correct : A. Man can be at peace only when he sentences himself to life with nature
79. What does the moon do in the Sanatorium for Trees?
Correct : A. Rubs its a balm on barren heads,
80. What does the rain do in the Sanatorium for Trees?
Correct : B. Rehydrates parched desires,
81. What does the Sun do in the Sanatorium for Trees?
Correct : C. Decongests swollen memories,
82. What does the wind do in the Sanatorium for Trees?
Correct : D. Rushes in with tincture and cotton wool.
83. “Abhijnanasakuntalam” of Kalidasa is -------
Correct : D. A drama
84. Who among the following translated “Abhijnanasakuntalam” into English?
Correct : B. William Jones
85. Who referred to Kalidasa as ‘The Indian Shakespeare’ ?
Correct : D. William Jones.
86. The story of the Play Abhijnanasakuntalam appears in the -------of The Mahabharatha.
Correct : A. The Adi parva
87. The story of “Abhijnanasakuntalam” is originally told in ---------
Correct : A. The Mahabharata
88. Shakuntala is the daughter of -----
Correct : A. Viswamitra
89. Which among the following epithet is apt for Durvasa?
Correct : A. Angry-prone
90. The dominant rasa in the play “Abhijnanasakuntalam”
Correct : B. Sringara
91. Kanva is Shakuntala’s -------
Correct : D. Foster Father
92. “Who would pour boiling water on the blossom of a tender Mallica?”What does
boiling water stand for in the context?
Correct : A. Durvasa’s curse,
93. Who among the following gives the description of the rising of the Sun and the
setting of the Moon at the same time in the play “Abhijnanasakuntalam”?
Correct : A. a pupil of Kanva,
94. The moral conveyed by the description of the rising of the Sun and the Setting of the
Moon?
Correct : D. All the above.
95. Who are referred to in the play Abhijnanasakuntalam as ‘Misracesi’?
Correct : B. Sarngavara and Saradwata,
96. What leads to Dushyanta’s forgetfulness of Shakuntala?
Correct : C. Durvasa’s curse ,
97. The only cure for Dushyanta’s forgetfulness is---
Correct : C. The signet ring,
98. The ring is lost when Shakuntala is-------
Correct : D. Playing with her hand-maids
99. The ring is discovered by-----
Correct : D. The fisher man.
100. Act IV of Abhijnanasakuntalan brings home the truth that: