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Instruction: Questions from 1-60 are based on the prescribed texts., 1. Our ancestors enjoyed., Rule., .**......, (A) Nice, (C) Home, 2. Our forefathers did not invent machinery because., (A) these have made us pride, (B) these would have made us lazy., (C) these would have made us ignorant, (D) these would have made us smart, (B) Society, (D) Nation, 3. "Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man, the path of duty" is from, (A) Indian Civilization and Culture, (B) A Child is Born, (D) Bharat is My Home, 4. Dr. Zakir Hussain is the author of the piece ..., (A) The Artist, (C) A Child is Born, 5. What, according to Zakir Hussain, which is the prime instrument, of national purpose?, (A) Business (B) Service (C) Politics, 6. "The people have chosen to make me the head of this family for, a certain time." Who says this?, (A) Dr. Zakir Hussain, (C) Pearl S. Buck, 7. Nanukaka was to stay for, (A) three or four days, (C) one month, 8. Nanukaka was the narrator's., (C) A Marriage Proposal, (B) Bharat is My Home, (D) How Free is the Press, (D) Education, (B) Kamala Das, (D) Manohar Malgaonkar, days., (B) two or three days, (D) 15 days, ........., (A) father, (C) mother, (B) maternal uncle, (D) cousin, 9. Nanukaka was coming to Delhi to, (A) see some people, (C) see his sister, 10. I Have a Dream is written by, (A) Mahatma Gandhi, (C) Matrin Luther King Jr., 11. MLK Jr. was assassinated on April 4,, (A) 1968, (B) see some minister, (D) see some relatives, (B) Dr. Zakir Hussain, (D) HE Bates, in Memphis., (D) 1969, 12. "And as we walk, we make the pledge that we shall, TR......., (B) 1970, (C) 1967, (A) always be satisfied, (C) always hate people, (B) always fight, (D) always march ahead
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13. Bertrand Russell was awarded Nobel Prize in literature in, (D) 1960, (A) 1940, (B) 1946, (C) 1950, 14. When was Bertrand Russell born?, (C) 1875, (A) 1862, (B) 1870, (D) 1872, 15. Ideas That Have Helped Mankind is written by, (A) Bertrand Russell, (B) Shiga Naoya, (C) Germaine Geer, (D) Pearl S Buck, 16. The word 'drama' comes from...... Word., (A) Latin, (B) Scandinavian, (C) Greek, (D) American, 17. The Artist is, (A) an essay, (B) a poetry, (C) a short story, (D) a drama, 18. Seibei bought a.. inch gourd from an old woman., (A) five, 19. Seibei's hobby was collecting of, (A) lady's finger, (C) pumpkin, 20. In bangladesh Rupthoka is a kind of ...., (A) sweet dish, (C) fairy tales, 21. Germaine Greer is a famous . . writer., (B) four, (C) three, (D) six, (B) parwal, (D) gourds, (B) bread, (D) poem, (A) educational, (B) scientific, (C) feminist, (D) all, 22. A Child, Born is written by, (B) HE Betes, (D) Shiga Naoya, (A) Germaine Greer, (C) Anton P Chekhov, 23. Who is the master of the state?, (A) Government, (B) Press, (D) People, (C) Court, 24. How Free is the Press is writtea by..., (A) HE Bates, (B) Dr. Zakir Hussain, (C) Dorothy L Sayers, (D) Bertrand Russell, 25. The Press can make or break .., (A) Colony, (C) Reputation, 26. Johnson's only son was, (B) People, (D) Garbling, (B) Tom, (D) Bony, (A) H.E. Bates, (C) Benjy, 27. Benjy told his parents to eat in the. ., (A) kitchen, (C) drawing room, (B) bathroom, (D) other room, 28. The Earth' is a ., (A) drama, (B) poetry, (C) story, (D) essay, 29. Pearl S. Buck won the Nobel Prize for literature in the year, (C) 1928 (D) 1938, (B) 1918, 30. I was called to kill a dangerous, (B) dog, (A) 1931, (A) snake, (C) cat, (D) lion
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31. 'A Marriage Proposal' is a, (A) tragedy, (C) tragi-comedy, 32. The name of the dog of Lomov is ......, (A) Guess, 33. R.K. Narayan has written..., 52., (B) satire, (D) comedy, 53., (B) Buess, (C) Ruess, (D) Cruess, 54., (A) Pinch of Snuff, (C) Train to Pakistan, 34. John Donne thinks that ..... is certain., (B) The Guide, (D) Savitri, 55., (D) walking, (A) death, 35. John Donne is a ..., (B) life, (C) work, poet., (B) metaphysical, (D) romantic, (A) nature, (C) cavalier, 36. The.. of death are the whispering neighbours., (A) Messengers, (C) Enemies, 37. I celebrate myself, and sing myself, ....' is from, (A) Snake, (C) Song of Myself, (D) Now the leaves are Falling Fast, 38. The travellers are we ....... beings, moving towards our death., (A) animal, 56., (B) Friends, (D) God, 57., (B) Ode to Autumn, 58., 59., (B) Human, (C) rural, (D) urban, 39. The prams are .., (A) standing (B) running (C) rolling, 40. Autumn is the close friend of the maturing., (A) Moon, (D) lying, 60., (B) Flowers (C) Sun, (D) People, 61., . was a great lover of Nature., (A) John Keats, (C) Rupert Brooke, 42. An Epitaph is written by, (A) John Keats, (C) John Danne, 43. However rare, beauty, 41., (B) WH Auden, (D) John Donne, 62., 63., (B) Walter de la Mare, (D) W.H. Auden, 64., (A) Rules, (C) Vanishes, 44. The Soldier is a ....... poem., (B) Crumble, (D) Expresses, 65, (A) love, 45. The . s a patriotic poem., (A) To Autumn, (C) The Soldier, 46. T.S. Eliot was born in, (B) happy, (C) nature, (D) war, 66, (B) Song of Myself, (D) Fire-Hymn, 67, (A) 1888, 47. "Macavity: The Mystery Cat' has been taken from, (A) Old Alan's Book of Cats, (B) 1885, (C) 1876, (D) 1891, (B) Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, (C) Young Arthur's Cats, (D) Young Mathew's Dogs and Cats, 48. Macavity moves like a..., 68, (A) snake, (B) snare, (C) turtle, (D) scorpion, 49. Keki N Daruwala belongs to .. religion., (A) Hindu, (C) Christian, 50. Sahitya Akademi Award was given to Keki N. Daruwalla in, 69, (B) Islam, (D) Zoroastrian, (A) 1964, 51. 'SNAKE' is written by, (A) W.H. Auden, (C) D.H. Lawrence, (B) 1974, (C) 1984, (D) 1978, (B) T.S. Eliot, (D) John Donne, 649