(a) Japan (b) China (c)
Mexico (d) USA
Ans: a
2. The nationality of Petrarch, the father of Renaissance:
(a) Germany (b) Italy (c) France (d) Spain
Ans: b
3. To which ideology the French author Jean Paul
Sartre is related?
(a) Existentialism (b) Nihilism (c) Realism (d) Communism
Ans: a
4. Sancho Panza is a character in:
(a) Decameroon (b) Don Quixote (c)
Utopia (d) Jungle Book
Ans: b
5. Santiago is a character in:
(a) Dr. Zhivago (b) The Wasteland
(c) The Old Man and the
Sea (d) Tin Drum
Ans: c
6. Who wrote 'Silent Spring' which depicts the
importance of environment protection?
(a) Rachael Carson (b) Emile Zola (c) Thomas Hardy (d) Leo
Tolstoy
Ans: a
7. The Jewish girl under persecution of Hitler
and whose diary became world famous:
(a) Ann Mary (b) Ann Franc (c) Virginia Wolf (d) Emile
Bronte
Ans: b
8. The novel written by Ernest Hemmingway in the
background of Spanish Civil War:
(a) For whom the bells
toll (b) The Old man and the Sea
(c) Mother (d) Emma
Ans: a
9. The Indian author who created the fictional
place 'Malgudi':
(a) Nirad C Chaudhary (b) Raja Rao (c) RK Narayan (d) RK Laxman
Ans: c
10. Which revolution is the background of the
novel 'A Tale of Two Cities"?
(a) American (b) Russian (c) Chinese (d)
French
Ans: d
11. What is the background of 'War and Peace' by
Napoleon?
(a) Russian invasion of
Napoleon (b) First World War
(c) Second World War (d) Waterloo
Ans: a
12. Which war is depicted in the Greek epic
'Iliad'?
(a)
Crimean War (b) Punic War
(c) Trojan War (d) Hundred Years War
Ans: c
13. The land of dwarf in the novel 'Gulliver's
Travel' by Jonathan Swift:
(a) Lilliput (b) Bromdingnag (c) Utopia (d) Dystopia
Ans: a
14. The American poet who called Florence
Nightingale as 'Lady with Lamp'?
(a) Sinclair Lewis (b) Washington Irwin (c) H.W. Longfellow
Ans: c
15. The most frequently used word by
Shakespeare:
(a) And (b) With (c)
Of (d) The
Ans: d
16. Who envisaged an ideal state named Utopia
through his writings?
(a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Jonathan Swift
(c) Thomas Mori (d) Charles Dickens
Ans: c
17. In which novel Sherlock Holmes appearing for
the first time?
(a) A Study in Scarlet (b) Casino Royal
(c) Dr. No (d) The Valley of Fear
Ans: a
18. Who is known as the 'Wizard of the North'?
(a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thomas Hardy (c) Walter Scott (d) TS Eliot
Ans: c
19. In which book 'Sher Khan' is a character?
(a) Jungle Book (b) Kim (c)
Moby Dick (d) Robinson Crusoe
Ans: a
20. Who wrote 'Mother India'?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Catherine Mayo
(c) Mother Theresa (d) V.D. Savarkar
Ans: b
21. The novel which bagged Gyanpeeth Award for
Tharasankar Bannerjee?
(a) Yayati (b) Ganadevatha (c) Arogyanikethan (d) Jeevan Masai
Ans: b
22. The first advertisement telecast on TV was:
(a) Watch (b) Pen (c) Car (d) Radio
Ans: a
23. The author of 'An Area of Darkness':
(a) Mark Twain (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) J.K. Rowling (d) V.S. Naipaul
Ans: d
24. The first woman poet laureate of Britain:
(a) Elizabeth Jennings
(b) Carol Ann Duffy
(c) Kathlene Raine (d) Alice Oswald
Ans: b
25. 'Bhagavat Gita' is a part of:
(a) Ramayana (b) Sakuntalam (c) Mahabharat (d) Kathasaritsagar
Ans: c
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