ZEITGEIST - Multiple Choice Questions

SECOND SEMESTER BA/BSc/BCom (2019 ADMISSION)

ZEITGEIST-READING ON CONTEMPORARY CULTURE

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Who wrote “the story of an hour”?

   a. Sharankumar Limbale   b. Lee Mokobe   c. Mr. Richard   d. Kate Chopin

2. Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with ____________

   a. Cancer   b. TB   c. heart trouble   d. Jaundice

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

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

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

6. Kate Chopin's first novel?

a. The awakening b. The dragon seed c. At Fault d. The slave

7. Kate chopin's At Fault published in ___________.

a. 1984 b. 1989 c. 1979 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

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

10. Who is the protagonist of the short story “The story of an hour”?

a. Josephine b. Mr. Mallard c. Mr. Richard 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

12. Who told the news of Mr. Mallard's death to Josephine?

a. Mr. Richard b. Mr. Mallard c. Lousie d. Josephine

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

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

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

16. Name of the poem which is about extreme right wing politics of Donald Trump?

a. Refugee Blues b. The not yet burning country

c. What it's like to be Transgender d. None of these

17. “What it's like to be Transgender” is a/an __________________ poem.

a. Elegy b. Love poem c. Autobiographical poem d. Sonnet

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. Who called the speaker “Lesbian” in the poem “What it's like to be Transgender”?

a. Kids b. Teachers c. Parents d. Principal

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

27. Who is the founder of Vocal revolutionaries?

a. Lee Mokobe b. W. H. Auden c. Nadine Gordimer d. Gieve Patel

28. In the poem “Refugee Blues” people were living in.

a. Place b. Mansions and Holes c. Hut d. Big Hotels

29. In the poem “Refugee Blues” What does the old yew do every spring?

a. It blossoms b. It dries c. It d. None of these

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

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

32. In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the narrator see at the harbour?

a. crow b. ship c. Fish d. person

33. In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the refugee see in the woods?

a. Cheetah b. Birds c. Spider d. Monkey

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

35. In the poem “Refugee Blues”Who is looking for the refugees?

a. Parents b. Cousins c. Soldiers d. Colleagues

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

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

38. The speech entitled “Calming an Education” is first printed in the magazine __________

a. Times b. Vogue c. The New Yorker d. The Common Woman

39. Who was the author of “Jane Eyre”?

a. Charlotte Bronte b. Emily Bronte c. Jane Austen d. Nadine Gordimer

40. “Calming an Education”, the convocation speech delivered to ____________ college.

a. Edinburg b. Douglass c. Abbey d. Bishop Burton

41. “Calming an Education” the convocation speech delivered to whom?

a. Graduating women students b. public c. all women d. none of these

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

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

44. Adrienne Rich won National Book Award for __________.

a. The Diamond Cutter b. A Change Of World

c. Ruins 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

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

47. Adrienne Rich's work ' Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law' published in _________ year.

a. 1963 b. 1965 c. 1983 d. 1985

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

49. According to Adrienne Rich, intelligent woman, who denies her intelligence in order to seem

more _________.

a. Feminine b. energetic c. strong d. polite

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

51. According to Adrienne Rich, university education implies an ethical and intellectual contract

between whom?

a. Parents and teachers b. Parents and children

c. Teachers and students d. none of these

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

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

54. How many volume of prose Adrienne Rich published?

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

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

56. Whose convocation speech is “Calming an Education”?

a. Adrienne Rich b. Nadine Gordimer c. Lee Mokobe d. Gieve Patel

57. According to Adrienne Rich, ultimately the women students and their teachers are ____________.

a. Invisible b. Indivisible c. divisible d. none of these

58. How many honorary doctorates has been awarded to Nadine Gordimer in literature from various

universities.

a. 7 b. 10 c. 8 d. 9

59. Whose work is “The Conservationist”?

a. Nadine Gordimer b.Lee Mokobe c.Gieve Patel 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

61. In the short story “Amnesty” the narrator's life partner work in a ___________ .

a. Industry b. Construction company c. Farm d. Shop

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

63. In the short story “Amnesty” how many brothers does the narrator have?

a. Two b. Three c. Four d. One

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

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

66. Sharankumar Limbale is best known for his novel ___________.

a. Akkarmashi b. Joothan c. Face to Face d. The pickup

67. Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi is published in _________.

a. 1981 b. 1984 c. 1987 d. 1982

68. Who translated Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi into English?

a. Radhika P. Menon b. Anitha Nair c. Santosh Thooval d. Santosh Bhoomkar

69. Sharankumar Limbale's novel 'Akkarmashi' originally written in __________ language.

a. Tamil b. Malayalam c. Hindi d. Marathi

70. In the extract “the outcaste” who pulled Parshya from the picnic row?

a. Mallya b. Harya c. Bhiwarabai d. Parsya

71. In the extract “the outcaste” who looked restless along the bank of the stream?

a. Parsya b. Bhiwarabai c. Harya d. Umbrya

72. In the extract “the outcaste” The Wani and Brahmin boys played _________.

a. Football b.Cricket c. Kabbadi d. Touch and Go

73. In the extract “the outcaste” Mahar boys and girls played _____________.

a. Touch and Go b. Kabbadi c. Football d. Cricket

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

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

76. In the extract “the outcaste” what did the high caste girls offered the Mahar caste?

a. gifts b. their leftover food c. books d. cloths

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

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

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.

80. From which work is the extract “Chemical Happiness and the Meaning of Life” taken

a. Joothan b. Homo Deus c. The poisoned Bread d. Homo sapiens

81. In which subject did Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize

a. humanities b. language and literature

c. Economic Studies d. medicine

82. Prozac is lift people out of _____________

a. illness b. happiness c. depression d. none of the these

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

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

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

86. Who said “ my life is my message?

a. Mahatma gandhi b. Nehru c. Einstein d. None

87. Who is Gandhi’s murderer?

a. Naturam Vinayak Godse b. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

c. V.D. Savarkar d. S V Gokhale

88. Pearl S buck’s essay ‘Should the Assassin of Gandhi be Killed’ is a ______

a. Satire b. Editorial c. Letter d. Obituary

89. Men wind confusion because they fear ____

a. Violence b. Truth c. People d. Gandhi

90. Who says, “No war brings peace, for violence only brings more violence .”?

a. Gandhi b. Nehru c. Pearl.S buck d. Godse

91. Who should take up Gandhi’s world leadership?

a. Nehru b. People of India c. Pearl S buck d. All of the above

92. When did India adopt a new constitution?

a. 26th Jan 1950 b. 15th August 1947 c. 3 November 1947 d. 20th June 1967

93. Drafting committee comprise of ___members

a. 10 b. 8 c. 7 d. 5

94. The criticism against the Constitution was that it is _____

a. Not serious b. Incomplete c. Nonsensical d. A bag of borrowings

95. The tradition of preamble began with ______

a. France b. Africa c. America d. Greece

96. Manto was an ____author.

a. Indian b. Pakistani c. Indo- Pakistani d. None of the above

97. Most of his writing were originally written in _____. a. Urdu b. English c. Regional language d. Marati

98. Toba means ____in Punjab.

a. Kind b. Cruel c. Mad 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

100. Who were worried about eating Chapatis?

a. Taralal b. Fazal Din c. Anglo Indians d. Pakistanis

101. Who wrote national anthem for India and Bangladesh?

a. Rabindranath Tagore b. Aurobindo Gosh c. Sarojini Naidu d. R.K Narayan

102. What is Tagore’s university called?

a. Aankan b. Shantiniketan c. Viswa bharati d. Geetmalya

103. Tagore urges for ______ in his poem “Freedom” a. Truth b. Freedom c. Love d. Power

104. Who is the bard of Bengal?

a. Gandhi b. Manto c. Tagore d. All of the above

105. In the poem freedom is claimed to________

a. People b. Colonizers c. Foreigners d. Motherland