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Dear Lecturers in English, and dear students,

It is said "Life is all about making choices. Always do your best to choose the right
ones and always do your best to learn from the wrong ones."
Choices are not new in our lives. When we don't have a choice, when there is no
alternative, there will be no room for confusion and we go with it.
But when we have multiple choices, it is difficult to make the right choice.
For example, if we are at home for breakfast, and if there is only one item, we go
with it with no other thought.
But when we are at a hotel for breakfast, we look baffled by the various choices
we are opened to choose from.
Well, the point is,

from 2022-23, the Department of PUE has introduced Multiple Choice Questions in
the P U examination.

Our students are not used to these types of questions and need some support.

So, a bunch of enthusiastic English lecturers from all over the state, who felt that
the students need some help in this regard, came together and have prepared
these MCQs, unit wise, following the guidelines issued by the department.
We are well aware that these questions are not exhaustive.
Still, we are happy that we have contributed something to the student community.
We do not claim that this material is flawless. We know that to err is human. If
you notice any mistakes, please feel free to communicate it either

to Dr. Naveen Halemane ( 96861 95909)

or
to Sri Sreenivasa Murthy R ( 78926 95574).

We will incorporate the corrections in the next edition.

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preparing these MCQs on each unit.
We sincerely thank Sri R. Sadananda for his valuable suggestions and guidance.
Best wishes from
The Members of ELT Think-Tank.

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ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳೆ,

೨೦೨೨-೨೩ನೆೀ ಸಯಲಿನ ಪ್ಯುಸಿ ವಯರ್ಷಿಕ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಯ ಪರಶ್ನಪತಿರಕಯ

ೆ ಲಿಿ ಪದವಿ ಪೂರ್ಿ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಇಲಯಖೆ

ಕೆಲರ್ು ಬದಲಯರ್ಣೆಗಳನುನ ತಂದಿದ್ೆ.

ಅದರಲಿಿ English Question Paperಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಪಟ್ಟಂತೆ, ಪರಮುಖವಯದುದು - ಒಂದು ಅಂಕದ

ಪರಶ್ನೆ ಗಳ ಸವರೂಪದಲಿಿನ ಬದಲಯರ್ಣೆ.

ಈ ಮೊದಲು, ಒಂದಂಕದ 12 ಪರಶ್ನೆ ಗಳಿದುು, 3 ಅಥವಯ 4 ಬಹುಆಯ್ಕೆಯ (Multiple Choice

Questions) ಪರಶ್ೆನಗಳಿರುತಿಿದುರ್ು.

2022-23 ನೆೀ ಸಯಲಿನಂದ ಎಲಿ 12 ಒಂದಂಕದ ಪರಶ್ನೆ ಗಳೂ Multiple Choice Questions ಆಗಿರುತಿವೆ.

2022-23 ನೆೀ ಸಯಲಿನ ವಯರ್ಷಿಕ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ಪರಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ತಯಯರಮಯಡಿಕೊಳಳಲು ಬಹಳ ಕಡಿಮೆ

ಕಯಲಯರ್ಕಯಶ್ವಿದ್ೆ. ನಮಮ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಬದಲಯದ ಪರಶ್ನಪತಿರಕಯ

ೆ ಸವರೂಪದ ಪರಚಯರ್ನುನ

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ಗಳನುನ ಪರತಿ unit ಗೂ ಬೆೀರೆ-ಬೆೀರೆಯಯಗಿ ತಯಯರಸಲಯಗಿದ್ೆ.

ಈ Multiple Choice Questions ಗಳನುನ ತಯಯರಸಿರುರ್ರ್ರಲಿಿ ಅನೆೀಕ ಅನುಭವಿ ಉಪನಯಾಸಕರುಗಳು,

ರಯಜ್ಾಮಟ್ಟದಲಿಿ ಉತಿಮ ಉಪನಯಾಸಕ ಪರಶ್ಸಿಿ ಪಡೆದಿರುರ್ ಶಿರೀಯುತ ರಮಯಕಯಂತ್‌ದ್ೊಡಡಮನ, ಗದಗ;

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ತುಮಕೂರು, ಚಿತರದುಗಿ, ರಯಮನಗರ, ಉಡುಪ್, ಮಂಡಾ, ಗದಗ – ಹಿೀಗೆ ಹಲರ್ು ಜಿಲೆಿಗಳ ನುರತ

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ಇದನುನ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಅತಾಂತ ಉಪಯುಕಿವಯಗುರ್ಂತೆ ರೂಪ್ಸಲಯಗಿದ್ೆ.

ಇದರ ಸದುಪಯೀಗರ್ನುನ ನೀವೆಲಿರೂ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳುಳತಿಿೀರೆಂದು ಭಯವಿಸುತೆಿೀವೆ.

ಶ್ುಭವಯಗಲಿ.

ನಮಮ

Multiple Choice Questions ರಚನಯಮಂಡಳಿ

Table of Contents
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1 Romeo and Juliet ................................................................................ 7
2. Too Dear! .............................................................................................. 10
3. On Children ......................................................................................... 12
4. Everything I Need to Learn, I Learned in the Forest. ................... 16
5. A Sunny Morning .............................................................................. 22
6. When You Are Old ............................................................................. 26
7. The Gardener ....................................................................................... 27
8. To The Foot From Its Child ............................................................... 30
9. I Believe That Books Will Never Disappear ................................... 33
10. Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth ......................................... 36
11. Japan and Brazil through a Traveler’s Eye .................................... 38
12. The Voter ............................................................................................. 41
13. Where There Is a Wheel .................................................................... 47

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14. Water.................................................................................................... 52

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Shanthakumari. B
Lecturer in English
M.G.P.U college,
Kunigal, Tumkur District

1. Romeo and Juliet

1. __________________is compared to a rich jewel in Romeo and Juliet

a. Gold b. Juliet
c. Rosaline d. Ethiope

2.__________________is compared to a new snow on a raven’s back in Romeo

and Juliet

a. Romeo b. Juliet
c. Rosaline d. The sun

3. In Romeo and Juliet, the phrase “when the measure done” means when
__________________.

a. the dance is over b. the measurement is over

c. the party is over d. when the musical performance is over

4. Romeo wanted to touch the hand of __________________ after the dance.

a. Rosaline b. Juliet
c. Juliet’s fellows d. Juliet’s friend

5. The phrase “snowy dove” refers to__________ in Romeo and Juliet

a. Juliet b. Romeo
c. white dove d. a white pigeon

6. According to Juliet, Romeo, when turned into stars, makes the whole world fall in
love with night and pay no worship to the________ .
a. sun b. moon
c. stars d. day

7. The phrase “face of heaven” refers to_________ in the poem Romeo and Juliet
a. sky b. heaven
c. earth d. mountain

8. Romeo says that he had not seen true beauty till that________________
a. day b. night
c. noon d. evening

9. According to Juliet, Romeo comes to her _____________________.

a. by a taxi b. on an aeroplane
c. lying on the wing of night. d. riding a scooter.

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10. Juliet’s beauty surpasses the brightness of __________in the poem Romeo and
Juliet
a. torchlight b. sun
c. lamp d. candle

11. Romeo wanted to touch Juliet’s and after the dance because he_____
a. wanted his smooth hands to be blessed
b. wanted his rough hands to be blessed
c. wanted to touch Juliet’s feet
d. wanted to be praised by Juliet

12. Juliet expects Romeo to come during __________in the poem Romeo and Juliet
a. day b. night
c. evening d. noon

13. The phrase “New snow” suggests__________ in the poem Romeo and Juliet
a. description of Romeo’s charm b. Romeo’s love for Juliet
c. love as pure as snowy dove d. love as precious as gold

14. The world would be in love with night when Romeo was cut into pieces of
_________
a. little stars b. moonlight
c. moon d. sun

15. According to Juliet, ________ will come on the wings of night in the poem
Romeo and Juliet
a. a friend of Romeo b. Romeo
c. bird d. stars

16. Juliet wants Romeo to become ____ after her death

a. sun b. little stars
c. moon d. face of heaven

17. “crows” referred to _________ in the poem Romeo and Juliet.

a. other men b. Rosaline’s friends
c. Juliet’s friends d. ravens

18. ________ will make the face of heaven so fine in Romeo and Juliet
a. Juliet b. Romeo as little stars
c. ravens d. the moon

19. The beauty of ________ is too dear for the earth as mentioned in Romeo and
Juliet
a. Romeo b. Juliet
c. Rosaline d. Juliet’s companions

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20. Juliet teaches the torches ________ in the poem Romeo and Juliet
a. to burn bright b. to burn dim
c. to burn like sun d. to burn pale

21. Juliet seems to hang upon the __________ of night in the poem
Romeo and Juliet
a. chin b. cheek
c. forehead d. eye

22. Juliet was compared in the poem Romeo and Juliet to ____________
a. gold in an American’s neck b. shining star
c. diamond ornament d. a rich jewel in Ethiope’s ear

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Dr. Hemantharaju S N,
Lecturer in English
Govt. PU College for Boys
Chitradurga

2. Too Dear!
1. ‘Monaco’ was situated near the borders of ________
a. Germany and Russia b. France and Italy
c. Italy and Russia d. Russia and France

2. The number of inhabitants in the kingdom of Monaco were _________

a. seven thousand b. sixty
c. twelve thousand d. sixteen thousand

3. There were _________ men in the army of Monaco.

a. sixteen thousand b. seven thousand
c. twelve thousand d. sixty

4. The commodities taxed in Monaco were________ .

a. salt and sugar b. wheat and rice’
c. ‘tobacco’ and ‘wine and spirits’ d. petrol and diesel

5. The kinglet of Monaco found a new and special source of revenue from
________
a. a gaming house b. tobacco
c. wine and spirits d. market gardening

6. The only gambling establishment left in Europe is in ________

a. France b. Monaco
c. Germany d. Italy

7. The little German Sovereigns forbid the gaming houses because these
gaming houses ________
a. did so much harm b. made the people happy
c. brought much wealth d. stopped giving revenue

8. The French government agreed to lend a machine and an expert to Monaco

for__________
a. sixty thousand francs b. seven thousand francs
c. twelve thousand francs d. sixteen thousand francs

9. The brother monarch for the kinglet of Monaco was__________

a. king of Italy b. king of Germany
c. king of France d. king of Nepal

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10. The Italian government was ready to send a guillotine and an
executioner for_________ francs.
a. sixteen thousand b. twelve thousand
c. seven thousand d. sixty

11. The food for the criminal was brought from _________
a. palace kitchen b. French government
c. Italian government d. prison kitchen

12. The annual expenditure for the criminal and a special guard was
____ .
a. seven thousand francs b. sixteen thousand francs
c. sixty francs d. six hundred francs

13. The pension fixed to the criminal was _____ .

a. six hundred francs b. two hundred francs
c. sixty francs d. seven hundred francs

14. The criminal received __________ of his annuity in advance and left
the kingdom.
a. two third b. one third
c. six hundred d. three hundred

15. The criminal started ______ for his living after leaving the king’s
dominions.
a. a gaming house b. market gardening
c. selling wine and spirits d. selling tobacco

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MADHU K
Lecturer in English
G.P.U.C, for Girls (Stone Building.,
Mandya

3. On Children

1. According to the speaker of On Children, the souls of children dwell

in the house of_____________.
a. today b. yesterday
c. tomorrow d. day after tomorrow

2. According to the speaker in On Children, life does not go ________

a. forth b. swift
c. backward d. forward

3. In “On Children”, ‘The Archer’, refers to ___________

a. Child b. God
c. Prophet d. Parents

4. ________ asked the speaker, in On Children, to speak of children

a. a woman b. a poet
c. a child d. a father

5. Children are the sons and daughters of ____________, according to

the speaker in On Children.
a. Life’s longing for itself b. Parents
c. Children d. Gods

6. ___________ are the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself.
a. Parents b. Children
c. Gods d. Archers

7. Though children are with their parents they do not belong to

___________.
a. parents b. archer
c. God d. the prophet

8. Parents may give them their love to their children but not their
____________
a. hatred b. care
c. thoughts d. money

9. Children have their own __________, according the speaker in On

Children
a. thoughts b. plans
c. views d. love

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10. Parents may _____________ the bodies of the children but not their
souls.
a. house b. love
c. thoughts d. control

11. Parents may house __________ but not children’s souls

a. their views b. thoughts
c. children’s bodies d. their ideas

12. According to the speaker in “On Children”, children may house their
bodies but not ________.
a. their souls b. their behaviour
c. their bodies d. their thoughts

13. According to speaker the house of tomorrow cannot be reached by

parents even in their _____________________.
a. plans b. future
c. dreams d. thoughts

14. According to speaker, parents may _________ to be like their

children.
a. work b. strive
c. dream d. plans

15. The speaker tells the parents seek not to make their _________
like them
a. parents b. archer
c. gods d. children

16. According to speaker of On Children, life neither goes backward nor

_________ with yesterday
a. imagines b. tarries
c. compares d. fights

17. According to speaker of On Children, life goes not backward nor

tarries with____________________.
a. today b. tomorrow
c. yesterday d. next day

18. The speaker of On Children says that _________ are the bows from
which living arrows are sent forth
a. children b. gods
c. archers d. parents

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19. According to speaker, the children are sent forth as living
___________
a. arrows b. parents
c. bows d. God

20. According to speaker of the poem On Children, ___________ may

give their love but not thoughts to their children
a. parents b. prophet
c. speaker d. gods

21. In “On Children”, arrows represent ________

a. thoughts b. parents
c. children d. bows

22. If arrows represent children, bow represents ____________

a. flying arrows b. parents
c. children d. many bows

23. Using bows, arrows are sent forth by __________

a. the children b. the parents
c. the future d. the archer

24. The archer sees the mark upon the path of ___________
a. sky b. infinite
c. school d. forest

25. God bends bows with His__________

a. might b. arrows
c. hand d. will

26. According to prophet ‘Living arrows’ mean __________

a. parents b. arrows
c. children d. women

27. The prophet in On Children compares children to __________

a. living arrows b. parents
c. Archer d. bows

28. The prophet in On Children compares parents to __________

a. arrows b. archer
c. bows d. life

29. The prophet in On Children compares God to _____________

a. bows b. archer
c. parents d. children

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30. In On Children, the speaker says that the God also loves the bow
that is ___________
a. stable b. flexible
c. swift d. soft

31. ____________ sees the mark upon the infinite in On Children

a. God b. Parents
c. Children d. the prophet

32. the speaker of the poem “On Children” suggests the parents that
their bending in the Archer’s hand be for ______.
a. gladness b. stability
c. swiftness d. might

33. According to the speaker of “On Children”, the one who loves both
the arrow and the bow is ________.
a. the archer b. the parents
c. the children d. the teacher

34. As God loves the arrow that flies, he also loves the ___________
that is stable
a. target b. bow
c. archer d. swift

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Yeshaswini Pavankumar
Lecturer in Enlish
Jnanodaya P U College
Shankarpuram
Bangalore 560004

4. Everything I Need to Learn, I Learned in the Forest.

1. According to Vandana Shiva, the songs and poems composed by

their mothers were about______.
a. Chipko Movement
b. fossil fuel
c. trees, forests and India’s forest civilization
d. Bachni Devi

2. Vandana Shiva spent every vacation ______.

a. collecting firewood
b. producing profit and resin and timber
c. doing pad yatras
d. doing Ph.D.

3. Vandana Shiva’s ecological journey started from ________.

a. forests of Sahyadris b. forests of Karavalis
c. UN General Assembly d. forests of Himalayas

4. Chipko Movement is a non-violent response against large scale

________ in the Himalayan regions.
a. forestation b. deforestation
c. ecocentrism d. collection of seeds

5. The peasant women from Garhwal region came out in defense of the
forests in ______.
a. 1987 b. 1921
c. 1977 d. 2011

6. In ‘Everything I Need to Know I Learned in The Forest’, logging in the

Himalayan region had led to________________

a. Biodiversity
b. plantation
c. Landslides, floods and scarcity of water
d. the end of consumerism

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7. Vandana Shiva went to ________before leaving for Canada.
a. Calcutta c. Bolivia
c. Ecuador d. her favourite forest
8. ‘Tapovan’ is written by ______________
a. Vandana Shiva herself b. Francis Bacon
c. Carolyn Merchant d. Rabindranath Tagore

9. In ‘Everything I Need to Know I Learned in The Forest’,

the women held _________when the forest officials arrived.

a. lighted lanterns b. welcome banners

c. garlands d. black flags

10. The Navdanya Farm was started in _____.

a. 1987 b. 1994
c. 1973 d. 1977

11. Failure to recognise that, humans are an inseparable part of nature

leads to ________

a. sustaining earth
b. harmony with nature
c. environmentally destructive behavior
d. friendship with nature

12. United Nations General Assembly’s conference of 2011 was inspired

by ________
a. Chipko Movement b. Bachni Devi
c. Navdanya Movement d. constitution of Ecuador

13. The Constitution of Ecuador has recognised the ________ in its

constitution.

a. Harmony with Nature b. Industrial Revolution

c. Rights of mother earth d. Consumerism

14. Navdanya Farm was started by Vandana Shiva at________.

a. Bolivia b. Aravalli
c. Doon Valley d. Tapovan

15. According to Vandana Shiva, _______is the only answer to the food
and nutrition crisis in India.

a. Industrial Revolution b. Conservation of biodiversity

c. Terra Nullis d. Chipko Movement

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16. According to Cormac Cullinan, apartheid means_________
a. separateness b. monoculture
c. diversity d. Revolution

17. Vandana Shiva says that ______has replaced diversity.

a. food production b. higher nutrition
c. nature d. monocultures

18. ‘Terra Madre’ means____________________

a. Pluralism b. Civilization
c. Mother Earth d. Reconnecting

19. The term ‘the empty land ready for occupation’ means _________ .

a. Fossil fuel b. Environmentally destructive behaviour

c. Terra Nullis d. Capitalism

20. The father of modern science is _____________.

a. Cormac Cullinan b. Tagore
c. Carolyn Merchant’s father d. Francis Bacon

21. Earth University started by Vandana Shiva is located in_________

a. Rangoon b. Karnataka
c. Navdanya Farm d. Kolkota

22. One of the popular courses offered by “Earth University” is

a. Organic farming b. Tapovan
c. Monocultures of the Mind d. Gandhi and Globalisation

23. ______surprised Vandana Shiva when she went to swim in her favorite
stream
a. Women holding lanterns
b. Women hugging trees
c. Streams being reduced to trickle
d. Bachni Devi fighting against her husband

24. According to Vandana Shiva________ composed songs and poems

about trees and forests
a. Vandana’s mother b. Bachni Devi
c. Peasant women d. Forester

25. _________was well suited to the activities that would lead to capitalism
according to Carolyn Merchant
a. Chipko Movement
b. Monocultures of mind
c. Change from Terra Madre to Terra Nullius
d. Eco-friendly activities

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29. According to Vandana Shiva, _______________ has been her
teacher of abundance and freedom of cooperation and mutual
giving.
a. Chipko Movement b. Navdanya Farm
c. Earth University d. Biodiversity

30. Earth Democracy is a shift from _____________________

a. Hunger to thirst
b. Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism
c. Capitalism to globalisation
d. Monarchy to democracy

31. Vandana Shiva’s Earth University was inspired

by__________________.
a. Francis Bacon’s inventions
b. Carolyn Merchant’s ideologies
c. Cormac Cullinan’s thoughts
d. Rabindranath Tagore’s Shantiniketan

32. In ‘Everything I need to know I learned in the forest ‘, Rabindranath

Tagore‘s Tapovan is_______________________.
a. A learning center b. Forest
c. Essay d. University

33. According to Tagore, ___________ has helped the intellectual

evolution of man in ‘Everything I need to know I learned in the forest’
a. scientific inventions b. organic farming
c. peace of the forest d. Industrialisation

34. According to Vandana Shiva war against the Earth began

________________
a. after UN’s report
b. because of Bolivia’s constitution
c. facilitating industrial revolution
d. with anti-apartheid movement

35. _______________becomes the source of conflict and contest

according to Vandana Shiva
a. Idea of separateness
b. End of consumerism and accumulation
c. Diversity without unity
d. Forest

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36. According to Vandana Shiva,
people discover the joy of living _________________________

a. with the end of consumerism and accumulation

b. when the participants learn to work with living seeds
c. in the Navdanya Farm
d. In Tapovan

37. ____________ is the learning center started by Rabindranath

Tagore.
a. Tapovan b. Shantiniketan
c. Earth University d. Navdanya Farm

38. Earth University founded by Vandana Shiva teaches

______________.
a. Eco apartheid b. Anthropocentrism
c. Communion d. Earth Democracy

39. Vandana Shiva started Navdanya Farm in _________

a. forest b. village of Advani
c. Uttaranchal d. Doon Valley

40. According to the women of Adwani, the real value of forest is

________
a. springs and streams b. 150 varieties of wheat
c. resin and timber d. 3000 rice varieties

41. Vandana Shiva says that the only answer for food crisis is
_______________
a. eco-apartheid b. conservation of biodiversity
c. Chipko Movement d. Tapovan

42. _________ initiated the universal declaration of rights of Mother

Earth.
a. Bolivia b. Ecuador
c. South Africa d. India

43. Empty land ready for occupation is _______________

a. Terra Nullis b. Terra Madre
c. Lower elevation of Himalaya d. Ecuador

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44. According to the forester in ‘Everything I need to learn ....’,
Forests produce ___________________
a. soil, water and pure air b. profit, resin and timber
c. water, fodder and fuel d. soil, profit and water

46. One of the most popular courses in Earth University is

______________
a. Anthropocentrism and Ecocentrism
b. Accumulation and possession
c. Gandhi & Globalisation
d. Rights of nature and harmony with nature

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 D. S. Renukakumara,
Principal,
SSVPPU College,
Thimmanahalli, C. N. Halli .Tq
Tumkur Dt Ph: 9535599590

5. A Sunny Morning
1. In ‘A Sunny Morning‘, Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura meet after a long time
in a park in __________.
a. Madrid. b. Seville.
c. Valencia. d. Aravaca

2. In ‘A Sunny Morning‘, _____________ accompanied Dona Laura when she

came to the park in Madrid.
a. the merchant. b. the guard of the park.
c. Petra. d. Don Gonzalo

3. According to Petra __________ belongs to the park, in ‘A Sunny Morning’.

a. Juanito. b. the guard.
c. Don Gonzalo. d. the merchant

4. In ‘A Sunny Morning’ Dona Laura feeds the birds with ___________

a. bread crumbs. b. corn.
c. the snuff. d. violets

5. In ‘ A Sunny Morning’, ____________ accompanied Don Gonzalo when

he came to the park.
a. Petra. b. Dona Laura.
c. Juanito d. the merchant

6. In ‘A Sunny Morning ‘, ___________ priests were sitting on Gonzalo’s usual

bench in the park.
a. two b. three
c. four d. five

7. According to Gonzalo, Laura, at that age, ought to be knitting and counting

beads_________
a. at home. b. in the park.
c. Maricela d. on the rock near the bench

8. In ‘A Sunny Morning ‘, Laura claims to have ___________ to criticize

Gonzalo’s actions.
a. fundamental rights b. neighbour’s rights
c. political rights d. women’s rights

9. Don Gonzalo uses his _________ to brush the dust from his shoes.
a. shoe brush b. handkerchief
c. the book d. umbrell
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10. According to Gonzalo, one of his estates is located in __________ in ‘A
Sunny Morning’.
a. Madrid. b. Aravaca.
c. Seville. d. Valencia

11. In ‘A Sunny Morning ‘, Gonzalo says that he could show __________ in his
study to prove his skill at hunting.
a. wild boar’s head b. gun
c. dog d. a tiger’s skin

12. In ‘A Sunny Morning ‘, Laura says that she could show ___________in her
bedroom as evidence to prove her skill at hunting.
a. gun b. a tiger’s skin
c. dog d. a wild boar’s head

13. ___________ makes peace between Laura and Gonzalo, in ‘A Sunny

Morning’.
a. bread crumbs b. reading of poems
c. a pinch of snuff d. bouquet of flowers

14. According to Gonzalo, in ‘A Sunny Morning’, he composed some

verses___________
a. in his school days. b. in his youth.
c. at his old age. d. at his middle age.

15. In ‘A Sunny Morning’, Gonzalo says he was _________ years old when he
went to America for the first time.
a. ten b. five
c. six d. fifteen

16. In ‘A Sunny Morning ‘, Gonzalo says he first met __________ in America.

a. Becquer b. Compoamor
c. Zorrilla d. Espronceda

17. According to Don Gonzalo, he met Zorrilla in ___________

a. Africa b. Paris
c. Spain d. America

18. According to Don Gonzalo, he was the native of ___________.

a. Madrid. b. Seville.
c. Aravaca. d. Valencia

19. In ‘A Sunny Morning ‘, Dona Laura spent several seasons_________

a. in Aravaca. b. at Maricela.
c. in Seville. d. in Madrid

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20. According to Gonzalo, the young man went to _________ after wounding
the merchant badly in the duel, in ‘A Sunny Morning ‘.
a. Valencia. b. Madrid.
c. Paris. d. Aravaca

21. Laura Llorente was known in her locality as __________ in ‘A Sunny

Morning’
a. a golden girl. b. dream girl.
c. sovereign beauty. d. The Silver Maiden

22. __________ was called The Silver Maiden in ‘A Sunny Morning ‘.

a. Petra b. Dona Laura
c. Dona Laura’s friend d. Dona Laura’s neighbour

23. According to Don Gonzalo, the gallant lover in ‘A Sunny Morning’ was his
________
a. friend. b. cousin.
c. uncle. d. boss.

24. According to Don Gonzalo, _________ was badly wounded in the duel
in ‘A Sunny Morning ‘.
a. his cousin b. the merchant
c. Juanito d. his uncle

25. According to Gonzalo, the gallant young man (his cousin) took refuge in
________,
in ‘A Sunny Morning ‘.
a. Maricela b. Gonzalo’s house
c. Dona Laura’s house d. a hotel

26. The gallant young man finally went to _________ after he wounded
the merchant very badly.
a. Seville b. Valencia
c. Madrid d. Aravaca

27. According to Gonzalo, his cousin met a glorious death in the battle field of
___________, in ‘A Sunny Morning’.
a. Spain b. Paris
c. Madrid d. Africa

28. According to Gonzalo, his cousin was whispering the name of __________
at the time of his death in Africa.
a. Petra b. Laura
c. Juanito d. ballet dancer

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29. According to Laura, the silver maiden wrote her lover’s name _________,
in ‘A Sunny Morning ‘.
a. on the rock b. on the sand
c. on the wall of her house d. on the bench in the park

30. According to Laura, her best friend sat on ___________ before being
swept into the sea.
a. on a rock at the beach b. on the bench at the beach.
c. on the sand. d. in the boat
31. According to Don Gonzalo, he went to __________ when he was 6 years
old boy.
a. Africa b. Spain
c. Paris. d. America

32. In ‘A Sunny Morning’, at the beginning of the conversation, Dona Laura

thinks Don Gonzalo as __________.
a. a talented old man b. an ill-natured old man
c. boring old man d. well-mannered old man

33. The parents of Dona Laura wanted her to marry _____________, in

‘A Sunny Morning ‘.
a. Don Gonzalo b. Juanito
c. the guard d. the merchant

34. According to Don Gonzalo, the three priests are _________ in the park,
in ‘A Sunny Morning ‘.
a. saying the mass b. reading the bible
c. preaching d. idling their time.

35. According to Don Gonzalo, ___________ in the park are public property.
a. the birds b. the benches
c. the violets. d. the books

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Guruprasad R J,
Lecturer in English,
Govt PU College,
CS Pura, Gubbi TQ,
Tumakuru-572213,
Ph: 97393 99966

6. When You Are Old

1. The speaker is addressing in ‘When You Are Old’______________

a. poet’s beloved b. poet’s daughter
b. poet’s mother d. poet’s sister.

2. WB Yeats’ wants his beloved to dream of the ________ her eyes had once.
a. hatred look b. angered look
c. cold blooded look d. soft look

3. According to the speaker of the poem “When You Are Old”,

‘the other young men’ loved the ____________ of his beloved,
a. social status b. beauty
c. sorrows d. pilgrim soul

4. In the poem “When You Are Old’, ‘The one man’ who loved the pilgrim soul
of his beloved was ______________.
a. the other young men b. her father
c. her neighbour d. the speaker of the poem

5. According to the speaker, __________ hid his face amid crowd of stars.
a. Love b. hatred
c. selfish d. anger

6. ‘Love’, in Yeats’ poem, fled to mountains and hid his face amid a crowd of
____________
a. butterflies b. flowers
c. stars d. clouds
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Sri NAGARAJ HEMMADY,
Lecturer in English,
Varasiddhi Vinayaka PU College,
Keradi, Udupi District

7. The Gardener

1. _______________was well-versed in agriculture, in "The Gardener".

a. Tammanna b. Sangoji
c. Basavaiah d. Owner's wife.

2. Basavaiah had ___________ of land when he encroached 200 acres of

Tammanna’s land.
a. 10acres b. 1000 acres
c. 800acres d. 7000 acres

4. Tammanna's disease was Basavaiah's __________

a. wealth b. strength
c. piece d. health

5. _____________ was Tammanna's rival.

a. old man b. Basavaiah
c. Lokya d. owner of the plantation

6._____________ had become the raison d'etre of Tammanna's life

a. singing b. agriculture
c. art d. coconut grove

7. Son of Lokya was bedridden with__________

a. headache b. backpain
c. fever d. stomachache

8. ___________ himself was the old man in The Gardener.

a. Basavaiah b. Sangoji
c. Tammanna d. owner of the plantation

9. The old man told his story to ____________

a. the owner b. the gardener
c. Tammanna d. owner's wife

10. Tammanna composed his experiences in the form of_____________

a. story b. novels
c. ballads d. plays

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11. The old man says that ___________paints well.
a. Basavaiah b. Lokya
c. Son of Lokya d. Tammanna

12. When Tammanna was felicitated as the best poet of his time
________________ shrunk in humiliation.
a. the old man b. Lokya
c. Tammanna d. Basavaiah

13. After the arrival of the old man, the owner of the plantation became
___________from hard work.
a. poor b. sick
c. tired d. lethargic and shied away

14. The old man offered ____________to owner's wife, in" The Gardener"
a. a glass of milk b. a glass of lemon juice
c. a glass of water d. tender coconut

15. According to the old man, ____________was not amenable to any advice.
a. Tammanna b. Basavaiah
c. Sangoji d. owner of the plantation

16. The old man had subscribed to ___________

a. a weekly b. a monthly
c. a daily d. a fortnightly

17. According to the visitors, Basavaiah's house looked dull and empty
because______________
a. of the rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah
b. the house was not built properly
c. Basavaiah did not know how to sing
d. Tammanna's books were not there.

18. After the arrival of the old man, ________________ life became crowded
with colorful events.
a. Basavaiah's b. Tammanna's
c. plantation owner's d. old man's

19. ________________ was tucked under the old man's arm.

a. a magazine b. a storybook
c. a newspaper d. a spade

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20. Tammanna had ___________ of land initially in" The Gardener"
a. 100 acre b. 1000 acres
c. 10 acres d. 800 acres

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Ishwar M Menasagi.
Lecturer in English.
G P U College Pattanayakanahalli,SiraTq,
Tumkur Dist. 572135
Mob: 9448979381
Email: ishwarmenasagi22768@gmail.com

8. To The Foot From Its Child

1. The child’s foot is not yet aware that, it’s _________

a. a foot b. a bit of glass
c. a butterfly d. a ladder

2. The child’s foot likes to be _________

a. an apple b. a ladder
c. a bit of glass d. a vegetable

3. “But in time, stones and bits of glass, teach the foot that, it can not
_____________
a. live b. fly
c. run d. sleep

4. After getting defeated, the foot is condemned to live in ____________

a. a shoe b. a prison
c. underground d. a dungeon.

5. The foot grows in its own way and feels like a, ________________--
a. dumb man b. deaf man
c. wise man d. blind man

6. The foot is out of touch with its fellow because ___________.

a. it does not like its fellow.
b. its fellow is living in a foreign country.
c. its fellow has quarreled with the foot.
d. it is enclosed by the shoe.

7. After the foot confined to live inside the shoe, the petaled toes of the child
take the form of ________.
a. a snake b. a lizard
c. an eyeless reptile d. a rose.

8. Throughout its life, the foot toils ________________

a. in the shoe b. in the sky
c. on the tree d. in the underground

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9. The foot continues to walk without rest until the whole man chooses to______
a. resign his job. b. sleep
c. rest d. stop

10. After the whole man chooses to stop, the child’s foot is
descended________________
a. underground b. beneath tree
c. under the bridge d. under the mountain

11. After the foot becomes a prisoner, the soft nails grow hard, and change
themselves into _______
a. opaque substance b. transparent substance
c. a stone d. a ladder

12. Stones, bits of glass would teach the child’s foot that ________________.
a. it cannot fly b. it cannot swim
c. it cannot walk d. it cannot run

13. After the foot is confined in a shoe, it grows to know the world in its own
way, feeling out like ___________
a. a blind man b. a doctor
c. an abnormal person d. a torchbearer

14. Bits of glass and other things go on teaching the foot that “the foot cannot
fly, cannot be a ______ bulging on a branch” .
a. bird b. fish
c. fly d. fruit

15. Hardened toes of the child are compared to________________

a. the petals of the flowers b. an opaque substance
c. a worm with a triangular head d. an eyeless reptile

16. The foot scarcely takes time, to bare itself in love or _________
a. hate b. debate
c. sleep d. walk

17. “They were burying it, so that it could fly, or, so that it could become
___________”
a. an apple b. a bird
c. a tree d. prisoner
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18. “The child’s foot is not yet aware that it is a ____________
a. a foot b. a man
c. an apple d. an animal

19. Stones, the paths in the rough earth teach the child’s foot that
___________________
a. It can fly and become an apple.
b. It cannot fly and become an apple.
c. It can grow faster.
d. It cannot be buried.

20. The child’s foot feels defeated, falls in the battle, condemned to live
_____________
a. in a shoe b. on the tree
c. underground d. under the bridge

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Pavithra M
Lecturer in English
Government Pre-University College
Avverahalli, Ramanagar Tq &Dist

9. I Believe That Books Will Never Disappear

1. Borges’ first literary reading was _______________.

a. Alice in the Wonderland b. The Odyssey
c. Grimm’s fairy tales d. Decline of the west

2. Borges was educated by his _____________ more than by high

school or the university.
a. college library b. university library
c. library of Alexandria d. father’s library

3. Borges’ mother was _________________.

a. short tempered b. an extraordinary person
c. an ordinary person d. dull headed person

4. For Borges, Blindness is _______________.

a. a misfortune b. miserable condition.
c. an embarrassment d. a way of life.

5. According to Borges, all is given to us as raw material as clay so that we

may transmute them ____________________.
a. into eternal works b. into wealth
c. into mortal works d. into emotional drama

6. Borges believes that the library he dreamt of being burnt was

_________________
a. The Library of Oxford
b. The Library of Alexandria
c. The Library of Parliament
d. The national Library of Spain

7. According Borges, poetry is __________________.

a. a poetic act. b. lines with rhymes.
c. anything written by a poet d. a series of symbols

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8. According Borges, poetic act takes place when the poet writes a poem and
when____________.
a. it is published in a magazine
b. he presents it on a stage
c. the reader reads it
d. the poet gets criticism on it

9. According to Borges, there are ___________ essential Metaphors in all

literature.
a. only five b. only six
c. only five or six d. only fifty-six.

10. Borges believes that ____________ will never disappear.

a. telescope b. swords
c. books d. microscope

11. According to Borges, ___________ is the most astounding invention of man.

a. telescope b. microscope
c. stethoscope d. book

12. Borges opines that book is an extension of _______________.

a. our sight b. our imagination and memory
c. our voice d. our arms

13. According to Borges,________________ is a dream, a controlled dream

a. our happiness b. literature
c. scientific inventions d. misfortunes

14. In the opinion of Borges ___________ the great memory of all centuries.
a. our brain is b. movies are
c. our behaviour is d. books are

15. According to Borges, if books disappear surely ____________ would

disappear.
a. animals b. man
c. birds d. plants

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16. Borges says that the telescope and the microscope are the extensions of
our_______________.
a. voice b. sight
c. arms d. ear
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Guru Prasad R J,
Lecturer in English,
Govt PU College,
CS Pura, Gubbi TQ,
Tumakuru-572213,
Ph: 97393 99966
10. Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth

1. According to Kuvempu, ‘heaven’ is __________

a. on earth b. within us
c. nowhere d. elsewhere

2. According to poet, the tender sunshine leans on __________ in the poem

‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’.
a. the rolling surf b. the edge of waves
c. the roaring streams d. the verdant gardens

3. In ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’, __________ are Gods and
Heavenly nymphs.
a. We, ourselves b. Poets
c. Heavenly bodies d. Natural elements

4. By imbibing and spilling the song of nectar, poet creates heaven on

_____________
a. earth b. moon
c. sky d. clouds

5. According to the speaker of ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’,

______________ makes this earth heaven.
a. aliens b. the beauty of nature
c. heavenly nymphs d. Gods

6. According to the speaker of ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’,

______________ makes this earth heaven.
a. aliens b. roaring stream rushing fast
c. heavenly nymphs d. Gods

7. According to the speaker of ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’,

______________ makes this earth heaven.
a. aliens b. stream, surf & waves.
c. heavenly nymphs d. Gods

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8. By Imbibing and spilling the song of nectar_____________ creates heaven
on earth.
a. The magician b. God
c. The poet d. the scientist.

9. According to the speaker of ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’,

______________ makes this earth heaven.
a. aliens b. the gentle sun
c. heavenly nymphs d. Gods

10. In the _________ heaven lies all over, according to poet.

a. garish sun b. splendour of harvest and of moonlight
c. heavenly nymphs d. images of aliens

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Veena Devi. M. N
HOD, Department of English
BMS PU College for Women
Bengaluru

11. Japan and Brazil through a Traveler’s Eye

1. Mikes observes that in Japan ______________ is his castle.

a. a man’s house b. a man’s telephone receiver
c. a man’s secret chamber d. hotel room

2. In ‘Japan and Brazil through a Traveller’s Eye’, the phrase ‘Exquisitely well-
mannered people' refers to ________.
a. Indians b. Japanese
c. Americans d. Brazilians

3. According to George Mikes, courtesy has a ________ function in Japan.

a. single b. double
c. triple d. multi

4. According to Mikes, bowing ____________________ in Japan.

a. has a simplified hierarchy
b. has an unacceptable hierarchy
c. has a complicated hierarchy
d. is a silly way of greeting

5. In Japan, _____ functions also as a substitute for privacy.

a. Bowing b. shaking hands
c. courtesy d. kissing on the cheek

6. Mikes feels that bowing has become a _________ in Japan.

a. boon b. curse
c. mania d. rage

7. The bowing gentlemen in Japan, transform into ________ as soon as the bus
arrives.
a. servants b. slaves
c. savages d. saints

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8. A well-mannered person is expected to __________________ while eating
soup which is considered as a sign of appreciation.
a. praise the taste of the soup b. keep silent
c. make fearful noise d. make no noise

9. In Japan, making a fearful noise while eating soup is considered as sign of

a. appreciation b. ingratitude
c. displeasure d. ill-manner

10. According to Mikes, the life of _________ is becoming more hazardous in

Brazil every day.
a. Mountaineers b. joggers
c. swimmers d. pedestrians

11. Mikes calls _______ as exquisitely well-mannered people.

a. Japanese b. Brazilians
c. Chinese d. Spanish

12. The pavements in the streets of Copacabana are decorated with ______
a. green marble b. red tiles
c. black mosaics d. cobble stones

13. The Japanese stores employ ______ to greet the customers.

a. bowing girls b. cheer girls
c. boxing girls d. sales girls

14. The deer, that bowed and snatched the food-bag from Mikes hands was in
________
a. Tokyo b. Nara
c. Osaka d. Brazil

15. According to Mikes, bowing girls in Japan are equal to __________

a. Maidservants b. security guards
c. page boys d. delivery girls

16. Mikes humorously says that drivers in Brazil are always on lookout for
______________________.
a. bikers b. strollers
c. pedestrians d. cricketers

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17. The coach conductors on ________line, connecting Tokyo and Osaka, first
bow ceremoniously and then issue tickets.
a. Tokaido b. Yokohama
c. Tokyo d. Brazil

18. According to Mikes, ________ is the worst place of all in terms of traffic.
a. Japan b. Copacabana
c. Tokyo d. Avenida Presidente Vargas

19. Avenida Presidente Vargas in Brazil is described by Mikes as___________

a. a wonderful place b. an auspicious place
c. the worst place d. a special place

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Smt. Mahananda C Madli
Lecturer in English
RNS PU College,
Channasandra, Bengaluru-98

12. The Voter

1. Roof had spent ______years as a bicycle repairer’s apprentice in Port

Harcourt.

a) five
b) four
c) two
d) one

2. Roof had spent two years as a _______ in Port Harcourt.

a) bicycle repairer’s apprentice

b) campaigner
c) school teacher
d) politician

3. Roof had spent two years as a bicycle repairer’s apprentice

in__________ .

a) Umuofia
b) Village
c) Umuru
d) Port Harcourt

4. Marcus Ibe had earlier been a _____________.

a) bicycle repairer’s apprentice

b) campaigner
c) mission school teacher
d) politician

5. Chief the Honourable Marcus Ibe was the____________ in the outgoing

Government.

a) Minister of culture
b) Campaigner
c) a doctor
d) electoral office

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6. ‘PAP’ stands for______ in ‘The Voter’.

a) Progressive organization Party

b) Progressive Alliance Party
c) People’s Alliance Party
d) People’s Organization Party

7. Roof had become a real expert in__________________ in ‘The Voter’.

a) Election campaigning at all levels

b) Teaching
c) repairing bicycle
d) voting

8. ‘POP’ stands for ___________ in ‘The Voter’.

a) Progressive Organization Party
b) People’s Organization Party
c) Progressive Alliance Party
d) People’s Alliance Party

9. Roof campaigned for___________ in ‘The Voter’.

a) Ogbuefi Ezenwa
b) Marcus Ibe
) Maduka
d) villagers

10. Marcus Ibe has built his mansion in______________ .

a) Umuofia
b) Umuru
c) Port Harcourt
d) Down the coast

11. Marcus had christened his new house as _______________.

a) Igbo Mansions
b) Umuofia Mansions
c) Marcus Mansions
d) PAP Mansions

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12. In ‘The Voter’, Umuofia Mansions’ was opened by ______________.

a) Roof
b) Villagers of Umuofia
c) Ogbuefi Ezenwa
d) the archbishop

13. In ‘The Voter’, when the feasting was over, the villagers told themselves
that they________.

a) had underrated the power of the ballot paper earlier

b) Marcus Ibe is a selfish man.
c) would vote Marcus Ibe for free in the forthcoming election.
d) would to visit Marcus’ mansion again.

14. Marcus had drawn _________ months salary in advance in ‘The Voter’

a) Two
b) Twenty
c) Five
d) Four

15. Marcus armed his campaign boys with__________ .

a) eloquent Jute bags containing shillings

b) Loud speaker
c) cars
d) Ballet papers

16. Marcus’ stalwarts ___________at night.

a) conducted competitions
b) arranged a Ozo feast to villagers
c) conducted whispering campaign
d) distributed ballet papers

17. Whispering campaign was conducted_____________.

a) in the day
b) at night
c) in the morning
d) in Port Harcourt

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18. PAP had promised to provide ________ to the people of Umuofia
during that election.

a) Cars
b) Electricity
c) Pipe borne water
d) Employment

19. Roof had himself taken a lot of firewood from Marcus. Here ‘firewood’
refers to ______ .

a) Benefits Roof had taken from Marcus

b) Firewood for cooking
c) wood from Iroko tree
d) awards

20. In ‘The Voter’, Progressive Organization Party was formed by

_________ .

a) Marcus
b) Tribes down the coast
c) People of Mbanta
d) Roof

21. In ‘The Voter’ , Progressive Organization Party had provided ________

to a few rascals and
thugs.

a) Cars and loud speakers

b) Houses
c) Electricity
d) Eloquent jute bags

22. In ‘The Voter’, the tribes down the coast had formed _________
party.

a) Progressive Alliance Party

b) Progressive Organization Party
c) People’s Alliance Party
d) People’s Organization Party

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23. The leader of the POP campaign team offered ________pounds to Roof.

a) Ten
b) Fifty
c) Five
d) Two

24. Roof was mesmerized by the picture of _______ in ‘The Voter’.

a) Iyi
b) Cocoa farmer harvesting his crop
c) Election day
d) Long cars

25. Once Roof accepted the money, he was asked to swear on

____________ which came from
Mbanta.

a) Iyi
b) Red notes
c) Maduka
d) Jute bags

26. In ‘The Voter’ the ‘Iyi came from __________.

a) Port Harcourt
b) Umuru
c) Mbanta
d) Ocean

27. The symbol of ‘PAP’ in ‘The Voter’ is_________.

a) Iyi
b) Car
c) Pipe
d) Man’s head

28. The symbol of ‘POP’ in ‘The Voter’ is ________ .

a) Iyi
b) Car
c) Pipe
d) Man’s head

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29. In ‘The Voter’, according to the newspapers _________ would have a
landslide victory.

a) Ezenwa
b) Maduka
c) Marcus
d) Roof

30. In ‘The Voter’, according to Marcus __________ was the most trusted of
his campaigners.

a) Maduka
b) Roof
c) Villagers
d) Ezenwa

31. In ‘The Voter’, the Enemy party that Roof refers to is _______________.

a) Progressive Organization party

b) People’s Organization party
c) People’s Alliance party
d) People Association party

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Ramakant Doddamani
Lecturer in English
KVSR PU College
Gadag
97425 62288

13. Where There Is a Wheel

1. According to P. Sainath, cycling has been a social movement in

________ district of Tamil Nadu.

a. Preambular b. Kallakurichi
c. Chennai d. Pudukkottai

2. The poorest district mentioned in ‘Where there is a Wheel’ is______.

a. Preambular b. Kallakurichi
c. Chennai d. Pudukkottai

3. According to P. Sainath, for rural women of Pudukkottai,

___________has been a chosen medium of hitting out at their
backwardness.

a. auto b. bus
c. cycle d. train

4. The women of Pudukkottai found their way to express their defiance

in ____________.

a. cycling b. flying
c. walking d. swimming

5. __________ is taken as symbol of independence, freedom and mobility

by the rural women of Pudukkottai.

a. auto b. bus
c. cycle d. train

6. _____________ women from Pudukkottai took part in public

exhibition-cum-contest to display their cycling skills.
a. 7000 b. 15,000
c. 1500 d. 70,000

7. Fathima was a____________ in ‘Where There is a Wheel’.

a. doctor b. nurse
c. teacher d. principal

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8. When women of Pudukkottai took to cycling, men________________
a. pelted stones at them b. supported them
c. made filthy remarks d. snatched their bicycles

9. The movement that led the literacy drive in Pudukkottai district of

Tamil Nadu was___________.
a. adult education programme b. Arivoli Iyakkam
c. New India Literary Programme d. Saakshara Bharath

10. ___________ was the Arivoli Central Coordinator

and one of the pioneers of the cycling movement.
a. N. Kannammal b. Sheela Rani Chunkath
c. Fathima d. Muthu Bhaskarn

11. In “Where there Is a Wheel”, ____________gave social sanction to

cycling.
a. The owner of Ram Cycles b. men folk of Pudukkottai
c. ArivoliIyakkam d. UNICEF

12. The cycling movement in Pudukkottai is the brain child of ________

a. Fatima. b. Kannamal.
c. MuthuBhaskarn. d. Sheela Rani Chunkath

13. All-women’s cycle rally in Pudukkottai was held

on the occasion of________________
a. Independence Day b. Republic Day
c. Gandhi Jayanti d. International Women’s Day

14. ______female cyclists participated in the all-women’s cycle rally.

a. 70,000 b. 1500.
c. 15000 d. 80,000

15. On the International Women’s Day in 1992, the inhabitants of Pudukkottai

were stunned by_________________
a. women’s cycle rally. b. anti-drugs rally.
c. anti-liquor rally d. women’s bike rally

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16. _____________sanctioned fifty mopeds for Arivoli women activists
according to P. Sainath.
a. WHO b. UNESCO
c. WTO d. UNICEF

17. UNICEF sanctioned fifty__________ for Arivoli women activists.

a. mopeds b. autos
c. cycles d. cars

18. In “Where There Is a Wheel”, the owner of ‘Ram cycles’ was _______.

a. N. Kannammal b. S. Kanakarajan
c. Fathima d. MuthuBhaskarn

19. The quarry worker and Arivoli volunteer who trains other women in
‘Where There is a Wheel’ is_______________
a. Manoramani b. Jameela Bibi
c. Fathima d. N. Kannammal

20. _____________wrote/ penned famous cycling song.

a. S. Kanakarajan b. MuthuBhaskaran
c. Jameela Bibi d. Fathima

2. According to P. Sainath, for the rural women, the cycle is

a symbol of__________
a. dependence b. slavery
c. freedom d. immobility

22. In “Where there Is a Wheel”, ____________is called ‘humble’ vehicle.

a. moped b. auto
c. cycle d. bus

23. Sheela Rani Chunkat pushed the banks to give loans to the women of
Pudukkottai to buy________________.
a. clothes b. food
c. agricultural produce d. bicycles

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24. According to N. Kannammal, cycling helped women because as ____
a. it reduced their weight
b. it reduced their dependence on men
c. it saved petrol
d. it saved their life

25. One of the three women who trained other women in cycling in
‘Where there is a wheel’ is_______________.
a. Vandana b. Laura
c. Jameela Bibi d. Suvarthamma

26. According to P. Sainath, ______________ played a big role in

undermining women’s confidence

a. lack of mobility b. lack of money

c. lack of energy d. lack of interest

28. According to P. Sainath, some women preferred gents’ cycles

as______________.
a. they were cheaper
b. their period of warranty was more
c. they are more powerful
d. they have an additional bar from the seat to the handle

29. According to P. Sainath, the rural women displayed their new

cycling skills in_______________

a. public exhibition-cum-contest
b. state level competition
c. national level competition
d. international level competition

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30. According to P. Sainath, ________have been benefited the most by
cycling.

a. rural men b. rural women

c. urban men d. urban women

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Dr. Naveen Halemane,
Lecturer in English
Mahatma Gandhi Govt. PU College,
Kunigal, Tumkur Dist
Ph: 9686195909
Email: naveenhalemane@gmail.com

14. Water

1. Water knows the generation old strife between the village and
the_________, according to the poem 'Water'.
a. wada b. city
c. forest d. town

2. __________________never disappears just like the dampness on the

well's edge never dries, as depicted in 'Water'.
a. harmony b. friendship
c. untouchability d. social justice

3 The water is aware of the difference of race between _________ and

Jesus the Jew
a. Kamma landlord b. Suvarthamma
c. the poet d. Samaria woman

4. __________does not have the right to draw a pot of water from the well,
as expressed in the poem 'Water'.
a. Kamma landlord b. the panchama
c. Samaria woman d. Jesus the Jew
5. The panchama has to wait at the well until_______________ arrives, in
the poem 'Water’
a. Suvartamma b. the Kamma landlord
c. a shudra d. Pepsi man

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6. ____________shows righteous rage against the Kamma landlords, in the
poem 'Water'
a. Samaria woman b. Jesus the Jew
c. the poet d. Karamachedu Suvarthamm
7 Suvarthamma opposed the Kamma landlords with___________,
in the poem 'Water'
a. her water pot b. a stick
c. a stone d. a rope

8. _______________is a witness to centuries of social injustice, according to

the poem 'Water'.
a. God b. panchamas
c. Water d. blood

9 The water is____________ to centuries of social injustice according to the

poem 'Water'.
a. a witness b. indifferent
c. a judge d. a victim

10. The Mahad struggle mentioned in the poem 'Water'

was at ______________ .
a. a wada b. Malapalle
c. Chadar tank d. Bisleri factory

11. For the speaker of the poem 'Water', a single drop of water
embodies______________
a. The generosity of the non panchamas
b. the Government social welfare schemes
c. tears shed over several generations
d. hard work of their community

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12. The speaker remembers how they _____________________ while they
walked several miles to fetch a pot of water from the canal.
a. enjoyed b. strained their musc
c. quarreled with each other d. helped each other

13 In the poem 'Water', the people of the wada bathed ________________

while the entire village bathed luxuriously twice a day.
a. once in a day b. once in a week
c. once in a month d. once in a year.
14. To the speaker, in 'Water', water is ___________________
a. pleasure b. symbol of purity
c. mighty movement d. just H2O

15. The speaker says that __________________are but playthings in the

vicious hands of water.
a. the poor b. the rich
c. the privileged d. the landlords

16. The water that can ignite many struggles can also sit innocently in a
a. pond b. well
c. ocean d. Bisleri bottle

17. According to speaker of the poem 'Water', _____________is a

multinational market commodity.
a. blood b. juice
c. water d. fruit

18. For the speaker of the poem 'Water',

their weekly bath was _______________
a. a punishment b. a wonderous festival
c. an unwanted thing d. a burden

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19. _________________ was burnt to ashes for want of water,
in the poem 'Water'.
a. Malapalle b. Madigapalle
c. Chadar d. Mahad

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