English Literature Questions and answers

  1. English Literature
71). Who said 'Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps'
A). Ogden Nash
B). E.C. Bentlay
C). E.E. Cummings
D). Hilaire Belloc
72). Who made this observation 'An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome'
A). Dr. Johnson
B). Dickens
C). Austen
D). Carlyle
73). Who is the most translated author of the World?
A). Tolstoy
B). Lenin
C). Agatha Christie
D). Mao Tse Tung
74). 'The Seige of Krishnapura' is written by
A). J.G. Farrell
B). R.K. Narayan
C). V.S. Naipaul
D). Nirad C. Chaudhari
75). Who was the founder of Bharatiya Janapith?
A). C. Rajgopalachari
B). S.P. Jain
C). K.M. Munshi
D). G.D. Birla


76). When was the Novel 'A Bend in the River' published?
A). 1977
B). 1978
C). 1979
D). 1980
77). When was Mulk Raj Anands Novel 'untouchable' published
A). 1934
B). 1935
C). 1936
D). 1937
78). Who is the editor of Ten 20th century Indian Poets:
A). Shiv K Kumar
B). V. K. Gokak
C). Nissim Ezekiel
D). R. Parthasarthy
79). Thirty Years' War of 1618–1648 is the background of one of the Bertolt Brecht's plays. Name the play?
A). Mother Courage
B). The good Women of Setzuan
C). Caucasian Chalk Circle
D). The Measures Taken
80). 'Poetry is more Philosophical and of higher value than history' was said by
A). Aristotle
B). T.S. Eliot
C). W.B. Yeasts
D). Byron
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