Zeitgeist- Reading on Contemporary Culture MCQs : This section focuses on the "Zeitgeist- Reading on Contemporary Culture". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Zeitgeist- Reading on Contemporary Culture skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
“Amnesty”, a short story originally published in ____________ in 1991.
A. Vogue
B. The New Yorker
C. The Common Woman
D. Times
Question 2
“Calming an Education” the convocation speech delivered to whom?
A. Graduating women student
B. public
C. all women
D. none of these
Question 3
“Calming an Education”, the convocation speech delivered to ____________ college.
A. Edinburg
B. Douglass
C. Abbey
D. Bishop Burton
Question 4
“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
Question 5
“What it's like to be Transgender” is a/an __________________ poem.
A. Elegy
B. Love poem
C. Autobiographical poem
D. Sonnet
Question 6
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
Question 7
According to Adrienne Rich, intelligent woman, who denies her intelligence in order to seemmore _________
A. Feminine
B. energetic
C. strong
D. polite
Question 8
According to Adrienne Rich, many male professors still feel that teaching in a women's college isa __________ career.
A. First- rate
B. Main- rate
C. Second- rate
D. none of these
Question 9
According to Adrienne Rich, ultimately the women students and their teachers are ____________
A. Invisible
B. Indivisible
C. divisible
D. none of these
Question 10
According to Adrienne Rich, university education implies an ethical and intellectual contractbetween whom?
A. Parents and teacher
B. Parents and children
C. Teachers and students
D. none of these
Question 11
According to Harari, what is the level of happiness of a medieval French peasant versus a modernParisian banker?
A. different
B. more than peasant
C. same
D. more than banker
Question 12
Adrienne Rich planned to separate her remarks in her speech “claiming an education” into howmany parts?
A. Three
B. Five
C. Four
D. Two
Question 13
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
Question 14
Adrienne Rich refused to accept the National Medal for the Arts award from whom?
A. President
B. President Clinton
C. President Trump
D. President
Question 15
Adrienne Rich won National Book Award for __________.
A. The Diamond Cutter
B. A Change Of World
C. Ruins
D. Diving into the Wreck
Question 16
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
Question 17
Adrienne Rich's second collection of poetry is _______________.
A. The Diamond Cutter
B. A Change Of World
C. Diving into Wreck
D. Ruins
Question 18
Adrienne Rich's work ' Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law' published in _________ year.
A. 1963
B. 1965
C. 1983
D. 1985
Question 19
Drafting committee comprise of ___members
A. 10
B. 8
C. 7
D. 5
Question 20
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
Question 21
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.
Question 22
How many honorary doctorates has been awarded to Nadine Gordimer in literature from variousuniversities.
A. 7
B. 10
C. 8
D. 9
Question 23
How many volume of prose Adrienne Rich published?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Question 24
Identify the figure of speech in the line 'My tiny body dropping like a question mark all over thewooden pew.'
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Hyperbole
D. Alliteration
Question 25
In the extract “Chemical Happiness and the Meaning of Life”, Most parents declare that theirchildren are their chief source of _____________
A. blessing
B. happiness.
C. sadness
D. headache
Question 26
In the extract “the outcaste” Mahar boys and girls played _____________.
A. Touch and Go
B. Kabbadi
C. Football
D. Cricket
Question 27
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
Question 28
In the extract “the outcaste” The Wani and Brahmin boys played _________.
A. Football
B. Cricket
C. Kabbadi
D. Touch and Go
Question 29
In the extract “the outcaste” what did the high caste girls offered the Mahar caste?
A. gift
B. their leftover food
C. books
D. cloths
Question 30
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
Question 31
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
Question 32
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
Question 33
In the extract “the outcaste” who looked restless along the bank of the stream?
A. Parsya
B. Bhiwarabai
C. Harya
D. Umbrya
Question 34
In the extract “the outcaste” who pulled Parshya from the picnic row?
A. Mallya
B. Harya
C. Bhiwarabai
D. Parsya
Question 35
In the poem “Refugee Blues” people were living in.
A. Place
B. Mansions and Holes
C. Hut
D. Big Hotels
Question 36
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
Question 37
In the poem “Refugee Blues” What does the old yew do every spring?
A. It blossom
B. It dries
C. It
D. None of these
Question 38
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
Question 39
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
Question 40
In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the narrator see at the harbour?
A. crow
B. ship
C. Fish
D. person
Question 41
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
Question 42
In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the refugee see in the woods?
A. Cheetah
B. Birds
C. Spider
D. Monkey
Question 43
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
Question 44
In the poem “Refugee Blues”Who is looking for the refugees?
A. Parent
B. Cousins
C. Soldiers
D. Colleagues
Question 45
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
Question 46
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
Question 47
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
Question 48
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
Question 49
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
Question 50
In the poem freedom is claimed to________
A. People
B. Colonizers
C. Foreigners
D. Motherland
Question 51
In the short story “Amnesty” by time of the trail of narrator's potential husband she had just passedher __________standard
A. Tenth
B. Sixth
C. Eighth
D. Fifth
Question 52
In the short story “Amnesty” how many brothers does the narrator have?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. One
Question 53
In the short story “Amnesty” the narrator's life partner work in a ___________ .
A. Industry
B. Construction company
C. Farm
D. Shop
Question 54
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
Question 55
In the short story “Amnesty”what did the the prisoners give the narrator as a present for the newborn baby?
A. Doll
B. Money
C. Gift
D. Dress
Question 56
In the short story “The story of an hour” the open window is a symbol of__________.
A. Peace
B. Agony
C. Freedom
D. Sorrow
Question 57
In which magazine “The story of an hour” first published?
A. The Common Woman
B. Vogue
C. The New Yorker
D. None of these
Question 58
In which subject did Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize
A. humanitie
B. language and literature
C. Economic Studies
D. medicine
Question 59
Kate chopin's At Fault published in ___________.
A. 1984
B. 1989
C. 1979
D. 1980
Question 60
Kate Chopin's first novel?
A. The awakening
B. The dragon seed
C. At Fault
D. The slave
Question 61
Manto was an ____author.
A. Indian
B. Pakistani
C. Indo- Pakistani
D. None of the above
Question 62
Men wind confusion because they fear ____
A. Violence
B. Truth
C. People
D. Gandhi
Question 63
Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with ____________
A. Cancer
B. TB
C. heart trouble
D. Jaundice
Question 64
Most of his writing were originally written in _____.
A. Urdu
B. English
C. Regional language
D. Marati
Question 65
Name of the poem which is about extreme right wing politics of Donald Trump?
A. Refugee Blue
B. The not yet burning country
C. What it's like to be Transgender
D. None of these
Question 66
Pearl S buck’s essay ‘Should the Assassin of Gandhi be Killed’ is a ______
A. Satire
B. Editorial
C. Letter
D. Obituary
Question 67
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
Question 68
Prozac is lift people out of _____________
A. illnes
B. happiness
C. depression
D. none of the these
Question 69
Richard had been in the ____________ office when intelligence of the rail road disaster wasreceived?
A. Police station
B. Post office
C. Bus stop
D. Newspaper office
Question 70
Sharankumar Limbale is best known for his novel ___________.
A. Akkarmashi
B. Joothan
C. Face to Face
D. The pickup
Question 71
Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi is published in _________.
A. 1981
B. 1984
C. 1987
D. 1982
Question 72
Sharankumar Limbale's novel 'Akkarmashi' originally written in __________ language.
A. Tamil
B. Malayalam
C. Hindi
D. Marathi
Question 73
The criticism against the Constitution was that it is _____
A. Not seriou
B. Incomplete
C. Nonsensical
D. A bag of borrowings
Question 74
The speech entitled “Calming an Education” is first printed in the magazine __________
A. Time
B. Vogue
C. The New Yorker
D. The Common Woman
Question 75
Tagore urges for ______ in his poem “Freedom”
A. Truth
B. Freedom
C. Love
D. Power
Question 76
Toba means ____in Punjab.
A. Kind
B. Cruel
C. Mad
D. Pond
Question 77
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
Question 78
What is Tagore’s university called?
A. Aankan
B. Shantiniketan
C. Viswa bharati
D. Geetmalya
Question 79
When did India adopt a new constitution?
A. 26th Jan 1950
B. 15th August 1947
C. 03-Nov-47
D. 20th June 1967
Question 80
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
Question 81
Which inmate of the lunatic asylum mourned over his lost love?
A. Bishan Singh
B. Mohammed Ali
C. A lawyer
D. A sweeper
Question 82
The tradition of preamble began with ______
A. France
B. Africa
C. America
D. Greece
Question 83
Who called the speaker “Lesbian” in the poem “What it's like to be Transgender”?
A. Kid
B. Teachers
C. Parents
D. Principal
Question 84
Who is Gandhi’s murderer?
A. Naturam Vinayak Godse
B. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
C. V
D. Savarkar d. S V Gokhale
Question 85
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
Question 86
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
Question 87
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
Question 88
Who is the bard of Bengal?
A. Gandhi
B. Manto
C. Tagore
D. All of the above
Question 89
Who is the founder of Vocal revolutionaries?
A. Lee Mokobe
B. W. H. Auden
C. Nadine Gordimer
D. Gieve Patel
Question 90
Who is the Olympic Gold winner athlete in decathlon in the 1976 Montreal Olympics mentioned inthe poem “What it's like to be Transgender”?
A. Mya Hall
B. Leelah Alcorn
C. Bruce Jenner
D. Blake Brockington
Question 91
Who is the protagonist of the short story “The story of an hour”?
A. Josephine
B. Mr. Mallard
C. Mr. Richard
D. Lousie
Question 92
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
Question 93
Who said “ my life is my message?
A. Mahatma gandhi
B. Nehru
C. Einstein
D. None
Question 94
Who says, “No war brings peace, for violence only brings more violence .”?
A. Gandhi
B. Nehru
C. Pearl.S buck
D. Godse
Question 95
Who should take up Gandhi’s world leadership?
A. Nehru
B. People of India
C. Pearl S buck
D. All of the above
Question 96
Who told the news of Mr. Mallard's death to his wife?
A. Mr. Richard
B. Josephine
C. Mr. Mallard
D. Lousie
Question 97
Who told the news of Mr. Mallard's death to Josephine?
A. Mr. Richard
B. Mr. Mallard
C. Lousie
D. Josephine
Question 98
Who translated Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi into English?
A. Radhika P. Menon
B. Anitha Nair
C. Santosh Thooval
D. Santosh Bhoomkar
Question 99
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
Question 100
Who was the author of “Jane Eyre”?
A. Charlotte Bronte
B. Emily Bronte
C. Jane Austen
D. Nadine Gordimer
Question 101
Who were worried about eating Chapatis?
A. Taralal
B. Fazal Din
C. Anglo Indians
D. Pakistanis
Question 102
Who wrote “the story of an hour”?
A. Sharankumar Limbale
B. Lee Mokobe
C. Mr. Richard
D. Kate Chopin
Question 103
Who wrote national anthem for India and Bangladesh?
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Aurobindo Gosh
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. R.K Narayan
Question 104
Whose convocation speech is “Calming an Education”?
A. Adrienne Rich
B. Nadine Gordimer
C. Lee Mokobe
D. Gieve Patel
Question 105
Whose work is “The Conservationist”?
A. Nadine Gordimer
B. Lee Mokobe
C. Gieve Patel
D. Nadine Gordimer
Question 106
Kate chopin's At Fault published in ___________
A. 1984
B. 1989
C. 1979
D. 1980
Question 107
In the short story “The story of an hour” the open window is a symbol of__________
A. Peace
B. Agony
C. Freedom
D. Sorrow
Question 108
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
Question 109
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
Question 110
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
Question 111
Adrienne Rich won National Book Award for __________
A. The Diamond Cutter
B. A Change Of World
C. Ruins
D. Diving into the Wreck
Question 112
Adrienne Rich's second collection of poetry is _______________
A. The Diamond Cutter
B. A Change Of World
C. Diving into Wreck
D. Ruins
Question 113
Sharankumar Limbale is best known for his novel ___________
A. Akkarmashi
B. Joothan
C. Face to Face
D. The pickup
Question 114
Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi is published in _________
A. 1981
B. 1984
C. 1987
D. 1982
Question 115
In the extract “the outcaste” The Wani and Brahmin boys played _________
A. Football
B. Cricket
C. Kabbadi
D. Touch and Go
Question 116
In the extract “the outcaste” Mahar boys and girls played _____________
A. Touch and Go
B. Kabbadi
C. Football
D. Cricket
Question 117
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
Question 118
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.
Question 119
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
Question 120
Most of his writing were originally written in _____
A. Urdu
B. English
C. Regional language
D. Marati
Question 121
According to Adrienne Rich, intelligent woman, who denies her intelligence in order to seemmore _________.
A. Feminine
B. energetic
C. strong
D. polite
Question 122
According to Adrienne Rich, ultimately the women students and their teachers are ____________.
A. Invisible
B. Indivisible
C. divisible
D. none of these
Question 123
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