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1. The past is not dead and static, it is alive and dynamic is said by

A. Shiga Naoya B. M. Gandhi C. Dr. Zakir Hussain D. H. E. Bates

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2. Martin Luther King, Jr. dislikes .............. discrimination.

A. caste B. sex C. religious D. racial

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3. A.................. woman visits her mother's house for the last few months of her pregnancy.

A. Tamil B. Sylheti C. Punjabi D. Bihari

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4. Benjy's parents are known as the

A. Johnsons B. Jacksons C. Smiths D. Leohorns

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5. Nanukaka had tied a huge ................ round the narrator's head.

A. orange turban B. green turban C. red turban D. yellow turban

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6. What did Seibei apply to get rid of the unpleasant gourd smell?

A. tea-leaves B. neem-leaves C. banana-leaves D. tulsi-leaves

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7. Natalya and ............... are quarrelling for Ox Meadows.

A. Choobookov B. Romov C. Lomov D. Nomov

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8. According to Pearl S. Buck, the main quality of a leader should be

A. selfishness B. selflessness C. dishonesty D. communalism

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9. And the nightingale is dumb is from

A. To Autumn B. Fire-Hymn C. Now the Leaves are Falling Fast, D. Snake

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10. John Keats is from

A. Britain B. Germany C. America D. Ireland

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11. Walter de la Mare knew a .............. who is dead now.

A. lord B. boy C. lady D. girl

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12. Rupert Brooke's reputation as a poet rests on ............war sonnets.

A. five B. eight C. seven D. six

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13. About ................. years ago, Latin was a world language.

A. 600 B. 800 C. 700 D. 900

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14. Who wrote Leaves of Grass?

A. Shakespeare B. T. S. Eliot C. Milton D. Walt Whitman

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15. ............. is dead against blind imitation of western civilization.

A. Mahatma Gandhi B. Jawaharlal Nehru C. Sardar Patel D. Lal Bahadur Shastri

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16. Who refuses to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt?

A. Negroes B. Indians C. Americans D. Australians

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17. Who was the great dramatist of the Elizabethan Age?

A. Charles Dickens B. Daniel Defoe C. William Shakespeare D. Thomas Henry

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18. In UK, Australia and New Zealand, English is spoken as a

A. foreign language B. colonial language C. second language D. native language

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19. English developed from the speech of

A. Anglo-Indian B. Anglo-American C. Anglo-Saxon D. Anglo-African

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20. Who wrote The Cherry Orchard?

A. G. B. Shaw B. Anton Chekhov C. Shakespeare D. Leo Tolstoy