Mock 1

1. Which award did Mahasweta Devi win in 1997?

• A) Nobel Prize in Literature
• B) Ramon Magsaysay Award
• C) Booker Prize
• D) Pulitzer Prize

2. To whom did T. S. Eliot dedicate “The Waste Land”?

• a) Ezra Pound
• b) James Joyce
• c) Dora Marsden
• d) Vivienne Haigh-Wood

3. When was Mulk Raj Anand born?

• a) December 12, 1905
• b) September 28, 2004
• c) December 12, 2004
• d) September 28, 1905

4. When did R. K. Narayan publish his first novel, “Swami and Friends”?

• a) 1935
• b) 1936
• c) 1937
• d) 1938

5. What is the title of the play by Girish Karnad based on Jain Mythology?

• A) "The Fire and the Rain"
• B) "Bali- The Sacrifice"
• C) "The Dreams of Tipu Sultan"
• D) "Tale-Danda"

6. How many scenes are there in “As You Like It”?

• A) 20
• B) 22
• C) 24
• D) 26

7. Which character is praised for wearing a motley coat?

• A) Touchstone
• B) Jaques
• C) Orlando
• D) Adam

8. Which character is killed by Iago?

• Roderigo
• Emilia
• Cassio
• Barbara

9. Which of the following is NOT one of the four classical elements associated with the poems in “Four Quartets”?

• a) Air
• b) Earth
• c) Water
• d) Metal

10. In which year was Yeats awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

• a) 1917
• b) 1923
• c) 1928
• d) 1933