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ENGLISH 2ND SEM

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Who wrote “the story of an hour”?

a)

a. Sharankumar Limbale

b)

b. Lee Mokobe

c)

c. Mr. Richard

d)

d. Kate Chopin

2.

Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with ____________

a)

a. Cancer

b)

b. TB

c)

C. heart trouble

d)

D.Jaundice

3.

Who is Josephine in the short story “ The story of an hour”?

a)

a. Mrs. Mallard's cousin

b)

b. Mrs. Mallard's sister

c)

c. Mrs. Mallard's daughter

d)

d. Mrs. Mallard's mother

4.

4. What is Mr. Mallard's friend name in the short story “The story of an hour”?

a)

a. Mr. Joseph

b)

b. Mr. Richard

c)

c. Mr. Raphael

d)

d. Mr. John

5.

Kate Chopin's first novel?

a)

a. The awakening

b)

b. The dragon seed

c)

c. At Fault

d)

d. The slave

6.

In which magazine “The story of an hour” first published?

a)

a. The Common Woman

b)

b. Vogue

c)

c. The New Yorker

d)

d. None of these

7.

Who is the bard of Bengal?

a)

a. Gandhi

b)

b. Manto

c)

c. Tagore

d)

d. All of the above

8.

Who were worried about eating Chapatis?

a)

a. Taralal

b)

b. Fazal Din

c)

c. Anglo Indians

d)

d. Pakistanis

9.

Which inmate of the lunatic asylum mourned over his lost love?

a)

a. Bishan Singh

b)

b. Mohammed Ali

c)

c. A lawyer

d)

d. A sweeper

10.

The criticism against the Constitution was that it is _____

a)

a. Not serious

b)

b. Incomplete

c)

c. Nonsensical

d)

d. A bag of borrowings

11.

Drafting committee comprise of ___members

a)

a. 10

b)

b. 8

c)

c. 7

d)

d. 5

12.

The tradition of preamble began with ______

a)

a. France

b)

b. Africa

c)

c. America

d)

d. Greece

13.

Men wind confusion because they fear ____

a)

a. Violence

b)

b. Truth

c)

c. People

d)

d. Gandhi

14.

Pearl S buck’s essay ‘Should the Assassin of Gandhi be Killed’ is a ______

a)

a. Satire

b)

b. Editorial

c)

c. Letter

d)

d. Obituary

15.

In the extract “Chemical Happiness and the Meaning of Life”, Most parents declare that their

children are their chief source of _____________

a)

a. blessing

b)

b. happiness.

c)

c. sadness

d)

d. headache

16.

Pearl S.buck won Pulitzer prize for her novel_______.

a)

a. East wind, west wind

b)

b. The Good Earth

c)

c. The Dragon seed

d)

d. The Christmas ghost

17.

In the short story “Amnesty” the policeman didn't allow them to the island because?

a)

a. they didn’t have passport

b)

b. they didn't have a prior permit

c)

c. they didn't took ticket

d)

d. none of the above

18.

“Amnesty”, a short story originally published in ____________ in 1991.

a)

a. Vogue

b)

b. The New Yorker

c)

c. The Common Woman

d)

d. Times

19.

According to Adrienne Rich, ultimately the women students and their teachers are ____________.

a)

a. Invisible

b)

b. Indivisible

c)

c. divisible

d)

d. none of these

20.

According to Adrienne Rich, university education implies an ethical and intellectual contract

between whom?

a)

a. Parents and teachers

b)

b. Parents and children

c)

c. Teachers and students

d)

d. none of these

21.

According to Adrienne Rich, intelligent woman, who denies her intelligence in order to seem more _________.

a)

a. Feminine

b)

b. energetic

c)

c. strong

d)

d. polite

22.

In the poem “Refugee Blues” the speaker at the public meeting worried that the refugees will steal?

a)

a. Money

b)

b. Wealth

c)

c. Daily bread

d)

d. House

23.

In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the refugee see in his dream?

a)

a. heaven

b)

b. a thousands of building

c)

c. a beautiful fairy

d)

d. an old man

24.

In the poem “Refugee Blues” you are ‘officially dead’ if you haven’t got a ________________.

a)

a. Birth certificate

b)

b. Driver’s license

c)

c. Passport

d)

d. Country

25.

In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the refugee see in the woods?

a)

a. Cheetah

b)

b. Birds

c)

c. Spider

d)

d. Monkey

26.

In the poem “Refugee Blues” people were living in.

a)

a. Place

b)

b. Mansions and Holes

c)

c. Hut

d)

d. Big Hotels

27.

Who called the speaker “Lesbian” in the poem “What it's like to be Transgender”?

a)

a. Kids

b)

b. Teachers

c)

c. Parents

d)

d. Principal

28.

Who is the Olympic Gold winner athlete in decathlon in the 1976 Montreal Olympics mentioned in

the poem “What it's like to be Transgender”?

a)

a. Mya Hall

b)

b. Leelah Alcorn

c)

c. Bruce Jenner

d)

d. Blake Brockington

29.

“Calming an Education”, the convocation speech delivered to ____________ college.

a)

a. Edinburg

b)

b. Douglass

c)

c. Abbey

d)

d. Bishop Burton

30.

“Calming an Education” the convocation speech delivered to whom?

a)

a. Graduating women students

b)

b. public

c)

c. all women

d)

d. none of these