Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Bishan Singh
B)  Mohammed Ali
C)  A lawyer
D)  A sweeper C

Question 2

Toba means ____in Punjab.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kind
B)  Cruel
C)  Mad
D)  Pond D

Question 3

When did India adopt a new constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  26th Jan 1950
B)  15th August 1947
C)  3 November 1947
D)  20th June 1967 A

Question 4

Tagore urges for ______ in his poem "Freedom"

Accepted Answer

A)  Truth
B)  Freedom
C)  Love
D)  Power

Question 5

In the extract "the outcaste" What did the teacher ask the students to do the day after the picnic?

Accepted Answer

A)  to write a summary
B)  to write an essay
C)  to write a letter
D)  to write an experience

Question 6

Who should take up Gandhi's world leadership?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nehru
B)  People of India
C)  Pearl S buck
D)  All of the above

Question 7

The criticism against the Constitution was that it is _____

Accepted Answer

A)  Not seriou
B)  Incomplete
C)  Nonsensical
D)  A bag of borrowings

Question 8

What is Tagore's university called?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aankan
B)  Shantiniketan
C)  Viswa bharati
D)  Geetmalya

Question 9

Who is Gandhi's murderer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Naturam Vinayak Godse
B)  Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Question 10

Harari thinks that human happiness is the result of processes taking place in the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  human heart
B)  human mind
C)  human thought
D)  human brain.

Question 11

Who is the bard of Bengal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gandhi
B)  Manto
C)  Tagore
D)  All of the above

Question 12

Pearl S.buck won Pulitzer prize for her novel_______.

Accepted Answer

A)  East wind, west wind
B)  The Good Earth
C)  The Dragon seed
D)  The Christmas ghost

Question 13

Manto was an ____author.

Accepted Answer

A)  Indian
B)  Pakistani
C)  Indo- Pakistani
D)  None of the above

Question 14

Who says, "No war brings peace, for violence only brings more violence ."?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gandhi
B)  Nehru
C)  Pearl.S buck
D)  Godse

Question 15

The tradition of preamble began with ______

Accepted Answer

A)  France
B)  Africa
C)  America
D)  Greece

Question 16

Who wrote national anthem for India and Bangladesh?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rabindranath Tagore
B)  Aurobindo Gosh
C)  Sarojini Naidu
D)  R.K Narayan

Question 17

Who said " my life is my message?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mahatma gandhi
B)  Nehru
C)  Einstein
D)  None

Question 18

From which work is the extract "Chemical Happiness and the Meaning of Life" taken

Accepted Answer

A)  Joothan
B)  Homo Deus
C)  The poisoned Bread
D)  Homo sapiens

Question 19

In the extract "the outcaste" what did the high caste girls offered the Mahar caste?

Accepted Answer

A)   gift
B)  their leftover food
C)  books
D)  cloths

Question 20

Drafting committee comprise of ___members

Accepted Answer

A)  10
B)  8
C)  7
D)  5

Exam 4: Literature, Philosophy, and History