Choose the correct options:

1.  The author admits that quick travel does not give the traveller the real ........ of travel-----

    (A) pains 

    (B)  pleasure 

    (C)   living   

    (D)   holiday

2. "the peace of living" is written by ........

    (A)  aung san suu kyi

    (B)  toni morrison

     (C)   R.C hutchinson

     (D)  Satyajit Ray

3.  the of the story ' The pace for living' enjoyed going in a car at..........

     (A) Ninety miles an hour 

     (B) Eighty miles an hour 

     (C)  Sixty miles an hour 

     (D)  Seventy miles an hour 

4.  the writer of 'The pace for living' belongs to the tribe of ......

     (A)  Average  thinkers 

     (B)  Slow thinkers

      (C)  Fast thinkers

       (D)  Good thinkers

5.  In 'The pace for living' , the author saw a play in ---

     (A)  Denmark                        

      (B)  Dublin

     (C)  Denver              

     (D) Delhi

6.  In 'the pace for living', R.C Hutchinson discusses__

     (A)  the happiness of men 

     (B)  the agony of modern man

     (C)  the dilemma of people 

     (D)  none of these

7.  'The pace for living' the writer captures the agony of  ........        man.

    (A)  ancient                       

    (B)  uncivilized

    (C)  modern                          

    (D)  future 

 8.  In the cinema the writer finds himself in a ............

     (A)  hopeless                          

     (B)  fog

     (C)  hopeless fog                   

     (D)  hopeful condition

9.  'The pace for living' is a .............

     (A)  drama                           

     (B)  story 

     (C)  essay                               

     (D)  novel

10. The writer saw a play in ...........

     (A)  Newyork                          

     (B)  London

     (C)  Paris                           

     (D) Dublin

11.  The corn merchant hearts was ..................

       (A)  strong                         

       (B)  sound 

       (C)  weak                         

       (D)  fast

12.  Who is a slow thinkers ?

      (A)  The author                      

      (B)  The corn merchant 

      (C)  Modern man                    

      (D)  The servant

13. Where did the corn merchant live ?

      (A)  In Russia                      

      (B)  In Bhutan

       (C)  In Irish country             

       (D)  In Iraq

14.  The author enjoys in a car at .............

      (A)  fifty                           

      (B)  sixty 

      (C)  seventy                     

      (D) ninety 

15.  Corn merchant's wife was of ..................

     (A)  Faithful lady              

     (B)  Fantastic nature 

     (C)  dull nature                

     (D)  clever 

16.  Corn merchant nephew was ....... him.

       (A)  cheating                 

       (B)  loving 

       (C)  hating                     

       (D)  none of these 

17.  Where did the writer watch the play? 

      (A)  Dubai                        

     (B)  Dublin

      (C)  Delhi                          

      (D) London

18.  Who used to cheat corn merchant ?

   (A)  His nephew                 

  (B)  His uncle 

  (C)  His wife                       

  (D) His servant

19.  Who fails to keep up with fast pace of life ?

     (A) Modern man      

    (B)  The corn merchant 

    (C)  The corn merchant's nephew 

   (D) The corn merchant's wife 

20.  Corn merchant's wife had a habit of spelding ............

    (A)  Five dollar                     

    (B)  ten dollar 

    (C)  eight dollar                    

   (D)  six dollar 

21.  ............... has become fast ?

    (A) Sleeping                       

    (B)  Moving 

   (C)  Walking                      

   (D) Travelling 

22.  Who went to watch a movie along with his wife ?

     (A)  The author               

     (B)  The author's nephew 

     (C)  Modern man         

     (D)  The author's uncle

23.  We can dine in .............. and have lunch in New York the 

     Next day.

  (A)  Paris                         

  (B)  London

  (C)  Berlin                         

 (D)  Dubai

24.  Which tribe does the author belong to ? 

    (A)   sound minded   

    (B)   Handicapped

   (C)  Slow thinkers         

  (D)  Fast thinkers

25.  Who is the main character in the play ?

   (A)  His nephew             

   (B)  His wife 

   (C)  His son                

    (D)  His daughter 

26.  Who say play in dublin ?

     (A)  An elderly corn-merchant

    (B)  The author 

    (C)  The corn merchant's wife 

    (D)  The corn-merchant's wife 

27.  According to the author , what are intelligence  tests 

    designed  to test ?

   (A)  Measure  the physical speed 

   (B)  Measure both physical and mental speed 

  (C)  Measure the mental speed 

  (D)  Measure  charactor

1.  Jim asked Mr. Greene to keep the old newspapers for the      school -going children, who ........them ?

    (A)  Burnt                          

   (B)  bought 

    (C)  Read                          

   (D)  collected   

2.  Jim told Mr. Johnson that it would reduce ............... and 

    Save ecology if he did not use his car for travelling to short 

  distance___

  (A)  Petrol                    

   (B)  pollution 

  (C)  Weight                  

  (D)  diesel  

3.  In 'Me and the ecology bit' , the narrator about how he 

    advises every body what they should do to protect the .......

   (A)  Elderly                

  (B) Ecology 

  (C)  Children               

  (D)  Pedestrians

4.  The narrator told Mr. Williams not to burn leaves as it is ....

    ...... For the air and ecology .

   (A)  Excellent       

   (B)  burning straw

   (C)  Good             

    (D) Burning leaves

5.  When the author of ' Me and ecology bit' used to meet 

   People and create awareness about ___

   (A)  Importance of health 

   (B)  Importance of money 

   (C)  Importance of ecology

   (D)  Importance of play

6.  'Me and the Ecology Bit' is all about_______

    (A)  Preserving water resources

   (B)  Preserving environment and ecology 

    (C) Preserving forest resources

    (D)  Preserving human resources 

7.  Who used the electric mixture ?

   (A)  Jim                                  

   (B)  Johnson 

   (C)  Ms. Greene                

    (D)  Jim's mother 

8.  Where does jim go ?

   (A)  Mr. Johnson's house       

   (B)  Mr. Greene's house 

   (C)  Mr. Williams's house       

   (D)  None of these 

9.  To whom house did the  author go ?

    (A)  Mr. Greene                 

    (B)  Mr. William

    (C)  Mrs. Greene                   

   (D)  Johnson

10. Where was Mrs. Greene pilling newspaper  ?

    (A)  In the garden              

   (B)  To her garbage bags 

    (C)  In the courtyard        

    (D)  In the lawn

11.  When Jims  calls Ms. Greene , Mrs. Greene  she ..........

    (A)  Scolds                     

   (B) Laughs at him

   (C)  Does not pay him change 

   (D)  Does not talk to him ?

12.  What did  Jim see him mother using ?

   (A)  A Juice                     

   (B)  A Grinder

   (C)  An electric mixer      

  (D)  An oven 

13.  Where was Mr. Johnson going ?

    (A)  To the hospital          

   (B)  To the office 

    (C)  To the market            

    (D)  To the post office 

14.  What did Jim advice Mr. Johnson to do ?

     (A)  Walk to the post office 

     (B) Drive to the post office 

     (C)  Take a bus to the post office 

     (D)  Do not go the post office 

15.  What did the Jim see Mr. Williams doing ?

      (A) burning leaves          

      (B)  going to post office 

      (C) putting out garbage 

      (D)  using an electric mixer 

16.  Who says, "go pick up that gum wrapper" ?

   (A)  Johnson                      

   (B)   Jim

    (C)  Mr. Williams               

    (D)  Mrs. greene 

17.  Who does not have change  to pay attention  of the 

    author ?

   (A)  Mr. Williams               

  (B)  Johnson 

   (C)  Mrs. Greene              

   (D)  jim

18.  Who peaches his neighbours about ecology ?

     (A)  Johnson                

    (B)  Jim 

     (C)  Mr. Williams         

   (D)  Mrs. Greene 

19.  Mr. Greene is putting her garbage out for the weekly pick 

     on .......... 

    (A)  Sunday                

    (B) Monday 

    (C)  Saturday              

   (D) Wednesday

20.  Ecology relates to .......... 

    (A) forest                  

  (B)  environment

   (C)  high mountain    

   (D) hill

21.  What did the author advice Mr. Williams to do ?

     (A) To pile  leaves  for selling 

     (B)  To pile leaves for burning 

     (C)  To pile  to get compost 

    (D)  None of these 

22.  How many blocks are away from the post office ?

     (A)  Three  blocks                 

     (B) Four blocks 

     (C)  Six blocks                     

    (D)  Two blocks 

23.   The harmful (poisones ) gases  affect ...........

    (A)  factory                        

    (B) forest 

   (C)  ecology                        

  (D)  egg beater 

24.  Jims mother used up .............. by watching television all 

      the time.

    (A) Time                            

   (B)  Electricity 

    (C)  Gas                             

   (D)  Petrol

25. Which word is known as 'filth' ?

      (A)  Compost              

     (B)   Ecology 

      (C)  Garbage                  

      (D)  Fertilizer

26.  What did the author do for environment ?

    (A)  By awaring  people 

   (B)  Doing  plantation

   (C)  Availding  pollution

   (D)  To burning leaves 

1.  Gillu's favourite food was___

    (A) rice                                     

   (B)  bread 

    (C)  kaju                                   

   (D)  jam 

2. "Gillu " is about true friendship between  a human being 

     and a/an ...........

   (A)  animal                         

   (B)  alien 

   (C)  micro organism          

   (D)  ghost 

3.  Everyone told the narrator that the squirrel  would not .......

     after being  attacked  so badly by the crows .

   (A)  move                          

   (B)  eat

    (C)  live             

    (D)  sleep 

4. 'Gillu' would inform by twittering _____

     (A) tick-tick                      

    (B)  tring-tring 

     (C)  chik-chik                     

    (D)  cring-crying 

5.  According to the story  "Gillu" squirrels have a life span of 

     (A)  one year                     

     (B)  two years 

     (C)  three years                 

    (D)  four years

6.  In the story written by Mahadevi verma, Gillu was injured b

    by___

   (A)  crows                           

   (B)  squirrels 

   (C)  parrots                         

   (D)  mongoose 

7.  Mahadevi varma is the author of __

    (A)  Gillu                               

    (B)  The pace of living 

     (C)  with is wrong with indian films 

    (D)  once upon a time 

8.  Mahadevi verma is an .......... poetess.

    (A)  african                        

    (B)  american 

    (C)  indian                          

   (D)  sri lankan

9.  Mahadevi verma was born in .............

    (A)  1907                            

    (B)  1909 

     (C)  1910                           

    (D)  1911

10.  Gillu was ........... to the narrator.

     (A)  very fast friend           

    (B)  very close 

    (C)  very far from              

    (D)  very nice 

11. Gillu's favourite food was ..........

     (A)  biscuits                        

    (B)  kaju 

     (C)  groundnut                  

    (D)  coconut 

12.  How many crows were pocking his picks  ?

     (A)  one                             

    (B)  two 

     (C)  three                          

    (D)  four 

13.  The life span of squirrel is ...........

     (A)  five years                   

    (B)   four years 

     (C)  three years                

    (D)  two years 

14.  Gillu was Mahadevi verma ?

    (A)  a wild animal             

    (B)  a pet animal 

     (C)  a hunting animal      

     (D)  none of theswe

15.  Who named the baby squirrel "Gillu" ?

    (A)  Premchand                

    (B)  Benipuri

     (C)  Mahadevi verma            

     (D)  Ramdhari singh dinkar

16.  How mqany would did the squirrel have ?

      (A)  two                                  

      (B)  three

      (C)  four                               

   (D)   one 

17.  Mahadevi verma was an elected fellow of .......... akad

     akademic.

     (A)  sangit natak                    

    (B)  sahitya 

      (C)  kala                               

    (D)  Nrityakala 

18.  Gillu was wounded because he ...........

      (A)  had fallen dawn              

     (B)  was attacked by crows

      (C)  by attacked by a cat        

      (D)  was attacked by adog 

19.  for how many years do squirrels live ?

     (A)  1 year                                

     (B)  2 years 

     (C)  3 years                              

     (D)  4 years

1.  In "What is wrong with indian films ?" The author compa-

    ares indians films with .......... Films ____

    (A) Korean                                    

    (B)  Japanese

    (C)  Western                            

     (D)  Pakistani

2.  The cinema .......... In various measures the function of

   poetry, music , painting, drama, architecture and a host of 

   Other arts, major and minor __

   (A)  Combines                          

   (B)  Destroys 

    (C)  Deletes                           

     (D)  Rescues

3.  What our cinema needs about everything else is a style ,  

   An idoioms , a sort of .......... Of cinema which would be 

  Uniquely and recognisably indians .

   (A)  Finance                       

    (B)  Studio

    (C)  Commitee                     

    (D)  Iconography 

4.  Satyajit Ray is the writer of __

   (A)  What is wrong with indians films 

  (B)  What is wrong with indians festivals

   (C)  What is wrong with indians foods 

   (D)  What is wrong with indians books

5.  As per the essay "what is wrong with indians films"  the  

  majority of our films are replete with ___

  (A)  Very goods massage 

  (B)  visual  dissonances

  (C)  Visual imbalances

  (D)  Very exciting scenes

6.  "What is wrong with indians films" has been written by___

  (A)  Mahadevi verma 

  (B)  Premchand 

  (C)  Humayun kabir

  (D)  Satyajit Ray

7.  Satyajit Ray well as known film ..............

     (A)  Musician                             

      (B)  Director

      (C)  Actor                                  

       (D)  Artist   

8.  The feature film in india was produced in ...........

   (A)  1907                                    

   (B)  1912

    (C)  1914                                

      (D)  1913

9.  Where did Satyajit Ray win award at film festivel ?

    (A) Paris                              

     (B)  London

     (C)  Cannes                          

      (D)  Goa 

10.  What is the raw material of the cinema ?

   (A)  Quality                           

   (B) Honesty

   (C)  Style                               

   (D)  Human life 

11.  Which film is mentioned in " what is wrong with indian 

     films?

   (A)  Charulata                    

    (B)  Shatranj ke khelari

   (C)  Dharti-ke-lal              

     (D)   Panchali

12.  The cinema combines in various measures the ..........

     (A)   Actor                         

    (B)  Poetry  

    (C)  Story                           

   (D)  Writing 

13.   In the present essay "what is wrong with indians films "

    Has been taken from his book ....................

   (A)  Deep Shikha                  

   (B)  Our films, Their films

   (C)  Mera paribar                     

  (D)  Charulata

14.  Which of the following University connferred  Satyajit 

    Ray on doctrote degree ?

    (A)  Mac Millan                  

     (B)  Oxford 

    (C)  Cambridge                      

    (D)  Tribhuban

15.  What does the technican blame for the weakness of 

       Indians films ?

    (A)  Style                               

   (B)  Raw materials 

   (C)  Tools                               

   (D)  Idiom

16.  When was the first short produced ?

    (A)   In 1902                     

   (B)  In 1903

   (C)   In 1906                   

     (D)  In 1907

17.  The author points out the defects of indian ................

     (A)  Culture                     

    (B)  Theature 

     (C)  Dance                  

      (D)  Films 

18.  Afterall we do posses the primary tools of ............

       (A)  Film making            

      (B)  Dancing 

      (C)  Writing                 

       (D)  Acting

19.  The author considers the ............... Film a bad one.

     (A)  American                 

     (B)  Indian

    (C)  Russian                  

   (D)  Nepali

20.  Satyajit Ray used to compose ............. For his own films.

     (A)  Songs                      

    (B)  Music 

    (C)  Script                    

     (D)  Shooting

21.  What is the position of india in film production in the 

    World ?

   (A)  First                           

   (B)  Second 

   (C) Third                       

     (D)  Fourth 

22.  indian music is largely ............ 

     (A)  Improvisational          

     (B)  loud

     (C)  Shooting                   

      (D)  soft 

23.  According to the author , average American films are a ...

     ........ Model.

    (A)  Bad                       

     (B)  Good 

    (C)  Excellent              

     (D)  Poor

1. aris firmly believed that his mother would have accepted 

   the prize for all the ........ of burma , not for herself___

   (A)  people                                 

  (B)  monks 

   (C)  politicians                          

  (D)  soldiers 

2.  Who is the writer of "acceptance speech" ?

  (A)  Toni Morrison                    

 (B)  Aung San Suu Kyi 

   (C)  Jon Lexau                          

   (D)  Leo Tolstoy 

3.  As per "acceptance speech " the stuggle taking place in 

   Rangoon was for___

   (A)  emancipation of human sprit from political tyranny 

  (B)  emancipation of political tyranny from human sprit 

  (C)  emancipation of human from polics 

  (D)  emancipation of politics from human tyranny 

4.  "humanity can not no longer be tragically bound to the 

    starless midnight of racism and war " was said by -__

  (A)  Martin Luther king Sr        

  (B)  Martin Luther  King Jr

  (C)  Aung San Suu Kyi             

   (D)  Perez de Cuellar

5.  AS per the "acceptance speech ", the beauty of genuine 

   brotherhood and peace is more precious than __

  (A)  diamonds                       

   (B)  gold 

  (C)  silver                                  

  (D)  all of the above 

6.  Aung Sang Suu Kyi's struggle was for__

   (A)  an autocratic-Burma   

   (B)  a communist-Burma 

   (C) a democtratic-Burma  

   (D)  a socialist-Burma 

7.  Aung Sang Suu Kyi was a famous ........... politicians.

   (A)  Indian                            

  (B) Burmese 

  (C) Africian                          

  (D)  Chinese

8.  Who was awarded the novel peace prize in 1991 ?

  (A)  Mahadevi Verma        

 (B)  Lata Mangeshkar

  (C)  Aung Sang Suu Kyi      

  (D)  Satyajit Ray

9.   The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on december 1991.

     (A )  6th                         

      (B)  15th 

      (C)  10th                             

      (D)  20th      

10.  Where  did aris deliever his speech ?

   (A)  Oslo                            

   (B)  Rangoon 

  (C)  Lasa                             

  (D)  Tokyo

11.  What is the name of the political party of Aung Sang Suu 

   Kyi ?

   (A)  Myanmar congress    

   (B)  Myanmar league 

    (C)  National congress 

     (D)  National league of democracy

12.  According to the author in 'Acceptance Speech', the ........

    hold their  heads high today.

   (A) Burmese of people    

   (B)  Burmes army 

  (C)  Dictators                       

  (D)  Students 

13.  When was the acceptance speech delivered ?

     (A)  1992                    

      (B)  1993 

      (C)  1991                        

      (D)  1990

14.  Who is the speaker in the lesson "Acceptance Speech" ?

   (A) People of Burma     

   (B)  Alexander Aris 

   (C)  Aung San Suu Kyi    

   (D)  Budhist Monks 

15.  When and where was Aung San Suu Kyi born ?

   (A)  19th june 1945 in Rangoon

  (B)  19th june 1944 in Kathmandu

  (C)  19th june 1946 in Columbo

  (D)  19th june 1947 in Gangtok

16. Why  was the Nobel Prize given to Aung Sang Suu Kyi ?

   (A)  for freedom          

   (B)  for peace 

   (For stuggle               

    (D)  for improvement of country

17.  Aung San Suu Kyi won the novel peace prize in the name        of all the ...........

   (A)  People of Burma 

    (B)  Army of Burma 

  (C)  Budhist of Burma 

   (D)  People of Oslo

18.  Aung San Suu Kyi was fighting for ........... in Burma .

    (A)  Burma                 

    (B)  Democracy

   (C)  Tyuranny              

   (D)  Monarchy

1.  "Once Upon a Time" has been written by-

    (A)  Mahadevi Verma

    (B)   Premchand

     (C)  Toni Morrison

      (D)  Walter-de-la-mare

2.  Every one of the slaves knew that the next step will be their :

     (A)  First 

     (B)  Second 

    (C)  Fourth 

    (D)    Last 

3.  Some young people visited the 

    (A)   Bird

   (B)   Author 

    (C)  Old women

    (D)  Slaves

4.  The old women was .............. Enough to know she could not help the young people .

   (A)   Stupid 

   (B)  intelligent

   (C)  strong

     (D)   Suspicious 

5.  The old women was the daughter of_

     (A)   White American 

      (B)   Slaves 

      (C)   African 

       (D)   American soldier 

6.   One of the young people choose the old women as_

       (A)  Prophet 

       (B)   Poet 

        (C)   Writer 

        (D)  Practiced writer 

7.  Who was blind but wise ?

       (A)   The old women 

      (B)   A young boy

      (C)   An old man 

      (D)   None of these 

8.  How was the old women ?

     (A)   blind

      (B)  Wise 

       (C)  Softly spoken

      (D)  A.S.U.

9.  Every one of the slaves knew that the next stop will be their ..........

     (A)   first

     (B)   second

      (D)   third

      (D)  None of these 

10.   What disability did the women have ?

        (A)   fatness

        (B)   Unable to move 

        (C)   blindness

        (D)  Could not talk

11.  Choose the antonym of "blessed" from the following ?

       (A)  Cursed 

       (B)  Lucky 

       (C)  Fortunate 

        (D)   Unknown 

12.  The old women was 

       (A)   Foolish 

       (B)   Wise 

       (C)   Shy 

       (D)   Bold 

13.  Did she know about their motive 

       (A)   Yes  

       (B)  No 

       (C)  Confused 

       (D)  None of these 

14.   Which of the following awards was also given to Toni Morrison ?

       (A)  Booker awards 

       (B)  Ramon Magassessay

       (C)  Politizer 

        (D)  None of these 

15.   An alcolholic drink made from apple juice ?

       (A)  Rider 

       (B)  Cider 

        (C)  clairvoyant

        (D)  None of these 

16.  How was the old women ?

       (A)  blind

       (B)  Deaf 

        (C)  Softly spoked 

        (D)  All of these 

17.  The young people asked the old women  a question whose answer could only be given by one who could ?

      (A)   hear

      (B)  smell

      (C)  read

      (D)  see

18.  "Once upon a time" is a ........

        (A)  story

        (B)   fiction

        (C)  speech

        (D)  biography

19.  Which of the following is the recent novel of toi morrison ?

     (A)   merchant

     (B)  paradise

     (C)  apartheid

      (D)  None of these 

20.  The sadness of the slaves made them sit with their......... bent.

        )(A) wrists

         (B)  shoulders

         (C)  Spoons 

         (D)  legs

21.  The old women was ...........

        (A)  Blind but black

        (B)  Blind but wise 

        (C)  Blind but kind

        (D)  Black but slave