Reading Prose Set 5

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This set of Reading Prose Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Reading Prose Set 5

Q1 | Which of the following is not included in the uses of studies by Bacon?
  • Debate
  • delight
  • ornament
  • ability
Answer: Debate
Q2 | Little reading, according to Bacon, is
  • Good
  • bad
  • healthy
  • ornamental
Answer: bad
Q3 | --------men condemn studies
  • rich
  • wise
  • crafty
  • strong
Answer: crafty
Q4 | Bacon compares natural abilities to --------
  • children
  • Plants
  • birds
  • branches
Answer: Plants
Q5 | “Reading maketh a -------man”
  • full
  • happy
  • clever
  • wise.
Answer: full
Q6 | A Chronicle of the peacocks belongs to the genre ---------
  • Essay
  • Autobiography
  • report
  • short story
Answer: short story
Q7 | Intizar Husain migrated from Utter Pradesh to -------at the time of partition.
  • Jaipur
  • Lahore
  • Delhi
  • Islamabad
Answer: Lahore
Q8 | Husain compares the result of the ------- to that of the war in Mahabharath.
  • Indo=Pak war
  • Nationalist Movement
  • Nuclear tests
  • Kargil war
Answer: Nuclear tests
Q9 | The search for the peacocks in the story symbolizes the craving for -------
  • peace and joy
  • wild life
  • glory of India
  • personal memories.
Answer: peace and joy
Q10 | Name the great criminal of Kurukshetra who appears in “ AChronicle of the peacocks”?
  • Sakuni
  • Ashwathma
  • Drona
  • None of these.
Answer: Ashwathma
Q11 | How did the peacocks react to the nuclear tests in Rajasthan
  • They flew up screaming
  • died in groups
  • migrated to Pakistan
  • remained still.
Answer: They flew up screaming
Q12 | The peacock in Sravasthi reminded the narrator of the days of ----
  • Ashwathama
  • Parikshit
  • Buddha
  • Krishna
Answer: Buddha
Q13 | The peacock was banished from paradise, because he had helped -------
  • Adam
  • Eve
  • snake
  • satan
Answer: satan
Q14 | The question raised by Parikshit concerns ---------
  • life after death
  • the futility of war
  • Eternal wisdom
  • None of these.
Answer: the futility of war
Q15 | The shadow of Ashwathama represents----------
  • the horror of war
  • thoughtless destruction
  • war guilt
  • all of these.
Answer: all of these.
Q16 | ---------grew in the narrator’s mind like the fish in Manujis pond
  • notion of the frightened peacocks
  • fear of war
  • hope of visiting Jaipur
  • none of these.
Answer: notion of the frightened peacocks
Q17 | To shake off the evil shadow following him, the narrator of the chronicle goes finally to -----
  • Jaipur
  • Pakistan
  • Delhi
  • Kurukshetra.
Answer: Pakistan
Q18 | Paul Krugman got the Nobel Prize for ------in 2008
  • Politics
  • Physics
  • Economics
  • Literature
Answer: Economics
Q19 | ”Grains Gone Wild” is a -------
  • News paper article
  • letter
  • short story
  • speech
Answer: News paper article
Q20 | Krugman is known for his contribution to --------
  • Game theory
  • New Trade Theory
  • Number theory
  • unified theory
Answer: New Trade Theory
Q21 | In his article, Krugman comments on the world ---crisis
  • water
  • energy
  • fuel
  • food
Answer: food
Q22 | The overall demand for grains has increased due to the increase in the number of -------
  • African children
  • Meat eating Chinese
  • American farmers
  • none of these.
Answer: Meat eating Chinese
Q23 | -----is the world’s 2nd largest exporter of wheat
  • America
  • India
  • Australia
  • Africa.
Answer: Australia
Q24 | Ethanol is an example of a ----------
  • Biofuel
  • feedstock
  • livestock
  • none of these.
Answer: Biofuel
Q25 | The production and use of biofuels is seen as an example of -------
  • bad luck
  • bad policy
  • bad weather
  • none of these
Answer: bad policy
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