General knowledge on English Literature

2. Who is known as the father of English poetry

1. Geoffrey Chaucer
2. John Milton
3. John Keats
4. None of these

3. Firdausi was-

1. a poet
2. well known for his epic Sharnama
3. both are correct
4. None of these

4. Euclid was-

1. Greek Mathematician
2. Contributor to the deductive principle of Mathematics
3. Propounded the geometrical theorems
4. The first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit China

5. The book “We Indians” was written by-

1. HG Wells
2. Khushwant Singh
3. James Jeans
4. Thomas Moore

6. Who is the author of the play/ book “ Yashodhara”

1. Maithili Sharan Gupta
2. Khuswant Singh
3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
4. Sarojini Naidu

7. The oldest printed work in the world that dates back to 868 AD is-

1. The Bible
2. The Hirake Sutra
3. The Ramayana
4. The Mahabharata

8. The only ever religious book printed in a shorthand script-

1. The Ramayana
2. The Mahabharata
3. The Bible
4. Guru Granth Sahib

9. Which book has been printed in the maximum number of languages and scripts?

1. The Bible
2. Hiraka Sutra
3. The Super book
4. None of these

10. The Oldest Indian language-

1. Telegu
2. Hindu
3. Tamil
4. Bengali

11. The language with richest vocabulary is-

1. Hindi
2. French
3. English
4. German

12. Super Book- the largest book weights?

1. 270cm, 300cm, 252 kg
2. 100cm, 110 cm, 100 kg
3. 200cm, 100 cm, 60 kg
4. None of these

13. Les hommes de bonne volonte

1. Longest novel ever published
2. Shortest novel ever published
3. The oldest novel
4. None of these

14. Which of the following is the author of “The Song of India”

1. Firdausi
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

15. Who is the author of the book- “Vrish Vriksha”

1. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
2. Annie Besant
3. Tulsidas
4. Rabindranath Tagore

16. In the novel "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" what was the name of the captain of the submarine "Nautilus"?

a. Captain Spark

b. Captain Bin 

c. Captain William         

d. Captain Nemo

17. In the series of children's "Noddy" books, what is the name of the

policeman?

a. Mr. Plod

 b. Mr Lod 

c. Mr Jones 

18. Who wrote "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Emperor's New Clothes"?

a. Charles Dickens

b. Hans Christian Anderson

c. Agatha Christie

d. Salman Rushdie

19. The artist Leonardo Da Vinci was alive in which two centuries?

a. 15th and 16^th 

b. 16^th and 17^th 

c. 14^th and 15^th 

d. 17^th and 18th

20. In what year did Agatha Christie die?

a. 1966 

b. 1976 

c. 1956 

d. 1977

 Answers

2.a 3.c 4.d 5.b 6.a 7.a 8.c 9.a 10.c 11.c 12.a 13.a 14.b 15.a 16.d 17.a 18.b 19.a 120.b