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General-awareness

Books And Author

23 previous year questions.

Volume: 23 Ques
Yield: High

High-Yield Trend

23
2023

Chapter Questions
23 MCQs

01
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
The book "The Ages of Gaia - A biography of our living Earth (1988)" was written by
1
E.S. Rowland
2
Mario Moling
3
James E. Lovelock
4
William Golding
02
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Gorboduc, the first English Tragedy, has been written in :
1
Blank Verse
2
Prose
3
Rhyming Couplets
4
None of the above
03
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Match List I with List II :
List IList II
(A)An Essay on Man(I)John Keats
(B)The Faerie Queene(II)Charles Dickens
(C)Hard Times(III)Edmund Spenser
(D)Hyperion(IV)Alexander Pope
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
(A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
2
(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
3
(A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
4
(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
04
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Malgudi is a fictional town conceived by ____ .
1
Anita Desai
2
Raja Rao
3
Bhabani Bhattacharya
4
R.K Narayan
05
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
In which of Mulk Raj Anand's Novels does Bakha appear as the central character?
1
Coolie
2
Untouchable
3
The Village
4
Two Leaves and a Bud
06
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Anandmath, a famous novel, is written by:
1
Rabindernath Tagore
2
Bankim Chandra Chattopashyay
3
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4
Vishnu Prabhakar
07
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Tomb of Sand is a novel written by :
1
Margaret Atwood
2
Gitanjali Shree
3
Arundhati Roy
4
Jhumpa Lahiri
08
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Match List I with List II

LIST I

LIST II

A. GandhiIAnnihilation of Castes
B.B.R. AmbedkarIIDiscovery of India
C.NehruIIIThe story of my experiments with the truth
D.Abdul Kalam AzadIVIndia wins freedom

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
2
A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV
3
A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
4
A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
09
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
A Dictionary of the English Language was written by:
1
Alexander Pope
2
Samuel Johnson
3
James Boswell
4
Oliver Goldsmith
10
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
The Faerie Queen has been written by:
1
Thomas Lodge
2
William Tyndale
3
Sir Phillip Sydney
4
Edmund Spenser
11
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
"The Preface to Lyrical Ballades" was published in:
1
1798
2
1800
3
1802
4
1805
12
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Which among the following is written by Amartya Sen
A. Wings on fire
B. Swaraj
C. Argumentative India
D. Indian Ideology
E. India Wins Freedom
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
C only
2
E only
3
D only
4
A only
13
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Who wrote A Theory of Justice?
1
M. K. Gandhi
2
Ambedkar
3
John Rawls
4
Amartya Sen
14
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Which of the following are the titles of the books not authored by Sheila Rowbatham?
A. Women, Resistance and Revolution
B. Hidden from History
C. Past is before us
D. Sexual Politics
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
A only
2
D only
3
B only
4
C only
15
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Which of the following books were authored by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
A. Annihilation of Caste
B. States and Minorities
C. Emancipation of the untouchable
D. Elementary aspects of Insurgency in colonial India
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
A, B, C
2
A. D
3
A. C
4
B, D
16
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
The State of the World's Children" report is published by
1
UNESCO
2
UNICEF
3
UNIDO
4
UPU
17
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
E. K. Janaki Ammal was the first Indian woman to be awarded a Ph.D in the botanical sciences. Her first expansive archive-based analytical biography has recently been published. What is its title?
1
Chromosome Woman, Nomad Scientist
2
Phytogeography Woman, Wave Scientist
3
Ethnobotany Woman, Dynamic Scientist
4
Cytology Woman, Vagrant Scientist
18
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
In Mahashweta Devi's "Why-Why Girl, the little girl Moina, belongs to which tribal group?
1
Bhils from Rajasthan
2
Gonds from Madhya Pradesh
3
Santhals from Chota Nagpur Region
4
Sabars from West Bengal
19
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Who is the author of the book "The Mothers"?
1
R. Briffault
2
L.H. Morgan
3
J.G. Frazer
4
G.P. Murdock
20
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Who is the author of the book "The Second Sex" ?
1
Sigmund Freud
2
Judith Butler
3
Simone de Beauvoir
4
Patricia Uberoi
21
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
For which of the following books did V.S. Naipaul get the Booker Prize?
1
Half a Life
2
A House for Mr. Biswas
3
A Bend in the River
4
In a Free State
22
PYQ 2023
medium
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Match List I with List II :
List IList II
(A)"The Death of the Author"(I)Ferdinand de Saussure
(B)"A Room of One's own"(II)Michel Fencault
(C)Course in General "Linguistics"(III)Roland Barthes
(D)"What is an Author"(IV)Virginia Woolf "Linguistics"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
(A)-(III), (B)-(1), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
2
(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
3
(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
4
(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
23
PYQ 2023
easy
general-awareness ID: cuet-pg-
Savitri, an epic in blank verse, was written by :