Deck 4: Semiotics, Politics, and Culture

Question 1

Semiotics is the formal study of ………..

A)Signs and symbol
B)Rites and rituals
C)Customs and practices
D)Cause and effect

Answer 1

Signs and symbol

Question 2

'Toys' is one of the essays in Roland Barthes' ……………

A)Mythologie
B)Elements of Semiology
C)Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes
D)Writing Degree Zero

Answer 2

Mythologie

Question 3

Justice Albie Sachs was a judge in:

A)South African Constitutional Court
B)Supreme Court of India
C)Supreme Court of Pakistan
D)None of the above.

Answer 3

South African Constitutional Court

Question 4

Xenophobia stands for :

A)Irrational fear of foreigner
B)Fear of water
C)Irrational fear of crowd
D)Fear of insects.

Question 5

The term 'comparator' means :

A)An instrument for making comparison
B)An instrument for measuring temperature
C)An equipment for killing insects
D)None of the above

Question 6

GATT was signed in:

A)1933
B)1943
C)1953
D)1963

Question 7

Who was the first woman president of the UN General Assembly?

A)Indira Gandhi
B)Sonia Gandhi
C)Sarojini Naidu
D)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Question 8

The idiom, ' like water off a duck's back' means:

A)Without any apparent effect
B)Something unsuccessful
C)Very easy
D)To stoop down quickly

Question 9

Swaraj Party was formed in India in …………

A)1923
B)1920
C)1933
D)1930

Question 10

The two greatest pests in the eyes of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

A)The telephone and the journalist
B)The telephone and the television
C)Television and radio.
D)The news paper and the journalist.

Question 11

……….was elected to draft the Constitution of India.

A)The Constituent Assembly of India
B)The Supreme Court
C)The High Court of Delhi
D)All of these.

Question 12

The present name of GATT:

A)WTO
B)WHO
C)UN
D)WOT

Question 13

Zero hour means:

A)Midnight
B)Time to raise questions in the parliament without prior notice
C)Timelessness
D)Question hour

Question 14

Rupa in the play 'Medea' stands for ……..in the Greek Mythology

A)Jason
B)Sonali
C)Ratan
D)Medea

Question 15

TRIPS is an international agreement administered by………….

A)WTO
B)WHO
C)IMF
D)UNO

Question 16

TRIPS is an international agreement administered by WTO to protect……………….

A)Invention
B)Patent
C)Royalty
D)All of these

Question 17

"I had escaped a worse than lion's jaws". Who is the lion here?

A)Lucretia
B)Andrew
C)Rowes
D)Anthony

Question 18

Who assisted Douglas in learning the Alphabet ?

A)Sophia Auld
B)Thomas Auld
C)Master Andrew
D)Lucretia

Question 19

At present ………………nations are represented in the WTO.

A)153
B)150
C)163
D)160

Question 20

Who was the first female barrister from India?

A)Cornelia Sorabji
B)Kamala Das
C)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
D)Sarojini Naidu

Question 21

Who wrote "Love and Life Behind the Purdah?

A)Cornelia Sorabji
B)Kamala Das
C)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
D)Sarojini Naidu

Question 22

Patriarchy means ………

A)Mother's rule
B)Father's rule
C)Brother's rule
D)Sister's rule

Question 23

That Long Silence is written by……..

A)Vandana Shiva
B)Kamala Das
C)Shashi Deshpande
D)Usha Rai

Question 24

Deshpande received the Sahitya Akademi Award for ……….

A)That Long Silence
B)The Dark Holds No Terrors
C)In the Country of Deceit
D)Writing from the Margin

Question 25

Roots and Shadows is a work by ……….

A)Usha Rai
B)Kamala Das
C)Shashi Deshpande
D)Nehru

Question 26

Writing from the Margin is written by …….

A)Kamala Das
B)Shashi Deshpande
C)Vandana Shiva
D)Usha Rai

Question 27

The Dark Holds No Terrors is written by …….

A)Shashi Deshpande
B)Usha Rai
C)Amartya Sen
D)Kamala Das

Question 28

According to Deshpande, motherhood is neither sacred nor holy, it is..…….

A)Natural
B)Artificial
C)Pure
D)Divine

Question 29

Death of a Child is a work by ………

A)Usha Rai
B)Vandana Shiva
C)Shashi Deshpande
D)Kamala Das

Question 30

A Very Easy Death is written by ………..

A)Usha Rai
B)Anne Tyler
C)Simone de Beavoir
D)Kamala Das

Question 31

Anne Tyler is an ………… novelist.

A)American
B)British
C)African
D)Indian

Question 32

Who spoke of the oddness of the fact that people take up the most difficult of all professions, parenthood,without having any qualifications for it?

A)Kamala Das
B)Usha Rai
C)Bernard Shaw
D)Anne Tyler

Question 33

Bhagya Rekha is a collection of short stories written by ……..

A)Bhisham Sahni
B)Usha Rai
C)Vandana Shiva
D)Ann Tyler

Question 34

Bhisham sahni won the Sahitya Akademi Award for …….

A)Bhagya Rekha
B)Nai Kahaniyan
C)Tamas
D)Writing from the Margin

Question 35

Shamnath wanted to please his boss for ……..

A)Getting money
B)Getting promotion
C)Showing his attachment
D)None of the above

Question 36

Who in Shamnath's house impressee the boss most?

A)Shamnath
B)Shamnath's wife
C)Shamnath's old mother
D)Servants in the house

Question 37

Shamnath wanted his old mother to make a ……… for his boss.

A)Phulkari
B)Cap
C)Bag
D)None of these

Question 38

The boss wanted Shamnath's mother to ………

A)Dance
B)Sing
C)Talk
D)None of these

Question 39

What does the boss in Sahni's story ask the mother to sing?

A)A folk song
B)A pop song
C)A film song
D)Bhajan

Question 40

Behind Closed Doors is a work by ………

A)Usha Rai
B)R.K. Narayan
C)Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
D)Ramachandra Guha

Question 41

It was the documentary ,…………, on domestic violence that Rinki made with the help of her hotline group HELP that earned her the greatest media attention?

A)Char Diwari
B)A Man of Silence
C)None of these
D)Behind the Closed Doors

Question 42

Unveiled is a fictional work by ……….

A)Vandana Shiva
B)Kamala Das
C)Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
D)None of these

Question 43

Daughters and Motherhood is a significant work by ………

A)Usha Rai
B)R.K. Narayan
C)Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
D)Kamala Das

Question 44

The first glimpse of a bride has of her husbnd during the traditional Bengali marriage is called ……..

A)Subhodrishti
B)Asubhodrishti
C)Aiswaryadhrishti
D)None of these

Question 45

What type of a person was Arun's husband?

A)Sympathetic
B)Good?natured
C)Demanding
D)None of these

Question 46

Who helped Aruna fly to the U.S.?

A)Hert younger sister
B)Hert brother
C)Her father
D)Her husband

Question 47

Aruna's younger sister Gita was ……..

A)An air hostess
B)A doctor
C)A teacher
D)A typist

Question 48

Aruna's research was about ………

A)Men's issues
B)Women's issues
C)Chioldren's issues
D)Caste problem

Question 49

Usha Rai started her career as a ……..

A)Lawyer
B)Writer
C)Press reporter
D)Clerk

Question 50

Akha Teej is an occasion for ……..

A)Mass marriages of children
B)Educational reforms
C)Celebration
D)None of these

Question 51

DWDA is ……….

A)District Women's Development Agency
B)District Women's Development Association
C)District Women's Development Authority
D)None of the above.

Question 52

What does 'muklava' mean?

A)Mehandi
B)The bride's entry to her husband's home
C)Marriage
D)the festival of lights
E)None of these

Question 53

Who found SEWA?

A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Nehru
C)Ela Bhatt
D)Usha Rai

Question 54

How old was Ela Bhatt when India became independent on 15 August 1947?

A)14
B)16
C)18
D)13

Question 55

TLA is ………

A)Textile Labour Agreement
B)Textile Labour Associatuion
C)Textile Labour Association
D)None of these

Question 56

The name of the national labour union in Israel is ……..

A)Histadrut
B)TLA
C)SEWA
D)SNDT

Question 57

SEWA is ………

A)Self?Employed Women's Association
B)Self?Employed Welfare Association
C)Students' Educational Welfare Association
D)None of the above

Question 58

…….. was Ela Bhatt's first contact with poverty?

A)Communal riot in Ahmedabad
B)Problems among the workers
C)Her first year in college
D)None of these

Question 59

What was the name of the bank started by SEWA?

A)Manila SEWA Sahakari Bank
B)SEWA Cooperative Bank
C)SEWA Sahakari Bank
D)None of these

Question 60

Who translated Chandrabati's Bengali Ramayana of the sixteenth century?

A)Nabneeta Vev Sen
B)Vandana Shiva
C)Usha Rai
D)None of these

Question 61

Who is the author of the Greek tragedy Medea?

A)Homer
B)Aristotle
C)Euripides
D)Plato

Question 62

Manas' sister?in law is ……..

A)Rupa
B)Sonali
C)Rekha
D)Sonu

Question 63

Tutu and Ratan are Rupa's ………

A)Brothers
B)Children
C)Friends
D)None of these

Question 64

Howm, accordind to Rupsa,was her husband died?

A)In a train accident
B)In a bus accident
C)Murdered
D)None of these

Question 65

Where, according to Manas, was he after he had deserted Rupsa?

A)In England
B)In Burma
C)In Kashmir
D)In Muzafirpur

Question 66

Kamala Das is known under the pseudonym ……..

A)Madhavikutty
B)Kamala Surayya
C)Kamala
D)Madhavi

Question 67

……… is Kamala Das' autobiography.

A)Childhood Memories
B)My Story
C)Ottayadi Pathakal
D)Neermathalam Pootha Kalam

Question 68

Childhood Memories is a work by ……..

A)Usha Rai
B)R.K. Narayan
C)Kamala Das
D)None of these

Question 69

What was the name of the national political party which was founded by Kamala Das?

A)Lok Jana Seva Party
B)Lok Seva Party
C)Janata Party
D)None of these

Question 70

The dominant emotion in Kamala Das's poem is ………

A)Love
B)Happiness
C)Pain
D)Cynicism

Question 71

``The strangers who have come to wipe my tears…`` who could be the strangers?

A)Her friends
B)Her parents
C)The doctors and nurses who came to nurse
D)Her teachers

Question 72

Vandana Shiva is analyzing India's economy and social life in the ………years since independence.

A)Seventy
B)Fifty
C)Sixty
D)Forty