Deck 2: Literature, Environment and Society: Bertrand Russell, Rachel Carson, and Sarah Joseph

Question 1

Bertrand Russell is :

A)An American essayist
B)French essayist
C)English essayist
D)German dramatist

Answer 1

English essayist

Question 2

"Human Knowledge, Its Scope and Limits" is authored by

A)Francis Bacon
B)Robert Lynd
C)Bertrand Russell
D)Rachel Carson

Answer 2

Bertrand Russell

Question 3

Russell received the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year------

A)1950
B)1955
C)1960
D)1965

Answer 3

1950

Question 4

Russell's "Limits of Human Power" is a chapter from:

A)Human Knowledge, Its Scopes and Limits
B)New Hopes For a Changing World
C)The Problems of Philosophy
D)Knowledge and wisdom

Question 5

According to Russell, the two very different elements in science are:

A)Knowledge and wisdom
B)Observation and experiment
C)Scientific knowledge and scientific technique
D)Scientific theory and law

Question 6

According to Russell, --------are interested in scientific technique

A)Theorists
B)Researchers
C)Technocrats
D)All the above

Question 7

----------are concerned to discover natural laws

A)Scientific theorists
B)Philosophers
C)Technocrats
D)The government

Question 8

Which among the following is a statement made by Russell

A)Man is both impotent and omnipotent
B)Man is neither impotent nor omnipotent
C)Man is both omnipotent and omniscient
D)Man is either impotent or omnipotent

Question 9

Russell considers man as being neither impotent nor omnipotent because:

A)His powers are great
B)His powers are infinite
C)His powers are great and infinite
D)His powers are not great and infinite as he wishes

Question 10

"Our Plundered Planet" is a book by:

A)William Vogt
B)Bertrand Russell
C)Fair Field Osborne
D)John Osborne

Question 11

"Road to Survival" is a book by

A)William Vogt
B)Bertrand Russell
C)Fair Field Osborne
D)John Osborne

Question 12

The word 'Politbureau' is a

A)A compound word
B)An archaic word
C)A blend
D)An acronym

Question 13

"Politbureau" is a contraction of:

A)Politics and bureau
B)Political bureau
C)Political bureaucracy
D)None of the above

Question 14

What does "megalomania" mean?

A)Humility
B)Mental disorder marked by excessive desire for power and authority
C)Nervousness
D)Omnipotence

Question 15

Present industry, in fact, is a 'kind of rape'..........depends upon irreversible process, it all uses up the 'earth's capital', is a 'spendthrift'. Where does this passage occur?

A)Limits of Human Power
B)Knowledge and Wisdom
C)The Obligation to Endure
D)None of the above

Question 16

What is the full form of DDT?

A)Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
B)Diphenyl-Dichloro-trichloro-ethane
C)Dichloro-dimethel-trichloro-ethane
D)None of the above

Question 17

DDT was discovered by

A)Swiss Chemist Paul Muller
B)Madam Curie
C)Charles Elton
D)None of the above

Question 18

The concept of the Survival of the fittest is related to:

A)Charles Elton
B)Charles Darwin
C)Charles Dickens
D)Paul Muller

Question 19

Rachel Carson is

A)An American
B)A French
C)A German
D)A British

Question 20

"Silent Spring" is a work authored by:

A)Bertrand Russell
B)Rachel Carson
C)Arundhathi Ray
D)Vandhana Shiva

Question 21

"Obligation to Endure" is the second chapter from ----------

A)Waldon
B)The God of Small Things
C)Silent Spring
D)Gift in Green

Question 22

According to Rachel Carson, the most alarming or all man's assault upon the environment is :

A)Deforestation
B)Urbanisation
C)Urban sprawl
D)The contamination of air, earth, rivers and sea with lethal elements

Question 23

Strontium 90 is a-------

A)Radioactive isotope of strontium
B)A substance dispensed from aerosol
C)An insecticide
D)None of the above

Question 24

A branch of zoology that deals with insects:

A)Etymology
B)Ethnology
C)Entomology
D)Epistemology

Question 25

Insecticides used for killing insects are really biocides because:

A)They are not selective killers; they kill all life
B)They are harmful to ecology
C)They are harmful to human beings
D)They kill all insects

Question 26

Chemical war on insects is never won because

A)The insecticides are ineffective
B)The insects develop immunity through generations
C)The insecticides are biocides
D)None of the above

Question 27

Jean Rostand is ------

A)French Biologist
B)German Biologist
C)American Biologist
D)British Biologist

Question 28

The Ecology of Invasions is a book by

A)Charles Darwin
B)Charles Elton
C)Rachel Carson
D)Albert Schweitzer

Question 29

The Green Revolution in the third world countries was meant to provide---------

A)More and better food
B)More and better education
C)More and better plants and trees
D)More and better chemicals and fertilizers

Question 30

Manushi is ---------

A)an organization of thinking women
B)A feminist movement
C)An environmental movement
D)A trade organisation

Question 31

Manushi was founded by --------

A)Vandhana Shiva
B)Sarrah Joseph
C)Arundhathi Ray
D)Kamala Das

Question 32

Sarrah Joseph won the Kendra Sahithya Academmy Award and Vayalar Award for her Novel------

A)Paapathara.
B)Alahayude Penmakkal .
C)Othappu.
D)Manassile Thee Mathram

Question 33

Which among the following is not a short story by Sarrah Joseph?

A)Shabdikkunna Kalappa
B)Kadinte Sangeetham
C)Manassile Thee Mathram
D)Nilavu-Nirayunnu

Question 34

The story 'A Night Never to be Lost' is a part of---------------

A)Silent spring
B)Silent Song
C)Gift in Green
D)Under the Green wood Tree

Question 35

Sarah Joseph's "Gift in Green" is a ----------------

A)Novel
B)Short story
C)Book of stories and story tellers
D)One Act play

Question 36

Which among the following is not the source of " Gift in Green" ?

A)The Bible
B)The Holy Quran
C)Events attributed to the life of St.Francis
D)Jathaka Tales

Question 37

-------------- is the fictitious place where " Gift in Green" is set

A)Mellstock
B)Malgudi
C)Adhi
D)Mayyazhi

Question 38

"God duals in its throat" who said so ? To whom?

A)Noor mohammed to his beloved
B)St.Francis to his disciple
C)Vatmiki to the Nishadha
D)St.Francis to Noor muhammed

Question 39

What happened to the bird before St. Francis could complete his sentence?

A)Flew away in ecstacy
B)Flew away in terror
C)Fainted from the branches of the tree and died
D)None of the above

Question 40

What happened to the bird in St. Francis's story in the end?

A)It was caged
B)It died
C)It flew away
D)It migrated

Question 41

Noor Muhammed was singing -------------

A)A patriotic song
B)A love song
C)A marriage song
D)A funeral song

Question 42

The rustic girl in 'A Night Never to be Lost' was ------------------

A)Catching fish
B)Gathering mussels
C)Removing the Garbage
D)Reaping

Question 43

Where was the rustic girl going with the garbage she collected?

A)To a small village
B)To a small uninhabited island
C)To a market place
D)To the forest

Question 44

' Aren't holy trails meant to be followed ?' W ho is under reference?

A)Noor Muhammed
B)St. Francis
C)Leola
D)The rustic girl

Question 45

The rustic girl dumped the garbage in to ---------------

A)A deep pit on the surface of an island
B)The sea
C)A pond
D)Athi

Question 46

'Did the way I spend the night ,/ prepare me for peace ?' Where do these lines occur.?

A)The Talking Plough
B)A Night Never To Be Lost
C)Another Community
D)Abhignanasakuntalam

Question 47

The first collection of short stories by Ponkunnam Varkey

A)Thirumulkahzcha
B)My turning point
C)Shabdikkunna Kalappa
D)None of the above

Question 48

Sahitya Pravathaka Sahakarana Sangam is associated with

A)Ponkunnam Varkey
B)Sarah Joseph
C)R.K Narayan
D)Vikom Muhammed Basheer