Deck 9: Baldwins Letter, Schumachers Philosophy, and Emotional Intelligence

Question 1

What was the occasion on which Baldwin wrote the letter ?

A)100th anniversary of Emancipation
B)Anniversary of American Independence
C)His 50th birthday
D)none of these.

Answer 1

100th anniversary of Emancipation

Question 2

What does Baldwin see in his nephew's face ?

A)Dignity of the Blacks
B)his brother's face
C)toughness and suffering
D)all of these

Answer 2

all of these

Question 3

"Baldwin uses words as the sea uses waves" These are the words of -----

A)James Baldwin
B)Langston Hughes
C)Sylvia Nasar
D)Omprakash Valmiki

Answer 3

Langston Hughes

Question 4

According to Baldwin the Americans are trapped in a --------that they don't understand.

A)sorrow
B)history
C)struggle
D)violence.

Question 5

The condition of the Blacks in the American Society is no different from that of England described in the works of-------

A)Spenser
B)Charles Dickens
C)Shakespeare
D)none of these.

Question 6

Baldwin advises his nephew to trust only in---------

A)The words of elders
B)books
C)his own experiences
D)none of these

Question 7

E.F Schumacher is the author of ------

A)A Beautiful Mind
B)A Dalit's life
C)Small is beautiful
D)Story of my life.

Question 8

According to Schumacher, the modern pursuit of profit and progress has resulted in ------

A)Economic inefficiency
B)environmental pollution
C)inhuman working conditions
D)all of these

Question 9

The alternative proposed by Schumacher for modern super technology is--------

A)Intermediate technology
B)primitivism
C)pursuit of progress
D)none of these.

Question 10

The principles of ----had a great impact on Schumacher.

A)Buddhists
B)Taoists
C)Gandhi
D)all of these

Question 11

"Technology with a human face " is an example of -----

A)Scientific essay
B)political writing
C)poetic prose
D)short story

Question 12

The modern world, according to Schumacher, has been shaped by its ------

A)politics
B)Natural science
C)Metaphysics
D)none of these

Question 13

Which of the following is not an attribute of nature ?

A)self- balancing
B)self- destroying
C)self-adjusting
D)self-cleansing

Question 14

The limitation of modern technology is that it does not recognize any ------

A)Modification
B)improvement
C)self-limit
D)alteration

Question 15

In the subtle system of nature, modern super - technology acts like a -------

A)foreign body
B)major branch
C)substitute
D)none of these

Question 16

The success brought in recent years by industrialization is, in Schumacher's view, -----

A)total
B)illusory
C)partial
D)negligible

Question 17

What kind of work is reduced by modern technology?

A)intellectual work
B)virtual work
C)economic work
D)skillful productive work

Question 18

A great part of the neurosis of advanced industrial society is due to the lack of --------

A)money
B)freedom
C)energy
D)skillful productive work

Question 19

. How much of the total social time in modern society is spent on actual productive work in Schumacher 's view?

A)3.5%
B)7.5%
C)10%
D)15%

Question 20

------- recommended production by the masses instead of mass production to help the poor countries.

A)Schumacher
B)John Nash
C)Gandhi
D)Nehru

Question 21

Name the author of Emotional Intelligence

A)Daniel Goleman
B)Paul Ekman
C)John Nash
D)Paul Krugman

Question 22

The Times magazine lists -----as one of the ideas changing the world right now.

A)EQ
B)IQ
C)social intelligence
D)Ecological intelligence.

Question 23

-----has offered one of the best assessments of the emotional mind.

A)Paul Krugman
B)Paul Ekman
C)Daniel Goleman
D)Nash

Question 24

The reactions of the emotional mind is ----- than that of the rational mind. (a)slower (b) quicker (c)cleverer (d)happier 134. Actions that spring from the emotional mind carry a strong sense of -------

A)certainty
B)clarity
C)accuracy
D)none of these.

Question 25

The rapid mode of perception used by the emotional mind sacrifices accuracy for ------

A)speed
B)time
C)shape
D)clarity