English Literature

English Literature MCQ for BCS exam. British and American literature, famous authors and their works for government job preparation.

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1
Who is the author of 'A Farewell to Arms'?
ক H. G. Wells
খ Thomas Hardy
গ Ernest Hemingway
ঘ George Orwel
সঠিক উত্তর: গ (Ernest Hemingway)
ব্যাখ্যা:
Other works of Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also RisesA Farewell to ArmsFor Whom the Bell TollsThe Old Man and the Sea
2
Who is the author of 'Animal Farm'?
ক Thomas More
খ Boris Pasternak
গ Charles Dickens
ঘ George Orwel
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ (George Orwel)
ব্যাখ্যা:
Animal Farm, anti - utopian satire by George Orwell, published in 1945. One of Orwell's finest works, it is a political fable based on the events of Russia's Bolshevik revolution and the betrayal of the cause by Joseph Stalin.
3
Who is the author of 'India Wins Freedom'?
ক Mahatma Gandhi
খ Abul Kalam Azad
গ Moulana Akram Khan
ঘ J. L. Nehru
সঠিক উত্তর: খ (Abul Kalam Azad)
ব্যাখ্যা:
India Wins Freedom is an enlightening account of the partition from the author, Maulana Azad's perspective. It includes his personal experiences when India became independent and his ideas on freedom and liberty.
4
Who is the poet of the 'Victorian Age'?
ক Helen Keller
খ Shakespare
গ Robert Browning
ঘ Mathew Arnold
সঠিক উত্তর: গ (Robert Browning)
ব্যাখ্যা:
Robert Browning (1812 – 89) and Alfred Tennyson (1809 – 92) was one of Victorian England's most famous poets.
5
Who is the author of 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'?
ক Charles Dickens
খ Lord Tennison
গ Ernest Hemingway
ঘ Homer
সঠিক উত্তর: গ (Ernest Hemingway)
ব্যাখ্যা:
For Whom the Bell Tolls, a novel by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1940. The title is from a sermon by John Donne containing the famous words "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main…. Any man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind.
6
'Justice delayed is justice denied' was stated by-
ক Disraeli
খ Gladstone
গ Shakespeare
ঘ Emerson
সঠিক উত্তর: খ (Gladstone)
ব্যাখ্যা:
According to Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations, it is attributable to William Ewart Gladstone, but such attribution was not verifiable. Alternatively, it may be attributed to William Penn in the form "to delay Justice is Injustice".
7
Who is the greatest modern English dramatist?
ক Verginia Woolf
খ P. B. Shelley
গ S. T. Coleridge
ঘ George Bernard Shaw
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ (George Bernard Shaw)
ব্যাখ্যা:
George Bernard Shaw (/ˈbɜːrnɑːrd/; 26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. জর্জ বার্নার্ড শ ('b3:rna:rd/; 26 জুলাই 1856 - 2 নভেম্বর 1950), তার পীড়াপীড়িতে কেবল বার্নার্ড নামে পরিচিত। শ, একজন আইরিশ নাট্যকার, সমালোচক, বিতর্কবাদী এবং রাজনৈতিক কর্মী ছিলেন। পাশ্চাত্য থিয়েটার, সংস্কৃতি এবং রাজনীতিতে তার প্রভাব 1880 এর দশক থেকে তার মৃত্যু এবং তার পরেও বিস্তৃত ছিল।
8
Who is the modern philosopher who was awarded Nobel Prize for literature?
ক James Baker
খ Bertrand Russel
গ Lenin
ঘ Dr. Kissinger
সঠিক উত্তর: খ (Bertrand Russel)
ব্যাখ্যা:
Bertrand Arthur William Russell Bertrand Russell. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate.
9
Who is the most famous satirist in English literature?
ক Alexander Pope
খ William Wordsworth
গ Bulter
ঘ Jonathan Swift
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ (Jonathan Swift)
ব্যাখ্যা:
Jonathan Swift was an Irish author and satirist. Best known for writing 'Gulliver's Travels,' he was dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.
10
'The rainbow' is-
ক a poem by Wordsworth
খ a novel by D. H. Lawrence
গ a verse by Coleridge
ঘ a short story by Somerst Maugham
সঠিক উত্তর: খ (a novel by D. H. Lawrence)
ব্যাখ্যা:
The Rainbow is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1915. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family living in Nottinghamshire, particularly focusing on the individual's struggle to growth and fulfilment within the confining strictures of English social life.
11
'Tom Jones' by Henry Fielding was first published in-
ক the 1st half of 19th century
খ the 1st half of 18th century
গ the 2nd half of 19th century
ঘ the 2nd half of 18th century
সঠিক উত্তর: খ (the 1st half of 18th century)
ব্যাখ্যা:
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is a Bildungsroman and picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London and is among the earliest English works to be classified as a novel.
12
The literary work 'Kubla Khan' is-
ক a history by Vincent Smith
খ a drama by Oscar Wilde
গ a short story by Somerst Maugham
ঘ a verse by Coleridge
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ (a verse by Coleridge)
ব্যাখ্যা:
Kubla Khan: or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment /ˌkʊblə ˈkɑːn/ is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. ... Upon waking, he set about writing lines of poetry that came to him from the dream until he was interrupted by "a person from Porlock".
13
T. S Eliot was born in-
ক Ireland
খ Wales
গ USA
ঘ England
সঠিক উত্তর: গ (USA)
ব্যাখ্যা:
T. S. Eliot Poet Image result for T. S Eliot was born in - Date of birth: September 26, 1888 Full name: Thomas Stearns Eliot Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
14
What was the real name of the great American short writer, 'O Henry'?
ক Samuel L. Clemen
খ Fitz-James O'Brien
গ William Huntington Wright
ঘ William Sydney Porter
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ (William Sydney Porter)
ব্যাখ্যা:
William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings.
15
'Paradise Lost' attempted to-
ক Justify the ways of man to God
খ Show that the Satan and God have equal power
গ Explain why good and evil are necessary
ঘ Justify the ways of God to man
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ (Justify the ways of God to man)
ব্যাখ্যা:
Paradise Lost is an attempt to make sense of a fallen world: to “justify the ways of God to men”, and no doubt to Milton himself.
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