General English - Character Quotes Important Lines from the Works on Indian Authors
Exam Duration: 60 Mins Total Questions : 30
Who quarrelled with Kesavan Nair?
- (a)
Outhakkutty's servant
- (b)
Kuttuchovan's servent
- (c)
Outhakutty's uncle
- (d)
Kuttimappillai's father
Thirmalpad visited the spot and changed the lease to
- (a)
Kuttimappillai
- (b)
Outhakkutty
- (c)
Kuttichavan
- (d)
Kesavan Pillai
Kesavan Nair has been cultivating the field for the past...........
- (a)
30years
- (b)
20 years
- (c)
40 years
- (d)
10 years
The rich people had come to Vaikom for paddy cultivation from the place of.........
- (a)
Changanassery
- (b)
Cochin
- (c)
Trivandrum
- (d)
Palghat
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai was awarded the Sahitya Akademi in the year of
- (a)
1957
- (b)
1958
- (c)
1955
- (d)
1960
'Why don't you join the others, what a peculiar child you are' these lines are taken from the Indian author
- (a)
Tagore
- (b)
Kamala Surayya
- (c)
Kamala Das
- (d)
D. H. Lawrence
The schoolmates were sipping
- (a)
Suger cane
- (b)
Candy
- (c)
Cooldrinks
- (d)
Ice Cream
"There to peer through blind eyes of windows or just listen to the frozen air" - these lines are taken from the works of
- (a)
Kamala Das
- (b)
Kamala Surayya
- (c)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- (d)
R.K Narayanan
The house withdrew into ......
- (a)
silence
- (b)
noisy
- (c)
crowded
- (d)
water
While reading the sum, Swami felt as he had stepped into
- (a)
Swimming pool
- (b)
Spinning wheel
- (c)
Fearful maze
- (d)
Merry-go-round
Ten Mangoes cost
- (a)
Six annas
- (b)
Five annas
- (c)
Ten annas
- (d)
Fifteen annas
Kari was the author's best ...........
- (a)
Teacher
- (b)
Guide
- (c)
Friend
- (d)
Philosopher
Kari, the elephant stretched out his trunk like a hand to pull......
- (a)
the author
- (b)
some twigs
- (c)
water
- (d)
the drowning boy
Kari pushed the author into the...........
- (a)
village
- (b)
forest
- (c)
water
- (d)
sand
Kari needed............... a day as his food
- (a)
40 pounds of twigs
- (b)
40 kilos of rice
- (c)
40 liters of water
- (d)
40 kilos of fruits
Saruli clung to her mother when she heard the.......
- (a)
Thunder
- (b)
Music
- (c)
Sound of an animal
- (d)
Sound of wind (blowing)
When Saruli saw the rows of lofty pines stretched on the ground, got .....................
- (a)
happy
- (b)
angry
- (c)
stunned
- (d)
worried
The contractors pay a lot of money for ....... the trees
- (a)
tapping
- (b)
watering
- (c)
growing
- (d)
fertilizing
Who is the "ring leader"?
- (a)
Saruli
- (b)
D.F.O
- (c)
Lal Singh
- (d)
Jaman
"We threw away the containers" ...... told by the character named
- (a)
D.F.O
- (b)
Radha
- (c)
Jaman
- (d)
Saruli
"Happy holidays girls" said by
- (a)
Nila
- (b)
Malar
- (c)
Teacher
- (d)
Principal
The Anteater and the Dassie adapted from "Tales from Tendai's Grandmother" a collection of stories set in Zimbabwe about the animals of Africa written by
- (a)
Lakshmi Kanthan
- (b)
Parthasarthy
- (c)
Lakshmi Mukundan
- (d)
Jaya bharathy
Tha name of scaly anteater is
- (a)
Karadi
- (b)
Patholin
- (c)
Antenna
- (d)
Pangolin
Dassie is the name of an
- (a)
ant
- (b)
African rat
- (c)
Antenna
- (d)
Pangoli
In the second race, while racing down the slope, what was noticed by Dassie?
- (a)
a rubber ball rolling
- (b)
a metal ball rolling
- (c)
a iron ball rolling
- (d)
a scaly ball rolling
"There is more than one way to do a thing." Who said this to whom?
- (a)
Father's advice to Pangolin
- (b)
Pangolin to Dassie
- (c)
Dassie to Pangolin
- (d)
Father's advice to Dassie
The fresh smell of the leaves and the crackle of the wind as it blew through the tree made the butterfly feel like
- (a)
Dancing
- (b)
Rolling
- (c)
Thundering
- (d)
Humming
"You can't see the dancing dust particles unless there is a beam like me: - Who said this?
- (a)
The Sunbeam
- (b)
Butterfly
- (c)
Wind
- (d)
Tress
What makes these planets and atoms move?
- (a)
Water
- (b)
Light
- (c)
Air
- (d)
Energy
The Neem Tree Story was narrated by
- (a)
Lakshmi Mukuntan
- (b)
Indira Anantha Krishnan
- (c)
Dr. Neeraja Raghavan
- (d)
R.K. Narayan