Pakistani English Literature ( B ) Mcqs For BS/MA/MS/MPHIL/Phd..
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Ice candy man
1.Adi and Lenny sat on broken wall and discussed childish things.
2.Electric aunt’s and Godmothers house also flashed with sharp and efficient cutting implements.
3.Pathan was a knife sharpener.
4.pathan name was Sharbat khan.
5.Sharbat khan and Ayah talked about political tension in the country.
6. Sharbat khan told Ayah big trouble in colcutta and Delhi.
7. Sharbat khan used to come to Lenny’s house to see Ayah on his bicycle.
8. Lenny went to Mrs. pens house for her tution.
9. Mrs. pen’s house was on Jail Road.
10. Lenny stole three jars from Rosy’s house.
11. Gandhi visited Lahore.
Gandhi talked about the diseases prevailing in India.
12. Lenny’s mother told Gandhi about the problems of her digestive system.
13. Gandhi advised to Lanny’s mother use plain lukewarm water.
14.Lenny was seven when she could look into the hearts and minds of people.
15. Lenny’s cousin said Sikh did not cut their hairs and they become mentally deficient at noon.
16. Ice candy man appeared in the Queen Garden in the form of
Lunatic holy man .
17. The bearded man gave the holy man two silver rupees.
18. Ayah with Lenny was among her admirers in the Queen Garden in spring days of April.
Bingo
1).Author name of "Bingo"
Tariq Rehman
2).He received early education from
Army Burn Hall School Abbotabad
3) He joind as an officer
Pakistan Army in armoured corps
4)He did his graduation at
Peshawar University
5)He was against
6)He wrote "Bingo"
1974
7)According to author "Bingo" is entirely
Fiction
8)He resigned from army
1978
9)He went to Britain for
higher study on British Council scholarship
10)He did his Ph.D in English literature from
University of Sheffield
11)He did his M.Litt in Linguestic from
University of Strathclyde
12)He has been guest professor at the University of
Aarhus in Denmark
13)He published over
82 Articles, 15 books, 4 encyclopedia articles, 26 contributions to books and 15 books reviews
14)His book language and politics in Pakistan (1996) has been given
Two awarded by government of Pakistan
15)His other famous book
"Language, idealogy and power (2002)"
16)In 1990 he wrote
"A History Pakistani Literature in English"
17)His most recent book is titled Denizens of Allien Worlds
"A study of education, inequality and polarization in Pakistan (2002)"
18)His short story include
"Legacy and other short stories" (1989)
19) He wrote
"work and other short stories (1991)
20)He also wrote
" Zoo and other short stories (1997)
21) Tariq Rehman is Director of NIPS since
June 2007
22) Tariq Rehman completed his P.H.D in..
Sociolinguistics
23) Safeer and Tajassur were cadets at
Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Abbotabad
24) Tajassur was from
Dacca, Bangladesh
25) After completing their training course both Safeer and Tajassur were order to report to
Eastern Command Head Quarter Dacca
26) Tajassur was scolded by Adjutant for
Misbehaving with CO
27) Tajassur said, 'If it(bravery) is used to oppress..
It is evil
28) Being humilated on the hands of the Adjultant Tajassur
Deserted Pak-Army
29) rebel Bingo groups were part of
Mukti Bahini
30) During the operation against rebels groups Safeer
Got got caught by enemies and sentenced to death
31) Who helped Safeer escape from prison
Tajassur
32) The rank of Tajassur in Bangladesh Army wa
Captain
33) Tajassur shifted Safeer
To his home
34) When they tried to escape to Dacca
Pakistani Commandos attacked them
35) For Safeer's safety, Tajassur's mother
Put a Talisman around his neck
36) Seeing Tajassur's mother in agony
Safeer shoot her
Kamla Shamsie’s Salt and Saffron
1:Contemporary ideologies have arisen to challenge traditional ones mainly because...
a) traditional ideologies bear no relevance to contemporary circumstances.
b) traditional ideologies were too optimistic in their assumptions about human nature.
c) traditional ideologies are vulnerable to the criticism that they rested on far-reaching 'narratives' which over-simplify our complex world.
d) people are no longer as interested in politics as they used to be.
2:Postmodernists typically argue that...
a) 'Universalist' narratives which attempt to explain the world are invariably false
b) The world is socially constructed in a variety of ways
c) Differences of viewpoint should be celebrated not deplored
d) All of the above
3:All liberal feminists advocate...
a) the banning of sexually-explicit imagery.
b) abortion on demand.
c) equal treatment in the public sphere.
d) the strict segregation of the sexes.
4:The idea that feminist goals cannot be realized without the destruction of economic inequalities is associated with...
a) liberal feminism.
b) socialist feminism.
c) radical feminism.
d) postmodernism.
5:Why is postmodernism attractive to some feminists?
a) Both positions tend to be supported with a large quantity of pretentious jargon.
b) Postmodernists provide a vision for a more equal world.
c) Postmodernists are useful allies in campaigns of civil disobedience.
d) Postmodernism emphasizes difference and variety, as well as highlighting the importance of the private and the personal.
6:Why should environmentalism be distinguished from ecologism?
a) The latter has a more realistic view of the challenges facing the world.
b) The first argues for piecemeal change, while the second urges radical change.
c) Environmentalists are full-hearted supporters of economic growth, regardless of the cost.
d) Ecologists prefer plants to human beings.
7:Environmental reformism is based on...
a) an anthropocentric view of the world.
b) an apoplectic view of the world.
c) the view that the non-human parts of nature are of primary importance
d) the view that claims about climate change have been seriously exaggerated.
8:Why have Liberals found it difficult to embrace multiculturalism?
a) It denies that the state can be a neutral arbiter of disputes.
b) It denies that minorities can have rights.
c) It implies the toleration of certain illiberal practices.
d) It seeks to impose religious uniformity.
9:Islamic fundamentalism can accurately be described as...
a) a uniquely violent and barbaric movement.
b) a 'modern' movement which is opposed to modernity.
c) a movement without rational or constructive political goals.
d) a purely religious phenomenon.
10:Many critics see similarities between the tenets of Futurism and which of the following political philosophies ?
Marxism
Fascism
Democracy
Libertarianism
11:What is the meaning of disillusionment?
Obtaining the American Dream To be disappointed in something that is not as good as you had hoped To conform to tradition To be optimistic in a world full of cynics
12: What is NOT an aspect of the American Dream?
Progress is something that must happen The ultimate triumph of the self-reliant individual There are endless opportunities Respect for the mysterious working of the subconscious mind
13: What did modern writers NOT decide to make new?
Symbols Styles Subjects Themes
14:To be infallible, one is:
capable of making mistakes or being wrong subject to the laws of the universe foolhardy incapable of making mistakes or being wrong
Pakistani literature in Urdu
1. Who is a distinguished Urdu and Punjabi poet portrays a disclosed man
a. Munir Niazi b. Asfaq Ahmad
b. Hameed Akhtar. d. Ahmad Faraz
2. _____ was an effective form of expression in Urdu literature
a. Poetry b. Novel
b. Prose c.fiction
3. How many novels are there came out in protest literature
a. Three. b. Two
b. Four. d. One
4. Name of two novels are in protest literature
a. The garden of delight & The wall b. Chalta Musafir
b. Chalta Musafir d. Salma Awan
5. 5.Who led the political protest in Urdu poetry.
a. Habib jalib & Ahmad faraz b. Munir Niazi
b. Intezar Hussain d. None
6. In social and political area of fiction writing , Ashfaq Ahmad Gardaria came out in
a. 1954. B. 1964
b. 1950. d. 1963
7. In his serial of T.v plays Tota Kahani and Air Daramay in
a. 1985-1987 b.1984-1986
b. 1983-1985 d. 1936-1936
8. Who made use of erotic ghazal language for interpreting socio- political reality.
a. Mushtaq Ahmad c.Munir Niazi
b. Faiz Ahmad Faiz d. Mumtaz qazmi
9. Mumtaz Mufti (1996) is the famous for his short stories based on ______.
a. Historical fiction b. Psychological realism
b. Political reality d. None
10. Faiz Ahmad Faiz brought out his collection “Mavra” in
a. 1950 b. 1940
b. 1949. d. 1955
11. Rasheed's La Mussari insaan was published in
a. 1969. b. 1970
b. 1968. d. 1963
12. Rasheed poetry is _____ with reference to both content and treatment
a. Fictional b. Metaphysical
b. Psychological. d. Political
13. In these theories Freud and Darwin presented in earlier part of the
a. 18th century. b. 19th century
b. 20th century. d. None
14. His poems “israfeel ki maut” and ______ are really great poems.
a. Safar Nama b. Basti
b. The wall d. The Gardner
15. Who is the prominent poet of Urdu literature.
a. Faiz Ahmad Faiz b. Mushtaq Ahmad
b. Wazir Aga. d. Hameed Akhtar
16. Wazir Aga has also incorporated _____ concept in his poetry and has treated them rationality.
a. Psychological. b. Scientific
b. Historical. d. Historical
17. Nazir kazmi 1972 was a powerful _________.
a. Ghazal poet b. Nobelist
b. Prose writer. d. Dramatist
18. His Ghazal is memory based and its pathos emerges from recollection of the
a. Modern way. b. Past association
i. Reality. d. None
19. In ______ Muhammad Hassan Askari said that literature In Pakistan had become victim.
a. 1950 b. 1951
b. 1959. d. 1960
20. In 1960 ______ was published .
a. Askari's Ziyada ya Badban. b. The wall
b. Daste soos. d. None
21. Who says that Askari view was a calculated commentary on the western influence.
a. Gilani kamran b. Nasir kazmi
b. Intezar Hussain. d. Hassan Askari
22. Hassan Askari book ______ was published in 1979
a. Jadidiyat b. The wall
b. Nai Nazam. d. None
23. Anis Nagi scheme of writing moves forward in the form of ______ in 1984.
a. Bano Qudsia’s Raja Gidh b. Tanhai ka safar
b. None
24. Mahmud wajid collection of short stories mausam ka Masiha was published in
a. 1987. b. 1988
b. 1989 d. 1990
Wedding in the Flood
• The author name of the “ wedding in the flood” …………
Taufiq Rafat
• Taufiq Rafat was born in…….
Sialkot
• the birth place of famous Pakistani poet ……
Mohammad Iqbal and Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
• He got education at ……….
Dehra Dan Aligarh in Lahore.
• Rafat revolutionized Pakistani poetry in…….
English.
• Dr. Tariq Rahman says that Rafat concern with a…….
Pakistani idiom
• What is the name of legendary character , whom poet translate his work from Punjabi to English his ow birthpalce?
Puran Bhagat
• Rafat started to published his poems in……
1947
• In which magazines most of his poem were published?
Literary magazines of the sixties and seventies.
• Perspectives , Vision and Pakistani Quarterly these poems were published in …….
Karachi
• What is the name of poem was published in Lahore?
Pakistani review
• Taufiq Rafat work was highly regarded……..
Best anthologies of Pakistani poetry in English
• Rafat poems are full of ………imagery
. Vivid
• Wedding in the flood is a ………….poem on a grand scale.
Tragic comedy
• First voices poem was published in……..
1965
• Pieces of Eight poem was published in ………
1971
• Wordfall poem was published in…….
. 1975
• What is the name of play written in the verse form?
The Foothold
• The foothold play was performed by the Government college Dramatic Club in…….
Lahore
• Give the name of the poets whose works are criticize.
. Kaleem Omar, Athar Tahir and Shuja Nawaz.
• His major work The Arrival of the Monsoon was published in …..
1947
• The collected poem was published in …..
1978
• In 1982 Rafat translated a Punjabi poet……..
Bulleh Shah and Qadir yar’s
• Puran Bhagat work translated into lyrical English in…..
1983
• The poet has presented very vivid slice life in …….
Rural Punjab.
• How many figurative speech are used in this poem?
6
• The poem present the. ……. picture of the society
Real
• Wedding in Pakistan is important right rather than an………
Institution
• Poet present a number of marked cultural and ………..acts in the poem
Traditional
• Whom present first in the poem?
. Bride mother
• What was the condition of weather present in the poem?
. Rainy
• What was the theme of the poem?
Present the tradition and thought of Pakistani people
• What kind of conveyance/transport was used for the bride in the poem ?
Pala keen
• What happened at the end of the poem?
All passengers are drown in the Stromy waves
• Which side of human character poet present in former case?
Destiny
• What is the reason of started rain during the wedding in the poem
Pots licking