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DU PHD in MILLS

Topic:- DU_J18_PHD_MILLS

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  1. Jonathan Dallimore is associated with [Question ID = 19316]
    1. Futurism [Option ID = 47256]
    2. Structuralist Marxism [Option ID = 47258]
    3. Cultural Materialism [Option ID = 47255]
    4. Reader-Response Theory [Option ID = 47257]

    Correct Answer :-

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    Cultural Materialism [Option ID = 47255]

  2. The devotional poets known as „Alwars" and „Nayanmars" emerged in [Question ID = 19315]
    1. Kashmir [Option ID = 47253]
    2. South India [Option ID = 47251]
    3. Manipur [Option ID = 47254]
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    5. Rajasthan [Option ID = 47252]

    Correct Answer :-

    South India [Option ID = 47251]

  3. The first major modern Malayalam novel was [Question ID = 19339]
    1. C.V. Raman Pillai"s Marthanda varma [Option ID = 47350]
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    3. K.M. Panikkar's Kerala Simham [Option ID = 47347]
    4. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai's Chemmeen [Option ID = 47349]
    5. Chandu Menon"s Indulekha [Option ID = 47348]

    Correct Answer :-

    Chandu Menon"s Indulekha [Option ID = 47348]

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  4. The first feminist text in Tamil was [Question ID = 19308]
    1. Mannil Ciruther [Option ID = 47223]
    2. Kothai Theevu [Option ID = 47224]
    3. Thunaivi [Option ID = 47226]
    4. Paanjali Sabadam [Option ID = 47225]
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    Correct Answer :-

    Kothai Theevu [Option ID = 47224]

  5. The person who made a film version of Premchand"s Shatranj Ke Khiladi is [Question ID = 19305]
    1. Shyam Benegal [Option ID = 47212]
    2. Girish Karnad [Option ID = 47214]
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    4. Sai Paranjpe [Option ID = 47211]
    5. Satyajit Ray [Option ID = 47213]

    Correct Answer :-

    Satyajit Ray [Option ID = 47213]

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  7. The Last Supper is a subject of which novel? [Question ID = 19352]
    1. Angels and Demons [Option ID = 47322]
    2. The Bourne Inheritance [Option ID = 47319]
    3. The Da Vinci Code [Option ID = 47320]
    4. The Trotternamah [Option ID = 47321]

    Correct Answer :-

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    The Da Vinci Code [Option ID = 47320]

  8. To mark the 25th Anniversary of the Man Booker Prize for fiction, a special Booker of Bookers Prize was awarded in 1993 to [Question ID = 19342]
    1. Amitav Ghosh [Option ID = 47359]
    2. V.S. Naipaul [Option ID = 47362]
    3. Vikram Seth [Option ID = 47361]
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    5. Salman Rushdie [Option ID = 47360]

    Correct Answer :-

    Salman Rushdie [Option ID = 47360]

  9. The first modern era of Hindi literature is known to be the [Question ID = 19310]
    1. Bhartendu period [Option ID = 47234]
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    3. Dwivedi period [Option ID = 47231]
    4. Pragativaad [Option ID = 47233]
    5. Chhayavaad [Option ID = 47232]

    Correct Answer :-

    Bhartendu period [Option ID = 47234]

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  10. The first Chinese translations of poems from the Gitanjali were by [Question ID = 19335]
    1. Lu Hsun [Option ID = 47331]
    2. Chen Duxiu [Option ID = 47334]
    3. Dong Youchen [Option ID = 47333]
    4. Zhong Shaoli [Option ID = 47332]
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    Correct Answer :-

    Lu Hsun [Option ID = 47331]

    Chen Duxiu [Option ID = 47334]

    Dong Youchen [Option ID = 47333]

    Zhong Shaoli [Option ID = 47332]

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  11. Jnanesvari is a famous [Question ID = 19345]
    1. Avadhi Commentary of Ramcharitmanas [Option ID = 47371]
    2. Marathi exposition of Bhagavad Gita [Option ID = 47373]
    3. Autobiography of Marathi saint poet Jnanesvara [Option ID = 47374]
    4. Hindi translation of Mahabharata [Option ID = 47372]
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    Correct Answer :-

    Marathi exposition of Bhagavad Gita [Option ID = 47373]

  12. Meitei is the official language of [Question ID = 19307]
    1. Arunachal Pradesh [Option ID = 47222]
    2. Nagaland [Option ID = 47220]
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    4. Manipur [Option ID = 47219]
    5. Tripura [Option ID = 47221]

    Correct Answer :-

    Manipur [Option ID = 47219]

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  14. Aayatollah Khomeini had declared a „fatwa" on [Question ID - 19347]
    1. Amitav Ghosh for River of Smoke [Option ID = 47382]
    2. Salman Rushdie for the Satanic Verses [Option ID = 47381]
    3. Salman Rushdie for Midnight's Children [Option ID = 47380]
    4. Arundhati Ray for God of Small Things [Option ID = 47379]

    Correct Answer :-

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    Salman Rushdie for the Satanic Verses [Option ID = 47381]

  15. Tulsidas wrote the Ramacaritamanas in [Question ID = 19322]
    1. Awadhi [Option ID = 47279]
    2. Maithili [Option ID = 47282]
    3. Brajbhasha [Option ID = 47280]
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    5. Hindawi [Option ID = 47281]

    Correct Answer :-

    Awadhi [Option ID = 47279]

  16. Who among the following prophets is known as the son of God? [Question ID = 19311]
    1. Mahavira [Option ID = 47238]
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    3. Muhammad [Option ID = 47236]
    4. Jesus Christ [Option ID = 47237]
    5. Gautam Buddha [Option ID = 47235]

    Correct Answer :-

    Jesus Christ [Option ID = 47237]

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  17. Who is the author of Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature? [Question ID = 19325]
    1. Aristotle [Option ID = 47291]
    2. Erich Auerbach [Option ID = 47292]
    3. Plato [Option ID = 47293]
    4. Longinus [Option ID = 47294]
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    Correct Answer :-

    Erich Auerbach [Option ID = 47292]

  18. Who discusses "Reception Aesthetics" in Comparative Literature [Question ID = 19299]
    1. Hyppolite Taine [Option ID = 47187]
    2. Anna Balakian [Option ID = 47188]
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    4. Robert Spiller [Option ID = 47189]
    5. J.T. Shaw [Option ID = 47190]

    Correct Answer :-

    Robert Spiller [Option ID = 47189]

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  20. The Pulitzer Prize is administered by [Question ID = 19340]
    1. University of Toronto, Canada [Option ID = 47355]
    2. Stanford University, USA [Option ID = 47353]
    3. Oxford University, UK [Option ID = 47351]
    4. Columbia University, USA [Option ID = 47357]

    Correct Answer :-

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    University of Toronto, Canada [Option ID = 47355]

    Stanford University, USA [Option ID = 47353]

    Oxford University, UK [Option ID = 47351]

    Columbia University, USA [Option ID = 47357]

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  22. Akam and Puram are the unique features of [Question ID = 19312]
    1. Sangam Literature [Option ID = 47240]
    2. Love Poetry [Option ID = 47241]
    3. Heroic Poetry [Option ID = 47242]
    4. Bhakti Poetry [Option ID = 47239]

    Correct Answer :-

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    Sangam Literature [Option ID = 47240]

  23. When two or more successive footnotes refer to the same work which one of the following citation term is used? [Question ID = 19304]
    1. op.cit [Option ID = 47209]
    2. Loc.cit. [Option ID = 47210]
    3. et.al [Option ID = 47208]
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    5. ibid [Option ID = 47207]

    Correct Answer :-

    ibid [Option ID = 47207]

  24. Krishna Sobti who was honoured with the Jnanpeeth Award in 2017 was born in [Question ID = 19306]
    1. Kashmir [Option ID = 47217]
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    3. Gujrat, Pakistan [Option ID = 47216]
    4. Maharashtra [Option ID = 47218]
    5. West Bengal [Option ID = 47215]

    Correct Answer :-

    Gujrat, Pakistan [Option ID = 47216]

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  25. Evam Indrajit is [Question ID = 19331]
    1. A novel by Munshi Prem Chand [Option ID = 47317]
    2. A short story by Rabindranath [Option ID = 47315]
    3. A play by Girish Karnad [Option ID = 47316]
    4. A play by Badal Sarkar [Option ID = 47318]
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    Correct Answer :-

    A play by Badal Sarkar [Option ID = 47318]

  26. ICSSR stands for [Question ID = 19330]
    1. Inter National Council for Social Science Research [Option ID = 47314]
    2. Indian Council for Social Science Research [Option ID = 47313]
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    4. Indian Council for Survey and Research [Option ID = 47311]
    5. Indian Council for strategic Research [Option ID = 47312]

    Correct Answer :-

    Indian Council for Social Science Research [Option ID = 47313]

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  28. What is the relationship between ISBD and cataloguing codes? [Question ID = 19301]
    1. ISBD can replace cataloguing rules [Option ID = 47198]
    2. They are not related at all [Option ID = 47195]
    3. Cataloguing codes will include bibliographic description [Option ID = 47196]
    4. ISBD includes cataloguing rules [Option ID = 47197]

    Correct Answer :-

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    Cataloguing codes will include bibliographic description [Option ID = 47196]

  29. The aesthetician who assigns to „Dhvani" a supreme position in poetry and at the same time emphasizes the significance of „Vakrokti" is [Question ID = 19300]
    1. Asvaghoa [Option ID = 47192]
    2. Bhoja [Option ID = 47194]
    3. Kuntaka [Option ID = 47193]
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    5. Bhavabhuti [Option ID = 47191]

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  30. Identify the writer of Kafka on the Shore. [Question ID = 19346]
    1. Yukio Mishima [Option ID = 47376]
    2. Kobo Abe [Option ID = 47378]
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    4. Hideo Oguma [Option ID = 47377]
    5. Haruki Murakami [Option ID = 47375]

    Correct Answer :-

    Haruki Murakami [Option ID = 47375]

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  32. Identify the Tamil short story writer whose story "Sapa Vimochanam" is cited as a remarkable example of the rendition of the Ahalya episode from the "Balakanda" of the Ramayana, as part of the focus on the subalterns in modern Tamil fiction. [Question ID = 19350]
    1. Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan [Option ID = 47391]
    2. Mouni [Option ID = 47394]
    3. Thi Janakiraman [Option ID = 47392]
    4. Pudumaippithan [Option ID = 47393]

    Correct Answer :-

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    Pudumaippithan [Option ID = 47393]

  33. The methodology of analogical study was advocated by the [Question ID = 19348]
    1. American school of comparative literature [Option ID = 47384]
    2. Russian school of comparative literature [Option ID = 47385]
    3. German school of comparative literature [Option ID = 47386]
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    5. French school of comparative literature [Option ID = 47383]

    Correct Answer :-

    American school of comparative literature [Option ID = 47384]

  34. Reorganise the following steps of descriptive research in a correct sequence: (a) Collection and processing of data (b) Interpretation of results (c) Identification of a problem (d) Drawing conclusions (e) Drafting of the report (f) Formulation of hypothesis [Question ID = 19344]
    1. fcaebd [Option ID = 47368]
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    3. fcabde [Option ID = 47367]
    4. cfaebd [Option ID = 47369]
    5. cfabde [Option ID = 47370]

    Correct Answer :-

    cfabde [Option ID = 47370]

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  35. Arrange the following books in order in which they appeared. Use the code given below: I. Anand Math II. Umrao Jan Ada III. Godan IV. Indulekha [Question ID = 19343]
    1. IV, I, III, II [Option ID = 47364]
    2. III, II, I, IV [Option ID = 47366]
    3. II, IV, I, III [Option ID = 47365]
    4. I, IV, II, III [Option ID = 47363]
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    Correct Answer :-

    I, IV, II, III [Option ID = 47363]

  36. Which one of the following is not a type of Descriptive Research method? [Question ID = 19302]
    1. Survey [Option ID = 47201]
    2. Developmental study [Option ID = 47202]
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    4. Case-Study [Option ID = 47200]
    5. Observational Method [Option ID = 47199]

    Correct Answer :-

    Developmental study [Option ID = 47202]

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  38. Which one of the following references is written as per Modern Language Association (MLA) format? [Question ID = 19329]
    1. Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (1996, p. 271). [Option ID = 47307]
    2. Aers and Stanley (1996) stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (p. 271). [Option ID = 47309]
    3. Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" (271) of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion [Option ID = 47310]
    4. Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (271). [Option ID = 47308]

    Correct Answer :-

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    Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (271). [Option ID = 47308]

  39. Which of the following words is not an acceptable translation of the term „rasa"? [Question ID = 19327]
    1. Beauty [Option ID = 47302]
    2. Desire [Option ID = 47300]
    3. Flavour [Option ID = 47301]
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    5. Truth [Option ID = 47299]

    Correct Answer :-

    Truth [Option ID = 47299]

  40. "Haiku" is traditional Japanese [Question ID = 19317]
    1. Poem [Option ID = 47260]
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    3. One-act play [Option ID = 47261]
    4. Fable [Option ID = 47259]
    5. Short story [Option ID = 47262]

    Correct Answer :-

    Poem [Option ID = 47260]

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  41. "Bezbaroar Kal" is considered a distinct literary period in the history of [Question ID = 19320]
    1. Oriya literature [Option ID = 47273]
    2. Gujarati literature [Option ID = 47274]
    3. Bangla literature [Option ID = 47271]
    4. Ahomiya literature [Option ID = 47272]
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    Correct Answer :-

    Ahomiya literature [Option ID = 47272]

  42. Identify the true statement from the following [Question ID = 19324]
    1. The Neo-classical "movement" in literature had its origins in France and from there it spread to countries like England and Germany. [Option ID = 47290]
    2. Neo-classicism was confined to France [Option ID = 47288]
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    4. Neo-classicism originated in Germany. [Option ID = 47287]
    5. Neo-classicism came to England via Germany. [Option ID = 47289]

    Correct Answer :-

  43. A critic who compares Valmiki's Ramayana and Tulsi Das" Ram Charit Manas as literary epics is doing [Question ID = 19314]
    1. a Myth study [Option ID = 47247]
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    3. an Archetypal study [Option ID = 47249]
    4. a Synchronic study [Option ID = 47248]
    5. a Diachronic study [Option ID = 47250]

    Correct Answer :-

    a Diachronic study [Option ID = 47250]

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  44. Hermeneutics is the study of [Question ID = 19319]
    1. Interpretation [Option ID = 47270]
    2. Theory [Option ID = 47269]
    3. Spirituality [Option ID = 47267]
    4. Linguistics [Option ID = 47268]
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    Correct Answer :-

    Interpretation [Option ID = 47270]

  45. Which Tamil poet, among the following, wrote a long poem focusing on the episode of the disrobing of Draupathi in the Mahabharata? [Question ID = 19334]
    1. Bharathidasan [Option ID = 47329]
    2. Vinayagam Pillai [Option ID = 47330]
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    4. Kannadasan [Option ID = 47328]
    5. Subramanya Bharathi [Option ID = 47327]

    Correct Answer :-

    Subramanya Bharathi [Option ID = 47327]

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  47. Therukkoothu is the folk art form in [Question ID = 19321]
    1. Oriya [Option ID = 47275]
    2. Tamil [Option ID = 47276]
    3. Malayalam [Option ID = 47277]
    4. Konkani [Option ID = 47278]

    Correct Answer :-

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    Tamil [Option ID = 47276]

  48. Who among the following uses the metaphor - a monument in the making - about world literature? [Question ID = 19336]
    1. Herder [Option ID = 47338]
    2. Tagore [Option ID = 47337]
    3. Geoethe [Option ID = 47335]
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    5. Bankim Chatterjee [Option ID = 47336]

    Correct Answer :-

    Tagore [Option ID = 47337]

  49. Who among the following first enunciated the idea of a pre-history of comparative literature in India? [Question ID = 19337]
    1. Indra Nath Chaudhary [Option ID = 47340]
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    3. Sisir Kumar Das [Option ID = 47339]
    4. K.M. George [Option ID = 47342]
    5. A.K. Ramanujan [Option ID = 47341]

    Correct Answer :-

    Sisir Kumar Das [Option ID = 47339]

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  50. Who among the following writers was not a part of the Progressive Movement in Indian Literature? [Question ID = 19333]
    1. Premchand [Option ID = 47323]
    2. K.A. Abbas [Option ID = 47326]
    3. Basheer [Option ID = 47324]
    4. Nirmal Verma [Option ID = 47325]
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    Correct Answer :-

    Nirmal Verma [Option ID = 47325]

  51. Ismat Chughtai is a celebrated writer. [Question ID = 19349]
    1. Marathi [Option ID = 47390]
    2. Hindi [Option ID = 47388]
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    4. Urdu [Option ID = 47387]
    5. Gujarati [Option ID = 47389]

    Correct Answer :-

    Urdu [Option ID = 47387]

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  53. In An Autobiography: My Experiments with Truth, Gandhi mentions one of these texts as a distinct influence. Identify the text [Question ID = 19328]
    1. Ruskin, Unto This Last [Option ID = 47304]
    2. Thoreau, Walden [Option ID = 47303]
    3. Arnold, Culture and Anarchy [Option ID = 47305]
    4. Carlyle, Sartor Resartus [Option ID = 47306]

    Correct Answer :-

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    Ruskin, Unto This Last [Option ID = 47304]

  54. In the process of conducting research "Formulation of Hypothesis" is followed by [Question ID = 19303]
    1. Analysis of Data [Option ID = 47204]
    2. Statement of Objectives [Option ID = 47203]
    3. Collection of Data [Option ID = 47206]
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    5. Selection of Research Tools [Option ID = 47205]

    Correct Answer :-

    Collection of Data [Option ID = 47206]

  55. Identify the popular performing art form which is not from India [Question ID = 19326]
    1. Kabuki [Option ID = 47297]
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    3. Jatra [Option ID = 47296]
    4. Nautanki [Option ID = 47298]
    5. Tamasha [Option ID = 47295]

    Correct Answer :-

    Kabuki [Option ID = 47297]

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  56. Identify the set that has the correct chronological order [Question ID = 19323]
    1. Voltaire, Cervantes, Mark Twain, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47285]
    2. Voltaire, Mark Twain, Cervantes, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47286]
    3. Cervantes, Voltaire, Mark Twain, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47284]
    4. Cervantes, Voltaire, Günter Grass, Mark Twain [Option ID = 47283]
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    Correct Answer :-

    Voltaire, Cervantes, Mark Twain, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47285]

    Voltaire, Mark Twain, Cervantes, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47286]

    Cervantes, Voltaire, Mark Twain, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47284]

    Cervantes, Voltaire, Günter Grass, Mark Twain [Option ID = 47283]

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  57. Which religion does not believe in God as creator of this universe? [Question ID = 19313]
    1. Islam [Option ID = 472461
    2. Christianity [Option ID = 47245]
    3. Sikhism [Option ID = 47243]
    4. Jainism [Option ID = 47244]
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    Correct Answer :-

    Jainism [Option ID = 47244]

  58. The tradition of the picaresque novel in Europe was born during the [Question ID = 19318]
    1. Medieval period [Option ID = 47263]
    2. Neo-classical period [Option ID = 47266]
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    4. Renaissance period [Option ID = 47264]
    5. Romantic period [Option ID = 47265]

    Correct Answer :-

    Renaissance period [Option ID = 47264]

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  60. Other than Kerala, Malayalam

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