- Chapter: The Interview
- Author: Christopher Silvester
- Number of Questions: 10
- Target: Class 12th Board Exam
Let’s Start
1. Who feels that some people are wounded by interviews and lose a part of themselves?
- V.S. Naipaul
- Lewis Carroll
- Christopher Silvester
- None of the above
See Answer
Answer: 1. V.S. Naipaul
Explanation: None
2. Who was Umberto Eco?
- A reporter
- A Scientist
- A professor
- A Writer
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Answer: 3. A professor
Explanation: Umberto Eco was a professor at the University of Bologna.
3. Who Interviewed Umberto Eco?
- Mrukund Srinivasan
- Mukund Padmanabhan
- Mrikund Padmanabhan
- Mukund Paramanand
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Answer: 2. Mukund Padmanabhan
Explanation: Mukund Padmanabhan from The Hindus interviewed Umberto Eco.
4. Umberto Eco acquired the equivalent of intellectual superstardom in 1980, with the publication of –
- The Name of the Gold
- The Fame of the Rose
- The Fame of the Gold
- The Name of the Rose
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Answer: 4. The Name of the Rose
Explanation: None
5. Umberto started writing novels at the age of –
- 22
- 50
- 25
- 40
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Answer: 2. 50
Explanation: None
6. Why was Roland Barthers always frustrated?
- For being an essayist and not a novelist
- For being a novelist and not an essayist
- For being an essayist and not a poet
- None of the above
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Answer: 1. For being an essayist and not a novelist
Explanation: None
7. Who was the creator of “Alice in Wonderland” ?
- Louis Carroll
- Lewis Carrot
- Lewis Carroll
- Louis Carrot
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Answer: 3. Lewis Carroll
Explanation: None
8. Who is known as a “Cosmopolitan” writer?
- Lewis Carroll
- V.S. Naipaul
- Louis Fischer
- Rudyard Kipling
See Answer
Answer: 2. V.S. Naipaul
Explanation: None
9. Who was known as the “poet of the common soldier” ?
- Lewis Carroll
- V.S. Naipaul
- Louis Fischer
- Rudyard Kipling
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Answer: 4. Rudyard Kipling
Explanation: None
10. Whom did H.G. Wells interviewed ?
- Joseph Stalin
- Saul Bellow
- Rudyard Kipling
- None of the mentioned
See Answer
Answer: 1. Joseph Stalin
Explanation: None