1. THE PACE FOR LIVING
-R. C. Hutchinson
1) “The Pace for Living” is written by ………………..
a) Aung San Suu Kyi
b) Toni Morrison
c) R. C. Hutchinson
d) Satyajit Ray
Answer: - (c)
2) Where did the writer of ‘The pace for living’ watch the play?
a) Dubai
b) Dublin
c) Delhi
d) London
Answer: - (b)
3) R. C. Hutchinson was ……………
a) American Novelist
b) British Novelist
c) French Novelist
d) Italian Novelist
Answer: - (b)
4) The main character in “Pace for Living” , which the author saw was a/an ……………. Corn merchant.
a) Elderly
b) Handicapped
c) Young
d) Diabetic
Answer: - (a)
5) The author admits that quick travel does not give the traveler the real …………… of travel.
a) Pains
b) Pleasure
c) Living
d) Holiday
Answer: - (b)
6) In “The Pace for Living”, the writer captures the agony of ……………… man.
a) Modern
b) Ancient
c) Future
d) Uncivilized
Answer: - (a)
7) Where the author saw a play in which a corn-merchant was the chief character?
a) Budapest
b) Milan
c) Dublin
d) Conteburry
Answer: - (c)
8) Who had the fantastic notion of spending E 10 on a holiday?
a) Son of corn-merchant
b) Daughter of corn-merchant
c) Father of corn-merchant
d) Wife of corn-merchant
Answer: - (d)
9) Who was cheating the corn-merchant?
a) His Son
b) His Nephew
c) His Daughter
d) His Wife
Answer: - (b)
10) Who did like fast travelling?
a) The corn-merchant
b) The wife of corn-merchant
c) The author
d) None of these
Answer: - (c)
11) Who didn’t dislike the rapid movement of life?
a) Corn-merchant
b) Nephew of corn-merchant
c) The author
d) Wife of corn-merchant
Answer: - (c)
12) Which word in the passage stands for worship?
a) Adore
b) Esprit
c) Despair
d) Escapiert
Answer: - (a)
13) Which tribe did the author belong?
a) Fast thinkers
b) Slow thinkers
c) Steady thinkers
d) None of these
Answer: - (b)
14) How many girls were in film?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
Answer: - (b)
15) The main character in the play which the author saw was a/an ……………. Corn-merchant.
a) Elderly
b) Handicapped
c) Young
d) Diabetic
Answer: - (a)
16) Slow thinkers have a disadvantage when It comes to earning a ……………
a) Car
b) Factory
c) Living
d) Holiday
Answer: - (c)
17) Who was a man of many anxieties and had a dicky heart?
a) R. C. Hutchinson
b) Corn-merchant
c) The nephew of the corn-merchant
d) The wife of the corn-merchant
Answer: - (b)
18) Who exhibits an exceptional flair for touching the sensitive issues of the contemporary society?
a) William cowper
b) Joan lexau
c) Walter de la mare
d) R. C. Hutchinson
Answer: - (d)
19) What was the most enchanting line in the play?
a) Now that’s too much
b) Now that’s too fast
c) Is this the same girl as the one we saw at the beginning?
d) I’esprit de I’ escaliert
Answer: - (b)
20) The man’s complaint was so gloriously irrelevant to his
a) Own character
b) Own mind
c) Own situation
d) Own country
Answer: - (c)
21) The speaker goes in a car at ……………..
a) Nineteen miles an hour
b) Fourteen miles an hour
c) Sixteen miles an hour
d) Ninety miles an hour
Answer: - (d)
22) The elderly corn-merchant was a man of ………….
a) Wealth
b) Property
c) Anxieties
d) Discky
Answer: - (c)
23) The lrish get a sublte truth by the most unlikely………………
a) Approaches
b) Reproaches
c) Illustration
d) Comic
Answer: - (a)
24) To dine in London and …………… in New York next day seems to me most satisfactory experiences.
a) Dinner
b) Breakfast
c) Toast
d) Lunch
Answer: - (d)
25) Slow thinkers are terribly …………….. in the business of getting a living.
a) Capped
b) Handicapped
c) Disabled
d) Tortured
Answer: - (b)
26) All the tests, today are designed to measure …………….
a) The speed of a bus
b) The speed of a train
c) The speed of a mind
d) None of these
Answer: - (c)
27) The chief character of the play was
a) Dublin
b) An elderly corn-merchant
c) An old woman
d) Narrator
Answer: - (b)
28) Altogether the pace of life was getting too much for
a) The narrator
b) Dublin
c) Corn-merchant
d) The girls
Answer: - (c)
29) The agony of modern man is captured by
a) Dublin
b) Joan lexau
c) R. C. Hutchinson
d) The corn-merchant
Answer: - (c)
30) The speaker adores the machines the hurl one about at
a) Dublin
b) Rapid movement
c) Now York
d) Battersea
Answer: - (d)
31) The elderly corn-merchant lived in
a) Dublin
b) A small lrish country town
c) England
d) A big lrish country town
Answer: - (b)
32) Who was a man of many anxieties?
a) The narrator himself
b) The elderly corn-merchant
c) The corn-merchant’s nephew
d) The corn-merchant’s wife
Answer: - (b)
33) To dine in London and lunch in new York next day seems to the narrator
a) Too fast
b) A superficial sense of drama
c) Too slow
d) A most satisfactory experience
Answer: - (d)
34) Those who do not think fast in the high street nowadays may not get another chance in this world to
a) Think slow
b) Think fast
c) Think very fast
d) Think at all
Answer: - (d)
