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Identify The Author With The Short Story
Identify the Author with the short story ( PART- C )
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Question 1 |
Match the short stories with the authors:
Column A | Column B |
(a) Swami and the Sam | 1. Mackinlay Kantor |
(b) Sam | 2. Rex Coker |
(c) A man who had no eyes | 3. Tammy Ruggles |
(d) A Close Encounter | 4. R.K. Narayan |
4 1 3 2 | |
1 3 4 2 | |
4 3 1 2 | |
1 3 2 4 |
Question 2 |
Identify the author with the story
Column A | Column B |
(a) Susannah Hickling | 1. The Face of Judas Iscariot |
(b) Rex Coker | 2. The Piano Lesson |
(c) Bonnie Chamberlin | 3. Swept Away |
(d) Rob Reilly | 4. A Close Encounter |
4 1 3 2 | |
1 3 4 2 | |
3 4 1 2 | |
1 3 2 4 |
Question 3 |
Match the name of the authors in Column A with their work in Column B and select the correct answer from the code
Column A | Column B |
(a) Oscar Wilde | 1. The Refugee |
(b) O’ Henry | 2. The Open Window |
(c) Pearl S. Buck | 3. The Selfish Giant |
(d) Saki | 4. The Last Leaf |
4 1 3 2 | |
1 3 4 2 | |
3 4 1 2 | |
1 3 2 4 |
Question 4 |
Match the names of the authors under Column A with their works under Column B and select the correct code.
Column A | Column B |
(a) The Gift of the Magi | 1. Pudumaippittan |
(b) Kaanchanai | 2. Oscar Wilde |
(c) The Selfish Giant | 3. James Harriot |
(d) Every Living Thing | 4. O’ Henry |
4 3 2 1 | |
1 4 2 3 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
2 1 4 3 |
Question 5 |
Match the Name of the author with the short stories :
(a) O’Henry | 1. The Selfish Giant |
(b) Pearl S Buck | 2. Open window |
(c) Saki | 3. The Last Leaf |
(d) Oscar Wilde | 4. The Refugee |
3 4 2 1 | |
1 4 2 3 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
2 1 4 3 |
Question 6 |
Match the short stories with the authors
(a) The Tears of the Desert | l. Susannah Hickling |
(b) The Ant Eater and the Dassie | 2. Paulo Coelho |
(c) Swept away | 3. Mackinlay Kantor |
(d) A man who had no eyes | 4. Lakshmi M ukundan |
2 4 1 3 | |
1 3 4 2 | |
4 1 3 2 | |
2 1 3 4 |
Question 7 |
Match the names of the Works under Column A with their Authors under Column B and select the correct code.
Column A | Column B |
(a) The Necklace | 1. O Henry |
(b) The selfish giant | 2. Pearl S. Buck |
(c) The gift of the magi | 3. Guy de Mauppasant |
(d) The refugee | 4. Oscar Wilde |
2 4 1 3 | |
1 3 4 2 | |
4 1 3 2 | |
3 4 1 2 |
Question 8 |
Match the short stories under Column A with their authors under Column Band choose the correct code
Column A | Column B |
(a) Swept Away | 1. O’ Henry |
(b) The Last Leaf | 2. Oscar wilde |
(c) Caught Sneezing | 3. Saki |
(d) The Open Window | 4. Susannah Hickling |
2 4 1 3 | |
1 3 4 2 | |
4 1 3 2 | |
4 1 2 3 |
Question 9 |
Match the stories under Column ‘A’ with the authors under Column ‘B’ and select the correct code given below :
Column A | Column B |
(a) Swept Away | 1. Leo Tolstoy |
(b) A Close Encounter | 2. Oscar Wilde |
(c) Caught Sneezing | 3. Susannah Hickling |
(d) The Wooden Bowl | 4. Rex Coker |
2 4 3 1 | |
2 3 4 1 | |
3 4 2 1 | |
2 4 1 3 |
Question 10 |
“A man who had no eyes” is a story written by
Leo Tolstoy | |
Mackinlay Kantor | |
Bonnie Chamberlain | |
Ruskin Bond |
Question 11 |
Who among the following is the author of the story, “The Wooden Bowl”?
Leo Tolstoy | |
Oscar Wilde | |
Guy de Mauppasant | |
R.K. Narayan |
Question 12 |
Identify the author of the short story ‘The Selfish Giant’.
Anton Chekhov | |
O’ Henry | |
Oscar Wilde | |
Rudyard Kipling |
Question 13 |
Identify the author of the short story ‘The Refugee’.
Guy de Maupassant | |
Pearl S Buck | |
Anton Chekhov | |
Oscar Wilde |
Question 14 |
Who is the author of the short story “Swept Away”?
Saki | |
Pearl S Buck | |
Sundara Ramaswamy | |
Susannah Hickling |
Question 15 |
Choose the author who has written the prose “Those Three Bears”.
R.W. Emerson | |
Helen Keller | |
Ruskin Bond | |
Khushwant Singh |
Question 16 |
Match the title of the poems under Column A with the names of poets under Column B and choose the correct codes.
Column A | Column B |
(a) The Selfish Giant | 1. Saki |
(b) The Open Window | 2. Guy de Maupassant |
(c) Two Friends | 3. O’Henry |
(d) The Last Leaf | 4. Oscar Wilde |
3 4 1 2 | |
1 2 3 4 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
4 3 2 1 |
Question 17 |
Match the short stories under Column-A with their Authors under Column-B and Choose the correct code.
Column A | Column B |
(a) Swept away | 1. Oscar Wilde |
(b) A Close Encounter | 2. Mackinlay Kantor |
(c) Caught Sneezing | 3. Rex Coker |
(d) A Man who had no Eyes | 4. Susannah Hickling |
4 3 1 2 | |
1 2 3 4 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
4 3 2 1 |
Question 18 |
Match the titles of the stories given under Column A with the names of the author under Column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Column A | Column B |
(a) The Last Leaf | 1. Saki |
(b) Two Friends | 2. O’ Henry |
(c) The Refugee | 3. Guy de Maupassant |
(d) The Open Window | 4. Pearl S. Buck |
4 3 1 2 | |
2 3 4 1 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
4 3 2 1 |
Question 19 |
Match the short stories under Column “A” with their authors under Column “B” and select the correct code :
Column A | Column B |
(a) A Man Who Had No Eyes | 1. James Harriot |
(b) Sorry, Best Friend | 2. Charles |
(c) God, This is Charles | 3. Hemangini Ranade |
(d) Every Living Thing | 4. Mackinlay Kantor |
4 3 1 2 | |
2 3 4 1 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
4 3 2 1 |
Question 20 |
Match the name of the author with the story:
(a) The selfish Giant | 1. Pearl S Buck |
(b) Out ill the fields with God | 2. Oscar Wilde |
(c) The Refugee | 3. Anton Chekhov |
(d) The Lottery Ticket | 4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
2 4 1 3 | |
2 3 4 1 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
4 3 2 1 |
Question 21 |
Match the following :
Title (story) | Author |
(a) Kaanchanai | 1. Sundara Ramasamy |
(b) Reflowering | 2. Pudumaippittan |
(c) The Necklace | 3. Rabindranath Tagore |
(d) Holiday | 4. Guyde Mauppassant |
2 4 1 3 | |
2 1 4 3 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
4 3 2 1 |
Question 22 |
Identify the author with the short story.
“Swept away”.
Rudyard Kipling | |
Ruskin Bond | |
Susannah Hickling | |
Deepa Agarwal |
Question 23 |
Find out the author of the short story.
The face of Judas Iscariot.
Bonnie Chamberlain | |
Saki | |
Oscar Wilde | |
O’ Henry |
Question 24 |
Identify the nationality of the author of the story The Lottery Ticket.
Russia | |
USA | |
India | |
England |
Question 25 |
Which of the following is by Rex Coker?
The Thief | |
A Close Encounter | |
The Stroke of Genius | |
A Race in Space |
Question 26 |
The story ‘Caught sneezing’ is adapted from a short story by…………………..
Oscar Wilde | |
Tammy Ruggles | |
Rob Reilly | |
Mackinlay Kantor |
Question 27 |
‘Kari, the elephant’ was written by…………
R.K. Narayan . | |
Dhan Gopal Mukherji | |
Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai | |
Dr. Neeroja Raghavan |
Question 28 |
Choose the author of the Supplementary Reader “Reflowering”.
James Harriot | |
O’Henry | |
Rabindranath Tagore | |
Sundara Ramaswamy |
Question 29 |
Find out the odd pair from those given below :
Two friends — Guy de Maupassant | |
The Refugee — Pearl S Buck | |
Open Window — O’Henry | |
The Lottery Ticket — Anton Chekhov |
Question 30 |
Which one of the following is written by Susannah Ricking?
Making visible the invisible | |
Sweptaway | |
A close encounter | |
Caught Sneezing |
Question 31 |
The author of the story “Reflowering” is
Rabindranath Tagore | |
R.K. Narayan | |
Oscar Wilde | |
Sundara Ramasamy |
Question 32 |
———- is the author of the short story “Last Leaf”.
O’ Henry | |
Oscar Wilde | |
Guy de Maupassant | |
Pearl S. Buck |
Question 33 |
Find the unmatched pair from the following options :
A close encounter – Rex Coker | |
The model Millionaire – Oscar Wilde | |
Swept away – Susannah Hickling | |
Caught sneezing-Tammy Ruggles |
Question 33 Explanation:
Caught sneezing —- Oscar Wilde
Tammy Ruggles —- Sam
Question 34 |
Find the odd pair from the following :
The Selfish Giant — Oscar Wilde | |
The Last Leaf — O’ Henry | |
The Solitary Reaper — William Wordsworth | |
Open Window — Saki |
Question 35 |
A Close Encounter is written by——
Rob Reilly | |
Rudyard Kipling | |
Robert Frost | |
Rex Coker |
Question 36 |
“A man who had no eyes” is a story written by
Leo Tolstoy | |
Mackinlay Kantor | |
Bonnie Chamberlain | |
Ruskin Bond |
Question 37 |
Who among the following is the author of the story, “The Wooden Bowl”?
Leo Tolstoy | |
Oscar Wilde | |
Guy de Mauppasant | |
R.K. Narayan |
Question 38 |
Identify the author of the short story ‘The Selfish Giant’.
Anton Chekhov | |
O’ Henry | |
Oscar Wilde | |
Rudyard Kipling |
Question 39 |
Identify the author of the short story ‘The Refugee’.
Guy de Maupassant | |
Pearl S Buck | |
Anton Chekhov | |
Oscar Wilde |
Question 40 |
The lesson, “The Model Millionaire” is written by ——
Oscar Wilde | |
Kalpana Sharma | |
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | |
Khushwant Singh |
Question 41 |
The story “Ranji’s Wonderful Bat” is written by
Tagore | |
Manohar Devadoss | |
Ruskin Bond | |
Oscar Wilde |
Question 42 |
The nationality of the author of ‘The Lottery Ticket’ is
Russian | |
Scandinavian | |
American | |
German |
Question 42 Explanation:
The author of ‘The Lottery Ticket’ is Anton Chekhov.
Question 43 |
Fill in the blank with a suitable word :
‘The Last Leaf’ is a short story written by——
O. Henry | |
Saki | |
Oscar Wilde | |
Rabindranath Tagore |
Question 44 |
‘Every Living Thing’ is written by
Khushwant Singh | |
James Harriot | |
Rabindranath Tagore | |
O. Henry |
Question 45 |
The story “Caught Sneezing” is adapted from the short story written by——
O’ Henry | |
Robert Frost | |
Bonnie Chamberlain | |
Oscar Wilde |
Question 46 |
Find the odd pair from the following :
The Face of Judas Iscariot — Bonnie Chamberlain | |
A Close Encounter — Rex Coker | |
Caught Sneezing — Oscar Wilde | |
The Tears of the Desert — Rob Reilly |
Question 47 |
—— was the author, whose story has been adapted as ‘Caught Sneezing’.
Rudyard Kipling | |
Rabindranath Tagore | |
Oscar Wilde | |
Kamala Das |
Question 48 |
The Selfish Giant is a famous short story written by
R.K. Narayanan | |
Khushwant Singh | |
Ruskia Bound | |
Oscar Wilde |
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