17th & 18th Century
Non-Fictional Prose
Brief Board Questions
2012 to 2019
=============2012===============
A. What is regarded as the precious lifeblood of a master spirit by Milton?
Ans: A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to life beyond life.
B. Who is the believer of the maxim-"A penny saved is a penny got"?
Ans: Sir Andrew Freeport is the believer of the maxim.
C. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together", who wrote this and why?
Ans: Dr Samuel Johnson wrote this to describe the use of metaphysical conceits.
D. What kinds of odes did Cowley write?
Ans: Cowley wrote only Pindarique odes.
E. Who was the editor of "The Spectator"?
Ans: Richard Steele.
H. What is pragmatism?
Ans: Pragmatism means practical consideration of certain things.
I. What type of region according to Bacon should be selected?
Ans: According to Bacon, uninhabited land should be selected for new colonization.
J. When, according to Bacon, should a man marry?
Ans: According to Bacon, a young man should think seriously when he should marry and an old man should not marry at all.
L) What is Magna Carta?
Ans: It is charter to restrain power and to destroy a monopoly established by King John in 1215.
=============2013===========
A. Why did Bacon compare truth to a pearl?
Ans: Bacon compared truth to a pearl because the truth is naked and open daylight that illuminates the objects of life. It is like a pearl that shines in the daylight, not diamond that shines in the candle lights.
B. What is the most ordinary cause of single life?
Ans: Having fuller enjoyment of liberty is the most ordinary cause of single life.
C. What was the name of the periodical started by Steele in 1709?
Ans: The Tatler.
D. What is censorship?
Ans: Censorship is the act of examining or judging any kind of books or letters meant to be published.
E. Who was the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson?
Ans: Mr Sprat.
F. What Pindaric odes did Cowley paraphrase?
Ans: Olympick and Nemaean Ode following Pindar.
J. Who are the metaphysical poets?
Ans: The metaphysical poets are John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell etc.
K. Who wrote the book "The Advancement of Learning"?
Ans: Francis Bacon.
L. When and where did the East India Company set its trading post in India?
Ans: The East India Company set up its first trading post in the provinces of Madras and Bombay of India in 1610 and 1611 respectively.
=============2013===========
A. Why did Bacon compare truth to a pearl?
Ans: Bacon compared truth to a pearl because the truth is naked and open daylight that illuminates the objects of life. It is like a pearl that shines in the daylight, not diamond that shines in the candle lights.
B. What is the most ordinary cause of single life?
Ans: Having fuller enjoyment of liberty is the most ordinary cause of single life.
C. What was the name of the periodical started by Steele in 1709?
Ans: The Tatler.
D. What is censorship?
Ans: Censorship is the act of examining or judging any kind of books or letters meant to be published.
E. Who was the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson?
Ans: Mr Sprat.
F. What Pindaric odes did Cowley paraphrase?
Ans: Olympick and Nemaean Ode following Pindar.
J. Who are the metaphysical poets?
Ans: The metaphysical poets are John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell etc.
K. Who wrote the book "The Advancement of Learning"?
Ans: Francis Bacon.
L. When and where did the East India Company set its trading post in India?
Ans: The East India Company set up its first trading post in the provinces of Madras and Bombay of India in 1610 and 1611 respectively.
=============2014===========
A. What is the name of the satire written by Cowley?
Ans:- The name of the satire written by Cowley is 'The Puritan and the Papist'.
B. What kind of allusions does Cowley use?
Ans:- The allusions, used by Cowley, are not always to vulgar things. He offenda by exaggeration, as much as by diminu tion. Whatever he writes it always polluted with some conceits.
C. What is the aim of the 'Spectator"?
Ans:- The aim of the Spectator' is "to enliven morality with wit, and to temper with with morality.... to bring philosophy out of the closets and libraries, schools and colleges to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and coffeehouses.
D. What is Soho Square?
Ans:- Soho Square is a squire in Soho, London. It was originally called King squire after Charles II, whose statue stands in the squire. It was then the centre of fashionable life. It now marks the estern limit of the social world of London.
E. What is the essay 'Of Plantation about?
Ans:- The essay illustrates the interest in English colonization in America.
F. How many kinds of love are mentioned by Bacon in 'Of Love'?
Ans: There are three types of love are mentioned in 'Of Love'. They are friendly love', 'nuptial love' and 'wanton love".
G. Why is a married man hostage to the fortune?
Ans:- Married persons are hostage to the fortune for in a marriage, wife and children are impediments to great enterpris es
H. Who drafted and...........the last 'India Bill'?
Ans: The East India Bill was drafted and introduced by Fox.
I. When did Edmund Burke give the speech on the East India Bill?
Ans:- Edmund Burke gave his famous Speech on Fox's East India Bill in 1783.
J. What did of writing is "Areopagitien"?
Ans: Not found.(×)
K. What is a pamphlet?
Ans:- Pamphlet is a small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject.
L. How does Milton define Il book?
Ans:Not found.(×)
=============2015===========
A. What are the three roles played by a wife in different stages of life?
Ans:- The three roles played by a wife in different stages of life are mistress, companion and nurse.
B. What is the most ordinary cause of single life?
Ans: Having fuller enjoyment of liberty is the most important/ordinary cause of single life.
C. What kind of writing is The Guardian' by Cowley?
Ans:- The Guardian' by Cowley is a comedy.
D. What type of composition is the Life of Cowley'?
Ans:- The Life of Cowley' is a biography and critical study of his(Cowley's) character and works.
E. What is Magna Carta?
Ans:- Magna Carta is a document officially stating the political and legal rights of the English people, that King John was forced to sign in 1215.
F. What were the East India Company's officials formally called?
Ans:- The East India Company's officials were formerly called English East India Company.
G. What is the aim of the Spectator?
Ans:- The aim of the Spectator' is "to enliven morality with wit, and to temper with with morality to bring philosophy out of the closets and libraries, schools and colleges to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and coffeehouses.
H. What is the Tatler?
Ans:- The Tatler is a British literary and society journal founded in 1709 by Richard Steele, who used the pseudonym "Issac Bickerstall, Esquire".
I. What is meant by the freedom of press?
Ans: The right of newspapers, magazines, etc., to report news without being controlled by the government.
J. Why did Milton write Areopagitica?
Ans:-Areopagitica is a book written by English poet John Milton in 1644. He wrote it to protest against censorship.
K. Why is not an unmarried man a good citizen?
Ans:-An unmarried men lead a careless life and so he is not a good citizens.
L. Who are the metaphysical poets?
Ans:- John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Andrew Marvell and Henry Vaughn are the most prominent metaphysical poets.
=============2016===========
A. What types of love are mentioned by Bacon in his essay "Of Love"?
Ans:- There are three types of love are mentioned in 'Of Love'. They are friendly love', 'nuptial love' and 'wanton love".
B. Who was Pilate?
Ans: - Pilate was a Roman Governor.
C. What is superior to taking revenge?
Ans:-Pardoning or forgiving is superior to taking revenge.
D. Why did Sir Roger de Coverley remain a bachelor?
Ans:- Sir Roger de Coverley remains a bachelor because he was disappointed in love in his youth.
E. How old is Sir Roger de Coverley now?
Ans:- Now Sir Roger is a gentle man of fifty-six years old.
F. What is the Spectator's Club?
Ans:- The Spectator was a daily publication which was founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England.
G. What was the name of the epic poem that Cowley attempt to write?
Ans:- The epic poem that Cowley attempted to write is the 'Davideis' which he designed to have twelve books, but left it unfinished.
H. Who is the father of criticism mentioned in the Life of Cowley'?
Ans:-Aristotle is the father of criticism mentioned in the Life of Cowley'.
I. What type of work is 'Love's Riddle'?
Ans:- 'Love's Riddle' is a pastoral comedy in blank-verse. It includes simplicity of thoughts, rustic setting, idyllic scene etc.
J. What was the main target of Burke's 'Speech on the East India Bill?
Ans:- The main target of Burke's Speech on East India Bill was to bring reformation in unscrupulous privileges enjoyed by the East India Company.
K. Who was Edmund Burke?
Ans:- Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator and political philosopher.
L. What is East India Charter?
Ans: The East India Charter is a charter to establish monopoly and to create power. The East India charter is violation of the spirit of the Magna Carta, the instrument of protecting humanity.
=============2017===========
A. Who was Tacitus?
Ans:- Tacitus was a well known historian of ancient Rome.
B. What does Bacon mean by the term 'Plantation'?
Ans:- According to Bacon the term 'plantation means colonization. According to Bacon wife and children are the impediments to great enterprise.
D. Who inherited Sir Roger's property?
Ans:- Sir Roger's property was inherited among Captain Sentry, and Sir Roger's nephew.
E. A penny saved is a penny got. Who is the believer of the maxim?
Ans:- Sir Andrew Freeport is the believer of the maxim.
F. What did Sir Roger do to beautify the inside of the church?
Ans: He has decorated and beautified the inside of the church with several texts of his own choosing on his own accord and at his own expense.
G. What kind of odes did Cowley write?
Ans:- Abraham Cowley liked and wrote mainly Pindaric Odes.
H. Who first coined the term 'metaphysical poets'?
Ans:- The term 'metaphysical poets' was first coined by Samuel Johnson.
I. Write two names of the members of the Spectator's Club'?
Ans:- Sir Roger de Coverley and Will Honeycomb are two names of the members of the Spectator's Club'
J. Who was the first governor-general of India?
Ans:- Warren Hastings was the first governor-general of India.
K. When did Edmund Burke deliver his famous speech on Fox's East India Bill?
Ans:- Burke deliveried his famous Speech on Fox's East India Bill in 1783.
L. Who were the Tartars?
Ans:- The Tartars are the members of the combined forces of central Asian peoples, including Mongols and Turks, who under the leadership of Genghis Khan conquered much of Asia and eastern Europe of the early 13 century, and under Tamerlane (14th century) established an empire with his capital at Samarkand.
=============2018===========
A. Why can't unmarried man be best citizens?
Ans:- Unmarried men lead a careless life and so they do not make good citizens.
B. Why do people have a tendency to avoid truth?
Ans: People want to avoid truth because of their natural but corrupt love for lies itself.
C. Who was Epicurus?
Ans:- Epicurus was a Greek philosopher.
D. Why was Sir Roger given priority?
Ans:- As Sir Roger was the landlord of the whole congregation, he was given priority.
E. What is the Inner Temple?
Ans:- The Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court(professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. where lawyers resided or had their offices and where students studied law. To be called to the Bar and practice as a barrister in England and Wales, one must belong to one of these inns.
F. What is the religious value of Sunday?
Ans:- The observance of the Sunday refreshes the notions of religion in the minds of the villagers.
G. Whom did Cowley follow in writing odes?
Ans:- Cowley followed Pinder and his style in writing odes. Because he considered the Pindaric style to be the highest and noblest kind of writing.
H. What type of men were the metaphysical poets?
Ans: The metaphysical poets were men of learning, men of wit and conceit. but by permission of the
I. How does Cowley compare a lover to Manna?
Ans:- Cowley suggests that manna was less inclusive a diet. The taste of it was like 'wafers made with honey'.
J. With what does Burke compare the East India Bill?
Ans:- Burke compares East India Bill to Magna carta in order to ensure the basic human rights to the Indians.
K. What was the condition of the people of this huge terrain during the rule of the East India Company?
Ans: Throughout all this vast tract of land, there was not a man who could eat a mouthful of rice but by permission of the East India Company.
L. What is pragmatism?
Ans:- Pragmatism means practical
consideration of a certain things.
=============2019===========
A. What is the most ordinary cause of single life?
Ans:- Having fuller enjoyment of liberty is the most important/ordinary cause of single life.
B. Who is the believer of the maxim "A penny saved a penny got"?
Ans:- Sir Andrew Freeport is the believer of the maxim.
C. What type of justice is revenge?
Ans:- Revenge is a kind of wild justice as it tries to replace the natural rule of law.
D. What is Spectator's Club?
Ans:- The Spectator was a daily publication which was founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England.
E. What is a country Sunday?
Ans:- A country Sunday means a Sunday spent in a countryside.
F. What is a catechising day?
Ans:-A catechising day is a day on which the priest instructs children through question-answer method the-priest questions and the children answer them.
G. What kind of poet was Cowley?
Ans:- The school of metaphysical poetry flourished at the beginning of the seventeenth century and Cowley belonged to this race of writers.
H. What do metaphysical conceits do?
Ans: - Metaphysical conceits connect the reader's sensory perceptions to abstract ideas.
I. What type of composition is The Life of Cowley?
Ans:- The Life of Cowley' is a biography and critical study of his(Cowley's) character and works.
J. Who is Faizullah Khan?
Ans: - Faizullah Khan was a Rohilla chief who had been allowed to retain a large Jagir at Rampur after the 1774 cam paign. He had been pressed to made extra contribution to the Company.
K. Who introduced the 'East India Bill'?
Ans:- Fox introduced the 'East India Bill.
L. What is 'Magna Carta"?
Ans:- Magna Carta is a document officially stating the political and legal rights of the English people, that King John was forced to sign in 1215.
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