1) Who was that devout Anglican who believed argument leads to findings?
A:) William Collins
B:) Thomas Gray
C:) Francis Bacon
D:) Earl of Surrey
springline's Correct option: C
2) Decked with the title father of English essay for his witty writings Bacon is also called the father of …………….
A:) prose
B:) empiricism
C:) fiction
D:) naturalism
springline's Correct option: B
3) The first collection of Bacon’s politics appeared in
A:) 1597
B:) 1576
C:) 1543
D:) 1598
springline's Correct option: A
4) Bacon was strong in the reforms of English political views and his time had a great reformation in the process of knowledge for the divine and human. Such political views brought Bacon a reward called …………
A:) phrase maker
B:) witty essayist
C:) king of law
D:) empiricist
springline's Correct option: A
5) How many quotations from Essays were included in The Oxford Dictionary Quotation
A:) 91
B:) 84
C:) 97
D:) 16
springline's Correct option: A
6) What was Bacon’s first political memorandum which was written to Queen Elizabeth that remained notable for four decades and remarked all political and legal activities of the Royal court?
A:) A Letter of Counsel to Queen Elizabeth
B:) A Letter of Advice to Queen Elizabeth
C:) A Letter of Complaint to Queen Elizabeth
D:) A Letter of Charge to Queen Elizabeth
springline's Correct option: B
Q:7) The New Atlantis is an incomplete novel by Bacon which portrayed the vision of human discovery and knowledge expressing the ideals of human kind. This work was mentioned by Bacon as a
A:) scientific work
B:) judicial work
C:) reformative work
D:) religious work
springline's Correct option: D
8) Given below are the scientific works of Bacon and one among them is a judicial work. Find the odd one out.
A:) Novum Organum
B:) The Advancement of Learning
C:) Historia Naturalis
D:) Natural law
springline's Correct option: D
9) Francis Bacon who was the patron of libraries is also called
A:) Lord Bachman
B:) Lord Vampire
C:) Lord Asimov
D:) Lord Verulam
springline's Correct option: D
10) Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed’s first edition had ten essays and its second version in 1612 had how many essays?
A:) 38
B:) 56
C:) 45
D:) 18
springline's Correct option: A
11) “If the Hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill”, from Of Boldness is the earliest …………… during the period of Bacon.
A:) paradox
B:) proverb
C:) onomatopoeia
D:) alliteration
springline's Correct option: B
12) The second edition of Essays under the title Counsels, Civil and Morall has 58 essays and was published in
A:) 1654
B:) 1623
C:) 1625
D:) 1653
springline's Correct option: C
13) Bacons literary works for the Royal court was divided into three categories. They are scientific, religious and ……………….
A:) Reformative
B:) Judicious
C:) Moral
D:) Philosophical
springline's Correct option: B
14) In which essay Bacon insists the practical knowledge indulged with experience of human life and does not talk on bookish knowledge that is temporary and useless?
A:) Of Studies
B:) Of Nobility
C:) Of Fortune
D:) Of Faction
springline's Correct option: A
15) “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”. These people gain knowledge where they can speak and communicate with others efficiently and are eager to improve themselves in the eye of others. Among the three purposes of studies the above mentioned category studies for?
A:) ability
B:) delight
C:) ornament
D:) judgment
springline's Correct option: C
16) Bacon says, “to use them too much for ornament, is affectation”. Given below which sentence will match the saying?
A:) person spending too much time in study will make him lazy.
B:) practical knowledge is essential for a study
C:) sticking too much to the rules of studies may invite derision from others
D:) he should avoid making show of his learning
springline's Correct option: D
17) Fill the blanks with appropriate words. “Read not to contradict and …………; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to ………. and consider”.
A:) confute, weigh
B:) bounded, admire
C:) contemn, observe
D:) consider, confer
springline's Correct option: A
18) Given below are the different attributes of people who study different subjects where one of the pairs are incorrect. Find them.
A:) History increases wisdom
B:) Poetry increases imagination
C:) Mathematics makes a person think logic
D:) Philosophy deepens a person’s sublime
springline's Correct option: D
19) Given below are different activities which Bacon refer as a medicine for a defective mind. One among them is matched incorrect. Find them.
A:) walking is good for blood circulation
B:) bowling is good for stone and reins
C:) riding is good for head
D:) shooting is good for lungs and breasts
springline's Correct option: A
20) Bacon says a man who finds difficult to distinguish things should study …….. to train his mental ability
A:) poetry
B:) law
C:) schoolmen
D:) mathematics
springline's Correct option: C
21) “Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study” Find the figure of speech in the given statement.
A:) metonym
B:) synecdoche
C:) litotes
D:) simile
springline's Correct option: D
22) “If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study schoolmen; for they are Cumini Sectores”. What is the meaning of the Latin phrase in the statement?
A:) skilled in solving problems
B:) skilled in analysis
C:) skilled in mental ability
D:) skilled in imagination
springline's Correct option: B
23) “Nay, there is no stond or impediments in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies” . What are two archaic words used in the statement?
A:) nay, stond
B:) stond, impediments
C:) nay, impediments
D:) none of the above
springline's Correct option: A
24) “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested”. Here, tasted books are those acquire?
A:) justified attention
B:) special attention
C:) little attention
D:) deep attention
springline's Correct option: C
25) Who was the English poet and satirist declared Bacon as the meanest person for his worldly philosophy?
A:) Jonathan Swift
B:) Alexander Pope
C:) William James
D:) Thomas Hardy
springline's Correct option: B
26) According to Bacon in his “Of Truth”, who introduced a school for thinking and examined the relation between truth and lies?
A:) Europeans
B:) Indians
C:) Armenians
D:) Grecians
springline's Correct option: D
27) From whom did Bacon imitated the saying, “he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men”?
A:) Virginia Woolf
B:) Montaigne
C:) Pascal
D:) William Hazlitt
springline's Correct option: B
28) The early writers of the church called poetry a …………….
A:) devil’s wine
B:) devil’s chapel
C:) devil’s fortune
D:) devil’s workshop
springline's Correct option: A
29) Name the Roman philosopher and poet who tried to provide a scientific explanation for the universe and said realization of truth is the greatest pleasure in the world?
A:) Plato
B:) Aristotle
C:) Horace
D:) Lucretius
springline's Correct option: D
30) What according to Bacon exaggerates one’s assumption; takes one to the world of imagination and does harness to humans?
A:) Lie
B:) Truth
C:) Poetry
D:) Falsehood
springline's Correct option: C
31) The Ancient Roman Governor Pilate made situation critical without analyzing the truth. Pilate enquired but he did not wait for the reply. This shows that Pilate is
A:) skeptical
B:) pessimistic
C:) naive
D:) unwary
springline's Correct option: A
32) “It is a naked, and open day-light, that doth not show the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs, of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle lights”- According to Bacon what is “naked”?
A:) Lie
B:) Imagination
C:) Truth
D:) Materialism
springline's Correct option: C
33) ………….. may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best day by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond”. Fill the blank.
A:) Falsehood
B:) Poetry
C:) Truth
D:) Illusion
springline's Correct option: C
34) “The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last, was the light of reason; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his spirit”. What is “Sabbath”?
A:) the seventh day of the week
B:) the sixth day of the week
C:) the sixth day of the month
D:) the seventh day of the month
springline's Correct option: A
35) From whom Bacon in his “Of Friendship” quoted the statement “Whatsoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god” to describe a man in his solitude?
A:) Cicero
B:) Longinus
C:) Aristotle
D:) Plato
springline's Correct option: C
36) Who is Empedocies, in “Of Friendship”?
A:) philosopher
B:) realist
C:) student
D:) layman
springline's Correct option: A
37) What was the Latin phrase that supported Bacon’s idea of being solitude.
A:) megne solitude, magne civites
B:) magna solitude, magna civitas
C:) magna civitas, magna solitude
D:) megne civites, magne solitude
springline's Correct option: C
38) As in “Of Studies”, Bacon handles aids in “Of Friendship” that is used for certain operation in connection with friendship. Given below are different utilities that are used in the operation. One among them is correct. Find it.
A:) sulphur for kidney
B:) silver for lungs
C:) steel for spleen
D:) castroeum for blood circulation
springline's Correct option: C
39) Who in “Of Friendship” elevated Agrippa high in the royal society even though he was not from a noble birth.
A:) Brutus
B:) Augustus
C:) Epimendes
D:) Apollonius
springline's Correct option: B
40) Who said “those who search friends to open their hearts are killers of their own”.
A:) Pythagoras
B:) Augustus
C:) Numas
D:) Epimendes
springline's Correct option: A
41) According to Bacon what is the first fruit of friendship?
A:) affectation
B:) support
C:) peace
D:) affection
springline's Correct option: D
42) Whom did Bacon mention as “day-light in understanding out of darkness and confusion of thoughts”?
A:) friend
B:) friendship
C:) champion
D:) supporter
springline's Correct option: A
43) Bacon says sharing problems to friend is fruitful than ………..
A:) musing
B:) praying
C:) meditating
D:) contemplating
springline's Correct option: C
44) Bacon says solitude changes the behavior of a person as a beast and a god. Given below are the ancient personalities whom Bacon refer in his “Of Friendship” as a symbol for god and called as the hermits of the churches. One in the following is not the hermit of the church. Who is it?
A:) Epimendes
B:) Empedocies
C:) Augustus
D:) Apollonius
springline's Correct option: C
45) According to Bacon what is the principle fruit of friendship…….
A:) fullness
B:) richness
C:) voluminous
D:) mellowness
springline's Correct option: A
46) What does Bacon refer as the second fruit of friendship ………….
A:) delight
B:) faith and peace
C:) sovereignty
D:) delectation
springline's Correct option: C
47) In “Of Adversity” Bacon asks the society to think about adversity in an optimistic way because it’s the one which changes the personality of a person. This optimism is connected with ……….. which is always related to happiness and joy?
A:) success
B:) triple crown
C:) prosperity
D:) victory
springline's Correct option: C
48) Bacon starts “Of Adversity” with the speech of Seneca, “good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished; but the good things; that belong to adversity are to be admired”. The statement by the great Roman theorist shows he had intense wisdom in …………..
A:) rationalism
B:) philosophy
C:) humanism
D:) realism
springline's Correct option: B
49) Bacon in “Of Adversity”, comparing Hercules and Prometheus says, Prometheus was a monster but was a great compassionate towards humans and Hercules safeguards people from their hardships. If Bacon refers Hercules for bravery what does Prometheus emphasizes?
A:) fortitude
B:) courage
C:) strength
D:) capability
springline's Correct option: A
50) If prosperity brings temperance what according to the essay “Of Adversity”, adversity will bring ………….
A:) fortitude
B:) temperance
C:) bravery
D:) confidence
springline's Correct option: A
51) According to “Of Adversity” prosperity is the sacred sign of …………. while adversity is the sacred sign of ………..
A:) immortality, mortality
B:) mortality, immortality
C:) new testimony, old testimony
D:) old testimony, new testimony
springline's Correct option: D
52) What is the religious scripture used as a reference for “Of Adversity”?
A:) The Quran
B:) The Bible
C:) The Mahabharata
D:) The Ramayana
springline's Correct option: B
53) Among the following what according to Bacon’s literary attribute is not true?
A:) Bacon uses Greek and Latin proverbs in his essays
B:) Bacon’s essays was translated into French and Italian posthumously
C:) Bacon borrowed the essays from Montaigne
D:) Bacon’s essay was related to public and private life
springline's Correct option: B
54) “good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished; but the good things; that belong to adversity are to be admired” was pronounced by
A:) Bacon
B:) Seneca
C:) Ceciro
D:) Plato
springline's Correct option: B
55) According to Bacon what is like choler; which is a humor that maketh men active, earnest, full of alacrity and stirring, if it be not stopped?
A:) hardship
B:) ambition
C:) aspiration
D:) adversity
springline's Correct option: B
56) Bacon’s statement with the fluids in “Of Ambition” brings a comparison of ambition with one of the fluids. What is it?
A:) blood
B:) melancholy
C:) plague
D:) choler
springline's Correct option: D
57) Among the following which is not true regarding an ambitious person.
A:) ambitious person will be full of magnificent and enthusiastic
B:) ambitious person are always dynamic
C:) stopping ambition will be harmful and leads negative mindset
D:) ambitious person makes life complicated
springline's Correct option: D
58) Whom did Tiberius called to defeat Sejanus who declared the royal duties of the emperor in the absence of Tiberius.
A:) Marco
B:) Roland
C:) Leonidas
D:) Alexander
springline's Correct option: A
59) Bacon divides ambitious men into how many categories
A:) six
B:) two
C:) three
D:) eight
springline's Correct option: B
60) What according to Bacon is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature turns to, the more ought law to weed it out”?
A:) avenge
B:) revenge
C:) action
D:) offence
springline's Correct option: B
61) What is considered to be useless when both the wrongdoer and counterattack are at the same level in revenge ?
A:) sagacity
B:) verdict
C:) judgement
D:) law
springline's Correct option: D
62) Among the following what was quoted by Bacon as the saying of King Solomon?
A:) quality of joy is to advise the avengers
B:) quality of joy is ignoring the wrongs from others
C:) quality of joy is to focus on present
D:) quality of joy is to work on future
springline's Correct option: B
63) Who in “Of Revenge” asks people to forgive the enemies?
A:) Duke Cosmos
B:) King David
C:) Job
D:) King Solomon
springline's Correct option: A
64) How many revenges was mentioned by Bacon in his “Of Revenge”?
A:) three
B:) five
C:) two
D:) four
springline's Correct option: C
65) Bacon says people of public revenge gives fortune whereas people of private revenge live a life of ……………
A:) sorcerers
B:) sluts
C:) whores
D:) witches
springline's Correct option: D