5. Idea that have helped mankind OBJECTIVE QUESTION

Bihar Board Class 12th English 100 Marks

1. We are able to get variety of enjoyment due to-

(A) our intelligence
(B) our riches
(C) our physical strength
(D) None of these

2. We are more friendly-

(A) within the herd
(B) outside the herd
(C) everywhere
(D) nowhere

3. After language the second most important thing which helped mankind was-

(A) gold
(B) silver
(C) fire
(D) None of these

4. The taming of domestic animals made life-

(A) pleasanter
(B) fearful
(C) harmful
(D) None of these

5. ‘Ideas That Have Helped Mankind’ has been written by-

(A) G. Greer
(B) D.L. Sayers
(C) H.E. Bates
(D) Bertrand Russell

PROSE SECTION VVI OBJECTIVE

1. Indian Civilization and Culture

2. Bharat is My Home

3. Pinch of Snuff

4. I Have a Dream

5. Idea That Have Helped Mankind

6. The Artist 

7. Child is Born 

8. How Free is the Press 

9. The Earth

10. India Through Traveler's Eyes

11. Marriage Proposal

POETRY SECTION VVI OBJECTIVE

1. SWEETEST LOVE, I DON'T GOE

2. SONG OF MYSELF

3. NOW THE LEAVES ARE FALLING FAST

4.  TO AUTUMN 

5. AN EPITAPH

6. THE SOLDIER 

7.. MACAVITY 

8. FIRE HYMAN 

9. THE SNAKE 

10. MY GRAND MOTHER'S HOUSE

6. Bertrand Russell died in-

(A) 1940
(B) 1950
(C) 1960
(D) 1970

7. Russell was awarded Nobel Prize for-

(A) philosophy
(B) literature
(C) medicine
(D) economics

8.The most indubitable respect in which ideas have helped mankind is-

(A) more knowledge
(B) numbers
(C) happiness
(D)less numbers

9. Survival for homosapiens primarily was-

(A) a problem
(B) never a problem
(C) both of them
(D) None of these

10. Birds die of hunger in large numbers-

(A) during summer
(B) during rainy season
(C) during winter
(D) None of these

11. During summer birds-

(A) remember this catastrophe
(B) forget this catastrophe
(C) fear from this
(D) None of these

12. Every human death loy starvation is preceded by a long period of

(A) sorrow
(B) anxiety
(C) happiness
(D) None of these

13. Human beings suffer more due to their-

(A) ignorance
(B) intelligence
(C) reluctance
(D) None of these

14. Animals get pleasure from –

(A) MUSIC.
(B) football
(C) science
(D) None of these

15. Bertrand Russell has written the lesson-

(A) The Artist
(B) Ideas That Have Helped Mankind .
(C) I Have a Dream
(D) A Pinch of Snuff

16. Bertrand Russell was a philosopher and a –

(A) historian
(B) scientist
(C) mathematician
(D) geologist

17. The invention of ovewowee bv. was more important than domestication of animals.

(A) car
(B) fire
(C) agriculture
(D) None of these

18. Civilization taught us –

(A) to be unlawful
(B) to be rude or cruel
(C) to be more friendly towards others
(D) None of these

19………….. was also a commentator on a large variety of topics.

(A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(B) Bertrant Russell
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Dr. Zakir Hussain

20. In ……., the last step was never taken.

(A) India
(B) Germany
(C) China
(D) France

21………. Would not help the corn to grow unless he was allowed to feast on the blood of children.

(A) Toloch
(B) Moloch
(C) Noloch
(D) None of these

Ideas That Have Helped Mankind

Betrand Russell

1.Ideas That Have Helped Mankind has been written by –

- Bertrand Russell

2.Bertrand Russell was born in –

- 1872

3.The most indubitable respect in which ideas have helped

mankind is –

- Numbers

4.What enabled us to get variety of enjoyment?

- Intelligence

5.Where are we friendlier with each other?

- Within the herd

6.Either before or after language, the second most

important thing which helped mankind was –

- The utilization of fire

7.Bertrand Russell died in –

- 1970

8.Bertrand Russell was awarded Nobel prize in –

- 1950

9.Russell was awarded Nobel Prize for-

- Literature

10. Survival for homo sapiens primarily was –

- Very difficult

11. When do birds die of hunger in large numbers?

- In winter season

12. The taming of domestic animals especially the cow and

the sheep, must have made life

- Much pleasanter and more secure

13. Invention of which thing was even more important than

the domestication of animals?

- Agriculture

14. Which was the last of the great prehistoric inventions?

- The art of writing

15. What was prerequisite of history?

- Invention of the art of writing

16. What distinguishes human beings from the brutes?

- Intellectual and moral qualities

17. Ideas that have helped mankind may be broadly

divided into two kinds, what are those?

1.Which contribute to knowledge and technique

2.Which are concerned with morals and politics

18. Every human death by starvation is preceded by a

long period of –

- Anxiety

 19. Without __________ it would have been very difficult to

hand on from generation to generation the inventions and

discoveries that were gradually made.

- Language

20. ________________ introduced blood-thirsty practices of

human sacrifice and cannibalism into religion

o Invention of agriculture