Here are  preparation, covering important authors, books, poems, rhymes, and critical themes.



🍬Section 1: Classic Children's Literature (Global)🍬

1. Who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?  
a) Lewis Carroll  
b) J.M. Barrie  
c) L. Frank Baum  
d) Kenneth Grahame  
Answer: a) Lewis Carroll  

2. In which year was The Wonderful Wizard of Oz published?  
a) 1900  
b) 1911  
c) 1898  
d) 1908  
Answer: a) 1900  

3. What is the name of Peter Pan's nemesis?  
a) Mr. Toad  
b) Captain Hook  
c) White Rabbit  
d) Mr. Fox  
Answer: b) Captain Hook  

4. Which author created the character Winnie-the-Pooh?  
a) E.B. White  
b) A.A. Milne  
c) Beatrix Potter  
d) Roald Dahl  
Answer: b) A.A. Milne  

5. Which animal is the central character in Charlotte's Web by E.B. White?  
a) Rabbit  
b) Pig  
c) Mouse  
d) Dog  
Answer: b) Pig  

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🍬Section 2: Classic Children's Literature (Indian Writers)🍬

6. Who wrote The Blue Umbrella?  
a) R.K. Narayan  
b) Sudha Murthy  
c) Ruskin Bond  
d) Paro Anand  
Answer: c) Ruskin Bond  

7. Swami and Friends is set in which fictional town?  
a) Malgudi  
b) Kalpataru  
c) Kanthapura  
d) Rampur  
Answer: a) Malgudi  

8. What is the theme of The Village by the Sea by Anita Desai?  
a) Urban life  
b) Adolescence  
c) Survival and hope  
d) Fantasy  
Answer: c) Survival and hope  

9. Who wrote Grandma's Bag of Stories?  
a) R.K. Narayan  
b) Sudha Murthy  
c) Ruskin Bond  
d) Anita Desai  
Answer: b) Sudha Murthy  

10. Paro Anand's novel No Guns at My Son's Funeral deals with which issue?  
a) Environmental conservation  
b) Adolescence  
c) Terrorism and violence  
d) Gender equality  
Answer: c) Terrorism and violence  


🍬Section 3: Rhymes and Poems🍬 

11. Who wrote the poem Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?  
a) Jane Taylor  
b) Lewis Carroll  
c) Christina Rossetti  
d) Robert Louis Stevenson  
Answer: a) Jane Taylor  

12. What is the theme of the nursery rhyme Baa, Baa, Black Sheep?  
a) Friendship  
b) Gratitude and sharing  
c) Love  
d) Loss  
Answer: b) Gratitude and sharing  

13. Humpty Dumpty is associated with what kind of imagery?  
a) A cat and mouse  
b) A giant egg  
c) A mischievous boy  
d) A lost sheep  
Answer: b) A giant egg  

14. In Jack and Jill, what did they go up the hill to fetch?  
a) A flower  
b) A bucket of water  
c) Some fruits  
d) A treasure  
Answer: b) A bucket of water  

15. Which poet is associated with the famous children's poem The Swing?  
a) Robert Louis Stevenson  
b) Christina Rossetti  
c) William Blake  
d) Jane Taylor  
Answer: a) Robert Louis Stevenson  

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🍬 Section 4: Modern Writers (Global)🍬 

16. Who is the author of the Harry Potter series?  
a) Philip Pullman  
b) Suzanne Collins  
c) J.K. Rowling  
d) Rick Riordan  
Answer: c) J.K. Rowling  

17. Which series did Philip Pullman write?  
a) His Dark Materials  
b) The Chronicles of Narnia  
c) Percy Jackson and the Olympians  
d) The Hunger Games  
Answer: a) His Dark Materials  

18. What is the central theme of The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins?  
a) Colonialism  
b) Social inequality and rebellion  
c) Fantasy and magic  
d) Romantic relationships  
Answer: b) Social inequality and rebellion  

19. Percy Jackson is associated with which mythology?  
a) Roman  
b) Greek  
c) Egyptian  
d) Norse  
Answer: b) Greek  

20. Who wrote Coraline and The Graveyard Book?  
a) Roald Dahl  
b) Neil Gaiman  
c) Philip Pullman  
d) J.K. Rowling  
Answer: b) Neil Gaiman  

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🍭Section 5: Important Genres & Movements🍭

21. Which genre involves imaginary worlds and magical elements?  
a) Adventure  
b) Mystery  
c) Fantasy  
d) Realism  
Answer: c) Fantasy  

22. Swami and Friends belongs to which genre?  
a) Dystopian fiction  
b) Historical fiction  
c) Domestic fiction  
d) Coming-of-age fiction  
Answer: d) Coming-of-age fiction  

23. Which genre emphasizes teaching moral lessons?  
a) Mystery  
b) Didactic literature  
c) Fantasy  
d) Gothic fiction  
Answer: b) Didactic literature  

24. What kind of stories are found in The Panchatantra?  
a) Science fiction  
b) Fables with moral lessons  
c) Gothic tales  
d) Detective stories  
Answer: b) Fables with moral lessons  

25. Which children's literature movement challenges societal norms and celebrates imaginative worlds?  
a) Modernism  
b) Postmodernism  
c) Romanticism  
d) Gothic  
Answer: c) Romanticism  


🍭Section 6: Critical Theories in Children's Literature🍭  

26. Eco-criticism in children's literature often focuses on?  
a) Urbanization  
b) Nature and environmental themes  
c) Technological advancements  
d) Political power  
Answer: b) Nature and environmental themes  

27. Which theory analyzes the psychological growth of characters?  
a) Postcolonial theory  
b) Psychoanalytic theory  
c) Feminist theory  
d) Eco-criticism  
Answer: b) Psychoanalytic theory  

28. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is often interpreted through which critical lens?  
a) Eco-criticism  
b) Postcolonial theory  
c) Psychoanalytic theory  
d) Feminist theory  
Answer: c) Psychoanalytic theory  

29. What theme is central to feminist readings of Matilda by Roald Dahl?  
a) Child empowerment  
b) Environmental consciousness  
c) Moral ambiguity  
d) Religious faith  
Answer: a) Child empowerment  

30. Postcolonial readings in children's literature often explore?  
a) The portrayal of the natural world  
b) Colonizer-colonized dynamics  
c) Fantasy worlds  
d) Scientific advancements  
Answer: b) Colonizer-colonized dynamics  

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🍭 Section 7: Miscellaneous  🍭

31. The Tale of Peter Rabbit was written by?  
a) Lewis Carroll  
b) Beatrix Potter  
c) A.A. Milne  
d) E.B. White  
Answer: b) Beatrix Potter  

32. The Secret Garden is written by?  
a) Frances Hodgson Burnett  
b) L. Frank Baum  
c) Kenneth Grahame  
d) Lewis Carroll  
Answer: a) Frances Hodgson Burnett  

33. Who created the fictional world of Narnia?  
a) C.S. Lewis  
b) Philip Pullman  
c) Kenneth Grahame  
d) Roald Dahl  
Answer: a) C.S. Lewis  

34. Which series critiques organized religion?  
a) His Dark Materials  
b) The Chronicles of Narnia  
c) Percy Jackson  
d) Harry Potter  
Answer: a) His Dark Materials  

35. In which year was The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe published?  
a) 1949  
b) 1950  
c) 1962  
d)1955  
Answer: b) 1950  

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🍭Section 8: Authors and Their Works🍭  

36. Which author is often referred to as the pioneer of literary nonsense in children's literature?  
a) Roald Dahl  
b) Lewis Carroll  
c) Beatrix Potter  
d) Kenneth Grahame  
Answer: b) Lewis Carroll  

37. Who wrote The Wind in the Willows?  
a) E.B. White  
b) Kenneth Grahame  
c) A.A. Milne  
d) Frances Hodgson Burnett  
Answer: b) Kenneth Grahame  

38. What is the primary setting of The Secret Garden?  
a) A dense forest  
b) A deserted island  
c) An abandoned garden at Misselthwaite Manor  
d) A magical kingdom  
Answer: c) An abandoned garden at Misselthwaite Manor  

39. The Tale of Peter Rabbit was first published in which year?  
a) 1900  
b) 1902  
c) 1899  
d) 1911  
Answer: b) 1902  

40. What kind of animal is Ratty in The Wind in the Willows?  
a) Squirrel  
b) Mole  
c) Water rat  
d) Hedgehog  
Answer: c) Water rat  

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 Section 9: Children's Folklore and Rhymes  

41. Little Bo-Peep lost which animal?  
a) Sheep  
b) Cows  
c) Goats  
d) Horses  
Answer: a) Sheep  

42. What is the first line of the nursery rhyme Jack Be Nimble?  
a) Jack be nimble, Jack be quick  
b) Jack went up the hill  
c) Jack had a sheep  
d) Jack saw a candle  
Answer: a) Jack be nimble, Jack be quick  

43. Who is credited with writing Mary Had a Little Lamb?  
a) Sarah Josepha Hale  
b) Jane Taylor  
c) Beatrix Potter  
d) Robert Louis Stevenson  
Answer: a) Sarah Josepha Hale  

44. In the rhyme Three Blind Mice, who cuts off the mice's tails?  
a) The farmer  
b) The farmer's wife  
c) The butcher  
d) The baker  
Answer: b) The farmer's wife  

45. What is the theme of Hey Diddle Diddle?  
a) Animals in nature  
b) Nonsense and playful imagination  
c) Teaching values  
d) Exploration  
Answer: b) Nonsense and playful imagination  

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🍬Section 10: Literary Criticism and Analysis 🍬

46. Which critical theory focuses on the portrayal of gender and gender roles in children's literature?  
a) Eco-criticism  
b) Psychoanalytic theory  
c) Feminist theory  
d) Postcolonial theory  
Answer: c) Feminist theory  

47. The concept of the "Golden Age" in children's literature refers to which period?  
a) 17th century  
b) Late 19th to early 20th century  
c) Early 18th century  
d) Post-World War II  
Answer: b) Late 19th to early 20th century  

48. Which literary approach is used to analyze The Chronicles of Narnia for its Christian allegory?  
a) Psychoanalytic criticism  
b) Marxist criticism  
c) Religious allegorical interpretation  
d) Eco-criticism  
Answer: c) Religious allegorical interpretation  

49. What is the primary theme of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?  
a) War and peace  
b) The value of friendship and love  
c) Technological advancements  
d) Historical events  
Answer: b) The value of friendship and love  

50. Which psychological theory can be applied to analyze the dream-like elements in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?  
a) Eco-criticism  
b) Psychoanalytic theory (Freudian)  
c) Feminist theory  
d) Postmodern theory  
Answer: b) Psychoanalytic theory (Freudian)  

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