Exam Based Questions, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

Exam Based Questions, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

1. Robinson Crusoe was first published in: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2019)

A) 1704

B) 1719

C) 1726

D) 1731

Ans: B) 1719

2. The full title of Robinson Crusoe reflects: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Crusoe's family tree

B) Crusoe’s adventures and hardships

C) A religious testimony

D) A political statement

Ans: B) Crusoe’s adventures and hardships

3. In Robinson Crusoe, Crusoe is shipwrecked on an island located near: (SET 2019, UGC NET 2020)

A) The West Indies

B) The coast of Brazil

C) Madagascar

D) The Pacific Islands

Ans: B) The coast of Brazil

4. Crusoe spends how many years on the deserted island? (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) 12 years

B) 18 years

C) 28 years

D) 33 years

Ans: C) 28 years

5. Crusoe names the island’s first inhabitant he encounters: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2020)

A) Friday

B) Monday

C) Captain

D) Pedro

Ans: A) Friday

6. Crusoe saves Friday from: (PGTRB 2019, UGC NET 2020)

A) Starvation

B) Cannibals

C) A storm

D) A wild animal

Ans: B) Cannibals

7. In Robinson Crusoe, Crusoe’s father advises him to: (SET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Stay home and lead a middle-class life

B) Join the army

C) Travel abroad

D) Become a priest

Ans: A) Stay home and lead a middle-class life

8. Crusoe disregards his father’s advice because: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) He loves the sea

B) He wants to be rich

C) He is forced to flee

D) He is banished

Ans: A) He loves the sea

9. Book 2 of Robinson Crusoe is often called: (UGC NET 2021, SET 2020)

A) The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

B) Crusoe’s Confession

C) Crusoe in Africa

D) The Final Voyage

Ans: A) The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

10. Friday’s religion before meeting Crusoe was: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Christianity

B) Paganism

C) Islam

D) Judaism

Ans: B) Paganism

11. Crusoe teaches Friday to: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) Read and write

B) Hunt deer

C) Plant rice

D) Worship God according to Christianity

Ans: D) Worship God according to Christianity

12. Friday calls Crusoe: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Brother

B) Master

C) Father

D) Captain

Ans: B) Master

13. Crusoe’s survival is based on: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) His military skills

B) His resourcefulness and faith

C) Magic and mysticism

D) Help from pirates

Ans: B) His resourcefulness and faith

14. The novel is often seen as a celebration of: (UGC NET 2021, SET 2020)

A) Urban life

B) British colonialism and individualism

C) Political revolution

D) Romantic love

Ans: B) British colonialism and individualism

15. In Robinson Crusoe, the footprint in the sand symbolizes: (PGTRB 2019, UGC NET 2020)

A) Superstition

B) Loneliness

C) The fear of the unknown

D) The return of civilization

Ans: C) The fear of the unknown

16. Book 2 continues Crusoe’s adventures mainly in: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) England

B) The East Indies, Madagascar, and China

C) Spain and France

D) Africa

Ans: B) The East Indies, Madagascar, and China

17. Crusoe’s island is based on the real-life experiences of: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2019)

A) Captain Cook

B) Alexander Selkirk

C) William Dampier

D) Henry Morgan

Ans: B) Alexander Selkirk

18. The tone of Robinson Crusoe is mainly: (SET 2020, UGC NET 2020)

A) Comic

B) Didactic and adventurous

C) Tragic

D) Romantic

Ans: B) Didactic and adventurous

19. Crusoe uses his time on the island to: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) Practice alchemy

B) Reflect on his life and repent

C) Build an army

D) Develop a new religion

Ans: B) Reflect on his life and repent

20. Crusoe’s journal serves to: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Record his business transactions

B) Document his island survival

C) Write a novel

D) Map the island

Ans: B) Document his island survival

21. Friday’s father is saved by Crusoe from: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) Slavery

B) Cannibals

C) Disease

D) Pirates

Ans: B) Cannibals

22. The captain whom Crusoe rescues helps him by: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Teaching him to farm

B) Returning him to England

C) Giving him money

D) Sending a rescue ship

Ans: B) Returning him to England

23. Crusoe first gains wealth through: (SET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) A plantation in Brazil

B) Treasure found on the island

C) Mining gold

D) Marrying a rich woman

Ans: A) A plantation in Brazil

24. One major theme of Robinson Crusoe is: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) The power of magic

B) The virtue of idleness

C) The value of hard work and faith

D) The failure of civilization

Ans: C) The value of hard work and faith

25. Defoe’s novel is often called the first: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Gothic novel

B) English novel of adventure

C) Psychological novel

D) Modern English novel

Ans: D) Modern English novel

26. Crusoe’s religion transforms from: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2021)

A) Devotion to atheism

B) Indifference to deep faith

C) Catholicism to Protestantism

D) Islam to Christianity

Ans: B) Indifference to deep faith

27. Crusoe learns survival skills from: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) His father

B) His slave

C) His own resourcefulness

D) A native tribe

Ans: C) His own resourcefulness

28. Friday’s cannibalism is presented as: (SET 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) A religious ritual

B) Natural to his culture but reformable

C) Justified in war

D) A symbol of heroism

Ans: B) Natural to his culture but reformable

29. Crusoe’s attitude toward Friday shows: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2020)

A) Pure friendship

B) Colonial paternalism

C) Hatred

D) Fear

Ans: B) Colonial paternalism

30. Crusoe’s plantation in Brazil was established before: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) He became a sailor

B) He was shipwrecked

C) He married

D) He returned to England

Ans: B) He was shipwrecked

31. Book 2 ends with Crusoe: (SET 2019, UGC NET 2022)

A) Dying alone

B) Returning safely to England after his final adventures

C) Staying on an island

D) Becoming a king

Ans: B) Returning safely to England after his final adventures

32. Crusoe refers to his island as: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2021)

A) The City of God

B) My little kingdom

C) The Devil’s Rock

D) Friday’s Land

Ans: B) My little kingdom

33. The novel is written in: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Third-person narration

B) Epistolary form

C) First-person narration

D) Dramatic dialogue

Ans: C) First-person narration

34. The cannibals are described by Crusoe as: (SET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Evil demons

B) Creatures to be exterminated

C) Ignorant beings needing guidance

D) British spies

Ans: C) Ignorant beings needing guidance

35. Crusoe’s first act of religion on the island is: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Building a church

B) Thanking God for his survival

C) Baptizing Friday

D) Reading the Bible aloud daily

Ans: B) Thanking God for his survival

36. The shipwreck that strands Crusoe happens during: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) A pirate attack

B) A violent storm

C) A battle with natives

D) A war at sea

Ans: B) A violent storm

37. Crusoe’s greatest fear after seeing the footprint is: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) That the Spanish have come

B) That pirates have landed

C) That cannibals are nearby

D) That he is losing his mind

Ans: C) That cannibals are nearby

38. Book 2 highlights Crusoe’s role as: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2020)

A) A conqueror

B) A missionary spreading Christianity

C) A ship captain

D) A politician

Ans: B) A missionary spreading Christianity

39. Defoe emphasizes Crusoe’s: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2020)

A) Love of war

B) Business-minded survival and faith in Providence

C) Romantic affairs

D) Political struggles

Ans: B) Business-minded survival and faith in Providence

40. The theme of colonialism is clear in: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Crusoe’s treatment of Friday

B) Crusoe’s fear of the ocean

C) Crusoe’s abandonment of religion

D) Crusoe’s farming methods

Ans: A) Crusoe’s treatment of Friday

41. Crusoe’s experiences lead him to: (SET 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) Become greedy

B) Value independence and self-sufficiency

C) Join a monastery

D) Hate all travel

Ans: B) Value independence and self-sufficiency

42. Crusoe first meets Friday when: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Friday is stranded by a storm

B) Friday flees from his tribe

C) Crusoe rescues him from sacrifice

D) Friday sails to Crusoe’s island

Ans: C) Crusoe rescues him from sacrifice

43. Crusoe’s reflections often lead to: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) Self-pity

B) Repentance and gratitude toward God

C) Hatred of natives

D) Plans for war

Ans: B) Repentance and gratitude toward God

44. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is largely based on: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Pure fiction

B) Political allegory

C) A mix of fact and fiction inspired by real survival stories

D) Classical epics

Ans: C) A mix of fact and fiction inspired by real survival stories