Quiz: Chetan Bhagat's on@tcc
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5. Who said this in the review of the novel: "These young Indians may keep unsocial hours, neglect their family obligations, drink excessive cock tails with names like "Long Island Iced Tea," and date each other with a casualness that horrifies their parents. But they are part of a social and economic revolution that is enriching and transforming India, mostly for the better.”
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22. Which of the following characteristic/s of Cyber punk novels is/are found in this novel?
Cyberpunk is a postmodern science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life."[1][2] It features advanced science, such as information technology and cybernetics, coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order. Cyberpunk plots often center on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and megacorporations,
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16. The idea of Globalization and its effect on work-culture, social life etc is similar to that of discussed in ___________ .
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25. Match the quote with the writer:
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One consequence of the flattening of the world is that it is now possible to outsource “knowledge industry” jobs such as accounting, software development, or radiology to any place with 1) a broadband Internet connection, 2) expertise, and 3) proficiency in English.
globalization’s major topics and processes: intercultural relations, intercultural conflict, transnationalism, population mobility, heterogenization, homogenization, hybridity, the public-private interface, economic integration
Although technological revolution, transnational corporations, and global restructuring of capitalism have made the world increasingly interdependent and interconnected, radically altering our concepts of time, space, politics, and relations, this has in no way changed the fundamental fact that the West still poses or imposes itself as the centre of the world. The mythology of a world already decentered politically, culturally, economically, and ideologically papers over the lived global power-relations between the developed West and the underdeveloped Rest.
So there's a very interesting paradox. Those who are real people, with real emails and real names are totally censored, those who are anonymous are empowered to say whatever they want. Anonymous people are free to scream out their rage but real people with a name are told to say nothing. This to me is another post-modern paradox of authorship. Real people have the right to say nothing, anonymous people have a right to say everything.
Thomas Friedman
Suman Gupta
Shaoba Xie
Sanjaya Subramanium
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6. Who said this in the review of the novel: “For Bhagat, it turns out, doesn’t like call centres. He sees them as soul-destroying sweatshops, soaking up the talents and energies of young Indian who could and should be doing better for themselves and their country.”
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1. Chetan Bhagat is _______
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21. Which of the following point/s justify the novel as 'Self-help book'?
A self-help book is one that is written with the intention to instruct its readers on solving personal problems. The books take their name from Self-Help, an 1859 best-seller bySamuel Smiles, but are also known and classified under "self-improvement", a term that is a modernized version of self-help. Self-help books moved from a niche position to being a postmodern cultural phenomenon in the late twentieth century
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24. Select five advises given by Chetan Bhagat to women for empowerment:
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7. What is the meaning of this sentence? "The narrative follows the dream of the author in train from Kanpur to Delhi, wherein God, in form of mysteriously beautiful young lady, narrates the story of ‘One Night @ the Call Centre’, which, in turn, is narrated from the perspective of Shyam – one of the six characters in the novel."
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27. The main claim of the book is that while the self-help culture promises liberation and self-mastery, it actually propels its adherents into a cycle ofendless work on the self, a process aptly captured under the heading of the "belabored self." Identify the book about which this statement is made.
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11. While answers God's call, whose 'inner voice' said following lines?
"I want to be with my son and my grandson. I miss them every moment. Two years ago, I used to live with them. But my daughter-in-law did things I didn’t like—she went for parties, got a job when I wanted her to stay at home…. If fought with them and moved out. But I was wrong. It Is their life, and I have no right to judge them by my outdated values. And I need to get rid of my inflated ego and go to the US to see them and talk it out."
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13. While answering God's call, whose 'inner voice' said following lines?
"I want my parents to love me again. I do not want to become a dumb model. I am sure I can find a better use for my looks, if they are worth anything. Any career that makes you compromise on your morals, or judges you because you are not an inch taller is not worth it."
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2. Match the Indian names of the characters in novel with the American aliases given by call center.
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Sam Marcy
Victor Mell
Regina Jones
Eliza Singer
Prensky
Shyam Mehra
Varun Malhotra - Vroom
Radhika Jha
Esha Singh
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9. While answering God's call, whose 'inner voice' said following lines?
"That I should not have taken up a job just for money. Call centers pay more, but only because the exchange rate is in the favor of Americans. They toss their loose change at us. It seems like a lot in rupees. But jobs that pay less could be better. There could be jobs that define me, make me learn of help my country. I justified it by saying money is progress. But it is not true. Progress is building something lasting for the future."
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23. Against popular belief that Call-centers and Business Process Outsourcing is helping Indian youth and Indian economy, Chetan Bhagat portrays skeleton image of the reality that "Call centers are soul-destroying sweatshops, soaking up the energies of young Indian who could be doing better for themselves and their country."
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8. Which of the following sentence/s in the novel reflect anti-american sentiments in the novel?
These sentences can be used while discussing the theme of Anti-America in the novel
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3. What is last name (Surname) and agent name of Priyanka?
10. While answers God's call, whose 'inner voice' said following lines?
"I want my mother to be happy. But I cannot kill myself for it. My mother needs to realize a family is a great support to have, but ultimately, she is responsible for her own happiness. My focus should be on my own life and what I want."
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15. The narrative outlay of the novel is similar to Yan Martel's Life of Pi. Tick mark the similarities from the points listed below:
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26. Name the writer and the work which delineates cultural critique of 'Self-help' genre:
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4. Which of the following things were suggested by God for success and happiness to six characters in the novel?
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19. Menippean satire, seriocomic genre, chiefly in ancient Greek literature and Latin literature, in which contemporary institutions, conventions, and ideas were criticized in a mocking satiric style that mingled prose and verse. Which of the following points make on@tcc Menippean satire?
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20. Which of the following points marks the novel as Popular literature?
Popular literature, commonly, lacks a sustained plot, worked out with close regard to cause and effect. Still more characteristically it lacks the study of character and the intellectual analysis of such varied problems as occupy the fiction of the present age. The popular romances lay their stress chiefly on incident and adventure or simple intrigue, and set forth only the more familiar and accepted moral teachings. They represent, on the whole, an instinctive or traditional, rather than a highly reflective, philosophy of life.
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18. Friedman describes three major factors that contributed to India’s recent attractiveness to knowledge industry companies in the U.S.:
Mark the factor which is not described by Friedman
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14. While answering God's call, whose 'inner voice' said following lines?
This will sound stupid, but I want to take a shot at my own business. I had this idea, if Vroom and I collaborate, we can set up a small web design company. That is all. But it may never work, because most of the things I do never work, but then…one day I’d like to be worthy of someone like her— someone intelligent, witty, sensitive and fun, someone who can seamlessly merge friendship with love. And yes, one day I want to be successful too
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12. While answering God's call, whose 'inner voice' said following lines?
‘I want be myself again, just like I was before marriage, when I was with my parents. I want to divorce Anuj. I don’t want to ever look at my mother-inlaw’s face again. To do this, I have to accept that I made a wrong decision when I married Anuj.
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28. Match the character with the work they are doing at the end of the novel
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Starts web designing company - with Varun
Starts web designing company - with Shyam
Joins B.Ed.
Works for NGO - Charity
Joins son and grand-son
legal course for divorce
Varun
Shyam
Priyanka
Military Uncle
Esha
Radhika
17. Which among the following factors that flattened the world becomes the setting of the novel on@tcc?
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