Verified past-paper data not yet uploaded
No verified paper has been uploaded for PMS Paper Screening Test 2012 MCQs yet.
The MCQs below are drawn from the Screening Test subject category.
Showing 8991–9000
of 9502 MCQs
Page 900 / 951
8991
What is a 'Pair'?
A. Two runs
B. A partnership of two batsmen
C. Getting out for zero (duck) in both innings of a Test match
D. Two wickets in an over
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
A batsman gets a 'Pair' when they are dismissed for a duck (zero runs) in both innings of a two-innings match (like a Test).
8992
What is the 'Ashes'?
A. The World Cup trophy
B. A Test cricket series played between England and Australia
C. The stumps after being burnt
D. A T20 league
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
The Ashes is the historic Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia.
8993
What is the 'Follow-on'?
A. Chasing a target
B. The team batting second being forced to bat again immediately after their first innings
C. Fielding close to the batsman
D. Following the bowler's run-up
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
In Test cricket, if the team batting second trails by a significant margin (usually 200 runs), the captain of the first team can enforce the follow-on, making them bat again immediately.
8994
What is the term for a batsman who is sent in early to protect better batsmen from the new ball?
A. Opener
B. Pinch Hitter
C. Nightwatchman
D. Tailender
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
A nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman sent in near the end of a day's play in Test cricket to protect recognized batsmen from getting out before the close of play.
8995
Who wrote 'Great Expectations'?
A. Thomas Hardy
B. Charles Dickens
C. William Makepeace Thackeray
D. George Orwell
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
8996
Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Hamlet'?
A. Charles Dickens
B. William Shakespeare
C. Jane Austen
D. Mark Twain
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, known for his plays, sonnets, and poems.
8997
Who is the primary figure associated with Utilitarianism, the idea of the 'greatest happiness for the greatest number'?
A. John Stuart Mill
B. Karl Marx
C. G.W.F. Hegel
D. Martin Heidegger
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Expanding on Jeremy Bentham's work, Mill refined Utilitarianism to include the quality of pleasures, not just the quantity.
8998
Who is traditionally the author of the Gospels of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles?
A. Matthew
B. Mark
C. Luke
D. John
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Luke the Evangelist was a physician and companion of Paul; his writings constitute a significant portion of the New Testament.
8999
Who was the Andalusian Sufi scholar known as 'The Greatest Master' (Ash-Shaykh al-Akbar)?
A. Ibn Arabi
B. Al-Farabi
C. Ibn Rushd
D. Al-Buni
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Ibn Arabi was a mystic, philosopher, and poet whose writings on the 'Unity of Being' were immensely influential.
9000
Who was the Bohemian religious reformer burned at the stake in 1415, inspiring a major movement?
A. Jan Hus
B. Girolamo Savonarola
C. Huldrych Zwingli
D. John Knox
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Jan Hus was a key predecessor to Protestantism; his execution sparked the Hussite Wars in Bohemia.
