Verified past-paper data not yet uploaded
No verified paper has been uploaded for PMS Paper Screening Test 2008 MCQs yet.
The MCQs below are drawn from the Screening Test subject category.
Showing 9671–9680
of 9890 MCQs
Page 968 / 989
9671
The 'Luddite' movement in 19th-century England is famous for:
A. Inventing new machines
B. Destroying textile machinery
C. Building railroads
D. Farming reforms
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
The Luddites were a secret oath-based organization of English textile workers in the 19th century who destroyed textile machinery as a form of protest against industrialization.
9672
The 'May Fourth Movement' in China (1919) was an anti-imperialist movement growing out of student demonstrations in:
A. Shanghai
B. Beijing
C. Hong Kong
D. Nanjing
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
The May Fourth Movement was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement which grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919.
9673
Which movement was an art of the 'absurd', born out of negative reaction to the horrors of World War I?
A. Dada (Dadaism)
B. Rococo
C. Neoclassicism
D. Pre-Raphaelite
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Dada was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. It rejected the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalist society, instead expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest.
9674
Which movement protested injustice through drama, poetry, and community arts?
A. Black Arts Movement
B. Gothic Revival
C. Romanticism
D. Enlightenment
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
The Black Arts Movement promoted cultural and political empowerment.
9675
Which movement used satire and performance art in political protests?
A. Yippie Movement
B. Civil Rights Movement
C. Beat Movement
D. Realism
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
The Yippies mixed theater and protest to challenge authority.
9676
Which cultural movement used satire and performance to criticize authority during the 1960s?
A. Beat Movement
B. Yippie Movement
C. Symbolism
D. Romantic Movement
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
The Yippies used theatrical protest and humor to challenge political power.
9677
Which movement in France emphasized artistic spontaneity and rebellion during the 1960s?
A. May 1968 Movement
B. Bauhaus Movement
C. Romanticism
D. Impressionism
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
The May 1968 protests led to major cultural and political changes in France.
9678
Which cultural movement emphasized folk music, peace activism, and anti-war themes?
A. Renaissance
B. 1960s Folk Revival
C. Romanticism
D. Baroque
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
The Folk Revival used music to promote social change and protest.
9679
Which Spanish architect is responsible for the 'Works of Antoni Gaudí' in Barcelona?
A. Pablo Picasso
B. Salvador Dali
C. Antoni Gaudí
D. Joan Miro
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Seven properties built by the architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) in or near Barcelona testify to Gaudí's exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building technology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
9680
Which SAARC initiative focuses on poverty alleviation?
A. SAARC Development Fund
B. SAARC Poverty Eradication Program
C. South Asian Economic Union
D. SAARC Social Charter
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
The SAARC Development Fund (SDF), established in 2008, finances projects to alleviate poverty and promote social and economic development.
