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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did a flood without precedent in Mumbai's recorded history descend on the city, dumping 94.4 cm. of rain in 14 hours on the northern suburbs?
(a) July 26, 2005.
(b) November 3, 2015.
(c) September 6, 2014.
(d) June 4, 2011.

2. What literary theorist said "fillers function very much like the good manners so important in [Jane] Austen" (17)?
(a) Franco Moretti.
(b) Alfred Wegener.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) Ian Hacking.

3. How long is the system of the Owen fracture zone?
(a) 200 kilometers.
(b) 800 kilometers.
(c) 500 kilometers.
(d) 1,000 kilometers.

4. What is described by the author in Part 1, Section 10 as one of Mumbai's most famous iconic street with sea-facing hotels famous for sunset views?
(a) Marine Drive.
(b) Sunset Drive.
(c) River Drive.
(d) Apex Drive.

5. When did the destinies of New York and Mumbai become linked to the British Empire, according to the author in Part 1, Section 10?
(a) The 1750s.
(b) The 1590s.
(c) The 1620s.
(d) The 1660s.

6. What storm was generated in the Arabian Sea in 2007, noted as its strongest storm ever?
(a) Cyclone Gonu.
(b) Cyclone Vayu.
(c) Cyclone Odisha.
(d) Cyclone Amphan.

7. Who wrote Storm Surge?
(a) Adam Sobel.
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Dipesh Chakrabarty.

8. How many were killed by the cyclone that the author describes encountering in Delhi in Part 1, Section 5?
(a) 30.
(b) 65.
(c) 22.
(d) 59.

9. The author states in Part 1, Section 4 that "the climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of" what (9)?
(a) "Power."
(b) "The imagination."
(c) "The arts."
(d) "Politics."

10. What nuclear facility is located near Mumbai's urban limits?
(a) The Bhabba Atomic Research Centre at Trombay.
(b) The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Tamil Nadu.
(c) The Tarapur Nuclear Reactor, Maharashtra.
(d) The Rajasthan Atomic Power Project.

11. When was The Hungry Tide published?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2006.

12. To what does the author attribute the tendency for the proximity to water being a status symbol in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) A Cartesian vision of the world.
(b) A philosophical vision of the world.
(c) A colonial vision of the world.
(d) A Buddhist vision of the world.

13. What earlier book by the author does he reference in Part 1, Section 2?
(a) The Vast Desert.
(b) The Glass House.
(c) The Hungry Tide.
(d) The Red Tide.

14. Who was the originator of the theory of continental drift?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Thomas Burnet.
(d) Alfred Wegener.

15. What was the first year that the Arabian Sea was known to have generated more storms than the Bay of Bengal?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2019.
(d) 2011.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Rajmohan's Wife written in English?

2. What much-admired historical novel by Paul Kingsnorth is referenced in Part 1, Section 3?

3. What was the author doing as a part-time job while earning his MA at Delhi University?

4. How many people were killed when a great cloud of carbon monoxide burst forth in the Congo in 1988?

5. What is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird?

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