Bihar STET PGT English Official Paper II Held On 12 Sept 2023 Shift 1
Bihar STET PGT English Official Paper II Held On 12 Sept 2023 Shift 1
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Subject Question
Question 1 Question Id : 1
Who has written a series of sonnets called Amoretti ?
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(A) William Shakespeare
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Question 2 Question Id : 55
“To His Coy Mistress” is a poem in which the poet attempts to ………. his beloved.
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(A) Marry
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(B) Divorce
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(C) Seduce
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(D) Jilt
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Question 3 Question Id : 54
“The Rape of the Lock” has been written in a particular verse style called
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(A) Alexandrine
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Question 4 Question Id : 53
Who is the chief of supernatural characters in “The Rape of the Lock”
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(A) Umbriel
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(B) Baron
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(C) Ariel
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(D) Sylphid
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Question 5 Question Id : 52
What feeling does the speaker express toward the sailor in the poem "Break, Break, Break"?
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(A) Envy
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(B) Admiration
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(C) Resentment
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(D) Indifference
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Question 6 Question Id : 51
“Sailing to Byzantium” is a famous poem written by the poet named……
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(A) T. S. Eliot
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(B) W. B. Yeats
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Question 7 Question Id : 50
"The Age of Anxiety" is a long poem for which …. won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1948?
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(A) Ted Hughes
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(B) e. e. Cummings
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(C) W. H. Auden
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Question 8 Question Id : 49
Which play by George Bernard Shaw features Professor Henry Higgins and his efforts to transform Eliza Doolittle's accent?
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(A) "Pygmalion"
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(C) "Candida"
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Question 9 Question Id : 48
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. In "Murder in the Cathedral," what decision does Thomas Becket make despite knowing the consequences?
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(A) To leave Canterbury and seek refuge elsewhere
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Question 10 Question Id : 47
Which one of the following is a male character from “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
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(A) Jack Worthing
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Question 11 Question Id : 46
Which British playwright is known for creating "comedy of humours," where characters embody exaggerated personality traits?
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(A) William Wycherley
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Question 12 Question Id : 45
During which British monarch's reign were theaters reopened in England after a period of closure?
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(A) King Henry VIII
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Question 13 Question Id : 44
Who is the author of the play "Romeo and Juliet," a classic tragedy in British drama?
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(A) Charles Dickens
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Question 14 Question Id : 43
The Kitchen-sink drama’ is marked by
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(A) Neo-realism
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(D) Pseudo-realism
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Question 15 Question Id : 42
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens was published in
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(A) 1857
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(B) 1858
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(C) 1859
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(D) 1860
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Question 16 Question Id : 41
Which of the following characters is not the part of the novel " A Tale of Two Cities"?
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(A) Dr. Alexandre Manette
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Question 17 Question Id : 56
How many novels George Eliot wrote?
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(A) Five
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(B) Six
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(C) Seven
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(D) Eight
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Question 18 Question Id : 57
Which of the following is not the character of "The Mayor of Casterbridge"?
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(A) Michael Henchard
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Question 19 Question Id : 58
Which of the following works has not been written by D H Lawrence?
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(A) The Fox
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Question 20 Question Id : 67
When the essay " What I Believe" by E.M. Forster was first published ?
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(A) 1938
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(B) 1937
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(C) 1940
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(D) 1941
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Question 21 Question Id : 73
"An Apology for Poetry " was written in
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(A) 1568-69
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(B) 1579-80
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(C) 1589-90
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(D) 1600
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Question 22 Question Id : 72
"An Apology for Poetry" has been divided by Sydney into
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(A) Seven Parts
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Question 23 Question Id : 71
" Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." has been said by
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(A) E. M. Forster
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(D) T. S. Eliot
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Question 24 Question Id : 70
The Preface to Lyrical Ballads was published in the year
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(A) 1797
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(B) 1798
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(C) 1799
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(D) 1800
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Question 25 Question Id : 69
Whom did Matthew Arnold regard as the high priest of prose and reason?
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(A) John Milton
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Question 26 Question Id : 68
"The Function of Criticism" by T. S. Eliot was a reply to
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(D) F R Leavis
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Question 27 Question Id : 66
' Immortal harpings - like a seraph's lyre' - is a line from Henry L.V Dewzio's
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(A) Poetry
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(C) Song
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Question 28 Question Id : 59
' May the sins of your previous birth be burned away tonight, they said.'…. is a line from Nissim Ezekiel's
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(A) Philosophy
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Question 29 Question Id : 65
' A Walk Through the Yellow Pages' & 'The Half-Inch Himalayas' are poems written by -
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(A) Jayanta Mahapatra
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Question 30 Question Id : 64
'No, not only prophate, walk on water' - is a line from:
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(A) Obituary
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Question 31 Question Id : 63
A.K. Ramanujan taught linguisted in …….
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(A) Chicago
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(B) Boston
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Question 32 Question Id : 62
' And a few lines of silver hair in the brown To announce the burden of your twenty-eight years.' is from:
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(A) Lotus
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Question 33 Question Id : 61
Early Indian poetry in English was very -
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(A) Imitative
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(B) Original
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(C) Natural
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(D) Patriotic
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Question 34 Question Id : 60
The Indian theory of drama preserved in ……. is the oldest text of the theory of drama.
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(A) Vavadutta
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(B) Natyashastra
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(C) Savitri
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Question 35 Question Id : 40
What is the name of the magical power that allows Dushyanta to recognize Shakuntala?
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(A) Shakun-Shuddhi
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(B) Shakun-Matwa
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(C) Shakun-Shunya
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(D) Shakun-Tatva
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Question 36 Question Id : 39
Vijay Tendulkar comments on………. in his play 'Silence! The Court is in session.'
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(A) legal awarness
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Question 37 Question Id : 38
Devadutta vows to sacrifice his two arms to the Goddess Kali and his head to -
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(A) Lord Ganesha
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Question 38 Question Id : 37
" We do love our own blood . Unlike you who treat your own like shit which can't be touched' - are lines from :
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(A) Final Solutions
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(B) Hayavadana
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(D) Mrichhakatikam
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Question 39 Question Id : 17
Mrichhkatikam is attributed to ………
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(A) Valmiki
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(B) Sudraka
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(C) Kalidas
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(D) Tulsidas
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Question 40 Question Id : 16
' Abhijnaneshakuntalam' is a drama composed around
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(A) 5th century
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Question 41 Question Id : 15
The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by -
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(A) Jyotirao Phule
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(B) Periyar
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Question 42 Question Id : 14
' Hear me Sanjaya' is a mythological story based on the life of -
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(A) Draupadi
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(B) Gandhari
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(C) Madri
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(D) Kunti
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Question 43 Question Id : 13
Bhabani Bhattacharya is considered as a kind of writer who can mix…..
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(A) romanticism with idealism
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Question 44 Question Id : 12
Rajendra Prasad had his early education at the hands of a village Maulvi who taught him…..
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(A) Sanskrit
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(B) Persian
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(C) Urdu
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(D) Pali
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Question 45 Question Id : 11
' Man is the measure of all things' is a dictum of :
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(A) Thomas Hardy
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Question 46 Question Id : 10
' Kaisar-e Hind' was the title given to ….. by the British government .
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(A) Ruskin Bond
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Question 47 Question Id : 9
The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called-
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(A) Onamatopoeic
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(B) Diachronic
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(C) Synchronic
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(D) Semiotic
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Question 48 Question Id : 8
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in polite requests?
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(A) The falling
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Question 49 Question Id : 7
The older term used to designate the study of language is….
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(A) Philology
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(B) Haplology
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(C) Phonology
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(D) Semiology
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Question 50 Question Id : 6
The /k/ sound in 'act' and 'picture' is a -
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(A) Bilabial Plosion
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Question 51 Question Id : 5
Language is never static. It goes on changing . This property of language is called -
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(A) Dynamic
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(B) Recursiveness
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(C) Displacement
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(D) Transference
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Question 52 Question Id : 4
A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called -
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(A) syllable
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(B) phoneme
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(C) morpheme
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(D) allomorph
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Question 53 Question Id : 3
The -ish in the word 'childish' is -
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(A) An adjective forming morpheme
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Question 54 Question Id : 18
He deserves free-studentship……..his merit
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(A) in spite of
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(C) by virtue of
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(D) in quest of
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Question 55 Question Id : 2
You…… have told me about it.
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(A) able
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(B) need
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(C) could
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(D) must
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Question 56 Question Id : 19
Choose the correct passive voice of: You don't need to wind this watch.
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Question 57 Question Id : 21
Vineeta pronounced the word……..correctly
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(A) quiet
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(B) quit
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(C) quilt
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(D) quite
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Question 58 Question Id : 36
Choose the correct indirect narration of : ' Everybody said, " How well she sings!"
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(A) Everybody told us that she sings very well.
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Question 59 Question Id : 35
Choose the correct meaning of ' Apple of discord ' :
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(A) In good condition
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(D) In a trouble
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Question 60 Question Id : 34
What ……….. About you ?
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(A) does he know
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Question 61 Question Id : 33
which of the following plays is not a memory play?
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(A) A Street Car Named Desire
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Question 62 Question Id : 32
"The Purloined Letter" is a
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(A) social fiction
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Question 63 Question Id : 31
Which of the following is not theme of the story " The Last Leaf"?
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(A) Hope
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(B) Friendship
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(C) sacrifice
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(D) Ambition
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Question 64 Question Id : 30
Who among the following is the vigilante in the story" Dry September"?
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(A) John McLendon
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(D) Butch
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Question 65 Question Id : 29
When "The Prologue"was first published ?
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(A) 1650
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(B) 1651
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(C) 1652
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(D) 1653
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Question 66 Question Id : 28
" O Captain! My Captain!" was composed in
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(A) 1765
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(B) 1865
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(C) 1885
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(D) 1895
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Question 67 Question Id : 27
Crow' stands in the poem "Crow Testament" as a symbol for
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(A) the Native Americans
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Question 68 Question Id : 26
Who called Neruda " the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language"
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(A) Harold Bloom
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(C) G. G. Marquez
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Question 69 Question Id : 25
Derek Walcot's family has not a following descent
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(A) English
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(B) Dutch
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(C) African
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(D) Mongoloid
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Question 70 Question Id : 24
What is the middle name of A K Ramanujam ?
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(A) Krishnan
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(B) Krishnamachari
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(C) Krishnaswami
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(D) KrishnaKarnam
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Question 71 Question Id : 23
The Strider is a/an
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(A) Acquatic animal
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(B) Bird
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Question 72 Question Id : 22
The dominant tone of the poem " "Once Upon a Time " is
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(A) didactic
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(B) satirical
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(C) Ironical
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(D) analytical
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Question 73 Question Id : 74
What is the original name of Badal Sircar
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(A) Sudhindra Sircar
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Question 74 Question Id : 20
The meaning of the name 'Unoka' is
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(A) Home is supreme
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Question 75 Question Id : 75
Which of the following phrases is an example of alliteration?
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(A) "Sunset over the ocean"
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Question 76 Question Id : 78
What is anaphora?
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(A) A type of rhyme scheme in poetry
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(B) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences
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Question 77 Question Id : 92
In Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel Ling David represents Charles II, Absalom represents his natural son the Duke of Monmouth and the Biblical plot
allegorizes a political crisis in contemporary England. This is an example of:
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(A) Symbolism
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(B) Allegory
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(D) Melodrama
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Question 78 Question Id : 93
Alexander Pope’s description of Atticus in his Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, “ Willing to wound, yet afraid to strike” is an example of :
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(A) irony
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(B) paradox
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(C) antithesis
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(D) ambiguity
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Question 79 Question Id : 94
The title “A Woman Killed with Kindness”- is an example of:
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(A) onomatopoeia
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(B) synecdoche
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(C) paradox
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Question 80 Question Id : 97
A figure of speech in which a contrast or opposition in the meaning of contiguous phrase or clause is called …...
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(A) Thesis
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(B) Antithesis
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(C) Synthesis
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(D) Zeugma
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Question 81 Question Id : 96
A creative English language teacher can use multilingualism as
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(A) a classroom strategy to involve all learners
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Question 82 Question Id : 91
Which approach to teaching grammar emphasizes immersing students in the language and encouraging them to acquire grammar rules naturally?
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(A) Direct Method
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Question 83 Question Id : 98
What is the term for the emotional quality or atmosphere evoked by a poem's language and tone?
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(A) Rhyme scheme
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(B) Mood
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(C) Theme
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(D) Structure
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Question 84 Question Id : 99
Which type of assessment is typically conducted at the end of a unit or course to measure overall learning outcomes?
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(A) Project-based assessment
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Question 86 Question Id : 95
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What is the primary benefit of using ICT tools for language assessment?
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(A) They eliminate the need for assessment altogether
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Question 87 Question Id : 90
How can mobile devices contribute to ELT?
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(A) By limiting students' access to learning resources
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Question 88 Question Id : 77
According to psychoanalytical theory, the "Id" represents:
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(A) Conscious thoughts and actions
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Question 89 Question Id : 88
"Third Space," a concept in postcolonial theory, refers to:
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(A) A geographical region between two colonized areas
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(B) The shared cultural space created through the interaction of different cultures
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Question 90 Question Id : 87
Feminist literary criticism aims to:
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(A) Disregard the gender of authors and characters
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(B) Analyze how literature reflects and perpetuates gender roles and stereotypes
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Question 91 Question Id : 89
Structuralism seeks to uncover:
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(A) The psychological motivations of authors
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(C) The deeper structures and patterns beneath the surface of texts
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Question 92 Question Id : 86
Strauss argued that historicism rejects the idea of:
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(A) The author's influence on a work
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Question 93 Question Id : 85
Course in General Linguistics (1915) is a book written by:
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(A) Ferdinand de Saussure
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Question 94 Question Id : 84
Who translated the Tamil version of "Sangati" into English?
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(A) Laxmi Holmstrom
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(C) M. V. Iyengar
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(D) U R Ananthmurthy
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Question 95 Question Id : 76
"Joothan" is a/an
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(A) Novel
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(B) Biography
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(C) Autobiography
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(D) Novella
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Question 96 Question Id : 83
Mamang Dai is not
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(A) poet
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(B) novelist
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(C) Lawyer
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(D) journalist
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Question 97 Question Id : 82
Which of the following statements is not true about Temsula Ao?
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(A) She is poet
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Question 98 Question Id : 81
A caterpillar is a part of the story
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(A) Death of a hunter
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(C) Flight
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Question 99 Question Id : 80
"The Color Purple " is a /an
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(A) Fantasy
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(D) Romance
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(C) Christianity
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Art Of Teaching
(C) discussion
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(D) illustration
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(C) playing
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(B) to show
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(C) to do
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(D) to act
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(B) froebel
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(C) Montessori
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(D) Dewey
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(B) teacher
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(C) student
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(D) I didn't get good marks because the teacher was biased.
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(B) Objectivity
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(C) Adventure
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(B) Walking
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(C) Playing
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(B) Application
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(C) Analysis
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(D) Understanding
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(C) Learner-Centered
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(D) Teacher-Centered
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(B) Creative
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(C) Conservative
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(D) Active
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(B) Castism
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(C) Regionalism
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(B) as a master
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(C) equally
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(D) personally
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(C) we know the reasons of failure and then being encouraged we work harder than before
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(B) Audio
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(C) Audio-Visual
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Other Skills
(B) Ahoms
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(D) Ramosi
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(B) 15%
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(C) 20%
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(D) 25%
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(C) JB Kriplani
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(B) Bihar
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(D) Odisha
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Which one of the following is 'sticky rice' and is a common variety of rice in Assam?
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(A) Ponni rice
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(B) 36
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(C) 28
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(D) 32
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(B) 200
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(C) 0
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(D) 50
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(B) 15
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(C) 0
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(D) -5
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(B) Saturday
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(C) August
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(D) Tuesday
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(B) Heart
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(C) Lung
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(D) Ear
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(B) 120
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(C) 140
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(D) 71/2
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(B) OSUV
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(C) OQVU
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(D) ORVW
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(B) Niece
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(C) Mother
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(D) Cousin
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