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CONTENTS
UPPSC LT Grade Exam 2018 English Solved Paper ------------------------------------------------------- 3-12
LT Grade English PRACTICE SET-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 13-20
LT Grade English PRACTICE SET-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 21-28
LT Grade English PRACTICE SET-3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 29-35
LT Grade English PRACTICE SET-4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 36-41
LT Grade English PRACTICE SET-5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 42-47
LT Grade English PRACTICE SET-6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 48-53
LT Grade English PRACTICE SET-7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 54-59
LT Grade English PRACTICE SET-8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 60-66
LT Grade English PRACTICE SET-9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 67-73
LT Grade English PRACTICE SET-10 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 74-80

LT Grade Exam Pattern/Syllabus : English

Section-1 : English Language
A. Unseen prose and poetry passages for language comprehension and appreciation.
B. Grammar: Punctuation, parts of speech, spellings, word formation and vocabulary, tense, Narration, Conditional sentences,
Concord, Phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions, transformation and synthesis
C. Translation from English to Hindi and Hindi to English
D. Letter writing and dialogue writing

Section-2 : Literatures in English

A. Literary Forms and Movements with special reference to allegory, ballad, ode, sonnet, blank verse, epic, mock epic, heroic
couplet, lyric, elegy and other stanza forms, dramatic monologue, free verse and rhyme metre, Dramatic forms like tragedy,
comedy, tragic-comedy, romance and One-act plays, Biography, autobiography, memoir and travel writing, Fictional forms,
Different types of essays, Renaissance and Reformation, Neo-classicism, Metaphysical Poets, Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelites,
Modernism, Impressionism, Expressionism and Surrealism understanding and identification of figures of speech.
B. Poetry : Trends and movements in poetry in English with special reference to the following: Shakespeare's sonnets (Sonnet
No 29: "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes" and Sonnet no. 138 "When my love swears that she is made of
truth"), Milton's "On His Blindness" and Paradise Lost (bk 1, II. 1-26), John Donne's "Canonization." Pope's Rape of the Lock
(Canto I), Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", William Wordsworth's (a) "Tintern Abbey" and (b) "The World is
too Much with Us", Percy B. Shelley's (a) "Ode to the West Wind" (b) "To A Skylark", John Keat's (a) "Ode on a Grecian
Urn" (b) "La Belle Dame sans Merci", Tennyson's (a) "Break, Break, Break" (b) "Ulysses", Robert Browning's (a) "My Last
Duchess" (b) "Prospice", Arnold's (a) "Dover Beach" (b) "Memorial Verses", W. B. Yeat's (a) "The Second Coming" (b)
"Sailing to Byzantium", T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", W. H. Auden's "In Memory of W.B. Yeats". Ted Hughes' "Crow
Alights", Philip Larkin's "Wants", Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" Emily Dickinson's "Success is Counted Sweetest",
Robert Frost's (a) "Birches" (b) "Stopping by the Woods", Rabindranath Tagore's From Gitanjali (11th, "Leave the Chanting"
and 12th "Fruit Gathering"), Nissim Ezekiel's (a) "Night of Scorpion" (b) "Philosophy", Kamala Das's "An Introduction", A K
Ramanujan's "Obituary" and Derek Walcott's "A for Cry from Africa"
C. Drama : Trends and movements in drama in English with special reference to the following Shakespeare's Macbeth. Twelfth
Night and Merchant of Venice. Ben Jonson Every Man in his Humour, Dryden's All for Love, Bernard Shaw's Arms and the
Man, Galsworthy's Justice, Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party, Eugene O' Neill's The Hairy Ape, Arthur Miller's All My Sons
and Girish Karnad's Hayavadana.
D. FICTION : Trends and movements in prose and fiction in English with special reference to the following: Mahatma Gandhi's
My Experiments with Truth, Jawaharlal Nehru's "The Discovery of India", Fielding's Joseph Andrews, Jane Austen's Pride
and Prejudice, Dicken's Great Expectations, Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, George Orwell's Animal Farm, Woolf's Mrs-
DalloWay, Golding's Lord of the Flies', Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, Steinbeck's
The Grapes of Wrath, Raja Rao's Kanthapura, R K Narayan's The Bachelor of Arts, Kamala' Markandeya's Two Virgins and
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.
PROSE : Francis Bacon's "Of Studies" and "Of Truth", Addison's "Sir Roger at Home" "Will Wimble", Steele's "The
Spectator Club" Lamb's "Dream Children", E. V. Lucas' "Tight Corners", A. G. Gardiner's "In Defence of Ignorance",
Bertrand Russell's "The Road to Happiness", Richard Wright's "Twelve Million Black Voices", Maughm's "The Luncheon",
Anita Desai's "A Farewell Party" Katherine Mansfield's "The Fly", O' Henry's "The Last Leaf";

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ENGLISH
(Solved Paper with Explanation)
1. Change the following sentence into Passive Ans : (a) Malvolio is sick of `self love' in Shakespeare's
Voice: Twelfth Night. He is the vain, pompous steward of
Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed Olivia's house hold.
my suit. Hence option (a) is correct.
(a) My shoes were cleaned and my suit brushed.
6. The sleep-walking scence occurs in
(b) My shoes have been cleaned and my suit
(a) King Lear (b) Macbeth
brushed by somebody.
(c) My shoes have been cleaned and my suit (c) Othello (d) The Merchant of Venice
brushed by somebody. Ans : (b) The sleep walking scene occurs in-Macbeth.
(d) My shoes had been cleaned and my suit This scene is happen in Act V Scene I. The sleep
brushed. walking scene is probably one of the most significant
Ans : (d) efoÙes ieÙes Active voice keâe passive voice efJekeâuhe scene in the play.

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(d) Megæ nw~ 7. Where does the Third Act in Arms and the

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Man take place?
efoÙee ieÙee Active voice, Past perfect Tense ceW nw~ Past (a) Library (b) Garden
perfect Tense keâer passive voice keâer mebjÛevee efvecve Øekeâej nesleer
(c) Army Camp (d) Battlefield

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Ans : (a) 'Arms and the man' is a comedy by G.B.
Sub + Had been + V3 + by + Object Shaw whose title comes from the opening words of
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veesš : Active mes passive yeveeles meceÙe Subject keâes Object Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin : Arma Virumque Cano. The
third act take place in Library. Hence option (a) is
Deewj Object keâes Subject ceW yeoue osles nQ~ correct.
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2. Robert Frost was 8. Choose the correct forms of the verbs given in
(a) a British poet settled in America the brackets:
(b) an American poet settled in England It is very pleasant (wake) up and (hear) the
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(c) a Canadian poet settled in America rain (beat) on the windows.

(d) an American poet settled in New England (a) waking, hearing, beat
Ans : (d) Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. He (b) wake, hearing, beat
settled in New England. New England is a geographical (c) to wake, hear, beating
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region Comprising six states of the Northeastern United (d) to wake, to hear, beat
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State. Hence option (b) is correct. Ans : (c) Option (c) is correct forms of the verbs correct
3. Stanley Webber in The Birthday Party sentence-
pretends to be a one-time
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It is very pleasent to wake up and hear the rain beating

(a) flute player (b) guitarist on the windows.
(c) drummer (d) pianist 9. Dryden's All for Love is a retelling of
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Ans : (d) The Birthday Party is the second full length Shakespeare's
play of Harold Pinter. In this play Stanley Webber (a) Antony and Cleopatra
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pretends to be a pianist. Hence option (d) is correct.

(b) The Merchant of Venice
4. The four humours in Ben Jonson's time were (c) Macbeth
(a) love, hate, laughter and sorrow (d) Twelfth Night
(b) choler, yellow bile, melancholy and black
bile Ans : (a) Dryden's `All for Love' is a retelling of
Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. 'All for Love' or
(c) tear, blood, bile and saliva
'The World Well Lost', is a heroic drama by John
(d) blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile
Dryden written in 1667.
Ans : (d) Blood, Phlegm, yellow bile and black bile
were the four humours in Ben Jonson's time. Hence 10. Dryden's All for Love is written in
option (d) is correct. (a) free verse (b) blank verse
5. Who is sick of 'self-love' in Shakespeare's (c) rime (d) heroic couplet
Twelfth Night? Ans : (b) All for Love is written in blank verse. Blank
(a) Malvolio (b) Sir Toby Belch verse has a meter but no rhyme. It is a tragedy. Hence
(c) Sir Andrew Aguecheek (d) Olivia option (b) in correct.

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11. Identify the correct sentence. 14. Who has described Bacon as "the wisest,
(a) She entered into the room without knocking brightest, meanest of mankind"?
at the door. (a) Macaulay (b) Alexander Pope
(b) She entered in the room without knocking at (c) Dr. Johnson (d) Hugh Walker
the door. Ans : (b) Alexander Pope has described Bacon as the
(c) She entered the room without knocking on wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind'. Hence option (b)
the door. is correct.
(d) She entered into the room without knocking
on the door. 15. Who is the essayist who called his essays
'dispersed meditations'?
Ans : (c) Option (c) is correct option.
(a) A. G. Gardiner (b) Bertrand Russell
Word `Enter' is not followed by any preposition.
(c) Joseph (d) Francis Bacon
Hence option (c) is correct.
Correct sentence. Ans : (d) Francis Bacon is the essayist who called his
She entered the room without knocking on the door. essay-`dispersed meditation". Hence option (d) is
correct.
12. Fill in the blank:
Do you ever send______ for things rather than 16. Who wrote under the pseudonym 'Alpha of the
buying them in shops? Plough'?
(a) up (b) out (a) Charles Lamb (b) Francis Bacon

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(c) off (d) through (c) R. L. Stevenson (d) A. G. Gardiner

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Ans : (c) `Send off' means to arrange for someone to go Ans : (d) Alfred George Gardiner was a British

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somewhere. Hence option (c) is correct. Journalist, editor and author. His essays, written under
Correct sentence. the pen-name. Alpha of the plough. Hence option (d) is
Correct.

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Do you ever send off for things rather than buying them
in shop. 17. The word 'Elia' is associated with
13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct (a) Thomas De Quincey (b) William Hazlitt
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answer using the codes given below the Lists: (c) Charles Lamb (d) Francis Bacon
List-I List-II Ans : (c) The `Elia' is associated with Charles Lamb.
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(A) Euphemism (i) A striking Charles first used the pseudonym Elia far an essay on
opposition or the `South Sea House', Elia was the last name of an
contrast of words Italian man who worked with Charlse Lamb at the same
or sentiments time. Hence option (c) is correct.
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sentence 18. How much money does the narrator of the
(B) Antithesis (ii) Description of a short story, The Luncheon have when the story
disagreeable thing opens?
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by an agreeable (a) Sixty francs (b) Eighty francs

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name (c) Seventy francs (d) Ninety francs

(C) Epigram (iii) A statement that is Ans : (b) `The Luncheon' by W. Somerset Maugham
made emphatic by
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recounts a Lunch he had with a women who admired

over statement his writing. When the story opens narrator of the short
(D) Hyperbole (iv) A brief pointed story had eighty francs. Hence option (b) is correct.
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saying frequently 19. Who is credited for pioneering the Historical

introducing Novel?
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antithetical ideas
which excite (a) Laurence Sterne (b) Jane Austen
surprise and arrest (c) Walter Scott (d) Henry Fielding
attention Ans : (c) Walter Scott is credited for pioneering the
Codes : Historical Novel.
(a) A B C D Hence option (c) is correct.
i iv iii ii 20. The phrase 'two inches of ivory' is used for the
(b) A B C D plots of
iii ii i iv (a) Thomas Hardy (b) Charles Dickens
(c) A B C D (c) Virginia Woolf (d) Jane Austen
iv iii ii i Ans : (d) The phrase `two inches of ivory' is used for
(d) A B C D the plots of-Jane Austen, an English novelist who
ii i iv iii recorded the domestic manners of the landed gentry.
Ans : (d) Option (d) is correctly matched. Hence option (d) is correct.
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21. Who is Pip's tutor in London in Dickens Great 27. The Bennet family in Pride and Prejudice lives
Expectations? in the _____ estate.
(a) Harold Pocket (b) Walter Pocket (a) Longbourn (b) Pemberley
(c) Herbert Pocket (d) Matthew Pocket (c) Rosings (d) Greenfield
Ans : (d) Matthew Pocket is Pip's tutor in London in Ans : (a) Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen.
Dickens-Great Expectations. He is Miss Havisham's The story of the novel is centred on Bannet family, who
Cousin. Matthew Pocket tutors young gentlemen such lives in the Longbourn estate.
as-Bently Drummle Startop, Pip and his own son Hence option (a) is correct.
Herbert. Hence option (a) is correct.
28. Who is the Old Man in The Old Man and the
22. Fielding's Joseph Andrews parodies Sea?
(a) Guliver's Travels (b) Tess (a) Sebastian (b) Santiago
(c) Pamela (d) Oliver Twist (c) Antonio (d) Ferdinand
Ans : (c) 'Pamela' or 'Virtue Rewarded' is an epistolary Ans : (b) 'The Old Man and the Sea' is a novel by
novel by English writer Samuel Richardson first Ernest Hemingway. Santiago is the hero of the novel,
published in 1740. Fielding's Joseph Andrews parodies- who is the old man.
'Pamela'. Hence option (c) is correct.
Hence option (b) is correct.
23. "Happiness is but an occasional episode in the
29. The statement "All animals are equal but some
general drama of pain."

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are more equal than others" occurs in

d
The above statement occurs in
(a) Panchatantra (b) Lord of the Flies
(a) Jseph Andrews

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(c) Animal Farm (d) The Fly
(b) Lord of the Flies
(c) The Mayor of Casterbridge Ans : (c) Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by

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(d) Animal Farm George Orwell. The statement. All animals are equal
but some are more equal than others." Occurs in the
Ans : (c) "The statement-Happiness is but an occasional present novella. Hence option (c) is correct.
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episode in the general drama of pain" occurs. In – The
Mayor of Casterbridge written by – Thomas Hardy. 30. Lord of the Flies is a literal translation of
Hence option (c) is correct. (a) Beelzebub (b) Satan
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24. Whom did Henchard arrange to hire as his (c) Lucifer (d) Mephistophilis
Business Manager before meeting Farfrae in Ans : (a) Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize
The Mayor of Casterbridge? winning British author William Golding in 1954. This
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(a) Christopher Coney novel is literal translation of Beelzebub. Hence option

(b) Solomon Longways (a) is Correct.
(c) Nance Mockridge 31. 'Unoka' is associated with the novel
(d) Joshua Jopp (a) The Bachelor of Arts
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Ans : (d) Michael Henchard arranged Joshua Jopp- (b) Things Fall Apart
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sometime manager with a grudge against him as his (c) A Grain of Wheat
business manager before meeting. Farfrae in the mayor (d) The Petals of Blood
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of Casterbridge. Hence option (d) is correct. Ans : (b) Things Fall Apart is a novel written by
25. Mrs. Dalloway describes the events of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe published in 1958
(a) four days (b) two days Okonkuso is the protagonist of the novel. Other
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(c) one day (d) three days Character Unoka, Nwoye, Ikemefuna, Ezinma Obierika,
are mayor character in the present novel. Hence option
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Ans : (c) Mrs. Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf

that details a day in the life of Clariessa Dalloway. So (b) is correct.
Mrs. Dalloway describes the events of one day. 32. Choose the best alternative which expresses the
Hence option (c) is correct. meaning of the underlines phrase:
26. Mr. Behrman in The Last Leaf is What egged you on to become a social worker?
(a) a neighbour living downstairs (a) dampened (b) urged
(b) Johnsy's art teacher (c) hindered (d) discouraged
(c) a surgeon Ans : (b) 'Egged someone on' means–to encourage,
(d) Sue's boyfriend urge or dare someone to continue doing something
Ans : (a) Mr. Behrman was the old artist dies of usually something unwise. Hence option (b) is correct.
Pneumonia contracted while being out in the wet and 33. Rangamma in Kanthapura organizes the
cold, painting the last leaf. The old artist who saves the women and calls this group
girl. He is a neighbor living downstairs. (a) Gram Sevika (b) Mahila Sangha
Hence option (a) is correct. (c) Mahila Sevika (d) Sevika Sangha
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Ans : (c) 'Rangamma' is a widow in Kanthapura who 37. Which of the following reflects the main thrust
becomes the Gadhian movement's secondary leader of the passage?
after her close confident Moorthy she leader the group (a) It deals with the importance of the army in
of women-"Volunteers" sevika means-mahila sevika. maintaining law and order.
Hence option (c) is correct. (b) It highlights the role of the police as superior
Read the passage given below carefully and to that of the army.
answer the questions that follow (Question Nos. 34 to (c) It discusses the roles of the army and the
38). Choose the correct option from the alternatives police in different circumstances.
provided : (d) It points to the responsibility of the Minister
True it is the function of the army to maintain law and the Inspector General of Police.
and order in abnormal times. But in normal times there is
Ans : (c) The role of the army and the police in
another force that compels citizens to obey the laws and
different circumstances reflects the main thrust of the
to act with due regards to the rights of others. The force
also protects the lives and the properties of law-abiding passage. Hence option (c) is correct.
men. Laws are made to secure the personal safety of its 38. Out of the following, which one has the
subjects and to prevent murder and crimes of violence. opposite meaning to the word 'restrained' in
They are made to secure the property of citizens against the passage?
theft and damage to protect the rights of communities (a) Promoted (b) Accelerated
and castes to carry out their customs and ceremonies, so (c) Intruded (d) Inhibited
long as they do not conflict with the rights of others.

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Ans : (b) Opposite meaning of the ward-`restrained' is-

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Now the good citizen, of his own free will, obeys option (b) Accelerated. Hence option (b) is correct.
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done with due regard to the rights and well-being of Read the following poetic lines and answer the
others. But the bad citizen is only restrained from questions that follow (Question Nos. 39 to 42).

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breaking these laws by fear of the consequence of his Riches I hold in light esteem,
actions. And the necessary steps to compel the bad And love I laugh to scorn;
citizen to act as a good citizen are taken by this force. And lust of fame was but a dream,
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The supreme control of law and order in a State is in the That vanished with the morn:
hands of a Minister who is responsible to the State And if I pray, the only prayer
Assembly and acts through the Inspector General of
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That moves my lips for me

Police.
Is, "Leave the heart that now bears,
34. The expression 'customs and ceremonies'
And give me liberty!"
means
39. What does 'Riches' mean here?
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(a) fairs and festivals

(b) habits and traditions (a) Laxmi goddess (b) Material gains
(c) usual practices and religious rites (c) Name of a girl (d) Money
(d) superstitions and formalities Ans : (b) `Riches' means Material gains. Hence option
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means-usual practices and religious rites. Hence option 40. What does the poet say about 'lust of fame'?
(c) is correct. The poet says that it is
(a) passion (b) craze
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35. A suitable title for the given passage would be

(a) The function of the army (c) transitory (d) ecstasy
(b) Laws and the people's rights Ans : (c) The poet says that lust of fame is transitory.
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(c) The fear of the law and citizens security Hence option (c) is correct.
(d) The functions of the police 41. What is the condition of the poet?
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Ans : (d) The suitable title of the given passage would The poet is/has
be-The function of the police. Hence option (d) is (a) dissatisfied with the present
correct. (b) satisfied with the present
36. According to the writer, which one of the (c) love for future
following is not the responsibility of the police? (d) love for past
(a) To protect the privileges of all citizens
Ans : (a) In the present stanza the poet is dissatisfied
(b) To check violent activities of citizens with the present. Hence option (a) is correct.
(c) To ensure peace among citizens by
safeguarding individual rights 42. What does the poet pray for?
(d) To maintain peace during extra ordinary (a) Escape from the earth (b) Break of heart
circumstances (c) Liberty of soul (d) Prestige
Ans : (d) According to the writer to maintain peace Ans : (c) In the present poem poet pray for the liberty
during extra-ordinary circumstances is not the of soul.
responsibility of the police. Hence option (d) is correct. Hence option (c) is correct.

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Choose the correctly spelt word (Question Nos. (a) I like all things good and bad, beautiful and
43 to 45) : ugly; dark and bright.
43. Which of the following is correctly spelt? (b) I like all things good and bad, beautiful and
(a) Incredible (b) Uncredible ugly, dark and bright.
(c) Encredible (d) Discredible (c) I like all things good and bad; beautiful and
Ans : (a) Incredible ugly, dark and bright.
(d) I like all things, good and bad; beautiful and
44. Which of the following has the correct
ugly; dark and bright
spelling?
(a) Conoisseur (b) Connoiseur Ans : (b) I like all things good and bad, beautiful and
(c) Connoisseur (d) Connoissur ugly, dark and bright.
Ans : (c) Connoisseur Question Nos. 52 to 54 are based on Parts of Speech.
Choose the correct option as desired:
45. Find out the correctly spelt word. 52. Choose the correct Plural Form from the
(a) Restorent (b) Restaurent following.
(c) Restarent (d) Restaurant (a) Manservants (b) Menservant
Ans : (d) Restaurant (c) Menservants (d) Man's servant
Question Nos. 46 to 48 are based on word formation. Ans : (c) Correct plural form is-men servants singular
Change the word as desired: number of menservants is-manservant. Hence option (c)

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(a) Grassland (b) Grasshopper 53. Choose the correct sentence from the following.

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(c) Grass (d) Graze (a) I am obliged of you for this good turn.
Ans : (d) Graze (b) I am obliged to you for this good turn.

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47. Which of the following is a noun of 'condemn'? (c) I am obliged with you for this good turn.
(a) Condemned (b) Condemning (d) I am obliged to you by this good turn.
(c) Condemningly (d) Condemnation Ans : (b) Correct sentence-I am obliged to you for this
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Ans : (d) Condemnation good turn.
48. Which of the following is the verb of 'internal'? Word `obliged' is followed by preposition-`To'
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(a) Internally (b) Internalize obliged To somebody

(c) Intervention (d) Inter obliged with something
Ans : (b) Internalize obliged for doing something.
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Hence option (b) is correct.

Choose the correct option on the use of punctuation
marks (Question Nos. 49 to 51): 54. Choose the correct sentence from the following.
49. Punctuate the following sentence correctly: (a) Because he is clever therefore, he gets good
men may come and men may go marks.
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(a) Men may come and men may go, but I go on (c) Because he is clever, he gets good marks.
forever. (d) Because he is clever so that he gets good
marks.
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(b) Men may come, and men may go, but I go on

forever. Ans : (c) Option (c) is correct.
(c) Men may come, and men, may go, but I go Because he is clever, he gets good marks.
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on forever. 55. Give the synonym of the word `candid'.

(d) Men may come and men may go, but, I go on (a) Apparent (b) Explicit
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forever. (c) Frank (d) Bright

Ans : (b) Men may come, and men may go, but I go on Ans : (c) The synonym of the Candid is 'Frank'.
forever. Hence option (c) is correct.
50. Punctuate the following sentence correctly: 56. Give the antonym of the word `disparage'.
I therefore request to grant me leave (a) Please (b) Praise
(a) I, therefore, request to grant me leave. (c) Belittle (d) Denigrate
(b) I therefore, request to grant me leave. Ans : (b) Antonym of the ward-disparage is option (b)
(c) I therefore request, to grant me leave. Praise. Hence option (b) is Correct
(d) I therefore request to grant, me leave.
57. Fill in the blank with suitable option :
Ans : (c) I therefore request, to grant me leave. His speech was disappointing : it______ all the
51. Punctuate the following sentence correctly: major issues.
I like all things good and bad beautiful and (a) projected (b) revealed
ugly dark and bright (c) skirted (d) analyzed
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Ans : (c) Suitable option in the Fill in the blank is-(c) (a) To accept defeat
Correct sentence- (b) To accept a challenge
His speech was disappointing : It skirted all the major (c) To suffer humiliation
issues. (d) To accept an honour
58. Which of the following Tenses refers to a Ans : (b) The correct meaning of the idiom-`To accept
completed action? the gauntlet' means-To accept a challenge. Hence option
(a) Simple Present (b) is correct.
(b) Present Progressive 64. Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase :
(c) Present Perfect If you disturb me, I shall______ of my story.
(d) Present Perfect Continuous (a) put up with (b) waste one's breath
Ans : (c) `Perfect Tense' refers to a complete action. So (c) lose the thread (d) move with times
present perfect Tense is correct. Ans : (c) Option (c) is correct.
Hence option (c) is correct.
Correct sentence-
59. Which of the following sentences is in Present If you disturb me I shall lose the thread of my story.
Perfect Continuous Tense?
(a) I was making cakes 65. Put the given sentence into Indirect Narration :
(b) I have been making cakes "Good morning Vijay," said Ramesh. "Are
you going to the market?"
(c) I had been making cakes

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(a) Ramesh wished Vijay good morning and

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(d) I will be making cakes
asked whether he was going to the market
Ans : (b) Structure of Present perfect continuous tense

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(b) Ramesh said good morning to Vijay and
is-
asked was he going to the market?
Sub + has/have + been + V + ing + Object (c) Ramesh wished good morning to Vijay and

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I have been making cakes. asked when he was going to the market
Hence option (b) is correct. (d) Ramesh told good morning to Vijay and
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60. Choose the correct sentence in Present asked that whether he was going to the
Continuous Tense. market
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(a) My uncle will be making a speech on Ans : (a) Correct indirect narration is option (a)
Tuesday Ramesh wished Vijay good morning and asked whether
(b) My uncle has been making a speech on he was going to market.
Tuesday 66. Change the following sentence into Direct
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(c) My uncle is making a speech on Tuesday Narration :

(d) My uncle shall be making a speech on Moti asked Gangu whether the latter was in his
Tuesday senses.
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Ans : (c) Structure of present continuous Tense is- (a) "Hey Gangu, are you in your senses now?"
sub+is/am/are+V+ing+other word. asked Moti
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Hence option (c) is correct. (b) "Gangu, have you lost your senses?" asked
61. Give the correct meaning of the idiom `in Moti
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camera'. (c) "Gangu, are you in your senses?" asked Moti

(a) A small bulb in a camera (d) "Are you senseless, Gangu?" asked Moti
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(b) A film in a camera Ans : (b) Correct direct narration is option (b) "Gangu,
(c) In a darkroom have you last your senses?" asked Moti.
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(d) At a secret or private place to 67. Put the following sentence into Indirect
Ans : (d) The correct meaning of the idiom-`in camera' Narration:
means- At a secret or private place. Hence option (d) is Sohan said to me, "I have always been your
correct. friend."
62. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom `once (a) Sohan told me that he has always been my
in a blue moon'. friend.
(a) Once in a decade (b) Once in a year (b) Sohan told me that I had always been your
(c) Very rarely (d) Very commonly friend.
Ans : (c) The correct meaning of the idiom-`Once in a (c) Sohan told me that I had always been your
blue moon' means- very rarely. Hence option (c) is friend.
correct. (d) Sohan told me that he had always been my
63. Give the correct meaning of the following friend.
idiom/phrase : Ans : (d) Correct Indirect narration is option (d) Sohan
`To accept the gauntlet' told me that he had always been my friend.
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68. Change the following sentence into Indirect 73. Transform the following sentence into
Narration : Compound Sentence:
He said to her, "What a cold day!" In spite of being unwell, he kept on working.
(a) He told her that it was a cold day. (a) He was unwell though kept on working.
(b) He exclaimed that it was a cold day. (b) He was unwell and kept on working.
(c) He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold (c) He was unwell, but he kept on working.
day. (d) He was unwell yet kept on working.
(d) He exclaimed that it was a very cold day. Ans : (c) Correct transform of compound sentence is
Ans : (d) Correct indirect narration is option (d). He option (c).
exclaimed that it was a very cold day. He was unwell, but he kept on working.
Question Nos. 69 to 70 are based on choosing the Translate the given sentences into English (Question
correct sentence: Nos. 74 to 76):
69. Choose the correct sentence. 74. Translate the following sentence into English:
(a) When I went to school we had to learn Latin. Deesme Ûeešves mes hÙeeme veneR yegPeleer~
(b) When I went to school we must have been (a) By licking dew thirst cannot be quenched.
learning Latin. (b) Much cry, little try.
(c) When I had gone to school we would be (c) Great thirst, little dew.
learning Latin. (d) Fog cannot be dispelled by a fan.

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(d) When I had to go to school we might learnt Ans : (d) Correct translation of the sentence–

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Latin. ‘Deesme Ûeešves mes hÙeeme vener yegPeleer’ is option (d) Fog cannot be

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Ans : (a) Correct sentence is option (a). When I went to dispelled by a fan.
school we had to learn Latin. 75. Translate the following sentence into English:
efpemekeâer uee"er Gmekeâer YeQme~

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70. Pick out the correct sentence.
(a) When I grow up I would be an astronaut. (a) Might is right.
(b) When I grow up then I'll be an astronaut. (b) The buffalo belongs to the person who holds
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(c) When I shall grow up I'll be an astronaut. a stick.
(d) When I grow up I'm going to be an astronaut. (c) Whose stick, his buffalo.
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Ans : (a) Option (a) is correct (d) The buffalo will come to the person who
Correct sentence- guides it with a stick.
When I grow up I would be an astronaut. Ans : (a) Correct translation of the sentence-‘efpemekeâer
uee"er Gmekeâer Yewme’ is option (a) Might is right.
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Question Nos. 71 to 73 are based on transformation

and synthesis of sentences. Answer them as 76. Translate the following sentence into English:
instructed: Devle Yeuee lees meye Yeuee~
71. Transform the following sentence into (a) All is well that ends well.
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Assertive Sentence: (b) If end is good, everything is good.

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What is better than milk for one's health? (c) If end is well, everything is well.
(a) Anything is better than milk for one's health. (d) All is good that ends good.
(b) Everything is better than milk for one's
Ans : (a) Correct translation of the sentence-&Devle Yeuee lees
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health.
(c) Something is better than milk for one's meye Yeuee’ is option (a)-All is well that ends well.
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health. 77. Translate the following sentence into Hindi :

(d) Nothing is better than milk for one's health. Several villages were burnt down.
(a) keâF& ieeBJe peuee efoÙes ieÙes~
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Ans : (d) Correct assertive sentence is option (d).

Nothing is better than milk for one's health. (b) ieeBJeeW keâes peuee efoÙee ieÙee~
72. Synthesize the following set of sentences into (c) keâF& ieeBJe peue ieÙes~
one Simple Sentence: (d) ieeBJeeW keâes peuee [euee ieÙee~
Homer was a great poet. He was born Ans : (a) Correct translation of the sentence in Hindi-
somewhere. Nobody knows where.
`Several villages were burnt down' in option (a) keâF& ieeBJe
(a) Homer was a great poet, born anywhere.
peuee efoÙes ieÙes~
(b) Nobody knows the birthplace of the great
poet, Homer. 78. Translate the following sentence into Hindi :
(c) Homer, a great poet, was born somewhere. I should not mind a little more tea.
(d) Who knows the birthplace of Homer that was (a) cegPes LeesÌ[er ÛeeÙe Deewj Ûeue peeSieer~
a great poet. (b) cegPes LeesÌ[er ÛeeÙe Deewj os oerefpeÙes~
Ans : (c) Correct synthesize sentence is option (c). (c) ceQ Deewj ÛeeÙe kesâ efueÙes lewÙeej ntB~
Homer, a great poet, was born somewhere. (d) ceQ LeesÌ[er Deewj ÛeeÙe ues uetBiee~
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Ans : (d) Correct translation of the sentence in Hindi `I 84. Which among the following is a sonnet?
should not mind a little mare tea' is option (d) – ceQ LeesÌ[er (a) Break, Break, Break (b) Ozymandias
Deewj ÛeeÙe ues uetBiee~ (c) The Canonization (d) Tintern Abbey
Ans : (b) `Ozymandias' is a sonnet written by P.B.
79. Translate the following sentence into Hindi : Shelley published in 1818. Hence option (b) is correct.
Were I to be elected again, I would solve these
85. A sonnet having three quatrains and a couplet,
problems.
with rhyming scheme-abab, cdcd, efef, gg-is
(a) keäÙee ceQ hegve:efveJee&efÛele nesves kesâ efueÙes Fve mecemÙeeDeeW keâes called
nue keâj otB~ (a) Miltonic sonnet (b) Petrarchan sonnet
(b) Ùeefo ceQ ogyeeje Ûegvee peeTB lees Fve mecemÙeeDeeW keâes nue (c) Shakespearean sonnet (d) Italian sonnet
keâj otBiee~ Ans : (c) Shakespearean sonnet contains three quatrain
(c) keäÙee ceQ efHeâj mes efveJee&efÛele nesves kesâ efueÙes Fve mecemÙeeDeeW and a couplet. Rhym scheme of quatrain is – abab, cd
cd, ef ef and couplet is gg. Hence option (c) is correct.
keâes nue keâj otBiee~ 86. Who introduced 'Ottava Rima' into English?
(d) Ùeefo ceQ ogyeeje Ûegvee ieÙee lees mecemÙeeÙeW ner veneR jnWieer~ (a) Chaucer (b) Byron
Ans : (b) Correct translation of the sentence in Hindi- (c) Wyatt (d) Milton
Where I to be elected again, I would solve these Ans : (c) Thomas Wyatt introduced Ottava Rima in to
problems' is option (b) Ùeefo ceQ ogyeeje Ûegvee peeTB lees Fve English. This stanza-form was first used in England in
mecemÙeeDeeW keâes nue keâj otBiee~ the early 16th century by Sir Thomas Wyatt. Hence

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option (c) is correct.

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80. Point out the salutation in an informal letter.
87. The Pindaric Ode consists of

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(a) Dear Mother
(a) strophe, epde, antipode
(b) Sir
(b) strophe, antistrophe, epode
(c) Dear Madam

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(c) epode, antipode, strophe
(d) Dear Gentlemen (d) strophe, antipode, edode
Ans : (a) Informal letters are written to close Ans : (b) Pindaric Ode is regular Ode invented by
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acquaintance of the writer their friends, family relative Greek poet Pindar. This kind of Ode is regular Ode and
etc. Since they are written to close relations the letter divided into strophe. Hence option (b) is correct.
have an informal and personal tone salutation in an
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88. What is blank verse?

informal letter – Dear mother is correct. Hence option (a) It has a metre but no rhyme.
(a) is correct.
(b) It has no metre and no rhyme.
81. An informal letter has the following parts : (c) It has a rhyme but no metre.
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(a) Salutation, Body and Signature (d) None of the above.

(b) Salutation, Matter and Subscription Ans : (a) Blank verse consists of lines of Iambic
(c) Salutation, Body, Subscription and Signature pentameter (Five-stress Iambic verse) which are
(d) None of the above unrhymed.
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farm to be attended to namely. So Blank verse has a meter but no rhyme.

1. Heading 2. Salutation, 3. Body 4. Subscription 5. Hence option (a) is correct.
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signature 6. The superscription on the envelop. Hence 89. The greatest poet of dramatic monologue in
option (c) is correct. English is
(a) Shakespeare (b) John Donne
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82. `With love' is used in which part of an informal

letter? (c) Tennyson (d) Robert Browning
Ans : (d) The greatest poet of dramatic monologue in
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(a) Heading (b) Opening

(c) Closing (d) Body English is Robert Browning. Robert Browning belongs
to the Victorian age. Hence option (d) is correct.
Ans : (c) `With love' is used in closing part of an
90. 'Litotes' means
informal letter. Hence option (c) is correct.
(a) a change of life (b) opposite of hyperbole
83. In order to have a desired effect on he (c) abstract notions (d) concrete irony
recipient, a formal letter should be
Ans : (d) Litotes means concrete irony. In Litotes on
(a) in the proper format affirmative is conveyed by negation of the opposite, the
(b) to the point and relevant effect being to suggest a strong expression by means of
(c) grammatically correct a weaker. Hence option (d) is correct.
(d) All of the above 91. Which of the following is not an elegy?
Ans : (d) In order to have a desired effect on the (a) Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
recipient, a formal letter should be in the proper format, (b) Adonais
to the point and relevant grammatically correct. Hence (c) Tintern Abbey
option (d) is correct. (d) Rogby Chapel

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Ans : (c) `Tintern Abbey is Wordsworth poem which 99. Who among the following is the Movement
appeared in Lyrical Ballads in 1798. It is a dramatic Poet?
lyric. Hence option (c) is correct. (a) Ted Hughes (b) T. S. Eliot
92. The Reformation Movement was led by (c) W. H. Auden (d) Philip Larkin
(a) Ptolemaic Ans : (d) Philip Larkin is a movement poet. Hence
(b) Martin Luther option (d) is correct.
(c) Roman Catholic Church 100. Who said, "A thought to Donne was an
(d) Mahatma Gandhi experience. It modified his sensibility"?
Ans : (b) The Reformation movement was led by (a) Dr. Johnson (b) T. S. Eliot
Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a German professor (c) I. A. Richards (d) F. R. Leavis
of theology. Hence option (b) is correct. Ans : (b) T. S. Eliot said – A thought to Donne was an
93. Who said, "Donne affects the metaphysics not experience. It modified his sensibility. Hence option (b)
only in his satires but also in his amorous is correct.
verses?
101. The term 'conceit' has relevance in
(a) John Dryden (b) Samuel Johnson
(a) Elizabethan poetry
(c) T.S. Eliot (d) Matthew Arnold
(b) Restoration poetry
Ans : (a) Dryden was the first to apply the term to 17th
(c) Eighteenth century poetry
century poetry when in 1693, he criticized Donne-
(d) Metaphysical poetry

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"Donne affects the metaphysics not only in his satires

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but also in his amorous verses." Hence option (a) is Ans : (d) The term `conceit' has relevance in

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correct. Metaphysical poetry. Hence option (d) is correct.
94. Ben Jonson wrote______ comedies. 102. The 'coffeehouse' culture flourished in
(a) romantic (b) classical (a) the early eighteenth century

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(c) absurd (d) farcical (b) the nineteenth century
Ans : (b) Ben Jonson wrote classical comedies. He was (c) the sixteenth century
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an English playwright, poet, actor and literary critic. (d) the twentieth century
Hence option (b) is correct. Ans : (a) `The coffeehouse' culture flourished in the
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95. John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress is early eighteenth century. Hence option (a) is correct.
(a) an allegory (b) a satire 103. The phrase 'stamped face' in Donne's poem,
(c) a comedy (d) a romance The Canonization refers to
Ans : (a) John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress' is an (a) a postal stamp
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allegory. It is regarded as one of the most significant (b) a coin

work of religious English literature. (c) the face that has been struck
96. Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey is (d) the face that has suppressed a rebellion
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(a) an autobiography (b) a biography Ans : (b) The phrase – stamped face' in Donne's poem,
(c) a memoir (d) a travelogue
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The canonization refers to a coin. Hence option (b) is

Ans : (b) Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey is a correct.
biography first published in 1918.
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104. Identify the most suitable salutation for a

97. Who among the following is not associate with business letter.
the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood? (a) Dear Sirs (b) Dear Friends
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(a) D. G. Rossetti (b) Dylan Thomas (c) Dear Sir (d) My Dear Sir
(c) W. H. Hunt (d) J. E. Millais
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Ans : (b) The Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood was a group business letter.

of English poet, painters and art critics founded in 1848
by William Halman Hunt, John Everette Millais and 105. The opening lines of Paradise Lost are a good
Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Dylan Thomas was a Walse example of
poet. He was not associated with the pre-Raphaelite (a) heroic couplet (b) Miltonic inversion
brotherhood. Hence option (b) is correct. (c) sprung rhythm (d) hyperbole
98. Expressionism as a movement originated in Ans : (b) The opening line of Paradise Lost are a good
the early 20th century in example of – Miltonic inversion.
(a) France (b) England 106. What was the leading principle in the age of
(c) Germany (d) Italy Pope?
Ans : (c) Expressionism refers to a modernist (a) Good sense (b) Romantic thought
movement that occurred in Germany in the early 20th (c) Loose morals (d) All of the above
century. Ans : (c) Loose of morals was the leading principle in
Hence option (c) is correct. the age of Pope. Hence option (c) is correct.

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107. What is the real name of Belinda in Pope's The Ans : (d) W.B. Yeats used `Byzantium' as a symbol of
Rape of the Lock? artistic perfection, Hence option (d) is correct.
(a) Cynthia Fermor (b) Lucy Fermor
115. In which poem does the title of Achebe's novel,
(c) Arabella Fermor (d) Maria Fermor
Things Fall Apart occur?
Ans : (c) The Real name of Belinda in Pope's The Rape
(a) Ulysses (b) Dover Beach
of the Lock' is- Arabella Fermar.
Hence option (c) is correct. (c) Wants (d) The Second Coming
108. who said, "Poets are the mirrors of the gigantic Ans : (d) The title of Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart
shadows which futurity cast upon the occur in-
present"? The Seconding coming.
(a) P. B. Shelley (b) Robert Browning Turning and turning in the widening gyre.
(c) W. H. Auden (d) Lord Tennyson The Falcon cannot hear the falconer.
Ans : (a) P.B. Shelley said "Poets are the mirror of the Things Fall Apart; the centre cannot hold.
gigantic shadow which futurity cast upon the present. Hence option (d) is correct.
Hence option (a) is correct.
116. Point out the Active Voice of the following
109. What term does Keats use for the Grecian sentence:
Urn?
(a) Doctor (b) Sociologist I would like him to be assisted.
(c) Artist (d) Historian (a) I would like that he may be assisted

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(b) I would wish that you should assist him.

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Ans : (d) The term Historian was used by John Keats
for the Grecian Urn. This lines makes clear- (c) I would wish he should be assisted.

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Thou faster child of silence and show time Sylvan (d) I would like you to assist him.
Historian, who canst thus express. Ans : (d) Option (d) is in active voice.

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Hence option (d) is correct. I would like you to assist him. Hence option (d) is
110. Who narrates the poem, My Last Duchess? correct.
(a) Robert Browning
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117. 'A Game of Chess', the second section in The
(b) An omniscient speaker Waste Land, is also the title of a play to which
(c) The Duke T. S. Eliot refers in his 'Notes'. That play was
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Ans : (c) The poem-My Last Duchess was narrated by- (a) Ben Jonson (b) Marlowe
the fifth Duke of Ferrara. Alfonso II.
(c) Thomas Kyd (d) Thomas Middleton
Hence option (c) is correct.
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Ans : (d) A Game of Chess was written by Thomas

111. Which of the following characteristics
describes the tone of Dover Beach best? Middleton.
(a) Enthusiastic (b) Hopeful 118. Which Upanishad does T. S. Eliot allude to in
his monumental work, The Waste Land?
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(c) Pessimistic (d) Tranquil

Ans : (c) Pessimistic is the characteristics describes the (a) Mundaka (b) Brihadaranyaka
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tone of the Dover Beach best. Hence option (c) is (c) Taittiriya (d) Chhandogya
correct. Ans : (b) T.S. Eliat Allude Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
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112. The name of Ulysses son is to his monumental work. The Waste Land. Hence
(a) Timothy (b) Tithonus option (b) is correct.
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(c) Telemachus (d) Andronicus 119. The Waste Land concludes with a/an _____
Ans : (c) The name of Ulysses son is- word.
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Telemachus. (a) English (b) French

113. Complete the following line of W. B. Yeats: (c) Sanskrit (d) German
Turning and turning in the widening........ . Ans : (c) The Waste Land Concludes with a Sanskrit
(a) gyre (b) grey
word. Shantih, Shantih, Shantih. Hence option (c) is
(c) circle (d) street
correct.
Ans : (a) Complete line of the W.B. Yeats poem-
Second coming is- 120. Imagism as a literary movement is associated
Turning and turning in the widening gyre. with
Hence option (a) is correct. (a) T. S. Eliot (b) D. H. Lawrence
114. W. B. Yeats used 'Byzantium' as a symbol of (c) E. E. Cummings (d) T. E. Hulme
(a) romantic decdence Ans : (d) Imagism was a movement in early 20th
(b) physical well-being century Anglo-American poetry that favoured precision
(c) material progress of Imagery. T.E. Hulme was associated with Imagism.
(d) artistic perfection Hence option (d) is correct.

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PRACTICE SET-1
1. Choose the correct option : 10. Why did Clarissa marry Richard Dalloway.
A. 'Catastrophe' is usually applied to tragedy only. (a) Passionate Love
B. A more general form for this precipitating final (b) Loneliness
scene which is applied to both comedy and (c) Material Safety
tragedy is 'Denouement.' (d) Parental arrangement of marriage
(a) (A) is correct (B) is wrong. 11. Who does Clarissa compare herself to when she
(b) (A) is wrong (B) is correct. returns home to her attic room?
(c) Both are correct. (a) A marathon runner (b) A princess
(d) Both are incorrect. (c) A prisoner (d) A run
2. Match the column 12. To what genre of fiction, defined by its depiction
(I) (II) of a character's growth from childhood to
1. Elizabeth Bennet A. The Grapes of Wrath adulthood, does Great Expectations belong?
2. Lucrazia Smith B. Things Fall Apart (a) Bildungsroman (b) Kunstlerspiegel
3. Ezinma C. Mrs. Dalloway (c) Mannerism (d) Victorian Pater nalism

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4. Ruthie Joad D. Pride and Prejudice 13. Who is Pip's tutor in London?

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(a) 1.D 2. C 3. B 4.A (a) Harold Pocket (b) Walter Pocket
(b) 1.A 2. B 3. C 4.D (c) Herbert Pocket (d) Mathew Pocket

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(c) 1.D 2. C 3. A 4.B 14. Austen was born on 1775 at the rectory in
(d) 1.D 2. B 3. A 4.C Steventon, in which English country?
3. What was Jim Casy's former occupation? (a) Dorset (b) Hampshire
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(a) Truck driver (b) Preacher (c) Somerset (d) Wiltshire
(c) Ditch digger (d) Mayor 15. Where do the Bennets live?
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4. In 'The Grapes of Wrath' the old man lives (a) Kent (b) London
in a : (c) Meryton (d) Hertfordshire
(a) rooming house (b) on his boat 16. Joseph's first Job in the Booby household was?
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(c) shack (d) with the boy (a) Weeding the garden
5. Although Hemingway generally refers to the old (b) Tending hogs
man as "the old man", his real name is : (c) Scaring birds
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(c) Sancher (d) Santiago 17. What is Joseph's job when Lady Booby first
6. Hawthorne writes of his surprise and what in notices him?
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the first lines of the preface? (a) Sweeping the stable

(a) Joy (b) Amusement (b) Attending thee hunding dogs
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(c) Detriment (d) Laughter (c) Driving the Coach

7. Hawthorne calls the custom House a____? (d) Racing Sir Thomas's Forses
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(a) Sketch of old-time salen 18. The human owner of Animal Farm?
(b) Portrait of the Puritans (a) Mr. Jones (b) Napolean
(c) Sketch of official life (c) Boxer (d) Muriel
(d) Picture of the colony 19. This pig competed with Snowball for leadership
8. Who said, "I'm part of you? close, close, of manor Farm.
close!"? (a) Napoleon (b) Savealer
(a) The Lord of the Flies (b) Ralph (c) Old Major (d) Muriel
(c) Jack (d) Simon 20. Why does Susan want to find Michael when she
9. When asked who is chief on the island. returns to Wessex?
(a) Jack cays he is (a) To convince him to grant a divorce
(b) Ralph says he is (b) To get some money from him
(c) Rager says he is (c) To help raise Elizabeth Jane properly
(d) All the boys remain srilent (d) To reunite as husband and wife
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21. Why does Farfrae at first refuse Henchard's job 30. Shaw was :
offer? (a) An English dramatist
(a) He has job waiting for him in weydon (b) An American dramatist
(b) He didn't want to do job (c) An Irish dramatist
(c) He is running from the law (d) None of these
(d) He wants to travel to the new world 31. Who Speaks "Why Should Love stick to the sap
22. Match the writer with their work? of a single body?"
A B (a) Devadatta (b) Kapila
1. Ted Hughes A. Briches (c) Female Chorus (d) Hayavadana
2. Derek Walcott's B. Crow Alight 32. Who is Hayavadana?
3. Robert Frost C. Wants (a) A bird with two heads
4. Philip Larkin D. A for cry from Africa (b) Scholary Brahmin family
(a) 1-A 2-D 3-C 4-B
(c) a horse faced human
(b) 1-B 2-D 3-C 4-A
(d) Son of a black Smith
(c) 1-B 2-D 3-A 4-C
33. Who is Eunuch in the play All For Love?
(d) 1-D 2-B 3-A 4-C
(a) Alexas (b) Charmion

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23. Richard Steele was born in –

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(a) 12 March 1672 (b) 13 March 1672 (c) Dolabella (d) Iras

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(c) 14 March 1673 (d) 15 March 1672 34. The theme of the comedy of humours is?
24. He is poor yet he is honest. (a) love (b) humour

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(a) Jen efveOe&ve nw uesefkeâve F&ceeveoej veneR nw~ (c) realism (d) none of these
35. Jen keâle&JÙe keâjles ngÙe cej ieÙee~
(b) Jen efveOe&ve nw efheâj Yeer F&ceeveoej nw~
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(a) He died in harness.
(c) Jen efveOe&ve Deewj F&ceeveoej nw~
(b) He did die in harness.
(d) Jen F&ceeveoej kesâ meeLe-meeLe efveOe&ve Yeer nw~
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(c) He had died in harness.

25. In which year 'All for Love' was published? (d) Did he die in harness.
(a) 1675 (b) 1678 36. "It's all matter of fate. You can marry only the
(c) 1668 (d) 1676
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person whom you are destined to marry and at

26. "All My Sons" is written by Arthur Miller who the appointed time. When the time comes, let
was– her be the ugliest girl, she will look all right to
(a) a great American politician
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the destined eye." Who said?

(b) An Amrican poet (a) Mother in The Bachelor of Arts
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(c) An American play wright (b) Mohan in The Bachelor of Arts

(d) An American actor (c) Chandran in The Bachelor of Arts
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27. Who among the following has written- The (d) None of these
Luncheon. 37. Narayan's characters are from:
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(a) E.V. Lucas (b) Francis Bacon (a) South India (b) North India
(c) Maughm (d) Richard Steel (c) East India (d) None of these
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28. The line "A waste of our compassion as with 38. What name does Chandran give to the girl he
spain, The garilla wrestles with the superman" is loves in The Bachelor of Arts?
taken from : (a) Lakshmi (b) Sushila
(a) The Waste Land (c) Malathi (d) None of these
(b) Birches 39. In the novel "Kanthapura" After Lathi Charge
(c) A far cry from Africa many wounded men went to–
(d) Dover Beach (a) Jaipur (b) Kashipur
29. The complete name of W. B. Yeats is: (c) Sikandarpur (d) Mumbai
(a) William Bentley Yeats 40. In the novel "Kanthapura" the revered Goddess
(b) Weilaham Bentley Yeats of the village was
(c) William Butler Yeats (a) Kanchamma (b) Rangamma
(d) None of these (c) Achakka (d) Chanamma
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41. Who gave a coat to the naked Joseph lying in the 52. In the novel- "Pride and Prejudice" who was
ditch? eldest of the five daughters Mr and Mrs Bennet?
(a) Pedlar (b) Peter Pounce (a) Lydia (b) Jane
(c) The Postilion (d) Parson Barnabas (c) Elizaboth (d) Lady Lucas
42. Great Expectations appeared in: 53. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" who fell in
(a) 1861 (b) 1862 love with Mr. Bingley first?
(c) 1863 (d) 1864 (a) Elizabeth (b) Jane
43. Who has been described as, "a religious poet (c) Kitty (d) Lydia
who writes novels." 54. Which character does not appear in-Two
(a) Dickens (b) Thomas Hardy virgins?
(c) Fielding (d) William Golding (a) Lalita (b) Miss Mendoza
44. Mahatma Gandhi was born (c) Saroja (d) Vimala
(a) 1856 (b) 1869 55. "The Grapes of wrath" is an American......
(c) 1865 (d) 1873 Novel?
(a) Gothic (b) Domestic
45. When did Jawaharlal Nehru become Chairman
(c) Realist (d) Picaresque

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of the Allahabad Municipality?

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(a) 1923 (b) 1921 56. Who is the heroine of the novel the Scarlet letter-

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(a) Pearl (b) Clarissa
(c) 1924 (d) 1920
(c) Hester Prynne (d) Lucrazia
46. In The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago is–

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57. The novel- Mrs. Dalloway is a-
(a) A Nigerian fisherman
(a) Gothic Novel (b) Proletarian Novel
(b) An Irish fisherman
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(c) Psychological Novel (d) Domestic Novel
(c) An Cuban fisherman
58. Plot of the novel- "Animal Farm" is divided in to
(d) None of these
(a) Ten Chapters (b) Twelve Chapters
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47. Hemingway received the Nobel Award for

(c) Eight Chapters (d) Twenty one chapters
Literature in
59. The novel- "Things Fall Apart" was published
(a) 1954 (b) 1955
in-
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(c) 1956 (d) 1957

(a) 1956 (b) 1958
48. Who attempted to bring Elizabeth-Jane and
(c) 1960 (d) 1962
Farfrae together?
60. 'In the Waste Land' Translate ‘Oed’ und leer das
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(a) Farfrae himself

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(b) the townspeople of Casterbridge

(a) “Isolde is lost forever”
(c) Susan Henchard
(b) “The ship has arrived appearing on the horizon”
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(d) Michael Henchard

(c) “A kiss is just a kiss”
49. What does Lucetta, the mysterious lady from
(d) “Desolate and empty is Thesea”
Jersey want from Michael?
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61. 'In the Waste Land' which of the following works

(a) her old love letters
of literature does Eliot NOT cite?
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(b) his hand in marriage

(a) The Inferno (b) Hamlet
(c) his life (c) The Spanish Tragedie (d) On The Road
(d) her truck of clothing
62. At Hackney Downs Grammar School in 1947 and
50. In 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' The auction 1948, Pinter played the roles of……
price for a wife and child is (a) Macbeth and Romeo (b) Hamlet and Othello
(a) five dollars (b) five guineas (c) Prospero and King Lear (d) Juliet and Ophelia
(c) two guineas (d) two shillings 63. Which one of the following pseudonyms did
51. In Weydon-Priors, the Henchards stop for Pinter not utilize?
refreshment at : (a) David Baron (b) Harold Pinta
(a) a furmity tent (c) Harold Baron (d)
(b) the passing farmer’s cart 64. 'In the Waste Land' which month is the “cruelest”?
(c) the Three Mariners Inn (a) December (b) May
(d) High-Place Hall (c) April (d) September
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65. 'In the Waste Land' where is the Starnbergersee? 77. Where was Francis Bacon born?
(a) just outside London (b) in Michigan (a) Liverpool (b) London
(c) Near Munich (d) in Paris (c) Cambridge (d) Paris
66. The thief who stole the jasmine flowers in the 78. The two brothers _____ over property dispute.
novels in The Bachelor of Arts is: (a) falls out (b) fell out
(a) A child (b) A woman (c) fell on (d) fell off
(c) A sanyasi (d) None of these 79. Give one word which can be a substitute for
67. Ganpathi Sastrigal in The Bachelor of Arts is: 'One who deserts his religion'
(a) A Professor of History (a) deserter (b) fanatic
(b) A Professor of English (c) apostate (d) turn-coat
(c) A matchmaker 80. Who Kills Macbeth?
(d) None of these (a) Macduff (b) Banquo
68. "And how ridiculous! Oh war! The dream of (c) Lady Macbeth (d) Malcolm
patriots and heroes! A fraud, Bluntschili. A 81. How many men reign as king of Scotland
hollow sham like love." Who uttered? throughout the play Macbeth?
(a) Bluntschili in Arms and the Man (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4

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(b) Sergius in Arms and the Man

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(c) Niccola in Arms and the Man 82. The description that does not refer to 'Keats'

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(d) None of these Grecian Urn is :
69. Shaw was: (a) a sylvian historian (b) on attic shape
(c) a cold pastoral (d) a mysterious priest

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(a) An English dramatist
(b) An American dramatist 83. When was Ode to West Wind written.
(a) 1820 (b) 1819
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(c) An Irish dramatist
(c) 1821 (d) 1818
(d) None of these
84. The first image that Shelley visualized in the Ode
70. The complete name of W. B. Yeats is:
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to West Wind is of.

(a) William Bentley Yeats
(a) an enchanter
(b) Weilaham Bentley Yeats
(b) a fierce maenad
(c) William Butler Yeats
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(c) the blue mediterranean

(d) None of these
(d) a comrade of his wanderings
71. To which category does The Merchant of Venice 85. Who is the author of My Last Duchess?
belgong? (a) Elizabeth Barret Browning
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(a) Comedy (b) Tragedy (b) Lord Tennyson

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(c) Tragi-comedy (d) None of these (c) Arthur Hugh Clough

72. Where is Portia's house situated? (d) Robert Browning
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(a) Oadya (b) Venice 86. Who is the presumed speaker of My Last
(c) Belmont (d) None of these Duchess?
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73. What is the length of a Skylark. (a) Robert Browning

(b) Alfonso ll d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
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(a) 22 cm (b) 10 inches

(c) The Duchess of Ferrara
(c) 8 inched (d) 18 cm
(d) Fra Pandolf
74. When The Birthday Party was first staged in
87. The phrase, 'bottomless perdition' occurs in
1958, the critics were generally…
(a) full of praise (b) lukewarm Milton's 'Paradise Lost' in :
(c) hostile (d) None of these (a) Book I (b) Book IV
75. In The Birthday Party, what is Meg’s birthday (c) Book VI (d) Book XII
present to Stanley? 88. It appears that in Paradise Lost Book I 'Milton
(a) a tin soldier (b) a toy drum belongs to the Devil's party without knowing
(c) a red wagon (d) None of these it'. Who among the following made this
76. When was Francis Bacon born? statement?
(a) 22 January 1561 (b) 4 May 1549 (a) Frank Kermode (b) William Empson
(c) 16 July 1548 (d) 11 November 1564 (c) C. S. Lewis (d) William Blake
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89. Which of the following comprises some 100. Correct the following sentence
important elements such as plot, exposition, 'She entered into the room without knocking at
foreshadowing, rising action, climax, falling the door'.
action and resolution? (a) She entered in the room without knocking at
(a) Non-fiction (b) Fiction the door.
(c) Drama (d) Prose (b) She entered in the room without knocking on
90. Which of the following is a term given to the door.
fictional writing which self-consciously and (c) She entered into the room without knocking on
systematically draws attention to its status as the door.
an artifact in order to pose questions about the (d) She entered the room without knocking at the
relationship between fiction and reality? door.
(a) Science fiction (b) A romance 101. “Where are you going for your holidays?” he
(c) A short-story (d) Metafiction said, (Change into Indirect Speech)
91. Which of the following is the past form of the (a) He sai me where was I going for your holidays
verb ‘dwell’? (b) He asked if I was going for your holidays
(a) Dwells (b) Dwelling (c) He asked me where I was going for my holidays
(c) Dwelt (d) Dwole (d) He wanted to know where was I going for
holidays

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92. Which of the following is the past participle

d
form of the verb ‘rip’? 102. My mother said, “Don’t go very far into the sea.”
(Put into indirect speech)

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(a) Rip (b) Ripped
(a) My mother told me about going far into the sea
(c) To rip (d) Rips
(b) My mother advised to not go out far into the sea

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93. Identify the correct tense in the following (c) My mother told me not togo very far into the sea
sentence: (d) My mother suggested that I should not swim far
“He said that he was going to eat it”.
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103. ‘It is not necessary says smiles to show that
(a) Present continuous (b) Past Continuous economy is useful.’ The sentence wants
(c) Present perfect (d) Past perfect punctuation. Find out the correctly punctuated
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94. Who is the real benefactor of Pip in Dicken's sentence from the following sentences :
Great Expectations? (a) “It is not necessary”, says Smiles, “to show
(a) Jaggers (b) Miss Havisham that economy is useful.
(c) Stella (d) Magwitch
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(b) “It is not necessary says smiles to show that

95. Out of the given alternatives, which of the words Economy is useful.”
best expresses the meaning of (c) “It is not”, Necessary says Smiles, “to show
LETHAL that Economy is useful”
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(a) deadly (b) legitimate (d) None of the above

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(c) harmful (d) lawful 104. Which word is opposite in meaning to 'reticent'?
96. Point out the synonym of the word (a) silent (b) quiet
PENITENCE
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(c) vocal (d) verbose

(a) submission (b) retribution
105. The theme of Nissim Ezekiel's poem "Night of
(c) confinement (d) repentance
the Scorpion" is
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97. In Galsworthy’s Justice, “The Law is what it is -

(a) Selfless motherhood (b) Helpless husbands
a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone
(c) Hopeless children (d) Restless spectators
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of which rests on another” has been said by

(a) Cashier (b) Lawyer 106. Which letter is normally sent in response to a
(c) Manager (d) Judge claim or complaint?
98. "If______ comes, can _____ be far behind ?" (a) Adjustment letter
(Shelley, "Ode to the West Wind") (b) Follow-up letter
(a) winter, spring (b) autumn, summer (c) Order letter
(c) wind, rains (d) spring, winter (d) Acknowledgement letter
99. Point out which part of the given sentence is 107. The soul of tragedy, according to Aristotle is:
grammatically incorrect? (a) Thought (b) Character
(a) The Third World Countries must adopt (c) Plot (d) Spectacle
(b) A radically different approaches for 108. A metre in which an unaccented syllable
(c) the dissemination of scientific information precedes the accented is called :
(d) in view of the nature and magnitude of their (a) anapaestic (b) dactylic
problems. (c) catalectic (d) iambic
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109. ‘To shed crocodile tears’ means to : knowledge may prove vital to our own survival. Even if
(a) get hysterical the lessons learned do not turn out to have such an
(b) worry about the extinction of animals immediate and practical value, filling in the blank pages
(c) be hypocritical to shed false tears of India’s and the world’s history is an intrinsically
(d) sincerely grieve for something worthwhile endeavour. Moreover, historical archaeology
110. “To call a spade, a spade” means : can supplement or clarify the knowledge gleaned from
(a) to play cards more traditional histories. Finally, by increasing our
(b) to be arrogant and adamant understanding and appreciation of the achievements of
(c) to speak without mincing words ancient cultures, archaeology can provide a significant
(d) to be confident of yourself boost to heritage tourism.
111. Find out the correct spelling. Although I argue that archaeology could save the
(a) elixir (b) elesser world – or atleast our civilization’s precarious hold on it,
(c) eleseir (d) elixer I freely confess that I did not become an archaeologist to
112. Find out the mis-spelt word. save the world, not to make money. In face, I chose to
(a) disparage (b) licentious become an archaeologist because I was fascinated by the
(c) malleable (d) dilema wonders of the past and the prospect of making new
113. "He is a citizen of no mean city" is an example discoveries that would shed light on how we came to be

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of : what we are seemed to me to be a noble thing, to which I

d
(a) Periphrasis (b) Tautology could dedicate my life’s work.

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116. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(c) Prolepsis (d) Litotes
(a) present new excavations
114. In the following question, there is a sentence in

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(b) list archaeological sites
which some parts have been jumbled.
(c) present the state of archaeology
Rearrange the parts, which are denoted as P, Q,
(d) present archaeology as a career option
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R, S, so that the reordered sentence makes a
117. According to information in the text, “spectrum
coherent sequence:
of human experience” refers to
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1. History says
(a) lost communities
P. when he was given the cup of hemlock
(b) evidence of human settlement
Q. who were standing around him
(c) historical events
R. continued to talk to his friends
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(d) geographical feature

S. that Socrates
118. Pick out the correct statement based on your
6. as he drank it.
understanding.
(a) S P R Q (b) S R Q P
(a) Society should learn from its past
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(c) S Q P R (d) S Q R P
(b) Archaeology has no value at all
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115. “United we stand, divided we fall” is an example

(c) All locations are found in remote areas
of :
(d) The job of an archaeologist is an uninteresting
(a) Antithesis (b) Bathos
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job for anyone

(c) Tautology (d) Litotes
119. According to the text, which of the following
Directions (Q. Nos. 116-120) : Read the passage given
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statements is true?
below and answer the questions that follow by
Archaeology
selecting the most appropriate option.
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(a) offers insight to prevent destruction of human

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heritage
Archaeology is the scientific study of the human
(b) is a subject which is easy to study
past. It is means whereby we are able to extend our
(c) is very difficult to practice, professionally
knowledge of human history beyond the limits of written
(d) gives few clues about cultural development
records. In India, written history goes back many
120. Based on information, it can be assumed that
millennia and throughout the world, inscriptions on stone
(a) only the rich can afford to travel to
and clay tablets are only a few millennia old. Such
archaeological sites
records encompass only a small fraction of the human
(b) archaeology contributes to a better understanding
story. Archaeology gives us access to the entire spectrum
of society
of human experience, spanning several million years in
(c) universities do not support the Archaeology
Africa. This enormous time depth offers the potential to
Department
study long-term cultural processes and the opportunity to
(d) archaeology is a profitable business for
learn the lessons of countless cultures. Recovering this
archaeologists
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ANSWER
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c)
11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (b) 15. (d) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (c)
21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (a) 36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (b) 40. (a)
41. (c) 42. (a) 43. (d) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (c) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (a) 50. (b)
51. (a) 52. (b) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (c) 56. (c) 57. (c) 58. (a) 59. (b) 60. (d)
61. (d) 62. (a) 63. (c) 64. (c) 65. (c) 66. (c) 67. (c) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (c)
71. (c) 72. (c) 73. (d) 74. (c) 75. (b) 76. (a) 77. (b) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (a)
81. (c) 82. (d) 83. (b) 84. (a) 85. (d) 86. (b) 87. (a) 88. (d) 89. (b) 90. (d)

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91. (c) 92. (b) 93. (b) 94. (d) 95. (a) 96. (d) 97. (b) 98. (a) 99. (b) 100. (d)

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101. (c) 102. (c) 103. (a) 104. (c) 105. (a) 106. (a) 107. (c) 108. (d) 109. (c) 110. (c)
111. (a) 112. (d) 113. (d) 114. (b) 115. (a) 116. (d) 117. (c) 118. (a) 119. (a) 120. (b)

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89. Plot, exposition, foreshadowing, rising action, Legitimate means "authorized, sanctioned by, or
in accordance with law". (JewOe)
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climax, falling action and resolution are the
characterstic of fiction. Hence option (b) is Harmful means "causing or capable of causing
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correct. harm". (vegkeâmeeveoeÙekeâ)

90. Metafiction is a narrative technique and a genre of Lawful means "authorized, in accordance with
fiction, where in a fictional work is self concious
law". (JewOe)
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or openly draws attention to the fact that it is

Dele: Lethal keâe GefÛele synonym Deadly nesiee~
imaginary. Metafiction posses philosophic and
critical questions about the relationship between 96. Penitence means "a person who repents of sin" (Jen
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fiction and reality. Hence option (d) is correct. JÙeefòeâ pees heeheeW keâer ØeeÙeef§ele keâjlee nw)
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91. Dwelt is the past form of the verb ‘Dwell’ is used Submission means "an act of giving a document,
without object. Hence option (c) is correct. proposal or piece of writing etc. to someone so
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92. Past participle form of the verb ‘Rip’ is ‘Ripped’. that it can be considered or approved" (efkeâmeer keâes
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Hence option (b) is correct. keâesF& uesKe Ùee ØemleeJe Devegceefle kesâ efueS osvee)
93. “He said that he was going to eat it” the correct Retribution means "Punishment for doing
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tense of this sentence is –Past Continuous Tense. something wrong (Øeeflekeâej)

Structure of past continuous tense-
Confinement means "the situation in which a
Sub. + was/were + v + ing + object
person or animal is kept somewhere, usually by
Hence option (b) is correct. force" (keâejeJeeme)
94. Magwitch, Pip keâe Real Benefactor nw, peyeefkeâ Pip, Repentance means "regret for any past action"
Miss Havisham keâes ieueleer mes mecePelee nw~ (heÚleeJee)
95. Lethal means "of an instrument of certain death, Dele: Penitence keâe GefÛele synonym Repentance nesiee~
deadly" (Ieelekeâ)
97. It is said by the Judge in Justice – “The Law is
Deadly means "Having a rapid course and violent what it is - a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us,
effect". (Ieelekeâ) each stone of which rests on another.”

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98. In his poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’ Shelley says Iambic: an unaccented syllable precedes (comes
– “If winter comes, can spring be far behind.” before) an accented syllable.
Hence option (a). 109. ‘Crocodile tears’ means false tears and
99. a kesâ yeeo singular Deelee nw~ Dele: approaches keâer peien ‘hypocritical’ means pretense.
Approach Meyo keâe ØeÙeesie nesiee~ So, ‘To shed crocodile tears’ means to be
hypocritical to shed false tears or pretend to cry or
100. enter kesâ yeeo in DeLeJee into keâe ØeÙeesie veneR efkeâÙee peelee nw~
be grieved. Hence option (c).
Dele: efJekeâuhe (d) mener nesiee keäÙeeWefkeâ FmeceW in Ùee into keâe 110. ‘To call a spade, a spade’ means to call
ØeÙeesie veneR ngDee nw~ something ‘as it is’ without mincing (courtesy)
101. The correct indirect speech will be ‘He asked me i.e. being frank or outspoken. Hence option (c).
where I was going for my holidays’. 111. The correct spelling is ‘elixir’ which means the
102. The correct option is My mother told me not to go quintessence or absolute embodiment of anything.
very far into the sea. 112. Mis –spelt word is dilema, correct spelling is
104. Reticent means "not revealing one's thoughts or ‘dilemma’ which means any difficult or
feeling readily" (DeuheYee<eer) perplexing situation or problem.

d f
Silent means "not making or accompanied by any 113. Litotes is an ironical understatement in which an

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sound" (cetkeâ) affirmative is expressed by the negative of its
Quiet means "making little or no noise" (Ûeghe) contrary example- “Not a bad singer”.

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Vocal means "Being outspoken" (cegKeefjle) 114. Rearranged sentence will be
1. History says
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Verbose means "using or containing a great and
S. that Socrates
usually an excessive number of words" (JeeÛekeâ)
R. continued to talk to his friends
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Dele: Reticent keâe GefÛele opposite Vocal nesiee~ Q. who were standing around him
105. The theme of Nissim Ezekiel's poem "Night of the P. when he was given the cup of hemlock
Scorpion" is selfless motherhood. Poem starts in a
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6. as he drank it.
house at night where it is raining and a scorpion in 115. In Antithesis, one idea or word is set against
order to take some shelters comes to the house. another for the sake of emphasis. Examples- “God
This poem is about how the scorpion stung the
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made the country and man made the town,”

poets mother and how he escaped and the mothers
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“Prosperity gains friends, adversity tries them.”

love for her children. 116. It is clear from the last para's third line justify (I
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106. Adjustment letter- A written response to a claim chose to become an archaeologist because...) that
letter sent by a customer by a business the primary purpose of the passage is to present
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representative or manager. archaeology as a career option. Hence option (d)

Hence option (a) is correct. is correct.
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107. According to Aristotle, tragedy has six main 117. From line 9 it is clear that the ‘spectrum of human
elements: Plot, Character, Diction, Thought, experience’ refers to historical events of India and
Spectacle (scenic effect), and Song (music). the world. Hence option (c) is correct.
Aristotle also writes: “The plot then is the first 118. Society should learn from the wounders of its
principle and as if it were the soul of a tragedy.” past. (Line 15) Hence option (a) is correct.
108. Anapaest: two unaccented syllables followed by 119. Line 13 suggests that Archaeology offers insight
one stressed syllable. to prevent destruction of human heritage. Hence
Dactylic: one stressed syllable followed by two option (a) is correct.
unstressed syllables. 120. Lines 5-10 make it clear that archaeology
Catalectic: a line lacking one syllable in the last contributes to a better understanding society.
foot. Hence option (b) is correct.
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PRACTICE SET-2
1. Mahatma Gandhi married on the age of? 12. Two symboli images of the good and evil
(a) Thirteen (b) Fifteen battling over Dimmesdale's soul are :
(c) Sixteen (d) Ten (a) Chillingworth and Pearl
2. When Ikemefuna is taken to be killed, Ok (b) Chillingworth and Mistress Hibbins
Onkwo. (c) Peare and Hester
(i) Weeps for three days. (d) None
(ii) Participates in Ikemefunj execution 13. To support herself and Pearl, Hester sells
(iii) Croes with the men needlework for all public ceremonies except.
(iv) Croes with the men and Participate's in (a) baptisms
Ikemefuna'j execution. (b) funerals
(a) I and IV (b) II, III & IV (c) weddings
(c) I and III (d) Above all (d) ordination of new ministers
3. Main character of the Things Fall Apart is : 14. In 'Lord of the Flies' Piggy is killed by :

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(a) Ok onkwo (b) Unoko (a) Roger (b) Jack

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(c) Nwoye (d) Ekwefi (c) Samneric (d) Ralp

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(a) R.K. Narayan (b) Okonkwo beaten because :

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(c) Ezinma (d) Chandran (a) Jack ordered it
5. Who is the writer of The Bachelor of Arts? (b) He fell asleep
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(a) Kamala Das (b) Tagore (c) he refused to betray Ralph
(c) Narayan (d) Nehru (d) he let the fire go out
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6. Who is the Hero of 'Kanthapura'? 16. What was the most exquisite moment of
(a) Ratna (b) Moorthy clarissa's life?
(c) Bade Khan (d) Bhatta (a) When she got married
(b) When she met hugh white bread in the street
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7. Who was the Tiger of the village Kanthapura.

(a) The swami (c) When Sally Seton kissed her on the lips
(b) Narsamma (d) When Elizabeth agreed to wear her pink dress
(c) Moorthy to the party
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(d) Pate Range Gowda 17. Where does Peter Walsh live?
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8. Which Joad child believes him-or herself to be (a) Boston (b) India
the least loved by Ma and Pa? (c) London (d) Sweden
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(a) Rose of Sharan 18. Who is Estella's Father?

(b) Tom (a) Compeyson (b) Magwitch
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(c) AI (c) Joe (d) Jaggers

19. What action does Jaggers perform obsessively?
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(d) Noan
9. Where do the Joad leaves Grarmcis Corpse? (a) He straightens his necktie
(a) A coroner's office (b) He adjusts his hair
(b) A hospital morgue (c) He sighs his name
(c) Under a Sycamore tree (d) He washes his hands
(d) By the banks of a stream 20. What is the name of the Bennet's state?
10. The great fish which the old man books on his (a) Rosings (b) Pemberley
lucky day is a : (c) Netherfield (d) Longbourn
(a) Marlin (b) Mackerel 21. With whom does Lydia go to Brighton :
(c) Tuna (d) Shark (a) Mrs. Philips
11. Santiago does not eat? (b) Wickham
(a) Marlin (b) Dolphin (c) Mrs. Bennett
(c) Flying Fish (d) Shark (d) Mrs. Forster

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22. Match List-I with List-II according to the code 30. "What a man! Is he a man!" Who said?
given below: (a) Bluntschili in Arms and the Man
List-I (Novel) (b) Sergius in Arms and the Man
(i) The old man and the sea. (c) Nicola in Arms and the Man
(ii) Mrs Dalloway (d) None of these
(iii) Lord of the Flies 31. Shaw's plays are:
(iv) Animal Farm (a) Too much action and little talk
List-II (Date of publication) (b) Too much violence and sex
1- 1954 (c) Too much talk and little action
2- 1925 (d) None of these
3- 1945 32. The main plot of the play Hayavadana moves
4- 1952
arounds?
Code:
(a) Hayavadana
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(b) Padmini, Devadatta and Kapila
(a) 4 2 3 1
(b) 1 3 4 2 (c) Devadatta and Kapila
(d) Padmini and Bhagavata

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(c) 4 2 1 3

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(d) 1 3 2 4 33. Where is Hayavadana Set?

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(a) Ireland (b) America (c) Durgapura (d) Karnataka

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24. Charlse Lamb was best known for his essay- Love?
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(a) Essays of Elia (a) Myris (b) Antony
(b) Tales from Shakespeare
(c) Serapion (d) Alexas
(c) Elaina
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35. Who is the hero of Everyman in his Humor?

(d) The adventures of Ulysses
(a) old kno'well (b) Brainworm
25. Where is the setting of 'All for Love' by John
Dryden? (c) Bobadill (d) Edward kno'well
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(a) Rome (b) Venice 36. Name the writer of the "Hairy Ape"
(c) Alexandria (d) Illyria (a) O'Neill (b) Wordsworth
26. In "All My Sons" Steve Deever was in prison at- (c) Galsworthy (d) None of these
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(a) New york (b) Columbus 37. "If the girl is not bad-looking, and if you are
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(c) Washington (d) Chicago getting some money into the bargain, why don't
27. Who among the following has written- "The old you marry? You will have some money and the
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man and the sea." benefits of a permanent helpmate." Who said?

(a) Hemingway (b) Richard Steel (a) Mohan in The Bachelor of Arts
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(c) Henry Fielding (d) Jane Austen (b) Chandran in The Bachelor of Arts
28. The line- "When, in disgrace with fortune and (c) Mother in The Bachelor of Arts
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men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast" is (d) None of these

taken from- 38. In The Bachelor of Arts, Seenu is:
(a) Shakespeare's Sonnet - 29 (a) Chandran's father
(b) Shakespeare's Sonnet - 138 (b) Chandran's Nephew
(c) Shakespeare's Sonnet - 54 (c) Chandran's brother
(d) Shakespeare's Sonnet - 13 (d) None of these
29. Easter 1916, The Second Coming, A Prayer for 39. 'R. K. Narayan is content like Austen.' Whose
My Daughter are Yeats' poems that appear in: comment is this?
(a) The Wind Among the Reeds (1899) (a) Prof. Srinivas
(b) Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921) (b) Nayak
(c) In the Seven Woods (1904) (c) C. L. Khatri
(d) The Green Helmet and Others Poems (1910) (d) None of these

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40. In the novel "Kanthapura" Gandhiji started 50. Just as Michael confesses that he is Elizabeth-
'Dandi March' to break the– Jane’s father, he :
(a) Ginger Law (a) is stopped by a visitor
(b) Nomination Law (b) finds the letter from Susan containing the truth
(c) Pardah Law dies
(d) Salt Law (c) dies
(d) finds the letter from Lucetta containing the truth
41. In the novel "Kanthapura" the childless widow
51. After taking an oath to stop _____for twenty one
in the novel is
years, Michael begins to search for Susan and
(a) Venkamma
Elizabeth-Jane.
(b) Rangamma
(a) eating furmity
(c) Achakka
(b) selling his family
(d) Kanchamma (c) traveling through Wessex
42. What was the name of the prison– In Joseph (d) drinking
Andrews? 52. The next morning, Michael Henchard sees__ and
(a) Bridwell ____ reminding him of the events of the previous

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(c) Camelot (a) the furmity seller and the money

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(b) A Victorian novelist 53. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" who was
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(c) A modern novelist Fitzwilliam Darcy?
(d) None of these (a) A friend of Mr. Bingley
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44. In 'Lord of the Flies' who was selected as leader (b) A cousin of Mr. Bennet
of boy? (c) A friends of Mr. Colling
(a) Ralph (b) Jack (d) A foolishman
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(c) Simon (d) Piggy 54. Elizabeth is courted by _______.

45. efÛeefÌ[Ùee hesÌ[ hej yew"er nQ~ (a) Mr. Collins (b) Darcy
(c) Mr. Bingley (d) Charlotte Lucy
(a) birds are sitting on the tree.
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55. Who is molested in the novel-two virgins.

(b) birds sit on the tree.
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(a) Lalita (b) Miss Mendoza

(c) birds head sit on the tree.
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(d) birds have sit on the tree.

56. When Steinbeck was awarded Nobel Prize?
46. Jawaharlal Nehru was elected General Secretary
(a) 1965 (b) 1962
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of A.I.C.C. in the Delhi Session–

(a) 1919 (b) 1923 (c) 1963 (d) 1960
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(c) 1924 (d) None of these 57. Roger Chillingwarth is _____ in the novel- The
scarlet Letter-
47. A young boy who appears in The Old Man and
The Sea is (a) A Physician (b) A Terrorist
(a) Manolin (b) Marlin (c) A priest (d) An honourable mayar
(c) Sumolin (d) None of these 58. The novel Mrs. Dalloway is written by :
48. Santiago had not caught a single fish for (a) Golding (b) Richard wright
(a) 80 days (b) 81 days (c) Hawthorne (d) Virginia woolf
(c) 83 days (d) 84 days 59. George Orwell is pseudonym of :
49. In 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' where does the (a) Eric Arthur Blair
fashionable young woman meet Elizabeth-Jane? (b) John Arthur Blair
(a) The Three Mariners (b) her mother’s grave (c) George Arthur Blair
(c) The Ring (d) her father’s house (d) William Arthur Blair

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60. Chinua Achebe was a______novelist? 71. Easter 1916, The Second Coming, A Prayer for
(a) American (b) Ireland My Daughter are Yeats' poems that appear in:
(c) German (d) Nigerian (a) The Wind Among the Reeds (1899)
61. 'In the Waste Land' in what city is Queen (b) Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921)
Victoria Street ( in the poem)? (c) In the Seven Woods (1904)
(a) London (b) New York (d) The Green Helmet and Others Poems (1910)
(c) Gloucester (d) Boston 72. Where does the 'learned doctor' Bellario live?
62. 'In the Waste Land' what does the Narrator (a) Belmont (b) Padua
know when confronted with the hyacinth girl? (c) Venice (d) None of these
(a) the meaning of life 73. Who is the first of Portia's suitors?
(b) the way to restore fruitfulness to the wasteland (a) Prince of Morocco
(c) the reason he is in love (b) Bassanio
(d) nothing (c) The Neapolitan prince
63. Pinter’s first produced efforts as a playwright (d) None of these
was entitled… 74. Sudhir as well as Rondhir is guilty.
(a) The Room (b) The Dumbwaiter
(a) megOeerj DehejeOeer nw Deewj jveOeerj Yeer~

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(c) A Slight Ache (d) The Birthday Party
(b) megOeerj DehejeOeer veneR nw uesefkeâve jveOeerj nw~

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64. What causes Stanley to collapse?
(from Act 3, Part 2) (c) megOeerj efpelevee DehejeOeer nw Glevee jveOeerj veneR nw~
(d) megOeerj leLee jveOeerj oesveeW DehejeOeer veneR nw~

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(a) He laughs (b) He cries
(c) He is hit (d) He tries to speak 75. Compared to Beckett, Pinter’s work generally…
65. 'In the Waste Land' the river sweats…..
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(a) discards slightly fewer conventional dramatic
(a) saffron and fire (b) fumes and fire forms and theatrical devices.
(c) water (d) oil and tar
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(b) is far more radical

66. 'In the Waste Land' who is demobbed? (c) utilizes exactly the same absurdist elements
(a) Prufrock (b) Madame Sosostris (d) None of these
(c) Sweeney (d) Lil’s husband 76. Pinter’s only novel, later adapted for the stage, is
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67. After about eight months of wandering, about three men who…
Chandran reached a village in Sainad District. (a) yearn to be writers
Which village? (b) went to school together in Hackney
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(a) Koopal (b) Kapleshawar (c) experience communication problems with their
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(c) Sainad (d) None of these families.

68. Whom did Chandran marry in the end of in The (d) None of these
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Bachelor of Arts? 77. Where did Francis Bacon study law?

(a) Malathi (b) Nalini (a) Inner Temple (b) Middle Temple
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(c) Susila (d) Lakshmi (c) Lincoln’s Inn (d) Gray’s Inn
69. "You are a romantic idiot. Next time, I hope you 78. Which constituency did Francis Bacon represent
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will know the difference between a school girl of in Parliament in 1586-1588?

seventeen and a woman of twenty three." (a) Middlesex (b) Ipswich
Who said? (c) Taunton (d) Kent
(a) Raina in Arms and the Man 79. He has ______ a new business establishment.
(b) Louka in Arms and the Man (a) set out (b) set in
(c) Mrs. Petkoff in Arms and the Man (c) set down (d) set up
(d) None of these 80. Choose the meaning of the word “Teetotaller”
70. Shaw's plays are: from the following :
(a) Too much action and little talk (a) One who drinks only tea
(b) Too much violence and sex (b) One who takes everything
(c) Too much talk and little action (c) One who does not take any intoxicating drinks
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81. Whom does Lady Macbeth frame for the murder 91.
Which of the following is a poetry form in
of Duncan? which a poem is written in 8-line octaves, each
(a) Malcolm and Donalbain line consists of either 10 or 11 syllables and
(b) Duncan’s drunken chamberlain follows the rhyme scheme of abababcc?
(c) The porter (a) Ottava Rima (b) Spenserian Stanza
(d) Macbeth (c) Rhyme Royal (d) Terza Rima
82. Who kills Banquo? 92. Which of the following is the past participle
(a) Macduff form of the verb ‘beseech’?
(b) Fleance (a) Beseeches (b) Beseeching
(c) Macbeth (c) Besought (d) Beseeched
(d) A group of murderers hired by Macbeth 93. He drinks tea every morning.
83. To what kind of an altar does the priest lead the (a) Present Continuous (b) Present Simple
garlanded heifer in Keats' “Ode on a Grecian Urn”? (c) Past Simple (d) Present Perfect
(a) a small town church (b) a green altar 94. I ate my food.
(c) an altar in Arcady (d) a breeded altar (a) Past Perfect (b) Past Simple
84. When was Shelley born. (c) Past Continuous (d) Present Simple

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(a) 1791 (b) 1795 95. Miss Havisham is a character from Dicken's

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(c) 1792 (d) 1793 novel
85. What does Shelley ask the West Wind to do by (a) Great Expectations (b) David Copperfield
the incantation of his verse?

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(a) revive his fallen spirits 96. Give one word for the expression "Hard to
(b) hasten the cycle of seasons please"
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(c) be a trumpet of prophecy (a) Fastidious (b) Brittle
(d) Unchain him from the bonds of time (c) Irrevocable (d) Persevere
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86. In 'My Last Dutchess' how old does the Duke say97. The expression "gift of the gab" means
his name is? (a) power of learning
(a) 900 (b) 600 (b) power of eloquence
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(c) 300 (d) 100 (c) blessing

87. What is the current object of the Duke’s desire (d) treasure
(as he sees it) . 98. In which year was Justice published?
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(c) The Duchess (d) The count’s daughter (c) 1912 (d) 1910
88. "That glory never shall his wrath or might 99. Which of the following poems uses terza rima?
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extort from me." (Paradise Lost, Book I) (a) John Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale"
What 'glory' is being referred to by Satan? (b) P.B. Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"
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(a) The courage never to submit or yield (c) William Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper"
(d) Alfred Tennyson's "Ulysses"
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(b) To reign in Hell

100. Which of the following is the correct form of the
(c) To defeat God
sentence.
(d) To spread evil
The more they earn, more they spend
89. The opening sixteen lines of Paradise Lost (a) The more they earn, more they spend.
comprise : (b) More they earn, the more they spend.
(a) One sentence (b) Two sentences (c) The more they earn, the more they spend.
(c) Three sentences (d) Four sentences (d) No Improvement.
90. Which of the following is defined as a short 101. Choose the incorrect sentence :
poem with rhyming lines written on a tombstone (a) His T-shirts are loose
in praise of a deceased person? (b) My books are polished
(a) Epitaph (b) Acrostic (c) The cattle is grazing in the field
(c) Ode (d) Burlesque (d) Her hair is thick

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102. “Have you submitted your report yet?” she said. 107. Which of the following is the least formal
(Change into Indirect speech) method of business communication?
(a) She asked him if he had submitted his report till (a) E-mail (b) Memo
then. (c) Notice (d) Letter
(b) she asked him whether he has submitted the 108. “Peripetia” means :
report yet (a) purgation of emotion
(c) She asked him if he was submitted report till (b) tragic flaw
now
(c) reversal of fortune
(d) She asked him to submit his report immediately
(d) recognition of error
103. Point out the Direct Speech of the given sentence.
109. The rhyme scheme of a Spenserian sonnet is :
The traveller enquired of the farmer if he could
(a) abba, cbcb, cdcd, ee
tell him the way to the nearest inn
(b) abab, bccb, ccdd, ee
(a) The traveller said to the farmer, "Please tell me
(c) aabb, bcbc, cdcd, ee
which way is the nearest inn?"
(d) abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee
(b) The traveller said to the farmer, "Tell me
110. ‘To deal in something’ means
where is the way to nearest inn?"
(a) to distribute something
(c) The traveller said to the farmer, "Can you tell

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me where is way to the nearest inn?" (b) to trade in something
(c) to be about something

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104. Punctuation of the following sentence :
“As Caesar loved me i weep for him as he was (a) a dangerous day (b) a rosy day
fortunate rejoice at it as he was valiant i honour (c) an important day (d) a bloody day
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him but as he was ambitious i slew him’ is given 112. Choose the correct spelt word:
in following sentences. Find out the correct one. (a) Etiquete (b) Etiquette
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fortunate I rejoice at it, as he was valiant I 113. Choose the correct spelt word:
honour him, but as he was ambitious I slew (a) Millonare (b) Millionaire
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him. (c) Millionare (d) Millonaire

(b) As Caesar loved me I weep for him. As he was 114. Using "the Bench" for the judiciary is an
fortunate I rejoice at it. As he was valiant I example of :
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him.
(c) Synecdoche (d) metonymy
(c) As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was
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105. Choose the correct antonym of the underlined

word. below and answer the question that follow by
The U.S. Senate refused to ratify the C.T.B.T. selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
(a) reject (b) negotiate Where does all our garbage disappear once it leaves
(c) flout (d) offend our homes? There are four methods of managing waste:
106. How did the villagers in "Night of the Scorpion" recycling, landfilling, composting and burning. Each
by Nissim Ezekiel react to the unfortunate method has its strengths and weaknesses.
incident? Recycling is the process of turning waste into new
(a) They stayed away in fear materials. For example, used paper can be turned into
(b) They thronged to the temple to invoke the deity paperboard, which can be used to make book covers.
(c) They cursed and abused the mother for Recycling can reduce pollution, save materials and lower
bringing upon them the wrath of god energy use. Some argue that collecting, processing and
(d) They came in swarms to console the family converting waste uses more than it saves.

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Landfilling is the oldest method of managing 116. Compacting of garbage is done to

waste. Landfilling is to bury garbage in a hole. Over a (a) protect ground water (b) avoid soil pollution
period of time the process of landfilling has advanced. (c) remove the stink (d) save space
Garbage is compacted before it is thrown into the pit. In 117. "......the process of turning waste......"
this way garbage can fit in each landfill. Large garbage The word 'turning' is a/an
bags are placed at the bottom of a landfill, so that toxic (a) noun (b) participle
garbage juice does not get into the groundwater. But in (c) verb (d) adjective
spite of the bags, landfills may pollute the underground 118. "There are two main ways to burn waste."
water. Not to mention that all garbage stinks. Nobody The underlined word is a
wants to live next to a landfill. (a) noun (b) gerund
As landfill space increases, interest in composting (c) verb (d) participle
grows. Composting is when people pile up organic 119. Garbage recycling
matter such as food waste and allow it to decompose. (a) saves a lot of energy
The product of his decomposition is compost. Compost (b) uses more energy than it saves
can be added to the soil to make the soil richer and better (c) saves only a little energy
for growing crops. (d) wastes a lot of energy

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One thing that is easier to do is burning garbage. 120. Consider the following statements.

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There are two main ways to burn waste. The first is to A. Landfilling does not allow water and air pollution.

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harvest fuel from the waste. The second is to burn the B. Composting is better than landfilling.
waste directly, the heat from this burning process can Which of the above statements is/are true?

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boil water, which can power steam generators. (a) Only A (b) Both A and B
Unfortunately, burning garbage pollutes the air. (c) Only B (d) Neither A nor B
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11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (a) 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (d)
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21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (a) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (b)
31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (b) 34. (c) 35. (d) 36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (d)
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61. (a) 62. (d) 63. (a) 64. (d) 65. (d) 66. (d) 67. (a) 68. (c) 69. (a) 70. (c)
71. (b) 72. (b) 73. (b) 74. (a) 75. (a) 76. (b) 77. (d) 78. (c) 79. (d) 80. (c)
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91. (a) 92. (c) 93. (b) 94. (b) 95. (a) 96. (a) 97. (b) 98. (d) 99. (b) 100. (c)
101. (c) 102. (a) 103. (d) 104. (c) 105. (a) 106. (d) 107. (a) 108. (c) 109. (d) 110. (b)
111. (c) 112. (b) 113. (b) 114. (d) 115. (c) 116. (d) 117. (b) 118. (a) 119. (b) 120. (c)
79. ‘Set up’ would only be used here, which means to 89. The first 16 lines of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' (1667)
begin or put into place. He has set up a new comprise one sentence.
business establishment. Hence option (d). Hence option (a) is correct.
80. Teetotaller means a person who does not take any 90. An Epitaph is–‘Funeral oration’ and defined as a
intoxicating drinks or alcohol.
short poem with rhyming lines written on a tomb
88. In the above lines, from Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’
stone in praise of a deceased person. Hence option
(Book I), Satan is referring to the courage never to
(a) is correct.
submit or yield. Hence option (a) is correct.
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91. ABABABCC is rhym scheme of Ottava Rima. The Flout means "to show disdain, scorn or contempt"
Ottava Rima stanza in English consists of eight (Gheneme)
iambic lines. Offend means "violet, to cause pain to" (Deheceeve)
92. The past participle of the verbs–“beseech” is Dele: Ratify keâe GefÛele Antonym Reject nesiee~
‘besought’. Hence option (c) is correct. 106. In Night of the Scorpion, when mother was stung
93. The tense used here is-Present simple (drinks). by a scorpion at night the villagers came in swarms
Hence option (b) to console the family on this unfortunate incident.
94. The tense here is-Past simple (ate). 107. E-mail is the least formal method of business
Hence option (b) communication. Hence option (a) is correct.
95. Miss Havisham is a character in Dicken's 'Great 108. Peripetia is a reversal of circumstances, or turning
Expectations' (1861). Hence option (a). point. The term is primarily used with reference to
96. Fastidious means "very attentive to and concerned works of literature. The Anglicized form of
about accuracy and detail" (ogjejeOÙe) Peripetia is Peripety.
Brittle means "Fragile" (veepegkeâ) 109. The Spenserian sonnet is a variation of the English
sonnet with the rhyme scheme. ABAB, BCBC,
Irrevocable means "Final" (efmLej)
CDCD, EE in which the quatrains are interlinked
Persevere means "steady persistence in a course of by a continuation of one end rhyme from the

f
action" (ÂÌ{ jnvee)

d
previous quatrain.
Dele: Fastidious mener answer nesiee~

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110. ‘To deal in something’ means to trade in
97. Gift of the Gab means "the ability to speak, a way something.
with words" DeLee&led yeele keâjves keâer keâuee keâes peeveves Jeeuee, 111. Red-letter day means an important day or happy

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day.
pees Deheveer yeeleeW mes ueesieeW keâes Deeveefvole Ùee Deekeâef<e&le keâj ues~
112. The correct option is (b) Etiquette.
Dele: option (b) power of eloquence (Jeekeâhešglee) mener 113. The correct option is (b) Millionaire.
ap
answer nesiee~ 114. In Metonymy, (literally change of name) an object
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98. 'Justice' by Galsworthy was published in 1910. is designated by the name of something with
99. ‘Terza rima’ is a stanza of three lines or tercets which it is associated with,
rhyming aba bcb cdc. Out of the options P.B. Example- The Bench, for the Judges.
Shelley’s ‘Ode to the West Wind’ uses terza rima. The House, for the Members of Parliament.
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Hence option (b). 115. Litotes is a special form of understatement. The

100. The more Jeeues JeekeäÙeeW ceW otmejs Clause ceW Yeer The keâe assertion of an affirmative by negating its contrary:
ØeÙeesie neslee nw~ Dele: option (c) "The more they earn, “He’s not the brightest man in the world” meaning
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“He is stupid.”
the more they spend" correct sentence nesiee~
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116. Second line of this passage clearly express the view

101. Cattle kesâ meeLe Plural verb keâe ØeÙeesie neslee nw, Dele: "The to managing garbage. So the purpose of managing
cattle are grazing in the field" mener JeekeäÙe nesiee~ Dele:
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garbage is to save space. Hence option (d) save

option (c) ieuele nw~ space is correct.
117. Here word 'turning' is used as participle. Because it
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102. The correct option is ‘she asked him if he had

submitted his report till then’. is used antecedent of noun waste. The word
'turning' qualifies the noun as an adjective does.
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103. efoÙes ieÙes JeekeäÙe ceW traveller ØeMve hetÚ jne nw Dele:
Hence option (b) is correct.
Reported Speech ceW Meg™ ceW Can keâe ØeÙeesie mener nw~ Fme Participle: Participle is a word which is partly a
JeekeäÙe kesâ Reported Speech ceW where Meyo keâer pe™jle verb and partly an adjective.
veneR nw Dele: option (d) mener Gòej nesiee~ 118. Here word 'waste' is used as a material noun. Hence
104. Option (c) is correctly punctuated. option (a) is correct.
105. Ratify means "sign or given formal consent to (a 119. Second para's fourth line clearly proves that
Garbage recycling uses more energy than it saves.
treaty, contract or agreement)" (hegef° keâjvee)
Hence option (b) is correct.
Reject means "to refuse to accept, use or believe
120. If we examine the statement A and B and analysis
something or someone" (DemJeerkeâej keâjvee) Para III and IV we find that in comparison
Negotiate means "to have formal discussions with composting is better than landfilling because Para
someone in order to reach an agreement with them" IV make it clear that landfill space increase. Hence
(Kejero heâjesKle) option (c) is correct.
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PRACTICE SET-3
1. In 'The Bachelor of Arts' who was Mohan? 10. Jack's triump in capturing the first kill is ruined
(a) Chandrans friend by :
(b) Chandran's Father (a) his regret that Ralph did not accompany them
(c) Chandran's Professor (b) letting the signal fire go out
(d) None (c) being wounded by the animal
2. 'Ah' says Range Crowda. 'And I shall not close (d) the death of one his nunters
my eyes till that dog has eaten filth.' 11. Moving the fire from the mountain top to the
These lines occur in : beach is suggested by :
(a) Kanthapura (a) Ralph (b) Piggy
(b) Hayavadana (c) Simon (d) Jack
(c) All my sons 12. What does clarissa have in her hands when
(d) Obituary Peter Walsh makes an unexpected visit?
3. In 'Kanthapura' Ratna was _______widow. (a) A tambourine (b) Scissors
(a) Poor (b) Progressive

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(c) A book (d) A spatura

d
(c) Cheater (d) Croddess
13. Where does Doris kilman go after having a tea

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4. In 'The Grapes of Wrath' who is given the task
with elizabeth?
of burying Rose of Sharan's Still board child?
(a) Regents park

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(a) Uncle John (b) Tom
(b) Westminter Abbey
(c) Pa Joad (d) Agnes wainwright
(c) Clarissa's house
5. In 'The Grapes of Wrath' according to chapter
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(d) The salvation Army shop
19, who were the first Americans to settle in
14. What is Pip's reaction to Joe's visit to him in
california :
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London?
(a) Squatters
(a) Embarrassment (b) Joy
(b) Middle class business people
(c) Anger (d) Resignation
(c) Crold diggess
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(d) Cowbags 15. Who takes credits for Pip's rise in social status?
6. Where does the story of the old Man and the sea (a) Mrs. Joe (b) Joe
takes place : (c) Pumbleckook (d) Biddy
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(a) Puerto Rico 16. Who is the governess who betrays Georgiana
Darcy?
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(b) Canary Islands

(c) Marshall Island (a) Mrs. Williams (b) Miss Denny
(c) Miss Price (d) Miss Younge
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(d) Cuba
7. Hemingway says everything about Santiago is 17. Mrs. Bennet's reaction to Lydia's marriage is
best described as :
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old except what?

(a) his mouth (b) his eyes (a) indifferent
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(c) his neck (d) his hands (b) condemnatory

8. Hester's husband, Roger Chillingworth, is : (c) cautiously pleased
(a) her soul mate (d) unreservedly jubliant
(b) much older than she is 18. What is Joseph's job when Mr. Adams first
(c) much younger than she is notices him?
(d) the minister of the town of salem (a) Page boy
9. Hester tells Dimmesdale in the forest that (b) Footman to Lady Booby
humans have a right to be happy and that : (c) Butler
(a) prayer could bring about their atonement (d) Steward to Sir Thomas
(b) the love she shared with him was sacred 19. Which ancient Language does Mr. Adams want
(c) the puritan community had no right to tell to teach Joseph?
them what to do (a) Syriac (b) Aramaic
(d) their behaviour could be judged only by God (c) Latin (d) Greek
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20. An old, respected boar that shared his dream of 30. The Line- "There fare I lie with her and she with
how the farm should be and taught the animals me And in our faults by lies we flatter'd be"
the song "Beasts of England." (a) Shakespears Sonnet-13
(a) Snowball (b) Napoleon (b) Shakespears Sonnet-54
(c) Old Major (d) Moses (c) Shakespears Sonnet-29
21. A new song, Substituted for the one taught by (d) Shakespears Sonnet-138
Major, is composed by? 31. Sailing to Byzantium and The Tower are in
(a) Muriel (b) Snowball Yeats':
(c) Minimus (d) Boxer (a) The Tower
22. What does Michael do for a living? (b) The Winding Stairs
(a) An auctioneer (c) The Among the Reeds
(b) A sailor (d) None of these
(c) A turnip-hoer 32. Arms and The Man is an anti-romantic comedy.
(d) A hay-trusser It is in :
23. Weydon Priors can be described as : (a) Three Acts
(a) The next big thing (b) A ghost town (b) Four Acts

d f
(c) A bustling city (d) A plain farmtown (c) Five Acts

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24. Match the column:- (d) None of these
(I) (II) 33. The major source of the play is :
1. Mrs. Slipslop A- The Mayor of Casterbridge

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(a) Kathasaritsagar
2. Miss. Havisham B- Joseph Andrews
(b) Lord Ganesha
3. Susn Henchard C- Mrs. Dalloway
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(c) Naga - Mandala
4. Clarissa Dalloway D- Great Expectations
(d) Virgil's Aeneid
(a) 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C
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(b) 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 34. In the play 'Hayavadana' who is the narrator of

(c) 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C the story?
(d) 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C (a) Kapila (b) Padmini
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25. Richard Steele died in – (c) Bhagavata (d) Hayavadana

(a) 1729 (b) 1733 35. Who is the wife of Antony?
(c) 1731 (d) 1732 (a) Antonia (b) Cleopatra
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26. 'Pity must prevail' who speaks? (c) Agrippina (d) Octavia
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(a) Antony (b) Serapion 36. Who is in love with Bridget :

(c) Octavia (d) Dolaballa (a) Edward Kno'well (b) Brain warm
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27. The play 'All for love' is dedicated to (c) Cob (d) Bobadil
(a) Thomas Osporne 37. Who produced the play Dynamo?
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(b) William Shakespeare (a) By the Provincetown Players

(c) King James-I
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(b) By the Association with A. L. Jones and

(d) G.B. Shaw
Morris Green
28. In "All My Sons" George Deever is :
(c) By the Theatre Guild
(a) A pilot
(d) None of these
(b) A lawyer by Profesion
38. "If one has to marry one must do it for love, if
(c) A criminal
there is such a thing, or for the money and
(d) Ann's father
comforts. There is no sense in shutting your eyes
29. Who among the following has written- 'The Last
to the reality of things. I am beginning to believe
Leaf.'
in a callous realism." Who said?
(a) Charlse Dickens
(a) Mohan in The Bachelor of Arts
(b) O Henry (b) Chandran in The Bachelor of Arts
(c) Kamala Das (c) Mother in The Bachelor of Arts
(d) Hawtharne (d) None of these
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39. "Narayan wakes in me a spring of gratitude, for 48. In order to forget his cut hand and aching back,
he has offered me a second home. Without him I Santiago recalls the days when men had called
could never have known what it is like to be him by the title of
Indian." Who said? (a) El Campeon (b) Champion
(a) Forster in the introduction of The Bachelor of (c) Hero (d) Code hero
Arts 49. Santiago talks of American baseball. His hero is
(b) Graham Greene in the introduction of The (a) The great Di Maggio
Guide (b) The great Vaso Maggio
(c) Graham Greene in the introduction of The (c) The great Di Niggao
Bachelor of Arts (d) None of these
(d) None of these 50. After Michael sells his wife he pledges never to
40. How many parts and chapters does the novel drink alcohol for how long?
The Bachelor of Arts have? (a) Eighteen years (b) Forever
(a) Six parts and twenty chapters (c) Ten years (d) Twenty years
(b) Four parts and eighteen chapters 51. Lucetta has inherited her estate from_______
(c) Ten parts and twenty chapters (a) her aunt, Miss Templeman

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(d) None of these (b) Michael Henchard

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41. In the novel "Kanthapura" it was decided by the (c) Donald Farfrae
people of Kanthapura to organize (d) Her mother
(a) Ganesh Puja (b) Hanuman Puja 52. How much time has passed since the auction

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(c) Satyanarayana Puja (d) Ram Puja when Susan and Elizabeth-Jane return to
42. In the novel "Kanthapura" Jayaramachar, the Weydon Priors?
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"Harikaatha teller" compared Shiva to (a) twenty-one years
(a) Mahatama (b) himself (b) eighteen months
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(c) eighteen years

(c) freedom struggle (d) Swarajya
(d) fifteen years
43. What was a Mittimus in – Joseph Andrews?
53. Where does Michael Henchard go after
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(a) Liberty of Press unsuccessfully searching for Susan and

(b) An order for imprisonment Elizabeth-Jane?
(c) Liberty of farming (a) Port-Bredy (b) Canada
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(d) An order to release (c) Weydon-Priors (d) Casterbridge

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44. Dickens' characters are mostly 54. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" who accepted
(a) Round (b) Wooden Collins proposal of marriage.
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(c) Flat (d) None (a) Kitty (b) Lydia

45. What was happened with air craft? (c) Caroline (d) Charlotte Lucas
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(a) having been some faults it could not take off 55. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" Charlotte
(b) it crash landed on a coral island Lucas was a friend of ........
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(c) it was destroyed by enemies (a) Elizabeth (b) Jane

(d) none of these (c) Karoline (d) Lydia
46. Look before you leap. 56. Who is Devraj in the novel- Two virgins?
(a) Lover of Lalita
(a) efyevee efJeÛeejs keâece ve keâjes~
(b) Assistant of Mr. Gupta
(b) henues osKeeW efheâj efJeÛeej keâjes~
(c) Lover of Saroja
(c) meesÛe mecePekeâj keâece keâjes~ (d) Brother of Mr. Gupta
(d) keâeÙe& keâes osKees efheâj mecePees~ 57. The work of John Steinbeck is considered as-
47. When did Nehru attend the Congress of (a) Romantic Literature
oppressed Nationalities at Brussels? (b) Historical event
(a) 1924 (b) 1925 (c) Social reform
(c) 1927 (d) 1926 (d) Classics of western Literature
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58. Who is the daughter of Mrs. Hester Prynne in 68. "What a man! Is he a man!" Who said?
the novel- The Scarlet Letter? (a) Bluntschili in Arms and the Man
(a) Dollaway (b) Pearl (b) Sergius in Arms and the Man
(c) Lucrazia (d) Clarissa (c) Nicola in Arms and the Man
59. The novel- 'Mrs. Dalloway' was published in : (d) None of these
(a) 1925 (b) 1915 69. Arms and The Man is an anti-romantic comedy.
(c) 1920 (d) 1935 It is in:
(a) Three Acts (b) Four Acts
60. The novel- "Animal Farm" was published in :
(c) Five Acts (d) None of these
(a) 1940 (b) 1945
70. Sailing to Byzantium and The Tower are in
(c) 1950 (d) 1955
Yeats':
61. Who is the hero of the novel- Things Fall Apart-
(a) The Tower
(a) Unoko (b) Ikmefuna (b) The Winding Stairs
(c) Okonko (d) Obirika (c) The Among the Reeds
62. Who does McCann and Goldberg accuse Stanley (d) None of these
of not believing in? 71. What is the name of Bassanio's man-servant?

f
(from Act 2 Part, 2) (a) Gratiano (b) Lorenzo

d
(a) His family
(c) Leonardo (d) None of these

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(b) His country
72. Who brings Bassanio the news that all of
(c) His brother
Antonio's ships have foundered on 'merchant-

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(d) God
marring rocks'?
63. What is Stanley dressed in when he enters the
(a) Salanio (b) Salerio
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scene in Act 3, Part 2. (from Act 3, Part 2)
(a) A white shirt (c) Gratiano (d) None of these
(b) A dark suit 73. What does the speaker appear to envy over the
:@

(c) Pajamas Skylark.

(d) A jumpsuit (a) The bird's song
64. “Demobbed “ means : (b) The easy life of a bird
TG

(a) “released from the army” (c) The ability to fly

(b) “lynched” (d) Th freedom the bird has
(c) “awarded with a medal of honor” 74. In which one of the following films did Pinter
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(d) “Killed” appear as an actor?

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65. What battle did Stetson supposedly participate (a) Mansfield Park
in? (b) Sense and Sensibility
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(a) the Battle of the Bulge (c) Pride and Prejudice

(b) Waterloo (d) All the above
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(c) Mylae 75. Pinter acted in several of his own plays at one
(d) the Battle of Britain time or another. In which of the following did he
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66. He was the Assistant Professor of English. The not appear?

students hated him and called him 'elephant (a) Mountain Language (b) The Homecoming
master'. Identify this character of The Bachelor (c) The Caretaker (d) Old Times
of Arts. 76. The thief _____the house even though it was
(a) Mr. Gajapathi securely locked.
(b) Mr. Elephant (a) breaked into (b) broke into
(c) Prof. Raghavachara (c) braked into (d) brake into
(d) None of these
77. cesjer IeÌ[er ceW 5 yepes nQ-
67. Narayan graduated from:
(a) Maharaja Agresen (a) It is five o'clock by my watch.
(b) Albert Mission College (b) It five o'clock by my watch.
(c) Maharaja College Mysore (c) It is five o'clock with my watch
(d) None of these (d) It is five o'clock in my watch.
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78. Which book of Francis Bacon was published in 88. In 'Paradise Lost' which character narrates the
1609? story of the making of Eve from a rib in Adam's
(a) Novum Organum side?
(b) The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the (a) Adam (b) Eve
Seventh (c) Raphael (d) God
(c) Sylva Sylvarum 89. Who is Milton's 'On His Blindness' is believed to
(d) De Sapientia Veterum serve God best?
79. The strike was_____ after negotiations. (a) One who bears his burden best
(a) called off (b) cut off (b) One who presents a true account of his talent
(b) taken off (d) call up (c) One who doesn't allow talent to become
80. Which of the following words means ‘a cure for useless
all ills’? (d) One who makes full use of his talent
(a) Epidemic (b) Didactic 90. Identify the following statements as true or
(c) Panacea (d) Diction false:
81. Which of the following best describes Lady 1. A Pastoral is a poem that is often silly or
Macbeth’s death? whimsical, written in five lines with an

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(a) She dies offstage AABBA rhyme scheme. Often, limericks tell

d
(b) She sleepwalks off of the palace wall a short, humorous story.

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(c) She declares her own guilt and stabs herself 2. A sonnet contains 14 lines, typically with two
with a knife rhyming stanzas known as a rhyming

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(d) Macduff slays her in revenge for his own wife’s couplet at the end.
murder (a) 1-True, 2-True (b) 1-False, 2-False
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82. Who discovers Duncan’s body? (c) 1-True, 2-False (d) 1-False, 2-True
(a) Lennox (b) Ross 91. A subsidiary or subordinate or parallel plot in
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(c) Macduff (d) Donalbain a play or story that coexists with the main plot
83. Why does Keats repeat the word happy in his is a
Ode on a Grecian Urn? (a) Symbol (b) Subject
TG

(a) Because he was happy that his lover accepted

(c) Synecdoche (d) Subplot
his proposal of marriage
92. I am reading a book.
(b) He expresses joy because his poetry was praised
(a) Present Simple (b) Past Simple
by his fellows
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(c) Present Continuous (d) Past Continuous

(c) He convey his ecstatic joy in discovering an
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93. I have read most of Dickens's novels.

ideal world of beauty and joy in an object of art
(a) Present Perfect (b) Present Simple
where it is always constant
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(c) Past Perfect (d) Past Simple

(d) None of these
94. When I arrived Anne had just left.
84. According to Shelley the West Wind is the breath
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(a) Present Perfect (b) Present Continuous

of : (c) Past Perfect (d) Past Continuous
(a) Summer (b) Autumn
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95. Which of the following is not true of the novels

(c) Spring (d) Winter of Charles Dickens?
85. Ode to the West Wind is written in. (a) They deal with the problems of the discontents
(a) Terzarima (b) Ballad of an urban civilization
(c) mock epic (d) Iambic Pentameter (b) The plots are strikingly tight-knit
86. Who was the scultptur of Neptune in the poem? (c) They share a sense of fun and determining
(a) Carlo Crivelli optimism
(b) Giotto di Bandone (d) They incorporate elements of popular
(c) Claus of Innsbruck contemporary culture
(d) Lorenzo Ghiberti 96. Forgetting their old enmity, they joined hands
87. What does the Duke say that he will never do? with a spirit of camaraderie.
(a) love (b) hate (a) animosity (b) love
(c) fear (d) stoop (c) friendliness (d) trust
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97. Rajan employed my friend only when I agreed 106. Why had the Scorpion entered the house in
to avouch for his honesty. Ezekiel's "Night of the Scorpion"?
(a) vow (b) affirm (a) He had a diabolic plan
(c) pay (d) guarantee (b) He wanted to test the patience of the villagers
98. Fill in the gap. (c) He was seeking protection from the steady rain
The title of the play, Justice is….. (d) He had been conjured up by fate
(a) satirical (b) vague 107. Which types of letters are used to request more
(c) ironical (d) None of these information about a product or service?
99. In the last stanza of his "Ode to the West Wind" (a) Apology letters
Shelley invokes the West Wind to make him his (b) Sales letters
(a) Ashes (b) Prophecy (c) Inquiry letters
(c) Lyre (d) Companion
(d) Acceptance letters
100. Despite his best efforts to conceal his anger
108. A metrical foot containing a stressed, followed
(a) he failed to give us an impression of his
by an unstressed, syllable is :
agony.
(a) anapaest (b) iamb
(b) people came to know that he was annoyed.
(c) trochee (d) dactyl

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(c) he could succeed in going it easily.
109. The term 'metaphysical poets', was first used

d
(d) we could detect that he was quite happy.

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101. Practically, very little work could be completed by :
in the last week as it was (a) Ben Jonson (b) Dr. Johnson

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(a) a very busy week. (c) Helen Gardner (d) Dryden
(b) full of holidays. 110. What is meaning of the phrase. “To count
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(c) a very hectic week. upon’?
(d) loaded with lost of work (a) to be grateful (b) to relax
102. Point out the Indirect Speech of the given (c) to clean a thing (d) to depend upon
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sentence. 111.What does the idiom ``Hue and Cry'' means :

"O, God do not put me to the test," said I (a) to keep aloof from
(a) I Prayed to God not to put me to the test. (b) to create crisis
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(b) I cried to God to not put me to the test. (c) a general outcry of alarm
(c) I requested God to not put me to the test. (d) to conclude
(d) I asked God to not put me to the test. 112.Which word is mis-spelt :
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103. What is the Indirect form of the following (a) Zealous (b) Opposite
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My teacher often says to me that if I don't work 113.Choose the response which gives the correct
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hard I shall fail. spelling to the word :

(a) My teacher often says to me, "If you don't (a) Dispassonate (b) Dispassionate
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work hard, you will fail." (c) Disfasionate (d) Dispssionet

(b) My teacher tells me, "If I don't work hard, I 114. A sequence of repeated consonant sounds in a
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will fail." stretch of language is :

(c) My teacher often says, "If you don't work hard (a) alliteration (b) acrostic
you might fail."
(c) assent (d) syllable
(d) My teacher advises me, "work hard otherwise I
115. The phrase "leaves dancing" is an example
will fail."
of_____.
104. Correctly punctuated sentence is –
(a) pathetic fallacy (b) hyperbole
(a) The other boy (Mukul (alias Munna) was there.
(b) The other boy (Mukul [alias Munna]) was there. (c) pun (d) conceit
(c) The other boy [Mukul (alias munna)] was there. Directions (Q. Nos. 116-120) Read the passage given
(d) Two brackets are not used in a single sentence. below and answer the questions that follow by
105. Give the antonym of 'pragmatic' selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
(a) Vague (b) Pessimistic "Although India has a traditional of women
(c) Confused (d) Idealistic warriors, participation in the Salt Satyagraha was their
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excitement at the enormity of the in any modern militant gracefully balancing their pitchers of maroon-red earth
political campaign and I could hardly suppress my and shimmering brass that scattered a thousand hues as
excitement at the enormity of the occasion and my own the sunrays struck them. Even as I lit my little fire to boil
good fortune to be amongst the first. As I attached my the saltwater, I saw thousands of fires aflame dancing in
name to the pledge to devote myself to, my country's the wind. The copper pans sizzled in laughter while their
freedom battle, my hand shook a little under my bosoms traced the white grains of salt as the heat lapped
tumultuous emotions. It seemed such a stupendous up the last drop of water.
moment in my life, in the life of the women of my 116. Women lighted their little fires on the seashore to
country. I felt I was tracing not the letters of my name, (a) protect themselves from cold
but recording a historic event. There was not much time (b) make the tea and drink it to overcome their
for thought, however. The next instant we were filing fatigue
out, taking the road to the sea, marching with quick (c) boil seawater to make salt
steps. Great sky-rending cries or 'Jai' filled the air. (d) express their anger against the British
Heavy-scented flower garlands almost smothered us. 117. The word which nearly means the same as
From the balconies and roofs unseen hands showered 'stupendous' is
rose-petals until the road became a carpet of flowers. (a) crucial (b) wonderful

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sprinkled rose water from silver sprays, tipped our palms 118. The word opposite in meaning to the word

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like a white ribbon was transformed this morning into 119. Which part of speech is the underlined word in
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another sea. A sea of human faces that swayed and the following sentence?
danced and bobbed about even as did the deep azure "I could hardly suppress my excitement."
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waves that rimmed the shore. The city seemed to have (a) Adverb (b) Pronoun
disgorged almost its entire population onto the sands. It (c) Adjective (d) Conjunction
was not the struggling batch of seven that was breaking 120. Participation in the Salt Satyagraha evoked in
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the Salt Law, but hundreds and thousands not filling the the author a feeling of
water's edge. And still they kept coming, thousands of (a) pride (b) ecstasy
women amongst them striding like proud warriors, (c) excitement (d) fear
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41. (c) 42. (d) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (b) 46. (c) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (a) 50. (d)
51. (a) 52. (c) 53. (d) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (d) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (b)
61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (b) 64. (a) 65. (c) 66. (a) 67. (c) 68. (b) 69. (a) 70. (a)
71. (b) 72. (b) 73. (d) 74. (a) 75. (a) 76. (b) 77. (a) 78. (d) 79. (a) 80. (c)
81. (a) 82. (c) 83. (c) 84. (b) 85. (a) 86. (d) 87. (d) 88. (a) 89. (a) 90. (d)
91. (d) 92. (c) 93. (a) 94. (c) 95. (b) 96. (c) 97. (b) 98. (d) 99. (c) 100. (b)
101. (b) 102. (a) 103. (a) 104. (b) 105. (d) 106. (c) 107. (c) 108. (c) 109. (b) 110. (d)
111. (c) 112. (d) 113. (b) 114. (a) 115. (a) 116. (c) 117. (b) 118. (a) 119. (a) 120. (c)

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1. The line- "And I would that my tongue could 13. As time goes by, Hester's scarlet letter comes to
Utter, The thoughts that arise in me." is written stand for :
by : (a) able (b) amends
(a) Wordswath (b) John Keat (c) angel (d) articulate
(c) Tennyson (d) Arnold 14. During the raid Piggy runs to protect :
2. Okonkwo has : (a) the littlungs (b) the conch
(a) One wife (b) Two wives (c) ralph (d) percival
(c) Three wives (d) Four wives 15. If captured Ralph know's her fate will be :
3. Things fall apart was published in the year. (a) being tied up and beaten
(a) 1958 (b) 1968 (b) death and a stick sharpered at both ends
(c) 1938 (d) 1978 (c) death-being pushed off the mountain top
4. How many poems Mohan read everydary till (d) death beeing crushed by a rock
seven to Chandran. 16. Clarissa loves the atmosphere on which famous
(a) about 25 (b) about 32 London street where she finds miss Pym at the

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(c) about 30 (d) about 22 florist?

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(a) Chandran (b) Kailas 17. Whose entrance results in Peter's departure

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(c) Veeraswami (d) Okonkwo from clarissa's company when he first visits her
6. Who was moorthy's mother : after his return from India?
(a) Hugh (b) Elizabeth
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(a) Narsamma (b) Rangamma
(c) Achkka (d) Ratna (c) Richard (d) Miss kilman
7. Who was the policeman in Raja Rao's 18. What name does Wemmick call his elderly
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Kanthapura father?
(a) Bhatta (b) Patel Range Crowda (a) Aged parent (b) Venerable Ancestor
(c) Bade Khan (d) Ratna (c) Old feller (d) Venerable Ancestor
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8. DeeDees Ûeues~ 19. Who tells Pip that compeyson was miss
Havisham's fiance?
(a) Let us go. (b) Let us come. (a) Wemmick (b) Estella
(c) We should go. (d) We go. (c) Herbert (d) Magwitch
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9. At the end of the novel, 'The Grapes of Wrath' 20. Why does Mr. Collins come to Longburn?
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who is the leader of the Joad family? (a) He wants to redecorate it.
(a) Pa Joad (b) Tom Joad (b) He wants to become acavainted with his
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(c) Grampa Joad (d) Ma Joad relatives.

10. Where was the great "Negro" from against (c) He is passing through town.
whom Santiago arm-wrestled in his youth?
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(a) Cienfuegos (b) Cardenas 21. Who is Mr. Collins Patroness?
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(c) Havana (d) Ghara (a) Mrs. Hurst (b) Lady Catherine
11. How long did Santiago's arm-wrestling match (c) Mrs. Lucas (d) Lady Anne
last? 22. Why does Joseph fail in his first two jobs of
(a) all night (b) all day and all night scaring birds and whipping in dogs?
(c) all day (d) 3 days (a) The animals keep attacking him
12. Hester explains 'The Scarlet Letter' to Pearl by (b) The animals are altracted to his sweet voice
saying it is : (c) He is Lazy
(a) a family heirloom, given to her by her (d) He is afraid of the animals
grandmother. 23. Match the column:-
(b) a mark left from her one meeting with the (I) (II)
black man 1. Chinua Achebe A. American
(c) a sample of her craftsmanship 2. Steinbeck B. Indian
(d) a symbol of her membership in a secret society 3. Thomas Hardy C. England
of women 4. Raja Rao D. African
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(a) 1.a 2.b 3.c 4.d (a) For science

(b) 1.b 2.a 3.c 4.d (b) For his bravery
(c) 1.a 2. d 3.c 4.b (c) For his great serving in gathering news
(d) 1.d 2. a 3.c 4.b (d) For literature
24. Richard Steele is the founder of the magazine– 36. When did Pt. Nehru begin to work on his famous
(a) The Tatter (b) The spectator book The Discovery of India?
(c) Both (d) None of these (a) 1940 (b) 1941
25. Charlse Lamb was died of – (c) 1944 (d) 1942
(a) Gout (b) Erysipelas 37. "True history was neither fiction nor
(c) Diahorrea (d) Typhoid philosophy." This line appears in:
26. Ventidius is a character in which play of John (a) The Bachelor of Arts (b) The Guide
Dryden? (c) Mr. Sampath (d) Next Sunday
(a) The wild Gallent 38. Who is the Professor of History in the novel The
(b) The Rival Ladies Bachelor of Arts?
(c) All For Love (a) Prof. Raghavachar (b) Prof. Gajapathi
(d) The Indian Emperor (c) Prof. Iyengar (d) None of these
27. In "All My Sons" The apple tree was broken by: 39. In the Novel "Kanthapura" Bhatta got Ranga's

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(a) Chris Keller marriage decided with
(b) Ann Deever

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(a) Nagappa (b) Seenappa
(c) Stromp wind at night (c) Moorthy (d) Ayappa
(d) Neighbour for more light

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28. Who among the following has written- The was arranged by
Grapes of wrath. (a) Range Gowda (b) Nanjudia
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(a) Steinbeck (b) Haw Tharne (c) Moorthy (d) None
(c) Chinua Achebe (d) George Orwell 41. Who were the parents of Fanny in 'Joseph
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29. Neither he reads nor does he let me read. Andrews'?

(a) ve lees Jen he{lee nw Deewj ve cegPes heÌ{ves oslee nw~ (a) Peter Pounce (b) Pedlar
(b) Jen heÌ{lee nw uesefkeâve cegPes heÌ{ves veneR oslee nw~ (c) Barnabas (d) Gaffar and Gammar
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(c) Jen veneR heÌ{lee nw Deewj cegPes heÌ{ves oslee nw~ 42. Pip appears in:
(a) Great Expectations (1861)
(d) Jen heÌ{lee nw Deewj cegPes Yeer heÌ{ves oslee nw~
(b) Great Expectations (1864)
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(a) An American poet and novelist
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(d) Great Expectations (1866)

(b) An Irish poet and novelist
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(c) An Irish poet and dramatist
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(d) None of these
(a) Jack (b) Simon
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(c) Ralph (d) None of these

Avenue Theatre, Northumberland Avenue,
44. How many sons had Gandhi Ji?
London on:
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(a) 21 April 1894 (b) 21 May 1895
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(c) 21 April 1895 (d) None of these (c) Six (d) Five
32. The play 'Hayavadana' is originally written in? 45. When was Nehru elected President of the Lahore
Congress Session?
(a) Kannada (b) English
(a) 1921 (b) 1929
(c) Sanskrit (d) Latin
(c) 1925 (d) 1926
33. The Play "All for Love" is written in?
46. The old Man and the Sea was first published in
(a) Heroic couplet (b) Free verse
September 1952 in.
(c) Epic form (d) Blank verse
(a) Life (b) Wife
34. What is the name of knowell's nephew? (c) Knife (d) None of these
(a) Brainworm (b) Edward 47. Marlin is 18 feet long. It is–
(c) Stephens (d) Clement (a) A river (b) A boy
35. O'Neill was awarded 'Nobel Prize'– (c) A fish (d) None of these
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48. The Mayor of Casterbridge is one of Hardy’s 58. In the novel Animal Farm Manor Farm was run
______novels. by :
(a) Greenwich (b) Hertford (a) Napolean (b) Snowball
(c) Stratford (d) Wessex (c) Mr. Jones (d) Squealer
49. How does Henchard learn that his house was sold 59. Who is- Ekwefi in the novel- Things Fall Apart.
to Farfrae? (a) Goddess (b) Sister of Okonko
(a) Elizabeth-Jane tells him. (c) Wife of Okonko (d) Daughter of Okonko
(b) He hears the town gossip 60. 'In the Waste Land' who is “known to be the wisest
(c) He reads about it in the Casterbridge Chronicle woman in Europe/With a wicked pack of cards”?
(d) Jopp tells him. (a) Madame Sosostris (b) Viven Merchant
50. What is the agricultural problem occurring in (c) Ezra pound (d) Tiresias
Casterbridge when Susan and Elizabeth-Jane 61. The epigraph of The Waste Land is borrowed
arrive? from?
(a) The Mayor is selling bad bread (a) Virgil ( b) Fetronius
(b) The harvest is ruined by the constant rain (c) Seneca (d) Homer
62. In Act 2, Para 1, what does Stanley tell McCann
(c) The Mayor is selling grown, or overripe wheat
he would be doing soon?
(d) The sailors have imported corrupt wheat from

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France (a) Going on a world tour

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51. What do Susan and Elizabeth-Jane believe has (b) Going to school
happened to Newson the sailor in that time? (c) Leaving town
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the marriage talking outside that make him irritable?
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(c) he was lost at sea (from Act 2, Part 1)
(d) he left for Casterbridge (a) why they won’t leve
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52. In the novel "Pride and prejudice" who was (b) why they won’t come inside
caroline? (c) why they are there
(a) A sister of Darcy (d) what they are talking about
64. "By the waters of _____I sat down and wept….."
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(b) A sister of Mr. Collins

(a) the Thames (b) Leman
(c) A sister of Mr. Bingley (c) the Nile (d) the Seine
(d) A friend of Jane 65. Which of the following cities is mentioned in
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53. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" who was the “The Waste Land”?
most beautiful of the five daughter's of Mr. (a) Vienna (b) Marseille
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Bennet? (c) Novgorod (d) Timbuktu

(a) Elizabeth (b) jane 66. Narayan's characters are from:
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(c) Mary (d) Lydia (a) South India (b) North India
(c) East India (d) None of these
54. Who is sweet meat seller in the novel-Two
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virgins.
(a) Chandran's father (b) Chandran's Nephew
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(a) Devraj (b) Mr. Gupta (c) Chandran's brother (d) None of these
(c) Chingle put (d) Lalita 68. The Bachelor of Arts was published in:
55. The novel- "The Grapes of wrath" begins just (a) 1937 (b) 1938
..... is paroled from Mc Alester prison? (c) 1939 (d) 1940
(a) Tom Joad (b) Muley Grave 69. Arms and the Man had its first production at
(c) Jim Casy (d) John Joad Avenue Theatre, Northumberland Avenue,
London on:
56. Who is farmer aged husband of Hester Prynne
(a) 21st April 1894 (b) 21st May 1895
in the novel- The Scarlet Letter- st
(c) 21 April 1895 (d) None of these
(a) Arthur Dimmesdale (b) Hawthorne 70. Yeats was:
(c) Bellingham (d) Roger Chillingworth (a) An American poet and novelist
57. Heroine of the novel- 'Mrs. Dalloway' is : (b) An Irish poet and novelist
(a) Lady Bruton (b) Clarissa Dalloway (c) An Irish poet and dramatist
(c) Elizabeth Dallaway (d) Sally Seton (d) None of these
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71. By which name was the Exchange of Venice (a) makes them fly
known? (b) Carries them to rain
(a) Stock Exchange (b) Rialto (c) snatches them from trees
(c) a and b both (d) None of these (d) makes them pestilence stricken
72. Which of the Caskets has the inscription, "Who 84. The West Wind is a preserver because it.
chooseth me shall gain what many men desire"? (a) keeps the leaves safe
(a) Gold (b) Silver (b) deposits seeds in the soil
(c) Lead (d) None of these (c) bring rain
73. During the poem, 'Ode to The West Wind' (d) uproots plants
Shelley begins using what literary device for five 85. What type/style of poem is My Last Duchess?
straight stanzas. (a) Haiku (b) Free form
(a) Asyndeton (b) Metaphor (c) Dramatic monologue (d) Ballad
(c) Alliteration (d) Kenning 86. What happened to the Duke’s last Duchess?
74. Pinter’s work has added two expressions to the (a) He murdered the Duchess
contemporary lexicon, Pinteresque and… (b) He sent the Duchess to a convent
(a) Pinter ellipsis (b) Pinter Pause (c) He divorced the Duchess
(c) Pinter lapse (d) Pinter eclipse (d) He gave commands and her smiles stopped

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75. As sideline, Pinter has been the long-time together

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chairman of….. 87. John Milton's description of gold as a "precious
(a) a bridge club (b) a cricket club bane" (Paradise Lost, Book II) is best described as
(c) a garden club (d) football club (a) a dactyl (b) an oxymoron

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76. When was Francis Bacon Lord Chancellor of (c) enjambment (d) zeugma
England 88. Milton's Paradise Lost is divided into
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(c) 1594-1598 (d) 1602-1614 (c) Ten boks (d) Twelve books
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77. How much fine Francis Bacon had to pay when 89. What is one of the longest types of poems which
he was found guilty of corruption? has been around for thousands of years?
(a) £ 20,000 (b) £ 40,000 (a) Elegy (b) Epic poem
(c) £ 10,000 (d) £ 28,000
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(c) Free verse (d) Ballad

78. The chief guest will______the prizes.
90. Which of the following is a short fictitious story
(a) give over (b) give up
that is presented to teach a religious principle,
(b) give in (d) give away
simple truth or moral lesson?
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79. A person who believes that the world can be

(a) Prose (b) Trickster Tale
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(a) an optimist (b) a philanthropist (c) Parable (d) Serial
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80. Whom does Macbeth see sitting in his chair (a) Present perfect
during the banquet? (b) Past Perfect
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(a) himself (b) Banquo’s ghost (c) Past Continuous

(c) Duncan’s ghost (d) Lady Macbeth (d) Present Perfect Continuous
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81. What vision does Macbeth have before he kills 92. He had been trying to get her on the phone.
Duncan? (a) Past Perfect Continuous
(a) He sees a floating head urging him to spill (b) Present Perfect Continuous
blood. (c) Past Perfect
(b) He sees a bloody axe lodged in Duncan’s brow. (d) Present Perfect
(c) He sees a pale maiden weeping in the moonlight 93. How long have you been learning English?
(d) He sees a floating dagger pointing him to (a) Past Perfect Continuous
Duncan’s chamber. (b) Past Perfect
82. Whom does Keats address as “Attic Shape”. (c) Present Perfect
(a) urn (b) His beloved (d) Present Perfect Continuous
(c) Milton (d) only a and b 94. The protagonist of Great Expectations is
83. What does the West Wind do to the yellow and (a) Boz (b) Pip
red Autumn leaves? (c) David (d) Oliver
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95. They knew by his sophomoric remarks that he 103. The correctly punctuated version is :
was still naïve in the field. (a) He asked me, “whether I had written my exercise.”
(a) casual (b) unpalatable (b) He asked me, “whether I had written my exercise.
(c) ignorant (d) immature (c) He asked me, whether I had written my exercise.
96. They shunned him because he was a lecherous (d) He asked me whether I had written my exercise.
man who always looked for an opportunity to 104. The attack on the freedom of the press is a
cheat others. retrograde step.
(a) Iustful (b) deceptive (a) declining (b) progressive
(c) cunning (d) dishonest (c) punitive (d) stubborn
97. Complete the sentence. 105. How long did the sting of the poison last in
Justice shows problems of Nissim Ezekiel’s poem “Night of the Scorpion”?
(a) British Society (a) all night long (b) twenty hours
(b) English legal system
(c) the whole day (d) unbearably long
(c) American legal system
106.Which section of a report consists of title of
(d) Scottish Society
98. How does Shelley in his "Ode to West Wind" report, name of the author, organization and
compare himself to the wind? date?
(a) as tumultuous, mighty and harmonious (a) Excutive summary

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(b) Introduction

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(b) as tameless, swift and proud
(c) as impetuous and incanting (c) Table of contents

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employees pattern of ab, ab, ab, cc is known as :
(a) decided to raise the cost of the raw material. (a) Rhyme royal (b) Ottava rima
(b) demanded two additional increments.
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(c) Tennysonian stanza (d) Spenserian stanza
(c) requested the management to implement a
108. 'Anagnorisis' is a term used by Aristotle for
new welfare scheme.
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(d) offered to work overtime without any describing :

compensation. (a) the moment of discovery by the protagonist
100. Mohan could do well in his final examination (b) the reversal of fortune for the protagonist
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because (c) the happy resolution of the plot

(a) he always avoided studies. (d) the convergence of the main plot and the sub
(b) he was regular with his studies. plot
(c) he did not pay attention in the class. 109. What does the idiom “Be-all and end-all” mean?
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101. The Indirect narration of – She said, “You must (b) That which begins well
not break your promise.” is :
(c) That which ends well
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(d) The whole and sole
promise.
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(b) She told me that I must not break my
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promise.
(c) She warned me that I should keep my (a) to be in trouble
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promise. (b) to praise oneself

(d) She said to me that I should not break (c) to control one’s temper
promises. (d) to explore every alternative
102. The Indirect transformation of – She said to the 111. Find the correctly spelt word –
boy, “How much do you expect to earn?” is : (a) Gramar (b) Havene
(a) She asked the boy how much did he expected (c) Haven (d) Macaber
to earn. 112. Spot the correct spelling
(b) She asked the boy how much did he expect to (a) pussilanimous (b) pusilannimous
earn. (c) pusillanimous (d) pusilanimous
(c) She asked the boy how much he expects 113. In the sentence "Hunger sat miserably in the
earning. informal settlement" there is the use of
(d) She asked the boy how much does he expect (a) Synecdoche (b) Euphemism
to earning. (c) Transferred Epithel (d) Personification

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114. Which device has been used in the lines "Success Raja Ravi Verma is most remembered for his
is counted sweetest/By those who never succeed"? painting of beautifully sari-clad women, who were
(a) Hyperbole (b) Ambiguity depicted as graceful and shapely.
(c) Conceit (d) Paradox 116. The themes of Ravi Verma’s famous paintings
115. Replace the underlined words with a phrasal verb. were
Choose the correct one from the following : (a) deities (b) animals and habitats
“Did you refuse the offer.” (c) natural scenery (d) female figures
(a) turn down (b) break down 117. He was especially able to access historical
(c) set off (d) put off
documents in the possession of
Directions (Q. Nos. 116-120) : Read the given passage
(a) national museums that curate them
and answer the questions that follow by selecting the
(b) certain individuals
most appropriate option.
Raja Ravi Verma was the Indian King and painter (c) families who inherited them
whose paintings brought a momentous turn in Indian art. (d) his family members in Kilimanoor
His works on great Indian epics Ramayana and 118. As he matured in his craft, Ravi Verma’s skills
Mahabharata brought the omnipresent deities to the were influenced by
surroundings of earthy world. This showed excellent (a) Italian artists
fusion of Indian traditional art with European realism. (b) Indian cinema

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representation of mythological characters has become a 119. His style is criticized for being too gaudy and
part of the Indian imagination of the classics. His style is sentimental means that his work was
criticized for being too gaudy and sentimental.

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Ravi Verma was born on April 29th, 1848 in (a) pale colours and sad atmosphere
Kilimanoor Palace in Kerala. Ravi Verma was brought (b) unrealistic images
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up in an environment of art and culture. At the age of (c) lacking intellectual and emotional depth
seven he started painting the figures of animals, acts and
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scenes from daily life on the wall with charcoal. As he

120. In the extract, ‘artistic interpretation of the
grew up, he was exposed to the famous painting of
epics’ means he was interested in
Italian painters. Here, he was using indigenous paints
made from leaves, flowers. He enhanced his creativity by (a) popular writing of his time
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listening to the music of veterans, watching Kathakali, a (b) unique rendering of old mythologies
folk dance form, going through the manuscripts (c) standard interpretation of the Indian epics
preserved in ancient families and listening to the artistic (d) unusual and rare myths found in legends
interpretation of epics.
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51. (c) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (a) 56. (d) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (c) 60. (a)
61. (d) 62. (c) 63. (b) 64. (b) 65. (a) 66. (a) 67. (c) 68. (a) 69. (a) 70. (c)
71. (b) 72. (a) 73. (b) 74. (b) 75. (b) 76. (b) 77. (b) 78. (d) 79. (c) 80. (b)
81. (d) 82. (a) 83. (a) 84. (b) 85. (c) 86. (d) 87. (b) 88. (d) 89. (b) 90. (c)
91. (d) 92. (a) 93. (d) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (a) 97. (b) 98. (b) 99. (d) 100. (b)
101. (b) 102. (b) 103. (d) 104. (b) 105. (b) 106. (d) 107. (b) 108. (a) 109. (d) 110. (c)
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1. Who committed suicide in Things Fall Apart. (a) Crazy
(a) Nwoye (b) Okonkwo (b) Selfish
(c) Unoko (d) Ezinma (c) Washed up
2. Jen meoe Gmekesâ keâeve Yejlee nw~ (d) The worst form of unlucks
(a) He is posoning his ears. 12. Hawthorne suggests that the wild rosebush that
(b) He is always poisoning his ears. glows outside the prison door is a symbol of :
(c) He fills poison his ears. (a) natural, untamed beauty
(d) He is never poisoning his ears. (b) the loss of true love
3. For what reason Okonkwo was exiled? (c) the thorny road of life
(a) He Stole money. (d) virginity
(b) He killed Unoko 13. The novel belongs to :
(c) He Stole Jams (a) Victorian lit erature (b) Enlightenment
(d) he unintentionally killed a fellow clan member (c) Romanticism (d) Realism

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(a) Susila (b) Malathi (c) Jack's inability to actually kill him
(c) Geeta (d) Ramu (d) Roger's conscience
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a_______. (a) his footrints (b) wilfred
(a) Purana (b) Epic
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(c) samneric (d) his sneeze

(c) Drama (d) Religious story
16. It is half past five by my watch.
7. After Rama krishnayya's dead who taught and
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(c) The Swami (d) Moorthy
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organizing the workers? (c) Trafalgar square's flea market
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(c) Jim casy (d) Floyd knowles 18. Who is the "Pale young gentleman"
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10. The old man remember that once when he killed (a) Wemmick (b) Herbert
afemale marlin, the male marlin. (c) Jaggers (d) Startop
(a) Bit the tail of the female
19. Who buys Herbet's way into business?
(b) Retwined with a posse of marlins seeking
(a) Pip (b) Miss Havisham
revengs
(c) Drummle (d) Estella
(c) Made a sound like there were nails beeing
driven through his fine. 20. What is Mr. Gardiner's profession?
(d) Swam alongside the boat as though in (a) Army officer (b) Clergyman
mourning. (c) Merchant (d) Lawyer
11. Manolin's parent refuse to let the boy fish with 21. What feature initially attracts Darcy to
the old man because they believe Santiago is Elizabeth?
salao. How does Hemingway translate this (a) Her intelligence (b) Her imile
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22. Why does Joseph initially refuse to approach the 32. The title of Arms and the Man is from Dryden's
Stage coach that passes by after his attack by translation of Virgil's epic poem. Which poem is
the Ruffians? this?
(a) Mrs. Slipslop is in the coach (a) Odyssey (b) The Aeneid
(b) He is naked and there are ladies is the coach (c) Faust (d) None of these
(c) The "Witty" old gentleman is telling dirty 33. The play Hayavadana is divided in to how many
jokes acts?
(d) The snobbism of the passengers offends him. (a) Three Acts (b) Two Acts
23. Match the column:- (c) Five Acts (d) One Act
(I) (II) 34. 'She has quite unmanned him' is spoken by?
1. Hairy Ape A. Poem (a) Dolabella (b) Alexas
2. Two Virgins B. Drama (c) Ventidius (d) Charmion
3. Crow Alight C. Prose 35. In Everyman in his Humor Who had written the
4. The Luncheon D. Novel letter?
(a) 1.b 2.d 3.a 4.c (a) It was from an unknown person
(b) 1.b 2.d 3.a 4.c (b) From Brainworm

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(c) Both (d) None of these 37. Who became the first Prime Minister of India?
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dream children is– (b) Mahatma Gandhi
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(a) Father (b) Grand mother (c) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Grand son (d) Mother (d) None of these
26. Who speaks the eulogy 'Sleep, blest pair'? 38. Who is an eminent astrologer and almanac-
(a) Alexas (b) Ventidius
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complier in Malgudi in The Bachelor of Arts?

(c) Myris (d) Serapion (a) Srouthigal (b) Ramu
27. Who plays the role of Spokenman for Dryden in (c) Gajapati (d) Ganpathi Sastrigal
'All for Love'? 39. The thief who stole the jasmine flowers in the
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(b) Many Chris Karwar committee was
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(c) Renew her old acquaintance (a) Advocate Sarkar (b) Ranga Sarkar
(d) Enjoy holidays (c) Rangamma (d) Moorthy
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Fall Apart. extend Gandhiji's ______ movement
(a) George arwell (b) Hawthorne (a) Videsh (b) Swadesh
(c) Steinbeck (d) Chinua Achebe (c) Quit India (d) Civil Disobedience
30. The Line- I was ever a fighter so-one fight more- 42. Who refused to recognized Fanny Good will in
is written by: "Joseph Andrews"?
(a) T.S. Eliot (b) Robert Browning (a) Mrs. Slipslop (b) Lady Booby
(c) Arnold (d) Thomas Gray (c) Betty (d) (b) and (c)
31. In which year did Yeats get the Nobel Prize for 43. Whom does David consider as an elder sister and
literature? his good angel?
(a) 1913 (b) 1923 (a) Dora (b) Agnes
(c) 1933 (d) None of these (c) Mrs. Clara (d) None of these

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44. How do we come to know that Piggy is an (a) Lalita (b) Saroja
asthmatic? (c) Mendoza (d) Kamala
(a) Ralph explains about this 56. 'The Grapes of wrath' was published in :
(b) A doctor explains it when Ralph goes to see him (a) 1934 (b) 1935
(c) Piggy himself explains it (c) 1949 (d) 1939
(d) When he increases his speed, as a result of this 57. The Scarlet letter is symbol of __?
his breathing became hard (a) A (b) U
45. Gandhi's Quit India Movement– (c) S (d) L
(a) 1940 (b) 1942 58. Who is Child hood friend of Clarissa Dalloway?
(c) 1945 (d) 1944 (a) Lady Bruton (b) Sally Seton
46. Why was Nehru arrested in 1930? (c) Elizabeth (d) Lucrazia
(a) Participating in Non-Cooperation 59. In the novel- "Animal Farm"- Mollie is :
(b) Participating in Kisan Movement (a) Pigeon (b) Crow
(c) Participating in Quit India Movement (c) Mare (d) Dog
(d) Participating in Civil Disobedience Movement 60. Story of the novel "Things Fall Apart" is set in :
47. What do critics call The old Man and The Sea? (a) Mabaino (b) Mbanta

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(a) Defeat (b) The Vanquished (c) Abame (d) Umuofia

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(c) A Triumph (d) None of these 61. 'In the Waste Land' T.S. Eliot has borrowed the
term Unreal City in the first and third sections
48. The novel The old Man and the Sea received the
from?

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Pulitzer Prize for fiction in :
(a) Baudelaire (b) Irving Babbit
(a) 1953 (b) 1954
(c) Dante (d) Laforgue
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49. What does Susan throw at Michael when she The Waste Land?
leaves with the sailor who bought her?
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(a) Oedipus
(a) A Bible (b) A book of poems (b) Grail Legend of Fisher King
(c) A necklace (d) Her wedding ring (c) Philomela
50. What does Henchard include with the note he (d) Sisyphus
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sends back to Susan? 63. Why can’t Meg continue her toast to Stanley?
(a) A dried flower (b) Five guineas (from Act 2, Part 3)
(c) Her necklace (d) Her wedding ring (a) she’s crying too much
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(c) Peter’s Finger the end of Act 2, Part 3?
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(a) Joshua Jopp (b) Donald Farfrae 65. Magnus Martyr is a :
(c) Solomon Longways (d) Christopher Coney (a) epic poem (b) football stadium
53. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" Miss (c) church (d) ocean
Carolina wanted to mary…….. 66. The opening section of “The Waste Land” is
entitled :
(a) George (b) Collins
(a) “Death by Water”
(c) Darcy (d) Wickham
(b) “Shantih”
54. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice' To whom was (c) “The Burial of the Dead”
the elder sister of Mr. Bingly Married? (d) “The Fire Sermon”
(a) To Mr. Harst (b) To Darcy 67. "Narayan wakes in me a spring of gratitude, for
(c) To Wickham (d) To George he has offered me a second home. Without him I
55. The youngest character in the novel- 'Two could never have known what it is like to be
virgins' is : Indian." Who said?
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(a) Forster in the introduction of The Bachelor of 79. The enemy_____arms.

Arts (a) let in (b) laid down
(b) Graham Greene in the introduction of The (c) lay up (d) lay off
Guide 80. The art of producing beautiful handwriting is
(c) Graham Greene in the introduction of The known as
Bachelor of Arts (a) carnage (b) calligraphy
(d) None of these (c) choreography (d) anaesthesia
68. "True history was neither fiction nor 81. With whom are the Scots at war at the beginning
philosophy." This line appears in: of the play?
(a) The Bachelor of Arts (b) The Guide (a) Norway (b) Denmark
(c) Mr. Sampath (d) Next Sunday (c) Poland (d) Finand
69. Who has written the introduction of the novel 82. Which nation’s army invades Scotland at the end
The Bachelor of Arts? of the play?
(a) Graham Green (b) Forster (a) Norway (b) France
(c) Nayak (d) None of these (c) England (d) Finland
70. The title of Arms and the Man is from Dryden's 83. Whom does Keats address as “Cold Pastoral”?
translation of Virgil's epic poem. Which poem is (a) Greek god (b) Himself
this? (c) urn (d) none of these

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(a) Odyssey (b) The Aeneid 84. The poet says that as a young man he too was like
the West Wind because he also was.

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71. In which year did Yeats get the Nobel Prize for (a) wild, swift and proud
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(c) 1933 (d) None of these (d) quiet, quick and dangerous
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chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves"? of speech used here is
(a) Metaphor (b) Simile
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(a) Gold (b) Silver

(c) Personificatio (d) Refrain
(c) Lead (d) None of these
86. Where is the Duke and his companion.
73. Which of the caskets has the inscription; "Who
(a) outside (b) In a dining hall
chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath"?
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(c) in the attic (d) on the grand stair case

(a) Gold (b) Silver 87. The final sentence of the poem emphasizes what
(c) Lead (d) None of these attitude from the speaker.
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(a) For the bird to land near him to eat 88. When did Milton wrote his Sonnet “On his
(b) To be taught blindness”?
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(d) To continue its song for a very long time (c) 1654 (d) 1651
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appeared in his plays. According to his response (a) It laments the blindness of Milton
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in various interviews, did Pinter specifically write (b) It is about the lost of his first wife
for her? (c) both a and b
(a) yes (b) no (d) none of this
(c) sometimes (d) never 90. Which plays featuring a hero who must
76. Who is the first character to appear in Act 1, overcome evil, were allegorical in nature?
Part 1? (a) Mystery plays (b) Miracle plays
(a) Lulu (b) Petey (c) Morality plays (d) Monologues
(c) Meg (d) Stanley 91. Identify the following statements as true or
77. When did Francis Bacon die? false:
(a) 25 March 1628 (b) 9 April 1626 1. A hyperbole is an outrageous exaggeration
(c) 11 September 1634 (d) 17 December 1636 that emphasizes a point, and can be
78. Where did Francis Bacon die? ridiculous or funny. Hyperboles can be
(a) London (b) Marlborough added to fiction to add color and depth to a
(c) Shrewsbury (d) Netherwood character.
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2. Hyperboles can be added to fiction to add 101. Find out the correct sentence –
color and depth to a character. For (a) Alm is given to the begger
example–She is so dumb, she thinks Taco (b) Alms is given to the beggars
Bell is a Mexican phone company. (c) Alms are given to the beggars
(a) 1-True 2-True (b) 1- False 2-False (d) None of these
(c) 1- False 2-True (d) 1- True 2-False 102. He said, "I clean my teeth twice a day."
92. Which sentence has a transitive verb – (a) He said that he cheaned his teeth twice a day.
(a) He was looking at me. (b) He said that he cleans his teeth twice a day.
(b) Don’t interfere in the quarrel. (c) He said that he used to clean his teeth twice a day.
(c) He has gone to Patna. (d) He said that he is used to cleaning his teeth
(d) He treated her badly. twice a day.
93. In which of the sentence `above’ is used as adverb– 103. He said, "What a beautiful scene!"
(a) The moral law is above the civil. (a) He said that what a beautiful scene it was.
(b) Analyse the above sentence. (b) He wondered that it was a beautiful scene.
(c) Our blessing come from above.
(c) He exclaimed what a beautiful scene it was.
(d) The heavens are above.
(d) He exclaimed that it was a very beautiful scene.
94. In which sentence `As’ is used as conjunction –
104. Choose the correctly punctuated version :
(a) We walked as fast as we could.

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(d) None of these. (c) He will succeed; you, never
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(a) A Tale of Two Cities him to help her.
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(c) Oliver Twist (c) inhuman (d) selfish
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(d) David Copperfield 106. What did the husband do as a last resort to
96. Select the right meaning of the word “Biography” remove the sting of the scorpion in Ezekiel’s
from the following : “Night of the Scorpion”?
(a) The life-history of a man written by someone (a) used powders mixtures and herb
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(b) The life history of a man written by himself (c) cursed his wife for the tragedy
(c) The life history of a man as reflected in his (d) poured paraffin and put a match to it
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(a) Government Counsel (a) the life of Christ (b) the New Testament
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(c) Judge 109. A "Foot" in prosody is a basic unit of:
(d) Managing Clerk (a) rhyme (b) length
99. "Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter (c) rhythmic measurement (d) height
fleeing"
110. To cut a sorry figure
Who or what is driven like ghosts in Shelley's
(a) A nominal head (b) To fight to a finish
'Ode to the West Wind'?
(c) To be ridiculed (d) To struggle
(a) The west wind (b) The dead leaves
(c) The winged seeds (d) The clouds 111. Flesh and blood
100. Find out the correct sentence : (a) Human nature (b) Warming
(a) He is rich enough to starve (c) In life (d) At the top speed
(b) He is too rich to starve 112. Select the word with its correct spelling :
(c) He is too rich not to starve (a) vaccum (b) Vaccume
(d) None of the above (c) Vaccuum (d) Vacuum
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113. Find out the mis-spelt word. the desert wind. The shifting wind caused the dunes
(a) accompaniment (b) explaination constantly to collapse and reform or drifted them lazily
(c) superstitious (d) miscellaneous out as bulwarks across the road. The car had to stop at
114. 'Necessity is the mother of invention.' frequent intervals, so that we could clear the heaped sand
(a) Imagery (b) Personification away or because one of the tyres, hissing on the burning
(c) Apostrophe (d) None of the above surface of the tarmac, had exploded. During those
115. I am afraid I don't have a head for figures. prolonged and sweaty intervals by the roadside, we were
(a) I cannot hear properly. passed, sometimes. by the ghostly herds of livestock
(b) I have a lot of hair. moving South.
(c) I am not good at adding etc. 116. ‘……..the new city which had sprawled …….’
(d) I am not a good person. Which part of speech is the underlined word in
Directions (Q. Nos. 116-120) : Read the passage given the above clause?
below and answer the questions that follow by (a) Adjective (b) Conjunction
selecting the most appropriate option. (c) Noun (d) Pronoun
Passage 117. The desert enclosed us for the next ten days.
The massive fort of Jodhpur looked down from the Voice in the above sentence has been correctly
hill at the new city which had sprawled out around the changed.

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back into the air and flung like a challenge to the South. (a) bunches (b) riots
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necks around stunted trees, as though they were snakes. 119. Antonym for the word ‘scowled’ is
Then, there were no more trees. Tall whirlwinds of sand (a) located (b) frowned
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marched down towards us from the horizon. (c) smiled (d) observed
The desert enclosed us for the next ten days. There 120. The desert looked like a lion because both are
was a glare and dazzle on the skyline at dawn, then the (a) ferocious
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ferocious eye of summer opened for a long look at its (b) found among the hills
domain. For the next twelve hours it scowled down at the (c) of the same colour
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41. (b) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (b) 50. (b)
51. (a) 52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (a) 55. (b) 56. (d) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (c) 60. (d)
61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (a) 64. (b) 65. (c) 66. (c) 67. (c) 68. (a) 69. (a) 70. (b)
71. (b) 72. (b) 73. (c) 74. (b) 75. (b) 76. (b) 77. (b) 78. (a) 79. (b) 80. (b)
81. (a) 82. (c) 83. (c) 84. (a) 85. (a) 86. (d) 87. (d) 88. (a) 89. (a) 90. (c)
91. (a) 92. (d) 93. (d) 94. (c) 95. (b) 96. (a) 97. (c) 98. (a) 99. (b) 100. (b)
101. (c) 102. (b) 103. (d) 104. (b) 105. (d) 106. (b) 107. (b) 108. (b) 109. (c) 110. (c)
111. (a) 112. (d) 113. (b) 114. (b) 115. (c) 116. (d) 117. (c) 118. (a) 119. (c) 120. (c)
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1. Ikemefuna comes to live in Umuofia : 10. How does Hemingway describe Santiago's eyes?
(a) As a sacrifice made by his clan, which hopes to (a) They are full of pain
avoid war. (b) They are blank with defeat
(b) Because he is Okonkwo's nephew and his (c) They betray the weariness of the soul
mother has died. (d) They are the color of the sea
(c) Because his parents, who were Christian 11. Who is Santiago's hero?
Missionaries, died Suddenly. (a) Harry Truman (b) Joe DiMaggio
(d) None of the above. (c) Dick Sister (d) Fidel Castro
2. Give one word which can be substituted for 12. Who is the Villain in the novel 'The Scarlet
Letter' :
Murder of a brother
(a) Roger chillingworth (b) Arthur Dimmesdale
(a) Fratricide (b) Homicide
(c) Hester Prynne (d) Pearl
(c) Regicide (d) Patricide
13. Although the scarlet letter first denotes
3. In 'Things Fall Apart' the events that follow the adulteress", later it denotes :
destruction of the church, it becomes clear that : (a) available (b) able

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(a) The white man is killed. (c) alive (d) alone

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(b) The white man is unkind but his religion is 14. Piggy insists on visiting Jack's tribe to :

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their independence (c) destroy them
(d) Okonkwo will lead his people to freedom (d) get back by glasses
4. 'In The Bachelor of Arts' who became the leader 15. A huge rock destroys Piggy along with :
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of the Resurrection Brigade. (a) Siman (b) his glasses
(a) Chardran (b) Venkatachala (c) the conch (d) the sow
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(c) Ragavachar (d) Veeraswami 16. Next to whom does Peter fall as leep in Regent's
5. 'In The Bachelor of Arts' who was Susila's Park in 'The Scarlet Letter'?
father : (a) The warren Smiths
(b) A nurse and baby
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(a) Ganapati (b) Janamejay Iyer

(c) Jayaram Iyer (d) Veeraswami (c) An old man and his dog
6. 'In Kanthapura' who came to opened the door (d) The girl he had followed
of temple, when Ratna locked herself in temple 17. In 'The Scarlet Letter' which figure appears to
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while escaping from police.
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(a) Narasamma (b) Rangamma
(b) Clarissa's Sheep dog
(c) Rachi (d) Bhatta
(c) Peter's doppelgarger
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This is the flag of the Revolution (a) Magwitch (b) Orlick
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this song occurs in : (c) Compeyson (d) Pip

(a) The Last Leaf (b) Things Fall Apart 19. Where does Pip first encounter Magwitch?
(c) Kanthapura (d) All my sons (a) Mrs. Joe's house (b) The smithy
8. 'In The Grapes of Wrath' why does Ruthie (c) The river (d) The churchyard
reveal Tom's secret? 20. What is the name of the state that Bingley rents?
(a) She is jealous of her older brother (a) Longbourne (b) Rosings
(b) She talks in her sleep (c) Fox Hall (d) Netherfield
(c) She wants to frighten a policeman 21. Why does Elizabeth reject Darcy's initial
(d) She wants to impresss a girl who is picking on proposal?
her (a) He is too poor
9. 'In The Grapes of Wrath' at the cotton faim, (b) She does not like him
where do the Joads live? (c) It was customary for women at that time to
(a) In a boxcar (b) In a shack reject the first proposal.
(d) She is in love with someone else
(c) In a tent (d) In a culvert
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22. Why do Joseph and Fanny not correspondend 33. 'Pity must prevail' who speaks?
during his time in London? (a) Antony (b) Serapion
(a) Lady Booby reads all of Joseph's (c) Octavia (d) Dolaballa
correspondence. 34. Jonson was awarded honorary M.A. degree by?
(b) Fanny is illiterate (a) Oxford University
(c) Mr. Adams advised them against it (b) Cambridge University
(d) Joseph falls in love with someone else (c) None
23. Match the column
(d) Both the University
(I) (II)
35. Mildred Douglas has been represented in the
1. Dream Children A. Mr. Woodifield
play 'The Hairy Ape'
2. The Fly B. Sir Andrew Freeport
(a) Worker (b) Capitalist
3. Farewell Party C. Alice
(c) Teacher (d) None of these
4. The Spectator Club D. Raman
(a) 1.A 2.C 3.D 4.B 36. India became Republic on–
(b) 1.C 2.A 3.B 4.D (a) Jan. 26, 1950 (b) Feb. 26, 1950
(c) 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.B (c) Jan. 25, 1947 (d) Aug. 15, 1947
(d) 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.D 37. "Friendship was another illusion like Love,

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(a) The egotistical element (b) Mystery People pretended that they were friends, when

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(c) Human nature (d) Natural element the fact was they were brought together by force
25. Iras is a character appears in- ? of circumstances….. Friendship-what meaningless
expression had come into use!" who said?

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(a) The Rival Ladies (b) All for Love
(c) Tyrannick Love (d) The Indian Queen (a) Mohan in The Bachelor of Arts
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(a) Alexas (b) Charmion (c) Chandran in The Bachelor of Arts
(c) Dolabella (d) Iras (d) Raju in The Guide
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27. In "All My Sons" Ann believed Joe Killer to be : 38. Ganpathi Sastrigal in The Bachelor of Arts is:
(a) Guilty (b) Innocent (a) A Professor of History
(c) Ignorant (d) Well informed (b) A Professor of English
(c) A matchmaker
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28. Who mong the following has written- "Lord of

(d) None of these
the Flies."
39. In the novel "Kanthapura" the mouth of
(a) Amita Desai (b) Maugham
_______ brought lights joy and merry makings
(c) Galding (d) Emily Dickenson
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29. The lines- The sea of faith, was once, too, at the
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(a) Falgun (b) January

full, and round earth's shore- is written by : (c) Magh (d) Kartik
(a) Kamala Das (b) Tagore
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(c) Thomas Gray (d) Matthew Arnold of–
30. Yeats was the leader of: (a) Bhatta (b) Moorthy
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(b) American trends in Ireland
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(c) Celtic revival in 'Joseph Andrews'?
(d) None of these
(a) Jove (b) Urania
31. "Arms and the man I sing" is the English
(c) Hercules (d) Muse
translation of Latin words. What are these Latin
42. The full name of Pip in Great Expectations is:
words?
(a) Arma virumque cano (a) Philip Pirrip (b) Pipa passes
(b) Arma virmque initio (c) Pipitia (d) Philip Pip
(c) Ab initio 43. Whose father was a commander?
(d) None of these (a) Piggy's (b) Ralph's
32. In the play 'Hayavadana' where do the men try (c) Jack's (d) None of these
to cut their heads off? 44. Gandhi's Civil disobedience movement?
(a) The Kali Temple (b) The Ganesha Temple (a) 1925 (b) 1927
(c) Karanpura (d) Zord Krishna Temple (c) 1929 (d) 1930

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45. Why did Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru release from the 57. Jhabara kept on barking.
jail? (a) Peyeje YeeQkeâlee jne~ (b) Peyeje YeeQkeâ jne nw~
(a) Because his father was seriously ill
(c) Peyeje YeeQkeâves ueiee~ (d) Peyeje YeeQkeâ jne nesiee~
(b) Because his mother was seriously ill
58. In the novel - Animal Farm- Snowball
(c) Because his father died
represent?
(d) None of these
(a) Stalin (b) Nichalas
46. "I wish I had the boy to help me and to see this."
(c) Balshevik (d) Trot-sky
(a) Mandolin (b) Marlin
(c) Santiago (d) None of these 59. The term- "Igbo is used in the novel- Things Fall
th Apart" means-
47. On the 85 days Santiago rows to the direction
of fishes known as : (a) People of the forest (b) God of forest
(a) Great Wall (b) Great Fall (c) A type of 'Feast' (d) None of these
(c) Great Hall (d) None of these 60. 'In the Waste Land' Who is the subject of the
48. When Susan and Michael first meet in secret, long discussion which begins Section V, “What
what are his first words to her? the Thunder Said”?
(a) “Can you forgive me” (a) Vishnu (b) Virgin Mary
(b) “I don’t drink”. (c) Jesus Christ (d) Buddha

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61. 'In the Waste Land' from what has the character

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(c) “Why die you come here”?
(d) “Why did you leave me”? Albert just been released?

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49. What nickname do the Casterbridge townspeople (a) His marriage vows (b) Prison
give to Susan? (c) The military (d) His job

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(a) Bluebeard (b) Miss Le Sueur 62. When does Stanley tell McCann that his birthday
(c) The Ghost (d) The Gold Digger really is?
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Susan? (a) The next week (b) The next day
(a) At his home that afternoon (c) The next month (d) The last month
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(b) At her cottage next week 63. What does McCann sing for Meg in Act 2, Part
(c) At the Three Mariners in two days 3? (from Act 2, Part 3)
(d) At the Ring that night (a) An opera (b) A rap
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51. Michael Henchard impulsively gives the job of (c) An Irish folk song (d) A hymn
______to Farfrae. 64. Who visits the typist?
(a) town musician (b) city councilman (a) Prufrock
(c) general manager (d) hay-trusser
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following sister visited frequently Mr. and Mrs. (d) Mrs. Porter
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65. Who witnesses the visit?
(c) Lydia and Mary (d) Catherine and Lydia (a) Vivienne (b) Madame Sosostris
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53. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" which of the (c) Tiresias (d) Ezra Pound
following daughters of Mr. Bennet at first 66. Who is an eminent astrologer and almanac-
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disliked Darcy?
complier in Malgudi in The Bachelor of Arts?
(a) Jane (b) Elizabeth (a) Srouthigal (b) Ramu
(c) Lydia (d) Mary (c) Gajapati (d) Ganpathi Sastrigal
54. The novel-Two virgins was published in- 67. Synonyms of BIAS
(a) 1972 (b) 1974 (a) Predisposition (b) Hatred
(c) 1976 (d) 1978 (c) Notion (d) None of the above
55. "In the novel- The Grapes of wrath" Tom Joad 68. Who is Chandran's poet friend in The Bachelor
had been imprisoned after being convicted of- of Arts?
(a) Fatricide (b) Homicide (a) Ramu (b) Veeraswamy
(c) Genocide (d) Infanticide (c) Mohan (d) None of these
56. The Scarlet Letter published in- 69. He came and sat______me.
(a) 1835 (b) 1935 (a) at (b) outside
(c) 1850 (d) 1950 (c) beside (d) of
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70. Yeats was the leader of: 80. Who is the queen of witchcraft in the play
(a) Greek Mythology 'Macbeth'?
(b) American trends in Ireland (a) Aphrodite (b) Hecate
(c) Celtic revival (c) Minerva (d) Mordred
(d) None of these 81. Who kills Donalbain?
71. 'I sooth, I know not why i am so sad' — who (a) Macbeth
speaks these opening words of the play? (b) Malcolm
(c) A group of murderers hired by Macbeth
(a) Bassanio (b) Antonio
(d) No one
(c) Shylock (d) None of these
82. What does the speaker refer the urn to?
72. Who believes that "it is a wise father that knows (a) An unravished bride of quietness
his own child?" (b) leaf fring’d legend
(a) Launcelot (b) Nerissa (c) sylvan author
(c) Portia (d) None of these (d) bold lover
73. How does the speaker compare the Skylark to A 83. `Why is the West Wind a trumpet of prophecy.
"high born maiden" (a) It brings rain
(a) The Maiden has beauty like the bird's song (b) It blows over all regions
(b) They both are up high where they are out of (c) It brings the promise of spring

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sight (d) It brings warmth
84. What are the thorns of life?

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(c) The maiden gives her heart as a Skylark sings
(a) The difficulties (b) The injuries
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74. Skeâlee ceW yeue nw- (a) Rhymed Iambic Pentameter
(b) Free-verse
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(a) Union is force (b) Union is strength
(c) Union is a power (d) Union is coowed (c) Un-rhymed Iambic tetrameter
75. What is the relationship between Meg and Petey (d) Rhymed Iambic tetrameter
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in the play? 86. How would the tone of this poem best be
(a) Brother and sister (b) Friends described?
(a) Ironic (b) Unsetting
(c) Husband and wife (d) Roommates
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76. According to Bacon how do studies serve us?
87. What type of Sonnet is “On his blindness”?
(a) for marshalling one’s affairs skillfully
(a) Augustan type (b) Petrarchan type
(b) for judging impartially (c) Restoration type (d) none of these
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(c) for delight ornament and ability’ 88. What does Milton mean by “era half of my day”?
(d) for making the best use of time
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(a) He is talking of his golden period

77. What is the difference between crafty men and (b) He mourns on the death of his first wife
wise men as far as studies are concerned (c) He became blind in the middle of his life and
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(a) crafty men use them and the wise believe they (d) All of the above
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are above studies 89. Arrange the following parts of the plot of a
(b) crafty men condemn studies and the wise men tragedy in chronological order:
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use them 1. Climex

(c) crafty men use studies crookedly and the wise 2. Catastrophe
straight for waldy 3. Exposition
(d) crafty men manipulate learning and the wise are 4. Falling action
manipulated by it 5. Rising action
78. Rising prices will force people to ___ (a) 3, 1, 4, 5, 2 (b) 4, 3, 5, 2, 1
expenditure. (c) 2, 3, 1, 5, 4 (d) 3, 5, 1, 4, 2
(a) cut up (b) cut down 90. Which of the following novel rel……?
(c) cut off (d) cut across adventures of an eccentric or disreputable in
79. Much damage and misfortune caused by nature episodic form and the genre gets from the
is known as Spanish word picaro, or “rogue”?
(a) calamity (b) façade (a) Epistolary Novel (b) Satirical Novel
(c) penury (d) fertility (c) Allegorical Novel (d) Picaresque novel
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91. The noun form of the verb ‘experience’ is 104. Select the correctly punctuated sentence in this
(a) expirience (b) expereince group
(c) experience (d) expireince (a) My favorite teacher, who just happens to be my
92. The noun form of the adjective ‘rare’ is uncle, retired from the university last summer
(a) rareness (b) rarement (b) My favorite teacher who just happens to be my
(c) rarely (d) rarity uncle, retired from the university last summer
93. Give the right suffix for the word ‘king’ to make (c) My favorite teacher, who just happens to be my
it an abstract noun uncle retired from the university last summer
(a) ly (b) dom (d) My favourite, teacher, who just happens to be
(c) ness (d) ance my uncle, retired from the university last summer
94. The proper word for a ‘group’ of elephants is 105. According to a great philosopher, magnanimity
(a) herd (b) cattle in a man implies many other qualities.
(a) poverty (b) jealousy
(c) flock (d) bunch
(c) meanness (d) enmity
95. Miss Havisham remained a spinster throughout her
106. ‘Night of the Scorpion’ is a poem by
life in Great Expectations because
(a) Kamala Das (b) Nissim Ezekiel
(a) she was poor
(c) Dom Mores (d) A.K. Ramanujan
(b) she did not like her groom
107. Which part of the letter contains the written

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(c) she was betrayed by the bridegroom

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communication, message or purpose?
(d) she was arrogant
(a) Closing (b) Enclosure

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96. What is the synonym of ‘timorous’?
(c) Salutation (d) Body
(a) Up-to-date (b) Bright
(c) Timid (d) None of the above 108. "Iambus" is a metrical foot consisting of:

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97. Choose the right option which expresses the (a) two syllables (b) three syllables
meaning of the word “Invincible” : (c) four syllables (d) one syllables
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(a) Defeated (b) Spoken 109. An "Idyll" is usually a poem about a:
(c) Learned (d) Unconquerable (a) picturesque city life
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98. Galsworthy is : (b) panoramic view of nature

(a) a pessimist, both cynical and demotivating (c) picture of industrial society
(b) a passifist (d) picturesque country life
(c) a realist, both minute and delicate
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110. The best policy is to let sleeping dogs lie.

(d) a reactionist revolutionary (a) to be liberal
99. The 'Ode to the West Wind', has (b) to be tolerant
(a) Four stanzas (b) Six stanzas (c) to be neutral
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(c) Five stanzas (d) Seven stanzas (d) to avoid discussing troublesome matters
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100. Find the correct sentence – 111. He was in a brown study and did not seem to
(a) Tom, I and you ate sweets catch my point.
(a) in his study room (b) absorbed in reading
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(c) I, Tom and you ate sweets (c) absent-minded (d) in a state of shock
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101. Which one is the correct sentence – (a) Quintessence (b) Qintessence
(c) Quentesence (d) Quintesence
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(a) He said that earth was round.

(b) He said that earth is round. 113. Which is the correct spelling?
(a) rythym (b) ryhthm
(c) He said that earth has been round.
(c) rhythm (d) rhithym
(d) None of the theses.
114. Identify the example of personification.
102. He said to me, "Where is the post office?"
(a) Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death
(a) He wanted to know where the post office was.
(b) The Camel is the ship of the desert
(b) He asked me that where the post office was.
(c) He was a man of iron Courage
(c) He asked me where the post office was. (d) We must be guided by the light of nature.
(d) He asked me where was the post office. 115. Which of the following sentences has the figure
103. He said he could not come. of speech called ‘Apostrophe’?
(a) He replied that he was unable to come. (a) Man is the measure of all things.
(b) He said, "I cannot come". (b) Patriotism, what horrors are done in your name
(c) His reply was that he would not come. (c) My love is a red red rose
(d) He said he should come. (d) All that glitters is not gold
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Directions (Q. Nos. 116-120) Read the following and the decrease in capacity for activities which require
passage and answer the questions that follow by effort, all too often we still look for a button to push. We
selecting the most appropriate option. want to get fit without having to work at it and without
Passage making changes in our life styles. This is not possible.
If you were ask 20 people the meaning of physical 116. The statement that ‘Fitness is all things to all
fitness, you would get 20 different answers. Fitness is all people’ implies that
things to all people, a precious commodity which enables (a) everybody regards fitness to be the absolute
us to live our lives to the full yet is really cherished only good
when it begins to fade away. To an older person, it might (b) everybody includes everything under the
be the feeling of youthful vigour, to an athlete the concept of fitness
capacity to run a mile in four minutes, to a stenographer (c) everyone has his / her own definition of fitness
ability to type for eight hours at a stretch without (d) there is an agreed comprehensive meaning of
developing aching shoulder muscles. To a coach it is
fitness
something which comes with training, to a physician it is
117. I. Recent development have vastly decreased
a functional state of the body defined in technical terms.
It is all these things and more. It is strength, the neef for physical effort and movement.
flexibility, agility, power, speed and muscular and II. Resorting to shortcuts is against human
cardiovascular endurance. It is the ability to enjoy our nature.
daily lives and to achieve our goals without undue (a) Statement I is true

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fatigue or stress. It is having a reserve of physical (b) Statement II is true
(c) Both Statement I and II are true

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stamina and strength for safety and the enjoyment of
leisure activities. It is protection against degenerative (d) Both Statements I and II are false
diseases and feeling physically youthful even when we 118. ‘Fitness is active, not passive means

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are growing old. (a) We can take fitness for granted
Fitness is active, not passive. Yet recent decades (b) We should avoid effort and movement
have seen a quantum leap in the number of devices
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(c) We can resort to shortcuts
which help us to avoid effort and movement, the two key (d) We cannot be sedentary
ingredients in physical fitness. We can no longer take 119. ‘Take for granted’ means
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fitness for granted, as could people of an earlier era, (a) To value someone or something too lightly
because the automatic movements which should (b) To appreciate the value of something
maintain it walking, carrying, pushing, running, jumping,
(c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
digging, lifting are gradually becoming unnecessary. We
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(d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect

don’t have to get to our feet to change television
programmes. 120. The word ‘vigour’ means
It’s only human to take advantage of shortcuts. But (a) weakness (b) lethargy
(c) vitality (d) frailty
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21. (b) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (c)
31. (a) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (d) 35. (b) 36. (a) 37. (c) 38. (c) 39. (d) 40. (a)
41. (c) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (c) 47. (a) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (d)
51. (c) 52. (d) 53. (b) 54. (b) 55. (b) 56. (c) 57. (a) 58. (d) 59. (a) 60. (c)
61. (c) 62. (c) 63. (c) 64. (b) 65. (c) 66. (a) 67. (a) 68. (c) 69. (c) 70. (c)
71. (b) 72. (a) 73. (c) 74. (b) 75. (c) 76. (c) 77. (b) 78. (b) 79. (a) 80. (b)
81. (d) 82. (a) 83. (c) 84. (a) 85. (a) 86. (b) 87. (b) 88. (c) 89. (d) 90. (d)
91. (c) 92. (d) 93. (b) 94. (a) 95. (c) 96. (c) 97. (d) 98. (c) 99. (c) 100. (d)
101. (b) 102. (c) 103. (b) 104. (b) 105. (c) 106. (b) 107. (d) 108. (a) 109. (d) 110. (d)
111. (b) 112. (a) 113. (c) 114. (a) 115. (b) 116. (c) 117. (a) 118. (d) 119. (a) 120. (c)
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1. The novel two virgins refers to : (c) He lightens the boat.
(a) Chestity of Indian women (d) He ties the skiff to a buoy.
(b) A contrast between the tradition simple village 12. What is the theme of the novel 'The Scarlet
life and the artificial modern city life Letter'.
(c) Discrimination in Society (a) society (b) religion
(d) Rate as preserver of Indian culture and society (c) feminism (d) all of the above
2. For certain religious festivals, men of the clan 13. The scarlet letter is the mark of :
becomes the living vessels for important clan (a) Honesty (b) Witchery
spirits, the rituals involve elaborate costumes (c) Sin (d) Love
and masks, these spirity are called : 14. In 'Lord of the Flies' Jack becomes leader of his
(a) OZU (b) Obi tribe by :
(c) Egwugwu (d) Ogbanje (a) on open election with chair backing him
3. Which symbol is not the part of the (b) stealing the conch from relp
Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart :
(c) forcing Roger to join him
(a) Locusts (b) Fire

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(c) Drums (d) Lu

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4. Who is the Hero of The Bachelor of Arts. join them

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(a) Susila (b) Malathi 15. In 'Lord of the Flies' the "beast on the mountain
(c) Mohan (d) Chandran top" is actually.

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5. Chandran became Sanyasi near_______temple. (a) a snake think (b) a pig's head
(a) Shiv (b) Kalpaleeswarar (c) a dead parachutist (d) piggy
(c) Vishnuwaram (d) Durga 16. Which character serves to tranisition the reader
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6. Patel Range Gowda was the : from peter's Stream of consciousness to Rezia's?
(a) Tiger of the village (a) The nurse
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(b) Sardar patel of the village (b) The marching boys

(c) Both 'a' and 'b' (c) The street Singer
(d) None (d) Isabel Pole
7. Range Gowda too settled in _____with other
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17. Into what does Septimus imagine that he sees a

people.
dog trans forming?
(a) Kashipur (b) Kanthapura
(a) A dragos (b) A man
(c) Mysore (d) Ayodhya
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(b) Alcohol bootlegging (c) Crermany (d) Boston
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(d) Financial embezzlement death?
9. Which of the following is NOT True of the (a) She is thrown from a horse
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murder Tom Joad committed? (b) She falls from a window

(a) He was stabbed (c) A table crushes her legs
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(b) He was attacking a family member (d) She is burned in a fire

(c) He hit her opponent with a shovel 20. Why doesn't Bingley visit jane while she is in
(d) He was in a fight London?
10. What kind of fish does Santiago first catch?
(a) Lady catherine forbids him from going
(a) A tuna
(b) Darcy advises him against it
(b) A marlin
(c) A shrimp (c) He doesn't know that She's there
(d) A Portuguese man-of-war (d) He thinks that Jane does not like
11. In order to help himself catch the fish, what does 21. What event interrupts Elizabeth's vacation with
Santiago do? the Gardianers?
(a) He promises to pay more attention to Manolin (a) Lydia's elopment with Wickman
upon his return. (b) Darcy's second proposal
(b) He decides to recite ten Hail marys and ten our (c) The death of Mr. Collins
Fathers. (d) The news of Jane's engagement to Bingless
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22. What is the crucial piece of evidence in the case (a) Arms and the man
against the captured Ruffian? (b) Apple Cart
(a) A gold piece with a ribbon given to Joseph by (c) Candida
Fanny. (d) The Widower's House
(b) Joseph's livery 34. What does Padmini do when the men cut their
(c) A love note from Mrs. Slipslop head off?
(d) Joseph's handkerchief
(a) She kills herself
23. Why is Mr. Adams going to London?
(a) To procure a living for his eldest son (b) She tries to kill herself but kali stops her and
(b) To escape Mrs. Adams helps to bring the men back to life.
(c) To meet with his bishop (c) Drowned
(d) To publish his sermons (d) None of these
24. The raven moses refers to heaver. 35. Who speaks the eulogy 'Sleep, blest pair'?
(a) The Golden country (a) Alexas (b) Ventidius
(b) Green Pastures (c) Myris (d) Serapion
(c) Sugarcandy Mountain
36. Who assumed various disguises in Everyman in
(d) Candy Cowshed
25. In dream children, Alice is – his humour?

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(a) Edward Kno'well (b) Brainworm

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(a) Lamb's mother (b) Lamb's wife
(c) Lamb's daughter (d) Lamb's sister (c) Cab (d) Justice element

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my reason." (a) Owner of the ship (b) Capitalist

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(c) Antony (d) Alexas
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Love? (a) Jen ncesMee cesjs heeme keäÙeeW jne~
(a) Myris (b) Antony (b) ceQ peneB keâneR ieÙee Jen cesjs meeLe jne~
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(c) Serapion (d) Alexas (c) ceQ peneB ieÙee Jen cesjs meeLe keäÙeeW veneR ieÙee~
28. "All my sons" is :
(a) An epic (b) A great novel (d) Jen ncesMee cesjs meeLe Ûeuee~
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(c) A social tragedy (d) A sonnet 39. "People married because their sexual appetite
29. Who among the following has written- Mrs. had to be satisfied and there must be somebody
Dalloway. to manage the house. There was nothing deeper
(a) O Henry (b) Richard Wright than that in any man and woman relationship."
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(c) Robot Frost (d) A.K. Ramanujan (d) The Bachelor of Arts
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(a) Constantinople or Istambul Chandran reached a village in Sainad District.
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(b) London Which village?

(c) Paris (a) Koopal (b) Kapleshawar
(d) None of these (c) Sainad (d) None of these
32. "You are a romantic idiot. Next time, I hope you 41. In the novel "Kanthapura" their popular
will know the difference between a school girl of slogans were
seventeen and a woman of twenty three." (a) Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai
Who said?
(b) Vande Matram
(a) Raina in Arms and the Man
(b) Louka in Arms and the Man (c) Bharat Mata Jindabad
(c) Mrs. Petkoff in Arms and the Man (d) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these 42. In the novel "Kanthapura" the estate was
33. Which play of Shaw is an attack on military infested with
heroism and idealistic glory of war and (a) Rats (b) Frogs
warriors? (c) Poisonous snakes (d) Wild beasts
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43. Where did Lady Booby return after the 54. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" How did
marriage of Joseph and Fanny in 'Joseph Elizabeth go to Bingley's house?
Andrews'? (a) On a horse back (b) On foot
(a) Perish (b) France (c) By a carriage (d) By car
(c) Rome (d) London 55. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" Mrs. Bennet
44. Miss Havisham used one female character as a suggested to her daughter Jane to go to Bingley's
means of her revenge upon the male sex. Identify residence
the female character. (a) By Car (b) By Carriage
(a) Stella (b) Clara (c) Bullock cart (d) On a horse back
(c) Estella (d) Biddy 56. oes Deewj oes Ûeej nesles nw-
45. In 'Lord of the Flies' Who said the following (a) Two two is four.
statement?
(b) Two and two made four.
"We may stay here till we die."
(c) Two and two will be four.
(a) Ralph (b) Simon
(d) Two and two makes four.
(c) Piggy (d) Jack
57. Who is the protagonist of the novel- The Grapes
46. 'My Experiment with Truth' first published in– of wrath?
(a) Guajarati (b) Hindi
(a) Ma Joad (b) Pa Joad

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(c) English (d) Urdu
(c) John Joad (d) Tom Joad
47. When did Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru complete his

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Autobiography?
Letter?
(a) 1930 (b) 1933

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(a) Dimmesdale (b) Bellingham
(c) 1935 (d) 1929
(c) Chillingwarth (d) None of these
48. "I love you and respect you very much. But I
59. The novel- Mrs. Dalloways is set in-
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will kill you dead before this day ends." Who
(a) Perish (b) London
said and to whom?
(c) Rome (d) Ireland
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(a) Santiago to fish (b) Fish to Santiago

(c) Santiago to Manolin (d) None of these 60. Who is awarded "Animal hero, second class the
novel- Animal Farm?"
49. Which fish does Santiago eat in the deep sea?
(a) Pet Raven (b) Boxer
(a) Tega (b) Jhinga
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(c) Dead Sheep (d) Mollie

(c) Tuna (d) None of these
61. Who is the son of Okonko in the novel "Things
50. Which two characters does Henchard secretly
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meet at the Ring?
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(a) Elizabeth-Jane and Lucetta (a) Maduka (b) Nwoye

(c) Ikemefuna (d) both (a) and (c)
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(b) Susan and Elizabeth-Jane

(c) Susan and Lucetta 62. 'In the Waste Land' in what season does the
(d) Susan and the furmity woman. poem begin?
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51. When Susan and Elizabeth-Jane first arrive in (a) Fall (b) Winter
Casterbridge where do they stay? (c) Spring (d) Summer
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(a) At Michael’s estate 63. 'In the Waste Land' what do all these cities,
(b) In a cottage on High Street Jerusalem, Athens, Alexandria, Vienna, and
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(c) The King’s Arms Hotel London, cited in Section V, have in common?
(d) The Three Mariners Inn (a) All are ruled by kings
52. How do Susan and Michael plan to renew their (b) All were destroyed or fell into moral decay
relationship? (c) They are all sites of political murders
(a) They will let Elizabeth-Jane create a plan (d) Each was the birthplace of a religious leader
(b ) They decide to tell the town their secret 64. Where does Stanley kick Goldberg near the end
(c) They decide to go their separate ways of Act 2, Part 2? (from Act 2, Part 2)
(d) Michael should court “the widow” properly (a) The arm (b) The stomach
53. The amphitheater of Casterbridge is usually a (c) The leg (d) The head
place where _____ meet. 65. What does Petey excuse himself to do at the end
(a) lovers of Act 2, Part 1?
(b) people with secrets (from Act 2, Part1)
(c) boys playing cricket (a) Meet friends (b) Play poker
(d) city councilmen (c) Tend to his garden (d) Play chess
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66. In 'The Waste Land' the clairvoyant is named 78. According to Bacon what is the chief use of
(a) Madame Sosostris delight in his Of Studies.
(b) Mrs. Porter (a) Is in privateness and retiring
(c) Aldous Huxley (b) Is in Judgement
(d) Vivienne (c) Discourse
67. In 'The Waste Land' Mr. Eugenides is a : (d) Disposition of Business
(a) poet (b) merchant 79. The rebellion was_____in no time.
(c) filmmaker (d) witch doctor (a) put up (b) put in
68. I brought him _______ with great difficulty. (c) put off (d) put down
(a) about (b) in Ans: (d) The phrasal verb ‘ put down’ would be used
(c) up (d) round in the above sentence. It means the rebellion was put
69. The name of Chandran's father is: down (suppressed) in no time. Hence option (d).
(a) H. C. Venkatachala Iyer 80. In order to repair the leaking pipes we had to
(b) Krishana Swamy call the
(c) Gajapathi (a) carpenter (b) plumber
(d) None of these (c) electrician (d) architect
70. What name does Chandran give to the girl he 81. What happens to Lady Macbeth before she dies?
loves in The Bachelor of Arts? (a) She is plagued by fits of sleepwalking

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(b) She is haunted by the ghost of Duncan

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(a) Lakshmi (b) Sushila
(c) Malathi (d) None of these (c) She sees her children killed in battle

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82. Who kills Lord Siward’s son?
than .......... advancement
(a) Duncan (b) Lennox

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(c) Macbeth (d) Ross
(c) emotional (d) wordly
83. What does citadel mean in the context of the poem.
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72. Honour and ............arise from one’s own
(a) fortress occupied by soldier
actions. (b) A wooden podium
(a) pleasure (b) reputation (c) coarse dirt
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(c) shame (d) progress (d) The city the urn depicts
73. Who calls Portia "this mortal breathing saint?" 84. O Wind, if Winter comes can Spring be far
(a) Antonio behind? The mood of the poet is.
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(b) The Prince of Morocco (a) Pessimism (b) Optimism

(c) Bassanio. (c) Realism (d) Determination
(d) None of these 85. Whose unseen presence is being talked about in
the poem 'Ode to The West Wind'?
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rain from heaven"? (a) Ghosts (b) Dead leaves
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(a) Gibestt (c) West Wind (d) Enchanter

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(b) Truth
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striking?
(c) The quality of mercy (a) Hands (b) Neck
(d) None of these (c) Eyes (d) Mouth
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75. What is the piece from the paper Petey reads 87. Who narrates the poem 'My Last Dutchess'?
aloud in Act 1, para 1 regarding? (a) His visitor (b) The castle’s butler
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(a) A comic (c) The Duke (d) An omniscient speaker

(b) The classifieds 88. What does Milton’s Soul wish?
(c) A birth announcement (a) His soul wishes to earn more money
(d) The horoscopes (b) To serve his wife by writing poetry
76. What kind of cereal does Petey eat at the (c) To serve god by not writing any more poetry
beginning of the play? (d) To serve god by writing great poetry
(a) Corn flakes (b) Cheerios 89. Lest the returning chide, How does the line allude
(c) Oat bran (d) Bran flakes to the Biblical story of talents?
77. How does ‘writing’ help a man’s personality (a) The master in the parable of talents rebukes the
according to Bacon? servant for keeping his talent (gold coin)
(a) It maketh him a full man useless.
(b) It maketh him a ready man (b) To keep it useless is death to him
(c) It maketh him a perfect man (c) both a and b
(d) It maketh him an exact man (d) none of the above
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90. A poem in which epic conventions are subverted 103. Rama said he was very busy then.
is : (a) Rama said, "I am very busy now".
(a) sub-epical poem (b) anti-epical poem (b) Rama replied that he had been busy.
(c) mocking-epic (d) mock-heroic epic (c) Rama could not come because he was busy.
91. A long lyric poem, serious in subject matter, (d) Being busy is the reason that prevents Rama's
elevated in style, elaborate in its stanzaic arrival
structure is : 104. Select the correctly punctuated sentence in this
(a) an elegy (b) a lyric group
(c) an ode (d) a dramatic monologue (a) Mary has offered to coach the team this year,
92. The sentence ‘I am going to be a teacher when I however, the competition for the job is intense
grow up’ is a (b) Mary has offered to coach the team this year;
(a) Present tense (b) Past tense however, the competition for the job is intense
(c) Future tense (d) Past perfect tense (c) Mary has offered to coach the team this year,
93. The sentence ‘In 2004, a disease destroyed the however the competition for the job is intense
crops in one village’, is a (d) Mary has offered to coach the team, this year,
(a) Present perfect tense (b) Simple past tense
however, the competition for the job is intense
(c) Past perfect tense (d) Future tense
105. Her impetuous behaviour was attributed to her
94. The sentence ‘Why are you making a noise?’ is a

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upbringing.

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(a) Present perfect tense
(a) swift (b) rash
(b) Present continous tense

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(c) quiet and gentle (d) sluggish
(c) Simple present tense
106. Nissim Ezekiel belonged to the …….community
(d) Simple past tense

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(a) Christian (b) Parsee
95. Charles Dickens was a
(a) Victorain poet (b) novelist (c) Jewish (d) Muslim
107. The purpose of which of the following type of
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(c) critic (d) Scientist
96. What is the meaning of ‘on the alert’. letters is to express a complaint and request
(a) Ready to act (b) Depend on police specific action?
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(c) Depend on others (d) None of the above (a) Special request letters
97. Which of the following words is the “Synonym” of (b) Sales letters
“Apathetic”? (c) Inquiry letters
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(a) Hostile (b) Callous (d) Claim letters

(c) Repulsive (d) Ominous
108. A monosyllabic rhyme on the final stressed
98. In which play of Galsworthy do we have William
Falder? syllable of two lines of verse is called :
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(c) Justice (d) Strife (c) masculine rhyme (d) eye rhyme
99. Who wrote "Our Sweetest songs are those That 109. The term, 'curtal sonnet', was coined by :
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tell of our saddest thoughts"? (a) John Milton

(a) P B Shelley (b) Robert Southey
(b) William Blake
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100. Which sentence is correct – (c) Gerard Manley Hopkins
(d) Matthew Arnold
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(a) The news of the train accident are shocking

(b) The news of the train accident is shocking 110. Lord Clive won his laurels in the battle of Plassey.
(c) The new of the train accidents is shocking (a) fought bravely
(d) None of the these (b) defeated his enemies
101. Find the correct sentence – (c) acquired distinction
(a) He is one of those boys who are wicked. (d) overpowered his enemies
(b) He is one of those boys who is wicked. 111. A good teacher should have the gift of the gab.
(c) He is one of those boy who is wicked. (a) a good personality
(d) He is one of those boy who are wicked. (b) a talent for acting
102. He said he did not believe me. (c) a talent for speaking
(a) His reply was that he would not believe me. (d) an interest in discipline
(b) He replied that he could never believe me. 112. Select the correct spelling :
(c) He said to me, "I don't believe you". (a) Staff Quarters (b) Stuff Quarters
(d) He said how was it possible to believe me. (c) Staff Quaters (d) None of the above
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113. Which is the correct spelling? there is no guarantee that object will always have this
(a) bivouck (b) bivouk incongruity and scientists are advising the general public
(c) bivouac (d) bivouk to proceed with great caution, especially when at home
114. The figure of speech “all the perfumes of Arabia where unfamiliar objects may be more easily identified.
will not sweeten this little hand” is After reading the announcement, the President of Earth
(a) simile (b) metaphor leaned back in his presidential chair and gave his most
(c) personification (d) hyperbole reassuring smile. Well that’s it folks. Take care while we
115. A statement that appears self-contradictory, but get to the bottom of this. You can be sure we are working
that reveals a kind of truth on it hard. So, bye for now, from your President,
(a) irony (b) paradox goodbye!
(c) onomatopoeia (d) simile 116. The contradiction is conveyed in the phrase
Directions (Q. Nos. 116-120) Read the given passage ridiculous public service emergency
and answer the questions that follow by selecting the announcements by the word
most appropriate option. (a) Emergency (b) service
Passage (c) Public (d) ridiculous
The President of Earth glowered at the auto-cue 117. The expression exuding bonhomie means
and the television camera in the small presidential studio (a) appearing tired
which was where he should have been right now instead (b) lacking patience

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of reading ridiculous public service emergency (c) appearing friendly
announcements. (d) showing pride

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and its wretched public service announcements should because he was

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wait until tomorrow. Unfortunately, the world didn’t (a) frightened (b) forgetful
want to wait and the World Parliament had prepared this (c) tired (d) angry
announcement for him to read, so he was glowering at
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119. The incongruity lies in
everyone. The auto-cue exuding bonhomie to the billions (a) unfamiliar objects that cannot be touched
who were watching as he read from the auto-cue. (b) familiar objects seen in unexpected places
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Scientists are today investigating objects that are (c) strange objects seen everywhere and frequently
appearing across the world and which seem to present a (d) new objects appearing where none existed
degree of danger to anybody touching them. World before
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scientists are advising that, under no circumstances 120. A word that can replace the phrase get to the
should these objects be touched. A heavy metal object bottom of is
that is floating on a pond would be such an example. A (a) estimate (b) explore
tree growing out of concrete would be another. However (c) clarify (d) misunderstand
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41. (d) 42. (c) 43. (d) 44. (c) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (c) 50. (c)
51. (d) 52. (d) 53. (b) 54. (b) 55. (d) 56. (d) 57. (d) 58. (b) 59. (b) 60. (c)
61. (b) 62. (c) 63. (b) 64. (b) 65. (d) 66. (a) 67. (b) 68. (c) 69. (a) 70. (a)
71. (b) 72. (c) 73. (b) 74. (c) 75. (c) 76. (a) 77. (d) 78. (a) 79. (d) 80. (b)
81. (d) 82. (c) 83. (a) 84. (b) 85. (c) 86. (c) 87. (c) 88. (d) 89. (a) 90. (d)
91. (c) 92. (c) 93. (b) 94. (b) 95. (b) 96. (a) 97. (b) 98. (c) 99. (a) 100. (b)
101. (a) 102. (c) 103. (a) 104. (a) 105. (c) 106. (c) 107. (d) 108. (c) 109. (c) 110. (c)
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1. Who defined tragedy in the following manner : 11. In the eyes of Puritans, Hester Prynne, Arthor
“Tragedy is an imitation of an action, that is Dimmesdale and Pearl are victim of :
serious, complete and of a certain magnitude.....” (a) Society (b) Sin
(a) Plato (b) Shakespeare (c) Injustice (d) Fraud
(c) Aristotle (d) Longinus 12. In ' Lord of the Flies' Jack is the only one who :
2. What does Okonkwo do even though he is (a) Wears a black cloak
advised not to do? (b) forgets about resue
(a) Marry Ojuigo (b) Beat Nwoye twice (c) owns a knife
(c) Attack Chielo (d) Help kill lkemetuna (d) is cruel to piggy
3. In 'The Bachelor of Arts' Ramu was______. 13. What did the hunters do In ' Lord of the Flies'
(a) Chandran's friend (b) Chandran's enemy with the show after they have killed it?
(c) Chandran's father (d) Malathi's brother (a) Hallucinate that it has come back to life.
4. Who was jealous of Rangamma : (b) Leave it alone

d f
(a) Moorthy (b) Venkamma (c) mourn the loss of it and their violent actions
(d) put its head on a stick and offer it as a sacrifice

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(c) Ratna (d) Narsamma
5. Bhatta, the first_______, is the opposite of 14. What is the source of the Havisham fortune?
(a) Lumberyards

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moorthy, the agent of the British government.
(b) A cotton mills
(a) Brahmin (b) Follower of Moorthy
(c) A brewery
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(c) Follower of Aandhi (d) None
(d) A noble estate
6. Why does Pa's dam fail in 'The Grapes of Art'?
15. What name does Magwitch use to hide his
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(a) Pa uses sand when he should have used mortar

identity?
(b) A tree falls into it
(a) Provis (b) Clovis
(c) The water jupply rises too fast
(c) Ouo Vadis (d) Uncle Caveat
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(d) Pa builds a good dam, but in a bad place

16. Which of the Bennet sisters dislikes social
7. How did the Joad acquire their house?
events?
(a) They bought infrom a friend.
(a) Mary (b) Lydia
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(b) They stole it.

(c) Kitty (d) Jane
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(c) They built it.

17. Where do Lydia and Wickham go when they
(d) They bought it from a land agent. run off from Brighton together?
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8. What does the old man remove and eat from the (a) Scotland (b) London
belly of a dolphin : (c) Kent (d) Gloucester
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(a) Shrimp (b) Flying Fish 18. In 'Joseph Andrews' why did Mr. Adams expect
(c) Seaweed (d) Piranha that Sir Thomas would give him a livings?
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9. How does Santiago finally kill the marlin? (a) Sir Thomas owed mr. Adams money
(a) He harpoons it through the heart (b) Mr. Adams introduced Sir Thomas to Lady
(b) He stabs it between the eyes Booby.
(c) He lashes it to the inside of the boat (c) Mr. Adams Save Sir Thomas life
(d) He bashes its head with his club (d) Mr. Adams helped Sir Thomas get elected to
10. As the novel 'The Scarlet Letter' represents a Parliament.
fight between many contrasts, who is on the side 19. In 'Joseph Andrews' why does Leonora jilt
of the good. Horotio in favour of Bellarmine?
(a) Pearl (a) Bellarmine lives on the continent
(b) Mistress Hibbins (b) Leonora's Father objects to Horaties
(c) Roger Chillingworth (c) Bellarmine is handsomer
(d) Mistress Hibbies and Roger chillingworth (d) Bellarmine is wealthier
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20. What does Michael decide to do when he 31. "A Shape with lion body and the head of man."
discovers his wife emigrates? This line appears in :
(a) Go back to the furmity woman. (a) Byzantium
(b) Settle in casterbridge (b) Leda and the Swan
(c) Find a new wife (c) The Second Coming
(d) Save money to follow on the boat (d) None of these
21. How does Lucetta react to the townspeople's 32. "Nine soldiers out of ten are born fools." Who
attempt to Shame her? uttered?
(a) She leaves Casterbridge immediately (a) Bluntschili in Arms and the Man
(b) She has an epileptic fit and dies (b) Sergius in Arms and the Man
(c) She commits suicide (c) Nicola in Arms and the Man
(d) She scorns them and continues to live her life (d) None of these
as she pleases. 33. Who is the king of Dharampura?
22. Boxer is buried in the______? (a) Dharamveer (b) Dharamsheela
(a) Cottage (b) Orchad (c) Dharamraj (d) Vidyasagar
(c) Mountains (d) Forest 34. Iras is a character appears in- ?

d f
23. Why does Charlotte Marry Mr. Collins : (a) The Rival Ladies (b) All for Love

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(a) She wants financial Security (c) Tyrannick Love (d) The Indian Queen
(b) She is flattered by his affection
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(c) Elizabeth advises her to do so

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(d) She enjoys conversing with him
(a) Ten shillings
24. How does Pip help Herbert?
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(a) He gets herbert out of jail
(c) Forty
(b) He gives herbert some cash
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(d) He leaves Herbet his inheritance 36. Who is Hero of the play The Hairy Ape?
25. Lamb's wrote a letter in 1796 to– (a) Paddy (b) Long
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(a) Coleridge (b) Mary (c) Mildred Douglas (d) Yank

(c) Steels (d) Shelly 37. In which century did O'Neill get 'Nobel Prize'
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27. Who is the wife of Antony? 38. The name of Chandran's father is:
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(a) Antonia (b) Cleopatra (a) H. C. Venkatachala Iyer

(c) Agrippina (d) Octavia (b) Krishana Swamy
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sent? (d) None of these
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(a) New Yrok 39. Whom did Chandran marry in the end of in The
(b) Columbus Bachelor of Arts?
(c) Army Air force (a) Malathi (b) Nalini
(d) Noval Headquarters (c) Susila (d) Lakshmi
29. Who among the following has written- A Fair 40. The Bachelor of Arts was published in:
well Party. (a) 1937 (b) 1938
(a) Kamala Das (b) Raja Rao (c) 1939 (d) 1940
(c) Anita Desai (d) R.K. Narayan 41. In the novel "Kanthapura" the village patel was
30. "The sounding controct haunted me like a (a) Moorthy
passion" is written by : (b) Bhatta
(a) Wordsworth (b) Keats (c) Rangamma
(c) Milton (d) G.B. Shaw (d) Range Gowda
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42. In the novel "Kanthapura" who started telling 52. What is Farfrae’s plan to release the lady in
about the village Kanthapura as the female Jersey from her commitment?
narrator (a) Farfrae should marry her to find a wife
(a) Ratna (b) Achakka (b) Michael should marry her and honor the
(c) Rangamma (d) None of these commitment
43. Pip, Magwitch, Miss Havisham, Estella, Joe (c) Farfrae should write a letter telling her
Gargerry, Jaggers etc are the characters who Michael’s wife has returned
appear in (d) Michael should write a letter telling her his wife
(a) Oliver Twist (b) David Copperfield has returned
(c) Great Expectations (d) None of these 53. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" Mr. Collins
44. How did Piggy get success to summon the was under the employment of
children scattered over the island? (a) Lady Catherine
(a) Producing a sound through a trumpet (b) Mr. Bingley
(b) Burning fire on a high place (c) Mr. Darcy
(c) Searching each of the children one by one (d) None of these

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(d) Producing a sound through a conch shell 54. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" who was Mr.

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April– Virgins :
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(a) 1931 (b) 1933 (a) Saroja (b) Lalita
(c) 1935 (d) 1936 (c) Mendoza (d) Kamala
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47. In the event of success, Santiago vows for 56. Who cares mainly for cars and girls in the novel-
making a pilgrimage to : The Grapes of wrath?
(a) Virgin de Cobra (b) Canterbury (a) Tom Joad (b) John Joad
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(c) Jerusalem (d) None of these (c) Al Joad (d) Pa Joad

48. "How old are you? Is this your first trip? To 57. Who is Mistress Hibbins in the novel The Scarlet
whom does Santiago refer saying this?" Letter?
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49. Who reveals to the people of Casterbridge that (c) Wife of Chillingworth
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Henchard sold his wife? (d) Beloved of Bellingham

(a) Donald (b) Mr. Newson 58. Who is the sister of Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway in
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(c) Susan (d) The furmity woman the novel - Mrs. Dalloway?
50. Who is Henchard speaking of when he says,
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(a) Miss isabel Pole (b) Elizabeth

"how that fellow does draw me,….I suppose ‘tis (c) Sylvia (d) Lucrazia
because I’ am so lonely”?
59. The name of Mr. Jones donkey is in - Animal
(a) Abel Whittle (b) Donald Farfrae
Farm?
(c) Joshua Jopp (d) Mayor Chalkfield
(a) Clover (b) Mallie
51. How do the townspeople feel about the union
(c) Boxer (d) Benjamin
between the widow, Newson and the Mayor?
(a) They think the Mayor is marrying beneath his 60. Chielo designated in the novel "Things Fall
station Apart" as-
(b) They heartily approved of the match (a) Wife of Okonko
(c) They don’t really think about it (b) A priestess
(d) The townswomen want the Mayor for (c) Beloved of Ikemefuna
themselves (d) Sister of Ezinma
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61. 'In the Waste Land' where does Marie “feel 70. "Nine soldiers out of ten are born fools." Who
free”? uttered?
(a) In the mountains (b) At the seashore (a) Bluntschili in Arms and the Man
(c) In the forest (d) At a cemetery (b) Sergius in Arms and the Man
62. 'In the Waste Land' according to this poet, what (c) Nicola in Arms and the Man
is the cruelest month? (d) None of these
(a) April (b) August 71. "A Shape with lion body and the head of man."
(c) July (d) June This line appears in:
63. What does McCann and Goldberg argue that the (a) Byzantium (b) Leda and the Swan
number they taunt Stanley with is? (c) The Second Coming (d) None of these
(from Act 2, Part 2) 72. Who, according to Bassanio, is "too wild, too
(a) Imaginary (b) Solid and stable rude and bold of voice"?
(c) Real (d) Necessary and possible (a) Leonardo (b) Gratiano
64. Where does Goldberg and McCann tell Petey (c) Shylok (d) None of these
they are taking Stanley when he enters the scene 73. Which is the last line spoken by Shylock in the
in Act 3, Part 2? play?

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(from Act 3, Part 2) (a) You take my life

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(d) To a doctor (d) None of these
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65. Mr. Eugenides invites the Narrator to : 74. Besides to a Skylak, what is another grealth
(a) Venice
famous poem from the nineteenth century.
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(b) the Plaza

(a) Ode to a Nightingale
(c) the Ritz
(b) The Raven
(d) the Cannon Street Hotel
(c) The Crow
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(d) The Song of the Cranes
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76. How many men does Petey tell Meg he
(a) The Daily Messenger
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(c) The Hindustan Times (c) 2 (d) 3
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68. "Then it ought not to make any difference to (a) Privateness (b) Retiring
you whether you marry or not; and so why don't (c) In discourse (d) None of these
you marry when you know that will please your 78. What is the use for ability in Bacon’s Of Studies.
parents, when you are getting a lot of money and (a) Privateness
when you are earning so well?" (b) Discourse
(a) Ramu (b) Veeraswamy (c) Disposition of business and judgement
(c) Mohan (d) None of these (d) None of these
69. 'R. K. Narayan is content like Austen.' Whose 79. Please_______the candle when power is
comment is this? restored.
(a) Prof. Srinivas (b) Nayak (a) put out (b) put down
(c) C. L. Khatri (d) None of these (c) put up (d) put forth

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80. The sudden running of a herd of frightened 89. What is Milton’s question to God?
animals is (a) Milton asks if god would demand active service
(a) stampede (b) aloof from him when he has denied the light of the
(c) fiesta (d) idealize eye to him.
81. Where are Scottish kings crowned? (b) Milton asks the god what is reason that his first
(a) Eginburgh (b) Scone wife depart (i.e. died) so soon
(c) London (d) Dunsinane (c) He ask for forgiveness to god as he kept writing
82. Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth despite the as warned by his doctor
witches prophecy? (d) All of the above
(a) He kills the witches first 90. A long poem telling the story of the leader of the
(b) He receives a charm from Grinswindle whole community written in a narrative form
(c) He is a powerful warlock himself and lofty style is called :
(d) He was born by cesarean section (a) A drama (b) An epic
83. The overall tone of this poem can best be (c) A short story (d) A lyric
described as. 91. metÙe& hetJe& ceW Gielee nw~

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(c) The sun rises at the east.
(d) vulgar
(d) The sun is rising in the east.

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84. The seeds are called winged in the poem because they,
92. In the sentence, ‘I doubt whether she will meet
(a) fly from one place to another
him’, ‘whether’ is
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(b) have wings
(a) Pronoun (b) Preposition
(c) are wing shaped
(c) Conjunction (d) Adverb
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93. The sentence ‘Many Indians have settled abroad
West Wind.
in recent years’, is a
85. 'Yellow and black and pale and hectic red
(a) Present perfect tense (b) Simple past tense
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pestilence stricken multitudes', refer to the -

(c) Past perfect tense (d) Future tense
(a) seeds (b) flowers
94. The sentence ‘However they had already been
(c) insects (d) leaves
married outside the village’, is a
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86. Who is the subject of the painting the Duke and

(a) Present perfect tense
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the visitor admire?

(b) Simple past tense
(a) The Duke’s mother
(c) Past perfect tense
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(d) Future tense
(c) The Duke’s late wife
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(a) 1820 (b) 1888
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complaint against the Duchess? 96. Pick out the right option which expresses the
(a) Not being available to him at all times meaning of the word “Jealous” :
(b) Not being able to distinguish greatmen from (a) Enthusiastic (b) Envious
common men (c) Proud (d) Popular
(c) Innocence 97. The meaning of Liaison is –
(d) Riding a white mule (a) Hatred (b) Love
88 'They also serve who only stand and wait.' Where (c) Rough (d) Intimacy
does this line appear? 98. Galsworthy belonged to –
(a) Milton’s Paradise lost (a) the sixteenth century
(b) Milton’s Comus (b) the seventeenth century
(c) Milton’s L' Allegro (c) the twentieth century
(d) Milton’s On His Blindness (d) the nineteenth century
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99. The first image that Shelley visualizes in the 106. Who is bitten by the scorpion in the 'Night of the
“Ode to the West Wind” is of : Scorpion'?
(a) an enchanter (a) The poet (b) The narrator
(b) a fierce Maenad (c) The mother (d) The father
(c) the blue Mediterranean 107. Memos are which form of communication?
(d) c comrade of his wanderings (a) Vertical (b) Horizontal
100. Choose the correct sentence – (c) External (d) Internal
(a) Two hundred rupees is not a big sum. 108. In a poem, a line may either be end stopped or:
(b) Two hundred rupee are not a big sum.
(a) rhymed (b) broken
(c) Two hundred ruppee are not a big sum.
(c) accented (d) run-on
(d) Two hundred ruppes is not a big sum.
109. An epilogue is :
101. The correct sentence is –
(a) The bag together with the books are lost. (a) prefixed to a text which it introduces.
(b) The bags together with the book is lost. (b) suffixed to a text which it sums up or
(c) The bag together with the books is lost. extends.
(d) The bags together with the books is lost. (c) a piece of writing or speech that formally

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102. Find out the correct indirect narration of the begins a book

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(b) He told Alas that he was undone. (a) to do something
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(c) He exclaimed sadly that he was undone (b) to bear something
(d) None of the above (c) to continue doing something
103. Find out the correct indirect narration of the (d) to deal something
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He said to me, “what are you doing?” proverb/idiom : Blows his own trumpet
(a) He asked me what I was doing. (a) flatters (b) praises others
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(b) He asked to me what was I doing? (c) admonishes others (d) praises himself
(c) He asked me what I was doing? 112. Choose from the following the word which is
(d) None of the above correctly spelt :
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learn how to fly a kite properly my child, is given 113. Choose the mis-spelt word from the following :
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Find out the correct one. (c) conceive (d) bereive
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learn how to fly a kite properly my child.
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take the blows

(b) The Old man chucked and said, you have yet to (a) Understatement (b) Metaphor
learn-How to fly a kite properly my child? (c) Simile (d) Personification
(c) The old man chuckled and said, you have yet to 115. Name the ‘figure of speech’ in the following line.
learn ``How to fly a kite properly my child?'' ‘Boys will be boys.’
(d) The old man chuckled and said, ``You have yet (a) epigram (b) personification
to learn how to fly a kite properly, my child.'' (c) litotes (d) metonymy
105. Which of the following words is the “Antonym” of
Directions : Read the passage given below and answer
the word “Auspicious"?
the questions that follow (Q. No. 116 to 120) by
(a) Oracular
selecting the most appropriate option.
(b) Optical
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has served
(c) Ominous
as a catalyst in many school improvement efforts.
(d) Austere
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Schools in the United States are responding to meet the 117. According to this report, 'achievement gaps' can
challenge of these improvement efforts, although in be closed by
doing so, some are caught in a decision-making and (a) conducting after school special classes for
funding quagmire. They ask, "How can we best suport weak students
teachers so that all students can succeed?" Using (b) getting more financial support from the
technology as a means of closing achievement gaps is government
one option schools are considering more purposefully (c) recruiting and training moral personnel to help
and effectively. This includes using assistive the special needs children
technologies for students with special needs and creating (d) investing on more reference books in the
a systemic approach to change that benefits all students, library.
including subgroups. 118. Functional capabilities constitute
Assistive technologies are technologies that support (a) the skills to cope with everyday challenges
students with disabilities, of which a total of 6.5 million (b) the determination to succeed
were being served through the Individual with (c) exceptional talent in academic or literary
Disabilities Education Act of 1997. This Act defines an activities
assistive technology device as "any item, piece of

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equipment, or product system, whether acquired
119. A 'product system' here means

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(a) important resources not available to the
is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional
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their previous experience, many administrators and
disabled children
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knowledgeable about assistive technologies, despite the only
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fact that the definition of assistive technology is so broad (d) services or financial investments that are not
and the field is relatively new. commercially value-adding.
116. "Schools found themselves in a funding 120. Find a word in the report that means 'widely
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quagmire." Here, 'quagmire' means circulated'

(a) isolation (b) indebtedness (a) achievement (b) product
(c) quicksand (d) boggy area (c) change (d) systemic
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41. (d) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (d) 50. (b)
51. (a) 52. (c) 53. (a) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (c) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (d) 60. (b)
61. (a) 62. (a) 63. (d) 64. (d) 65. (d) 66. (d) 67. (a) 68. (c) 69. (a) 70. (a)
71. (c) 72. (b) 73. (b) 74. (a) 75. (b) 76. (c) 77. (c) 78. (c) 79. (a) 80. (a)
81. (b) 82. (d) 83. (b) 84. (d) 85. (a) 86. (c) 87. (a) 88. (d) 89. (a) 90. (b)
91. (a) 92. (c) 93. (a) 94. (c) 95. (c) 96. (b) 97. (d) 98. (c) 99. (a) 100. (a)
101. (c) 102. (c) 103. (a) 104. (d) 105. (c) 106. (c) 107. (d) 108. (d) 109. (b) 110. (a)
111. (d) 112. (c) 113. (d) 114. (b) 115. (a) 116. (b) 117. (c) 118. (a) 119. (b) 120. (b)

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PRACTICE SET 9
1. "Man is not made for defeat. A man can be 12. In 'Great Expectations' who is Herbert's
destroyed but not defeated." Who said? fiancee?
(a) Jack (b) Nick Adams (a) Biddy (b) Estella
(c) Santiago (d) None of these
(c) Clara (d) Salah
2. When Moorthy is arrested who carries or his
work and serves as the leader : 13. In 'Great Expectations' who is Molly?
(a) Narsamma (b) Venkamma (a) Pumblechook's wife
(c) Bhatta (d) Ratna (b) Pip's fiancee
3. Why is Tom Joad out of Jail? (c) Estella's mother
(a) He escaped
(b) He has been released on Parole (d) Jagger's Sister
(c) His sentence is finished 14. Why does Wickham flee from Brighton?
(d) He was found innocent (a) He has fallen madly in love with Lydia
4. In the novel, 'The Grapes of Wrath' what (b) He has accumulated over 1000 pounds gaming
inanimate object is frequently refurred to as a
debts.

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"monster"?

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(a) Bank (b) Hospital (c) He has been fired from his post on account of

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(c) Church (d) Form misconduct.
5. If you were a fish, the cat _____caught you. (d) He wants to leave the militia and become a
(a) will have (b) have had

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(c) would have (d) would have had
6. How does Hester repair a living? 15. Mr. Bennet responds to the news of Elizabeth's
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(a) Cooking for people engagement with :
(b) through her needlework (a) anger (b) resignation
(c) As a maid
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(c) unreserved joy (d) Skepticism

(d) Forming the governnor's Fields
7. What is the first thing that Pearl sees as a baby? 16. How does Lady Booby react to the death of Sir
(a) The 'A' on Hester's Chest Thomas?
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(b) The sun (a) She weeps copiously

(c) The town beedle (b) She goes for a carriage ride
(d) The scaffold
(c) She gets drunk
8. In 'Lord of The Flies' what do Piggy's glasses
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(b) Man's control over nature Leonara's father Bellarmine return to____?
(c) The discovery of fire
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(d) Truth
9. In 'Lord of The Flies' what does the conch (c) London (d) Paris
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symbolize? 18. In 'Animal Farm' which animal supposidly

(a) Civilied discourse commited suicide?
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(b) Eventual return to England (a) Napoleon

(c) Jack's desire to hunt freedy
(d) The undiluted beauty of nature (b) Snowball
10. Whom does Septimus join army in the (c) Savealer
beginning of world war 1 to protect : (d) Old major
(a) Rezia and her sister 19. In 'Animal Farm' who has been sent to the glue
(b) His parents
factory?
(c) Isabel pole and Shakespeare
(d) The royal fermily (a) Benjamin (b) Clover
11. Whom does Lady Bruton invite to her (c) Boxer (d) Snowball
luncheon? 20. At the opening of the novel, what is Michael
(a) Clarissa & Elizabeth
Henchord's occupation?
(b) Septimus & Rezia
(c) Richard and Hugh (a) Shepherd (b) Farmer
(d) Clarissa and Richard (c) Balladeer (d) Hay-trusser
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21. To whom does Henchard sell wife? 32. "I have no ammunition. What use of cartridge
(a) A furmity-seller (b) A sailor in battle? I always carry chocolate instead."
(c) A farmer (d) A nobleman Who uttered these words?
22. In 'Animal Farm' how many letters is Boxer (a) Sergius (b) Major Petcoff
able to learn' (c) Bluntschili (d) None of these
(a) Four A through D (b) Two A and B 33. Who is the father of Devadatta?
(c) Six A through F (d) None (a) Bhagavata (b) Vidyasagar
23. Which character in Animal farm represents
(c) Dharamsheela (d) Kapila
Stalin?
34. Who speaks "I know the meaning But I have lost
(a) Squealer
my reason."
(b) The Horse - slaughterer
(a) Cleopatra (b) Ventidius
(c) Napolean
(d) Frederick (c) Antony (d) Alexas
24. Where did Pip meet Biddy? 35. Get this work done by Sabita.
(a) In school (b) In Church (a) Ùen keâece meefyelee ves efkeâÙee~

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(c) At Satis House (d) In London (b) Ùen keâece meefJelee mes keâjJeeDeeW~

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25. Whose entrance directly leads to Septimus'
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(c) Rezia (d) Holmes 36. Who is called Ape in the play Hairy Ape?
26. Dream children was first published in – (a) Yank (b) Long
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(a) The London magazine (b) The world (c) Paddy (d) None of these
(c) both (d) None of these 37. Which play has been written by O'Neill?
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27. The Play "All for Love" is written in?

(a) Hamlet
(a) Heroic couplet (b) Free verse
(b) The Iceman Cometh
(c) Epic form (d) Blank verse
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(c) Arms and The Man

28. In "All My Sons" how was Joe Killer ultimately
(d) None of these
broght to justice?
(a) By committing suicide 38. Chandran took the agency of:
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Defence of Ignorance. 39. He was the Assistant Professor of English. The
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master'. Identify this character of The Bachelor
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(c) Richard Wright (d) Steinbeck

30. "April is the cruelst month" lines appears in : of Arts.
(a) Mr. Gajapathi (b) Mr. Elephant
(a) The waste land
(c) Prof. Raghavachara (d) None of these
(b) The Anms and The Man
40. Who has written the introduction of the novel
(c) All Far Love
The Bachelor of Arts?
(d) Twelfth Night
(a) Graham Green (b) Forster
31. "Of what is past, or passing, or to come." This
(c) Nayak (d) None of these
line is in:
41. In the novel "Kanthapura" Congress Committee
(a) Sailing to Byzantium
Moorthy was elected
(b) Leda and the Swan
(c) Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen (a) The Vice President (b) The President
(d) None of these (c) The secretary (d) The Treasurer

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42. In the novel Kanthapura was a small and 52. What feature does Michael remember from
unknown village in the …… provinee Elizabeth-Jane’s babyhood?
(a) Mysore (a) her black hair
(b) Ratnagiri (b) her blue eyes
(c) Utakmandan (c) her rosy complexion
(d) Kara (d) her fair hair
43. Orlick in Great Expectations is: 53. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" where did
(a) A villain (b) A hero Elizabeth meet Wickham?
(c) A jester (d) None of these (a) At Langnbourne
44. Who was the leader of school boys? (b) At Meryton
(a) Ralph (b) Jack Merridew (c) At Hampshire
(c) Piggy (d) Simon (d) In London
45. Massacre of Jaliawala bag happened? 54. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" Lady
(a) 1919 (b) 1920 Catherine was the aunt of

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(c) 1935 (d) 1940 (a) Mr. Bennet (b) Mr. Bingley

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46. When was Nehru appointed Chairman of the (c) Mr. Darcy (d) None of these

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National Planning Committee? 55. Who runs an expensive and superian school in
(a) 1938 (b) 1931 the novel two virgins :

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(c) 1937 (d) 1935 (a) Aunt Alamelu
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(c) Lalita
(a) We are about to live India.
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(d) Saroja
(b) We were about to live India.
(c) We was about to live India. 56. John Steinbeck was an- novelist.

(d) We live in India. (a) African (b) American

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48. Santiago is successful to kill the captive fish on: (c) Irish (d) Swiss
(a) The 87th day (b) The 88th day 57. The story of the novel- The Scarlet letter is set
(c) The 89th day (d) None of these in-
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(a) Boston in Massachusettes

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Elizabeth-Jane and Donald together at Durnover (b) Pisa in Rome

(c) Cockermouth in England
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(a) Lucetta (d) Dover in France
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(b) Michael 58. Who has passed disturbed his brain in the novel-
(c) Susan Mrs. Dalloway?
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(d) The furmity woman (a) Peter Walsh

50. Who says the following: “I won’t be a slave to the (b) Septimus Warren Smith
past-I’ll love where I choose”. (c) Richard Dalloway
(a) Donald (b) Lucetta (d) William Bradshow
(c) Michael (d) Susan
59. Mr. Pilkington is owner of the form in the novel-
51. How does Farfrae’s and the town’s loving
Animal Farm is :
attention affect Elizabeth-Jane?
(a) Manar (b) Pinch Field
(a) She doesn’t even notice
(c) Foxwood (d) Animal Form
(b) She tries to ignore all the attention
(c) She becomes a vain woman 60. Okonko is to be exiled for .........years?
(d) She notices but wishes she had more education (a) Five (b) Six
to be worthy (c) Seven (d) Eight
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61. 'In the Waste Land' what does the cruelest month (a) Six parts and twenty chapters
breed? (b) Four parts and eighteen chapters
(a) Loneliness (b) Lambs (c) Ten parts and twenty chapters
(c) Lilacs (d) Love (d) None of these
62. 'In the Waste Land' what does the cruelest month 70. "I have no ammunition. What use of cartridge
mix together? in battle? I always carry chocolate instead."
(a) Memory and Desire Who uttered these words?
(b) Beauty and Hastred (a) Sergius (b) Major Petcoff
(c) The Past and the Future (c) Bluntschili (d) None of these
(d) Lovew and Death 71. "Of what is past, or passing, or to come." This
63. What does Stanley begin doing when he is caught line is in:
in a compromising position with Lulu at the end (a) Sailing to Byzantium
of Act 2, Part 3? (from Act 2, Part 3) (b) Leda and the Swan
(a) Giggling (b) Running (c) Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen
(c) Screaming (d) Crying (d) None of these

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64. What does Petey volunteer to do with Stanley’s

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72. What does the Prince or Arragon find inside the
broken glasses?

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silver casket?
(from Act 3, Part 1) (a) a human skull
(a) Fix them with Sellotape

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(b) a golden scroll.
(b) Throw them away (c) the portrait of a blinking idot
(c) Take them to a store
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(d) None of these
(d) Mend them
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65. "Who is throbbing between two lives”?
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bond?
(a) the typist (b) Tiresias
(a) Five thousand ducats
(c) Phlebas (d) Mr. Eugenides
(b) Two hundred ducats
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66. The narrator is told that he should fear death by:

(c) Three thousand ducats
(a) fire (b) water
(c) disease (d) starvation (d) None of these
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person whom you are destined to marry and at (a) impulse (b) Deep thought
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the destined eye." Who said? of killing?
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(a) Mother in The Bachelor of Arts (From Act 2, Part 2)

(b) Mohan in The Bachelor of Arts (a) His child (b) His brother
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(c) Chandran in The Bachelor of Arts (c) His mother (d) His wife
(d) None of these 76. What does the person Meg meets when trying to
68. "If the girl is not bad-looking, and if you are take tea to Stanley say he had been doing with
getting some money into the bargain, why don't Stanley? (from Act 3, Part 1)
you marry? You will have some money and the (a) Talking (b) Crying
benefits of a permanent helpmate." Who said? (c) Laughing (d) Working
(a) Mohan in The Bachelor of Arts 77. Spending too much time in studies is?
(b) Chandran in The Bachelor of Arts (a) Sloth (b) Affection
(c) Mother in The Bachelor of Arts (c) Humour of a scholar (d) All of the above
(d) None of these 78. What does crafty men do to studies.
69. How many parts and chapters does the novel (a) They admire them (b) They use them
The Bachelor of Arts have? (c) They read them (d) They contemne them
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79. Today’s meeting has been ______ 88. Who is the maker? How does Milton wish to
(a) called up (b) called in serve the maker?
(c) called out (d) called off (a) He refer to his parents and want to serve them.
80. The condition of self-government is called (b) Refer to his wife and want to serve her.
(a) autocracy (b) automation (c) God is the maker, he wishes to serve god by
(c) autonomy (d) autogamy using his poetic gift.
81. Where is Duncan killed? (d) All of the above.
(a) In the battle with Norway 89. What does word ‘post o’er land’ means?
(a) Burden or workload (b) Demand
(b) In his bedchamber at Macbeth’s castle
(c) God’s gift (d) Travel
(c) In this bedchamber at Forres
90. A ballad is :
(d) At Birnam Wood
(a) A short poem narrating a tale.
82. Who flees Scotland to join Malcolm in England?
(b) A poem written on somebody’s death
(a) Donalbain (b) Ross (c) A prayer song
(c) Macduff (d) Lennox (d) A marriage song
83. Why does the speaker go from a jubilant and 91. A lyric is :

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ecstatic tone to one of mourning and despair?

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(a) A long poem written in the form of an address
(a) He is unhappy with the damage on different

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(b) A poem written in praise of God
parts of the urn (c) A short poem in which the poet expresses his
(b) He does not approve of the image on the urns intense personal feelings

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(c) He is bi-polor (d) A triumphal song
(d) He is looking at different scenes on the urn 92. In the sentence, 'Athletics is his favourite sport’,
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84. The dark wintry bed is a . 'Athletics’ is
(a) sleeping place which is in the dark (a) Noun (b) Adjective
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(b) sleeping place where it is very cold (c) Adverb (d) Pronoun
(c) bed which is dark as well as cold 93. In the sentence, 'All the officers should respect
(d) bed where seeds will be buried in the ground one another’, one another is
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(a) Noun (b) Adjective

without showing any action of life.
(c) Adverb (d) Pronoun
85. The wild spirit is called a destroyer and preserver
94. In the sentence, "He demanded a thorough
because.
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(a) it leads to destruction
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(b) it preserve everything
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acts as a preserver to produce new thing. (a) War affairs
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then acts as a preserver of the seeds which will (c) Contemporary social conditions
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spring again. (d) Business matters

86. What does the Duke say was one of the faults of 96. What is the meaning of Indigent –
the Duchess? (a) Rich (b) Brave
(a) she hated him (c) Intellectual (d) Poor
(b) she smiled too much 97. What is the meaning of pertinent –
(c) she was never impressed (a) Narrow minded (b) Relevance
(d) she was a snob (c) Curious (d) Upside down
87. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? 98. Name the critic who remarks `Justice (1910) is a
(a) Blank verse commentary upon the prison administration of
(b) Dactylic meter that period’.
(a) Coasts (b) A. C. Ward
(c) Anapestic meter
(c) A Nocoll (d) Skemp
(d) Enjambed rhyming couplets
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99. According to Shelley the West Wind is the 105. Antonym of Zenith is –
breath of : (a) Nadir (b) Important
(a) Summer (b) Autumn (c) Summit (d) Heaven
(c) Spring (d) Winter 106. Nissim Ezekiel is a born
100. Which of the following sentences is correct? (a) British (b) American
(a) Tell me where do you live? (c) Swiss (d) Jew
(b) Tell me where you live? 107. Which of the following is a type of cover letter
(c) Tell me you live where? that is inquiring if there are any open positions
(d) Tell me where you live. that you may be qualified to fill?
101. Which of the following sentences is correct? (a) Application letter
(a) I have had no news of him since he left for
(b) Prospecting letter
Mumbai
(c) Networking letter
(b) I have had no news of him since he has left for
(d) Resignation letter
Mumbai
(c) I have had no news of him since he had left for 108. Which of the following is another term to

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Mumbai describe "art for art's sake"?

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(d) I had no news of him since he left for Mumbai (a) Aestheticism (b) Didacticism

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102. Change the narration of the sentence – (c) Realism (d) Neo-realism
You say, `I cut the finger’. 109. Who, of the following, did invent the term–

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(a) You say that you cut the finger 'sprung rhythm'?
(b) You said that you had cut the finger (a) G.M. Hopkins (b) Robert Burns
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(c) You say that I cut the finger (c) P.B. Shelley (d) Tennyson
(d) You said that I had cut the finger. 110. What is the meaning of the expression ‘Avant
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103. What change is required in the verb ‘rotates’ if garde’?

the following sentence is converted into indirect (a) Rude expression (b) Ridiculous
(c) Tragic (d) Innovative
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speech?
The teacher said, “The earth rotates on its own 111. To bell the cat
axis” (a) To take lead in danger
(a) rotated (b) rotate
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(b) To tie bell to cat’s neck

(c) Rotating (d) no change is required
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(c) To be alert of the enemy

104. Punctuate the following sentences :
(d) To make noise
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`I went up to him and held out my hand how are

112. Find out the correct spelling :
you I asked I am not in hilarious spirits he
(a) rheumatic (b) rhumetic
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answered.''
(c) rhumetic (d) rhumatic
Find out the correct one :
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113. Which of the following is the correct spelling?

(a) I went up to him and held out my hand how are
(a) Iriconciliable (b) Irriconcialiable
you I asked. I am not in hilarious spirits, He
(c) Irreconcilable (d) Irreconceliable
answered.
114. What figure of speech has been used in the
(b) I went up to him and held out my hand, how are
you I asked. I am not in hilarious spirits, He following line?
answerd. `Frailty, thy name is woman !’
(c) I went up to him and held out my hand. ``How (a) Metaphor (b) Personification
are you. I asked, I am not in hilarious spirits, he (c) Apostrophe (d) Simile
answered. 115. The figure of speech in which the sound suggests
(d) I went up to him and held out my hand. ``How the sense or meaning is known as –
are you?'' I asked. ``I am not in hilarious spirits,'' (a) Alliteration (b) Onomatopoeia
he answered. (c) Oxymoron (d) Transferred Epithet
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Directions (Q. Nos. 116-120) Read the passage given agricultural production of its farmers with the domestic
below and answer the questions that follow by and foreign market demands for farm products and
selecting the most appropriate options. attempting thereby to provide the consumer an abundant
Passage food supply at reasonable cost and also to assure a
In the affluent, industrialized nations giant surpluses reasonable return to the farmer and ranchers.
of wheat, maize and sorghum are commonplace; cattle, 116. ..........do not play a great role in providing food
swine and poultry are fed and fattened on cereal grains; to the dining tables in developed nations.
meat, milk, eggs, fruits and vegetables are within the (a) Farm labourers
economic reach of most of the population; well-balanced (b) Agricultural machines
diets are more or less automatically achieved and cereal (c) Farms
products constitute only a modest portion of the ‘daily (d) Supermarkets
bread’. Consequently, most of the people in such 117. Synonym for the word ‘vociferously’ is
societies have difficulty in comprehending and (a) vocational (b) vividly
appreciating the vital significance of providing high- (c) stridently (d) vocally
yielding strains of wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and millet 118. Antonym for the word ‘modest’ here is
for the people of the developing nations. Understandably, (a) quick (b) smart

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then the majority of the urbanites in the industrialized (c) large (d) rightful

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nations have forgotten the significance of the words they 119. How do the rich countries use most of their
learned as youngsters. ‘Give us this day our daily bread.’ surplus wheat and maize?

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They know that food comes from the supermarket, but (a) They give them free to the poor people
only a few see beyond the necessary investments, the (b) They burn them in the fields
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toil, struggle and frustrations on the farms and ranches (c) They export them to help the developing
that provide their daily bread. Since, the urbanites have countries
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lost their contact with the soil, they take food for granted (d) They feed their cattle and poultry
and fail to appreciate the tremendous efficiency of their 120. How they benefit from such a use?
farmers and ranchers, who although constituting only (a) The country earns goodwill
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five percent of the labour force in a country such as the (b) Their citizens get balanced diets
United States, produce more than enough food for their (c) The soil gets enriched
nation. Even worse, urbanites often vociferously criticize (d) The surplus does not get wasted
their government for attempting to bring into balance the
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11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (d) 16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (d)
21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (a)
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41. (b) 42. (d) 43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (d) 48. (a) 49. (c) 50. (b)
51. (d) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (b) 56. (b) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (c) 60. (c)
61. (c) 62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (c) 65. (b) 66. (b) 67. (a) 68. (a) 69. (b) 70. (c)
71. (a) 72. (c) 73. (c) 74. (a) 75. (d) 76. (a) 77. (a) 78. (d) 79. (d) 80. (c)
81. (b) 82. (c) 83. (d) 84. (d) 85. (d) 86. (b) 87. (d) 88. (c) 89. (d) 90. (a)
91. (c) 92. (a) 93. (d) 94. (b) 95. (c) 96. (d) 97. (b) 98. (b) 99. (b) 100. (d)
101. (a) 102. (a) 103. (d) 104. (d) 105. (a) 106. (d) 107. (b) 108. (a) 109. (a) 110. (d)
111. (a) 112. (a) 113. (c) 114. (c) 115. (b) 116. (d) 117. (c) 118. (c) 119. (d) 120. (b)
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PRACTICE SET-10
1. In "Joseph Andrews'' whom does Joseph (a) Devadatta and Kapila
address his letters to? (b) Padmini and Kapila
(a) Fanny Goodwill (b) Pamela Andres (c) Devadatta and Padmini
(c) Shamela (d) Parson Adams (d) Kali and Padmini
2. Who is Padmini in Hayavadana? 12. What does Napoleon name the Second battle?
(a) Wife of Kapila (a) Cowshed (b) Gettysburg
(b) Daughter of Devadatta (c) Windmill (d) Horsetroph
(c) Wife of Devadatt 13. Who leaves farm and goes to live with humans?
(d) Sister of Kapila (a) Napolean (b) Snowball
3. What was the Sow doing when Jack and the (c) Mollie (d) Boxer
hunters attacked it? 14. The morning after selling his wife what pledge
(a) Bathing (b) Nursing her piglets does Henchard make?
(c) Craing (d) Sleeping (a) Not to drink for a period of twenty one year.
4. Which is the best descrition of Simon? (b) To search new wife

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(c) To live the God-fearing lifeof a good citizen.

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(a) He is charismatic leader who manipulates the
other boys. (d) Commit Suicide

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(b) He is a quiet intellectual who is accusomed to 15. The auction price for a wife and child is :
ridicule. (a) 5 dollars (b) 5 guineas

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(c) He is a risionary and considered odd by the (c) 2 guineas (d) 2 dollars
other boys. 16. Which pig writes the poem lauding Napoleon?
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(d) He is an affable and easy-going boy whom (a) Savealer (b) Snowball
everyone likes and admires. (c) Minimus (d) Muriel
17. Pip's love for Biddy is shadowed by his love
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Bruton's Secretary, despise? for______.
(a) The Prime minister (a) Molly (b) Roberta
(b) Miss Pym (c) Dina (d) Estella
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(c) Richard Dalloway 18. Who sees the dead parachutist first :
(d) Hugh whitbread (a) Ralph (b) Sam and Eric
6. How does Clarissa describe (c) Jack (d) Piggy
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(a) As necesary to introduce her daughter to 19. The source of Things Fall Apart is taken from :
(a) Alfred Tennyson (b) A.C. Gardiner
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society
(b) As chances to meet England's royal family. (c) E.V. Lucas (d) W.B. Yeats
(c) As offerings 20. What is the name of Okonkwo's motherland?
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(d) As an obligation (a) Mbaino (b) Mbutu

7. Herbert Pocket takes a job in what foreign (c) Iguedo (d) Mantra
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location? 21. Chandran is a character in :

(a) Paris (b) Cairo (a) The Bachelor of Arts (b) Hayavadana
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(c) Ceylon (d) Australia (c) Of studies (d) Kanthapura

8. What does Mrs. Joe use to punish Pip? 22. Chandran fell in love with -
(a) Smashes (b) Beat (a) Susila (b) Krishna
(c) Scratch (d) Tickler (c) Malathi (d) Geeta
9. Who finds Lydia and Wickharm in London? 23. From which novel Raja Rao made his debut.
(a) Mrs. Gardiner (b) Mr. Bennet (a) The Cat and Shakespeare
(c) Mr. Darcy (d) Mr. Gardiner (b) The Serpent and the Rope
10. Whose favorite word is "Confidous"? (c) The Cow of the Barricades & other stories
(a) Mrs. Slip Shop (b) Lady Booby (d) Kanthapura
(c) Fanny Croodwill (d) Encyclopedia 24. 'Coolies are men, Police Sahib, And according to
11. Which character of Hayavadana shows the close the laws of your own government and that of
relationship of friendship as 'one-mind, one Mr. Skeffington, no man can own another. I
heart' type? have every right to go in.'

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These lines occer in : 34. What is Devadatta's Family like?

(a) A farewell Partus (b) Dream children (a) Son of black smith
(c) All my sons (d) Kanthapura (b) White and Scrawny but smart
25. How does Jim Casy die? (c) A bird with two heads
(a) He dies of heat exhaustion in the fields. (d) Scholarly Brahmin family
(b) He kills himself out of Sheer despair. 35. 'The World well Lost' a play is written by?
(c) He dies of Starvation
(a) Ben Jonson (b) John Dryden
(d) He dies in a fight during a worker's strike
(c) Shakespeare (d) G.B. Shaw
26. Who is John is Dream children?
36. How many comedies did Ben Jonson write?
(a) Lamb's brother (b) Lamb's father
(a) Fourteen (b) Fifteen
(c) Lamb's uncle (d) Lamb's himself
27. 'She has quite unmanned him' is spoken by? (c) Sixteen (d) Twenty
(a) Dolabella (b) Alexas 37. The Hairy Ape is a–
(c) Ventidius (d) Charmion (a) Tragedy (b) Comedy
28. What he will do is known to me. (c) Romantic play (d) None of these
(a) cegPes ceeuetce nw Jen keäÙee keâjsiee~ 38. Which play does not belong to O'Neill?
(a) The Iceman Cometh (b) Emperor Jones

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(c) Hamlet (d) None of these
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39. "Then it ought not to make any difference to
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29. Who among the following has written- The fly. you marry when you know that will please your
(a) Katherine Mansfied parents, when you are getting a lot of money and
when you are earning so well?"
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(b) William Golding
(c) Bertrand Russel (a) Ramu (b) Veeraswamy
(c) Mohan (d) None of these
(d) Maugham
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40. Narayan graduated from:

30. Which of the following poem is composed by
(a) Maharaja Agresen
Emily Dickinson-
(b) Albert Mission College
(a) Stopping by the woods
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(c) Maharaja College Mysore

(b) Leave the Chanting (d) None of these
(c) Success is counted Sweetest 41. Who is Chandran's poet friend in The Bachelor
(d) Sailing to Byzantium of Arts?
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B. Yeats in: (c) Mohan (d) None of these

(a) 1910 (b) 1919 42. In the end Kanthapura was a ______ village.
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(c) 1913 (d) 1921 (a) Fertile (b) Full of inhabitants

32. "And how ridiculous! Oh war! The dream of (c) Revolutionary (d) Deserted
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patriots and heroes! A fraud, Bluntschili. A 43. "Kanthapura" Rama Chetty and Subba Chetty
hollow sham like love." Who uttered?
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were the big rich and prosperous of the city

(a) Bluntschili in Arms and the Man (a) Traders (b) Doctors
(b) Sergius in Arms and the Man
(c) Robbers (d) Teachers
(c) Niccola in Arms and the Man
44. This character first courted and then promised
(d) None of these
to marry Miss Havisham. But he did not keep his
33. "Soldiering, my dear madam, is a coward's art
promise. Who is he?
of attacking mercilessly when you are strong,
(a) Compeyson (b) Drummle
and keeping out of harm's way when you are
(c) Magwitch (d) None of these
weak."
Who uttered? 45. Where did the plane crashland?
(a) Sergius in Arms and the Man (a) In an uninhabited island
(b) Bluntschili in Arms and the Man (b) Into the sea
(c) Nicola in Arms and the Man (c) Near the big city
(d) None of these (d) None of these
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46. pees iejpeles nQ Jes yejmeles veneR~ 56. Who says- "Lalita is a woman with the natural
(a) Barking dogs seldom bite. desires of a woman." In the novel-Two virgins-
(b) Thundering cloud seldom rain. (a) Saroja (b) Mr. Gupta
(c) Borking dogs seldom rain. (c) Devraj (d) Mendoza
(d) Thundering clouds seldom bite. 57. John Steinbeck was awarded Nobel Prize in 1962
47. Nehru was sentenced to four years vigorous for-
imprisonment for participating in the (a) Of mice and men
'Satyagraha Movement' in the year of– (b) East of Eden
(a) 1937 (b) 1940 (c) The grapes of wrath
(c) 1938 (d) 1942 (d) Travels with charley
48. When did Nehru take active part in the 'Kisan 58. Who is the most senior priest of Boston in the
Movement'? novel The Scarlet Letter?
(a) 1918 (b) 1919 (a) Chillingworth (b) Dimmes dale
(c) 1921 (d) 1925 (c) Bellingham (d) John wilson
49. The struggle between Santiago and Marlin 59. Holmes and William Bradshaw are in the novel-
symbolizes: Mrs. Dalloway?

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(b) The struggle of mankind against god (c) Businessman (d) Teacher

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(d) None of these "Animal Farm" is :

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50. Why does Susan want to find Michael when she (a) Frederick (b) Mr. Jones
returns to Wessex?
(c) Pilkington (d) Snowball
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(b) To get some money from him 61. Okonko was exiled to the village?
(c) To help raise Elizabeth-Jane properly (a) Mabanta (b) Abame
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51. Why does Farfrae at first refuse Henchard’s job 62. 'In the Waste Land' what does the poet say keeps
offer? us warm in the winter?
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(a) He has a job waiting for him in Weydon-Priors (a) Snow (b) Fires
(b) He on his way to see his dying mother (c) Hope (d) Embraces
(c) He is running from the law 63. 'In the Waste Land' what does the poet say
(d) He wants to travel to the New World.
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(a) Farfrae’s dance 64. Who does McCann bring into the room once
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53. Michael makes _____show up for work without (c) Petey (d) Meg
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65. Who tries to leave after being introduced to the
(a) Donald Farfrae (b) Christopher Coney
two gentlemen in Act 2, Part 1?
(c) Joshua Jopp (d) Abel Whittle
(from Act 2, Part 1)
54. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" who told
(a) Lulu (b) Meg
Elizabeth that Wickham was a man of low birth?
(c) Stanley (d) Petey
(a) Bingley (b) Colling
66. When lovely woman stops to folly is an allusion to :
(c) Darcy (d) Mr. Phillips
(a) Hamlet
55. In the novel "Pride and Prejudice" Elizabeth (b) Ovid’s Metamorphoses
also danced with (c) the Koran
(a) Wickham (d) Oliver Goldsmith’s 'The Vicar of Wakefield'
(b) Darcy 67. Who rapes Philomela?
(c) Colling (a) Odysseus (b) Tereus
(d) None of these (c) Zeus (d) the typist
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68. Who is the father-in-law of Chandran in The (a) hand out (b) hand in
Bachelor of Arts? (c) hand up (d) hand on
(a) Mohan (b) Veera Swamy 80. One who abstains completely from alcohol is called
(c) Jayarama Iyer (d) Gajapathi (a) atheist (b) kleptomaniac
69. "If one has to marry one must do it for love, if (c) teetotaler (d) totalitarian
there is such a thing, or for the money and 81. What was the weather like the night Duncan was
comforts. There is no sense in shutting your eyes murdered
to the reality of things. I am beginning to believe (a) Stormy and violent
in a callous realism." Who said? (b) Clam and placid
(a) Mohan in The Bachelor of Arts (c) Foggy and ominous
(b) Chandran in The Bachelor of Arts (d) It was a night like any other night, according to
(c) Mother in The Bachelor of Arts Lennox
(d) None of these 82. Who kills Lady Macbeth?
70. Who is the Professor of History in the novel The (a) Macbeth (b) Macduff
Bachelor of Arts? (c) Lady Macduff (d) Lady Macbeth
(a) Prof. Raghavachar (b) Prof. Gajapathi 83. What’s the authors feeling toward the urn?
(c) Prof. Iyengar (d) None of these (a) The author has mixed feelings toward each
71. "Soldiering, my dear madam, is a coward's art scene but in the end he is irate.

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(c) Nicola in Arms and the Man 84. What is the antecedent of West Wind in line 10?
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72. "The Second Coming" is a poem written by W. (c) west wind (d) Earth
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(a) 1910 (b) 1919 spread functions primarily as.
(c) 1913 (d) 1921 (a) Transition
73. For how long was the loan to run? (b) establishing the presence of a storm
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(a) A year (b) Six months (c) a reference to the heaven

(c) Three months (d) None of these (d) an illusion
74. What does the disguised Portia take from 86. In the poem “My Last Duchess” by Browning the
speaker addresses his mondogue to:
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Antonio in lieu of a money fee for legal services?

(a) the portrait of the Duchess
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(a) His ring (b) His gloves

(b) the count
(c) neither of the two (d) None of these
(c) the messenger of the count
75. What nickname does Goldberg say his mother
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called him? (from Act 2, Part 1) 87. What is the word 'mantle' as used in the poem?
(a) Stan (b) Jo
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“Her mantle laps over my lady’s wrist too much”

(c) Nat (d) Simey (a) A shelf or counter (b) A bracelet
76. What does Petey go to check on at the end of Act (c) A cloak (d) An exotic fruit
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3, Part 1? (from Act 3, Part1) 88. How can he serve God best?
(a) His wife (b) His pet (a) one can serve God by offerings
(c) His house (d) His garden (b) one can serve God by killing offensive people
77. What does simple men and wise men do to (c) By willing submission to the will of God and to
studies. God’s gentle rule
(a) They contemne them (d) None of these
(b) Simple men admire and wise men use them 89. Who are the thousands who work at God’s
(c) They both neglect them bidding?
(d) Both a and b (a) Father’s at church work at god’s biding
78. According to Bacon one should not read to? (b) Birds and animals on earth are at his bidings
(a) Contradict and confute (b) Argue (c) Rivers and waterfalls at his biding
(c) Use for delight (d) None of these (d) Angels are God’s ministers and he rules through
79. The students are required to _____their these ministers, the sun and the moon rise daily
assignments by Monday. and move in the sky at his bidding
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90. A character which remains almost unchanged 101. Find out the correct proverb.
throughout the story is called – (a) diamond cuts iron (b) diamond cuts gold
(a) Round character (b) Dynamic character (c) diamond cuts silver (d) diamond cuts diamond
(c) Caricature (d) Flat Character 102. Which of the following will be the correct indirect
91. What is closet drama? speech if the statement given below is changed
(a) Drama to be acted in open. into it?
(b) Drama to be read. He said, "I shall leave these papers here".
(c) Drama to be acted indoor. (a) He said that he would leave those papers there
(d) Drama to be performed in streets. (b) He said that he should leave those papers there
92. Strange friend, past, present and to be loved (c) He said that he would leave these papers there
deeplier understood. -Tennyson (d) He said that he would leave those papers here
What special features of construction do you 103. Change the direct sentence into indirect. Mohan
find in the lines above? said, “Alas! I am undone.”
(a) Formation of comparative adverbs (a) Mohan exclaimed sadly that he was undone
(b) The use of archaic words (b) Mohan exclaimed that he was undone
(c) Ommission of a part of speech (c) Mohan exclaimed that he was not done
(d) The use of the imperative (d) Mohan exclaimed that he is undone
93. Which of the following sentences has a Transitive 104. Punctuate the following sentence :

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Verb? The creator answered yes but by accepting the

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(a) He knows English very well burden you will show your greatness of heart.

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(b) The river is flowing fast Find out the correct one.
(c) She dances very beautifully (a) The creator answered ``Yes but by accepting the
(d) My sister is going to her training centre burden you will show your greatness of heart.''

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94. Which of the following sentences is in Future (b) The creator answered ``Yes''. But by accepting
Imperfect tense? the burden you will show your greatness of
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(b) She came late today (c) The Creator answered, ``Yes, but by accepting
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(d) Mrs. Das will soon be visiting us heart.''
95. A well-known English writer wrote for the (d) None of these
Morning Chronicle under the Pseudonym of 105. Choose the correct antonym of the word,
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‘Boz’. Who was he? ‘inferior’

(a) Joyce Cary (b) Charles Dickens (a) low (b) superb
(c) Henry James (d) Thomas Gray (c) good (d) superior
96. What is the meaning of imminent – 106. At the end of the poem “The Night of the
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97. Pick out the most implying meaning – Ingenuity (b) the villagers were so sympathetic
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(a) Skillfulness (b) Bullness (c) the scorpion spared her children
(c) Sentimental (d) Certainly (d) her husband took care of her
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98. John Galsworthy’s novels are chiefly occupied 107.Which of the following is a document used for
with the effect and conflict of : internal communication within an
(a) individual and the universe
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organization?
(b) feudalism upon monarchy (a) Advertisement (b) Report
(c) class traditions upon society (c) Memo (d) Notice
(d) class traditions upon religion. 108. Who of the following is known for aphoristic
99. "O Wind, if winter comes, can spring be far prose style?
behind!" These famous words of Shelley have (a) William Hazlitl (b) Charles Lamb
been taken from (c) G.K. Chesterton (d) Francis Bacon
(a) The Cloud
109.Which of the following is a speech in which a
(b) Ode to the West Wind
character reveals his thoughts to the audience
(c) Isabella
but not to other characters in the play?
(d) The Eve of St Agnes
(a) Stagecraft
100. Correct the following sentence.
It was bitter cold. (b) Strophe
(a) It was cold bitterly (b) It was awful coldly (c) Stichomythia
(c) It was cold bitter (d) It was bitterly cold (d) Soliloquy
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110. The new play has fallen flat : You have more impact than does a professor,
(a) The play is a success a child’s mind is moulded by four;
(b) The play met with a cold reception so whatever you lay on the table
(c) The play received good review is whatever the child will explore.
(d) None of the above Give each child the tools for adventure,
111. Choose the correct explanation of the idiom : let them be artists and writers and more;
‘Hand in hand’ let them fly on the wind and dance on the stars
(a) very intimate (b) mutual adjustment and build castles of sand on the shore.
(c) close fight (d) close together It is true that you don’t make much money
112. Which is the correct spelling? and you don’t get a whole lot of praise,
(a) canceled (b) canciled but when one small child says “I love you”’
(c) cancelled (d) canscelled you’re reminded of how this job pays.
113. Which is the correct spelling? Unknown Author
(a) tyrannize (b) tyrannise 116. The expression ‘the smallest of hands’ refers to
(c) tyranize (d) tyrranise (a) caregivers with small hands
114. Point out the figure of speech in the following (b) parents with small hands
line: (c) people with small hands
O World ! O Life ! O Time ! (d) babies

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(c) Pun (d) Personification (a) not properly recognized

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115. Pun is : (b) not loved by the children uner their care
(a) Opposite word (b) A play on words (c) paid very well in return
(d) never tired of their work

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(c) A funny word (d) Identical words
Directions (Q. Nos. 116-120) Read the poem given 118. A caregiver has more influence on a child than a
below and answer the questions that follow by professor because
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choosing the most appropriate option. (a) the professor is not capable of providing love
The Hand Holders: to a child
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There is no job more important than yours, caregiver
no job anywhere else in the land. (c) the caregiver can teach better than a professor
You are the keepers of the future; (d) the child generally prefers a caregiver to a
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you hold the smallest of hands. professor

Into your care you are trusted 119. What is the most valuable gift that a caregiver
to nurture and care for the young, gets?
(a) Praise from the parents
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your talents and skills go unsung. (b) Money for her services
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You wipe tears from the eyes of the injured. (c) Love from children
You rock babies brand new in your arms. (d) Acknowledgement of the society
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You encourage the shy and unsure child. 120. ‘You give hugs to each child when they’re sad.’
You make sure they are safe from all harm. This act can be described as one of
(a) encouragement (b) recrimination
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1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (a)
11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (c)
21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (d) 25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (a) 30. (c)
31. (b) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (d) 35. (b) 36. (a) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (c)
41. (c) 42. (d) 43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (a) 50. (c)
51. (d) 52. (d) 53. (d) 54. (c) 55. (b) 56. (b) 57. (c) 58. (d) 59. (b) 60. (a)
61. (a) 62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (a) 65. (c) 66. (d) 67. (b) 68. (c) 69. (a) 70. (a)
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71. (a) 72. (b) 73. (c) 74. (b) 75. (d) 76. (d) 77. (b) 78. (a) 79. (b) 80. (c)
81. (a) 82. (d) 83. (c) 84. (b) 85. (b) 86. (c) 87. (c) 88. (c) 89. (d) 90. (d)
91. (b) 92. (c) 93. (a) 94. (d) 95. (b) 96. (c) 97. (a) 98. (c) 99. (b) 100. (d)
101. (d) 102. (a) 103. (a) 104. (c) 105. (d) 106. (c) 107. (c) 108. (d) 109. (d) 110. (b)
111. (d) 112. (c) 113. (b) 114. (a) 115. (b) 116. (d) 117. (a) 118. (b) 119. (c) 120. (c)
79. The correct option is ‘hand in’ The students are 102. Correct indirect speech here will be –‘He said that
required to hand in. The meaning of ‘hand in’ is on he would leave those papers there.’
intimate terms or in close association. 103. Mohan exclaimed sadly that he was undone.
80. One who abstains completely from alcohol is called 104.The correct sentence is–The Creator answered, “Yes,
“teetotaler”. but by accepting the burden you will show your
90. A Flat Character is a minor character in a work of greatness of heart.” Hence option (c).
fiction who does not undergo substantial change or 105.The Antonym of inferior is superior. Inferior means
growth in the course of a story. Also referred to as lower in status, rank, degree, or grade.
“two-dimensional characters” or “static characters”, 106. When the poison lost its sting at last the mother
flat characters play a supporting role to the main was happy that the scorpion picked her and not her

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character, who as a rule should be round. children. Hence option (c).

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91. A closet drama is written in the form of a drama, but 107. Memo is document used for internal communication

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the theatre; e.g. Milton’s – 'Samson Agonistes' and memorandum a document or other communication.

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Shelley’s 'Prometheus Unbound'. Hence option (c) is correct.
92. Special features of construction found in these lines 108. Francis Bacon is known for aphoristic prose style.
are ommission of a part of speech which mean An aphoristic style means a compact, condensed
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something forgotten or excluded. and epigrammatic style of writing
93. Transitive verb is one that has an object and can be 109. In Soliloquy is a speech in which a character
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changed into passive. Here ‘english’ is object. reveals his thoughts to the audience but not to other
94. Mrs. Das will soon be visiting us is in future characters in the play. Hence option (d) is correct.
imperfect tense. 110. The above idiom means the play met with a cold
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95. Dickens took the pseudonym ‘Boz’ from a reception. Hence option (b).
nickname he had given his younger brother 111. Hand in hand means close together or holding
Augustus. The name of this first sketch was ‘Mr. hands.
Minns and his cousin’ and it appeared with other 112. The correctly spelt word is – cancelled. Hence
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stories in Dicken’s first book Sketches by Boz. option (c).

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96. The meaning of imminent is 'near at hand' or likely 113. The correctly spelt word in British English is –
to occur at any moment, impending or overhanging. tyrannise. Hence option (b).
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97. Most implying meaning of word Ingenuity is 114. O World ! O Life ! O Time ! is an Apostrophe. An
cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design or Apostrophe is a direct address to the dead, to the
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obsolete or ingenuousness. absent, or to a personified object or ideas.

98. After tentative beginnings, the personality of 115. Pun is a form of word-play for a humorous or
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Galsworthy shows itself in ‘The Island Pharisee’, in rhetorical effect. Hence option (b).
which the two main directions of his work appeared. 116. It is clear from line 12 that the expression ‘smallest
The mental passivity, the lethargy of heart, and all of hands’ (line 6) refers to babies. Hence option (d).
the selfishness of a class, a nation, a tradition. 117. Line 28 suggests that the caregivers are not properly
_____This analysis of British society in the paid and lack recognition. Hence option (a).
shortened perspective of a few figures and brief 118. A child’s formative years are spent with a
episodes, is of rare power..... caregiver, so, he has more impact on the child’s
99. The lines "O Wind, if winter comes, can spring be mind and personality as compared to a professor.
far behind" have been taken from shelley's "Ode to Hence option (b).
the West Wind' (1820). Hence option (b). 119. Line 30 indicates that the most valuable payment
100. Correct sentence here will be, ‘It was bitterly cold.’ that the caregiver gets is the love of children.
101. Correct proverb is diamond cuts diamond which Hence option (c).
means to describe a situation in which a sharp-witted 120. Giving a hug when a child is sad gives a sense of
person meets their match. reassurance and comfort to the child. Hence option (c).

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