The payment was collected by the hardworking salesman.
A
The hardworking salesman collected the payment.
B
the salesman who worked heard was able to collect the payment.
C
to collect the payment the salesman had to work hard.
D
The hardworking salesman was able to collect the payment.
Question 4Single Answer
I had to stop all my work to complete this project.
A
All other work had to be stopped to complete this project by me
B
For completing this project all other work must be stopped
C
For completing this project I had to stop all my work
D
To complete this project all other work had been stopped by me
Question 5Single Answer
They have published the names of all the successful candidates.
A
The candidates who have succeeded their names they had published.
B
The names of all the successful candidates have been published by them
C
The candidates who have succeeded their names have been published by them.
D
The names of all the successful candidate were published by them.
Question 6Single Answer
The online shopping site lowered the prices.
A
Lowering of the prices was done by the online shopping site
B
The prices were lowered by the online shopping site
C
The prices had been lowered by the online shopping site
D
The prices have been lowered by the online shopping site
Question 7Single Answer
Who taught you to drive a truck ?
A
To drive a truck by whom were you taught?
B
Driving a truck by who were you taught?
C
Driving a truck by who were you being taught?
D
By whom were you taught to drive a truck?
Question 8Single Answer
We shall invite Suresh.
A
Suresh would be invited by us
B
Suresh would have been invited by us
C
Suresh will be invited by us
D
Suresh will have been invited by us
Question 9Single Answer
Dark clouds have overcast the evening sky.
A
By the dark clouds the evening sky was overcast.
B
The evening sky has been overcast by the dark clouds.
C
Dark clouds overcastted the evening sky.
D
The sky of the evening was overcasted by dark clouds.
Question 10Single Answer
The partners will celebrate their triumph tomorrow.
A
The triumph would be celebrated by the partners a day before
B
The triumph would be celebrated by the partners a day after
C
The triumph would have been celebrated by the partners a day after
D
The triumph will have been celebrated by the partners tomorrow
Question 11Single Answer
Why did break the vase?
A
why is the vase broken by him
B
why was the vase broken by him
C
why had been the vase broken by him
D
why has been the vase broken by him
Question 12Single Answer
Mariam was writing a note to her boss.
A
A note was written to her boss by Mariam
B
A note was wrote by Mariam to her boss
C
A note was being written by Mariam to her boss
D
A note was written by Mariam to her boss
Question 13Single Answer
The baby really enjoys that music.
A
That music was really enjoyed by the baby.
B
That music was really being enjoyed by the baby.
C
That music is really enjoyed by the baby.
D
This music was really enjoyed by the baby.
Question 14Single Answer
The weather disrupted the final match.
A
The final match has been disrupted by the weather.
B
The final match had been disrupted by the weather.
C
The final match was disrupted by the weather.
D
The final match was being disrupted by the weather.
Question 15Single Answer
The management committee is required to publish a report every year.
A
report would be published by the management committee every year.
B
A report would have been published by the management committee every year.
C
A report requires to be published by the management committee every year.
D
Every year the report would be published by the management committee.
Question 16Single Answer
शुद्ध वर्तनी का चयन कीजिए
A
अधम्र
B
अध्रम
C
अधर्म
D
अध्रिम
Question 17Single Answer
शुद्ध वर्तनी का चयन कीजिए
A
स्थायि
B
स्थायी
C
स्थाई
D
स्थाइ
Question 18Single Answer
वर्तनी की दृष्टि से सही शब्द है?
A
महत्व
B
महतव
C
महत्तव
D
महतत्व
Question 19Single Answer
निम्नलिखित में से शुद्ध छांटिए?
A
आयुष्मान
B
आयुश्मान
C
आयुशमान
D
आयुश्यमान
Question 20Single Answer
शुद्ध शब्द नहीं हैं?
A
कवियत्री
B
कौसल्या
C
एश्वर्य
D
श्रृंगार
Question 21Single Answer
शुद्ध वर्तनी है -
A
पूज
B
पुजय
C
पूज्य
D
पुज्य
Question 22Single Answer
शुद्ध वर्तनी है -
A
अनुसरण
B
अनूशरणन
C
अनुशरण
D
अणुशर
Question 23Single Answer
किस क्रमांक में सभी शुद्ध हैं?
A
एक्य,साप्ताहिक
B
आजीविका,आशीर्वाद
C
आर्शिवाद ,अनूकूल
D
निरिक्षण ,कृपालु
Question 24Single Answer
'उज्वल' शब्द का शुद्ध रूप है ?
A
उज्जव
B
उज्ज्ल
C
उज्ज्वल
D
उजवल
Question 25Single Answer
निम्नलिखित प्रश्न में चार वैकल्पिक वर्तनियाॅ दी गई है?
A
जागृत
B
जाग्रति
C
जाग्रित
D
जाग्रत
Question 26Single Answer
निम्नलिखित प्रश्न में चार वैकल्पिक वर्तनियाॅ दी गई है?
A
उन्नति
B
उनति
C
उन्ती
D
उनती
Question 27Single Answer
निम्नलिखित प्रश्न मे चार वैकल्पिक वर्तनियाॅ दी गई है?
A
अनुशहरण
B
अनोसरण
C
अनुसरन
D
अनुसरण
Question 28Single Answer
'पृथ्वीराज रासो' किस काल की रचना है ?
A
आदिकाल
B
रीतिकाल
C
भक्तिकाल
D
आधुनिक काल
Question 29Single Answer
हिन्दी की उत्पत्ति किस भाषा से हुई है?
A
प्राकृत
B
संस्कृत
C
शौरसैनी अपभ्रंश
D
मागधी
Question 30Single Answer
राजभाषा आयोग के प्रथम अध्यक्ष थे ?
A
बी. जी. खरे
B
राजा लक्ष्मण सिंह
C
प्रताप नारायण मिश्र
D
इंशाअल्ला खा
General Studies
Question 31Single Answer
Yojna a weekly journal
A
Ministry of Finance
B
Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
C
Ministry of Rural Development
D
Planning Commission
Question 32Single Answer
Kurukshetra a journal on rural development is published by
A
Ministry of Finance
B
Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
C
Ministry of Rural Development
D
Planning Commission
Question 33Single Answer
Devaluation of a currency means
A
Fixing the value of the currency in conjuction with the movement in the value of a basket of predetermined currencies
B
Reduction in the value of a currency vis-à-vis major internationally traded currencies
C
Fixing the value of currency in multilateral consultaion with the IMF the World Bank and major trading partners
D
Permitting the currency to seek its worth in the international market
Question 34Single Answer
In ruby laser, the stimulated emission is due to transition from
A
metastable state to any lower state
B
any higher state of lower state
C
metastable state to ground state
D
any higher state to ground state
Question 35Single Answer
A direct current I flows along the length of an infinitely long straight thin walled pipe, then the magnetic field is
A
uniform throughout the pipe not zero
B
zero only along the axis of the pipe
C
zero at any point inside the pipe
D
maximum at the centre and minimum at the edge
Question 36Single Answer
10-6 M NaOH is diluted 100 times. The pH of the diluted base is
A
between 7 and 8
B
between 5 and 6
C
between 6 and 7
D
between 10 and 11
Question 37Single Answer
In the electrolysis of acidulated water, it is desired to obtain 1.12 cc of hydrogen per second under STP condition. The current to be passed is
A
1.93 A
B
9.65 A
C
19.3 A
D
0.965 A
Question 38Single Answer
The respiratory quotient during cellular respiration would depend on
A
the nature of enzymes involved
B
the nature of the substrate
C
the amount of carbon dioxide released
D
the amount of oxygen utilised
Question 39Single Answer
How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘CLEANLINESS’ each of the which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet, in the same sequence?
A
Two
B
Three
C
Five
D
Four
E
None of these
Question 40Single Answer
Team A has scored more goals than Team B
Team C has scored fewer goals than Team B
Team A has scored fewer goals than Team C .
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
A
True
B
False
C
Uncertain
D
None
Question 41Single Answer
If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the second, the third, the sixth and the eight letters of the word FRAGMENT using each only once, which of the following will be the third letter of that word ? If no such word can be formed, give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give ‘Y’ as the answer.
A
A
B
E
C
T
D
X
E
Y
Question 42Single Answer
How many such letters are there in the word ORIENTAL each of which is as far away from the beginning of the word as when they are arranged alphabetically?
A
None
B
One
C
Two
D
Three
E
More than three
Question 43Single Answer
How many such pairs of letters in the word CREDIT each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
A
None
B
One
C
Two
D
Three
E
More than three
Question 44Single Answer
The earlist manuscripts were written on
A
palm leaves
B
paper
C
wood
D
stones
Question 45Single Answer
What does BC and AD stands for?
A
Anno Domini and Before Common
B
Before Christ and Anno Domini
C
Anno Domini and Before Christ
D
None of the above
Question 46Single Answer
Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) of a manuscript?
(A) It is written on a hard surface such as a stone or a metal.
(B) It is an old book written by hand.
(C) It is written on palm leaf or on specially prepared bark of the birch tree.
A
Only A
B
B and C
C
Only B
D
All of these
Question 47Single Answer
The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is Rs. 3. The ratio of the two selling prices is:__________ ?
A
51:52
B
52:53
C
51:53
D
52:55
Question 48Single Answer
Which of the following numbers is irrational ?
A
√49
B
0.125
C
√2
D
22/7
Question 49Single Answer
356 x 936 – 356 x 836 = ?
A
35600
B
34500
C
9630
D
93600
Question 50Single Answer
Arrange in descending order: 5/8, 7/10, 3/4
A
3/4 > 7/10 > 5/8
B
7/10 > 3/4 > 5/8
C
3/4 > 5/8 > 7/10
D
5/8 > 7/10 > 3/4
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General Studies
Question 51Single Answer
What is (3^{4} times 9^{2}) ?
A
36
B
38
C
310
D
96
Question 52Single Answer
The grain size (USDA) of silt in soil ranges between :
A
0.2 mm to 0.5 mm
B
0.5 mm to 0.1 mm
C
0.1 mm to 0.05 mm
D
0.05 mm to 0.002 mm
Question 53Single Answer
What will be BOD, for a wastewater sample when 21 ml of sample is diluted to 300 ml in BOD bottle to determine dissolved oxygen .
[Given: Initial DO, = 10 mg/l; Five days later DO5 = 5 mg/l]
A
~ 5 mg/l
B
~ 25 mg/l
C
~ 71.4 mg/l
D
~75 mg/l
Question 54Single Answer
What will be the concentration of 40 ppb SO₂ in µg/m³ unit at 25°C ?
A
~ 0.04 µg/m³
B
~ 1047 µg/m³
C
~ 104.7 µg/m³
D
~ 10.47 µg/m³
Question 55Single Answer
Who was the real founder of Turk rule in Bihar ?
A
Ibn Bakhtiyar Khilji
B
Ibrahim
C
Dariya Khan Noohani
D
Malik Husamuddin
E
None of the above / More than one of the above
Question 56Single Answer
Who was the first Indian Governor of Bihar ?
A
Dr. Shri krishna Singh
B
Brij Kishor Prasad
C
B.P. Mandal
D
Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
E
None of the above/More than one of the above
Question 57Single Answer
In which year the Chauri Revolt of Bihar took place ?
A
1842
B
1798
C
1784
D
1832
E
None of the above / More than one of the above
Question 58Single Answer
In which year was Orissa separated from Bihar ?
A
1936
B
1956
C
2000
D
1912
E
None of the above/ More than one of the above
Question 59Single Answer
During which movement 'Azad Dasta' was active in Bihar ?
A
Non-Cooperation Movement
B
Civil Disobedience Movement
C
Quit India Movement
D
Champaran Satyagraha
E
None of the above / More than one of the above
Question 60Single Answer
Who established a branch of Anushilan Samiti in Patna in 1913 AD ?
A
Ramanada Sinha
B
Satish Jha
C
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
D
Bipin Jha
E
None of the above / More than one of the above
Question 61Single Answer
In which year was Bihar divided to create Jharkhand ?
A
2000
B
2001
C
2004
D
2005
E
None of the above More than one of the above
Question 62Single Answer
Who invited Gandhiji to come Champaran ?
A
Raj Kumar Shukla
B
Rajendra Prasad
C
Jayaprakash Narayan
D
Krishna Sahay
E
None of the above / More than one of the above
Question 63Single Answer
Who had formed the Bihar Socialist Party in 1931 AD ?
A
Phulan Chand Tiwari and Rajendra Prasad
B
Phulan Prasad Varma and Jayaprakash Narayan
C
Raj Kumar Shukla and Swami Agnivesh
D
Swami Sahajananda and Swami Yogananda
E
None of the above More than one of the above
Question 64Single Answer
Who formed the 'Bihar Socialist Party' in 1931 ?
A
Phulan Prasad Varma
B
Swami Yoganand
C
Narhari Parikh
D
Dadabhai Naoroji
E
None of the above / More than one of the above
Question 65Single Answer
"Who said, 'India was a parrot unto itself'?
A
Malik Muhammad Joyce
B
Raskhan
C
Rich Khusrow
D
Rich Hasan
Question 66Single Answer
When was the Constituent Assembly of India formed?
A
1946
B
1947
C
1948
D
1950
Question 67Single Answer
Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?
A
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
C
Jawaharlal Nehru
D
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Question 68Single Answer
Who is known as the "Father of the Indian Renaissance" ?
A
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B
Swami Vivekananda
C
Rabindranath Tagore
D
Mahatma Gandhi
Question 69Single Answer
What astronomical discovery was announced by astronomers in March 2026?
A
New planet in solar system
B
Discovery related to 1,900 light-years away (specific object)
C
Black hole merger
D
Exoplanet with life signs
Question 70Single Answer
On what date in March 2026 did Prime Minister Narendra Modi become India’s longest-serving head of government?
A
15 March
B
20 March
C
22 March
D
25 March
English
Question 71Single Answer
Which of the following terms describes a novel of fashionable high life in 19th-century English literature ?
A
Brass-Spittoon
B
Diamond-Jar
C
Golden-Spoon
D
Silver-Fork
Question 72Single Answer
What term did Beetroot Brecht use for his mode of drama-writing to distinguish it from traditional theatre ?
A
epic theatre
B
kitchen-sink theatre
C
musical theatre
D
proletarian theatre
Question 73Single Answer
Which of the following terms is used to describe spurious words which are the result of inadvertent errors made by copyists, printers and editors ?
A
dud words
B
ghost words
C
protowords
D
pseudo words
Question 74Single Answer
Which two of the following are works by I.A. Richards ?
(a) Concepts of Criticism
(b) Science and Poetry
(c) The Philosophy of Rhetoric
(d) English Literature in Our Time and the University
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (d) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 75Single Answer
In "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time" what is propose by Matthew Arnold as the essence of criticism ?
A
affirmation
B
cohesiveness
C
disinterestedness
D
judiciousness
Question 76Single Answer
According to Ferdinand de Saussure, language is :
(a) an interlocking structure
(b) a system of constant change
(c) a system of signs
(d) a self-standing formation
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (c) only
C
(b) and (d) only
D
(c) and (d) only
Question 77Single Answer
What was the centre set up for studying culture at the University of Birmingham called ?
A
Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies
B
Centre for Contemporary Studies
C
Centre for Culture Studies
D
Centre for New Cultural Studies
Question 78Single Answer
Which of the following statements are true of English as used in India ?
(a) India is counted among the largest English-speaking communities in the world
(b) No group, community or population of Indians claims English as its mother tongue
(c) More than fifty per cent of Indians speak English fluently
(d) English is the country's principal language of commerce
(e) With the growing stature of Hindi as lingua franca, it has supplanted English as the link language between the central government and the states
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (d) only
B
(b) and (c) only
C
(c) and (e) only
D
(d) and (e) only
Question 79Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II .
List-I List-II
(Poem) (Poet)
(a) "The Road Not Taken" I. Pablo Neruda
(b) "Tonight I can Write the Saddest Lines" II. Robert Frost
(c) "I hear America Singing" III. Langston Hughes
(d) "I, too, Sing America" IV. Walt Whitman
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
I II III IV
B
II I IV III
C
III II IV I
D
IV I II III
Question 80Single Answer
Usage in "You have hissed the mystery lectures" is an example of :
A
error of lexical choice
B
inadvertent mistake
C
metathesis
D
spoonerism
Question 81Single Answer
Who is the creator of the character, Julien Sorel ?
A
Balzac
B
Flaubert
C
Moliere
D
Stendhal
Question 82Single Answer
Arrange the following in their chronological order :
(a) English replaces Persian as official language of the Company
(b) Arrival of Charles Grant in India
(c) Universities established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras
(d) Construction of Fort William in Calcutta
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(b), (a), (d), (c)
B
(d), (a), (c), (b)
C
(d), (b), (a), (c)
D
(d), (b), (c), (a)
Question 83Single Answer
Which of the following qualify for the label 'cultural intermediary' in the context of a commercial film ?
(a) The film magazine columnist
(b) The director
(c) Fan clubs
(d) The producer
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (c) only
B
(a) and (b) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 84Single Answer
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : All research being original and uninspired, it is rare for a researcher to begin a project by deriving ideas from predecessors
Statement II : Studying and documenting past work on a research topic stifles the continual expansion of human knowledge
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
A
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
B
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
C
Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect
D
Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct
Question 85Single Answer
Which of these are true of Raymond Williams' Culture and Society ?
(a) It critiques the idea of high culture
(b) It overlooks the idea of high culture
(c) It defines culture as a way of life
(d) It equates culture with science
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (c) only
B
(a) and (d) only
C
(a) and (b) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 86Single Answer
Who is the author of The Truth about Me : A Hijra Life Story ?
A
A. Revathi
B
Bama
C
Mukta Sarvagod
D
V. Geetha
Question 87Single Answer
Which of these countries does Montaigne's essay, "Of Cannibals, “focus on primarily ?
A
Borneo
B
Brazil
C
India
D
Japan
Question 88Single Answer
The set of inflected forms taken by a single word is :
A
lexeme
B
morpheme
C
phoneme
D
sememe
Question 89Single Answer
In "The Life of Cowley" which two of the following criticisms were made by Samuel Johnson against a group of writers he termed the 'metaphysical poets' ?
(a) They made an inappropriate combination of wit and imagination
(b) Instead of writing poetry, they only wrote verses
(c) They neither copied nature nor life
(d) They never tried to be singular in their thoughts
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(b) and (c) only
C
(b) and (d) only
D
(c) and (d) only
Question 90Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II :
List-I List-II
(Book) (Author)
(a) English, August I. Shyam Selvadurai
(b) In Custody II Anita Desai
(c) Such a Long Journey III. Rohinton Mistry
(d) Funny Boy IV. Upamanyu Chatterjee
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
I II IV III
B
II IV I III
C
III II I IV
D
IV II III I
Question 91Single Answer
Arrange the following groups of poets in their chronological sequence in relation to English literary history :
(a) The Imagist poets
(b) The Cavalier poets
(c) The Movement poets
(d) The Lake poets
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(b), (d), (a), (c)
B
(b), (d), (c), (a)
C
(d), (a), (b), (c)
D
(d), (b), (a), (c)
Question 92Single Answer
Which of these characters figure in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot ?
(a) Estragon
(b) Pozzo
(c) Bassanio
(d) Murphy
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (d) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(c) and (d) only
Question 93Single Answer
Which two of the following poems are by Judith Wright ?
(a) "Meditation on a Bone"
(b) "Imperial Adam"
(c) "Woman to Man
(d) "The Old Prison
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (c) only
C
(b) and (d) only
D
(c) and (d) only
Question 94Single Answer
Who, in "The World as India," argues that English can be the only common "unifying language" of India ?
A
Anthony Burgess
B
C.K. Ogden
C
Noam Chomsky
D
Susan Sontag
Question 95Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II :
List-I List-II
(Writer) (Book)
(a) Homi Bhabha I. Reading the Popular
(b) T.S. Eliot II. The Location of Culture
(c) Roland Barthes III. Notes towards the Definition of Culture
(d) John Fiske IV. Image-Music-Text
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
I II IV III
B
II III IV I
C
III II I IV
D
IV II III I
Question 96Single Answer
Which among the following are examples of the Kiinstlerroman ?
(a) The Portrait of a Lady
(b) David Copperfield
(c) Tom Jones
(d) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (c) only
C
(b) and (d) only
D
(c) and (d) only
Question 97Single Answer
With which of the following movements is Charles Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil generally associated ?
(a) Neo-classical
(b) Symbolist
(c) Modernist
(d) Postmodernist
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (d) only
B
(a) and (b) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(c) and (d) only
Question 98Single Answer
Words with the same pronunciation and different meanings are :
A
homonyms
B
homografts
C
homologues
D
homophones
Question 99Single Answer
The MLA Style Sheet, a compilation of scholarly conventions and directives, was first published in :
A
1951
B
1957
C
1962
D
1970
Question 100Single Answer
Arrange the following journals in the chronological order of publication .
(a) Longman's Magazine
(b) Cornhill Magazine
(c) Blackwood's Magazine
(d) Bentley's Miscellany
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(b), (c), (a), (d)
B
(b), (c), (d), (a)
C
(c), (b), (a), (d)
D
(c), (d), (b), (a)
Question 101Single Answer
Which of these are generally taken to be true of Cultural Studies ?
(a) It is politically engaged
(b) It privileges text over context
(c) It has a symbiotic relationship with Formalism
(d) It studies the means of production of a text
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (c) only
B
(a) and (d) only
C
(a) and (b) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 102Single Answer
Which of the following statements best articulates Frantz Fanon's political position ?
A
Colonialism will die a natural death sans any violent struggle against it
B
Peasants and social outcasts have little revolu-tionary potential in Africa
C
Social oppression in the third world is a matter more of race than of class
D
The African bourgeoisie can never succeed in the task of nation building
Question 103Single Answer
Who among the following says that ideology is "a representation of the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence" ?
A
Fredric Jameson
B
Herbert Marcuse
C
Louis Althusser
D
Terry Eagleton
Question 104Single Answer
Who wrote a postmodern reworking of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations without altering the original title ?
A
Angela Carter
B
Kathy Acker
C
Peter Carey
D
Shirley Jackson
Question 105Single Answer
In which book of Paradise Lost does Milton refer to "Agra and Lahore of Great Mogul" ?
A
Book III
B
Book IV
C
Book VII
D
Book XI
Question 106Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II :
List-I List-II
(Text) (Author)
(a) Advancement of Learning I. Susan Sontag
(b) Past and Present II. Francis Bacon
(c) English Traits III. Thomas Carlyle
(d) Illness as Metaphor IV. R.W. Emerson
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
I III IV II
B
II III IV I
C
III IV II I
D
IV I II III
Question 107Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : The implied reader shifts attention from the real reading individual to a disembodied dimension of reception, intricately interwoven into the text
Reason (R) : The 'Dear Reader,' invoked in the realist novels, is a fictional representation of the distant reader
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
A
(A) is correct, but (R) is not correct
B
(A) is not correct, but (R) is correct
C
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
D
Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Question 108Single Answer
Choose the right chronological sequence of the following books :
(a) Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
(b) Kiran Desai. The Inheritance of Loss
(c) Shashi Deshpande, That Long Silence
(d) Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (d), (b), (c)
B
(b), (c), (d), (a)
C
(c), (a), (d), (b)
D
(d), (b), (c), (a)
Question 109Single Answer
Which pair of linguists in the following list is associated with speech acts' ?
A
Franz Boas and Rudolf Camap
B
J.L. Austin and John Searle
C
Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker
D
Paul Grice and Michael Devitt
Question 110Single Answer
Which of the following does Urvashi Butalia's The Other Side of Silence primarily seek to do ?
(a) To understand the Partition as something more than a political divide
(b) To foreground a personal history of the Partition
(c) To foreground the Partition as an event more tragic than the Holocaust
(d) To find and unite families separated at the Partition
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (d) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(c) and (d) only
Question 111Single Answer
Which of these themes best sums up the preoccupation of most of Vijay Tendulkar's plays ?
A
Dynamics of media
B
Motivations of crime
C
Workings of love triangles
D
Workings of power
Question 112Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II :
List-I List-II
(Book) (Poet)
(a) Anniversaries I. Abraham Cowley
(b) The Temple II. John Donne
(c) The Rehearsal Transpros'd III. George Herbert
(d) Pindarique Odes IV. Andrew Marvell
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
I IV II III
B
II III IV I
C
III I IV II
D
IV II I III
Question 113Single Answer
Who is the author of Radiant Textually ?
A
Jerome McGann
B
Gerald Graff
C
James Thorpe
D
Richard D. Altick
Question 114Single Answer
Which of these may be said to be true of the journal published from Bowling Green University from 1969, which carried essays on Spiderman comics, rock music, and detective films ?
(a) It sought to highlight the importance of popular culture
(b) It sought to highlight the importance of elite culture
(c) It sought to buttress the canon by making it more elitist
(d) It sought to break down the dominance of 'high' culture
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (d) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 115Single Answer
How does T.S. Eliot sum up the peculiar quality of Marvell's "Horatian Ode" ?
A
'a contrast of ideas, different in degree but the same in principle'
B
a tough reasonableness beneath a slight lyric grace'
C
'heterogeneity of materials compelled into unity'
D
'telescoping of images and multiplied associations'
Question 116Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II :
List-I List-II
(Novel) (Writer)
(a) A Handful of Dust I. E.M. Forster
(b) Brighton Rock II. Evelyn Waugh
(c) Howard's End II. D.H. Lawrence
(d) The Plumed Serpent IV. Aldous Huxley
(e) Those Barren Leaves V. Graham Greene
Codes :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
I IV II III V
B
II V I III IV
C
III I V II IV
D
V II IV I III
Question 117Single Answer
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : A pidgin is formed by two mutually unintelligible speech communities trying to communicate using the most obvious features of each other's language
Statement II : Notwithstanding the number of years a pidgin is spoken, it can never become the mother tongue of a community
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
A
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
B
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
C
Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect
D
Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct
Question 118Single Answer
Who among the following has coined the term, 'eco-feminism' ?
A
Monique Wittig
B
Francoise d'Eaubonne
C
Helene Cixous
D
Marguerite Duras
Question 119Single Answer
Who wrote the short story, "The Voter" ?
A
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
B
Chinua Achebe
C
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
D
Wole Soyinka
Question 120Single Answer
Which two of the following are fallacious evaluations of poetry according to Matthew Arnold's "The Study of Poetry" ?
(a) contextual estimate
(b) personal estimate
(c) comparative estimate
(d) historic estimate
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(b) and (c) only
C
(b) and (d) only
D
(c) and (d) only
Question 121Single Answer
Greek Drama originated in which ancient civilization?
A
Greek
B
Roman
C
Egyptian
D
Persian
Question 122Single Answer
Which god is associated with the origin of Greek Drama?
A
Zeus
B
Apollo
C
Athena
D
Dionysus
Question 123Single Answer
Greek Tragedy primarily focuses on?
A
Mythological heroic suffering
B
Comedy of errors
C
Domestic life
D
Satirical politics
Question 124Single Answer
Greek Comedy is mainly concerned with?
A
Gods and fate
B
Epic battles
C
Everyday life and social satire
D
Religious rituals
Question 125Single Answer
Who is known as the “Father of Tragedy”?
A
Sophocles
B
Aeschylus
C
Euripides
D
Aristophanes
Question 126Single Answer
Who wrote “Oedipus Rex”?
A
Euripides
B
Homer
C
Aeschylus
D
Sophocles
Question 127Single Answer
Aristotle’s concept of tragedy is discussed in which work?
A
Poetics
B
Republic
C
Rhetoric
D
Ethics
Question 128Single Answer
According to Aristotle, tragedy is an imitation of?
A
Fantasy worlds
B
Gods in heaven
C
Nature only
D
Men in action
Question 129Single Answer
Aristotle’s concept of “catharsis” means?
A
Fear of gods
B
Purification of emotions
C
Comic relief
D
Moral punishment
Question 130Single Answer
The tragic hero is usually?
A
Perfect and divine
B
Common man
C
Comic character
D
Noble but flawed
Question 131Single Answer
The “hamartia” in Aristotle’s theory refers to?
A
Divine intervention
B
Tragic flaw or error
C
Comedy element
D
Chorus song
Question 132Single Answer
Which element is not part of Aristotle’s six elements of tragedy?
A
Plot
B
Character
C
Spectacle
D
Novel
Question 133Single Answer
Aristotle considered which element most important in tragedy?
A
Character
B
Plot
C
Diction
D
Music
Question 134Single Answer
The unity of action means?
A
Single main plot
B
Many subplots
C
No ending
D
Random events
Question 135Single Answer
Unity of time refers to action within?
A
1 year
B
One act only
C
10 days
D
24 hours
Question 136Single Answer
Unity of place means?
A
Multiple locations
B
One fixed location
C
Different countries
D
No setting
Question 137Single Answer
The chorus in Greek drama primarily functions as?
A
Main hero
B
Narrator and commentator
C
Villain
D
Stage manager
Question 138Single Answer
Greek theatre was performed in?
A
Stadiums
B
Amphitheatres
C
Palaces
D
Churches
Question 139Single Answer
The structure of classical drama includes?
A
Monologue only
B
Introduction only
C
Flashback only
D
Prologue, Episode, Exodus
Question 140Single Answer
“Comedy” in Greek tradition means?
A
Song of praise
B
Light-hearted play
C
Tragic ending
D
Religious ritual
Question 141Single Answer
Who wrote “The Frogs”?
A
Sophocles
B
Euripides
C
Aristophanes
D
Aeschylus
Question 142Single Answer
Greek tragedy originally evolved from?
A
Epic poetry
B
Lyric hymns
C
Dithyrambs
D
Ballads
Question 143Single Answer
The role of fate in Greek tragedy is?
A
Negligible
B
Comic element
C
Central force
D
Ignored
Question 144Single Answer
Aristotle’s “peripeteia” means?
A
Recognition
B
Dialogue
C
Reversal of fortune
D
Chorus entry
Question 145Single Answer
“Anagnorisis” refers to?
A
Comic relief
B
Recognition or discovery
C
Stage setting
D
Action sequence
Question 146Single Answer
Greek tragedy typically ends with?
A
Happy ending
B
Moral lesson
C
Catastrophe
D
Open ending
Question 147Single Answer
The main language of classical Greek drama was?
A
Latin
B
Hebrew
C
Sanskrit
D
Greek
Question 148Single Answer
Which of the following is a Greek tragic playwright?