On-line teaching and face-to-face teaching both are effective
D
Face-to-face teaching is less effective than online teaching
Question 2Single Answer
In order to solve the problem of aimlessness in education, we should develop -
A
democratic citizenship
B
centralized education
C
education
D
reform the administrative set-up
Question 3Single Answer
If a student misbehaves with other students in the class, the teacher should -
A
report the matter to the parents
B
punish him at the time of the morning assembly in the school
C
deal with him with sympathetic understanding
D
treat him with sympathy and understanding
Question 4Single Answer
How can a failed student be encouraged to study sincerely in the same class?
A
by teacher’s counseling
B
by psychological counseling
C
by guardian’s counseling
D
by Students’ Association
Question 5Single Answer
Our examination system is -
A
defective
B
without any defect
C
in the interest of the students
D
well-planned
Question 6Single Answer
Which Article in the Constitution deals with elementary education ?
A
Article 45
B
Article 370
C
Article 19
D
Article 226
Question 7Single Answer
For physically handicapped student of the school, there should be
A
proper facility for entering the class-room and toilet
B
proper arrangement for his food and lodging
C
arrangement for his free education
D
an arrangement for necessary equipments
Question 8Single Answer
A naughty student in the class is
A
foolish and dull
B
active and intelligent
C
unadjusted and unappreciated
D
rich and careless
Question 9Single Answer
Why is syllabus necessary in school ?
A
It helps in the proper functioning of the school
B
It makes the classroom education under control
C
A teacher can rule every work outside the class in a proper manner
D
All of the above are possible
Question 10Single Answer
If a seminar or conference is being conducted in your city concerning education, what will you do ?
A
I will take part in it without the permission of the Principal
B
I shall seek the permission of the Principal
C
I shall take leave from the school
D
I shall take no interest in it
Question 11Single Answer
How will you evaluate a student on the basis of the question paper type ?
A
On the basis of objective type questions
B
Essay type questions
C
Short answer type questions
D
All of the above
Question 12Single Answer
In order to make teaching more effective in the class, what would be done?
A
After the teaching, same type of questions should be given to the students for practice
B
Home-work should be given frequently
C
Home-work should be given now and them
D
After school hours, same type of questions should be got solved from the students
Question 13Single Answer
Why did you adopt teaching profession ?
A
Your parents wanted it
B
At the advice of your friend
C
No member in your family is in this profession
D
You have interest in it
Question 14Single Answer
You will pay need to such persons who are
A
very intelligent
B
very weak in studies
C
your relatives
D
well - behaved
Question 15Single Answer
In order to become skillful in his job, a teacher
A
should study new books on his subject
B
should take part in the debates of the school
C
should write on his subject
D
All of the above
Question 16Single Answer
Why step will you take to make your students health ?
A
Make the parents aware of the importance of good health
B
Organise debate on the importance of good health
C
Give them training regarding health
D
Give examples of healthy students
Question 17Single Answer
A teacher impresses his students
A
by showing his authority and dominance
B
by his regularity in teaching
C
by misbehaving with his students
D
by indulging in gossip with the students
Question 18Single Answer
If you fail to complete your syllabus in time, what will you do ?
A
Take extra classes to complete the syllabus
B
Leave the syllabus incomplete
C
Teach selected questions out of the remaining syllabus
D
Ask the students to complete the syllabus themselves
Question 19Single Answer
If you are the administrator of the school. In your school, irregularities are on the rise.
A
Coordination between Managing Committee, Principal, Teachers and Students
B
Solve problems of students
C
Solve problems of teachers
D
Impose severe punishment
Question 20Single Answer
Should student be allowed to ask questions in the class ?
A
No
B
Yes
C
Sometimes
D
As per the wish of the teacher
Question 21Single Answer
Most of the students dislike going to the classroom, because
A
they have tuitions at home
B
the teachers don’t allow them to enter the class
C
they are strikers
D
the teachers are harsh and the time-table is dull
Question 22Single Answer
As regards the use of black-board in the class, what arrangements should be made for the students with weak eye-sight?
A
They should be provided with spectacles
B
They should be asked to read that is written on the black-board
C
They should be given front seats
D
Special arrangement should be made for them
Question 23Single Answer
What will the teacher do when a student asks him an irrelevant question?
A
He will scold him and ask him to sit down
B
He will make it clear
C
He will send him out of the class
D
He will advise him to wait for the answer
Question 24Single Answer
Too much liberty given to the student creates
A
ideal atmosphere for teaching
B
much noise in the classroom
C
indiscipline in the classroom
D
no problem in the classroom
Question 25Single Answer
What will you, as a teacher, say to the students if they come late on a rainy day?
A
You would not say anything
B
You would find out the reason of their being late
C
You wouldpunish them for getting late
D
You would make them take an oath not to come late in future
Question 26Single Answer
How will you inculcate the sense of conclusions-operation among students?
A
By telling them the importance of sports
B
By explaining them that games promote mutual co-operation and mental balance
C
By telling that games waste out time
D
None of the above
Question 27Single Answer
Some of the students are below average. As a Principal of the school, your response to such students will be
A
equal behaviour with all the students in the school
B
to disallow admission to them in the next class
C
generous attitude towards them
D
not pay any special attention to them
Question 28Single Answer
What instruction should a teacher give to the students to seek the answer to the questions?
A
Seek the answer to the questions
B
Ask the answer to the questions from the teachers
C
Tell the answer yourself
D
Find out the answer from your superior colleagues
Question 29Single Answer
How should a student, who does not, respond to all the efforts for improvement, be treated?
A
He should be rusticated from the school
B
Psychologists and social work experts should be consulted
C
Arrangement should be made for his special education
D
His activities should be overlooked
Question 30Single Answer
How will you develop the quality of discipline among the students?
A
By offering them responsibilities
B
By getting knowledge about rules of conduct
C
By banishing them
D
By getting the rules obeyed
Question 31Single Answer
How will you, as a teacher, win the heart of your students?
A
By doing hard work
B
By maintaining strict discipline
C
By acquiring mastery in your subject
D
Pay need to the personal problems of the students
Question 32Single Answer
If a student comes late to the class, the teacher should
A
turn him out
B
punish him severely and report the matter to the head
C
mark him absent for a number of days
D
treat him with sympathy and understanding
Question 33Single Answer
A teacher should behave with all the students
A
as a friend
B
equally
C
personally
D
in a selfless manner
Question 34Single Answer
For finding correct answers from the students, what method will you apply as a teacher?
A
Punish the students
B
Ask them to write on the black-board
C
Use audio-visual aids
D
Shall use text book reading method
Question 35Single Answer
The students learn best by
A
listening
B
reading
C
doing
D
seeing
Question 36Single Answer
If any student has any family problems, you will
A
not pay any attention to it
B
listen to his problem and will try to extend to him moral support
C
tell all about his problem
D
advise him to keep his problem upto his house only
Question 37Single Answer
In case you are an author, then you
A
will contact a publisher
B
will contact subject teachers
C
will stick to your own ways of working
D
will study good text of your subject
Question 38Single Answer
If a student gets injured in the school, what will you do?
A
You will not pay attention to him
B
You will send him home
C
You will give him first aid and if needed will send to a doctor
D
You will inform the Principal
Question 39Single Answer
Should a student be allowed to ask questions in the class?
A
Surely
B
Never
C
Sometimes
D
When the teacher likes
Question 40Single Answer
'Man is a social animals’. Do you agree with this statement?
A
Absolutely right
B
A little
C
Absolutely wrong
D
May be possible
Question 41Single Answer
In your class you have few students of criminal nature. How will you maintain your relations?
A
Very cordial
B
Normal
C
Neutral
D
Zealous
Question 42Single Answer
Feeling of cooperation can be developed in the students through
A
lecture on cooperation
B
group work
C
showing pictures on cooperation
D
constructive works
Question 43Single Answer
In a teacher’s association meeting
A
you will not go
B
you will always go
C
you will keep quiet
D
you will put in your own views
Question 44Single Answer
Fight between parents leads to insecurity of child home. Is it so?
A
Always
B
Mainly
C
No
D
Could be
Question 45Single Answer
Which quality of a teacher is helpful in overall growth of a student?
A
Should have the quality of a merciful mother
B
Should have the quality of a neuro-surgeon
C
Strict like a police officer
D
Should have quality of a medicine manufacturer
Question 46Single Answer
If few people are beating your colleague and you also do not share a healthy relation with him, what will you do in such circumstance?
A
Will not look into that direction
B
Will feel happy seeing him beaten from a distance
C
Will stop the fight
D
With help of others make the unsocial people run for safety
Question 47Single Answer
If your student invites you in a function in his family what will you do?
A
You will positively attend
B
You will find out if he has invited other colleagues of yours
C
You don’t feel good in going to your student’s house, hence you will not go
D
You will find out the magnitude of the ceremony and will then go to attend
Question 48Single Answer
In your friend is also a co-teacher in your school, how will you behave with him?
A
Favouring
B
Neutral
C
Don’t know
D
Good
Question 49Single Answer
In the overall growth of a student, who plays an important role?
A
Teacher
B
Guardian
C
School manger
D
Principal
Question 50Single Answer
One student gives you gifts time-to-time, how will you react to this situation?
A
You feel obliged and meet his guardians
B
In exams you will give him good marks
C
You will make him understand not to do this
D
You will do nothing
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Question 51Single Answer
Identify the work below that does not belong to the literature of the eighteenth century :
A
Advancement of Learning
B
Gulliver's Travels
C
The Spectator
D
An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
Question 52Single Answer
Which, among the following is a place through which John Bunyan 's Christian does not pass?
A
The Slough of Despond
B
Mount Helicon
C
The Valley of Humiliation
D
Vanity Fair
Question 53Single Answer
The period of Queen Victoria 's reign is :
A
1830 - 1900
B
1837 - 1901
C
1830 - 1901
D
1837 - 1900
Question 54Single Answer
Which of the following statements about The Lyrica Ballads is not true?
A
It carried only one ballad proper, which was Coleridge 's The Time of the Ancient Mariner.
B
It also carried pastoral and other poems.
C
It carried a " Preface " which Wordsworth added in 1800 .
D
It also printed from Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
Question 55Single Answer
One of the following texts was published earlier than 1995 . Identify the text.
A
William Golding, The Inheritors
B
Philip Larkin ,The Less Deceived
C
William Empson, Collected Poems
D
Samuel Becket, Waiting for Godot
Question 56Single Answer
Who among the poets in England during the 1930s had left -- leaning tendencies?
A
T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Richard Aldington
B
Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Brooke
C
W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice , Cecil Day Lewis
D
J. Fleckner, W. H. Davies, Edward Marsh
Question 57Single Answer
Match the following :
I. The Sage of Concord 1. Emily Dickinson
II. The Num of Amherst 2. R. W. Emerson
III. Mark Twain 3. T. S. Eliot
IV. Old Possum 4. Samuel L. Clemens
A
I. II. III. IV
2. 1. 4. 3
B
1. 2. 3. 4
C
4. 3. 2. 1
D
3. 4. 1. 2
Question 58Single Answer
Name the theorist who divided poets into " strong " and " weak " and popularized the practice of misreading :
A
Alan Bloom
B
Harold Bloom
C
Geoffrey Hartman
D
Stanley Fish
Question 59Single Answer
In The Rape of the Lock Pope repeatedly compares Belinda to
A
the sun
B
the moon
C
the north star
D
the rose
Question 60Single Answer
Which of the following awards is not given to Indian - English writers?
A
The Booker Prize
B
The Sahitya Akademi Award
C
The Gyanpeeth
D
Whitbread Prize
Question 61Single Answer
Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy contains :
A
Six volumes
B
Nine Volumes
C
Ten Volumes
D
Four volumes
Question 62Single Answer
Which of the following statements is NOT true of Areopagitica ?
A
It was published in 1644
B
It argues for the liberty of Unlicensed Printing
C
It pleads for British privileges regarding Free Trade
D
It is a speech addressed to the Parliament of England
Question 63Single Answer
Thomas Hardy's last major novel was........... .
A
Tess of the D'urbervilles
B
Jude the Obscure
C
The Return of the Native
D
The Trumpet Major
Question 64Single Answer
The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd to the Story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse is a satire on :
A
Alexander Pope
B
Jonathan Swift
C
John Dryden
D
Samuel Butler
Question 65Single Answer
Match the columns :
Terms Theorists
I. Apollonian - Dionysian 1. Matthew Arnold
II. Fancy - Imagination 2. Friedrich Nietzsche
III. Hellenism - Hebraism 3. G. H. Hopkins
IV. Inscape - Instress 4. S. T. Coleridge
A
I. II. III. IV
2. 4. 1. 3
B
2. 4. 3. 1
C
1. 4. 2. 3
D
4. 2. 1. 3
Question 66Single Answer
In King Lear, who among the following speaker in the voice of Poor Tom?
A
Kent
B
Edgar
C
Edmund
D
Gloucester
Question 67Single Answer
In Wordsworth 's Prelude, the Boy o Winander is affected by :
A
Blindness
B
Deafness
C
Muteness
D
Lameness
Question 68Single Answer
Which of the following is NOT mentioned a as part of the London local in The Waste Land?
A
St. Magnus Martyr
B
King Arthur Street
C
St. Mary Woolnoth
D
Lower Thames Street
Question 69Single Answer
Which of the following novels is NOT written by Jean Rhys?
A
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie
B
Good Morning, Midnight
C
The Quiet American
D
Wide Sargasso Sea
Question 70Single Answer
The first official royal Poet Laureate in English literary history was...........
A
Ben Johnson
B
William Davenant
C
John Dryden
D
Thomas Shadwell
Question 71Single Answer
Who among the following advanced the theory that the mind is a tabula rasa at birth and acquires all ideas by experience?
A
John Locke
B
John Wesley
C
Isaac Watts
D
Denis Diderot
Question 72Single Answer
Which of the following authors wrote Studie in the History of the Renaissance?
A
Walter pater
B
Oscar Wilde
C
Thomas Carlyle
D
John Ruskin
Question 73Single Answer
Whom does Harriet Smith finally marry in one of Jane Austen's novels?
A
Knightley
B
Darcy
C
Collins
D
Mr. Martin
Question 74Single Answer
A poet once referred to an old man as " A tattered coat upon a stick ". That is an example of...................... .
A
Metonymy
B
Sarcasm
C
Simile
D
Metaphor
Question 75Single Answer
Which of these is not a pastoral elegy ?
A
Lycidas
B
In Memoriam
C
Thyrsis
D
Adonais
Question 76Single Answer
In Beckett's Waiting for Goddot the characters often use dislocated, repetitious and cliched speech primarily to :
A
Illustrate the essentially illogical, purpose - less nature of the human condition
B
re-create the workings of the sub- conscious
C
mock the exaggerated dignity and wisdom of modern, self - professed intellectuals
D
reinforce the comic action of farcical plots
Question 77Single Answer
Which of the following sixteenth - century poets was NOT a courtier?
A
George Puttenham
B
Philip Sidney
C
Walter Raleigh
D
Thomas Wyatt
Question 78Single Answer
Patrick White published two novels in the 1950s giving the eras of pioneering and exploration in Australian history an epic,
ironic and psychological dimension. The novels are :
(a) A Fringe of Leaves
(b) The Tree of Man
(c) Voss
(d) The Aunt's Story
The right combination according to the code is :
A
(a) and (b)
B
(b) and (c)
C
(c) and. (a)
D
(c) and (d)
Question 79Single Answer
In which of the following works did Bakhtin Propose his widely cited concept of the ' Carnivalesque '?
A
" Discourse in the novel "
B
Dialogic Imagination
C
Rabelais and his world
D
" Forms of Time and of the Chronotope in the Novel "
Question 80Single Answer
Match the columns :
( Author) (Text)
a. Sebastian Faulks 1. Amsterdam
b. Peter Ackroyd 2. Changing Places
c. Ian McEwan 3. Hawksmoor
d. David Lodge 4. Birdsong
A
Codes :
a. b. c. d
1. 2. 3. 4
B
2. 3. 1. 4
C
4. 3. 1. 2
D
3. 4. 2. 1
Question 81Single Answer
Identify from the following the work Nirad C. Chaudhuri Called "The finest novel in the English language with an Indian theme" .
A
Kim
B
A Passage to India
C
Train to Pakistan
D
Private Life of an Indian Prince.
Question 82Single Answer
Who is the author of the poem "The Defence of Lucknow" dealing with the siege of Lucknow, one of the terrible incidents of the Indian Mutiny ?
A
Rudyary Kipling
B
Edward Lear
C
Alfred Lord Tennyson
D
Rebert Browning
Question 83Single Answer
Who among the following theorists holds that metaphor and metonymy are the two fundamental structures of language ?
A
Ferdinand de Saussure
B
J. L. Austin
C
Roman Jakobson
D
Victor Shkolvsky
Question 84Single Answer
From among the following, who are the Dashwood sisters in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ?
(I) Elinor (II) Marianne
(III) Mary (IV) Amanda
The right combination according to the code is :
A
I and III
B
I and II
C
II and III
D
III and IV
Question 85Single Answer
Which among the following texts can be characterised as a lesbian Bildungsroman ?
A
Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop
B
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
C
Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
D
Ruth Pawar Jhabvala, Heat and Dust.
Question 86Single Answer
Identify the correct chronological sequence of piblication.
A
Paradise Lost - The Advancement of Learning - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - MacFlecknoe
B
The Advancement of Learning - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - MacFlecknoe - Paradise Lost
C
The Advancement of Learning - Paradise Lost - MocFlecknoe - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
D
Paradise Lost - MacFlecknoe - The Advancement of Learning - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
Question 87Single Answer
Poe's "The Raven" mourns the death of Poe's :
A
lost Lenore
B
lost Abigail
C
pet animal
D
lost heritage.
Question 88Single Answer
In Shakespeare's Macbeth who was "untimely ripped" from his mother's womb ?
A
Macbeth
B
Macduff
C
Duncan
D
Malcolm
Question 89Single Answer
Alexander Pope revised The Rape of the Lock three times. In the final revision of the poem in 1717 he inserted a speech by :
A
Belinda
B
Clarissa
C
Betty
D
Thalestris
Question 90Single Answer
Identify, from the following list, two plays written by John Webster.
I. A Woman Killed with Kindness II. The Revenger's Tragedy
III. The White Devil IV. The Ducchess of Malfi
The right combination according to the code is :
A
I & IV
B
II & IV
C
III & IV
D
I & III.
Question 91Single Answer
Which British University figures in William Wordsworth 's Prelude ?
A
Durham
B
Glasgow
C
Cambridge
D
Oxford
Question 92Single Answer
Who is the author of A Woman Killed with Kindness ?
A
John Marston
B
Thomas Middleton
C
John Fletcher
D
Thomas Heywood
Question 93Single Answer
In William Congreve's The Way of the World identify the speaker of the line :"One's cruelty is one's power, and when one parts with one's cruelty, one parts with one's power".
A
Mirabell
B
Witwoud
C
Millamant
D
Mincing
Question 94Single Answer
T. S. Eliot found spiritual support in
A
Christianity
B
Hinduism
C
Buddhism
D
Judaism
Question 95Single Answer
By what name is Gulliver know in Brobdingag?
A
Grildrig
B
Glumdalclitch
C
Splacknuck
D
Mannikin
Question 96Single Answer
Who among the following was born in India?
A
Paul Scott
B
Lawrence Durrell
C
E. M. Forster
D
V. S. Naipaul
Question 97Single Answer
What metaphor does Edmund Spenser employ (Faerie Queene Book 1 Can to 12) to frame his tale and to describe the relationship
between the tale and its readers?
A
(1) That of a caravan of lost souls, traversing a desert.
B
That of a stagecoach, which picks up diverse passengers along the way.
C
That of a ship filled with jolly mariners.
D
That of a riderless horse, following his Own direction.
Question 98Single Answer
Who among the following is not associated with Russian formalism?
A
Roman Jaskoson
B
Georges Poulet
C
Boris Eichenbaum
D
Victor shklovsky
Question 99Single Answer
Which character in Dickens keeps on hoping that "something will turn up"?
A
Barkis
B
Micawber
C
Uriah Heep
D
Miss Havisham
Question 100Single Answer
What is the name of the boat that tescues Ishmael in Herman Melville's Moby Dick?
A
Pequod
B
Rachel
C
Hagar
D
Sphinx
Question 101Single Answer
To refer to the unresolvable difficulties a text may open up, Derrida makes use of the term.
A
aporia
B
difference
C
erasure
D
supplement
Question 102Single Answer
Who, among the following English play wrights, scripted the film Shakespeare in Love ?
A
Harold Pinter
B
Alan Bennett
C
Caryl Churchill
D
Tom Stoppard
Question 103Single Answer
Arrange the following in the chronological order.
1. Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women.
2. Lyrical Ballads
3. French Revolution
4. Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
A
4 , 3, 1, 2
B
3, 2, 1, 4
C
1, 2, 4. 3
D
2, 1, 3, 4
Question 104Single Answer
Which of the following employs a narrative structure in which the main action is relayed at second hand through an enclosing frame story?
A
Sons and Lovers
B
Ulysses
C
The Power and the Glory
D
Heart of Darkness
Question 105Single Answer
The Irish Dramatic Movement was heralded by such figures as
A
W. B. Yeats, Lady George and Edward Martyn
B
Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries
C
H. Drummond, Edward Irving and John Ervine
D
Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries
Question 106Single Answer
Which poem by Chaucer was written on the death of Blanche, Wife of John of Gaunt?
A
Troilus and Criseyde
B
The House of Fame
C
The Book of Duchess
D
The Legend of Good Women
Question 107Single Answer
The Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex is the other title of
A
Gorboduc
B
Ralph Roister Doister
C
Damon and Pythias
D
Lamentable Tragedy
Question 108Single Answer
Who of the following poets is Australian?
A
Austin Clarke
B
Judith Wright
C
Edwin Muir
D
Derek Walcott
Question 109Single Answer
"He found it ( English) brick and left it marble ", remarked one great writer on another. Who were they?
A
Milton on Shakespeare
B
Dryden on Milton
C
Johnson on Dryden
D
Jonson on Shakespeare
Question 110Single Answer
List -- I List -- II
I. "Because I could not stop for death....." 1. Robert Frost
II. "O Captain ! My Captain !" 2. William Carlos Williams
III. " Two roads diverged in a wood.........." 3. Emily Dickinson
IV."So much depends / upon " 4. Walt Whitman
The correctly matched series would be :
A
I. II III. IV
4. 3. 2. 1
B
1. 2. 3. 4
C
2. 1. 4. 3
D
3. 4. 1. 2
Question 111Single Answer
In Pinter's Birthday Party, Stanley is given a birthday present. What is it ?
A
A toy
B
A piano
C
A drum
D
A violin
Question 112Single Answer
How does Lord Jim end ?
A
Jim is shot through the chest by Doramin
B
Jim kills himself with a last unflinching glance.
C
Jim Andrews " the call of exalted egoism " and betrays Jewel.
D
Jim surrenders himself to Doramin.
Question 113Single Answer
"Where I lacked a political purpose, I wrote lifeless books," To which of the following authors can we attribute the above admission?
A
Graham Greene
B
George Orwell
C
Charles Morgan
D
Evelyn Waugh
Question 114Single Answer
Modernism has been described as being concerned with "Disenchantment of our culture with culture itself ". Who is the critic?
A
Stephen Spender
B
Malcolm Bradbury
C
Lionel Trilling
D
Joseph Frank
Question 115Single Answer
"Only that film, which fluttered on the grate, Still flutters there, the sole unquiet thing." The above lines are quoted from
A
"Tintern Abbey Revisited "
B
" Michael"
C
"Frost at Midnight"
D
"This Lime - Tree Bower, My prison"
Question 116Single Answer
Which one of the following modern poems employs ottava rima?
A
" Among School Children "
B
" In Praise of Limestone"
C
" The Wild Swans at Coole"
D
" The Shield of Achilles "
Question 117Single Answer
John Dryden in his heroic tragedy All for Love takes the story of Shakespeare 's
A
Troilus and Cressida
B
The Merchant of Venice
C
Anyony and Cleopatra
D
Measure for measure
Question 118Single Answer
Arrange the following works in the order in which they appear. Identify the correct code :
I. No Longer at Ease
II. Things Fall apart
III. A Man of the People
IV. Arrow of God
The correct combination according to the code is :
A
Codes :
III, IV, II. I
B
IV, III, I, II
C
II, I, IV, III
D
I, II, III, IV
Question 119Single Answer
Samuel Pepys kept his diary from
A
1660 to 1669
B
1649 to 1660
C
1662 to 1689
D
1660 to 1689
Question 120Single Answer
In the Defence of Poetry, what did Sydney attribute to poetry?
A
A magical power whereby poetry plays tricks on the reader.
B
A divine power whereby poetry transmits a message from God to the reader.
C
A moral power whereby poetry encourages the reader to evaluate virtuous models.
D
A realistic power that cannot be made to seem like mere illusion and trickery.
Question 121Single Answer
The just man justices. What kind of foregrounding do you find in the above lines ?
A
Syntactic
B
Semantic
C
Collocation
D
None of the above
Question 122Single Answer
Match the items in List - I with items in List - II according to the code given :
List - I List - II
(a) Lambic 1. An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
(b) Anapaestic 2. A stressed is followed by two unstressed syllables.
(c) Dactylic 3. An unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
(d) Trochaic 4. A stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.
A
Codes :
a. b. c. d
2. 1. 3. 4
B
3. 2. 1. 4
C
4. 1. 2. 3
D
3. 1. 2. 4
Question 123Single Answer
The separation of styles in accordance with class in medieval works of literature and art.
A
Ben Jonson
B
Shakespeare
C
Philip Sidney
D
Edmund Spenser
Question 124Single Answer
"Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime." This statement is an example of
A
Irony
B
Paradox
C
Hyperbole
D
Euphemism
Question 125Single Answer
A Spencerian stanza has
A
four iambic pentameters
B
six iambic pentameters
C
eight iambic pentameters
D
ten iambic pentameters
Question 126Single Answer
Match the items in List - I with items in List - II according to the code given below :
List - I List - II
( Critic) (Theory)
(a) Cleanth Brooks 1. Ambiguity
(b) William Empson 2. Paradox
(c) Mark Schorer 3. Archetypal patters in poetry
(d) Maud Bodkin 4. Techniques discovery
A
Codes :
a. b. c. d
2. 1. 4. 3
B
3. 2. 1. 4
C
1. 2. 3. 4
D
2. 3. 4. 1
Question 127Single Answer
"The artist may be present in his work like God in creation, invisible and almighty, everywhere felt but nowhere seen. " Henry James is talking here about the artist's
A
imperdonality
B
absence
C
presence
D
creativity
Question 128Single Answer
Match the items in List - I with items in List - II according to the code given below :
List - I List - II
( Theorist) (Book)
(a) Michel Foucault 1. Gender Trouble
(b) Judith Butler 2. Epistemology of the Closet
(c) Alan Sinfied 3. History of Sexuality
(d) Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 4. Cultural Politics- Queer Reading
Which is the correct combination according to the code :
A
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3. 1. 2. 4
B
3. 1. 4. 2
C
4. 2. 1. 3
D
4. 3. 1. 2
Question 129Single Answer
" The greatness of a poet ", Arnold says, " lies in his powerful and beautiful application of ideas to life ", But a critic pointed out it was
" not a happy way of putting it, as if ideas were a lotion for the inflamed skin of suffering humanity ".Who was this critic?
A
T. S. Eliot
B
F. R. Leavis
C
David Lodge
D
Allen Tate
Question 130Single Answer
Derrida 's American disciples were
A
Geoffrey Hartman, Paul de Man, J. Hills Miller
B
Gertrude Stein, Barbara Johnson, Michael Ryan
C
Barbara Johnson, Michael Ryan, Mary Ellman
D
Jean Baudrillard, Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari
Question 131Single Answer
Mathew Arnold's "touchstones" were "short passages, even single lines" of classic poetry beside which the lines of other poets may be placed in order to detect the presence or absence of high poetic quality. In his "Study of Poetry " Arnold cited "touchstones" from poets as Homer and Dante and also from the English poets, Shakespeare and Milton. Which English poet did he disapprovingly call "not one of the great classics" in the list below?
A
Chaucer
B
Sidney
C
Spenser
D
Donne
Question 132Single Answer
Samuel Pepys began his diary on................
A
New Year's Day 1660
B
All Saints' Day 1662
C
Thanksgiving Day 1665
D
New Year's Day 1667
Question 133Single Answer
On which of the following authors has Peter Ackroyd not written a biography ?
A
Charles Dickens
B
William Blake
C
T. S. Eliot
D
W. B. Yeats
Question 134Single Answer
Which group of the following poets was called the Auden Group because they developed a style and viewpoint similar to that of W. H. Auden?
A
Louis MacNeice, C. D. Lewis Stephen Spender
B
John Masefield, Edwin Muir, Norman McCaig
C
MacDiarmid, G. M. Hopkins, Edwin Muir
D
W. H. Davies, Robert Bridges, John Masefield
Question 135Single Answer
When one line of poetry runs into the next, with no punctuation to slow the reading, it is a case of........................... .
A
Caesura
B
Consonance
C
enjambment
D
hyperbole
Question 136Single Answer
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic to the Victorian Age?
A
The rise of a highly competitive industrial technology
B
An emphasis on strictly controlled social behaviour
C
A romantic focus on home and family
D
The growth of rural traditions and movement from large cities
Question 137Single Answer
In The Heart of Midlothian, Walter Scott deals with real political and but notable among his characters is the depiction of.................... ...
A
Queen Anne
B
Queen Victoria
C
Queen Caroline
D
Queen Elizabeth
Question 138Single Answer
Chaucer's first work, The Book of the Duchess is a dream poem on the death of.................
A
Duchess of Malfi
B
Duchess of Lancaster
C
Duchess of Scotland
D
Duchess of Paris
Question 139Single Answer
What was Charles Lamb's connection with India?
A
He was fascinated by the Indian jugglers and trades - people in London and wrote an essay on them
B
He was fascinated by Eastern mystical religions, especially Buddhism
C
He was a clerk for thirty three years in the East India Company
D
He was clerk in South Sea House that prepared parents and British trading companies in India
Question 140Single Answer
Find the odd one among the Marxist critics below :
A
George Lukacs
B
Louis Althusser
C
Raymond Williams
D
Northrop Frye
Question 141Single 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 142Single 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 143Single 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 144Single 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 145Single 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 146Single 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 147Single 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 148Single 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 149Single 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 150Single Answer
Usage in "You have hissed the mystery lectures" is an example of :