Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
He was in the temper
B
and refused
C
discuss the matter again
D
No error
Question 2Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
A flower makes no garland
B
so we must do a thing together
C
in a unit for a good result
D
No error
Question 3Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
My friend is a software engineer
B
and his wife is doctor
C
so they don’t have enough time for each other
D
No error
Question 4Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
I don’t have much time that
B
I hear you in detail with verbosity
C
tell everything in nutshell
D
No error
Question 5Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
The atmosphere is changing
B
so I have severe pain in my body
C
if you have any painkiller, please give it to me
D
No error
Question 6Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
No one is without fault
B
because no one is God
C
and only God is fault free
D
No error
Question 7Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
Your
B
clock is
C
one hour fast
D
No error
Question 8Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
The lose of jobs
B
is regarded by some as an necessary evil
C
in the fight against infliation
D
No error
Question 9Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
In science, the credit goes to a man
B
who convinces the world
C
not to the man to whom the idea first occurs
D
No error
Question 10Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
It is only after
B
the match is over
C
that people realize how exciting it is
D
No error
Question 11Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
Off the two
B
sisters, she
C
is better
D
No error
Question 12Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
A interesting book
B
‘A Tale of two cities’
C
was written by Alexander Dumas
D
No error
Question 13Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
I shall never
B
forget a good
C
deed you did to me, when I was in crisis
D
No error
Question 14Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
Wisdom of Vikramaditya
B
solved many riddles
C
that people brought to him for solution
D
No error
Question 15Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
News you broke to his wife
B
made her nervous
C
and she broke down
D
No error
Question 16Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
I have a work
B
to do and
C
so I will reach late
D
No error
Question 17Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
I saw portion
B
of the manuscript
C
on birds
D
No error
Question 18Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
Talent without experience is waste
B
so one must attain some practical knowledge and
C
it is only practical knowledge through which one can be an expert
D
No error
Question 19Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
The Geeta, the Bible and the Quran all show us
B
the true path of humanity
C
Ramayana also can be included in this group
D
No error
Question 20Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
Gandhiji was born on 2nd October 1869
B
He devoted two thirds of his life
C
for Indian freedom movement
D
No error
Question 21Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
The students who want to speak in English
B
must read Hindu newspaper
C
in their initial stage
D
No error
Question 22Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
Garib rath is a facility by railway ministry
B
for the poor to enjoy express train and facilities
C
but is mostly utilized by the upper class
D
No error
Question 23Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
It is
B
a quarter to ten
C
by my watch
D
No error
Question 24Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
Mr. Thakur lived
B
in the three-hundred year
C
old house
D
in Patna
Question 25Single Answer
Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The sentences are In three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b), (c) and (d). In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No error’ response.
A
The uncle of mine who is farmer
B
gave me a piece of useful advice
C
when I went to see him three weeks ago
D
No error
Question 26Single Answer
Passage :
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
To sleep with the fishes
A
Always be in a dream world
B
To make absurd excuses
C
To sleep peacefully
D
To be dead
Question 27Single Answer
Passage :
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
To free someone or something form a constraint or difficulty.
A
To exterminate
B
To expurgate
C
To intricate
D
To extricate
Question 28Single Answer
Passage :
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Liquids forming a homogeneous mixture when added together
A
Irascible
B
Crucible
C
Miscible
D
Risible
Question 29Single Answer
Passage :
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Shooting fish in a barrel
A
To do random acts of stupidity
B
To behave in a cruel manner
C
Ridiculously easy
D
To escape through a narrow opening
Question 30Single Answer
Passage :
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
What does the phrase ‘knew no bounds’ mean ?
A
was bounded by
B
was limitless
C
was limited
D
was bound to
Question 31Single Answer
Passage :
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
“There are more cyclists than pedestrians on the streets of Amsterdam”.
Choose the sentence which means the same as the above statement.
A
Pedestrians outnumber cyclists on the streets of Amsterdam
B
Cyclists are not as many is number as pedestrians
C
Walking is not as common as cycling is on the streets of Amsterdam
D
Cycling is not as common as walking is on the streets of Amsterdam
Question 32Single Answer
Passage :
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Use the appropriate idiom to complete the expression. You may go home early if you are
A
Feeling a bit under the weather
B
Hitting the nail on the head
C
Sitting on the fence
D
Adding insult to the injury
Question 33Single Answer
Passage :
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
To bend over backwards
A
To accommodate every unreasonable request usually without getting anything back
B
Stepping away from an unpleasant situation
C
To make every effort to achieve something, especially to be fair or helpful
D
Submitting oneself completely to a higher authority
Question 34Single Answer
Passage :
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
To declare invalid an official agreement, decision, or result.
A
To annul
B
To negate
C
To efface
D
To undo
Question 35Single Answer
Passage :
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.
A
Pious
B
Reverent
C
Humble
D
Devout
Question 36Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
The teacher was taken aback by the student’s remark.
A
Annoyed
B
Surprised
C
Hurt
D
Pleased
Question 37Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
The lawyer insisted on having the contract in black and white.
A
In writing
B
Orally
C
Figuratively
D
Obliquely
Question 38Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Our parents allowed us to watch films once in a blue moon.
A
Everywhere
B
Rarely
C
Secretly
D
Forever
Question 39Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Hold your tongue, my lad ! I’ll deal with you later.
A
Stick out the tongue
B
Be silent
C
Cool the tongue
D
Gargle
Question 40Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
If you read his letter between the lines, you will find that he has no faith in his colleague’s honesty.
A
Strain your eyes
B
Read in secret
C
Find out the inner meaning
D
Read an untidy letter
Question 41Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
In this question idioms is followed by alternative meanings of which one is correct. Choose the correct option.
A
A person unsuited to the position he fills
B
A scheme that never works
C
An impossible task
D
A Herculean task
Question 42Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Why do you fight shy of me ?
A
Fight with
B
Avoid
C
Embarrass
D
Shout at
Question 43Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
When he asked me the way to the cafeteria, I told him to follow the nose.
A
To find it by himself
B
To ask someone else
C
To follow me
D
To go Straight ahead
Question 44Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
You cannot throw dust into my eyes.
A
Terrify me
B
Cheat me
C
Hurt me
D
Abuse me
Question 45Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Many would be leaders have feet to clay.
A
Elephantiasis
B
Nimble feet
C
Are flawed personalities
D
Run the business of clay modeling
Question 46Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
This incident calls for immediate intervention, but the authority seems to be dragging its feet.
A
Tardy to reluctant to act
B
Issuing a show-cause notice
C
Deliberating stern action
D
Contemplating a trial
Question 47Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
The players stormed out of the stadium after a hot-headed game.
A
Went out breaking things on their way
B
Crept out through a different exit
C
Went out meekly
D
Went out showing their anger
Question 48Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
The trial made a mockey of justice.
A
People mocked at the judgement
B
It was a mock trial
C
There was no serious outcome
D
Made the system look ridiculous
Question 49Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
His recent statement is an about turn.
A
A good announcement
B
A declaration of war
C
Complete change of opinion
D
A bold statement
Question 50Single Answer
Passage :
Four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentences. Choose the alternative, which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
When he left he was extremely disappointed. I think he’s gone for good.
A
To seek good fortune
B
To a good place
C
To a foreign country
D
Permanently
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Question 51Single 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 52Single 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 53Single 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 54Single 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 55Single 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 56Single 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 57Single 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 58Single 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 59Single 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 60Single 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 61Single Answer
Who is the creator of the character, Julien Sorel ?
A
Balzac
B
Flaubert
C
Moliere
D
Stendhal
Question 62Single 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 63Single 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 64Single 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 65Single 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 66Single 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 67Single Answer
Which of these countries does Montaigne's essay, "Of Cannibals, “focus on primarily ?
A
Borneo
B
Brazil
C
India
D
Japan
Question 68Single Answer
The set of inflected forms taken by a single word is :
A
lexeme
B
morpheme
C
phoneme
D
sememe
Question 69Single 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 70Single 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 71Single 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 72Single 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 73Single 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 74Single 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 75Single 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 76Single 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 77Single 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 78Single Answer
Words with the same pronunciation and different meanings are :
A
homonyms
B
homografts
C
homologues
D
homophones
Question 79Single 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 80Single 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 81Single 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 82Single 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 83Single 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 84Single 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 85Single 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 86Single 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 87Single 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 88Single 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 89Single 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 90Single 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 91Single 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 92Single 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 93Single Answer
Who is the author of Radiant Textually ?
A
Jerome McGann
B
Gerald Graff
C
James Thorpe
D
Richard D. Altick
Question 94Single 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 95Single 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 96Single 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 97Single 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 98Single 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 99Single Answer
Who wrote the short story, "The Voter" ?
A
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
B
Chinua Achebe
C
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
D
Wole Soyinka
Question 100Single 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 101Single Answer
In his recasting the canon of English poetry in New Bearings in English Poetry which of the following pairs was downgraded by F.R. Leavis ?
A
Browning and Arnold
B
Milton and Shelley
C
Pound and Hopkins
D
Tennyson and Swinburne
Question 102Single Answer
Which of the following fictional characters is believed to be based on the 15th-century reallife character, Vlad the Impaler ?
A
Count Dracula
B
Peter Quint
C
Prince Manfred
D
Victor Frankenstein
Question 103Single Answer
Arrange in the right sequence the following stages of a child's first language acquisition :
(a) holophrastic
(b) babbling
(c) telegraphic speech
(d) cooing
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (c), (d), (b)
B
(b), (a), (d), (c)
C
(c), (b), (a), (d)
D
(d), (b), (a), (c)
Question 104Single Answer
Which of the following is a dead language ?
A
Cantonese
B
Frisian
C
Gothic
D
Yiddish
Question 105Single Answer
Which book by J.G. Ballard is about a virus that freezes anything it comes in contact with ?
A
Concrete Island
B
Kingdom Come
C
The Crystal World
D
The Drowned World
Question 106Single Answer
Who among the following posits the tradition of great writers as an inescapable fact, and takes the ambivalent position of considering it as both a blessing and a curse ?
A
Allen Tate
B
F.R. Leavis
C
Harold Bloom
D
T.S. Eliot
Question 107Single Answer
Who among the following was of the view that poetry was only an imitation of an imitation and therefore trivial ?
A
Aristotle
B
Phaedo
C
Plato
D
Xenocrates
Question 108Single Answer
Who is the author of "The Typology of Detective Fiction" ?
A
G.K. Chesterton
B
Tzvetan Todorov
C
Umberto Eco
D
Vladimir Propp
Question 109Single Answer
Which two are the works of Ted Hughes ?
(a) Wildtrack
(b) Wodwo
(c) Lupercal
(d) Jack Straw's Castle
Choose the correct given below: answer from the options :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (c) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 110Single Answer
Arrange the following poems by W. B. Yeats in the chronological order of publication .
(a) "The Wild Swans at Coole"
(b) "The Second Coming"
(c) "Among School Children"
(d) "Adam's Curse"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (c), (d), (b)
B
(c), (a), (b), (d)
C
(c), (a), (d), (b)
D
(d), (a), (b), (c)
Question 111Single Answer
Arrange chronologically the following texts in terms of their years of first publication :
(a) Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene
(b) Coleridge and Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads
(c) Pablo Neruda's Canto General
(d) Charles Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (b), (c), (d)
B
(a), (b), (d), (c)
C
(b), (c), (a), (d)
D
(d), (a), (b), (c)
Question 112Single Answer
Which of the following is true of mass media ?
A
It usually has a central, single source
B
It can affect a localised population only
C
It usually has multiple sources
D
Its audience is in close proximity to its source
Question 113Single Answer
Who wrote the essay "My First Acquaintance with Poets" ?
A
Charles Lamb
B
John Ruskin
C
Thomas De Quincey
D
William Hazlitt
Question 114Single Answer
Who, among these, are songwriters who have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature ?
(a) Elton John
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Bob Dylan
(d) Bob Marley
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 115Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II .
List-I List-II
(Author) (Text)
(a) Robert Browning I. Queen Mary
(b) S.T. Coleridge II. The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
(c) A.W. Pinero III. Remorse
(d) Alfred Tennyson IV. The Borderers
(e) William Wordsworth V. Strafford
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
II IV III V I
B
III V II I IV
C
IV II I V III
D
V III II I IV
Question 116Single Answer
Who wrote The Labyrinth of Solitude ?
A
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
B
Gabriela Mistral
C
Jorge Luis Borges
D
Octavio Paz
Question 117Single Answer
Arrange the following terms in the chronological order as these appeared in literary theory :
(a) phallogocentrism
(b) locutionary act
(c) interpellation
(d) interpretive community
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (d), (c), (b)
B
(b), (c), (a), (d)
C
(c), (b), (d), (a)
D
(d), (a), (b), (c)
Question 118Single Answer
Which of the following did Owuor Anyumba, Taban Lo Liyong and Ngugi wa Thiongo object to in 1968 ?
(a) the primacy of English literatures and cultures
(b) the centrality of Africa in the Department of English
(c) the primacy of orature in the syllabus
(d) the focus on the study of the historic continuity of English literature
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 119Single Answer
Which of the following abbreviations refers to a documentation style ?
A
ARIEL
B
MFS
C
MHRA
D
PMLA
Question 120Single Answer
Who among the following is associated with a 'philosophy of praxis' ?
A
Antonio Gramsci
B
Georg Lukacs
C
Raymond Williams
D
Stuart Hall
Question 121Single Answer
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Language is not a reliable tool of communication, says deconstruction, but argues in favors of a theory of sign as a self-sufficient union of signifier and signified
Statement II : Deconstruction claims that language is non-referential since it refers neither to the things in the world nor to our concepts of things but only to the play of signifiers
In 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 122Single Answer
Which of the following are true of the dramatic legacy of Ben Jonson ?
(a) Jonson's physiological interpretation of character and personality did not have any precedent
(b) Taking after the practice of the Moralities and Interludes, Jonson named his dramatis personae aptronymically
(c) Chapman's All Fools and Middleton's A Trick to Catch the Old One belong to the genre of Comedy of Humours that Jonson is said to have pioneered
(d) John Marston and Thomas Dekker collaborated with Jonson in writing for a children's company of players
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(b) and (c) only
C
(c) and (d) only
D
(d) and (a) only
Question 123Single Answer
Which two of the following are the earliest colonial publishing initiatives that apply to India ?
(a) Andrew Lang Colonial Book Series
(b) Murray Colonial and Home Library Series
(c) Colonial Library Series by Macmillan
(d) Colonial Library Series by Chatto & Windus
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (c) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 124Single Answer
Which of the following are novels by David Lodge ?
(a) The British Museum is Falling down
(b) The Seven Sisters
(c) Changing Places
(d) Nice Work
(e) Empire of the Sun
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (b) and (c) only
B
(a), (c) and (d) only
C
(b), (d) and (e) only
D
(c), (d) and (e) only
Question 125Single Answer
Which of the following are books by Noam Chomsky ?
(a) Syntactic Structures
(b) Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
(c) Language and Society
(d) Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
(e) The Pragmatics of Politeness
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (c) only
B
(b) and (d) only
C
(c) and (e) only
D
(d) and (a) only
Question 126Single Answer
Which two of the following conform to the documentation style prescribed by the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook ?
(a) Puig, Manuel, Kiss of the Spider Woman, translated by Thomas Colchie, Vintage Books, 1991
(b) Kincaid, Jamaica. "In History." Callao, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring 2001, pp. 620-26
(c) Nurnberg, Geoffrey, editor. The Future of the Book. U of California P, 1996
(d) Wellek, Rene. A History of Modern Criticism, 1750-1950, Yale UP, 1986
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (c) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 127Single Answer
Which of these departments did the Wood's Despatch of 1854 recommend setting up in the universities ?
(a) Arabic
(b) English
(c) French
(d) Law
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (b) and (d) only
B
(a), (b) and (c) only
C
(a), (c) and (d) only
D
(b), (c) and (d) only
Question 128Single Answer
Which character in Hamlet utters the line: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" ?
A
Bernardo
B
Ghost
C
Horatio
D
Marcellus
Question 129Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II .
List-I List-II
(Text) (Author)
(a) The Lie of the Land I. Alok Mukherjee
(b) Masks of Conquest II. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
(c) Rethinking English III. Gauri Viswanathan
(d) This Gift of English IV. Svati Joshi
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 130Single Answer
Match List-I with List - II :
List -I List -II
(Library/Institute) (Location)
(a) Connemara Public Library I. Kolkata
(b) Dhvanyaloka II. Chennai
(c) Bhandarkar Oriental Institute III. Mysore
(d) Asiatic Society IV. Pune
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 131Single Answer
Which two of the following essays form part of Mikhail Bakhtin's The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays ?
(a) "From the History of Novelistic Discourse"
(b) "Discourse in the Novel"
(c) "Romance and Novel"
(d) "Forms of Time and the Chronotope in the Novel"
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 132Single Answer
Which Shakespearean comedy is structured as a play within a play ?
A
A Midsummer Night's Dream
B
Love's Labour's Lost
C
The Comedy of Errors
D
The Taming of the Shrew
Question 133Single Answer
Which of these is identified by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattel art as having been deployed in Walt Disney comic books to propagate imperialist ideology ?
A
Deification
B
Impoverishment
C
Infantilisation
D
Personification
Question 134Single Answer
Which of the following narrative cycles is referred to in Michel Foucault's "What is an Author" ?
A
The Canterbury Tales
B
The Decameron
C
The Thousand and One Nights
D
Tuti Namah
Question 135Single Answer
Which two among the following condemned the transportation of 50000 slaves into England in 1771 ?
(a) Samuel Johnson
(b) Alexander Pope
(c) Horace Walpole
(d) Thomas Gray
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (c) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 136Single Answer
Arrange the following characters in the chronological order in which they appeared in Indian literature .
(a) Praneshacharya (Samsara)
(b) Sakuni (Mahabharata)
(c) Rusty (The Room on the Roof)
(d) Gobar (Godan)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (b), (c), (d)
B
(b), (a), (c), (d)
C
(b), (c), (d), (a)
D
(b), (d), (c), (a)
Question 137Single Answer
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : The opening and closing lines of Waiting for Godot are spoken by Estragon
Statement II : Towards the end of the play Waiting for Godot, Estragon echoes Pozzo's statement, "They give birth astride of a grave ..."
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
B
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
C
Statement I is false, but Statement II is true
D
Statement is true, but Statement II is false
Question 138Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II .
List-I List-II
(Plays) (Playwrights)
(a) Madmen and Specialists I. Dennis Scott
(b) The Sea at Dauphin II. Wole Soyinka
(c) The Trial of Dedan Kimathi III. Derek Walcott
(d) An Echo in the Bone IV. Ngugi wa Thiong's
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
II III I IV
B
II III IV I
C
III I IV II
D
III IV II I
Question 139Single Answer
Arrange the following terms in their chronological sequence of appearance :
(a) dissociation of sensibility
(b) unreliable narrator
(c) theatre of cruelty
(d) egotistical sublime
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(b), (d), (a), (c)
B
(d), (a), (b), (c)
C
(d), (a), (c), (b)
D
(d), (b), (a), (c)
Question 140Single Answer
Who is the author of The Otherness of English: India's Aunty Tongue Syndrome ?
A
Binoo K. John
B
Yamuna Kachru
C
Probal Dasgupta
D
S.K. Verma
Question 141Single Answer
The deductive method differs from the inductive method in drawing its conclusions from :
A
verification
B
particular instances
C
applications
D
general truths
Question 142Single Answer
Which one of the following journals publishes articles related to critical theory exclusively ?
A
Salmagundi
B
Diacritics
C
Callaloo
D
Grand Street
Question 143Single Answer
Which one of the following assumptions best expresses the position of Post-Structuralist criticism ?
A
Definite structures underlie empirical events
B
Language is representational
C
Apprehension of reality is a construct
D
Knowledge operates according to procedures that are axiomatic
Question 144Single Answer
Which one of the following is correct about Saussure's analysis of language ?
A
La langue is the system of a language
B
Parole focuses on language as a system at a particular time
C
La langue is the particular instance of speech and writing
D
Parole is the study of language over a period of time
Question 145Single Answer
Who among the following theorists particularly emphasized the social and historical dimensions of a text's reception ?
A
Wolfgang Iser
B
Stanley Fish
C
Hans Robert Jauss
D
Pierre Bourdieu
Question 146Single Answer
Which one among the following is a set of the Metaphysical Poets ?
A
John Dryden. George Herbert and Alexander Pope
B
Henry Vaughan, John Dryden and John Donne
C
John Donne, Henry Vaughan and Andrew Marvell
D
Samuel Johnson, T.S. Eliot and Herbert Grierson
Question 147Single Answer
Which one of the following statements is true about Aristotle's poetics ?
A
He asserted the value of poetry by integrating rhetoric and imitation (mimesis)
B
He asserted the value of poetry by focusing on both rhetoric and imitation (mimesis)
C
He asserted the value of poetry by giving preference to rhetoric over imitation (mimesis)
D
He asserted the value of poetry by focusing on imitation (mimesis) rather than rhetoric
Question 148Single Answer
Who said of the blank verse, quoting an unnamed critic, that it is ".....verse only to the eye", adding further that it has neither the easiness of prose, nor the melody of numbers" ?
A
John Dryden
B
Alexander Pope
C
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D
Samuel Johnson
Question 149Single Answer
Poetry according to Sir Philip Sidney is of three kinds. They are :
A
religious, dramatic, romantic
B
classical, romantic, neo-classical
C
philosophical, imaginative, narrative
D
religious, philosophical, imaginative
Question 150Single Answer
In Anxiety of Influence which of the following definitions is given by Harold Bloom to explain the term, 'clinamen' ?