Latest KVS PGT English Exam Question (Objective Questions), MCQ in English
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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
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 7Single 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 8Single 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 9Single 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 10Single 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
Hindi
Question 11Single Answer
शुद्ध वर्तनी का चयन कीजिए
A
अधम्र
B
अध्रम
C
अधर्म
D
अध्रिम
Question 12Single Answer
शुद्ध वर्तनी का चयन कीजिए
A
स्थायि
B
स्थायी
C
स्थाई
D
स्थाइ
Question 13Single Answer
वर्तनी की दृष्टि से सही शब्द है?
A
महत्व
B
महतव
C
महत्तव
D
महतत्व
Question 14Single Answer
निम्नलिखित में से शुद्ध छांटिए?
A
आयुष्मान
B
आयुश्मान
C
आयुशमान
D
आयुश्यमान
Question 15Single Answer
शुद्ध शब्द नहीं हैं?
A
कवियत्री
B
कौसल्या
C
एश्वर्य
D
श्रृंगार
Question 16Single Answer
Passage :
प्रश्न में दी गई इटैलिक अशुद्ध वर्तनी का शुद्ध रूप चयन कीजिए।
तुम्हारा यह कथन मात्र अतिश्योक्ती है।
A
अंतोश्योक्ती
B
अतीश्योक्टि
C
अतिश्योक्ति
D
अतिशयोक्ति
Question 17Single Answer
Passage :
प्रश्न में एक शब्द दिया गया है जिसका सन्धि-विच्छेद चार प्रकार से किया गया है। इनमें सें केवल एक ही विकल्प सही है। सही सन्धि-विच्छेद का चयन कीजिए -
बहिष्कार
A
बहि: + कार
B
बहिष + कर
C
बहि + अकार
D
बहि़ + सकार
Question 18Single Answer
Passage :
प्रश्न में एक शब्द दिया गया है जिसका सन्धि-विच्छेद चार प्रकार से किया गया है। इनमें सें केवल एक ही विकल्प सही है । सही सन्धि-विच्छेद का चयन कीजिए -
नाविक
A
नौ + इक
B
ना + इक
C
नो + इक
D
ना + विक
Question 19Single Answer
Passage :
प्रश्न में एक शब्द दिया गया है जिसका सन्धि-विच्छेद चार प्रकार से किया गया है। इनमें सें केवल एक ही विकल्प सही है । सही सन्धि-विच्छेद का चयन कीजिए -
दिगम्बर
A
दि + गम्बर
B
दिगम् + बर
C
दिक् + अम्बर
D
दिग + अम्बर
Question 20Single Answer
Passage :
प्रश्न में एक शब्द दिया गया है जिसका सन्धि-विच्छेद चार प्रकार से किया गया है। इनमें सें केवल एक ही विकल्प सही है । सही सन्धि-विच्छेद का चयन कीजिए -
निराशा
A
निरा + आशा
B
निर् + आशा
C
निर: + आशा
D
निर + आशा
General knowledge & Current Affairs
Question 21Single Answer
Yojna a weekly journal
A
Ministry of Finance
B
Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
C
Ministry of Rural Development
D
Planning Commission
Question 22Single 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 23Single 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 24Single Answer
In India rural incomes are generally lower than the urban incomes, which of the following reasons account for this
1. a large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agriculture
2. prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
3. Investments in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
A
1 and 3
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 2
D
1,2 and 3
Question 25Single Answer
Which of the following programmes aims at the promotion of savings among rural women
A
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
B
Indira Mahila Yojna
C
Jawahar Rozgar Yojna
D
Mahila Samridhi Yojna
Question 26Single Answer
World AIDS Day is observed annually on December 1 to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. Which theme was adopted for World AIDS Day 2025?
A
Ending the HIV Epidemic
B
Know Your Status
C
My Health, My Right
D
Zero Discrimination
Question 27Single Answer
India has been re-elected to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council for the 2025-26 biennium. In which category did India secure the highest votes?
A
Category B (Economic Influence)
B
Category A (Major Maritime States)
C
Category C (Geographical Representation)
D
Observer Category
Question 28Single Answer
The Samudrayaan project, India's first manned deep-sea mission, faced delays in 2025 due to issues with components from which country?
A
United States
B
Russia
C
France
D
Japan
Question 29Single Answer
According to the Lowy Institute's Asia Power Index 2025, India has risen to which position in Asia?
A
3rd
B
2nd
C
1st
D
4th
Question 30Single Answer
Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS) 4.0 is scheduled to begin on December 2, 2025. Which ministry is hosting this event to strengthen cultural ties between Tamil Nadu and Varanasi?
A
Ministry of Culture
B
Ministry of Education
C
Ministry of Tourism
D
Ministry of External Affairs
Reasoning Ability
Question 31Single 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 32Single 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 33Single Answer
Passage :
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z .
Which letter in this alphabet is the eighth letter to the right of the letter and which is tenth letter to the left of the last but one letter of the alphabet ?
A
X
B
W
C
I
D
H
Question 34Single Answer
Passage :
Direction : The following question is based on the five words given below:
AND FOR THE BIG SUM (The new words formed after performing the mentioned operations may or may not necessarily the meaningful English words.)
If the third alphabet of each of the words is changed to the next alphabet in the English alphabetical series, which of the following will form a meaningful English word?
A
SUM
B
BIG
C
Both BIG and THE
D
FOR
E
Both FOR and BIG
Question 35Single Answer
Passage :
Direction : The following question is based on the five words given below:
AND FOR THE BIG SUM (The new words formed after performing the mentioned operations may or may not necessarily the meaningful English words.)
If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from left to right, which of the following will be second from the right ?
A
AND
B
FOR
C
THE
D
BIG
E
SUM
Computer Literacy
Question 36Single Answer
Which Windows interface element typically appears to display information, a warning, an error message, or a request for confirmation?
A
Window
B
Pop-up menu
C
Message box
D
Taskbar
Question 37Single Answer
What is active desktop ?
A
a term that is synonymous with viewing your desktop as web page
B
a feature to customize your desktop to display informating you can update from the internet
C
both a and b above mentioned
D
A software
E
None of these
Question 38Single Answer
What is meant by an active window?
A
A window that is minimized
B
The window currently receiving user input
C
Any window currently open
D
The window opened first
Question 39Single Answer
What was America Online (AOL) primarily known for during the early popularization of consumer Internet access?
A
An online service providing Internet access and proprietary online content
B
A computer operating system
C
A spreadsheet application
D
A database management system
Question 40Single Answer
An application is
A
word processing, accounting and engineering programs are example of application programs
B
computer program designed to enable users to perform specific job functions
C
Both a and b above mentioned
D
a document
E
None of these
Perspectives on Education and Leadership
Question 41Single Answer
What is the planning horizon ?
A
The distance ahead for the forecasts on which plans are made
B
The time period within which uncertainty is very low
C
The time ahead for which there is no information
D
The maximum time for which managers can make plans
Question 42Single Answer
__________ is not one of the eight steps in the decision-making process .
A
Identifying the problem
B
Analyzing alternative solutions
C
Implementing the decision
D
Delegating the decision making
Question 43Single Answer
Functional managers are responsible ______ .
A
For a single area of activity
B
To the upper level of management, and staff
C
For complex organizational sub-units
D
For obtaining copyrights and patents for newly developed processes and equipment
Question 44Single Answer
Which of the following is the determinant of organization structure ?
A
Technology
B
Centralization
C
Size of the work unit
D
Coordination of activities
Question 45Single Answer
In communications management, to assimilate through the mind or senses is the process of _______ .
A
Receiving
B
Decoding
C
Comprehending
D
Understanding
Question 46Single Answer
Identify the factors affecting teaching related to a positive learning environment in an institution .
(i) The extent to which teachers make a clear presentation
(ii) The scope for sharing and open discussions within the classroom and the institution as such
(iii) Teachers mastery of the content as reflected in answering students questions
(iv) Frequent use of positive reinforcers either in the institution or classroom
(v) Availability of teacher and his/her guidance
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(i) and (iii)
B
(ii) and (iii)
C
(iv) and (v)
D
(ii) and (iv)
Question 47Single Answer
A model of teaching is a description of
A
Teacher behaviour including teacher and student talk
B
Learning environment including teaching behaviour
C
Learner - behaviour including personality characteristics
D
Subject matter including its logical structure
Question 48Single Answer
A systematic science which provides rules, laws and principles for achieving adjustment with self and the environment is called ?
A
Motivation
B
Mental hygiene
C
Learning
D
Conflict
Question 49Single Answer
Which learning theory provides support for active participation of learner in the learning process in an interactional setting with intrinsic motivation as the basis ?
A
S-R Theory of Watson
B
Reinforcement Theory of skinner
C
Constructivist Theory of Vygotsy
D
Insight Theory of Kohler
Question 50Single Answer
Which factors influence the quality of learning ?
A
Physical
B
Social
C
Cultural
D
All of the above
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Perspectives on Education and Leadership
Question 51Single Answer
Who was the chairman of the NEP 2020 drafting committee ?
A
Kailasavadivoo Sivan
B
Dr. K. Kasturirangan
C
Prof. Yaspal Sharma
D
Prod G. Raja Gopal
Question 52Single Answer
When did the Union Cabinet approved the new National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 ?
A
29 June 2020
B
29 July 2020
C
29 August 2020
D
29 January 2020
Question 53Single Answer
Education is _____ for achieving full human potential, developing an equitable and just society, and promoting national development .
A
Constitutional
B
Legitimate
C
Fundamental
D
Authentic
Question 54Single Answer
When did India adopt Goal 4 (SDG4) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ?
A
2020
B
2015
C
2030
D
2025
Question 55Single Answer
NEP 2020 aimed to achieve equitable access to the highest quality education for all learners regardless of social or economic background. This target will be achieved up to the year _______ .
A
2020
B
2015
C
2030
D
2040
Question 56Single Answer
A Controlling Officer includes -
A
An officer entrusted by the Department with the responsibility of controlling the incurring of expenditure and / or the collection of revenue
B
A Head of Department
C
An Administrator of a Union Territory
D
All of the above
Question 57Single Answer
What is Information and Facilitation Counter (IFC) ?
A
A functionary on duty outside office hours who performs the functions of the central receipt and issue section during such hours
B
A Facilitation counter, to provide information/ assistance to the citizens/clients about the programmes, schemes, status of cases. applications, etc
C
A collection of papers on a specific subject, assigned a number and consisting of one or more
D
None of them
Question 58Single Answer
All India Service Officers and Railway Pensioners and who have commuted the admissible portion of their pension are entitled to have the commuted portion restored on the expiry..... Years from the date of retirement .
A
17 Years
B
15 Years
C
17 years
D
20 years
Question 59Single Answer
On receipt of intimation from the pensioner regarding his/her re - employment / employment, the disbursing officer shall suspend the payment of -
A
Pension
B
Relief on pension
C
Both pension and relief
D
None of the above
Question 60Single Answer
The payment of commuted value of a portion of pension can be made upon the authority issued by the ______ .
A
Accountant General
B
Pay and Accounts Officer
C
Head of the Office
D
Disbursing Officer
Question 61Single Answer
Education is _________ for achieving full human potential, developing an equitable and just society, and promoting national development .
A
Constitutional
B
Legitimate
C
Fundamental
D
Authentic
Question 62Single Answer
NEP 2020 aimed to achieve equitable access to the highest-quality education for all learners regardless of social or economic background. This target will be achieved up to the year _____ .
A
2020
B
2015
C
2030
D
2040
Question 63Single Answer
NEP 2020 lays particular emphasis on the development of ________ .
A
The best infrastructure in the world
B
The provision to give 100 employment
C
The provision to give free education
D
The creative potential of each individual
Question 64Single Answer
Education is a great leveler and is the best tool for achieving economic and social mobility, inclusion, and ______ .
A
Disparity
B
Discrimination
C
Inequality
D
Equality
Question 65Single Answer
How many in of the fundamental principles mentioned National Education Policy 2020 ?
A
5
B
11
C
22
D
20
Question 66Single Answer
What are the classes which cover the "Middle stage” according to NEP 2020 new curricular structure ?
A
Class 6 to 9
B
Class 9 to 12
C
Class 6 to 8
D
Class 11 to 12
Question 67Single Answer
How much (percent %) of a child's cumulative brain development occurs prior to the age of 6 according to NEP 2020 ?
A
Over 85%
B
Over 95%
C
Over 75%
D
Over 65%
Question 68Single Answer
What is the timeline to ensure that all students entering Grade 1 are school ready according to National Education Policy 2020 ?
A
2035
B
2040
C
2025
D
2030
Question 69Single Answer
Under the chairmanship of whom 'Committee for Evolution of the New Education Policy' submitted its report in May 2016 ?
A
Late Shri T.S.R. Subramanian
B
Dr. K. Kasturirangan
C
Rina Ray
D
Shri Sanjay Dhotre
Question 70Single Answer
According to the National Education Policy 2020 by how much percent the Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education to be raised ?
A
25%
B
30%
C
40%
D
50%
Question 71Single Answer
Child Psychology is known as
A
Child development
B
Child growth
C
Psychology
D
None of these
Question 72Single Answer
Who gave scientific explanation about child Development ?
A
Rousseau
B
Pestalozzi
C
Tiedman
D
Darwin
Question 73Single Answer
Who published "Biographical Sketch of An Infant ?
A
Darwin
B
Lamarck
C
Tiedman
D
Hall
Question 74Single Answer
How many approaches are to solve the problems related with child development ?
A
one
B
two
C
three
D
four
Question 75Single Answer
Which of the following stages show the development of child ?
A
Pre-natal stage of development
B
Post-natal stage of development
C
Both 1 & 2
D
None of these
Question 76Single Answer
Best organized teaching is one in which :
A
Proper discussion is done
B
Students cooperation is maximum
C
All possible teaching aids are used
D
Occurrence of learning gaps is minimum
Question 77Single Answer
The names of McClelland, Atkinson and Lowell are associated with which of the following concepts ?
A
Level of aspiration
B
Social motives
C
Need achievement
D
Reward expectancy
Question 78Single Answer
'Differential Teaching Session- is a component of which of the following models of teaching ?
A
Glaser's Basic Teaching Model
B
Concept Attainment Model
C
Mastery Learning Model
D
Inquiry Training Model
Question 79Single Answer
When preparing IEP (Individual Educational Plan), which of the foIIowing should not be considered a basis ?
A
Preparing the IEP without consulting the parents
B
Current strengths of the learner
C
Individual goals to be achieved
D
Time frames for achievement of the goals
Question 80Single Answer
The chief objective of guidance is to bring about in learning :
A
attainment of mastery of subject-matter
B
increased responsibility for self direction
C
ability to compete successfully with
D
an achievement level that is within student’s capacity
English
Question 81Single 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 82Single 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 83Single 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 84Single 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 85Single 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 86Single 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 87Single 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 88Single 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 89Single 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 90Single 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 91Single Answer
Who is the creator of the character, Julien Sorel ?
A
Balzac
B
Flaubert
C
Moliere
D
Stendhal
Question 92Single 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 93Single 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 94Single 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 95Single 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 96Single 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 97Single Answer
Which of these countries does Montaigne's essay, "Of Cannibals, “focus on primarily ?
A
Borneo
B
Brazil
C
India
D
Japan
Question 98Single Answer
The set of inflected forms taken by a single word is :
A
lexeme
B
morpheme
C
phoneme
D
sememe
Question 99Single 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 100Single 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 101Single 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 102Single 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 103Single 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 104Single 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 105Single 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 106Single 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 107Single 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 108Single Answer
Words with the same pronunciation and different meanings are :
A
homonyms
B
homografts
C
homologues
D
homophones
Question 109Single 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 110Single 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 111Single 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 112Single 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 113Single 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 114Single 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 115Single 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 116Single 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 117Single 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 118Single 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 119Single 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 120Single 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 121Single 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 122Single 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 123Single Answer
Who is the author of Radiant Textually ?
A
Jerome McGann
B
Gerald Graff
C
James Thorpe
D
Richard D. Altick
Question 124Single 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 125Single 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 126Single 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 127Single 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 128Single 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 129Single Answer
Who wrote the short story, "The Voter" ?
A
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
B
Chinua Achebe
C
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
D
Wole Soyinka
Question 130Single 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 131Single 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 132Single 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 133Single 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 134Single Answer
Which of the following is a dead language ?
A
Cantonese
B
Frisian
C
Gothic
D
Yiddish
Question 135Single 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 136Single 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 137Single 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 138Single 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 139Single 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 140Single 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 141Single 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 142Single 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 143Single Answer
Who wrote the essay "My First Acquaintance with Poets" ?
A
Charles Lamb
B
John Ruskin
C
Thomas De Quincey
D
William Hazlitt
Question 144Single 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 145Single 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 146Single Answer
Who wrote The Labyrinth of Solitude ?
A
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
B
Gabriela Mistral
C
Jorge Luis Borges
D
Octavio Paz
Question 147Single 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 148Single 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 149Single Answer
Which of the following abbreviations refers to a documentation style ?
A
ARIEL
B
MFS
C
MHRA
D
PMLA
Question 150Single 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 151Single 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 152Single 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 153Single 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 154Single 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 155Single 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 156Single 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 157Single 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 158Single 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 159Single 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 160Single 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 161Single 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 162Single 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 163Single 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 164Single 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 165Single 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 166Single 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 167Single 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 168Single 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 169Single 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 170Single 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 171Single 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 172Single Answer
Which one of the following journals publishes articles related to critical theory exclusively ?
A
Salmagundi
B
Diacritics
C
Callaloo
D
Grand Street
Question 173Single 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 174Single 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 175Single 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 176Single 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 177Single 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 178Single 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 179Single 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 180Single Answer
In Anxiety of Influence which of the following definitions is given by Harold Bloom to explain the term, 'clinamen' ?