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Question 1Single Answer
Identify the work below that does not belong to the literature of the eighteenth century :
  1. A
    Advancement of Learning
  2. B
    Gulliver's Travels
  3. C
     The Spectator
  4. D
    An Epistle to Dr.  Arbuthnot  
Question 2Single Answer
------  the very word is like a bell To toll me back from thee to my sole self which word ?
  1. A
    Bird        
  2. B
    Immortal 
  3. C
    Forlorn   
  4. D
    Fancy   
Question 3Single Answer
Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy contains :
  1. A
    Six volumes     
  2. B
    Nine Volumes
  3. C
    Ten  Volumes    
  4. D
    Four volumes 
Question 4Single Answer
Who among the following advanced the theory that the mind is a tabula rasa at birth and acquires all ideas by experience?
  1. A
    John Locke           
  2. B
    John Wesley
  3. C
    Isaac Watts           
  4. D
    Denis Diderot 
Question 5Single Answer
Identify from the following the work Nirad C. Chaudhuri Called "The finest novel in the English language with an Indian theme" .
  1. A
    Kim       
  2. B
    A Passage to India
  3. C
    Train to Pakistan  
  4. D
    Private Life of an Indian Prince.
Question 6Single Answer
Which British University figures in William Wordsworth 's Prelude ?
  1. A
    Durham
  2. B
    Glasgow
  3. C
    Cambridge
  4. D
    Oxford
Question 7Single Answer
To refer to the unresolvable difficulties a text may open up, Derrida makes use of the term.
  1. A
    aporia         
  2. B
    difference
  3. C
    erasure          
  4. D
    supplement 
Question 8Single Answer
In Pinter's Birthday Party, Stanley is given a birthday present. What is it ?
  1. A
    A toy
  2. B
    A piano
  3. C
    A drum    
  4. D
    A violin
Question 9Single Answer
The just man justices. What kind of  foregrounding do you find in the above lines ?
  1. A
    Syntactic     
  2. B
    Semantic
  3. C
    Collocation   
  4. D
    None of the above 
Question 10Single Answer
Mathew Arnold's "touchstones" were "short passages, even single lines" of classic poetry beside which the lines of other poets may be placed in order to detect the presence or absence of high poetic quality. In his "Study of Poetry " Arnold cited "touchstones" from poets as Homer and Dante and also from the English poets, Shakespeare and Milton. Which English poet did he disapprovingly call "not one of the great classics" in the list below?
  1. A
    Chaucer       
  2. B
    Sidney
  3. C
    Spenser   
  4. D
    Donne
Question 11Single Answer
I go to Madurai by —– Vaigai Express
  1. A
    a
  2. B
    an
  3. C
    some
  4. D
    the
Question 12Single Answer
Have the car stolen!
  1. A
    Steal the car
  2. B
    You should have the stolen car
  3. C
    Get someone to steal the car
  4. D
    They have stolen the car
Question 13Single Answer
The payment was collected by the hardworking salesman.
  1. A
    The hardworking salesman collected the payment.
  2. B
    the salesman who worked heard was able to collect the payment.
  3. C
    to collect the payment the salesman had to work hard.
  4. D
    The hardworking salesman was able to collect the payment.
Question 14Single Answer
I had to stop all my work to complete this project.
  1. A
    All other work had to be stopped to complete this project by me
  2. B
    For completing this project all other work must be stopped
  3. C
    For completing this project I had to stop all my work
  4. D
    To complete this project all other work had been stopped by me
Question 15Single Answer
They have published the names of all the successful candidates.
  1. A
    The candidates who have succeeded their names they had published.
  2. B
    The names of all the successful candidates have been published by them
  3. C
    The candidates who have succeeded their names have been published by them.
  4. D
    The names of all the successful candidate were published by them. 
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.
  1. A
    He was in the temper
  2. B
    and refused
  3. C
    discuss the matter again
  4. 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.
  1. A
    A flower makes no garland
  2. B
    so we must do a thing together
  3. C
    in a unit for a good result
  4. 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.
  1. A
    My friend is a software engineer
  2. B
    and his wife is doctor
  3. C
    so they don’t have enough time for each other
  4. 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.
  1. A
    I don’t have much time that
  2. B
    I hear you in detail with verbosity
  3. C
    tell everything in nutshell
  4. 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.
  1. A
    The atmosphere is changing
  2. B
    so I have severe pain in my body
  3. C
    if you have any painkiller, please give it to me
  4. D
    No error
Question 21Single Answer
Which of the following terms describes a novel of fashionable high life in 19th-century English literature ?
  1. A
    Brass-Spittoon
  2. B
    Diamond-Jar
  3. C
    Golden-Spoon
  4. D
    Silver-Fork
Question 22Single Answer
What term did Beetroot Brecht use for his mode of drama-writing to distinguish it from traditional theatre ?
  1. A
    epic theatre
  2. B
    kitchen-sink theatre
  3. C
    musical theatre
  4. D
    proletarian theatre
Question 23Single 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 ?
  1. A
    dud words
  2. B
    ghost words
  3. C
    protowords
  4. D
    pseudo words
Question 24Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (b) only
  2. B
    (a) and (d) only
  3. C
    (b) and (c) only
  4. D
    (b) and (d) only
Question 25Single Answer
In "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time" what is propose by Matthew Arnold as the essence of criticism ?
  1. A
    affirmation
  2. B
    cohesiveness
  3. C
    disinterestedness
  4. D
    judiciousness
Question 26Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (b) only
  2. B
    (a) and (c) only
  3. C
    (b) and (d) only
  4. D
    (c) and (d) only
Question 27Single Answer
What was the centre set up for studying culture at the University of Birmingham called ?
  1. A
    Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies
  2. B
    Centre for Contemporary Studies
  3. C
    Centre for Culture Studies
  4. D
    Centre for New Cultural Studies
Question 28Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (d) only
  2. B
    (b) and (c) only
  3. C
    (c) and (e) only
  4. D
    (d) and (e) only
Question 29Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c) (d)
     I    II    III  IV
  2. B
    II   I   IV   III
  3. C
    III   II   IV   I
  4. D
    IV   I   II   III
Question 30Single Answer
Usage in "You have hissed the mystery lectures" is an example of :
  1. A
    error of lexical choice
  2. B
    inadvertent mistake
  3. C
    metathesis
  4. D
    spoonerism
Question 31Single Answer
Who is the creator of the character, Julien Sorel ?
  1. A
    Balzac
  2. B
    Flaubert
  3. C
    Moliere
  4. D
    Stendhal
Question 32Single 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 :
  1. A
    (b), (a), (d), (c)
  2. B
    (d), (a), (c), (b)
  3. C
    (d), (b), (a), (c)
  4. D
    (d), (b), (c), (a)
Question 33Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (c) only
  2. B
    (a) and (b) only
  3. C
    (b) and (c) only
  4. D
    (b) and (d) only
Question 34Single 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 :
  1. A
    Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
  2. B
    Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
  3. C
    Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect
  4. D
    Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct
Question 35Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (c) only
  2. B
    (a) and (d) only
  3. C
    (a) and (b) only
  4. D
    (b) and (d) only
Question 36Single Answer
Who is the author of The Truth about Me : A Hijra Life Story ?
  1. A
    A. Revathi
  2. B
    Bama
  3. C
    Mukta Sarvagod
  4. D
    V. Geetha
Question 37Single Answer
Which of these countries does Montaigne's essay, "Of Cannibals, “focus on primarily ?
  1. A
    Borneo
  2. B
    Brazil
  3. C
    India
  4. D
    Japan
Question 38Single Answer
The set of inflected forms taken by a single word is :
  1. A
    lexeme
  2. B
    morpheme
  3. C
    phoneme
  4. D
    sememe
Question 39Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (b) only
  2. B
    (b) and (c) only
  3. C
    (b) and (d) only
  4. D
    (c) and (d) only
Question 40Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c)  (d)
     I    II   IV   III
  2. B
    II   IV   I   III
  3. C
    III   II   I   IV
  4. D
    IV   II   III   I
Question 41Single 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 :
  1. A
    (b), (d), (a), (c)
  2. B
    (b), (d), (c), (a)
  3. C
    (d), (a), (b), (c)
  4. D
    (d), (b), (a), (c)
Question 42Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (b) only
  2. B
    (a) and (d) only
  3. C
    (b) and (c) only
  4. D
    (c) and (d) only
Question 43Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (b) only
  2. B
    (a) and (c) only
  3. C
    (b) and (d) only
  4. D
    (c) and (d) only
Question 44Single Answer
Who, in "The World as India," argues that English can be the only common "unifying language" of India ?
  1. A
    Anthony Burgess
  2. B
    C.K. Ogden
  3. C
    Noam Chomsky
  4. D
    Susan Sontag
Question 45Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c)  (d)
     I    II    IV  III
  2. B
    II   III   IV   I
  3. C
    III   II   I   IV
  4. D
    IV   II   III   I
Question 46Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (b) only
  2. B
    (a) and (c) only
  3. C
    (b) and (d) only
  4. D
    (c) and (d) only
Question 47Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (d) only
  2. B
    (a) and (b) only
  3. C
    (b) and (c) only
  4. D
    (c) and (d) only
Question 48Single Answer
Words with the same pronunciation and different meanings are :
  1. A
    homonyms
  2. B
    homografts
  3. C
    homologues
  4. D
    homophones
Question 49Single Answer
The MLA Style Sheet, a compilation of scholarly conventions and directives, was first published in :
  1. A
    1951
  2. B
    1957
  3. C
    1962
  4. D
    1970
Question 50Single 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 :
  1. A
    (b), (c), (a), (d)
  2. B
    (b), (c), (d), (a)
  3. C
    (c), (b), (a), (d)
  4. D
    (c), (d), (b), (a)
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