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 6Single 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 7Single 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 8Single 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
General English
Question 9Single Answer
I go to Madurai by —– Vaigai Express
A
a
B
an
C
some
D
the
Question 10Single Answer
Have the car stolen!
A
Steal the car
B
You should have the stolen car
C
Get someone to steal the car
D
They have stolen the car
Question 11Single Answer
Passage :
Direction : Question below has two blanks, each blank indicting that some thing has been omitted. Choose the word for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The Finance Department has ……………a centralized online databank system for all statutory government bodies to …………an eye on their assets and liabilities.
A
presented , stay
B
introduced , keep
C
announce , make
D
created , let
E
proclaimed , hold
Question 12Single Answer
Passage :
Direction : The five items in this section consists of a word or group of words followed by four words as (a), (b), (c) and (d). Select the word which is nearly opposite to the meaning of the original word or group of words and mark your response as (a), (b), (c) and (d), as the case may be, in your Answer Sheet.
Assets
A
liabilities
B
responsibilities
C
estates
D
profits
Question 13Single Answer
Passage :
Direction : In the question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it
Affidavit
A
Affirmation
B
Slander
C
Oath
D
Testimony
General Knowledge & Reasoning, Numerical Ability
Question 14Single Answer
Yojna a weekly journal
A
Ministry of Finance
B
Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
C
Ministry of Rural Development
D
Planning Commission
Question 15Single Answer
Which of the following is an important Paleolithic site of Madhya Pradesh?
A
Narmada valley
B
Hathnora
C
Jogdaha
D
All of the above
Question 16Single 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 17Single Answer
The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is Rs. 3. The ratio of the two selling prices is:__________ ?
A
51:52
B
52:53
C
51:53
D
52:55
Question 18Single Answer
Which of the following is not a synthetic fibre:
A
Anygora
B
Rayon
C
Nylon
D
Polyster
Question 19Single Answer
Which of the following contain enzymes for cellular respiration ?
A
Dictyosomes
B
Endoplasmic reticulum
C
lysosomes
D
Mitochondria
Question 20Single Answer
What astronomical discovery was announced by astronomers in March 2026?
A
New planet in solar system
B
Discovery related to 1,900 light-years away (specific object)
C
Black hole merger
D
Exoplanet with life signs
Pedagogy
Question 21Single Answer
Of Froebel's idealism it can be said that :
A
education is not a process of unflodment
B
learning unites knowledge, feelings and doing
C
education cannot be a process of self realination
D
the notion of self activity is limited to manual activity is limited to manual activity
Question 22Single Answer
Critically examine the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and give your answer from the codes given below : Assertion (A) : There is almost a consensus that drop out rate of the government primary schools is much higher in comparison to that of public schools. Reason (R) : It is so because the government primary schools do not offer enough cocurricular activities.
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true.
B
(A) is true but (R) is false.
C
(A) is false but (R) is true.
D
Both (A) and (R) are false.
Question 23Single Answer
A common feature of Hinduism, Buddism and Jainism is belief about :
A
the unreality of the world
B
the existence of God
C
the soul
D
karma and rebirth
Question 24Single Answer
'Epistemology' means :
A
stem cell research
B
study of the nature of knowledge
C
study of the nature of values
D
study of the nature of the world
Question 25Single Answer
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy which deals with the theories of :
A
Realitty
B
Existence
C
Knowledge
D
Values
Question 26Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Philosophy helps in determining aims of education Reason (R) : Education depends mostly on Philosophy.
In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true.
B
Both (A) and (R) are false.
C
(A) is true but (R) is false.
D
(A) is false but (R) is true.
Question 27Single Answer
Which of the following schools of philosophy integrates students' capacities, interests, habits with social participation ?
A
Pragmatism
B
Realism
C
Naturalism
D
Idealism
Question 28Single Answer
Which of the following is the common belief held by Tagore, Gandhi and Aurobindo ?
A
Self-reliance
B
International harmony
C
Socialisation of children
D
National character
Question 29Single Answer
Arrange the four noble truths given by Lord Buddha in proper sequence :
(i) Misery is the reality of life.
(ii) Every misery has a cause.
(iii) Freedom from misery is possible.
(iv) There is a remedy for every misery.
A
(i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
B
(i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
C
(ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
D
(iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
Question 30Single Answer
Today there is a lot of emphasis on ICT in education - it is the implication of :
A
Realism
B
Logical analysis
C
Pragmatism
D
Marxism
English
Question 31Single Answer
Identify the work below that does not belong to the literature of the eighteenth century :
A
Advancement of Learning
B
Gulliver's Travels
C
The Spectator
D
An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
Question 32Single Answer
Which, among the following is a place through which John Bunyan 's Christian does not pass?
A
The Slough of Despond
B
Mount Helicon
C
The Valley of Humiliation
D
Vanity Fair
Question 33Single Answer
The period of Queen Victoria 's reign is :
A
1830 - 1900
B
1837 - 1901
C
1830 - 1901
D
1837 - 1900
Question 34Single Answer
Which of the following statements about The Lyrica Ballads is not true?
A
It carried only one ballad proper, which was Coleridge 's The Time of the Ancient Mariner.
B
It also carried pastoral and other poems.
C
It carried a " Preface " which Wordsworth added in 1800 .
D
It also printed from Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
Question 35Single Answer
One of the following texts was published earlier than 1995 . Identify the text.
A
William Golding, The Inheritors
B
Philip Larkin ,The Less Deceived
C
William Empson, Collected Poems
D
Samuel Becket, Waiting for Godot
Question 36Single Answer
------ the very word is like a bell To toll me back from thee to my sole self which word ?
A
Bird
B
Immortal
C
Forlorn
D
Fancy
Question 37Single Answer
In poems like "The Altar" and "Easter Wings" --------------------- exploits ----------------- .
A
John Donne, alliteration
B
Robert Herrick, trimetre
C
G. M. Hopkins, sprung rhythm
D
George Herbert, typographic space
Question 38Single Answer
No, no thou hast not felt the lapse of hours ! For what wears out the life of moral men?' Tis that repeated shocks, again and numb the elastic powers.............. Who does the poet address here?
A
The Scholar Gipsy
B
Telemachus
C
The Nightingale
D
The Poet's Sister, Dorothy
Question 39Single Answer
The roman a clef ( French for "novel with a key") uses contemporary historical figures as its chief character. They are of course given fictional names. One explain is Aldous Hixley's point Counter Point. Its Mark Rampion is modelled on ---------------------- .
A
D. H. Lawrence
B
E. M. Forster
C
Wyndham Lewis
D
Arnold Bennett
Question 40Single Answer
She was a worthy woman al hir lyve, Housbondes at chirche - dore she hadde fyve, In the 'Prologue' Chaucer represents the Wife of Bath as :
I. crude and Vulgar
II. outspoken and boastfully licentious
III. a witness to masculine oppression
IV. bubbling with vitality
Find the correct combination according to the code :
A
I, II and III are correct
B
I, II and IV are correct
C
I, III and IV are correct
D
II, III and IV are correct
Question 41Single Answer
Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy contains :
A
Six volumes
B
Nine Volumes
C
Ten Volumes
D
Four volumes
Question 42Single Answer
Which of the following statements is NOT true of Areopagitica ?
A
It was published in 1644
B
It argues for the liberty of Unlicensed Printing
C
It pleads for British privileges regarding Free Trade
D
It is a speech addressed to the Parliament of England
Question 43Single Answer
Thomas Hardy's last major novel was........... .
A
Tess of the D'urbervilles
B
Jude the Obscure
C
The Return of the Native
D
The Trumpet Major
Question 44Single Answer
The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd to the Story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse is a satire on :
A
Alexander Pope
B
Jonathan Swift
C
John Dryden
D
Samuel Butler
Question 45Single Answer
Match the columns :
Terms Theorists
I. Apollonian - Dionysian 1. Matthew Arnold
II. Fancy - Imagination 2. Friedrich Nietzsche
III. Hellenism - Hebraism 3. G. H. Hopkins
IV. Inscape - Instress 4. S. T. Coleridge
A
I. II. III. IV
2. 4. 1. 3
B
2. 4. 3. 1
C
1. 4. 2. 3
D
4. 2. 1. 3
Question 46Single Answer
Who among the following advanced the theory that the mind is a tabula rasa at birth and acquires all ideas by experience?
A
John Locke
B
John Wesley
C
Isaac Watts
D
Denis Diderot
Question 47Single Answer
Which of the following authors wrote Studie in the History of the Renaissance?
A
Walter pater
B
Oscar Wilde
C
Thomas Carlyle
D
John Ruskin
Question 48Single Answer
Whom does Harriet Smith finally marry in one of Jane Austen's novels?
A
Knightley
B
Darcy
C
Collins
D
Mr. Martin
Question 49Single Answer
A poet once referred to an old man as " A tattered coat upon a stick ". That is an example of...................... .
A
Metonymy
B
Sarcasm
C
Simile
D
Metaphor
Question 50Single Answer
Which of these is not a pastoral elegy ?
A
Lycidas
B
In Memoriam
C
Thyrsis
D
Adonais
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English
Question 51Single Answer
Identify from the following the work Nirad C. Chaudhuri Called "The finest novel in the English language with an Indian theme" .
A
Kim
B
A Passage to India
C
Train to Pakistan
D
Private Life of an Indian Prince.
Question 52Single Answer
Who is the author of the poem "The Defence of Lucknow" dealing with the siege of Lucknow, one of the terrible incidents of the Indian Mutiny ?
A
Rudyary Kipling
B
Edward Lear
C
Alfred Lord Tennyson
D
Rebert Browning
Question 53Single Answer
Who among the following theorists holds that metaphor and metonymy are the two fundamental structures of language ?
A
Ferdinand de Saussure
B
J. L. Austin
C
Roman Jakobson
D
Victor Shkolvsky
Question 54Single Answer
From among the following, who are the Dashwood sisters in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ?
(I) Elinor (II) Marianne
(III) Mary (IV) Amanda
The right combination according to the code is :
A
I and III
B
I and II
C
II and III
D
III and IV
Question 55Single Answer
Which among the following texts can be characterised as a lesbian Bildungsroman ?
A
Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop
B
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
C
Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
D
Ruth Pawar Jhabvala, Heat and Dust.
Question 56Single Answer
Which British University figures in William Wordsworth 's Prelude ?
A
Durham
B
Glasgow
C
Cambridge
D
Oxford
Question 57Single Answer
Who is the author of A Woman Killed with Kindness ?
A
John Marston
B
Thomas Middleton
C
John Fletcher
D
Thomas Heywood
Question 58Single Answer
In William Congreve's The Way of the World identify the speaker of the line :"One's cruelty is one's power, and when one parts with one's cruelty, one parts with one's power".
A
Mirabell
B
Witwoud
C
Millamant
D
Mincing
Question 59Single Answer
T. S. Eliot found spiritual support in
A
Christianity
B
Hinduism
C
Buddhism
D
Judaism
Question 60Single Answer
By what name is Gulliver know in Brobdingag?
A
Grildrig
B
Glumdalclitch
C
Splacknuck
D
Mannikin
Question 61Single 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
He was in the temper
B
and refused
C
discuss the matter again
D
No error
Question 62Single 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 63Single 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 64Single 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 65Single 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 66Single 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 67Single 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 68Single 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 69Single 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 70Single 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 71Single 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 72Single 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 73Single 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 74Single 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 75Single 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 76Single 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 77Single 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 78Single 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 79Single 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 80Single 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 81Single 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 82Single 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 83Single 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 84Single 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 85Single 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 86Single 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 87Single 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 88Single 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 89Single 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 90Single 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 91Single 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 92Single 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 93Single 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 94Single 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 95Single 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 96Single 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 97Single 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 98Single 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 99Single 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 100Single 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 101Single Answer
Who is the creator of the character, Julien Sorel ?
A
Balzac
B
Flaubert
C
Moliere
D
Stendhal
Question 102Single 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 103Single 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 104Single 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 105Single 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 106Single 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 107Single Answer
Which of these countries does Montaigne's essay, "Of Cannibals, “focus on primarily ?
A
Borneo
B
Brazil
C
India
D
Japan
Question 108Single Answer
The set of inflected forms taken by a single word is :
A
lexeme
B
morpheme
C
phoneme
D
sememe
Question 109Single 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 110Single 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 111Single 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 112Single 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 113Single 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 114Single 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 115Single 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 116Single 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 117Single 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 118Single Answer
Words with the same pronunciation and different meanings are :
A
homonyms
B
homografts
C
homologues
D
homophones
Question 119Single 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 120Single 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 121Single 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 122Single 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 123Single 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 124Single 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 125Single 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 126Single 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 127Single 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 128Single 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 129Single 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 130Single 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 131Single 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 132Single 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 133Single Answer
Who is the author of Radiant Textually ?
A
Jerome McGann
B
Gerald Graff
C
James Thorpe
D
Richard D. Altick
Question 134Single 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 135Single 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 136Single 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 137Single 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 138Single 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 139Single Answer
Who wrote the short story, "The Voter" ?
A
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
B
Chinua Achebe
C
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
D
Wole Soyinka
Question 140Single 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 141Single 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 142Single 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 143Single 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 144Single Answer
Which of the following is a dead language ?
A
Cantonese
B
Frisian
C
Gothic
D
Yiddish
Question 145Single 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 146Single 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 147Single 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 148Single 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 149Single 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 150Single 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 :