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Q 1 :
I go to Madurai by —– Vaigai Express
A.a
B.an
C.some
D.the
Q 2 :
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
Q 3 :
The payment was collected by the hardworking salesman.
A.The hardworking salesman collected the payment.
B.the salesman who worked heard was able to collect the payment.
C.to collect the payment the salesman had to work hard.
D.The hardworking salesman was able to collect the payment.
Q 4 :
I had to stop all my work to complete this project.
A.All other work had to be stopped to complete this project by me
B.For completing this project all other work must be stopped
C.For completing this project I had to stop all my work
D.To complete this project all other work had been stopped by me
Q 5 :
They have published the names of all the successful candidates.
A.The candidates who have succeeded their names they had published.
B.The names of all the successful candidates have been published by them
C.The candidates who have succeeded their names have been published by them.
D.The names of all the successful candidate were published by them.
Q 6 :
The online shopping site lowered the prices.
A.Lowering of the prices was done by the online shopping site
B.The prices were lowered by the online shopping site
C.The prices had been lowered by the online shopping site
D.The prices have been lowered by the online shopping site
Q 7 :
Who taught you to drive a truck ?
A.To drive a truck by whom were you taught?
B.Driving a truck by who were you taught?
C.Driving a truck by who were you being taught?
D.By whom were you taught to drive a truck?
Q 8 :
We shall invite Suresh.
A.Suresh would be invited by us
B.Suresh would have been invited by us
C.Suresh will be invited by us
D.Suresh will have been invited by us
Q 9 :
Dark clouds have overcast the evening sky.
A.By the dark clouds the evening sky was overcast.
B.The evening sky has been overcast by the dark clouds.
C.Dark clouds overcastted the evening sky.
D.The sky of the evening was overcasted by dark clouds.
Q 10 :
The partners will celebrate their triumph tomorrow.
A.The triumph would be celebrated by the partners a day before
B.The triumph would be celebrated by the partners a day after
C.The triumph would have been celebrated by the partners a day after
D.The triumph will have been celebrated by the partners tomorrow
Q 11 :
Why did break the vase?
A.why is the vase broken by him
B.why was the vase broken by him
C.why had been the vase broken by him
D.why has been the vase broken by him
Q 12 :
Mariam was writing a note to her boss.
A.A note was written to her boss by Mariam
B.A note was wrote by Mariam to her boss
C.A note was being written by Mariam to her boss
D.A note was written by Mariam to her boss
Q 13 :
The baby really enjoys that music.
A.That music was really enjoyed by the baby.
B.That music was really being enjoyed by the baby.
C.That music is really enjoyed by the baby.
D.This music was really enjoyed by the baby.
Q 14 :
The weather disrupted the final match.
A.The final match has been disrupted by the weather.
B.The final match had been disrupted by the weather.
C.The final match was disrupted by the weather.
D.The final match was being disrupted by the weather.
Q 15 :
The management committee is required to publish a report every year.
A.report would be published by the management committee every year.
B.A report would have been published by the management committee every year.
C.A report requires to be published by the management committee every year.
D.Every year the report would be published by the management committee.
Q 16 :
Preeti ran the race in record time.
A.In record time Preeti ran the race.
B. The race was run by Preeti in record time
C.The race was being run by Preeti in record time
D.The race had been run by Preeti in record time
Q 17 :
I shall have written the full thesis by December
A.By December I shall have wrote the full thesis.
B.The full thesis will have been written by me by December.
C.The full Thesis will be wrote by me by December
D.By December the full thesis must have been wrote by me.
Q 18 :
One must keep one’s promises.
A.One’s promises must be kept by one.
B.One’s promises had to be kept.
C.Promises must be kept.
D.Promises have to be kept by one.
Q 19 :
I read the story in one night.
A.The story had been read by me in one night.
B.The story has been read by me in one night
C.n one night the story has been read by me.
D.the story was read by me in one night
Q 20 :
We must take care of the old.
A.Those who are old need to be taken care of by us.
B.The old must be taken care of by us.
C.Those who are old need care by us
D.The old should be taken care of by us.
Q 21 :
My father generously donated money to the church.
A.Money is generously being donated to te church by my father.
B.Money has been generously donated to the church by my father.
C.Money had been generously donated to the church by my father.
D.Money was generously donated to the church by my father.
Q 22 :
We will send you your laboratory reports as soon as they are ready
A.you would be sent your laboratory reports as soon as they will be ready.
B.Your laboratory reports will be sent to you as soon as they are ready.
C.You would be send your laboratory reports as soon as they will be ready.
D.Your laboratory reports should be sent to you as soon as they will be ready.
Q 23 :
I saw the master conducting the orchestra.
A.I saw that the orchestra was being conducted by the master.
B.I saw the orchestra being conducted by te master
C.The master was seen conducting the orchestra by me.
D.The master was conducting the orchestra and I saw that.
Q 24 :
The dog is being fed by us.
A.We fed the dog.
B.We have had been feeding the dog.
C.We are feeding the dog
D.We had been feeding the dog
Q 25 :
When did Rohit return my bike?
A.When was my bike returned by Rohit?
B.When was it that Rohit returned my bike?
C.Rohit returned my bike when?
D.When did my bike come back from Rohit?
Q 26 :
They are going to watch a drama tomorrow.
A.A drama is going to be watched by them tomorrow.
B.A drama will be watched by them tomorrow.
C.A drama will be watched by them tomorrow.
D.A drama was going to be watched by them tomorrow.
Tomorrow the drama is going to be watched by them.
Q 27 :
The event manager is making all the reservations.
A.All the reservations would be made by the event manager.
B.All the reservations are being made by the event manager.
C.All the reservations would have been made by the event manager.
D.All the reservations will have been made by the event manager.
Q 28 :
The Marathas surrendered their fort to the Mughals after the war.
A.After the war the Marathas had to surrender their fort to the Mughals.
B.The Mughals after the war took fort surrendered by the Marathas.
C.Their fort was surrendered by the Marathas to the Mughals after the war
D.the Marathas after the war surrendered their fort to the Mughals.
Q 29 :
Mother filled dark filtered coffee in the cup.
A.The cup was filled with dark filtered coffee by mother.
B.Mother filled in the cup coffee which was dark and filtered coffee.
C.The cup was being by mother with dark filtered coffee.
D.The filtered coffee which was dark was filled into the cup by mother.
Q 30 :
The most useful gift of my wedding was given to me by my aunt.
A.My aunt gave me the most useful gift of my wedding.
B.My aunt had given me the most useful gift of my wedding.
C.The gift which has been most useful has been given to me by my aunt.
D.My aunt has given me the most useful gift of my wedding.
Q 31 :
The painting had not been painted by the famous painter.
A.The panting had never been painted the painting.
B.The painter who was famous not had painted the painting.
C.The famous painter had not painted te painting
D.The famous painter could not have painted the painting.
Q 32 :
The Kangaroo carried her baby in her pouch.
A.The baby is carried by the kangaroo in er pouch.
B.The is being carried by the kangaroo in her pouch
C.The baby had been carried by the kangaroo in her pouch.
D.The baby was carried by the kangaroo in her pouch.
Q 33 :
The painters painted the entire building.
A.The entire building had been painted by the painters.
B.The painters had an entire building painted.
C.The entire building was painted by the painters.
D.The entire building has been painted by the painters.
Q 34 :
The office boy vacuums and dusts the office every morning.
A.Every morning the office had been vacuumed and dusted by the office boy.
B.Every morning the office is vacuumed and dusted by the office boy.
C.Every morning the office has been vacuumed and dusted by the office boy.
D.Every morning the office has been vacuumed
Q 35 :
I will wash the car every Sunday.
A.The car would be washed by me every Sunday.
B.The car will be washed by me every Sunday.
C.Every Sunday the car would be washed by me.
D.The car will have been washed by me every Sunday.
Q 36 :
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
Q 37 :
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
Q 38 :
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
Q 39 :
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
Q 40 :
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
Q 41 :
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
Q 42 :
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
Q 43 :
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
Q 44 :
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
Q 45 :
Usage in "You have hissed the mystery lectures" is an example of :
A.error of lexical choice
B.inadvertent mistake
C.metathesis
D.spoonerism
Q 46 :
Who is the creator of the character, Julien Sorel ?
A.Balzac
B.Flaubert
C.Moliere
D.Stendhal
Q 47 :
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)
Q 48 :
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
Q 49 :
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
Q 50 :
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
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Who is the author of The Truth about Me : A Hijra Life Story ?
A.A. Revathi
B.Bama
C.Mukta Sarvagod
D.V. Geetha
Q 52 :
Which of these countries does Montaigne's essay, "Of Cannibals, “focus on primarily ?
A.Borneo
B.Brazil
C.India
D.Japan
Q 53 :
The set of inflected forms taken by a single word is :
A.lexeme
B.morpheme
C.phoneme
D.sememe
Q 54 :
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
Q 55 :
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
Q 56 :
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)
Q 57 :
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
Q 58 :
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
Q 59 :
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
Q 60 :
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)
รขโฌโนI II IV III
B.II III IV I
C.III II I IV
D.IV II III I
Q 61 :
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
Q 62 :
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.รขโฌโน(c) and (d) only
Q 63 :
Words with the same pronunciation and different meanings are :
A.homonyms
B.homografts
C.homologues
D.homophones
Q 64 :
The MLA Style Sheet, a compilation of scholarly conventions and directives, was first published in :
A.1951
B.1957
C.1962
D.1970
Q 65 :
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)
Q 66 :
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
Q 67 :
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
Q 68 :
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
Q 69 :
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
Q 70 :
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
Q 71 :
Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"?
A.Geoffrey Chaucer
B.William Shakespeare
C.Jane Austen
D.Charles Dickens
Q 72 :
Which Shakespearean play features the character Macbeth?
A.Hamlet
B. Macbeth
C. Romeo and Juliet
D.Othello
Q 73 :
Who is the author of "Pride and Prejudice"?
A.Charlotte Brontë
B. Jane Austen
C.Emily Dickinson
D.George Eliot
Q 74 :
Which of the following novels is written by Charles Dickens?
A.Wuthering Heights
B.Great Expectations
C.Tess of the d'Urbervilles
D.Middlemarch
Q 75 :
Who wrote the poem "Ode to a Nightingale"?
A. William Wordsworth
B.John Keats
C.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D.Percy Bysshe Shelley
Q 76 :
Which of the following is NOT a work by Emily Brontë?
A.Jane Eyre
B. Wuthering Heights
C.Agnes Grey
D. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Q 77 :
Who authored "Frankenstein"?
A.Mary Shelley
B. Charlotte Brontë
C.Emily Dickinson
D.George Eliot
Q 78 :
Which poet wrote "The Waste Land"?
A.T.S. Eliot
B.W.B. Yeats
C.Robert Browning
D.Ezra Pound
Q 79 :
Which novel features the character Elizabeth Bennet?
A.Great Expectations
B.Pride and Prejudice
C. Middlemarch
D.Wuthering Heights
Q 80 :
Who is the author of "To the Lighthouse"?
A.virginia Woolf
B.D.H. Lawrence
C. E.M. Forster
D.James Joyce
Q 81 :
Which of the following is NOT written by William Wordsworth?
A."Daffodils"
B."Ode to a Nightingale"
C."The Prelude"
D. "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey"
Q 82 :
Who is the author of the novel "Mansfield Park"?
A. Charlotte Brontë
B.Jane Austen
C.Emily Dickinson
D.George Eliot
Q 83 :
Which poet wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?
A.W.B. Yeats
B. T.S. Eliot
C.Robert Browning
D.William Blake
Q 84 :
Who wrote "Sense and Sensibility"?
A.Charlotte Brontë
B.Jane Austen
C.Emily Dickinson
D.George Eliot
Q 85 :
Which of the following novels is NOT written by George Eliot?
A.Middlemarch
B.Silas Marner
C.The Mill on the Floss
D. Jane Eyre
Q 86 :
Who is the author of the poem "Dover Beach"?
A.Robert Browning
B.Percy Bysshe Shelley
C.Matthew Arnold
D.Lord Byron
Q 87 :
Which author is known for writing "The Importance of Being Earnest"?
A.George Bernard Shaw
B. Oscar Wilde
C.James Joyce
D.Samuel Beckett
Q 88 :
Who wrote the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
A.William Wordsworth
B.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C.John Keats
D.Lord Byron
Q 89 :
Which novel features the character Heathcliff?
A.Pride and Prejudice
B.Great Expectations
C.Wuthering Heights
D.Middlemarch
Q 90 :
Who is the author of "Jane Eyre"?
A.Charlotte Brontë
B.Emily Brontë
C.Anne Brontë
D.Jane Austen
Q 91 :
Which poet wrote "Do not go gentle into that good night"?
A.W.B. Yeats
B.Dylan Thomas
C. T.S. Eliot
D. Robert Frost
Q 92 :
Who is the author of "Robinson Crusoe"?
A. Jonathan Swift
B.Daniel Defoe
C.Samuel Richardson
D. Henry Fielding
Q 93 :
Which of the following novels is written by Thomas Hardy?
A.Far from the Madding Crowd
B.David Copperfield
C.Oliver Twist
D.Barchester Towers
Q 94 :
Who is the author of "A Passage to India"?
A.D.H. Lawrence
B.b) E.M. Forster
C. Virginia Woolf
D.James Joyce
Q 95 :
Which poet wrote "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
A.Percy Bysshe Shelley
B.John Keats
C.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D.William Wordsworth
Q 96 :
Who is the author of "Oliver Twist"?
A.Charles Dickens
B.George Eliot
C.Jane Austen
D. William Makepeace Thackeray
Q 97 :
Which of the following novels is written by Virginia Woolf?
A.Mrs. Dalloway
B.Sons and Lovers
C.Ulysses
D.Brave New World
Q 98 :
Who wrote "Middlemarch"?
A. Emily Brontë
B. Charlotte Brontë
C.Anne Brontë
D.George Eliot
Q 99 :
Which author is known for the novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"?