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Question 1Single 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 2Single 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 3Single 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 4Single 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 5Single 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 6Single 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 7Single 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 8Single 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 9Single 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 10Single 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 11Single Answer
Who is the creator of the character, Julien Sorel ?
  1. A
    Balzac
  2. B
    Flaubert
  3. C
    Moliere
  4. D
    Stendhal
Question 12Single 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 13Single 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 14Single 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 15Single 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 16Single 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 17Single 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 18Single 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 19Single 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 20Single 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 21Single 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 22Single 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 23Single 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 24Single 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 25Single 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 26Single 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 27Single 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 28Single Answer
Words with the same pronunciation and different meanings are :
  1. A
    homonyms
  2. B
    homografts
  3. C
    homologues
  4. D
    homophones
Question 29Single 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 30Single 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)
Question 31Single 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 :
  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 32Single Answer
Which of the following statements best articulates Frantz Fanon's political position ?
  1. A
    Colonialism will die a natural death sans any violent struggle against it
  2. B
    Peasants and social outcasts have little revolu-tionary potential in Africa
  3. C
    Social oppression in the third world is a matter more of race than of class
  4. D
    The African bourgeoisie can never succeed in the task of nation building
Question 33Single Answer
Who among the following says that ideology is "a representation of the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence" ?
  1. A
    Fredric Jameson
  2. B
    Herbert Marcuse
  3. C
    Louis Althusser
  4. D
    Terry Eagleton
Question 34Single Answer
Who wrote a postmodern reworking of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations without altering the original title ?
  1. A
    Angela Carter
  2. B
    Kathy Acker
  3. C
    Peter Carey
  4. D
    Shirley Jackson
Question 35Single Answer
In which book of Paradise Lost does Milton refer to "Agra and Lahore of Great Mogul" ?
  1. A
    Book III
  2. B
    Book IV
  3. C
    Book VII
  4. D
    Book XI
Question 36Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c) (d)
     I    III  IV   II
  2. B
    II   III   IV   I
  3. C
    III   IV   II   I
  4. D
    IV   I   II   III
Question 37Single 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 :
  1. A
    (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct
  2. B
    (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct
  3. C
    Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  4. D
    Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Question 38Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a), (d), (b), (c)
  2. B
    (b), (c), (d), (a)
  3. C
    (c), (a), (d), (b)
  4. D
    (d), (b), (c), (a)
Question 39Single Answer
Which pair of linguists in the following list is associated with speech acts' ?
  1. A
    Franz Boas and Rudolf Camap
  2. B
    J.L. Austin and John Searle
  3. C
    Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker
  4. D
    Paul Grice and Michael Devitt
Question 40Single 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 :
  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 41Single Answer
Which of these themes best sums up the preoccupation of most of Vijay Tendulkar's plays ?
  1. A
    Dynamics of media
  2. B
    Motivations of crime
  3. C
    Workings of love triangles
  4. D
    Workings of power
Question 42Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c) (d)
     I    IV  II   III
  2. B
    II   III   IV   I
  3. C
    III   I   IV   II
  4. D
    IV   II   I   III
Question 43Single Answer
Who is the author of Radiant Textually ?
  1. A
    Jerome McGann
  2. B
    Gerald Graff
  3. C
    James Thorpe
  4. D
    Richard D. Altick
Question 44Single 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 :
  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 45Single Answer
How does T.S. Eliot sum up the peculiar quality of Marvell's "Horatian Ode" ?
  1. A
    'a contrast of ideas, different in degree but the same in principle'
  2. B
    a tough reasonableness beneath a slight lyric grace'
  3. C
    'heterogeneity of materials compelled into unity'
  4. D
    'telescoping of images and multiplied associations'
Question 46Single 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 : 
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
     I    IV   II  III   V
  2. B
    II   V   I   III   IV
  3. C
    III   I   V   II   IV
  4. D
    V   II   IV   I   III
Question 47Single 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 :
  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 48Single Answer
Who among the following has coined the term, 'eco-feminism' ?
  1. A
    Monique Wittig
  2. B
    Francoise d'Eaubonne
  3. C
    Helene Cixous
  4. D
    Marguerite Duras
Question 49Single Answer
Who wrote the short story, "The Voter" ?
  1. A
    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  2. B
    Chinua Achebe
  3. C
    Ngugi wa Thiong'o
  4. D
    Wole Soyinka
Question 50Single 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 :
  1. A
    (a) and (b) only
  2. B
    (b) and (c) only
  3. C
    (b) and (d) only
  4. D
    (c) and (d) only
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