Latest SSA Chandigarh TGT Exam Question (Objective Questions), MCQ in English
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General Awareness and Reasoning, Arithmetical and Numerical Ability
Question 1Single Answer
Yojna a weekly journal
A
Ministry of Finance
B
Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
C
Ministry of Rural Development
D
Planning Commission
Question 2Single Answer
Kurukshetra a journal on rural development is published by
A
Ministry of Finance
B
Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
C
Ministry of Rural Development
D
Planning Commission
Question 3Single 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 4Single Answer
Team A has scored more goals than Team B
Team C has scored fewer goals than Team B
Team A has scored fewer goals than Team C .
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
A
True
B
False
C
Uncertain
D
None
Question 5Single 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 6Single Answer
Which of the following numbers is irrational ?
A
√49
B
0.125
C
√2
D
22/7
Question 7Single Answer
Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana, is a Union Territory of India. When was it established ?
A
1951
B
1966
C
1975
D
1982
Question 8Single Answer
Who was the chief architect of Chandigarh and is credited with designing its master plan ?
A
Le Corbusier
B
Charles Correa
C
Louis Kahn
D
Frank Lloyd Wright
Question 9Single Answer
Which famous lake is located in Chandigarh and is a popular tourist attraction ?
A
Dal Lake
B
Sukhna Lake
C
Wular Lake
D
Nainital Lake
Question 10Single Answer
The famous Rock Garden in Chandigarh was created by :
A
Nek Chand
B
M.F. Husain
C
S.H. Raza
D
Satish Gujral
Question 11Single Answer
Which Indian state launched the ‘Green Energy Villages’ initiative in 2025 to promote renewable energy?
A
Uttar Pradesh
B
Rajasthan
C
Tamil Nadu
D
Gujarat
Question 12Single Answer
Which organization developed the K-6 hypersonic Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) tested in 2025?
A
ISRO
B
HAL
C
Bharat Dynamics Limited
D
DRDO
ICT
Question 13Single Answer
What does ICT stand for in the context of education?
A
Information and Computer Technology
B
Information and Communication Technology
C
Integrated Computer Technology
D
Interactive Communication Technology
Question 14Single Answer
What is the primary role of ICT in education?
A
To replace teachers
B
To access, process, manage, and communicate information for learning
C
To limit student interaction
D
To focus only on hardware maintenance
Question 15Single Answer
Which of the following is an example of ICT?
A
A chalkboard
B
The internet
C
A textbook
D
A notebook
Question 16Single Answer
What is hardware in a computer system?
A
The programs that run the computer
B
The physical components of the computer
C
The internet connection
D
The user manual
Question 17Single Answer
What is the role of software in a computer system?
A
To provide physical support to hardware
B
To give instructions to hardware for performing tasks
C
To replace hardware components
D
To limit computer functionality
Question 18Single Answer
Which type of software manages computer hardware?
A
Application software
B
System software
C
Educational software
D
Utility software
Question 19Single Answer
What is an example of system software?
A
Microsoft Excel
B
Windows Operating System
C
Google Docs
D
Educational games
Question 20Single Answer
Which of the following is an example of application software?
A
Linux
B
Microsoft PowerPoint
C
Device drivers
D
BIOS
Question 21Single Answer
How does ICT enhance teaching and learning?
A
By limiting access to resources
B
By providing tools for interactive and engaging learning
C
By reducing student participation
D
By focusing only on hardware
Question 22Single Answer
Which hardware device is commonly used for displaying content to a class?
A
Printer
B
Projector
C
Scanner
D
Keyboard
Question 23Single Answer
What is the function of a monitor in a computer system?
A
To process data
B
To display output
C
To store data
D
To input data
Question 24Single Answer
Which ICT tool is used for two-way communication in virtual classrooms?
A
Radio
B
Video conferencing software
C
Television
D
Printer
Teaching Aptitude and Pedagogy
Question 25Single Answer
What is the primary purpose of communication in teaching?
A
To deliver content without student interaction
B
To exchange information, ideas, and feelings effectively
C
To maintain strict classroom discipline
D
To assign tasks only
Question 26Single Answer
Which of the following is a component of verbal communication skills in teaching?
A
Body language
B
Clarity of speech
C
Eye contact
D
Gestures
Question 27Single Answer
Non-verbal communication includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A
Facial expressions
B
Questioning techniques
C
Eye contact
D
Gestures
Question 28Single Answer
Why is active listening important for adolescent learners?
A
It helps teachers dominate discussions
B
It shows empathy and encourages students to express themselves
C
It reduces the need for verbal communication
D
It ensures strict discipline
Question 29Single Answer
How can teachers use communication to build rapport with adolescent learners?
A
By maintaining a formal and distant approach
B
By creating a trusting and respectful classroom environment
C
By avoiding student questions
D
By focusing only on academic content
Question 30Single Answer
What is a key benefit of clear instructional communication for adolescents?
A
It reduces the need for feedback
B
It helps students understand complex concepts and expectations
C
It limits student participation
D
It eliminates the need for classroom management
Question 31Single Answer
Which communication skill is most effective for classroom management?
A
Setting clear rules and addressing behavior constructively
B
Using complex vocabulary to impress students
C
Avoiding student feedback
D
Limiting student interaction
Question 32Single Answer
How can teachers motivate adolescent learners through communication?
A
By using discouraging language
B
By showing enthusiasm and encouraging participation
C
By avoiding student feedback
D
By maintaining a strict tone
Question 33Single Answer
What type of feedback is most effective for adolescent learners?
A
Vague and delayed feedback
B
Specific, constructive, and timely feedback
C
Negative feedback only
D
Feedback given only at the end of the term
Question 34Single Answer
How can teachers help adolescent learners develop their communication skills?
A
By limiting opportunities for discussion
B
By modeling good communication and providing practice opportunities
C
By avoiding group work
D
By focusing only on written assignments
Question 35Single Answer
Which of the following is an example of non-verbal communication?
A
Asking a question
B
Maintaining eye contact
C
Giving a lecture
D
Providing written feedback
Question 36Single Answer
What role does empathy play in teacher-student communication?
A
It creates distance between teacher and student
B
It helps teachers understand and respond to students' feelings
C
It reduces the need for clear instructions
D
It makes classroom management stricter
Test of English, Hindi, Punjabi Language and Comprehension
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.
Question 49Single Answer
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
Question 50Single Answer
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.
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Question 51Single Answer
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
Question 52Single Answer
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?
Question 53Single Answer
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
Question 54Single Answer
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.
Question 55Single Answer
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
Question 56Single Answer
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
Question 57Single Answer
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
Question 58Single Answer
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.
Question 59Single Answer
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.
Question 60Single Answer
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.
Question 61Single 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 62Single 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 63Single 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 64Single 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 65Single 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 66Single 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 67Single 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 68Single 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 69Single 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 70Single 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 71Single Answer
Who is the creator of the character, Julien Sorel ?
A
Balzac
B
Flaubert
C
Moliere
D
Stendhal
Question 72Single 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 73Single 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 74Single 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 75Single 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 76Single 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 77Single Answer
Which of these countries does Montaigne's essay, "Of Cannibals, “focus on primarily ?
A
Borneo
B
Brazil
C
India
D
Japan
Question 78Single Answer
The set of inflected forms taken by a single word is :
A
lexeme
B
morpheme
C
phoneme
D
sememe
Question 79Single 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 80Single 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 81Single 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 82Single 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 83Single 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 84Single 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 85Single 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 86Single 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 87Single 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 88Single Answer
Words with the same pronunciation and different meanings are :
A
homonyms
B
homografts
C
homologues
D
homophones
Question 89Single 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 90Single 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 91Single 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 92Single 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 93Single 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 94Single 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 95Single 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 96Single 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 97Single 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 98Single 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 99Single 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 100Single 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 101Single 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 102Single 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 103Single Answer
Who is the author of Radiant Textually ?
A
Jerome McGann
B
Gerald Graff
C
James Thorpe
D
Richard D. Altick
Question 104Single 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 105Single 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 106Single 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 107Single 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 108Single 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 109Single Answer
Who wrote the short story, "The Voter" ?
A
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
B
Chinua Achebe
C
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
D
Wole Soyinka
Question 110Single 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 111Single 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 112Single 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 113Single 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 114Single Answer
Which of the following is a dead language ?
A
Cantonese
B
Frisian
C
Gothic
D
Yiddish
Question 115Single 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 116Single 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 117Single 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 118Single 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 119Single 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 120Single Answer
Arrange the following poems by W. B. Yeats in the chronological order of publication .
(a) "The Wild Swans at Coole"
(b) "The Second Coming"
(c) "Among School Children"
(d) "Adam's Curse"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (c), (d), (b)
B
(c), (a), (b), (d)
C
(c), (a), (d), (b)
D
(d), (a), (b), (c)
Question 121Single Answer
Arrange chronologically the following texts in terms of their years of first publication :
(a) Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene
(b) Coleridge and Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads
(c) Pablo Neruda's Canto General
(d) Charles Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (b), (c), (d)
B
(a), (b), (d), (c)
C
(b), (c), (a), (d)
D
(d), (a), (b), (c)
Question 122Single Answer
Which of the following is true of mass media ?
A
It usually has a central, single source
B
It can affect a localised population only
C
It usually has multiple sources
D
Its audience is in close proximity to its source
Question 123Single Answer
Who wrote the essay "My First Acquaintance with Poets" ?
A
Charles Lamb
B
John Ruskin
C
Thomas De Quincey
D
William Hazlitt
Question 124Single Answer
Who, among these, are songwriters who have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature ?
(a) Elton John
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Bob Dylan
(d) Bob Marley
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (d) only
B
(a) and (b) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(c) and (d) only
Question 125Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II .
List-I List-II
(Author) (Text)
(a) Robert Browning I. Queen Mary
(b) S.T. Coleridge II. The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
(c) A.W. Pinero III. Remorse
(d) Alfred Tennyson IV. The Borderers
(e) William Wordsworth V. Strafford
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
II IV III V I
B
III V II I IV
C
IV II I V III
D
V III II I IV
Question 126Single Answer
Who wrote The Labyrinth of Solitude ?
A
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
B
Gabriela Mistral
C
Jorge Luis Borges
D
Octavio Paz
Question 127Single Answer
Arrange the following terms in the chronological order as these appeared in literary theory :
(a) phallogocentrism
(b) locutionary act
(c) interpellation
(d) interpretive community
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (d), (c), (b)
B
(b), (c), (a), (d)
C
(c), (b), (d), (a)
D
(d), (a), (b), (c)
Question 128Single Answer
Which of the following did Owuor Anyumba, Taban Lo Liyong and Ngugi wa Thiongo object to in 1968 ?
(a) the primacy of English literatures and cultures
(b) the centrality of Africa in the Department of English
(c) the primacy of orature in the syllabus
(d) the focus on the study of the historic continuity of English literature
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (d) only
B
(a) and (b) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(c) and (d) only
Question 129Single Answer
Which of the following abbreviations refers to a documentation style ?
A
ARIEL
B
MFS
C
MHRA
D
PMLA
Question 130Single Answer
Who among the following is associated with a 'philosophy of praxis' ?
A
Antonio Gramsci
B
Georg Lukacs
C
Raymond Williams
D
Stuart Hall
Question 131Single Answer
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Language is not a reliable tool of communication, says deconstruction, but argues in favors of a theory of sign as a self-sufficient union of signifier and signified
Statement II : Deconstruction claims that language is non-referential since it refers neither to the things in the world nor to our concepts of things but only to the play of signifiers
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
A
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
B
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
C
Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect
D
Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct
Question 132Single Answer
Which of the following are true of the dramatic legacy of Ben Jonson ?
(a) Jonson's physiological interpretation of character and personality did not have any precedent
(b) Taking after the practice of the Moralities and Interludes, Jonson named his dramatis personae aptronymically
(c) Chapman's All Fools and Middleton's A Trick to Catch the Old One belong to the genre of Comedy of Humours that Jonson is said to have pioneered
(d) John Marston and Thomas Dekker collaborated with Jonson in writing for a children's company of players
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(b) and (c) only
C
(c) and (d) only
D
(d) and (a) only
Question 133Single Answer
Which two of the following are the earliest colonial publishing initiatives that apply to India ?
(a) Andrew Lang Colonial Book Series
(b) Murray Colonial and Home Library Series
(c) Colonial Library Series by Macmillan
(d) Colonial Library Series by Chatto & Windus
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (c) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 134Single Answer
Which of the following are novels by David Lodge ?
(a) The British Museum is Falling down
(b) The Seven Sisters
(c) Changing Places
(d) Nice Work
(e) Empire of the Sun
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (b) and (c) only
B
(a), (c) and (d) only
C
(b), (d) and (e) only
D
(c), (d) and (e) only
Question 135Single Answer
Which of the following are books by Noam Chomsky ?
(a) Syntactic Structures
(b) Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
(c) Language and Society
(d) Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
(e) The Pragmatics of Politeness
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (c) only
B
(b) and (d) only
C
(c) and (e) only
D
(d) and (a) only
Question 136Single Answer
Which two of the following conform to the documentation style prescribed by the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook ?
(a) Puig, Manuel, Kiss of the Spider Woman, translated by Thomas Colchie, Vintage Books, 1991
(b) Kincaid, Jamaica. "In History." Callao, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring 2001, pp. 620-26
(c) Nurnberg, Geoffrey, editor. The Future of the Book. U of California P, 1996
(d) Wellek, Rene. A History of Modern Criticism, 1750-1950, Yale UP, 1986
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (c) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 137Single Answer
Which of these departments did the Wood's Despatch of 1854 recommend setting up in the universities ?
(a) Arabic
(b) English
(c) French
(d) Law
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (b) and (d) only
B
(a), (b) and (c) only
C
(a), (c) and (d) only
D
(b), (c) and (d) only
Question 138Single Answer
Which character in Hamlet utters the line: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" ?
A
Bernardo
B
Ghost
C
Horatio
D
Marcellus
Question 139Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II .
List-I List-II
(Text) (Author)
(a) The Lie of the Land I. Alok Mukherjee
(b) Masks of Conquest II. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
(c) Rethinking English III. Gauri Viswanathan
(d) This Gift of English IV. Svati Joshi
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
I III IV II
B
II III IV I
C
III IV II I
D
IV I II III
Question 140Single Answer
Match List-I with List - II :
List -I List -II
(Library/Institute) (Location)
(a) Connemara Public Library I. Kolkata
(b) Dhvanyaloka II. Chennai
(c) Bhandarkar Oriental Institute III. Mysore
(d) Asiatic Society IV. Pune
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
I III IV II
B
II III IV I
C
III IV II I
D
IV I II III
Question 141Single Answer
Which two of the following essays form part of Mikhail Bakhtin's The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays ?
(a) "From the History of Novelistic Discourse"
(b) "Discourse in the Novel"
(c) "Romance and Novel"
(d) "Forms of Time and the Chronotope in the Novel"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (d) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 142Single Answer
Which Shakespearean comedy is structured as a play within a play ?
A
A Midsummer Night's Dream
B
Love's Labour's Lost
C
The Comedy of Errors
D
The Taming of the Shrew
Question 143Single Answer
Which of these is identified by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattel art as having been deployed in Walt Disney comic books to propagate imperialist ideology ?
A
Deification
B
Impoverishment
C
Infantilisation
D
Personification
Question 144Single Answer
Which of the following narrative cycles is referred to in Michel Foucault's "What is an Author" ?
A
The Canterbury Tales
B
The Decameron
C
The Thousand and One Nights
D
Tuti Namah
Question 145Single Answer
Which two among the following condemned the transportation of 50000 slaves into England in 1771 ?
(a) Samuel Johnson
(b) Alexander Pope
(c) Horace Walpole
(d) Thomas Gray
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) and (b) only
B
(a) and (c) only
C
(b) and (c) only
D
(b) and (d) only
Question 146Single Answer
Arrange the following characters in the chronological order in which they appeared in Indian literature .
(a) Praneshacharya (Samsara)
(b) Sakuni (Mahabharata)
(c) Rusty (The Room on the Roof)
(d) Gobar (Godan)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a), (b), (c), (d)
B
(b), (a), (c), (d)
C
(b), (c), (d), (a)
D
(b), (d), (c), (a)
Question 147Single Answer
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : The opening and closing lines of Waiting for Godot are spoken by Estragon
Statement II : Towards the end of the play Waiting for Godot, Estragon echoes Pozzo's statement, "They give birth astride of a grave ..."
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
B
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
C
Statement I is false, but Statement II is true
D
Statement is true, but Statement II is false
Question 148Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II .
List-I List-II
(Plays) (Playwrights)
(a) Madmen and Specialists I. Dennis Scott
(b) The Sea at Dauphin II. Wole Soyinka
(c) The Trial of Dedan Kimathi III. Derek Walcott
(d) An Echo in the Bone IV. Ngugi wa Thiong's
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
II III I IV
B
II III IV I
C
III I IV II
D
III IV II I
Question 149Single Answer
Arrange the following terms in their chronological sequence of appearance :
(a) dissociation of sensibility
(b) unreliable narrator
(c) theatre of cruelty
(d) egotistical sublime
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A
(b), (d), (a), (c)
B
(d), (a), (b), (c)
C
(d), (a), (c), (b)
D
(d), (b), (a), (c)
Question 150Single Answer
Who is the author of The Otherness of English: India's Aunty Tongue Syndrome ?
