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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS in ENGLISH LITERATURE Literature based Language Quiz English 1. The epigraph of The Waste Land is borrowed from(A) Virgil (B) Petronius (C) Seneca (D) Homer Answer:D 2. Who called The Waste Land a music of ideas ? (A) Allen Tate (B) ]. C. Ransom (C) l.A.Richa1:ds (D) F, R. Leavis Answer:A 3. T. S. Eliot has borrowed the term Unreal City in first and third sections from (A) Baudelaire (B) Irving Babbit (C) Dante (D) Laforgue Answer:C

4. Which of the following myths does not figure in The Waste Land ? (A) Oedipus (B) Grail Legend 0f Fisher King (C) Philomela (D) Sysyphus Answer:D 5. Joe Gargery is Pips(A) brother (B) brother-in-law (C) guardian (D) cousin Answer:C 6. Estella is the daughter of(A) ]oe Gargery (B) Abel Magwitch (C) Miss Havisham (D) Bentley Drummle Answer:A 7. Which book of Iohn Ruskin influenced Mahatma Gandhi ? (A) Sesame and Lilies A (B) The Seven Lamps of Architecture (C) Unto This Last (D) Fors Clavigera Answer:C

8. Graham Greenes novels are marked by(A) Catholicism (B) Protestantism (C) Paganism (D) Buddiusm Answer:A 9 One important feature of jane Austens style is(A) boisterous humour (B) humour and pathos (C) subtlety of irony (D) stream of consciousness Answer:B 10. The title of the poem The Second Coming is taken from(A) The Bible (B) The Irish mythology (C) The German mythology (D) The Greek mythology Answer:A ll. The main character in Paradise Lost Book l and Book Il is(A) God (B) Satan (C) Adam (D) Eve Answer:B 12. ln Sons and Lovers, Paul Morels m0thers name is-

(A) Susan (B) jane (C) Gertrude (D) Emily Answer:C 13. The twins in Lord of the Flies are(A) Ralph and jack (B) Simon and Eric (C) Ralph and Eric (D) Simon and Jack Answer:A 14. Mr. Jaggers, in Great Expectations, is a(A) lawyer (B) postrnan (C) judge (D) schoolteacher Answer:A 15. What does I stand for in the following line ? To Carthage then I came (A) Buddha (B) Tiresias (C) Smyrna Merchant (D) Augustine Answer:D 16. The following lines are an example of ,.. image. The river sweats Oil and tar .. .

(A) visual (B) kinetic (C) erotic (D) sensual Answer:C 17. Which of the following novels has the subtitle A Novel With out a Hero ? (A) Vanity Fair (B) Middlermarch (C) Wuthering Heights (D) Oliver Twist Answer:A 18. In Leda and the Swan, who wooes Leda in guise of a swan ? (A) Mars (B) Hercules (C) Zeus (D) Bacchus Answer:D 19. Who invented the term Sprung rhythm ? (A) Hopkins (B) Tennyson (C) Browning (D) Wordsworth Answer:A 20. Who wrote the poem Defence of Lucknow ? (A) Browning (B) Tennyson (C) Swinburne (D) Rossetti Answer:C

21. Which of the following plays of Shakespeare has an epilogue ? (A) The Tempest (B) Henry IV, Pt I (C) Hamlet (D) Twelfth Night Answer:A 22. Hamlets famous speech T0 be, or not to be; that is the question occurs in(A) Act II, Scene I (B) Act III, Scene III (C) Act IV, Scene III (D) Act III, Scene I Answer:D 23. Identify the character in The Tempest who is referred to as an honest old councellor (A) Alonso (B) Ariel (C) Gonzalo (D) Stephano Answer:C 24. What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth Night ? (A) Or, What is you Will (B) Or, What you Will (C) Or, What you Like It (D) Or, What you Think Answer:B

25. Which of the following plays of Shakespeare, according to T. S. Eliot, is artistic failure ? (A) The Tempest (B) Hamlet (C) Henry IV, Ptl (D) Twelfth Night Answer:B 26. Who is Thomas Percy in Henry IV, Pt I ? (A) Earl of Northumberland (B) Earl of March (C) Earl of Douglas (D) Earl of Worcester Answer:A 27. Paradise Lost was originally written in (A) ten books (B) eleven books (C) nine books (D) eight books Answer:D 28, In Pride and Prejudice, Lydia elopes with(A) Darcy (B) Wickham (C) William Collins (D) Charles Bingley Answer:B

29. Who coined the phrase Egotistical Sublime? (A) William Wordsworth (B) P. B. Shelley (C) S. T. Coleridge (D) John Keats Answer:C 30. Who is commonly known as Pip in Great Expectations ? (A) Philip Pirrip (B) Filip Pirip (C) Philip Pip (D) Philips Pirip Answer:C 31. The novel The Power and the Glory is set in(A) Mexico (B) Italy (C) France (D) Germany Answer:A 32. Which of the following is Goldings first novel ? (A) The inheritors (B) Lord of the Flies (C) Pincher Martin (D) Pyramid Answer:B 33. Identify the character who is a supporter of Womens Rights in Sons and Lovers ?

(A) Mrs. Morel (B) Annie (C) Miriam (D) Clara Dawes Answer:A 34. Vanity Fair is a novel by(A) Jane Austen (B) Charles Dickens (C) W, M. Thackeray (D) Thomas Hardy Answer:C 35. Shelleys Adunais is an elegy on the death of (A) Milton (B) Coleridge (C) Keats (D) Johnson Answer:C 36. Which of the following is the first novel of D. H. Lawrence ? (A) The White Peacock (B) The Trespasser (C) Sons and Lovers (D) Women in Love Answer:A 37. In the poem Tintern Abbey, dearest friend refers to(A) Nature (B) Dorothy (C) Coleridge (D) Wye Answer:B

38. Who, among the following, is not the second generation of British Romantics ? (A) Keats (B) Wordsworth (C) Shelley (D) Byron Answer:B 39. Which of the following poems of Coleridge is a ballad ? (A) Work Without Hope (B) Frost at Midnight (C) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (D) Youth and Age Answer:C 40. Identify the writer who was expelled from Oxford for circulating a pamph1et~ (A) P. B. Shelley (B) Charles Lamb (C) Hazlitt (D) Coleridge Answer:A 41. Keatss Endymiou is dedicated to (A) Leigh Hunt (B) Milton (C) Shakespeare

(D) Thomas Chatterton Answer:A 42. The second series of Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb was published in(A) 1823 (B) 1826 (C) 1834 (D) 1833 Answer:D 43, Which of the following poets does not belong to the Lake School ? (A) Keats (B) Coleridge (C) Southey (D) Wordsworth Answer:A 44. Who, among the following writers, was not educated at Christs Hospital School, London? (A) Charles Lamb (B) WilliamWordsworth (C) Leighliunt (D) S. T. Coleridge Answer:A 45. VVh0 derided Hazlitt as one of the members of the Cockney School of Poetry ?

(A) Tennyson (B) Charles Lamb (C) Lockhart (D) T. S. Eliot Answer:D 46. Tennys0ns poem ln Memoriam was written in memory of~ (A) A. H. Hallam (B) Edward King (C) Wellington (D) P. B. Shelley Answer:A 47. Who, among the following, is not connected with the Oxford Movement? (A) Robert Browning (B) John Keble (C) E. B. Pusey (D) ]. H. Newman Answer:A 48. Identify the work by Swinburne which begins when the hounds of spring are on winters traces.,.(A) Chastelard (B) ASongofItaly (C) Atalantain Calydon (D) Songs before Sunrise Answer:C

49. Carlyles work On Heroes, HeroWorship and the Heroic in History is a course of(A) six lectures (B) five lectures (C) four lectures (D) seven lectures Answer:B 50. Who is praised as a hero by Carlyle in his lecture on the I-lero as King ? (A) ]ohnson (B) Cromwell (C) Shakespeare (D) Luther Answer:B

general awareness Sample paper For SBI PO Exam and other PO Exams general awareness Sample paper For SBI PO Exam and other PO Exams Sample paper for SBI PO General Awareness test: General Knowledge Questions Answers For Bank PO Exams question papers of sbi bank po exams 1. The population of UP. exceeds that of1. Bangladesh 2. Brazil 3. Pakistan 4. lndonesia Select the correct answer from the following codes-

Codes : (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 2 and 4 Answer:B 2. Consider the following statementsAssertion (A) 2 Madhya Pradesh is called the Ethiopia of India. Reason (R) : lts hallmarks are excessive infantile mortality and malnutrition. Select the correct answer using the codes given belowCodes : (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true Answer:D 3. The UNESCO has given international recognition to1. Nil giri Biosphere 2. Nanda Devi Biosphere 3. Manas Biosphere 4. Simlipal Biosphere Select the correct answer from the following codes-

Codes (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 2 and 4 Answer:A 4. National Renewal Fund was constituted for the purpose of(A) Providing pension for retiring employees (B) Social security (C) Rural reconstruction (D) Restructuring and modernization of industries Answer:D 5. Open-market operations of Reserve Bank of India refer to(A) Trading in securities (B) Auctioning of Foreign E>< change (C) Transaction in gold (D) None of the above Answer:A 6. If interest payment is added to primary deficit, it is equivalent to(A) Budget deficit (B) Fiscal deficit (C) Deficit financing (D) Revenue deficit Answer:B

7. Consider the following statements and state which is/ are correct ? 1. The sub-prime crisis which hit the U. S. economy was caused by sudden increase in oil prices 2. The crisis led to default in home loan repayment 3. lt led to failure of some U.S. banks 4. Sub-prime crisis caused crash in Indian Stock Market Choose your answer from given codes. Codes : (A) 1 only (B) 2 and 4 only (C) 2, 3, and 4 only (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 Answer:C 8. In Uttar Pradesh, recognized Stock Exchange is at (A) Lucknow (B) Kanpur (C) Varanasi (D) Ghaziabad Answer:B 9. Which of the following provides the largest credit to agriculture and allied sectors ?

(A) Cooperative Banks (B) Regional Rural Banks (C) Commercial Banks (D) Cooperative and Regional Rural Banks jointly Answer:D 10. Who had suggested an imposition of expenditure tax in India for the first time ? (A) Kalecki (B) Kaldor (C) R. ]. Chelliah (D) Gautam Mathur Answer:B 11. An increase in CRR by the Reserve Bank of India results in(A) Decrease in debt of the government (B) Reduction in liquidity in the economy (C) Attracting more FDI in the country (D) More flow of credit to desired sectors Answer:B 12. Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Act became effective in-

(A) 2004 (B) 2005 (C) 2006 (D) 2007 Answer:C 13. In the 11th Five Year Plan, which of the following sectors accounts for maximum combined Central, State and U.T. expenditure ? (A) Transport (B) Energy (C) Agriculture and Rural Development (D) Social sector Answer:D 14, In which of the following Committees there is no representation of Rajya Sabha ? (A) Public Accounts Committee (B) Committee on Public Undertakings (C) Estimates Committee (D) Committee on Government Assurances Answer:C 15. Provision regarding Panchayats and Municipalities was made in the Indian Constitution in which year ? (A) 1991 (B) 1995 (C) 2000 (D) 1993

Answer:D 16, Which one of the following writs is issued during the pendency of proceedings in a court 7 (A) Mandamus (B) Certiorari (C) Prohibition (D) Quo warranto Answer:B 17. The word Secularism was inserted in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by (A) 25th Amendment (B) 42nd Amendment (C) 44th Amendment (D) 52nd Amendment Answer:B 18. Mid day Meal Scheme is financed and managed by(A) Food and Civil Supply Department of State Governments (B) Department of Consumer Affairs and Welfare (C) Ministry of Programme Implementation (D) Ministry of Human Resource Development Answer:D 19. The following States were created after 1960. Arrange them in ascending chronological order of their formation and choose your

answer from the given codes. 1. Haryana 2. Sikkim 3. Nagaland 4. Meghalaya Codes: (A) L 2, 3, 4 (B) 2, 3, 4, I (C) 3/ L 4) 2 (D) 2, 4, L 3 Answer:C 20. The function of the ProTemp. Speaker is to(A) Conduct the proceedings of the House in the absence of Speaker (B) Swearing members (C) Officiate as Speaker when the Speaker is unlikely to be elected (D) Only check if the election certificates of the members are in order Answer:B 21. The Provision for the Calling Attention Notices has restricted the scope of which of the following (A) Short duration discussion (B) Question hour (C) Adjournment motion (D) Zero hour Answer:A

22. Match List-I with List-H and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists List-I (a) Article 14 (b) Article 36 (c) Article 74 (d) Article 368 List-II 1. Amendment procedure 2. Council of Ministers 3. Right to Equality 4. Directive Principles Codes: (a) (b) (C) (d) (A) 2 1 4 3 (B) 4 1 3 2 (C) 1 2 3 4 (D) 3 4 2 1 Answer:D 23. The expenses of Public Service Commission of Uttar Pradesh are charged upon(A) Consolidated Fund of India (B) Consolidated Fund of State (C) Its own generated fund from fees (D) Contingent Fund Answer:B 24. In 1930 a persons age was 8 times that of his son. In 1938 the fathers age becomes 10 times me

age of his sons age in 1930. The ages of father and son in 1940 were respectively(A) 58 and 16 years (B) 50 and 15 years (C) 42 and 14 years (D) 34 and 13 years Answer:C 25. Reema is twice as old as Sumita Three years ago she was three times as old as Surnita. How old is Reerna now ? (A) 6 years (B) 7 years (C) S years (D) 12 years Answer:D 26. The marked price of a table is Rs. 2,000, which is 25% above the cost price. If the shopkeeper sells the table at 8% discount on the marked price, his percentage of profit would be (A) 14% (B} 15% (C) 16% (D) 20% Answer:B 27. Which of the following statements is not true of the Indian Economy (A) Its share of world population is only 16% but its share ot world GDP is 16%

(B) The share of service sector in Indias GDP is only 25% (C) 58% of its working population is engaged in agriculture, but the contribution of agriculture to the national income is 22% (D) India occupies only 2~4% of the worlds geographical area Answer:B 28. A can finish a work in 6 days whereas B can finish the work in 9 days. If both of them work together, what is the probability that the work will be finished on third day ? (A) 1/2 (B) 1/6 (C) 1 (D) 0 Answer:B 29. Which layer of atmosphere is responsible for Aurora Borealis 7 (A) Troposphere (B) Thermosphere (C) Ionosphere (D) Exosphere Answer:C 30. Who is the brand ambassador of BSNL ? (A) Shah Rukh Khan (B) Abhishek Bachchan

(C) Preity Zinta (D) Deepika Padukone Answer:D 31. The headquarter of R.B.I. is situated at(A) Delhi (B) Kolkata (C) Mumbai (D) Chennai Answer:C 32. An ox in a Kolhu is tethered to a rope 3m long. How much distance does the ox cover in 14 rounds ? (? = 22/7) (A) 300m (B) 250m (C) 264m (D) 232m Answer:C 33. 90E Ridge lies in (A) Atlantic ocean (B) Indian ocean (C) Pacific ocean (D) Mediterranean sea Answer:B 34. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley (A) Ganga (B) Brahmaputra

(C) Narmada (D) Krishna Answer:C 35. The Ruhr basin is the famous Industrial region of(A) China (B) Germany (C) Iapan (D) United Kingdom Answer:B 36. Which of the following countries are located on the Equator ? 1. Brunei 2. Columbia 3. Kenya 4. Venezuela Select the correct answer from the codes given belowCodes : (A) I and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (C) 3 and 4 (D). 1 and 4 Answer:B 37. If the Sun rises at TIRAP in Arunachal Pradesh at 500 asm. (IST), then what time (IST) the Sun will rise in Kandla in Gujarat ? (A) About 53Ura.m. (B) About 600 a.m. (C) About 7.00 a.m. (D) About 760 am. Answer:C

38. Which one of me following islands of the East Indies is divided into three countries ? (A) Borneo (B) Celebes (C) New Guinea (D) Timor Answer:A 39. The AngloAmerican Culture Realm does not include 1, Canada 2. U.S,A, 3. Mexico 4. Cuba Select the correct answer from the codes given below Codes: (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 3 and 4 Answer:D 4. The Kalpsar Project for supply of sweet water is located in (A) Gujarat (B) Haryana (C) Maharashtra (D) Rajasthan Answer:A 41. Which soil needs little irrigation as it retains soil moisture (A) Alluvial soil (B) Black soil

(C) Red soil (D) Laterite soil Answer:B 4, In an area with annual rainfall of more than 200 cms and sloping hills which crop will be ideal (A) Jute (B) Cotton (C) Tea (D) Maize Answer:C 43. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the listsList-I (a) Etna (b) Vesuvius (c) Erebus (d) Cotopaxy List-II 1. Ross Island 2. Ecuador 3, Italy 4. Sicily Codes: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 4 3 1 2 (C) 3 4 2 1 (D) 4 3 2 1 Answer:B 44. Consider the following statements Assertion (A) : River Darnodar was known as River of Sorrow in West Bengal prior to the

development of the Damodar Valley Corporation. Reason (R) amodar in its upper reaches flows rapidly and in its lower reaches it runs too sluggishly. Select the correct answer using the codes given belowCodes: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true Answer:B 45. Which State has decided to establish a University for the disabled during 2009-10 ? (A) Maharashtra (B) Kerala (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh Answer:D 46. Dhuria is folk dance of~ (A) Avadh (B) Bundelkhand

(C) Purvanchal (D) Rohelkhand Answer:B 47. In which one of the following States is Suil river project located ? (A) Uttarakhand (B) Haryana (C) Punjab (D) Himachal Pradesh Answer:D 48. Which one of the following is not correctly matched (A) Alha - Bundelkhand (B) Birha Purvanchal (C) Chaiti Rohelkhand (D) Kajri Avadh Answer:C 49. Which one of the following is not a folk dance of Uttar Pradesh ? (A) Charkula (B) Dadra (C) Karma (D) Muria Answer:D 50. Which one of the following is not included in the National Food Security Missions ?

(A) Oil seeds (B) Wheat (C) Rice (D) Pulses Answer:A

English Literature Quiz For PGT TGT UGC UPSC and other Exams English Literature Quiz For PGT TGT UGC UPSC and other Exams MULTIPLE CHOICE SOLVED QUESTIONS ENGLISH LITERATURE KVS PGT TGT PRT Free Online model objective test papers Free Online English literature test 1. Identify the work by Ruskin which began as a defence of contemporary landscape artist especially Turner(A) The Stones of Venice (B) The Two Paths (C) The Seven Lamps of Architecture (D) Modern Painters Answer:D 2. The term the Palliser Novels is used to describe the political novels of (A) Charles Dickens (B) Anthony Trollope (C) W.H.White (D) B. Disraeli Answer:D

3. Identify the poet whom Queen Victoria, regarded as the perfect poet of 1ove and loss(A) Tennyson (B) Browning (C) Swinburne (D) D. G. Rossetti Answer:D 4. A verse form using stanza of eight lines, each with eleven syllables, is known as (A) Spenserian Stanza (B) Ballad (C) Ottava Rima (D) Rhyme Royal Answer:C 5. Identify the writer who first used blank verse in English p0etry~ (A) Sir Thomas Wyatt (B) William Shakespeare (C) Earl of Surrey (D) Milton Answer:C 6. The Aesthetic Movement which blossomed during the 188(Js was not influenced by (A) The Pre-Raphaelites (B) Ruskin (C) Pater

(D) Matthew Arnold Answer:D 7. Identify the rhetorical figure used in the following line of Tennyson : Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true/ (A) Oxymoron (B) Metaphor (C) Simile (D) Synecdoche Answer:A 8. W. B. Yeats used the phrase the artifice of eternity in his p0em (A) Sailing to Byzantium (B) Byzantium (C) The Second Coming (D) Leda and the Swan Answer:A 9. Who is Pips friend in London ? (A) Pumblechook (B) Herbert Pocket (C) Bentley Drummle (D) Jaggers Answer:D 0. Who is Mr, Tench in The Power and the Glory ? (A) A teacher (B) A clerk (C) A thief (D) A dentist Answer:C

11. Pride and Prejudice was originally a youthful work entitled(A) Last Impressions (B) False Impressions (C) First Impressions (D) True Impressions Answer:C 12. Identify the novel in which the character of Charlotte Lucas figures(A) Great Expectations (B) The Power and the Glory (C) Lord of the Flies (D) Pride and Prejudice Answer:D 13. Theres a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. The line given above occurs in (A) Hamlet (B) Henry IV, Pt I (C) The Tempest (D) Twelfth Night Answer:A 14, Who said that Shakespeare in his comedies has only heroines and no heroes ? (A) Ben jonson (B) John Ruskin (C) Thomas Carlyle

(D) William Hazlitt Answer:B 15. Sir john Falstaff is one of Shakespeares greatest(A) comic figures (B) historical figures (C) romantic figures (D) tragic figures Answer:A 16. That Milton was of die Devils party without knowing it, was said by (A) Blake (B) Eliot (C) Johnson (D) Shelley Answer:A 17. Who called Shelley a beautiful and ineffectual angel beating in the void his luminous wings in vain ? (A) Walter Rater (B) A. C. Swinburne (C) Matthew Arnold (D) T. S. Eliot Answer:C 18. Essays of Elia are (A) full of didactic sermonizing (B) practically autobiographical fragments

(C) remarkable for their aphoristic style (D) satirical and critical Answer:B 19. The theme of Tennysons Poem The Princess is(A) Queen Victorias coronation (B) Industrial Revolution (C) Womens Education and Rights (D) Rise of Democracy Answer:C 20. Thackerays Esmond is a novel of historical realism capturing the spirit of(A) the Medieval age (B) the Elizabethan age (C) the age of Queen Anne (D) the Victorian age Answer:A 21. Oedipus Complex is(A) a kind of physical ailment (B) a kind of vitamin (C) a brothers attraction towards his sister (D) a sons attraction towards his mother Answer:D 22. My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being

wiser than the intellect/ Who wrote this ? (A) Graham Greene (B) D. H. Lawrence (C) Charles Dickens (D) lane Austen Answer:B 23 Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans in his play(A) Twelfth Night (B) Hamlet (C) The Tempest (D) Henry IV, Pt I Answer:A 24. The rarer action is in virtue that in vengeance. This line occurs (A) Hamlet (B) Henry IV, Pt] (C) The Tempest (D) Twelfth Night Answer:C 25. Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice is a (A) Picaresque novel (B) Gothic novel (C) Domestic novel (D) Historical novel Answer:C

26. Heaven lies about us in our infancy. This line occurs in the poem (A) Immortality Ode (B) Tintern Abbey (C) The Second Coming (D) Leda and the Swan Answer:A 27. Wordsworth calls himself a Worshipper of Nature in his poem (A) Immortality Ode (B) Tintern Abbey (C) The Prelude (D) The Solitary Reaper Answer:B 28. When Wordsworths immortality Ode was first published in 1802, it had 0n1y(A) Stanzas I to IV (B) Stanzas I to V (C) Stanzas Ito VI (D) Stanzas I to VII Answer:B 29. Which method of narration has been employed by Dickens in his novel Great Expectations ? (A) Direct or epic method (B) Documentary method (C) Stream of Consciousness

technique (D) Autobiographical method Answer:A 30. Who said Keats was a Greek ? (A) Wordsworth (B) Coleridge (C) Lamb (D) Shelley Answer:B 31. D. G. Rossetti was a true literary descendant of(A) Keats (B) Byron (C) Shelley (D) Wordsworth Answer:A 32. To which character in Hamlet does the following description apply ? The tedious wiseacre who meddles his way to his do0m. (A) Claudius (B) Hamlet (C) Polonius (D) Rosencrantz Answer:B 33. Brevity is the soul of wit is a quotation from-

(A) Milton (B) William Shakespeare (C) T. S. Eliot (D) Ruskin Answer:B 34. Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale/ Who speaks the lines given above in Twelfth Night ? (A) Duke Orsino (B) Malvolio (C) Sir Andrew Aguecheek (D) Sir Toby Belch Answer:D 35. ln Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Miltons (A) Sense of injured merit (B) Hatred of tyranny (C) Spirit of revolt (D) All these Answer:C 36. Who calls poetry the breadth and finer spirit of all knowledge ? (A) Wordsworth (B) Shelley (C) Keats (D) Coleridge Answer:A

37. Twelfth Night opens with the speech of(A) Viola (B) Duke (C) Olivia (D) Malvolio Answer:B 38. What was the cause of Williams death in Sons and Lovers ? (A) An accident (B) An overdose of morphia (C) Suicide (D) Pneumonia Answer:D 39. Which poem of Coleridge is an opium dream ? (A) Kubla Khan (B) Christabel (C) The Ancient Mariner (D) Ode on the Departing Year Answer:A 40. Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem Ode to the West Wind ? (A) Rime royal (B) Ottava rirna (C) Terza rima (D) Spenserian Stanza Answer:C 41. The phrase Pathetic fal1acy is coined by-

(A) Milton (B) Coleridge (C) Carlyle (D) John Ruskin Answer:D 42. Tracts for the Times relates to(A) The Oxford Movement (B) The PreRaphaelite Movement (C) The Romantic Movement (D) The Symbolist Movement Answer:A 43. The Chartist Movement sought(A) Protection of the political rights of the working class (B) Recognition of chartered trading companies (C) Political rights for women (D) Protection of the political rights of the middle class Answer:A 44. Who wrote Biographia Literaria ? (A) Byron (B) Shelley (C) Coleridge (D) Lamb Answer:C 45. Who was Fortinbras ? (A) Claudiuss son (B) Son to the king of Norway

(C) Ophelias lover (D) Hamlets friend Answer:B 46. How many soliloquies are spoken by Hamlet in the play Hamlet ? (A) Nine (B) Seven (C) Five (D) Three Answer:C 47. The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity/ The above lines have been taken from ` (A) The Waste Land (B) Tintern Abbey (C) The Second Coming (D) Prayer for My Daughter Answer:C 48. William Morel in Sons and Lovers is drawn after (A) Lawrences father (B) Lawrences brother (C) Lawrence himself (D) None of these Answer:D 49. The most notable characteristic of Keats poetry is-

(A) Satire (B) Sensuality (C) Sensuousness (D) Social reform Answer:C 50. The keynote of Brownings philosophy of life is(A) agnosticism (B) optimism (C) pessimism (D) skepticism Answer:B

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Who wrote the successful play, 'Educating Rita' , about a low-brow woman who takes an interest in poetry and subsequently gets involved in an affair with a deteriorating alcohol-addicted professor of literature ?

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Willie Russell. Sillitoe took a strong interest in the working-class.('Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' {;} 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner').- Storey took an interest in soccer.('This sporting Life').-Alan Ayckbourne was successful with various light comedies.Willie Russell wrote the post-World-War-II version of Bernard Shaw's Liza Doolittle and Professor Higgins story.It was made into a movie. Who was the woman author of such successful novels as 'Memento Mori' {(1959);'The} Ballad of Peckham Rye' {(1960);} 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' {(1961);} 'The Girls of Slender Means' (1963)?

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Muriel Spark. Margaret Drabble(b.1939) is wellknown for 'the Garrick Year' 1964'The Millstone'1965. - Iris Murdoch(1919-1999) wrote

various quality novels among which : 'Under the Net'1954 {;} 'the Bell' {1958;} 'A severed head' 1961 - Margaret Atwood is not a British but a Canadian author.She wrote novels such as 'Cat's Eye' {(1988);} 'Alias Grace'(1996) Where did Dylan Thomas have his 'Boathouse'? Post-War British Literature

Laugharne. Llareggub is a fictional place that only exists in 'Under Milkwood' , which will be the more readily understood if you read the name from back to front. - Carmarthen and Swansea are Welsh towns near to Thomas' own Laugharne. In whose works were these important {'localities':Fernhill;Laugharne;Rhosili;Cw mdonkin} {Park;Swansea} Bay ? Post-War British Literatur e

Dylan Thomas. Thomas was born at Cwmdonkin Drive,Swansea,1914. Fernhill is in Carmarthenshire. Rhosili is on the Gower Peninsula.- Yeats,Eliot and Auden are sufficiently well-known not to require any 'footnotes'. Which early novel concerns the goings-on of a shipwrecked Englishman, who struggles with aspects of religion and ownership

while stranded? Defoe, "Robinson Crusoe". Crusoe constantly struggles to remain a dignified Englishman while abandoned on this island. He takes ownership of his surroundings (the natives and resources) because he feels that being a gentleman gives him a natural right above all other savages. This novel describes the rise and fall of Michael Henchard, a gentleman whose self-destructing nature brings about his downfall. He remains obsessed with his standing in public opinion. Hardy, "Mayor of Casterbridge". After losing favor with the people, Henchard renounces all of his possessions and commits to being a hermit. Also, after committing suicide, he asks that no one remember him. These are acts to gain favor with the people, not to repent. Which Dickens novel follows Pip in his ascension from poverty to gentility? "Great Expectations". Personally, Pip is one of my favorite characters in all of literature. This novel covers a 24-hour span and follows a handful of characters who struggle with their past and present forms of self. Woolf, "Mrs. Dalloway". Clarissa acts as a "centre" to the collection of characters who struggle to find their respective identities in early, twentieth century England. Which of the following novels did Jane Austen NOT write? "Barchester Towers". "Barchester Towers" was written by Anthony Trollope. This novel takes the reader to different fictional lands with different forms of government. One of these lands is at war due to preparation of eggs.

Swift, "Gulliver's Travels". At one point, Gulliver even urinates on a burning building to put out the fire. Hilarious. In which book would you find "Honest Thady"? Edgeworth, "Castle Rackrent". In this short novel, we find out that Thady may not be all that "honest." Who wrote "Frankenstein?" Mary Shelley. Shelley's masterpiece is the very essence of humanity. It is a shame that pop culture has completely distorted the original idea of Frankenstein's monster. In Eliot's "Adam Bede," who accidently commits infanticide? Hetty Sorrel. In this novel, Hetty can loosely be related to Hester in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter." There are several similarities found in the two texts. In Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," the protagonist, Stephen, has a symbolic surname. This surname has its origins with what story from Greek mythology? Icarus' wings of wax. Stephen's surname is "Dedalus." According to the myth, Daedalus constructed wax wings so that Icarus could escape the maze of the centaur. In Joyce's novel, Stephen attempts a flight from his prison of religion and constraint.

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1. In case the President resigns from his office, he will address his resignation letter to (A) The Vice President (B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha (C) Prime Minister (D) Chief Justice of India Answer.A 2. To which State Article 370 is applicable ? (A) Manipur (B) Nagaland (C) ]ammu and Kashmir (D) Mizoram Answer.C 3. Under which Article of the Constitution of India, amendment is made in the Constitution ? (A) Article 368 (B) Article 350 (C) Article 320 (D) None of the above Answer.A 4. At present how many schedules are there in our Constitution 7 (A) 08 Schedules (B) 09 Schedules

(C) 12 Schedules (D) 10 Schedules Answer.C 5. The aim of Poona Pact was(A) HinduMuslirn unity (B) Representation to the depressed class (C) Special right to the native states (D) Review of Dyarchy Answer.B 6. The newspaper Al-Hilal was brought out by(A) M. A. Ansari (B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (C) Hakim Ajmal Khan (D) Muhammad Iqbal Answer.B 7. In which of the following year the separate electorate for Muslim in India was introduced ? (A) 1909 (B) 1915 (C) 1919 (D) 1935 Answer.A

8. The first-split in Indian National Congress took place in which of its session (A) Surat (B) Poona (C) Nagpur (D) Bombay Answer.A 9. In which year the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi by Britishers ? (A) 1910 (B) 1911 (C) 1912 (D) 1915 Answer.C 10. Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it. Who among the following said this ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Iawahar Lal Nehru (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Lala Lajpat Rai Answer.C 11. Which one of the following Fundamental Right cant be suspended even during the emergency 7 (A) Right of Equality (B) Right of Freedom of Expression (C) Right to Constitutional

Remedies (D) Right to Life and Personal Liberty Answer.D 12. The name of the Committee to enquire into the ]alianwala Bag massacre was(A) Butler Committee (B) Simon Commission (C) Hunter Committee (D) Raymond Commission Answer.C 13. The Mopala revolt of 1921 took place in(A) Telangana (B) Vidarbh (C) Malabar (D) Marathwara Answer.C 14. Who among the following `pleaded Indian National Army case at Red Fort (A) Bhulabhai Desai (B) Asaf Ali (C) Rajenclra Prasad (D) C.Rajgopa1achari Answer.A

15. Open market operations are a part of(A) Monetary Policy (B) Fiscal Policy (C) Foreign Trade Policy (D) Industrial Policy Answer.A 16. NABARD is(A) An Autonomous Public Sector Institution (B) A Subsidiary of S.B.I. (State Bank of India) (C) A Nationalized Public Sector Bank (D) An Apex Agricultural Bank Answer.B 17. Fiscal Policy is concerned with(A) Export and Import (B) Public Revenue and Expenditure (C) Issue of Currency (D) Population Control Answer.B 18. Who of the following did form the Home Rule Society in England for revolutionary activities ?

(A) Bhikaji Carna (B) Rash Bihari Bose (C) Madan Lal Dhingrar (D) Shyamji Krishna Verma Answer.D 19. One among the following is not a Central Government tax. (A) Income tax (B) Custom tax (C) Land revenue (D) Central excise Answer.C 20. One among the following is the Chairman of the l3th Finance Commission. _ (A) Dr. C. Rangarajan (B) Dr. Vijay Kelkar (C) Dr. S, Acharya (D) Dr. Y. V. Reddy Answer.B 21. Vishnugarh Pipalkoti Hydel Power Project is being developed on one amongst the following rivers(A) Ganga (B) Alaknanda (C) Yamuna (D) Sabarmati

Answer.B 22. Bharat Nirman Yojana is associated with the development of(A) Urban infrastructure (B) Rural infrastructure (C) Bridges and roads V (D) Information technology Answer.B 23. Foreign Exchange Reserves of India are kept in the custody of(A) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (B) International Monetary Fund (C) GovernmentTreasury (D) Reserve Bank of India Answer.D 24. The agency estimating the National Income of India is(A) Reserve Bank of India (B) Planning Commission (C) Ministry of Finance (D) Central Statistical Organization Answer.D 25. The largest Dam in India is (A) Bhakra Dam (B) NagaijunDam

(C) Hirakud Dam (D) Kosi Dam Answer.C 26. What is the common name of Deuterium Oxide ? (A) Water (B) Ozone (C) Heavy water (D) Rust Answer.C 27. In which State of India Nathula Pass is located ? (A) Sikkim (B) Uttarakhamd (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Himachal Pradesh Answer.A 28. How many diagonals can be dravm in a Pantagon ? (A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 10 Answer.B 29. Which of the following is not a fruit? (A) Tomato (B) Cucumber (C) Pumpkin (D) Potato

Answer.D 30. Hemoglobin contains(A) Copper (B) Silver (C) Gold (D) Iron Answer.D 31. Which blood group is considered as universal donor 7 (A) B (B) O (C) A (D) AB Answer.B 32. In which country Copenhagen talks for climate summit was held in 2009 ? (A) Italy (B) Germany (C) Canada (D) Denmark Answer.D 33. Ascorbic acid is(A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin D (C) Vitamin C (D) Biotin Answer.C 34. Which compound is used as a refrigerant?

(A) CF2Cl2 (B) CCI4 (C) CF4 (D) CH3COCH3 Answer.A 35. Sound waves do not travel in (A) Hydrogen (B) Vacuum (C) Iron (D) Water Answer.B 36. If a doctor gives you 5 pills and told you to take them after every five hours. How long would you take to finish them ? (A) 25 hours (B) 20 hours (C) 30 hours (D) None of these Answer.B 37. The line spectrum observed in the visible region of hydrogen atom is named as(A) Balmer (B) Lyman (C) Paschan (D) Pfund Answer.A 38. The biggest hydroelectric project of Uttaralchand is

(A) Kotli Bhel Hydroelectric Project (B) Vishnu Prayag Hydroelectric Project (C) Tehri Hydroelectric Project (D) Maneri Bhali Hydroelectric Project Answer.C 39. Diabetic patients are deficient in the production of(A) Glycine (B) Haemoglobin (C) Histamine (D) Insulin Answer.D 40. The intensity of an earthquake is measured with a (A) Lactometer (B) Barometer (C) Polygraph (D) Seismograph Answer.D 42. If pressure at a certain depth in sea water is pl and at the same depth in river water is pz, then (A) P1 = P2 (B) P1 < p2 (C) P1 > p2

(D) pl p2 = atmospheric presSure Answer.C 43. Which of the following radiations has shortest wavelength ? (A) Radio waves (B) Ultraviolet rays (C) Infrared rays (D) Micro waves Answer.B 44. Ice bags float in water because density of ice is~ (A) Greater than the density of water (B) Less than the density of water (C) Equal the density of water (D) None of these Answer.B 45. Brass is an alloy that is made up of (A) Zinc and Sulphur (B) Zinc and Magnesium (C) Zinc and Copper (D) Copper and Sulphur Answer.C

46. The form of nitrogen absorbed by plant is (A) Nitrite (B) Nitrate (C) Ammonia (D) Nitrogen Answer.B 47. Animal with longest life is(A) Elephant (B) Dog (C) Crocodile (D) Tortoise Answer.D 48. Arjuna Award winner Saina Nehwal is associated to which game 7 (A) Tennis (B) Hockey (C) Badminton (D) Golf Answer.C 49; Santosh Trophy is related to which game ? (A) Hockey (B) Cricket (C) Football (D) Basketball Answer.C 50. Match the following Column A

(a) Lactic acid (b) Citric acid (c) Acetic acid (d) Butyric acid Column B 1. Vinegar 2. Rancid butter 3. Milk 4. Lemon (a) (b) (C) (d) (A) 2 3 4 1 (B) 1 2 3 4 (C) 3 4 1 2 (D) 4 3 2 1 Answer.C