1.
‘Miriam’ is a character in :
a. Women in Love
b. The Rainbow
c. Sons and Lovers
d. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
a. Women in Love
b. The Rainbow
c. Sons and Lovers
d. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
2.
Chinua Achebe’s famous novel Things Fall
Apart has its title taken from :
a. Eliot’s poem
b. Yeats’s Poem
c. Blake’s poem
d. G.M. Hopkin’s poem
a. Eliot’s poem
b. Yeats’s Poem
c. Blake’s poem
d. G.M. Hopkin’s poem
3.
Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury employs
:
a. The realistic mode
b. The stream of consciousness technique
c. The symbolic narrative
d. All these
a. The realistic mode
b. The stream of consciousness technique
c. The symbolic narrative
d. All these
4.
James Joyce’s Ulysses ends with an
unpunctuated interior monologue by :
a. Leopald Bloom
b. Stephen Daedalus
c. Molly Bloom
d. The author himself
a. Leopald Bloom
b. Stephen Daedalus
c. Molly Bloom
d. The author himself
5.
‘April is the cruelest month’ this line in the Wasteland
alludes ironically to a line in a poem by :
a. Wordsworth
b. Chaucer
c. Edmund Spenser
d. Sidney
a. Wordsworth
b. Chaucer
c. Edmund Spenser
d. Sidney
6.
Nissim Ezekiel wrote his rejoinder ‘Naipaul’s
India and Mine’ on reading :
a. India : A Wounded Civilization
b. An Area of Darkness
c. India : A Million Mutinies Now
d. The Mimic Men
a. India : A Wounded Civilization
b. An Area of Darkness
c. India : A Million Mutinies Now
d. The Mimic Men
7.
‘Hugh Selwyn Mauberley’ is a poem by :
a. Wallace Stevens
b. Ezra Pound
c. Robert Frost
d. E.E. Cummings
a. Wallace Stevens
b. Ezra Pound
c. Robert Frost
d. E.E. Cummings
8.
Passage to India is :
a. A poem by Walt Whitman
b. An essay by Emerson
c. An essay by Thoreau
d. None of these
a. A poem by Walt Whitman
b. An essay by Emerson
c. An essay by Thoreau
d. None of these
9.
The Imagist Manifesto was drafted by :
a. Ezra Pound
b. Amy Lowell
c. Richard Aldington
d. T.E. Hulme
a. Ezra Pound
b. Amy Lowell
c. Richard Aldington
d. T.E. Hulme
10.
The play by J.M. Synge which caused riots in the
Dublin Theatre was :
a. Riders to the Sea
b. The Playboy of the Western World
c. Juno and the Paycock
d. The Well of the Saints
a. Riders to the Sea
b. The Playboy of the Western World
c. Juno and the Paycock
d. The Well of the Saints
11.
‘Comrade Pillai’ is a satirical character in :
a. Faminist Fables
b. Midnight’s Children
c. The God of Small Things
d. All About H Hatterr
a. Faminist Fables
b. Midnight’s Children
c. The God of Small Things
d. All About H Hatterr
12.
‘Insensibility’ is a poem by :
a. Hardy
b. William Morris
c. Cardinal Newman
d. Walter Pater
a. Hardy
b. William Morris
c. Cardinal Newman
d. Walter Pater
13.
‘Stanley Kowalski’ is a character in :
a. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
b. The Zoo Story
c. A Street Car Named Desire
d. Look Back in Anger
a. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
b. The Zoo Story
c. A Street Car Named Desire
d. Look Back in Anger
14.
Seamus Heaney is …………… poet.
a. a Scottish
b. a Welsh
c. an Irish
d. a British
a. a Scottish
b. a Welsh
c. an Irish
d. a British
15.
“Poetry makes nothing happen”. In which poem
does this line occur?
a. ‘In Memory of W.B. Yeats’
b. ‘Of Modern Poetry’
c. ‘Musee des Beaux Artes’
d. ‘Sir, No Man’s Enemy’
a. ‘In Memory of W.B. Yeats’
b. ‘Of Modern Poetry’
c. ‘Musee des Beaux Artes’
d. ‘Sir, No Man’s Enemy’
16.
‘Gus’ and ‘Ben’ are professional assassins in :
a. The Birthday Party
b. The Dumb Waiter
c. Mountain Language
d. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
a. The Birthday Party
b. The Dumb Waiter
c. Mountain Language
d. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
17.
Identify the incorrect statement about the
writers T.S. Eliot, John Galsworthy and Harold Pinter :
a. All of them are British
b. They wrote plays
c. All of them were born in the 19th century
d. They won the Nobel prize for literature
a. All of them are British
b. They wrote plays
c. All of them were born in the 19th century
d. They won the Nobel prize for literature
18.
Which of the following did NOT happen in 1939?
a. Birth of Margaret Atwood
b. Death of Freud
c. Death of Yeats
d. Nobel Prize for William Golding
a. Birth of Margaret Atwood
b. Death of Freud
c. Death of Yeats
d. Nobel Prize for William Golding
19.
The title ‘Decolonizing the Mind’ is associated
with :
a. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
b. Chinua Achebe
c. Edward Said
d. Bill Ashcroft
a. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
b. Chinua Achebe
c. Edward Said
d. Bill Ashcroft
20.
Which event in the 11th century
changed the course of the English language?
a. The Norman Conquest
b. Coronation of Henry I
c. The Teutonic Triumph
d. Death of Edward I
a. The Norman Conquest
b. Coronation of Henry I
c. The Teutonic Triumph
d. Death of Edward I
21.
Emily Dickinson glorifies …………….. in her poetry.
a. God
b. Nature
c. Man
d. Death
a. God
b. Nature
c. Man
d. Death
22.
“The novel is so good that ears that are trained
upon poetry can wholly appreciate it”. Who made this remark in relation to
Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea?
a. E.M. Forster
b. Rudyard Kipling
c. T.S. Eliot
d. James Joyce
a. E.M. Forster
b. Rudyard Kipling
c. T.S. Eliot
d. James Joyce
23.
Who among the following writers writes in his
local language and translates it into English?
a. Anantha Moorthy
b. Devanoor Mahadev
c. Girish Karnad
d. Vikram Seth
a. Anantha Moorthy
b. Devanoor Mahadev
c. Girish Karnad
d. Vikram Seth
24.
Which of the following playwrights is NOT
associated with the “Theatre of the Absurd”?
a. N.F. Simpson
b. Eugene Ionesco
c. Arthur Miller
d. Alfred Jarry
a. N.F. Simpson
b. Eugene Ionesco
c. Arthur Miller
d. Alfred Jarry
25.
Match the following :
i.
Arun Kolatkar - (a)Speaking of Siva
ii.
Kamala Das - (b)Jejuri
iii.
Nissim Ezekiel - (c)A Hot Noon in Malabar
iv.
A.K. Ramanujan - (d)A Goodbye Party for Miss
Pushpa T.S.
a. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
b. (i)-b,
(ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
c.
(i)-d, (ii)-b, (iii)-a, (iv)-c
d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-d
26.
In a famous essay on changing popular culture,
George Orwell compares two detective novels. Which are they?
a. The Hound of the Baskervilles and The
Murder of Roger Ackroyd
b. Raffles and No Orchids for Miss
Blandish
c. The Murder of the Rue Morgue and The
Big Sleep
d. The Sign of Four and The Martesc
Falcon
27.
Which of the following novels is NOT epistolary?
a. Tom Jone
b. Clarissa
c. Liaisons Dangereuses
d. Julie, Ou la nouvelle Heloise
a. Tom Jone
b. Clarissa
c. Liaisons Dangereuses
d. Julie, Ou la nouvelle Heloise
28.
‘Summer in Calcutta’, ‘The Freaks’ and ‘The
Dance of the Eunuchs’ were written by :
a. Nissim Ezekiel
b. Kamala Das
c. Jayantha Mahapatra
d. A.K. Ramanujan
a. Nissim Ezekiel
b. Kamala Das
c. Jayantha Mahapatra
d. A.K. Ramanujan
29.
The plot of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando is
partly set in the reign of :
a. Charles I
b. Charles II
c. George I
d. George II
a. Charles I
b. Charles II
c. George I
d. George II
30.
Willy Loman is a character from :
a. Emperor Jones
b. The Hairy Ape
c. Death of a Salesman
d. A Street Car Named Desire
a. Emperor Jones
b. The Hairy Ape
c. Death of a Salesman
d. A Street Car Named Desire
31.
‘Abhilash Talkies’ figures in the novel :
a. No Longer at Ease
b. The God of Small Things
c. Rich Like Us
d. Swami and Friends
a. No Longer at Ease
b. The God of Small Things
c. Rich Like Us
d. Swami and Friends
32.
In A House for Mr. Biswas, Biswas marries
:
a. Shama
b. Tara
c. Radha
d. Tulsi
a. Shama
b. Tara
c. Radha
d. Tulsi
33.
Match the following :
i.
Raju - (a)The Financial Expert
ii.
Margayya - (b)The English Teacher
iii.
Krishna - (c)Waiting for the Mahatma
iv.
Bharati - (d)The Guide
a. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
b. (i)-b,
(ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
c.
(i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c
d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-d
34.
In Eliot’s poem Prufrock admits that he is not :
a. Moses
b. Hamlet
c. Achilles
d. St. Augustine
a. Moses
b. Hamlet
c. Achilles
d. St. Augustine
35.
Which of the following works by George Orwell is
a dystopia?
a. Animal Farm
b. 1984
c. ‘Shooting an Elephant’
d. The Road to Wigan Pier
a. Animal Farm
b. 1984
c. ‘Shooting an Elephant’
d. The Road to Wigan Pier
36.
In D.H. Lawrence’s Women in Love, Birkin
is :
a. The artist lover of Gudrun
b. Lawrence’s mouthpiece
c. The industrial magnate
d. A political activist
a. The artist lover of Gudrun
b. Lawrence’s mouthpiece
c. The industrial magnate
d. A political activist
37.
“Better of course, if images were plain, warnings
clearly said, shapes put down quite still”. These lines have been described as providing
the manifesto ‘The Movement’ poetry. Who wrote them?
a. Donald Davie
b. Kingsley Amis
c. Philip Larkin
d. Thom Gunn
a. Donald Davie
b. Kingsley Amis
c. Philip Larkin
d. Thom Gunn
38.
Post-war immigrant writing in England :
a. Considers racialism as a thing of the past
b. Avoids any reference to racialism
c. Finds cultural assimilation easy
d. Sees racialist attitudes as still prevalent
a. Considers racialism as a thing of the past
b. Avoids any reference to racialism
c. Finds cultural assimilation easy
d. Sees racialist attitudes as still prevalent
39.
The style of Beckett in his fiction is best described
as :
a. Rhetorical
b. Dense
c. Minimalist
d. Passionate
a. Rhetorical
b. Dense
c. Minimalist
d. Passionate
40.
What is common to Zeadie Smith, Caryl Phillips,
Monica Ali and Hanif Khureshi?
a. They are expatriates from U.S.A.
b. They write about immigrants in UK
c. They are supporters of communism
d. They write about South Asians
a. They are expatriates from U.S.A.
b. They write about immigrants in UK
c. They are supporters of communism
d. They write about South Asians
41.
Tagore deals with terrorism in his novel :
a. Four Chapters
b. Choker Bali
c. Gora
d. The Wreck
a. Four Chapters
b. Choker Bali
c. Gora
d. The Wreck
42.
“Next to of Course God America” is a poem
by E.E. Cummings which critiques :
a. Sentimental nationalism
b. Jingoism
c. Belief in America’s greatness
d. All the above
a. Sentimental nationalism
b. Jingoism
c. Belief in America’s greatness
d. All the above
43.
Achebe’s novel No Longer at Ease takes its
title from a poem by :
a. W. B. Yeats
b. W. H. Auden
c. T. S. Eliot
d. Stephen Spender
a. W. B. Yeats
b. W. H. Auden
c. T. S. Eliot
d. Stephen Spender
44.
The intentional fallacy is a concept supported
by :
a. The New Criticism
b. Feminist Literary Theory
c. Neo-Marxist Theory
d. Sub-altern Studies
a. The New Criticism
b. Feminist Literary Theory
c. Neo-Marxist Theory
d. Sub-altern Studies
45.
‘A terrible beauty is born’ is an example of :
a. Synecdoche
b. Metaphor
c. Oxymoron
d. Hyperbole
a. Synecdoche
b. Metaphor
c. Oxymoron
d. Hyperbole
46.
‘Africa is a place of Negations’. Who said this
with reference to Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’?
a. Ngugi W’thiango
b. Chinua Achebe
c. Derek Walcott
d. George Lamming
a. Ngugi W’thiango
b. Chinua Achebe
c. Derek Walcott
d. George Lamming
47.
The Chorus is an important invention that Eliot
borrowed from Greek tragedy. In ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ the chorus :
a. encourages the Archbishop
b. articulates the voice of the audience
c. presents the king’s case
d. expresses hope and security
a. encourages the Archbishop
b. articulates the voice of the audience
c. presents the king’s case
d. expresses hope and security
48.
‘.... like the Heft of cathedral tunes’. This line
appears in a poem by :
a. Walt Whitman
b. Robert Frost
c. Emerson
d. Emily Dickinson
a. Walt Whitman
b. Robert Frost
c. Emerson
d. Emily Dickinson
49.
Which of the following is the correct chronological
sequence of Gorge Orwell’s works?
a. Nineteen Eighty four-Burmese Days - The Road
to Wiganpier-Animal Farm
b. The Road to Wiganpier-Animal Farm-Nineteen
Eighty four-Burmese Days
c. Animal Farm-Nineteen Eighty four-The Road to
Wiganpier-Burmese Days
d. Burmese Days-The Road to Wiganpier-Animal
Farm-Nineteen Eighty four
50.
The central character in Achebe’s ‘The Arrow
of God’ is :
a. Obierika
b. Ezeulu
c. Okonkwo
d. Obi
a. Obierika
b. Ezeulu
c. Okonkwo
d. Obi
51.
W. B. Yeats is a major poet hailing from :
a. Australia
b. Ireland
c. France
d. Canada
a. Australia
b. Ireland
c. France
d. Canada
52.
Which of the following is NOT an American writer?
a. James Joyce
b. Mark Twain
c. Arthur Miller
d. Ernest Hemingway
a. James Joyce
b. Mark Twain
c. Arthur Miller
d. Ernest Hemingway
53.
Which of the following works by Samuel Beckett
is NOT a drama?
a. Krapp’s Last Tape
b. Malone Dies
c. Waiting for Godot
d. Endgame
a. Krapp’s Last Tape
b. Malone Dies
c. Waiting for Godot
d. Endgame
54.
Which of the following statements about Salman
Rushdie is NOT true?
a. He was born in 1947 in Bombay
b. His Midnight’s Children won the Booker
c. The Moor’s Last Sigh is set in North Africa
d. The Satanic Verses was banned in India
55.
Who of the following did NOT win the Nobel Prize
for literature?
a. Derek Walcott
b. V. S. Naipaul
c. James Joyce
d. Winston Churchill
a. Derek Walcott
b. V. S. Naipaul
c. James Joyce
d. Winston Churchill
56.
The poet whose name is associated with fascism
in the 1930s is :
a. W. B. Yeats
b. W. H. Auden
c. Ezra Pound
d. Robert Lowell
a. W. B. Yeats
b. W. H. Auden
c. Ezra Pound
d. Robert Lowell
57.
Which of the following statements about George
Bernard Shaw is NOT true?
a. He was a Fabian Socialist
b. He was a Roman Catholic
c. He was a Vegetarian
d. He was a proponent of Monarchy
a. He was a Fabian Socialist
b. He was a Roman Catholic
c. He was a Vegetarian
d. He was a proponent of Monarchy
58.
Who is the author of the novels The Grass is
Singing, The Golden Notebook, Memoirs of a Survivor and The Sweetest Dream?
a. Nadine Gordimer
b. Tony Morrison
c. Doris Lessing
d. Margaret Drabble
a. Nadine Gordimer
b. Tony Morrison
c. Doris Lessing
d. Margaret Drabble
59.
The title of D. H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow
symbolizes :
a. Spectrum
b. Colourful life
c. Uniting principle of heaven and earth
d. Complex hues of modern life
a. Spectrum
b. Colourful life
c. Uniting principle of heaven and earth
d. Complex hues of modern life
60.
“The beams so reverend and strong // Why
shoulds’t thou think? // I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink” - Identify
the figure of speech :
a. Simile
b. Hyperbole
c. Metaphor
d. Oxymoron
a. Simile
b. Hyperbole
c. Metaphor
d. Oxymoron
61.
James Joyce’s Ulysses is modelled on :
a. Odyssey
b. Iliad
c. Aeneid
d. The Paradise Lost
a. Odyssey
b. Iliad
c. Aeneid
d. The Paradise Lost
62.
W. B. Yeats’ ‘Leda and the Swan’ is based
on :
a. Roman mythology
b. Pagan mythology
c. Greek mythology
d. Christian mythology
a. Roman mythology
b. Pagan mythology
c. Greek mythology
d. Christian mythology
63.
The famous elegy on W. B. Yeats was written by :
a. J. M. Synge
b. Philip Larkin
c. W. H. Auden
d. Dylan Thomas
a. J. M. Synge
b. Philip Larkin
c. W. H. Auden
d. Dylan Thomas
64.
D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover
was ruled to be not obscene by a jury at the Old Bailey in :
a. 1940
b. 1960
c. 1956
d. 1963
a. 1940
b. 1960
c. 1956
d. 1963
65.
Who is the novelist said to have inaugurate the
genre of the campus novel?
a. Kingsley Amis
b. Malcolm Bradbury
c. Tom Sharpe
d. David Lodge
a. Kingsley Amis
b. Malcolm Bradbury
c. Tom Sharpe
d. David Lodge
66.
Match the following :
i.
Ted Hughes - (a) On the Move
ii.
Philip Larkin - (b) Your Attention Please
iii.
Peter Porter - (c) The Thought Fox
iv.
Thomas Gunn - (d) The Parish Boy’s Progress
a. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
b. (i)-b,
(ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
c.
(i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c
d. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
67.
The Whitsun Weddings is a collection of poems by
:
a. Thom Gunn
b. Philip Larkin
c. Donald Davie
d. Ted Hughes
a. Thom Gunn
b. Philip Larkin
c. Donald Davie
d. Ted Hughes
68.
‘Affective fallacy’ refers to the evaluation of
a literary text on the basis of :
a. the authors’s intention
b. the attitudes of the author
c. the emotional response of the reader
d. the ideology of the author
a. the authors’s intention
b. the attitudes of the author
c. the emotional response of the reader
d. the ideology of the author
69.
The Norman Conquest introduced__________ words
into English vocabulary.
a. German
b. Scandinavian
c. French
d. Italian
a. German
b. Scandinavian
c. French
d. Italian
70.
Salim Sinai in Midnight’s Children is :
a. a reliable narrator
b. an unreliable narrator
c. the author’s mouthpiece
d. a hidden narrator
a. a reliable narrator
b. an unreliable narrator
c. the author’s mouthpiece
d. a hidden narrator
71.
Evam Indrajit is a path breaking play by
:
a. Badal Sirkar
b. Mahesh Dattani
c. Gurucharan Das
d. Mahesh Yalkunchwar
a. Badal Sirkar
b. Mahesh Dattani
c. Gurucharan Das
d. Mahesh Yalkunchwar
72.
The Lowland is a novel in English by :
a. Salman Rushdie
b. Chitra Banerjee Diwakaruni
c. Anita Nair
d. Jhumpa Lahiri
a. Salman Rushdie
b. Chitra Banerjee Diwakaruni
c. Anita Nair
d. Jhumpa Lahiri
73.
Imaginary Homelands is a collection of essays
by :
a. Amitav Ghosh
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Rohinton Mistry
d. Vikram Seth
a. Amitav Ghosh
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Rohinton Mistry
d. Vikram Seth
74.
Which among the following is a poem of Kamala
Das :
a. Purdah
b. An Introduction
c. Search for my tongue
d. Tribute to Papa
a. Purdah
b. An Introduction
c. Search for my tongue
d. Tribute to Papa
75.
Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf is a path breaking
play by :
a. Tennessee Williams
b. Edward Albee
c. Harold Pinter
d. Arthur Miller
a. Tennessee Williams
b. Edward Albee
c. Harold Pinter
d. Arthur Miller
76.
Robert Lowell was a leading :
a. Confessional poet
b. Beaknik poet
c. Camp poet
d. Post-modernist poet
a. Confessional poet
b. Beaknik poet
c. Camp poet
d. Post-modernist poet
77.
‘Human kind cannot bear very much reality’. Who
says this in T.S. Eliot’s verse drama Murder in the Cathedral?
a. The Chorus
b. The Priests
c. The First Tempter
d. Becket
a. The Chorus
b. The Priests
c. The First Tempter
d. Becket
78.
Mid Term Break by Seamus Heaney is about
:
a. The death of the father
b. The death of a younger brother
c. The famine in Ireland
d. The Irish rebellion
a. The death of the father
b. The death of a younger brother
c. The famine in Ireland
d. The Irish rebellion
79.
Which of the following works is NOT written by
Herman Melville?
a. Typee : A Peep at Polynesian Life
b. Omoo : A Narrative of Adventures in the South Sea
c. An Outcast of the Islands
d. The Confidence-Man : His Masquerade
a. Typee : A Peep at Polynesian Life
b. Omoo : A Narrative of Adventures in the South Sea
c. An Outcast of the Islands
d. The Confidence-Man : His Masquerade
80.
‘Mark Twain’ is the pen name of :
a. Samuel. L. Claudius
b. Samuel. L. Clemens
c. Samuel. L. Blowman
d. Samuel. L. Zimmerman
a. Samuel. L. Claudius
b. Samuel. L. Clemens
c. Samuel. L. Blowman
d. Samuel. L. Zimmerman
81.
Which of the following novels by Alice Walker is
an epistolary novel?
a. The Temple of My Familiar
b. Meridian
c. The Color Purple
d. Possessing the Secret of Joy
a. The Temple of My Familiar
b. Meridian
c. The Color Purple
d. Possessing the Secret of Joy
82.
“April is the cruelest month”- This opening line
of The Wasteland contains :
a. Oxymoron
b. Transferred epithet
c. An allusion
d. Personification
a. Oxymoron
b. Transferred epithet
c. An allusion
d. Personification
83.
Identify the odd one :
a. Grammar words
b. Structural words
c. Functional words
d. Lexical words
a. Grammar words
b. Structural words
c. Functional words
d. Lexical words
84.
“The age demanded an image of its own accelerated
grimace”. This line occurs in :
a. “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley”
b. “The Unknown Citizen”
c. “Byzantium”
d. The Wasteland
a. “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley”
b. “The Unknown Citizen”
c. “Byzantium”
d. The Wasteland
85.
The Birthday Party is a play by :
a. Tom Stoppard
b. Arnold Wesker
c. Harold Pinter
d. Samuel Beckett
a. Tom Stoppard
b. Arnold Wesker
c. Harold Pinter
d. Samuel Beckett
86.
The gothic novel :
(i)
Was a popular form only because it offered
sensational and thrilling narratives.
(ii)
Dealt with some aspects which mainstream writing
had marginalized.
(iii)
Was an escapist route to ordinary readers.
(iv)
Was used by male authors exclusively.
Choose the correct statement/s :
a. (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
b. (i) and (iv) are correct
c. (ii) and (iii) are correct
d. (i) and (ii) are correct
a. (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
b. (i) and (iv) are correct
c. (ii) and (iii) are correct
d. (i) and (ii) are correct
87.
In which work does Salman Rushdie write about
his experiences after the fatwa?
a. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
b. Joseph Anton
c. Shame
d. Shalimar, the Clown
a. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
b. Joseph Anton
c. Shame
d. Shalimar, the Clown
88.
The characters Ursula and Gudrun appear in :
(i) Women in Love (ii) The Rainbow (iii)
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (iv) The
Woman who Rode Away
Choose the correct statement/s :
a. Only (iv) is correct
b. (i) and
(iv) are correct
c. (iii) and (iv) are correct
d.
(i) and (ii) are correct
89.
In Kingsley Amis’ Lucky Jim, Jim Dixon is
a/an :
a. Anti-hero
b. Romantic hero
c. Misanthrope
d. Great rebel
a. Anti-hero
b. Romantic hero
c. Misanthrope
d. Great rebel
90.
Which of the following poems is not by Philip
Larkin?
a. “Whitsun Weddings”
b. “Church Going”
c. “The Relique”
d. “Ambulances”
a. “Whitsun Weddings”
b. “Church Going”
c. “The Relique”
d. “Ambulances”
91.
“Between my finger and my thumb // The squat pen
rests // I’ll dig with it”. These lines from Heaney’s ‘Digging’ suggest :
(i)
The poet wants to use writing as a means of relating
to the past
(ii)
He can’t be a farmer; he is a poet
(iii)
Instead of violence, he will use poetry
(iv)
He finds the pen inferior to a spade or a gun
Choose the correct statement/s :
a. (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
b. Only (i) and (ii) are correct
c. Only (ii) and (iii) are correct
d. (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
a. (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
b. Only (i) and (ii) are correct
c. Only (ii) and (iii) are correct
d. (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
92.
Identify the author of The Remains of the Day
:
a. Kazuo Ishiguro
b. John Fowles
c. Michael Ondaatje
d. Muriel Spark
a. Kazuo Ishiguro
b. John Fowles
c. Michael Ondaatje
d. Muriel Spark
93.
The Famished Road is authored by :
a. Wole Soyinka
b. Jean Rhys
c. Ben Okri
d. Ngugi
a. Wole Soyinka
b. Jean Rhys
c. Ben Okri
d. Ngugi
94.
Which among the following is a work of Girish
Karnad :
a. Sakharam Binder
b. Wade Chirebandi
c. Flowers
d. Dance Like a Man
a. Sakharam Binder
b. Wade Chirebandi
c. Flowers
d. Dance Like a Man
95.
Who is the author of The Art of the Novel?
a. Henry James
b. M.H. Abrams
c. James Joyce
d. E.M. Forster
a. Henry James
b. M.H. Abrams
c. James Joyce
d. E.M. Forster
96.
Virginia Woolf’s Jacob’s Room was
published in the year :
a. 1922
b. 1923
c. 1924
d. 1925
a. 1922
b. 1923
c. 1924
d. 1925
97.
Henry Fielding’s ‘Tom Jones’ is a ……………..
narrator.
a. Self-conscious
b. Unreliable
c. Omniscient
d. None of these
a. Self-conscious
b. Unreliable
c. Omniscient
d. None of these
98.
The study of elementary speech sounds is called
:
a. Phonetics
b. Phonology
c. Morphology
d. Phonemics
a. Phonetics
b. Phonology
c. Morphology
d. Phonemics
99.
The line “The chair she sat in, like a burnished
throne” from The Waste Land is an allusion to :
a. The Duchess of Malfi
b. Doctor Faustus
c. Antony and Cleopatra
d. Women Beware Women
a. The Duchess of Malfi
b. Doctor Faustus
c. Antony and Cleopatra
d. Women Beware Women
100. Tom
Stoppard’s plays Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Travesties
exploits the conventions of :
a. Folk theatre
b. Expressionist drama
c. Magic Realism
d. Absurdism
a. Folk theatre
b. Expressionist drama
c. Magic Realism
d. Absurdism
101. Match
the following :
i.
Victorian Era - (a)1939-1945
ii.
Edwardian Era - (b)1837-1901
iii.
First World War - (c)1901-1914
iv.
Second World War - (d)1914-1918
a. (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c
b. (i)-b,
(ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
c.
(i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b
102. ‘The
Soldier’ is a poem written by :
a. Wilfred Owen
b. Rupert Brooke
c. Thomas Hardy
d. Siegfried Sassoon
a. Wilfred Owen
b. Rupert Brooke
c. Thomas Hardy
d. Siegfried Sassoon
103. Which
among the following is a war poem written by Wilfred Owen?
a. Futility
b. The Parable of the Old Men and the Young
c. Strange Meeting
d. All of them
a. Futility
b. The Parable of the Old Men and the Young
c. Strange Meeting
d. All of them
104. 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' is a work by :
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Dylan Thomas
c. Ezra Pound
d. Louis MacNeice
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Dylan Thomas
c. Ezra Pound
d. Louis MacNeice
105. ‘The
Lady’s Not For Burning’ is a play written by :
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Dylan Thomas
c. Ezra Pound
d. Christopher Fry
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Dylan Thomas
c. Ezra Pound
d. Christopher Fry
106. Which
among the following works of Max Beerbohm is a lighter, more humorous version
of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale of moral degeneration, The Picture of Dorian
Gray?
a. The Happy Hypocrite
b. A Christmas Garland
c. Seven Men
d. A Peep into the Past
a. The Happy Hypocrite
b. A Christmas Garland
c. Seven Men
d. A Peep into the Past
107. Who
among the following is associated with ‘Analytic Philosophy’?
a. Bertrand Russell
b. Max Beerbohm
c. G.K. Chesterton
d. Christopher Fry
a. Bertrand Russell
b. Max Beerbohm
c. G.K. Chesterton
d. Christopher Fry
108. Hogarth
Press is associated with who among the following?
a. Virginia Woolf
b. Philip Larkin
c. G.K. Chesterton
d. Bertrand Russell
a. Virginia Woolf
b. Philip Larkin
c. G.K. Chesterton
d. Bertrand Russell
109. Which
of the following is a work by Joseph Conrad?
a. Heart of Darkness
b. Lord Jim
c. Under Western Eyes
d. All of them
b. Lord Jim
c. Under Western Eyes
d. All of them
110. Who
coined the term ‘Stream of Consciousness’ in his work The Principles of Psychology?
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. James Joyce
c. Virginia Woolf
d. William James
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. James Joyce
c. Virginia Woolf
d. William James
111. Which
among the following is a dystopian literature?
i.
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travel ii. William Golding’s
Lord of the Flies
iii.
Aldous Huxley’s Ape and Essence iv. Henrik Ibsen’s An
Enemy of the People
a. (ii) and (iii) only
b. (i), (ii) and (iii) only
c. (ii), (iii) and (iv) only
d. All
112. Which
among the following is a work of George Orwell?
a. Burmese Days
b. Shooting an Elephant
c. The Road to Wigan Pier
d. All
a. Burmese Days
b. Shooting an Elephant
c. The Road to Wigan Pier
d. All
113. ‘Juno
and the Paycock’ is a play written by :
a. Sean O’Casey
b. John Wain
c. William Golding
d. Edmund Synge
a. Sean O’Casey
b. John Wain
c. William Golding
d. Edmund Synge
114. Who
among the following wrote the ‘Seaton family trilogy’?
a. Allan Sillitoe
b. John Wain
c. William Golding
d. Aldous Huxley
a. Allan Sillitoe
b. John Wain
c. William Golding
d. Aldous Huxley
115. Nora
is a character in which of the following Ibsen’s play?
a. A Doll’s House
b. An Enemy of the People
c. The Wild Duck
d. Hedda Gabler
a. A Doll’s House
b. An Enemy of the People
c. The Wild Duck
d. Hedda Gabler
116. My
Fair Lady is a musical based on which of George Bernard’s play?
a. Pygmalion
b. Saint Joan
c. Caesar and Cleopatra
d. Major Barbara
a. Pygmalion
b. Saint Joan
c. Caesar and Cleopatra
d. Major Barbara
117. Which
among the following is a play by Edward Bond which reinterprets the life of the
rural 19th century poet John Clare?
a. Bingo
b. The Fool
c. The Pope’s Wedding
d. Olly’s Prison
a. Bingo
b. The Fool
c. The Pope’s Wedding
d. Olly’s Prison
118. Doris
Lessing’s ‘The Canopus in Argos’
is :
a. Drama
b. Collection of Short Stories
c. Science Fiction
d. Autobiography
a. Drama
b. Collection of Short Stories
c. Science Fiction
d. Autobiography
119. The
Booker Prize winning Novel ‘The Sea, The Sea’ is written by :
a. Emily Dickinson
b. Edward Bond
c. Iris Murdoch
d. Les Murray
a. Emily Dickinson
b. Edward Bond
c. Iris Murdoch
d. Les Murray
120. Match
the following authors with their works :
i.
Iris Murdoch - (a) A Pale View of Hills
ii.
Jeanette Winterson - (b)My
Beautiful Laundrette
iii.
Kazuo Ishiguro - (c)The Stone Gods
iv.
Hanif Kureishi - (d) A Severed Head
a. (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c
b. (i)-b, (ii)-c,
(iii)-d, (iv)-a
c. (i)-d,
(ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b
1. C
ReplyDelete2. B
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. D
13. C
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. C
18. D
19. A
20. A
21. D
22. C
23. C
24. C
25. B
26. B
27. A
28. B
29. B
30. C
31. B
32. A
33. C
34. B
35. B
36. B
37. B
38. D
39. C
40. B
41. A
42. D
43. C
44. A
45. C
46. B
47. B
48. D
49. D
50. B
51. B
52. A
53. B
54. C
55. C
56. C
57. B
58. C
59. C
60. B
61. A
62. C
63. C
64. B
65. A
66. D
67. B
68. C
69. C
70. B
71. A
72. D
73. B
74. B
75. B
76. A
77. D
78. B
79. C
80. B
81. C
82. C
83. D
84. A
85. C
86. A
87. B
88. D
89. A
90. C
91. A
92. A
93. C
94. C
95. A
96. A
97. A
98. B
99. C
100. D
101. B
102. B
103. D
104. A
105. D
106. A
107. A
108. A
109. D
110. D
111. D
112. D
113. A
114. A
115. A
116. A
117. B
118. C
119. C
120. C