1.
Reef and Monkfish Moon are novels
by -------
a. Lakdasa Wikramsimha
b. Alamgir Hashmi
c. Romesh Gunasekara
d. Edwin Thumboo
a. Lakdasa Wikramsimha
b. Alamgir Hashmi
c. Romesh Gunasekara
d. Edwin Thumboo
2.
Under My Skin and Walking in the Shade
are the autobiographies of -------
a. Iris Murdoch
b. Doris Lessing
c. Evelyn Waugh
d. Jeanette Winterson
a. Iris Murdoch
b. Doris Lessing
c. Evelyn Waugh
d. Jeanette Winterson
3.
Identify the novel of Kazuo Ishiguro that
discusses the bombing and the later rehabilitation of Nagasaki :
a. The Unconsoled
b. A Pale View of Hills
c. Never Let Me Go
d. When We were Orphans
a. The Unconsoled
b. A Pale View of Hills
c. Never Let Me Go
d. When We were Orphans
4.
Who made this statement about Aldous Huxley’s
works: “In the whole history of world literature no writer has been better
equipped to create images of false and true Utopias than Aldous Huxley”?
a. H. G. Wells
b. George Orwell
c. Anthony Burgess
d. Julian Huxley
a. H. G. Wells
b. George Orwell
c. Anthony Burgess
d. Julian Huxley
5.
Match the novel and novelist :
i.
William Golding - (a) The Contenders
ii.
John Wain - (b) The Widower’s Son
iii.
Kingsley Amis - (c) The Scorpion God
iv.
Alan Sillitoe - (d) Lucky Jim
a. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b
b. (i)-d, (ii)-c,
(iii)-a, (iv)-b
c. (i)-c, (ii)-d,
(iii)-b, (iv)-a
d. (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-d
6.
Which of these are true about Bernard Shaw?
I.
He was influenced by Socialism.
II.
He was an art critic and a music critic.
III.
He authored The Quintessence of Ibsenism.
IV.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1925.
a. I, II and III only
b. I, II and IV only
c.
All of the above
d. None of the above
7.
The Celtic Revival refers to which of the
following :
I.
It was a time of Irish Nationalism
II.
It was a period of intense literary and dramatic
development
III.
The growth of writers such as W.B. Yeats and
Synge
IV.
It was a publishing house for British
playwrights
a. I, II and III only
b. II, III and IV only
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
8.
Kitchen Sink Drama is characterized by the
following features :
I.
It depicts the real lives of ordinary working
class people
II.
It was built around right wing politics
III.
It discussed social inequality in society
IV.
It projected the anger and the hostility of the
working class
a. I, II and III only
b. II, III and IV only
c. I, II and IV only
d. I, III and IV only
9.
Identify the theatre with the play :
I.
Antonin Artaud’s Jet of Blood - (a) Absurd Theatre
II.
Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage - (b) Naturalist Theatre
III.
Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf - (c) Epic Theatre
IV.
Anton Chekov’s Cherry Orchard - (d) Theatre of Cruelty
a. I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b
b. I-d, II-b, III-c, IV-a
c. I-c, II-d, III-b, IV-a
d. I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b
10.
Match the topic and the play :
I.
The Lady’s not for Burning - (a) Guilt and redemption
II.
The Boy with a Cart - (b) Martyrdom
III.
Murder in the Cathedral - (c) Witch Hunt
IV.
The Family Reunion - (d) Miracles and faith
a. I-a, II-d, III-c, IV-b
b. I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b
c. I-c, II-d, III-b, IV-a
d. I-b, II-c, III-a, IV-d
11.
Which of these describes the Movement Poets such
as Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis and others?
I. Their
poems were free from both mystical and logical compulsions, and were empirical
in their attitude to all things.
II. They
wrote in a highly ornate style.
III. They
rejected the modernism of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound
IV. They
established a native English tradition in poetry
a. I, II and III only
b. I, III and IV only
c. II, III and IV only
d. I, II and IV only
12.
Name the poet who said, “I want my writing to be
as clear as water. I want readers to see all the way through its surfaces into
the swamp." He was the Poet Laureate from 1999-2009. One of his
collections won the Dylan Thomas Prize.
a. Philip Larkin
b. Seamus Heaney
c. Andrew Motion
d. Louise Gluck
a. Philip Larkin
b. Seamus Heaney
c. Andrew Motion
d. Louise Gluck
13.
More (1899), Yet Again (1909) and And
Even Now (1920) are essay collections of ------
a. G.K. Chesterton
b. William Carlyle
c. Bertrand Russell
d. Max Beerbohm
a. G.K. Chesterton
b. William Carlyle
c. Bertrand Russell
d. Max Beerbohm
14.
Which novel of Joseph Conrad’s begins thus: “Mr
Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his
brother-in-law?”
a. The Nigger of Narcissus
b. The Secret Agent
c. Under Western Eyes
d. Heart of Darkness
a. The Nigger of Narcissus
b. The Secret Agent
c. Under Western Eyes
d. Heart of Darkness
15.
The setting of D.H. Lawrence’s Plumed Serpent
is -------.
a. Mexico
b. India
c. Peru
d. Argentina
a. Mexico
b. India
c. Peru
d. Argentina
16.
Who among the following wrote the popular poem Night
Mail?
a. W H Auden
b. Stephen Spender
c. Louis MacNeice
d. Cecil Day-Lewis
a. W H Auden
b. Stephen Spender
c. Louis MacNeice
d. Cecil Day-Lewis
17.
Rupert Brooke’s 1914 & Other Poems
contained ------ sonnets.
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
18.
Identify the characteristics of the 1930s poets
such as Auden and others.
I.
They were influenced by Freud’s theories of psychology
II.
They were moved by the left ideals
III.
They followed the surrealist movement
IV.
Their poems were imaginative
a. I and IV only
b.
I and II only
c.
II and III only
d. III and IV only
19.
Surrealism had its roots in -------
a.
Andre Breton’s Manifesto on Surrealism
b.
A.E. Balakian’s Literary Origins of
Surrealism
c.
David Hopkins’ Dada and Surrealism
d.
Maurice Nadeau and Roger Shattuk’s The
History of Surrealism
20.
Which one of these sections is NOT a part of
T.S. Eliot’s poem, Four Quartets?
a. The Fire Sermon
b. Burnt Norton
c. East Coker
d. The Dry Salvages
a. The Fire Sermon
b. Burnt Norton
c. East Coker
d. The Dry Salvages
21.
George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984
basically centre around :
a. Anti-Stalin obsession
b. Anti-Hitler obsession
c. Anti-Mussolini obsession
d. None of the above
a. Anti-Stalin obsession
b. Anti-Hitler obsession
c. Anti-Mussolini obsession
d. None of the above
22.
Look Back in Anger expresses the concerns
of :
a. Angry young women
b. Angry young men
c. Angry economists
d. Angry professionals
a. Angry young women
b. Angry young men
c. Angry economists
d. Angry professionals
23.
“In order to know what you do not know / You
have to go by a way which is the way of ignorance”. These lines are from T.S.
Eliot’s :
a. The Waste Land
b. Four Quartets
c. Murder in the Cathedral
d. East Coker
a. The Waste Land
b. Four Quartets
c. Murder in the Cathedral
d. East Coker
24.
Which of the following novels of D.H. Lawrence
is the most autobiographical?
a. Sons and Lovers
b. Aaron’s Rod
c. Kangaroo
d. The Plumed Serpent
a. Sons and Lovers
b. Aaron’s Rod
c. Kangaroo
d. The Plumed Serpent
25.
Joyce employs the stream of consciousness technique
in a special way in :
a. Dubliners
b. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
c. Finnegan’s Wake
d. Ulysses
a. Dubliners
b. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
c. Finnegan’s Wake
d. Ulysses
26.
Virginia Woolf expresses her feminist views
strongly in :
a. A Night and Day
b. Jacob’s Room
c. The Common Reader
d. A Room of One’s Own
a. A Night and Day
b. Jacob’s Room
c. The Common Reader
d. A Room of One’s Own
27.
------------- is one of the very few English
novels of E.M. Forster in which Indians see an acceptable picture of
themselves.
a. A Passage to India
b. Where Angels Fear to Tread
c. The Longest Journey
d. The Eternal Moment
a. A Passage to India
b. Where Angels Fear to Tread
c. The Longest Journey
d. The Eternal Moment
28.
Shaw was influenced by which of the continental
writers?
a. Goethe
b. Victor Hugo
c. Ibsen
d. Dante
a. Goethe
b. Victor Hugo
c. Ibsen
d. Dante
29.
“Centre cannot hold / things fall apart”. These
are the words of :
a. W.B. Yeats
b. C. Day Lewis
c. Rupert Brooke
d. Philip Larkin
a. W.B. Yeats
b. C. Day Lewis
c. Rupert Brooke
d. Philip Larkin
30.
J.M. Synge is ------------- playwright.
a. An Irish
b. An English
c. A Scottish
d. A Welsh
a. An Irish
b. An English
c. A Scottish
d. A Welsh
31.
Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Epic Theatre’ :
i.
Appeals to emotion ii. Alienates
audience from characters
iii.
Appeals to reason iv. Offers
solution
a. (i) and (ii) are correct
b. (i) and (iv)
are correct
c. (ii) and (iv) are correct
d. (ii) and (iii)
are correct
32.
Match the following :
i.
The Golden Bough - (a)Northrop Frye
ii.
The Anatomy of Criticism - (b)Derrida
iii.
Of Grammatology - (c)Freud
iv.
Interpretation of Dreams - (d)James G. Frazer
a. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b
b. (i)-d, (ii)-a,
(iii)-b, (iv)-c
c. (i)-c, (ii)-d,
(iii)-b, (iv)-a
d. (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-d
33.
Which of the following is NOT a work of Samuel
Becket?
a. Waiting for Godot
b. Endgame
c. Happy Days
d. Emperor Jones
a. Waiting for Godot
b. Endgame
c. Happy Days
d. Emperor Jones
34.
The expression “eloquent silence” is an example
of :
a. Allusion
b. Eponym
c. Oxymoron
d. Metonymy
a. Allusion
b. Eponym
c. Oxymoron
d. Metonymy
35.
“I will show you fear in a handful of dust”- this
line is from T.S. Eliot’s :
a. Murder in the Cathedral
b. Gerontion
c. The Hollow Men
d. The Wasteland
a. Murder in the Cathedral
b. Gerontion
c. The Hollow Men
d. The Wasteland
36.
Who, among the following, made the statement,
“Poetry is the Criticism of Life”?
a. Dr. Johnson
b. Sidney
c. Matthew Arnold
d. Wordsworth
a. Dr. Johnson
b. Sidney
c. Matthew Arnold
d. Wordsworth
37.
Match the following :
i.
Cliché - (a)Omission which is implied
ii.
Ellipsis - (b)Overstatement
iii.
Genre - (c)Overused expression
iv.
Hyperbole - (d)Form of writing
a. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b
b. (i)-d, (ii)-a,
(iii)-b, (iv)-c
c. (i)-c, (ii)-d,
(iii)-b, (iv)-a
d. (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-d
38.
“It is awfully hard work doing nothing” is an
example of :
a. Irony
b. Conceit
c. Metaphor
d. Paradox
a. Irony
b. Conceit
c. Metaphor
d. Paradox
39.
Which writer made the following statement?
“To be an Indian in England was
distinctive, in Egypt it was more so. Now in Bombay I entered a shop or a
restaurant and waited for a special quality of response. And there was nothing.
It was like being denied part of my reality.”
a. Salman Rushdie
b.
Nissim Ezekiel
c.
V.S. Naipaul
d. Nirad C. Choudhari
40.
A Dance of Forests is written by :
a. Chinua Achebe
b. Vijay Tendulkar
c. Alice Walker
d. Wole Soyinka
a. Chinua Achebe
b. Vijay Tendulkar
c. Alice Walker
d. Wole Soyinka
41.
The author of Nation and Narration is :
a. Homi Bhabha
b. Edward Siad
c. Franz Fanon
d. Gayatri Spivak
a. Homi Bhabha
b. Edward Siad
c. Franz Fanon
d. Gayatri Spivak
42.
Match the African American Writers with their
Novels :
i.
Richard Wright - (a)Invisible Man
ii.
Ralph Ellison - (b)Go Tell It On the Mountain
iii.
James Baldwin - (c)A Raisin in the Sun
iv.
Lorraine Hansberry - (d)Native Son
a. (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c
b. (i)-a, (ii)-d,
(iii)-c, (iv)-b
c. (i)-c, (ii)-b,
(iii)-a, (iv)-d
d. (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
43.
Inter-textuality is a term which suggests that :
a. An author’s intention is impossible to decide
b. Textual meaning cannot be fixed
c. A text’s meaning is related to the meanings of
other texts
d. Reading of a text requires making assumptions
about the author
44.
The British novelist Doris Lessing was born in :
a. England
b. Ireland
c. America
d. Persia
a. England
b. Ireland
c. America
d. Persia
45.
The culture of Umuofia in Things Fall Apart
is :
a. Christian
b. Igbo
c. Zulu
d. Yoruba
a. Christian
b. Igbo
c. Zulu
d. Yoruba
46.
The title of Chinua Achebe’s novel No Longer
at Ease has been taken from T.S. Eliot’s poem :
a. Hysteria
b. The Journey of the Magi
c. The Waste Land
d. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
a. Hysteria
b. The Journey of the Magi
c. The Waste Land
d. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
47.
Match the critical works with the authors :
i.
Chinua Achebe - (a)Is there a text in this
class?
ii.
Stanley Fish - (b)The Mad Woman in the Attic
iii.
Elaine Showalter - (c)Colonialist Criticism
iv.
Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gabar - (d)Towards a Feminist Poetics
a. (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c
b. (i)-a, (ii)-d,
(iii)-c, (iv)-b
c. (i)-c, (ii)-a,
(iii)-d, (iv)-b
d. (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
48.
The term Jazz Age in America relates to the
decades of :
a. 1930s
b. 1920s
c. 1940s
d. 1950s
a. 1930s
b. 1920s
c. 1940s
d. 1950s
49.
Which American playwright was awarded a Nobel
Prize in Literature in 1936 “for dramatic works of vital energy, sincerity, and
intensity of feeling, stamped with an original conception of tragedy”?
a. Edward Albee
b. Eugene O’Neill
c. Arthur Miller
d. Eugene Walter
a. Edward Albee
b. Eugene O’Neill
c. Arthur Miller
d. Eugene Walter
50.
“So you’re the little woman who wrote the book
that made this Great War.” This remark of Abraham Lincoln refers to which
author?
a. Phillis Wheatley
b. Harriet Beecher Stowe
c. Margaret Mitchel
d. Maya Anjelou
a. Phillis Wheatley
b. Harriet Beecher Stowe
c. Margaret Mitchel
d. Maya Anjelou
51.
The huge success of which play in 1947 secured
Tennessee William’s reputation as a great playwright?
a. The Glass Menagerie
b. A Streetcar Named Desire
c. Clothes for a Summer Hotel
d. In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel
a. The Glass Menagerie
b. A Streetcar Named Desire
c. Clothes for a Summer Hotel
d. In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel
52.
In which country was Robert Frost first
published?
a. England
b. Canada
c. America
d. Spain
a. England
b. Canada
c. America
d. Spain
53.
What term best characterizes the ‘Harlem
Renaissance’?
a. Oppression
b. Protest
c. Anger
d. Celebration
a. Oppression
b. Protest
c. Anger
d. Celebration
54.
The term ‘chutnification’ is coined by :
a. Chetan Bhagat
b. Shobha De
c. Salman Rushdie
d. Khushwant Singh
a. Chetan Bhagat
b. Shobha De
c. Salman Rushdie
d. Khushwant Singh
55.
Which among the following is a work of Chinua
Achebe?
a. Weep Not Child
b. A Man of the People
c. Palm-wine Drinkard
d. The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born
a. Weep Not Child
b. A Man of the People
c. Palm-wine Drinkard
d. The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born
56.
The Bluest Eye is a novel by :
a. Toni Morrison
b. Alice Walker
c. Ralph Ellison
d. Bernard Malamud
a. Toni Morrison
b. Alice Walker
c. Ralph Ellison
d. Bernard Malamud
57.
The author, better known by his pen name ‘Mark
Twain’ is :
a. Samuel Clemens
b. Sylvia Plath
c. Samuel Johnson
d. Jane Hirshfield
a. Samuel Clemens
b. Sylvia Plath
c. Samuel Johnson
d. Jane Hirshfield
58.
The word ‘edutainment’ is an example of the
process of word formation called :
a. Back formation
b. Clipping
c. Compounding
d. Blending
a. Back formation
b. Clipping
c. Compounding
d. Blending
59.
The word ‘alcohol’ comes from :
a. Arabic
b. French
c. Italian
d. German
a. Arabic
b. French
c. Italian
d. German
60.
TESOL stands for :
a. Teaching English as a Second Language
b. Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages
c. Teaching English Speakers Other Languages
d. Teaching English Speaking Only for Law
61.
The study of Transformational Generative Grammar
begin with :
a. Leonard Bloomfield
b. Roman Jakobson
c. Noam Chomsky
d. C.K. Ogden
a. Leonard Bloomfield
b. Roman Jakobson
c. Noam Chomsky
d. C.K. Ogden
62.
Code-switching is a kind of :
a. Grammatical system
b. Linguistic Performance
c. Linguistic Competence
d. Meaningless babbling
a. Grammatical system
b. Linguistic Performance
c. Linguistic Competence
d. Meaningless babbling
63.
Scanning and skimming are techniques of :
a. Teaching grammar
b. Reading
c. Writing
d. Listening
a. Teaching grammar
b. Reading
c. Writing
d. Listening
64.
The Norman Conquest marks the beginning of
………….. period.
a. The Old English
b. The Middle English
c. The Modern English
d. The Anglo Saxon
a. The Old English
b. The Middle English
c. The Modern English
d. The Anglo Saxon
65.
By PS rules it is meant :
a. Phrase Syntax rules
b. Phonetic Structure rules
c. Phrasal Syntactic rules
d. Phrase Structure rules
a. Phrase Syntax rules
b. Phonetic Structure rules
c. Phrasal Syntactic rules
d. Phrase Structure rules
66.
The title Things Fall Apart is drawn from
:
a. Byzantium
b. The Second Coming
c. The Fisherman
d. Sailing to Byzantium
a. Byzantium
b. The Second Coming
c. The Fisherman
d. Sailing to Byzantium
67.
Which are the verse dramas by T.S. Eliot?
i.
Ash Wednesday ii.
The Cocktail Party iii. Four
Quartets iv. Murder
in the Cathedral
a. (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
b. (ii) and (iv) are correct
c. (i) and (ii) are correct
d. (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
a. (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
b. (ii) and (iv) are correct
c. (i) and (ii) are correct
d. (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
68.
Who has describe culture as “Sweetness and
light”?
a. F.R. Leavis
b. T.S. Eliot
c. Lionel Trilling
d. Matthew Arnold
a. F.R. Leavis
b. T.S. Eliot
c. Lionel Trilling
d. Matthew Arnold
69.
The concept of the signified and the signifier
is a part of :
a. Structural linguistics
b. Transformational grammar
c. Philology
d. Deconstruction
a. Structural linguistics
b. Transformational grammar
c. Philology
d. Deconstruction
70.
The label ‘Diasporic Writer’ can be applied to :
i.
Jhumpa Lahiri ii.
Arundhati Roy iii.
Kiran Desai iv. Sashi Deshpande
a. (i) and (iv) are correct
b. (ii) and (iii) are correct
c. (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
d. (i) and (iii) are correct
a. (i) and (iv) are correct
b. (ii) and (iii) are correct
c. (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
d. (i) and (iii) are correct
71.
Subaltern studies are influenced by :
a. Karl Marx
b. Antonio Gramsci
c. Michel Foucault
d. Sigmund Freud
a. Karl Marx
b. Antonio Gramsci
c. Michel Foucault
d. Sigmund Freud
72.
The term ‘Anagnorisis’ describes :
a. The moment of discovery by the protagonist
b. The reversal of fortune for the protagonist
c. The happy resolution of the plot
d. The death of the protagonist
73.
The term “author function” is associated with :
a. Jacques Derrida
b. Stephen Greenblatt
c. Michel Foucault
d. Roland Barthes
a. Jacques Derrida
b. Stephen Greenblatt
c. Michel Foucault
d. Roland Barthes
74.
Under the Banyan Tree is :
a. A collection of poems by Jayanta Mahapatra.
b. A collection of one-act plays by Mahesh Dattani.
c. An anthology of essays by C.D. Narasimhaiah.
d. A collection of short stories by R.K. Narayan.
75.
Which of the following play is NOT by Girish
Karnad?
a. Tughlaq
b. Hayavadana
c. Final Solutions
d. Tale-Danda
a. Tughlaq
b. Hayavadana
c. Final Solutions
d. Tale-Danda
76.
Who, among the following, wrote the Foreword to
Mulk Raj Anand’s novel Untouchable?
a. Rudyard Kipling
b. E.M. Forster
c. R.K. Narayan
d. Graham Greene
a. Rudyard Kipling
b. E.M. Forster
c. R.K. Narayan
d. Graham Greene
77.
Which statement is NOT true about Gitanjali?
a. It was published in 1912
b. W.B. Yeats wrote a memorable introduction to it
c. Its central theme is patriotism
d. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for it in 1913
a. It was published in 1912
b. W.B. Yeats wrote a memorable introduction to it
c. Its central theme is patriotism
d. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for it in 1913
78.
“My mother only said // Thank God, the scorpion
picked on me // And spared my children.” These lines are written by :
a. Kamala Das
b. Nissim Ezekiel
c. Jayanta Mahapatra
d. Toru Dutt
a. Kamala Das
b. Nissim Ezekiel
c. Jayanta Mahapatra
d. Toru Dutt
79.
The World is What it is, the biography of
V.S. Naipaul is written by :
a. Patrick White
b. Paul Theroux
c. Patrick French
d. Robert Hamner
a. Patrick White
b. Paul Theroux
c. Patrick French
d. Robert Hamner
80.
The latest novel of V.S. Naipaul is :
a. A Way in the World
b. Magic Seeds
c. The Enigma of Arrival
d. Half a Life
a. A Way in the World
b. Magic Seeds
c. The Enigma of Arrival
d. Half a Life
81.
Identify the twins in The God of Small Things
:
a. Ammu and Chacko
b. Velutha and Chacko
c. Rahel and Estha
d. Rahel and Sophie Mol
a. Ammu and Chacko
b. Velutha and Chacko
c. Rahel and Estha
d. Rahel and Sophie Mol
82.
Which among the following is a work of Jhumpa
Lahiri :
a. The Namesake
b. The Inheritance of Loss
c. The Mistress of Spices
d. Difficult Daughters
a. The Namesake
b. The Inheritance of Loss
c. The Mistress of Spices
d. Difficult Daughters
83.
The line “They think we are dirt because we
clean their dirt” is uttered by :
a. Kali
b. Bakha
c. Gulabo
d. Paravan
a. Kali
b. Bakha
c. Gulabo
d. Paravan
84.
Name the writer who is concerned with peasant
life in the context of Celtic Revival :
a. Sean O’ Casey
b. James Joyce
c. Lady Gregory
d. J.M. Synge
a. Sean O’ Casey
b. James Joyce
c. Lady Gregory
d. J.M. Synge
85.
The character of the Phoenician Sailor appears
in the poem :
a. Ash Wednesday
b. The Waste Land
c. Little Gidding
d. Gerontion
a. Ash Wednesday
b. The Waste Land
c. Little Gidding
d. Gerontion
86.
“Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes,
it’s awful!” This line appears in :
a. The Chairs
b. Happy Days
c. Waiting for Godot
d. Thi Rhinoceros
a. The Chairs
b. Happy Days
c. Waiting for Godot
d. Thi Rhinoceros
87.
Which of the following characters has been
described as an angry young man?
a. Mick
b. Jimmy Porter
c. Ronnie Kahn
d. Tegeus
a. Mick
b. Jimmy Porter
c. Ronnie Kahn
d. Tegeus
88.
Identify the poet who wrote about the bog people
in his/her poems :
a. Seamus Heaney
b. Tom Paulin
c. Eavan Boland
d. Derek Mahon
a. Seamus Heaney
b. Tom Paulin
c. Eavan Boland
d. Derek Mahon
89.
Identify an epistolary novel from the following
:
a. The Color Purple
b. Invisible Man
c. Linden Hills
d. Beloved
a. The Color Purple
b. Invisible Man
c. Linden Hills
d. Beloved
90.
Identify the figure of speech : “O, my luve is
like the melodie // That sweetly played in tune.”
a. Hyperbole
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Simile
a. Hyperbole
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Simile
91.
Which of the following novels does NOT use the
technique of the stream of consciousness?
a. To the Lighthouse
b. The Waves
c. Ulysses
d. Sons and Lovers
a. To the Lighthouse
b. The Waves
c. Ulysses
d. Sons and Lovers
92.
Waiting for Godot was published in :
a. 1956
b. 1952
c. 1955
d. 1958
a. 1956
b. 1952
c. 1955
d. 1958
93.
Harold Pinter is associated with :
a. The Theatre of the Absurd
b. The Theatre of Cruelty
c. The Epic Theatre
d. The Realistic Theatre
a. The Theatre of the Absurd
b. The Theatre of Cruelty
c. The Epic Theatre
d. The Realistic Theatre
94.
Lord of the Flies is :
a. A fable
b. A parable
c. A myth
d. None of these
a. A fable
b. A parable
c. A myth
d. None of these
95.
“Now and then a smell of grass // Displaced the
reek of buttoned carriage cloth // Until the next town, new and non descript”.
These lines are taken from :
a. Cut Grass
b. The Large Cool Shore
c. The Whitsun Weddings
d. The Less Deceived
a. Cut Grass
b. The Large Cool Shore
c. The Whitsun Weddings
d. The Less Deceived
96.
Plato wanted to judge poetry from the tool
of :
a. Beauty
b. Sublimity
c. Truth
d. None of these
a. Beauty
b. Sublimity
c. Truth
d. None of these
97.
The function of tragedy, according to Aristotle,
is to offer :
a. Understanding
b. Transportation
c. Enlightenment
d. Tragic Pleasure
a. Understanding
b. Transportation
c. Enlightenment
d. Tragic Pleasure
98.
‘The poet is a man speaking to man’. Who wrote
this?
a. Coleridge
b. Shelley
c. Wordsworth
d. Dr. Johnson
a. Coleridge
b. Shelley
c. Wordsworth
d. Dr. Johnson
99.
Rasa Theory was first expounded by :
a. Mammat
b. Vishwanath
c. Bharat Muni
d. Rajshekhar
a. Mammat
b. Vishwanath
c. Bharat Muni
d. Rajshekhar
100. ‘Death
of the Author’ emphasizes :
a. Text
b. Work
c. Social context
d. Reader
a. Text
b. Work
c. Social context
d. Reader
101. ‘Nicholas
Blake’ is the pseudonym of which of the following poet :
a. W.H.Auden
b. Cecil Day Lewis
c. Stephen Spender
d. Louis MacNeice
a. W.H.Auden
b. Cecil Day Lewis
c. Stephen Spender
d. Louis MacNeice
102. Which
one of the following poets is NOT related to Symbolist movement?
a. Charles Baudelaire
b. Stephane Mallarme
c. Paul Verlaine
d. W. H. Auden
a. Charles Baudelaire
b. Stephane Mallarme
c. Paul Verlaine
d. W. H. Auden
103. Means
"advance guard" or "vanguard" and is used to refer to
people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect
to art, culture, and politics :
a. Anachronism
b. Catharsis
c. Avant-garde
d. Vernacular
a. Anachronism
b. Catharsis
c. Avant-garde
d. Vernacular
104. Sailing
to Byzantium is a poem written by :
a. W. B. Yeats
b. Stephane Mallarme
c. Paul Verlaine
d. W. H. Auden
a. W. B. Yeats
b. Stephane Mallarme
c. Paul Verlaine
d. W. H. Auden
105. Jill
and A Girl in Winter are …………….. written by Philip Larkin.
a. Novels
b. Plays
c. Poems
d. Short Stories
a. Novels
b. Plays
c. Poems
d. Short Stories
106. 'Death of a Naturalist' is a collection
of poems by :
a. Russell
b. Byron
c. Seamus Heaney
d. Ezra Pound
a. Russell
b. Byron
c. Seamus Heaney
d. Ezra Pound
107. Philip
Larkin: A Writer’s Life is a biography written by :
a. Andrew Motion
b. Seamus Heaney
c. Ted Hughes
d. Ezra Pound
a. Andrew Motion
b. Seamus Heaney
c. Ted Hughes
d. Ezra Pound
108. 'Zuleika Dobson' is a novel written by :
a. Thom Gunn
b. Max Beerbohm
c. G.K. Chesterton
d. Christopher Fry
a. Thom Gunn
b. Max Beerbohm
c. G.K. Chesterton
d. Christopher Fry
109. ‘Eric
Arthur Blair’ is better known as :
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. George Orwell
c. Arnold Bennett
d. Aldous Huxley
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. George Orwell
c. Arnold Bennett
d. Aldous Huxley
110. Who
is the protagonist in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
a. Stephen Dedalus
b. Paul Morel
c. Leopold Bloom
d. Simon Dedalus
a. Stephen Dedalus
b. Paul Morel
c. Leopold Bloom
d. Simon Dedalus
111. The
early stories in Joyce’s Dubliners have ……….. as protagonists.
a. Women
b. Irish peasants
c. Children
d. Mythical characters
a. Women
b. Irish peasants
c. Children
d. Mythical characters
112. Arrange
chronologically :
a. Ulysses – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young
Man – Finnegan’s Wake – Dubliners
b. Dubliners – A Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man – Ulysses - Finnegan’s Wake
c. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -
Ulysses – Finnegan’s Wake – Dubliners
d. Finnegan’s Wake – Dubliners - Ulysses – A
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
113. ‘To
the Ends of the Earth’ is a trilogy written by :
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. George Orwell
c. William Golding
d. Aldous Huxley
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. George Orwell
c. William Golding
d. Aldous Huxley
114. Which
novel of William Golding won him the Nobel Prize?
a. Lord of the Flies
b. Rites of Passage
c. Darkness Visible
d. The Inheritors
a. Lord of the Flies
b. Rites of Passage
c. Darkness Visible
d. The Inheritors
115. Match
the following writers with their works:
i.
William Golding - (a) The James Bond Dossier
ii.
Kingsley Amis - (b) Strike the Father Dead
iii.
John Wain - (c) A Man of his Time
iv.
Alan Sillitoe - (d) Pincher Martin
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
116. Which
among the following is a play by Sean O’ Casey?
a. Red Roses for Me
b. Cock-a-Doodle Dandy
c. The End of the Beginning
d. All
a. Red Roses for Me
b. Cock-a-Doodle Dandy
c. The End of the Beginning
d. All
117. Which
among the following is a play by Arnold Wesker?
a. Roots
b. The Kitchen
c. Their Very Own and Golden City
d. All of them
a. Roots
b. The Kitchen
c. Their Very Own and Golden City
d. All of them
118. The
Man Booker Prize award winning novel ‘The Remains of the Day’ is written
by :
a. Kazuo Ishiguro
b. Doris Lessing
c. V.S. Naipaul
d. Tom Stoppard
a. Kazuo Ishiguro
b. Doris Lessing
c. V.S. Naipaul
d. Tom Stoppard
119. ‘The
Buddha of Suburbia’ is written by :
a. Kazuo Ishiguro
b. Hanif Kureishi
c. V.S. Naipaul
d. Tom Stoppard
a. Kazuo Ishiguro
b. Hanif Kureishi
c. V.S. Naipaul
d. Tom Stoppard
120. Which
of the following is Jeanette Winterson’s Novella based on the real-life woman
Alice Nutter?
a. The Passion
b. The Gap of Time
c. The Daylight Gate
d. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
a. The Passion
b. The Gap of Time
c. The Daylight Gate
d. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit