1.
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is a
novel set in :
a. South Africa
b. Nigeria
c. Kenya
d. Egypt
a. South Africa
b. Nigeria
c. Kenya
d. Egypt
2.
Edward Said’s Orientalism is related to
the following field of studies :
a. Post-colonial
b. Feminist
c. New Historicist
d. Structuralist
a. Post-colonial
b. Feminist
c. New Historicist
d. Structuralist
3.
Who distinguished between the primary and
secondary imagination?
a. William Wordsworth
b. S.T. Coleridge
c. Robert Southey
d. De Quincey
a. William Wordsworth
b. S.T. Coleridge
c. Robert Southey
d. De Quincey
4.
The New Critics believed that the literary text
is :
a. A self-contained unit and is made up of only
knowledge
b. Historical and is related to social context
c. A social and historical product
d. Influenced by the biographical context of the
author
5.
Name the critics who is associated with
Reader-Response theory :
a. Cleanth Brooks
b. Stanley Fish
c. I.A. Richards
d. Northrop Frye
a. Cleanth Brooks
b. Stanley Fish
c. I.A. Richards
d. Northrop Frye
6.
The terms ‘ writerly and readerly texts’ were
used by :
a. Claude Levi Strauss
b. Roland Barthes
c. Eric Bentley
d. William Empson
a. Claude Levi Strauss
b. Roland Barthes
c. Eric Bentley
d. William Empson
7.
Summer In Culcutta is a poetical
collection of :
a. Kamala Das
b. Amrita Pritam
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. Suniti Namjoshi
a. Kamala Das
b. Amrita Pritam
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. Suniti Namjoshi
8.
Which one of the following is NOT a part of V.S.
Naipaul’s trilogy on India?
a. An Area of Darkness
b. India : A Wounded Civilization
c. Among the Believers
d. India : A Million Mutinies Now
a. An Area of Darkness
b. India : A Wounded Civilization
c. Among the Believers
d. India : A Million Mutinies Now
9.
Decolonizing the Mind is a work by :
a. J.M. Coetzee
b. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
c. Wole Soyinka
d. Chinua Achebe
a. J.M. Coetzee
b. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
c. Wole Soyinka
d. Chinua Achebe
10.
Abraham Lincoln is the central figure in :
a. ‘Crossing Brooklyn Terry’
b. ‘When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed’
c. ‘Passage to India’
d. ‘The Song of Myself’
a. ‘Crossing Brooklyn Terry’
b. ‘When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed’
c. ‘Passage to India’
d. ‘The Song of Myself’
11.
During the ………… century, English Puritans
migrated to New England in America.
a. 16th
b. 17th
c. 18th
d. late 19th
a. 16th
b. 17th
c. 18th
d. late 19th
12.
Some of the 19th century poets of New
England, including James Russell Lowell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver
Wendell Holmes Sr. were called ………….
a. Transcendentalists
b. The Democrats
c. The Puritans
d. The Brahmins
a. Transcendentalists
b. The Democrats
c. The Puritans
d. The Brahmins
13.
Which of the following was Transcendentalism NOT concerned with?
a. Individualism
b. German Idealism
c. Empiricism
d. Vedic thought
a. Individualism
b. German Idealism
c. Empiricism
d. Vedic thought
14.
Emerson published the work Nature in the
year :
a. 1836
b. 1845
c. 1860
d. 1868
a. 1836
b. 1845
c. 1860
d. 1868
15.
………… is the journal of the Transcendental Club.
a. The Dial
b. Nature
c. The Month
d. The Germ
a. The Dial
b. Nature
c. The Month
d. The Germ
16.
Which of the following writers did NOT influence
the Transcendentalists?
a. William Wordsworth
b. S.T. Coleridge
c. Thomas Carlyle
d. Walter Scott
a. William Wordsworth
b. S.T. Coleridge
c. Thomas Carlyle
d. Walter Scott
17.
The novel The Blithedale Romance by ……………
satirizes the Transcendental Movement.
a. H.W. Longfellow
b. Nathaniel Hawthorne
c. Edgar Allan Poe
d. Herman Melville
a. H.W. Longfellow
b. Nathaniel Hawthorne
c. Edgar Allan Poe
d. Herman Melville
18.
Abolitionism was an American movement which
aimed to end …………..
a. Puritan domination in North America
b. European colonies in America
c. Slave trade
d. Oppression of women
a. Puritan domination in North America
b. European colonies in America
c. Slave trade
d. Oppression of women
19.
The New England Renaissance, an expression of
national spirit in the wake of the Romantic Movement, is the period :
a. 1820s-30s
b. 1830s-60s
c. 1860s-70s
d. 1850s
a. 1820s-30s
b. 1830s-60s
c. 1860s-70s
d. 1850s
20.
Who among the following is NOT a member of
Transcendental Movement?
a. Amos Bronson Alcott
b. Margaret Fuller
c. Walt Whitman
d. Edgar Allan Poe
a. Amos Bronson Alcott
b. Margaret Fuller
c. Walt Whitman
d. Edgar Allan Poe
21.
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
22.
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
23.
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)-b,
(ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
c.
(i)-a, (ii)-d, (iii)-c, (iv)-b
d. (i)-c, (ii)-b, (iii)-a, (iv)-d
24.
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
25.
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
26.
The term Jazz Age in America relates to the
decade of :
a. 1930s
b. 1920s
c. 1940s
d. 1950s
a. 1930s
b. 1920s
c. 1940s
d. 1950s
27.
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
28.
The huge success of which play in 1947 secured
Tennessee Williams’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
29.
“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
30.
In which country was Robert Frost first published?
a. England
b. Canada
c. America
d. Spain
a. England
b. Canada
c. America
d. Spain
31.
What term best characterizes the Harlem Renaissance?
a. Oppression
b. Protest
c. Anger
d. Celebration
a. Oppression
b. Protest
c. Anger
d. Celebration
32.
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
33.
Match the following :
i.
Amos Tutuola - (a)Weep Not Child
ii.
Ngugi Wa Thiang’O - (b)A Man of the People
iii.
Ayi Kwe Armah - (c)Palm-wine Drinkard
iv.
Chinua Achebe - (d)The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet
Born
a. (i)-b,
(ii)-d, (iii)-c, (iv)-a
b.
(i)-a, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-d
c.
(i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b
d. (i)-d, (ii)-b, (iii)-a, (iv)-c
34.
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
35.
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
36.
The label ‘Diasporic Writer’ can be applied to :
I. Jhumpa Lahiri II. Arundhati Roy III. Kiran Desai IV.
Shashi 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
37.
Under the Banyan Tree is :
a. a collection of poems by Jayanta Mohapatra
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
38.
Which of the following plays 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
39.
“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 Mohapatra
d. Toru Dutt
a. Kamala Das
b. Nissim Ezekiel
c. Jayanta Mohapatra
d. Toru Dutt
40.
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
41.
Which statement is NOT true about Gitanjali?
a. It was published in 1912
b. W.B. Yeats wrote a memorable introduction to it
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
d. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for it in 1913
42.
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
43.
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
44.
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
45.
The line “They think we are dirt because we
clean their dirt” is uttered by which one of the following Mulk Raj Anand’s
character :
a. Kali
b. Bakha
c. Gulabo
d. Paravan
a. Kali
b. Bakha
c. Gulabo
d. Paravan
46.
Which one of the following is Jhumpa Lahiri’s
work?
a. The Namesake
b. The Inheritance of Loss
a. The Namesake
b. The Inheritance of Loss
c. The Mistress of Spices
d. Difficult Daughters
d. Difficult Daughters
47.
Who among
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
48.
Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for
literature in the year :
a. 1920
b. 1915
c. 1913
d. 1910
a. 1920
b. 1915
c. 1913
d. 1910
49.
The Word ‘Diaspora’ literally means :
a. Shifting
b. Sorting out
c. New Environment
d. Scattering
a. Shifting
b. Sorting out
c. New Environment
d. Scattering
50.
‘Yoknapatawpha’
county is a fictional country created by :
a. Sinclair
b. Faulkner
c. Hemingway
d. O’Neil
a. Sinclair
b. Faulkner
c. Hemingway
d. O’Neil
51.
Which novel of Ben Okri won him the Booker
Prize?
a. Flowers and Shadows
b. The Famished Road
c. The Landscapes Within
d. The White Tiger
a. Flowers and Shadows
b. The Famished Road
c. The Landscapes Within
d. The White Tiger
52.
Salman Rushdie is known for his use of :
a. Philosophical realism
b. Socialist realism
c. Social realism
d. Magic realism
a. Philosophical realism
b. Socialist realism
c. Social realism
d. Magic realism
53.
‘The Cost of Living’ is a collection of essays
by :
a. Salman Rushdie
b. Vikram Seth
c. Arundhati Roy
d. Shashi Tharoor
a. Salman Rushdie
b. Vikram Seth
c. Arundhati Roy
d. Shashi Tharoor
54.
The author of The Wretched of the Earth
is :
a. Franta Fanon
b. Jean Paul Sartre
c. Androis Malraux
d. Albert Camus
a. Franta Fanon
b. Jean Paul Sartre
c. Androis Malraux
d. Albert Camus
55.
Who among the following writers was a Transcendentalist?
a. Ernest Hemingway
b. Ralph Ellison
c. R.W. Emerson
d. Philip Roth
a. Ernest Hemingway
b. Ralph Ellison
c. R.W. Emerson
d. Philip Roth
56.
Which American poet wrote the poem ‘Iris by
Night’?
a. Walt Whitman
b. H.D. Thorenu
c. Robert Frost
d. Sylvia Plath
a. Walt Whitman
b. H.D. Thorenu
c. Robert Frost
d. Sylvia Plath
57.
Which river figures in Mark Twain’s The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
a. Audson River
b. Mississippi River
c. Chicago River
d. Thames River
a. Audson River
b. Mississippi River
c. Chicago River
d. Thames River
58.
Match the following :
i.
V.S. Naipaul - (a)The Solid Mandala
ii.
Yasmine Gooneratne - (b)Dream
on Monkey Mountain
iii.
Derek Walcott - (c)The Pleasures of Conquest
iv.
Patrick White - (d)The Mimic Men
a. (i)-d,
(ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
b.
(i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c
c.
(i)-c, (ii)-b, (iii)-a, (iv)-d
d. (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
59.
Which Indian poet is known as the ‘Nightingale
of India’?
a. Toru Dutt
b. Kamala Das
c. Arundhati Roy
d. Sarojini Naidu
a. Toru Dutt
b. Kamala Das
c. Arundhati Roy
d. Sarojini Naidu
60.
The poem “Our Casuarina Tree” is written by
:
a. Kamala Das
b. Toru Dutt
c. Kamala Markandeya
d. Shashi Deshpande
a. Kamala Das
b. Toru Dutt
c. Kamala Markandeya
d. Shashi Deshpande
61.
Which of the following cannot be regarded as
Emerson’s objective in writing?
a. Moral development
b. Educating the young
b. Educating the young
c. To persuade men to trust and depend on
themselves
d. To propagate the political ideal of democracy
62.
The Brook Farm community is associated with the
…………
a. American Civil War
b. Transcendentalists
c. Abolitionists
d. New England Renaissance
a. American Civil War
b. Transcendentalists
c. Abolitionists
d. New England Renaissance
63.
………………. is the narrator of Moby Dick.
a. Ishmael
b. Queequeg
c. Ahab
d. Starbuck
a. Ishmael
b. Queequeg
c. Ahab
d. Starbuck
64.
Who is the author of Absalom Absalom!?
a. Arthur Miller
b. Eugene O’Neill
c. William Faulkner
d. John Steinback
a. Arthur Miller
b. Eugene O’Neill
c. William Faulkner
d. John Steinback
65.
The Pilgrim Fathers sailed to America in the
‘Mayflower’ in the year ……….
a. 1620
b. 1610
c. 1605
d. 1601
a. 1620
b. 1610
c. 1605
d. 1601
66.
The first English colony in America was
established by Walter Ralegh in 1584 at ………
a. New England
b. Virginia
c. Carolina
d. Plymouth
a. New England
b. Virginia
c. Carolina
d. Plymouth
67.
V.S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas
centres on the protagonist’s struggle to ………..
a. Maintain order in his family
b. Belong to the culture of the host country
c. Build a house for his wealthy client
d. Own a house
a. Maintain order in his family
b. Belong to the culture of the host country
c. Build a house for his wealthy client
d. Own a house
68.
Who is Saleem Sina’s faithful listener in Midnight’s
Children?
a. His son
b. Padma
c. Mary
d. Parvati
a. His son
b. Padma
c. Mary
d. Parvati
69.
In Things Fall Apart, which crop is king
for the Igbo people :
a. cassava
b. cotton
c. yam
d. riding crop
a. cassava
b. cotton
c. yam
d. riding crop
70.
Which poem is these line from : “….. why not
leave // Me alone, critics, friends, visiting cousins, // Every one of you? Why
not let me speak in // Any language I like …”?
a. Sylvia Plath’s Colossus
b. R. Parthasarathy’s Rough Passage
c. Jayanta Mahapatra’s Relationship
d. Kamala Das’s An Introduction
a. Sylvia Plath’s Colossus
b. R. Parthasarathy’s Rough Passage
c. Jayanta Mahapatra’s Relationship
d. Kamala Das’s An Introduction
71.
Munoo is the central character in Mulk Raj
Anand’s novel …………
a. Two Leaves and a Bud
b. Untouchable
c. Coolie
d. The Village
a. Two Leaves and a Bud
b. Untouchable
c. Coolie
d. The Village
72.
Which poem by Walt Whitman draws from
philosophic and religious traditions from across the world and mentions
achievements in engineering technology and geographic exploration?
a. Passage to India
b. Song of Myself
c. I Sing the Body Electric
d. None of these
a. Passage to India
b. Song of Myself
c. I Sing the Body Electric
d. None of these
73.
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman’s
poem about a man taking the Brooklyn ferry home from Manhattan at the end of a
working day evokes the idea that …….
a. Life is transient
b. Even small incidents in life are important
c. Even the lowliest men contribute to the society
d. All humans are united in their common experience of life
a. Life is transient
b. Even small incidents in life are important
c. Even the lowliest men contribute to the society
d. All humans are united in their common experience of life
74.
‘The Raven stanza’ has ………… lines.
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
75.
Steinbeck’s refugee novel Grapes of
Wrath is the story of …………….
a. Colonialism in Africa
b. The Afro-American community
c. Joad Family
d. Compsons Family
a. Colonialism in Africa
b. The Afro-American community
c. Joad Family
d. Compsons Family
76.
Who said in the speech “The American Scholar”,
“We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands”?
a. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b. Walt Whitman
c. Henry David Thoreau
d. Amos Bronson Alcott
a. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b. Walt Whitman
c. Henry David Thoreau
d. Amos Bronson Alcott
77.
Who has written the controversial introduction
to Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth?
a. Jacques Derrida
b. Jean Paul Sartre
c. Martin Heidegger
d. Roland Barthes
a. Jacques Derrida
b. Jean Paul Sartre
c. Martin Heidegger
d. Roland Barthes
78.
In Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea,
for how many days did Santiago go without catching fish?
a. 121
b. 99
c. 90
d. 84
a. 121
b. 99
c. 90
d. 84
79.
Who is the “man-eater of Malgudi” in R.K.
Narayan’s novel of that name?
a. Nataraj
b. Muthu
c. Vasu
d. Kumar
a. Nataraj
b. Muthu
c. Vasu
d. Kumar
80.
Which of the following novels by Anita Desai won
the Sahitya Academy Award?
a. Cry, the Peacock
b. Fire on the Mountain
c. Clear Light of Day
d. Bye-Bye Blackbird
a. Cry, the Peacock
b. Fire on the Mountain
c. Clear Light of Day
d. Bye-Bye Blackbird
81.
The first African to win the Nobel Prize in
Literature was ……………..
a. Chinua Achebe
b. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
c. Wole Soyinka
d. Ben Okri
a. Chinua Achebe
b. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
c. Wole Soyinka
d. Ben Okri
82.
Which of the following novels by Mulk Raj Anand
is set against the First World War?
a. The Sword and the Sickle
b. The Village
c. Across the Black Waters
d. Seven Summers
a. The Sword and the Sickle
b. The Village
c. Across the Black Waters
d. Seven Summers
83.
In which novel of Eugene O’Neill is the
character Larry Slade ………………..
a. The Hairy Ape
b. The Iceman Cometh
c. The Farewell to Arms
d. Emperor Jones
a. The Hairy Ape
b. The Iceman Cometh
c. The Farewell to Arms
d. Emperor Jones
84.
Who is generally considered as the first Indian
poet in English?
a. Henry Derozio
b. Ram Sharma
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Toru Dutt
a. Henry Derozio
b. Ram Sharma
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Toru Dutt
85.
Which freedom fighter and spiritual symbolist
poet wrote this line : “Pain is the ransom we pay for the smallest foretaste of
heaven”?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Aurobindo
c. Toru Dutt
d. Michael Madhusudan Dutt
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Aurobindo
c. Toru Dutt
d. Michael Madhusudan Dutt
86.
Which of the following writers has written a
novel illustrating the “Marjara Kishora Nyaya” path of bakthi?
a. Mulk Raj Anand
b. Raja Rao
c. R.K. Narayan
d. Rabindranath Tagore
a. Mulk Raj Anand
b. Raja Rao
c. R.K. Narayan
d. Rabindranath Tagore
87.
Which of the following poems is written in the
form of a dialogue?
a. Lakshman
b. Savitri
c. Lotus
d. Indian Weavers
a. Lakshman
b. Savitri
c. Lotus
d. Indian Weavers
88.
Who wrote the novel Bianca or the Young
Spanish Maiden?
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Romesh Chunder Dutt
c. Toru Dutt
d. Rabindranath Tagore
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Romesh Chunder Dutt
c. Toru Dutt
d. Rabindranath Tagore
89.
Who saw “five suns” – Truth, Beauty, Delight,
Life and Spirit – in the sky of poetry?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Aurobindo
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. None of these
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Aurobindo
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. None of these
90.
The “serpent” in Raja Rao’s The Serpent and
the Rope stands for …………….
a. Illusion
b. Reality
c. Truth
d. Suffering
a. Illusion
b. Reality
c. Truth
d. Suffering
91.
Who wrote the symbolic poem On Killing a Tree
which states that only cutting the branches or cutting its stem is not enough
to kill a tree?
a. Arun Kolatkar
b. P. Lal
c. Jayanta Mahapatra
d. Gieve Patel
a. Arun Kolatkar
b. P. Lal
c. Jayanta Mahapatra
d. Gieve Patel
92.
Who among R.K. Narayan’s characters has a
“water-diviner’s instinct”?
a. Raju
b. Swaminathan
c. Vasu
d. None of these
a. Raju
b. Swaminathan
c. Vasu
d. None of these
93.
Which myth does R.K. Narayan use in The
Man-Eater of Malgudi?
a. Satyavan-Savitri myth
b. Santanu-Ganga myth
c. Nala-Damayanti myth
d. Bhasmasura myth
a. Satyavan-Savitri myth
b. Santanu-Ganga myth
c. Nala-Damayanti myth
d. Bhasmasura myth
94.
Raja Rao’s novel The Cat and Shakespeare first
appeared in the form of …………..
a. Play
b. Poem
c. Short Story
d. Painting
a. Play
b. Poem
c. Short Story
d. Painting
95.
The family is one of the central metaphors in
the poems of ……………….
a. Nissim Ezekiel
b. P. Lal
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. A.K. Ramanujan
a. Nissim Ezekiel
b. P. Lal
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. A.K. Ramanujan
96.
Which Indian poet experimented with using a kind
of Indian variety of pidgin English?
a. Dom Moraes
b. Nissim Ezekiel
c. R. Parthasarathy
d. Arun Kolatkar
a. Dom Moraes
b. Nissim Ezekiel
c. R. Parthasarathy
d. Arun Kolatkar
97.
Which of the following poems is sub-titled A
Legend and a Symbol?
a. Tilottama
b. Our Casuarina Tree
c. Savitri
d. Gitanjali
a. Tilottama
b. Our Casuarina Tree
c. Savitri
d. Gitanjali
98.
“Life is a prism of my light, // And Death the
shadow of my face.” Whose lines are these?
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Toru Dutt
c. Amrita Pritam
d. Kamala Das
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Toru Dutt
c. Amrita Pritam
d. Kamala Das
99.
The central character in Tagore’s play ………….. is
Amal, a child with an incurable disease.
a. The Post Office
b. Muktadhara
c. Gora
d. Sacrifice
b. Muktadhara
c. Gora
d. Sacrifice
100. Who
is the “holy vagabond” in Raja Rao’s The Serpent and the Rape?
a. Ramaswamy
b. Little Mother
c. Madeleine
d. Beatrice
a. Ramaswamy
b. Little Mother
c. Madeleine
d. Beatrice
101. In
whose poems does a dispute between the Lily and Rose take place?
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Aurobindo
c. R. Pathasarathy
d. Toru Dutt
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Aurobindo
c. R. Pathasarathy
d. Toru Dutt
102. Which
myth does R.K. Narayan use in The English Teacher?
a. Satyavan-Savitri myth
b. Santanu-Ganga myth
c. Nala-Damayanti myth
d. Bhasmasura myth
a. Satyavan-Savitri myth
b. Santanu-Ganga myth
c. Nala-Damayanti myth
d. Bhasmasura myth
103. Which
myth does R.K. Narayan use in The Painter of Signs?
a. Satyavan-Savitri myth
b. Santanu-Ganga myth
c. Nala-Damayanti myth
d. Bhasmasura myth
a. Satyavan-Savitri myth
b. Santanu-Ganga myth
c. Nala-Damayanti myth
d. Bhasmasura myth
104. The
controversial essay “Three Hundred Ramayanas” is by ……………..
a. R. Parthasarathy
b. Shashi Tharoor
c. A.K. Ramanujan
d. Raja Rao
a. R. Parthasarathy
b. Shashi Tharoor
c. A.K. Ramanujan
d. Raja Rao
105. Who
wrote the introduction to Gitanjali?
a. Charles Dickens
b. W.B. Yeats
c. T.S. Eliot
d. W.H. Auden
a. Charles Dickens
b. W.B. Yeats
c. T.S. Eliot
d. W.H. Auden
106. Which
among the following plays of Girish Karnad is based on the theme drawn from
Thomas Mann’s The Transposed Heads?
a. Hayavadana
b. Naga-Mandala
c. Taledanda
d. Yayati
a. Hayavadana
b. Naga-Mandala
c. Taledanda
d. Yayati
107. Ngaahika
Ndeenda’ (I Will Marry When I Want) is a play written by :
a. Leopold Senghor
b. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
c. Ben Okri
d. Athol Fugard
a. Leopold Senghor
b. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
c. Ben Okri
d. Athol Fugard
108. ‘Decolonising
the Mind: the Politics of Language in African Literature’ is a work by :
a. Leopold Senghor
b. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
c. Ben Okri
d. Athol Fugard
a. Leopold Senghor
b. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
c. Ben Okri
d. Athol Fugard
109. Who
among these is called Australia’s Bush-bard?
a. Joy Kogawa
b. Judith Wright
c. Les Murray
d. A.D.Hope
a. Joy Kogawa
b. Judith Wright
c. Les Murray
d. A.D.Hope
110. Who
wrote the children book Dan's grandpa?
a. Steinbeck
b. Sally Morgan
c. Joy Kogawa
d. Frantz Fanon
a. Steinbeck
b. Sally Morgan
c. Joy Kogawa
d. Frantz Fanon
111. ‘Reef’
is a novel written by :
a. Lakdasa wickramasinghe
b. Romesh Gunesekera
c. Robert Lowell
d. A. D. Hope
a. Lakdasa wickramasinghe
b. Romesh Gunesekera
c. Robert Lowell
d. A. D. Hope
112. Plymouth
colony was established in :
a. 1620
b. 1629
c. 1635
d. 1639
a. 1620
b. 1629
c. 1635
d. 1639
113. ‘Eleonora’
is a short story written by :
a. Edgar Allan Poe
b. Ralph Waldo Emerson
c. Henry Longfellow
d. James Lowell
a. Edgar Allan Poe
b. Ralph Waldo Emerson
c. Henry Longfellow
d. James Lowell
114. Which
among the following is a temperance novel written by Walt Whitman?
a. Franklin Evans
b. Drum-Taps
c. Democratic Vistas
d. Specimen Days
a. Franklin Evans
b. Drum-Taps
c. Democratic Vistas
d. Specimen Days
115. Which
among the following is a work by Wallace Stevens?
a. The Auroras of Autumn
b. The Man With the Blue Guitar
c. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
d. All of them
a. The Auroras of Autumn
b. The Man With the Blue Guitar
c. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
d. All of them
116. Who
among the following coined the style of writing called ‘Iceberg Theory’ (Theory
of omission)?
a. Henry James
b. Earnest Hemingway
c. William Faulkner
d. Herman Melville
a. Henry James
b. Earnest Hemingway
c. William Faulkner
d. Herman Melville
117. Humboldt’s
Gift is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by :
a. John Steinback
b. Herman Melville
c. Saul Bellow
d. William Faulkner
a. John Steinback
b. Herman Melville
c. Saul Bellow
d. William Faulkner
118. Which
one of the following is a work of Toni Morrison?
a. Song of Solomon
b. The Bluest Eye
c. God Help The Child
d. All of them
a. Song of Solomon
b. The Bluest Eye
c. God Help The Child
d. All of them
119. Which
of the following is a work of Sri Aurobindo?
a. The Life Devine
b. Synthesis of Yoga
c. Hour of God
d. All of them
a. The Life Devine
b. Synthesis of Yoga
c. Hour of God
d. All of them
120. Who
among the following uses the pseudonym ‘Timothy Penpoem’?
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Tagore
c. Madhusudan Dutt
d. Toru Dutt
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Tagore
c. Madhusudan Dutt
d. Toru Dutt
1. B
ReplyDelete2. A
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. B
12. D
13. C
14. A
15. A
16. D
17. B
18. C
19. B
20. D
21. B
22. B
23. A
24. D
25. C
26. B
27. B
28. B
29. B
30. A
31. D
32. C
33. C
34. A
35. A
36. D
37. D
38. C
39. B
40. B
41. C
42. C
43. B
44. C
45. B
46. A
47. A
48. C
49. D
50. B
51. B
52. D
53. C
54. A
55. C
56. C
57. B
58. A
59. D
60. B
61. D
62. B
63. A
64. C
65. A
66. B
67. D
68. B
69. C
70. D
71. C
72. A
73. D
74. D
75. C
76. A
77. B
78. D
79. C
80. B
81. C
82. C
83. B
84. A
85. B
86. B
87. A
88. C
89. B
90. A
91. D
92. A
93. D
94. C
95. D
96. B
97. C
98. A
99. A
100. A
101. D
102. A
103. B
104. C
105. B
106. A
107. B
108. B
109. C
110. B
111. B
112. A
113. A
114. A
115. D
116. B
117. C
118. D
119. D
120. C