150 सवाल · पेज 6/8
Q.101
A …………… is a reduced language that results from extended contact between groups of people with no language in common; it evolves when they need some means of verbal communication, perhaps for trade.
Dialect
Register
Creole
Pidgin
Q.102
Whose eyes looked “like two red suns”? (David Copperfield).
Mr. Wickfield
Uriah Heep
Mr. Murdstone
Mr. Micawber
Q.103
Identify the use of three distinct literary devices used by Gray in the line “How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!”
Transferred Epithet, Alliteration, Hyperbole
Personification, Oxymoron, Alliteration
Personification, Hyperbole, Pun
Personification, Transferred Epithet, Alliteration
Q.104
What aspect of Dickens’ writing in “David Copperfield” reflects his humanitarian concern?
Romanticising childhood and family life.
Promoting strict obedience to authority.
Emphasising adventure and fantasy over social realities.
Highlighting the cruelty and exploitation faced by children like David.
Q.105
Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option -
Alternation where a fluent bilingual talking to another fluent bilingual changes language without any change in the situation, it is called…………….
Code-switching
Situational code-mixing
Code-mixing
Metaphorical code-mixing
Q.106
Bishop Thomas Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry consisting of old heroic ballads was published in the year -
1781
1771
1760
1765
Q.107
Performance poetry is associated with which literary period?
Renaissance
Metaphysical
Post-modern Period
Neoclassical Period
Q.108
Which of the following poets are collectively known as the ‘Lakers’ by the Scottish magazine reviewers?
S.T. Coleridge, William Blake, John Keats
John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron
William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge, Robert Southey
William Blake, Thomas Gray and Goldsmith
Q.109
“Stable Grammar, Nativization, Expanded Vocabulary, Complex Sentence Structure” are all characteristics of -
Code-mixing
Dialect
Creole
Pidgin
Q.110
<u>The Bride’s Prelude</u>, <u>Sister Helen</u>, <u>A Last Confession</u> are literary works written by -
William Morris
Robert Buchanan
D.G. Rossetti
A.C. Swinburne
Q.111
The ‘sages’ of the third stanza are related to the figures in the mosaic frieze in………….. (“Sailing to Byzantium”).
The Church of St. George, Madaba
Basilica of San Vitale
Park Guell, Barcelona
Sant’ Apollinare in Ravenna
Q.112
Match the authors with their works and select the correct option -
| Author | Work |
|---|---|
| (A) Rabindra Nath Tagore | (i) Savitri |
| (B) Syed Amanuddin | (ii) Summer Requiem |
| (C) Vikram Seth | (iii) Gitanjali |
| (D) Sir Aurobindo | (iv) Gems and Germs |
(A)-(ii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(iii)
(A)-(iv), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iii), (D)-(i)
(A)-(iii), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(i)
(A)-(iii), (B)-(iv), (C)-(ii), (D)-(i)
Q.113
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”, is an example of -
Paradox
Hyperbole
Simile
Alliteration
Q.114
Who amongst the following is not a member of the Pre-Raphaelite group?
Harley Granville
James Collinson
William Holman Hunt
Thomas Woolner
Q.115
Which of the following statements about the play Tughlaq are correct?
(i) Karnad’s treatment of the theme is not historical.
(ii) Karnad makes use of the ‘prayer’ in the play to show that life is corrupted at its very source.
(iii) The whole play is structured on the binaries: like the divine aspiration and the deft intrigue.
(i) and (iii) only
(ii) and (iii) only
(i) and (ii) only
(i), (ii) and (iii)
Q.116
In the play As You Like It, Phebe quotes “Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?” To whom is this line an allusion?
Robert Greene
Thomas Kyd
Thomas Lodge
Christopher Marlowe
Q.117
Who among the following suggested Dickens to use first-person point-of-view narration in “David Copperfield”?
John Forster
William Giles
W.M. Thackeray
Simon Callow
Q.118
In the poem ‘The Pilgrim of the Night’, what happens to the “Voice of the celestial Friend”?
It guides him step by step.
It becomes louder and clearer.
It comes no more (it is silent).
It turns into a song of victory.
Q.119
Read the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below and select the correct option -
Assertion (A): Robert Louis Stevenson’s tone in “Walking Tours” is light- hearted and reflective.
Reason (R): He celebrates the beauty of nature and the simple pleasures of walking in the countryside.
Only Reason (R) is correct.
Only Assertion (A) is correct.
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Q.120
What did Orlando receive as a gift by Rosalind after he won the wrestling match?
(William Shakespeare’s <u>As You Like It</u>)
A neck - chain
A gold coin
A wrist band
A ring