Q.121
When two people speaking two different languages, combine and make up the language, which has vocabulary items from each language with mutual abandonment of grammatical complexities is called -
- (A)
Code-Switch
- (B)
Creole
- (C)
Dialect
- (D)
Pidgin
RPSC स्कूल व्याख्याता (माध्यमिक शिक्षा) पेपर II अंग्रेज़ी 2025
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Q.122
‘He perishes - well, let him die
His wife henceforth shall be mine own!
Can that thought deep imbedded lie
Within thy heart’s most secret zone!
Search well and see! one brother takes
His kingdom - one would take his wife!
A fair partition! But it makes
Me shudder, and abhor my life.’
Who said these words to whom in the poem ‘Laxman’ by Toru Dutt?
- (A)
Sita to Ram
- (B)
Sita to Laxman
- (C)
Laxman to Sita
- (D)
Laxman to Ram
Q.123
According to the Speaker in the poem ‘Dover Beach’, what does the world seem to be and what it actually is?
- (A)
It seems dangerous, but is actually safe.
- (B)
It seems like a land of dreams, but has no joy or peace.
- (C)
It seems new, and is really full of hope.
- (D)
It seems dark, but is actually full of light.
Q.124
In the context of Wordsworth’s ‘Tintern Abbey’, the phrase ‘half-extinguished thought’ refers to -
- (A)
The fire is partly lit
- (B)
The memory that is completely gone
- (C)
Fading memories that are dim but not completely forgotten
- (D)
Deleted memories
Q.125
“Girding up his loins, the chairman plowed through the mountainous agenda”, is an example of -
- (A)
Mixed Metaphor
- (B)
Elegy
- (C)
Paradox
- (D)
Simile
Q.126
Which of the following critical observations help explain the structural logic of <u>Tughlaq</u>?
(a) The play progresses through episodic scenes reflecting political instability.
(b) The dramatic movement is shaped by paradoxes such as idealism versus pragmatism.
(c) Structural contrasts between faith and politics generate thematic cohesion.
(d) The play follows a linear heroic arc culminating in triumphant restoration.
- (A)
(a), (b) and (d)
- (B)
(c) and (d)
- (C)
(a), (b) and (c)
- (D)
(a), (c) and (d)
Q.127
What is the sequence of chapters (name) in “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens?
(i) I Have a Change
(ii) I Observe
(iii) I Am Born
(iv) I Fall Into Disgrace
- (A)
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
- (B)
(iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
- (C)
(iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
- (D)
(iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
Q.128
Lucrezia in “Andrea del Sarto” is not mentioned as -
- (A)
My everybody’s moon
- (B)
Serpentining beauty
- (C)
The fowler’s pipe
- (D)
A twilight piece
Q.129
According to the Speaker in the poem ‘Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.’, when she was asked to do something -
- (A)
She says, ‘I am busy.’
- (B)
She says, ‘Just now only I will do it’.
- (C)
She asks ‘Why?’
- (D)
She asks for payment.
Q.130
Pick the incorrect combination from Andrew Marvell’s ‘To His Coy Mistress’ -
- (A)
Tide of Humber - Complain
- (B)
Love - Flood
- (C)
Indian Ganges - Rubies
- (D)
Accept - Conversion of the Jews
Q.131
How does <u>That Long Silence</u> end?
- (A)
Mohan is arrested and Jaya returns to her parents.
- (B)
Jaya decides to break her silence, regardless of whether Mohan returns or not.
- (C)
Jaya commits suicide like Kusum.
- (D)
Jaya leaves Mohan to live alone.
Q.132
The ending of <u>As You Like It</u> is described as provisional. Which of the following best explains what this means in the context of Rosalind and Orlando’s relationship?
- (A)
Rosalind’s disguise has no impact on the outcome of the relationship.
- (B)
The lovers’ union immediately resolves all their emotional and personal conflicts.
- (C)
The play emphasises that their marriage is only the beginning of knowing each other, not the end of their challenges.
- (D)
Marriage in the play is depicted as an ultimate and permanent solution to human desire.
Q.133
Which of the following best illustrates the use of animal imagery in Tughlaq’s speech?
- (A)
“History is ours to play with - ours now!”
- (B)
“Dur-rumma who thought it was a swallow.”
- (C)
“I look at the Pleiades and I think of Ibn-ul-Mottazz…”
- (D)
“I pray to the Almighty to save me from sleep.”
Q.134
The <u>Dorian</u> and the <u>Horatian</u> are the types of -
- (A)
Elegy
- (B)
Epic
- (C)
Lyric
- (D)
Ode
Q.135
Who introduced Blank Verse in English Meter, through his translations of Books 2 and 4 of Virgil’s <u>The Aeneid</u>?
- (A)
Petrarch
- (B)
Earl of Surrey
- (C)
William Shakespeare
- (D)
Thomas Wyatt
Q.136
‘Pre-Raphaelitism’, ‘Spasmodic Poetry’, ‘Non-Sense Verse’, ‘Ghost Story’, are literary developments of which period?
- (A)
Jacobean
- (B)
Metaphysical
- (C)
Victorian
- (D)
Romantic
Q.137
Which of the following is not correct according to Bacon’s essay “Of Truth”?
- (A)
Poets use lie to create pleasure.
- (B)
A mixture of lie adds to pleasure.
- (C)
A man who lies is coward towards God and brave towards men.
- (D)
Truth may come to the price of a pearl.
Q.138
<u>The Invisible Man</u> (1897), <u>The War of the Worlds</u> (1898) and <u>The Time Machine</u> (1895) are famous works written by -
- (A)
H.G. Wells
- (B)
William Watson
- (C)
G.B. Shaw
- (D)
Rudyard Kipling
Q.139
“Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.”
These lines have been written by the poet -
- (A)
William Wordsworth
- (B)
P.B. Shelley
- (C)
S.T. Coleridge
- (D)
John Keats
Q.140
Which of the following term is used in the study of Creole languages to refer to a standard variety?
- (A)
Acrolect
- (B)
Verbal repertoire
- (C)
Mesolect
- (D)
Basilect