RPSC वरिष्ठ अध्यापक (माध्यमिक शिक्षा) पेपर II अंग्रेज़ी 2022

Q.101

In ‘That Long Silence’ by Shashi Deshpande, the protagonist Jaya wants to become -

• (A)

  a Writer

• (B)

  a Musician

• (C)

  a Doctor

• (D)

  a Psychotherapist

Q.102

The novel talks about the plight of the indentured labourers the “Girmitiyas” to use Gyanendra Pandey’s terminology. Identify the novel from the list given below -

• (A)

  Sea of Poppies

• (B)

  The Hungry Tide

• (C)

  The Shadow Lines

• (D)

  River of Smoke

Q.103

Estha and Rahel are characters in which famous novel of Arundhati Roy?

• (A)

  Azadi

• (B)

  The God of Small Things

• (C)

  The End of Imagination

• (D)

  The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Q.104

She wrote poems and she was a freedom fighter. Her famous works include ‘The Sceptred Flute’ and ‘The Feather of the Dawn’, she is -

• (A)

  Arundhati Roy

• (B)

  Toru Dutt

• (C)

  Kamala Das

• (D)

  Sarojini Naidu

Q.105

The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free: These lines are an example of which literary device?

• (A)

  Pun

• (B)

  Personification

• (C)

  Onomatopoeia

• (D)

  Alliteration

Q.106

Nissim Ezekiel mostly wrote about-

• (A)

  Indian contemporaray scene

• (B)

  Modern urban life

• (C)

  Spiritual values

• (D)

  All of the above

Q.107

Which statement is <u>not</u> true of metaphysical poetry?

• (A)

  It uses conceits.

• (B)

  It has colloquial diction.

• (C)

  It employs philosophical explorations.

• (D)

  It talk of heroic deeds.

Q.108

The works - ‘Heart of Darkness’ by Joseph Conrad, ‘The Waste Land’ by T.S. Eliot, ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce and ‘In a Station of the Metro’ by Ezra Pound are examples of -

• (A)

  Post-modernist literature

• (B)

  Modernist literature

• (C)

  Victorian literature

• (D)

  Gothic literature

Q.109

Who among the following Indian poets became the first ever writer in English language to win Sahitya Akademi Award and in which year?

• (A)

  Arun Kolatkar in 1976

• (B)

  Jayanta Mahapatra in 1981

• (C)

  Sarojini Naidu in 1948

• (D)

  Toru Dutt in 1889

Q.110

The name of the literary movement started by a group of painters who insisted that a painter should paint whatever he sees, regardless of the formal rules of painting is …………………… and the leader of the group was ……………. .

Pick the correct one from the given options -

• (A)

  Realism, Honore de Balzac

• (B)

  Romanticism, William Wordsworth

• (C)

  Pre- Raphaelite, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

• (D)

  Symbolism, W. B. Yeats

Q.111

Which writer among the following has <u>not</u> contributed to essential post-modernist ideology?

• (A)

  Michel Foucault

• (B)

  Ihab Hassan

• (C)

  Jacques Derrida

• (D)

  T.S. Eliot

Q.112

Name the author of the collection of short stories titled ‘Padmavati, the Harlot and other stories’.

• (A)

  Anita Desai

• (B)

  Arundhati Roy

• (C)

  Kamala Das

• (D)

  Shashi Deshpande

Q.113

Which of the following literary devices has been employed in “And murmuring of innumerable bees”?

• (A)

  Irony

• (B)

  Metaphor

• (C)

  Onomatopoeia

• (D)

  Alliteration

Q.114

Which religion did Kamala Das embrace is 1999 and what did she rename herself?

• (A)

  Buddhism, Kamala Chakma

• (B)

  Christianity, Camela Dass

• (C)

  Zoroastrianism, Cameila Naaz

• (D)

  Islam, Kamala Surayya

Q.115

To which genre do Ruskin Bond’s works ‘Roads to Mussoorie’ and ‘Landour Days’, belong?

• (A)

  History

• (B)

  Memoirs

• (C)

  Protest writing

• (D)

  Biographies

Q.116

The ‘Grandmother’s Tale’ is written by -

• (A)

  Amitav Ghosh

• (B)

  Jayant Mahapatra

• (C)

  Mulk Raj Anand

• (D)

  R. K. Narayan

Q.117

Choose the right option -

Ballads include -

• (A)

  Local legends

• (B)

  Simple language

• (C)

  Music

• (D)

  All of the above

Q.118

He is acclaimed for his depiction of societal behaviour towards people belonging to the poor and unprivileged class and caste of India. He is none other than -

• (A)

  Mulk Raj Anand

• (B)

  R. K. Narayan

• (C)

  Jayanta Mahapatra

• (D)

  Arun Kolatkar

Q.119

Which of Anita Desai’s novels was adapted into an English film and what award was given to the film?

• (A)

  In Custody, President of India Gold Medal for best picture

• (B)

  Baumgartner’s Bombay, Grammy Award

• (C)

  Bye-bye Blackbird, the Dada Saheb Phalke award

• (D)

  Cry, the Peacock, Academy Award

Q.120

‘Inconclusiveness’ is the mark of -

• (A)

  Post-modern literature

• (B)

  Metaphysical literature

• (C)

  Modern literature

• (D)

  Jacobean literature