Which of the following statements about the poem, “Night of the Scorpion”, is true? The poem is essentially about -
(A)
Mother’s love for her children
(B)
Suffering of women
(C)
Rationalism and Scepticism of the mother
(D)
The purification of sins of previous birth
Q.102
Identify the sentence with coordinate clause -
(A)
If you do not keep quiet, you will be punished.
(B)
Do good to others or you will not be blessed.
(C)
The garden which is near my house is full of orange trees.
(D)
The statement that you have given is ridiculous.
Q.103
The comment “Most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together” for Metaphysical poets was originally made by -
(A)
Dr. Samuel Johnson
(B)
William Hazlitt
(C)
John Dryden
(D)
T.S. Eliot
Q.104
Fill in the blanks with appropriate Articles, if ‘No Article’ put ‘$\times$’ -
The wicked man stole my money and was sent to ………………………… prison; the virtuous man went to ………………………… prison sometimes to give motivational lectures.
(A)
a, the
(B)
$\times$, the
(C)
$\times$, $\times$
(D)
the, the
Q.105
Choose the antonym of ‘Vivid’.
(A)
Dull
(B)
Colourful
(C)
Clear
(D)
Bright
Q.106
Which among the following statements regarding Victorian poetry is <u>not</u> correct?
(A)
There was a stringent intellectualism colouring the flights of imagination.
(B)
There was less spontaneous sympathy with emotion.
(C)
There is a more elaborate perfection of form.
(D)
There is an element of Romanticism in all the Victorian poets.
Q.107
From the given options, choose the most appropriate subordinate clause to fill in the blank -
…………………………, we’ll celebrate tonight.
(A)
Whether they beating us or we beating them
(B)
Whether they beat us or we beat them
(C)
Whether they are beating us or we are beating them
(D)
Whether they will beat us or we will beat them
Q.108
The work of Simone de Beauvoir was heavily influenced by -
(A)
Modernism
(B)
Realism
(C)
Existentialism
(D)
Individualism
Q.109
Match the following Authors with their Books -
(i) R.K. Narayan (A) Two Leaves and a Bud
(ii) Mulk Raj Anand (B) The Circle of Reason
(iii) Shashi Deshpande (C) The Financial Expert
(iv) Amitav Ghosh (D) Roots and Shadows
(A)
(i)-(A), (ii)-(C), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(D)
(B)
(i)-(C), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(A), (iv)-(B)
(C)
(i)-(C), (ii)-(A), (iii)-(D), (iv)-(B)
(D)
(i)-(B), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(C), (iv)-(A)
Q.110
Who was the mentor of R.K. Narayan?
(A)
Joseph Conrad
(B)
V.S. Naipaul
(C)
Graham Greene
(D)
Ford Madox Ford
Q.111
Fill in the blanks with appropriate Tenses -
While the guests ……………………., thieves ……………………. into the house and ……………………. a lot of fur coats.
(A)
danced, are breaking, had stolen
(B)
are dancing, break, stolen
(C)
had danced, had broken, were stolen
(D)
were dancing, broke, stole
Q.112
Fill in the blank with the correct Preposition expressing contrast -
……………………. all his wealth, he is not content.
(A)
Of
(B)
Because
(C)
With
(D)
For
Q.113
What is the Phonetic Transcription of the word ‘granite’?
(A)
grənəɪt
(B)
greɪn.əɪt
(C)
ɡranɪt
(D)
ɡrænɪt
Q.114
Identify the following in terms of MHM.
Tall boys with long hair.
(A)
HM
(B)
HMM
(C)
MMH
(D)
MHM
Q.115
Which of the following elements <u>do not</u> relate to ‘Gothic-fiction’?
(A)
Aberrant psychological states
(B)
Uncanny events
(C)
Exotic setting
(D)
Gloom and terror
(E)
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Q.116
“Your own divided face in the pair of glasses
on an oldman’s nose
is all the countryside you get to see”.
The above lines occur in the poem -
(A)
‘Grandfather’ by Jayanta Mahapatra
(B)
‘The Bus’ by Arun Kolatkar
(C)
‘Philosophy’ by Nissim Ezekiel
(D)
‘The Old Playhouse’ by Kamala Das
(E)
Question not attempted
Q.117
Match the following R.K. Narayan’s Novels with their Characters -
Novels
Characters
(a) The Guide
(1) Rita
(b) The Painter of Signs
(2) Grace
(c) The Vendor of Sweets
(3) Daisy
(d) A Tiger for Malgudi
(4) Rosie
Choose the correct option -
(A)
(a)-(4), (b)-(3), (c)-(1), (d)-(2)
(B)
(a)-(4), (b)-(3), (c)-(2), (d)-(1)
(C)
(a)-(1), (b)-(2), (c)-(3), (d)-(4)
(D)
(a)-(3), (b)-(4), (c)-(1), (d)-(2)
(E)
Question not attempted
Q.118
Which word is correctly spelt?
(A)
bouckay
(B)
bouquet
(C)
bokey
(D)
bukkey
(E)
Question not attempted
Q.119
What does the Phrasal Verb “bliss out” mean?
(A)
Make someone extremely happy
(B)
Make someone feel connected
(C)
Make someone feel sad
(D)
Make someone feel blessed
(E)
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Q.120
Change voice of the given sentence -
Your behaviour has greatly astonished me.
(A)
I have been greatly astonished from your behaviour.
(B)
Greatly have I been astonished with your behaviour.