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wewmGm Kbwd‡WÝ| 1. What is the antonym for the word 'deformation"? K. distortion L. contortion M.
wholeness N. disfigurement 2. Words inscribed on a tomb is an- K. epitome L. epithet M. episode N.
epitaph 3. The phrase 'dog days' means K. hot weather L. cold shower M. rain-soaked streets N. ice
storm 4. Which gender is the word 'orphan'? K. neuter L. feminine M. common N. masculine 5. Who
wrote the play 'The Way of the World"? K. William Shakespeare L. William Congreve M. Ben Jonson N.
Oscar Wilde 6. "Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n."-Who wrote this? K. Geoffrey Chaucer L.
Christopher Marlowe M. John Milton N. P. B. Shelley 7. Who is not an Irish writer? K. Oscar Wilde L.
James Joyce M. Jonathan Swift N. D. H. Lawrence 8. A herd of cattle is passing.' The underlined word is
a/an- K. adverb L. adjective M. collective noun N. abstract noun 9. What is the adjective form of the
word 'people? K. populous L. popular M. popularity N. popularize 10. He contemplated marrying his
cousin.' Here 'marrying' is a/an- K. present participle L. gerund M. verb N. infinitive 11. "No Second
Troy' is a- K. short story L. novel M. poem N. drama 12. Who is not a modern poet? K. W. B. Yeats L. W.
H. Auden M. John Keats N. T. S. Eliot 13. Who is the author of the novel 'The God of Small Things'? K.
Thomas Hardy L. Jhumpa Lahiri M. R. K. Narayan N. Arundhati Roy 14. Which of the following novels is
not written by an Englishwriter? K. A Passage to India L. Sons and Lovers M. One Hundred Years of
Solitude N. Pride and Prejudice 15. A speech full of too many words is- K. a big speech L. maiden speech
M. verbose speech N. an unimportant speech 16. Who is the poet of the poem 'Ozymandias"? K. P. B.
Shelley L. William Wordsworth M. S.T. Coleridge N. John Keats 17. Moby Dick', a novel, was written by
K. Herman Melville L. Nathaniel Hawthorne M. Mark Twain N. William Faulktier 18. "If Winter comes,
can Spring be far behind?"-Who wrote this? K. William Blake L. S.T. Coleridge M. Lord Byron N. P. B.
Shelley 19. O' Henry was from- K. Canada L. America M. England N. Ireland 20. Where is the setting of
the play 'Hamlet"? K. England L. Italy M. France N. Denmark 21. The word 'to genuflect' means- K. to be
genuine L. to reflect M. to bend the knee N. to be flexible 22. Fill in the blank: 'She went to New Market
K. on foot L. on feet M. by foot N. by walking 23. Fill in the gap: Birds fly_in the sky. K. random L. at
large M. at a stitch N. are long 24. Who is the author of 'Jane Eyre? K. Charlotte Brontë L. Emily Brontë
M. Jane Austen N. Mary Shelley
