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'To his Coy Mistress'is writtenby -
1. The poem
(B) JohnMilton
(A) iohn DrYden
(D) Andrew Marvell
(C) SamuelPePYs
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'The King of Brobdingnag' is a characierfrom
v2 . (B) A Tale of a Tttb
(A) Gttllver's Travels
(D) TheDraPier'sLetters
(C) TheBattle of Books
off to
where chaucer's p*grims gatheredtogetherbcfore setting
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Canter-bLrry?
'IabardInn (B) Tl-reHubard Inn
(A) The
(D) The TankardInn
(C) The Hummingbird Inn
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(C) The Tt'agicalHisror 't'of Dr
(D) Edv'ardIt
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the follorvingpoemsby Shelleyis a tribute to Keats
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(B) Promethetts (Jnbound
'Ode to the WestWind'
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Whene'erI passedher;but who passedwithout
Much the samesmile?This grerv:I gavecon-inrands;
Thenall snrilesstoppedtogether."
Theselinesare from the poem-
(A) 'My LasLDuchess' (B) ,pippapasses'
(C) '-fheGranrarian's
Funeral' (D) 'Fra Lippo Lippi'
7. which of the folloq.ingplaysby o' Neill is autobiographical?
(A) Long DaStiJourneltinto Night (B) EntperorJone.s
(C) TheHairy Ape {D) Desire {Jnderthe Elnts
8. In which year was the political power over India transf-erred
from the East lndia Cornpanyto
theBritishCiown?
(A) t832 (B) 18s7
(c"i 1858 (D) 1850
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9. SherlockHolmesand Dr Watsonarecharacters
createdbv-
( A ) R L S te ve n so rr (B) Sir Ar-thurConanDoyie
(C) J M Barrie (D) Bram Stoker
10. Which. arlrongthe following works by Virginia Woolf, discussesthe tradition of wol\-,r
wi'itersin Englandlr
(A) A Roontof Ortcs Ou,n (B) The Wave.s
(C) The f/ovaoeOttr (D) Tothe Lighthouse
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11. Wlricli novelof D ti Lar."'rence
may be describedas a sequelto TheRainbow?
(A) Tlte Pltunedset'pent {B) flic l/iryin onrl the Gvpsv
(C) Sonsand Lot'ci's (D) [l/omenin Love
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2. The first completeEnglishBible printedin 1535was producedby
(A) Martin Luther (B) Miles coverdale
is generallydescribedas a problemplay?
13. Which of the following playsby Shakespeare
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(A) Measure.t'brMeasure (B) TlteMer* wit,esof wrtdso,
(C) Comedyof Errors (D) King Lear
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14. Theatresin Englandrverecloseddown by the order of the Parliamentin the
(A) 1632 (B) 1622
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(c) r6s2 ,-<D) 1642 ',u
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15. Which among the'following novels has the slogans"'War is Peace,Freedom
Ignoranceis Strength"?
(A) AnintalFarm (B) 1984
(c) BurnteseDays (D) Keep the AspitlistraFlying-
Pinter?
16. Which amongthe following featuresdoesnot characterrzetheplays of Harold
(A) Sentirnentalmelodramaticsituations
(B) DislocatedrelationshiPs
things
(C) A world of seeminglyinconsequential
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(D) The power of tnenacingauthority
11. SamsonAgortistesis
rftC aTragedy (B) an Epic
(C) a Comedy (D) a Satire
18. Who an-rongthe follorvingpoetshad his rootsin Scotland?
(A) William CowPer (B) William Wordsworth
(C) William Blake ,JBf RobertBums
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in which of the followingnovels?
(A) T'hell,foor'sLast Sigh (B) Midnightls Children
(C) TlteJev,elin tlte Crov,n (D) Sta.ving
On
20. Who amongthe lbllorvingauthorswas closelyassociated
with the Palestinianmovement?
(A) SalmanRushdie (B) RohintonMistry
@ EdrvardSaid (D) Michel Foucauit
21. Who amongthe follorvingis supposedto be the earliestfernaleplaywright?
(A) Anne Radcliffe (B) FannyBumey
-p/Apnra Behn (D) Mary Shelley
22. Which amongthe following is not a salientfeatureof JaneAusten'snovels?
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(A) Concernfor contemporarypolitical developrnents
(B) Preoccupation
with socialmanners
(C) Engagement
rvith issuesof rnoralifyand ethics
(D) Depictionof women'slives in the upperrniddleclassEnglishsociety
23. Which alrong the follou'ingnovelsrnaybe describedasa sequelto JaneEyre?
(A) WiseChildren (B) A Clocku,orkOrange
(c) TheFrenclt Lieutertantbwoman ,,(D) witie sargassosea
24. The ThousandFaceso.l'Nightis a novelby ---
(A) Githa Hariharan (B) ShashiDeshpande
l6(C) NarnitaGokhale (D) Suniti Namjoshi
25. The pilgrim in JohnBunvan'sPilgrimb Progresstravelsfrom -
(A) The Earthto fLe Kingdomof God
'{-H The City of Desrnictionto the HeavenlyCity
(C) The City of Sin to ihe City of Redcrnption
(D) Tlie City o1'theMe.-kro rheCity of Crace
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.26. Which of the followingnovelsis dividedinto sectionstitled 'Black', 'Red', 'Yellor.v'and
'Blue'?
(A) TIteAlexandriaOuartet (B) The Grassis Singiirg
Je, The GoldertNote.book (D) ThePa.ssionof tlte Nev' Eve.
27. RobertFlost'slanous line "Good fencesmaf3 goodneighbours"appearsin -
(A) 'The Deathof the Hired Man' '.tB) 'MendingWall'
(C) 'Birches' (D) 'The Gift Outright'
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28. Which oneof the following is not a novelby Herningway?
\' (A) A Farewell to Anns (B) The Sunalso Rises
(C) The OId Man cmdthe Sea ,JD, Biltv Budd
29. The poem"Chicago"is writtenby -
(A) EzraPound ."''(B) Carl Sandburg
(C) LangstonHughes (D) WallaceStevens
30. Identifytl'rewriter againstwhom Sir Philip Sidneydefendedpoetry:
JAt StepenGosson (B) ThomasLodge
(C) Sir JohnCheke (D) RichardHooke
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31. W,itingattdDffirence rs writtenby :
(A) JacquesLacan -<Bi JacquesDerrida
(C) ClaudeLevi-Strauss (D) RolandBarthes
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32. The tenr-r"ecriturefeminine"is associated
(A) ElaineShowalter (B) Torril Moi
,lC) HeleneCixous (D) SusanSontag
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33. The terrn"touchstone"iSusedby MatthervArnoid in his essay:
(A) The Functionof Criticism (ts) Literatureand Dogrna
(D) CultureandAnarchY
,(ef TheStudyof Poetry
with ---
34. The,,uriticR S Craneis associated
(A)'
. , ] RussianFormalism
(B) Psychoanalysis
(C) The ChicagoSchool (D) Nerv Criticism
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35. The Critique of Reasorzis authoredby -
(A) ImmanuelKant (B) JurgenHabermas
(C) IsaacNewton (D) Edmund Husserl
36. Who amongth9 following is not associatedwith modernIndian drama?
(A) VUayTendulkar (B) Girish Kamad
(C) Mohan Rakesh (D) MahadeviVerma
31. "Things fall apart;the centrecannothold;
Mere anarchyis loosedupon the worid"
Theselines are takenfrom :
'sailing to Byzantium'
(A) 'Byzantium'
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(C) 'Leda and the Swan' =I'DJ 'The SecondCorning'
'Lily Briscoe'appearsin the novel -
38.
(A) Mrs DallowwaY ,pf f" theLighthouse
(C) The Waves (D) Jacobs Room
39. The themeof rnarryrdornis centralto:
t (B) TheApple Cart
J.kI Murder in the Cathedral
(C) TheDog Beneaththe Skin (D) The ConfidentialClerk
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(A)Moden-rlitcrattrreJB)"Post-colorrilrlliterature
(C) Victorianliterature (D) Ronianticliteratnre
41. IdentifY the novcl wltich i s n o t
p o st- colonial.
(B) Jasntine
(A) The Satuttic Verses
(C) The Glass Palace
(D) TheEnglishTeaclter
A) 'Perdita'is a characterwho appearsin ---
(B) The TetnPest
(A) The Winter'sTale
(D) As YouLike Ir
(C) TwelfthNight
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of theMind rs written by
43. TheDe.colonizatiort
(A) DereckWalcott (B) ChinuaAchebe
,/ (D) NadineGordimer
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Chaosis comeagain"
Theselinesarefrom -
(A) Macbeth (B) Ilarnlet
(C) Othello (D) King Lear
'Lady Sneerwelfis a characterfrom :
(A) TheMan of rhe World (B) Dotble De,tler
TheSchool.fbt'SccLndal (D) Ploin Deoler
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46. Restorationcourec|rvascriticizedmainly
andimmorality
(A) its prol'atreuess (B) its coarselttinlour and lewd satire
ri ith inttigue
(C) its obsessiotr (D) its excesstre sentilllentalitY
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47. " As e'er beneatha waningmoonwashaunted
By worlan wailing for her demon-lover"
The figureof speechin theselinesis;
(A) metonymy (B) transferredepithet
( C ) o no ma to p o e i a (D) ailiteratior-r
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48. "Deathlayshis icy handirn kings"
The figureof speechusedin this line is :
(A) personif,rcafion (B) simile
(C) apostrophe (D) synecdoche
4 9 . "T'enthonsandsaw I at a glance".
This line is an exampleof foregroundingttrrough:
(A) syrnmetry/ (B) paraltrelism
(C) inversion (D) anomaly
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Tlrc rnc'ricalpatteil usedin theselinesis : J
(A) anapaest (B) iamb l
(Cr) trochee (D) dactyl
