EXAMINATION PAPER OF 15-01-2006

Q.1) Which is the correct spelling?

[1] Quintessence

[2] Qintessence

[3] Quentesence

[4] Quintesense

Answer: Quintessence

Q.2) Venus and Adonis is by:

[1] Shakespeare

[2] Milton

[3] Galsworthy

[4] Wordsworth

Answer: Shakespeare

Q.3) Pun is:

[1] Opposite word

[2] A play on words

[3] A funny word

[4] Identical words

Answer: A play on words

Q.4) Vers libr is:

[1] Colophon

[2] Closed form

[3] Rhymed form

[4] Open form

Answer: Open form

Q.5) Choose the correct verb: They…. school by bus.

[1] Going

[2] Goes

[3] Go

[4] To go

Answer: Go

Q.6) Insert the correct verb form: Barcelona…. the world to the Montjuic stadium.

[1] Brought

[2] Took

[3] Welcomed

[4] Welcome

Answer: Welcomed

Q.7) Which of the following is a pastoral poem by Milton?

[1] Adonis

[2] Thyris

[3] Lycidas

[4] None of the above

Answer: Lycidas

Q.8) Punctuate correctly:
At sunset the general taking decision marched forward.

[1] At sunset, the general, taking decision marched forward

[2] At sunset the general, taking decision, marched forward

[3] At sunset, the general taking decision, marched forward

[4] At sunset, the general taking decision, marched forward

Answer: At sunset, the general taking decision, marched forward

Q.9) The ‘solitary reaper’ is a:

[1] Ballad

[2] Ode

[3] Lyric

[4] Pastoral

Answer: Lyric

Q.10) Yesterday at school, I……..the echo of a roar of laughter.

[1] Catch

[2] Caught

[3] Catched

[4] Catching

Answer: Caught

Q.11) We……… by a strange sound.

[1] Were startled

[2] Was startled

[3] Was startling

[4] Were startling

Answer: Were startled

Q.12) “Milton’s poetry is a mirror in which the writer’s character is very clearly reflected.” Who made this statement?

[1] Verity

[2] Macmillan

[3] Pattison

[4] Bush

Answer: Macmillan

Q.13) The passive voice of……” jack was forcing through the crowd” …….is:

[1] Jack was being forced through the crowd.

[2] The crowd was forcing through by jack.

[3] The crowd forced through jack.

[4] The crowd was being forced through by jack.

Answer: The crowd was being forced through by jack

Q.14) ‘Incredible’ means:

[1] Surprising

[2] Interesting

[3] Disgusting

[4] Unbelievable

Answer: Unbelievable

Q.15) The period known as the age of Milton is:

[1] 1621-1681

[2] 1620-1665

[3] 1625-1660

[4] 1628-1655

Answer: 1625-1660

Q.16) Ask…….me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.

[1] In

[2] By

[3] For

[4] From

Answer: For

Q.17) It is a translation……..Horace’s are poetica.

[1] To

[2] In

[3] From

[4] Of

Answer: Of

Q.18) The originator and namer of ‘deconstruction’ is:

[1] Jacques Derrida

[2] Friedrich Nietzsche

[3] Martin Heidegger

[4] Sigmund Freud

Answer: Jacques Derrida

Q.19) Which is the correct spelling?

[1] Rhthym

[2] Ryhthm

[3] Rhythm

[4] Rhithym

Answer: Rhythm

Q.20) The age of Milton had three kinds of poets:

[1] Religious, heroic, puritan

[2] Metaphysical, cavalier, puritan

[3] Metaphysical, romantic, dramatic

[4] Cavalier, religious, classical

Answer: Metaphysical, cavalier, puritan

Q.21) Lyrical ballads was written by Coleridge and:

[1] Arnold

[2] Keats

[3] Wordsworth

[4] Blake

Answer: Wordsworth

Q.22) Legitimate means:

[1] Valid

[2] Correct

[3] Rightful

[4] Possessive

Answer: Valid

Q.23) We…. dinner at the park. Hotel yesterday.

[1] Had eaten

[2] Ate

[3] Were eating

[4] Got

Answer: Ate

Q.24) Paradise lost was written by Milton in …..phase of his life.

[1] Middle

[2] Last

[3] Student

[4] First

Answer: Last

Q.25) One who hates mankind is called:

[1] Egtoist

[2] Egotist

[3] Introvert

[4] Misanthrope

Answer: Misanthrope

Q.26) Wordsworth composed some of his finest poems during the years:

[1] 1798-99

[2] 1778-79

[3] 1788-89

[4] 1768-69

Answer: 1778-79

Q.27) The regular ode is a close imitation of:

[1] Petrarch

[2] Shelley

[3] Tate

[4] Pindar

Answer: Pindar

Q.28) Gita ……hundred times everyday.

[1] Skip

[2] Skips

[3] Skipped

[4] Skipping

Answer: Skips

Q.29) ‘Skilful is:

[1] Advent

[2] Adopt

[3] Adroit

[4] Adverse

Answer: Adroit

Q.30) Find the mis-spelt word:

[1] Appropriate

[2] Title

[3] Mission

[4] Passege

Answer: Passege

Q.31) ‘The dark lady’ appears in the sonnets of:

[1] Surrey

[2] Wyatt

[3] Shakespeare

[4] Spenser

Answer: Shakespeare

Q.32) Which is the correct meaning of the idiom backed up?

[1] Sold

[2] Corroded

[3] Supported

[4] Fabricated

Answer: Supported

Q.33) Tick the correct infinitive:

…………is difficult for a sinner.

[1] Saying prayer

[2] To pray

[3] Praying to

[4] Being praying

Answer: To pray

Q.34) The plural for ‘handfull’ is:

[1] Handfuls

[2] Handfulls

[3] Handsfull

[4] Handfulls

Answer: Handfuls

Q.35) John Galsworthy was the son of a:

[1] Novelist

[2] Merchant

[3] Lawyer

[4] Doctor

Answer: Lawyer

Q.36) ‘Dastard’ means:

[1] Destitute

[2] Becoming

[3] Brave

[4] Coward

Answer: Coward

Q.37) She often goes to the cinema.

[1] Adverb of time

[2] Adverb of degree

[3] Adverb of frequency

[4] Adverb of manner

Answer: Adverb of frequency

Q.38) She barely left the room when the roof fell in.

[1] Adverb of time

[2] Adverb of degree

[3] Adverb of frequency

[4] Adverb of manner

Answer: Adverb of degree

Q.39) Which is not Shakespeare’s drama?

[1] Titus Andronicus

[2] Edward the second

[3] Hamlet

[4] Richard III

Answer: Edward the second

Q.40) Tick the correct meaning of the idiom come about:

[1] Get

[2] Take place

[3] Happen

[4] Recover

Answer: Happen

Q.41) Galsworthy began his literary career as:

[1] A journalist

[2] A dramatist

[3] A novelist

[4] A poet

Answer: A novelist

Q.42) ‘Novella’ is a word from:

[1] India

[2] France

[3] Italy

[4] England

Answer: Italy

Q.43) Which of the following is a masque written by Milton?

[1] Comus

[2] Aeropagitica

[3] Lycidas

[4] None of the above

Answer: Comus

Q.44) Put in the correct prepositions: We heard…….it…….our meeting

[1] Of, through

[2] At, during

[3] Of, during

[4] Of, in

Answer: Of, during

Q.45) I am looking forward……….you.

[1] To seeing

[2] To see

[3] To have seen

[4] For seeing

Answer: To seeing

Q.46) He says he is not………. for the job of a doctor.

[1] Cut up

[2] Cut off

[3] Cut down

[4] Cut out

Answer: Cut out

Q.47) He is repairing his car with a view……….it.

[1] To sell

[2] To selling

[3] For selling

[4] To have sold

Answer: To selling

Q.48) Our school library boasts of many……..editions of the……..classical writers.

[1] Old, ancient

[2] Ancient, ancient

[3] Ancient, new

[4] Old, old

Answer: Old, ancient

Q.49) As sheep are to a flock, so are cattle to a…….

[1] Swarm

[2] Multitude

[3] Pack

[4] Herd

Answer: Herd

Q.50) Next to, but not necessarily touching is:

[1] Adjoin

[2] Adjacent

[3] Adhere

[4] Adapt

Answer: Adjacent

Q.51) ‘Poetic justice’ was a term coined by:

[1] Samuel Johnson

[2] Geoffrey leech

[3] John Dryden

[4] Thomas Rymer

Answer: Thomas Rymer

Q.52) Indicate the underlined word which is the correct adverbial qualification:

[1] The flames spread everywhere

[2] The flames spread everywhere

[3] The flames spread everywhere

[4] The flames spread everywhere

Answer: The flames spread everywhere

Q.53) Shakespeare was born in:

[1] 1574

[2] 1563

[3] 1564

[4] 1589

Answer: 1564

Q.54) In which poem does the following statement appear “solitude is sometimes is the best society”

[1] Paradise regained

[2] Lycidas

[3] Paradise lost

[4] Comus

Answer: Paradise lost

Q.55) The plural for ‘man-servant’ is:

[1] Manworkers

[2] Men-servants

[3] Mans-servant

[4] Men-servent

Answer: Men-servants

Q.56) She slept soundly. Identify the nature of the underlined verb:

[1] Transitive verb

[2] Intransitive verb

[3] Regular verb

[4] Verb of complete predication

Answer: Intransitive verb

Q.57) Chased by the dog, the thief ran……….the lawn.

[1] Across

[2] Around

[3] Over

[4] Through

Answer: Across

Q.58) He vanished…….the darkness.

[1] To

[2] In

[3] Into

[4] Through

Answer: Into

Q.59) ‘To refurbish’ is:

[1] To repair

[2] To survey

[3] To apply

[4] To renovate

Answer: To renovate

Q.60) Punctuate correctly:
Amrit Sharma is metro railway employee

[1] Amrit Sharma is a metro railway employee

[2] Amrit Sharma is a metro railway employee

[3] Amrit Sharma is a metro railway employee

[4] None of the above

Answer: Amrit Sharma is a metro railway employee

Q.61) Which is the correct spelling?

[1] Canceled

[2] Canciled

[3] Cancelled

[4] Canscelled

Answer: Cancelled

Q.62) Put in the correct verb from: I know that you………twenty on your last birthday.

[1] Were

[2] Was

[3] Are

[4] Is

Answer: Were

Q.63) Pannalal patel, who is very old, is still:

[1] Strong

[2] Fond of fishing

[3] Very alert

[4] Can walk fast

Answer: Very alert

Q.64) Pannalal had an appointment with the river ajoy:

[1] On 15th august

[2] On 12th august

[3] On 16th august

[4] On 14th august

Answer: On 14th august

Q.65) The ajoy floods its banks:

[1] Every rainy season

[2] Very rarely

[3] Every few years

[4] Quite often

Answer: Every few years

Q.66) According to pannalal, water without fish is:

[1] Unthinkable

[2] Tasteless

[3] Impure

[4] Unprofitable

Answer: Unthinkable

Q.67) The object of pannalal’s programme at palitpur was the welfare of:

[1] The fishermen

[2] The ajoy

[3] Society

[4] Fish

Answer: Fish

Q.68) The meaning of ‘solicited’ is:

[1] Advice requested

[2] To do a court case

[3] To form a party

[4] None of the above

Answer: Advice requested

Q.69) Select the correct spelling:

[1] Staff quarters

[2] Stuff quarters

[3] Staff quarters

[4] None of the above

Answer: Staff quarters

Q.70) ‘Compact’ means:

[1] Face powder for women

[2] Computer soft-ware

[3] Put together in a small space

[4] None of the above

Answer: Put together in a small space

Q.71) ……….the boy return to his village?

[1] Shall

[2] Will

[3] Was

[4] Shan’t

Answer: Will

Q.72) Songs……..sung in his memory.

[1] Is

[2] Were

[3] Had

[4] Been

Answer: Were

Q.73) Change the following into a complex sentences:
He received the call of his friend and left for Delhi right away.

[1] Receiving the call of his friend, he left for Delhi right away

[2] He received the call of his friend, therefore he left for Delhi right away

[3] As soon as he received the call of his friend, he left for Delhi.

[4] He received the call of his friend and soon left for Delhi.

Answer: As soon as he received the call of his friend, he left for Delhi

Q.74) Change the following simple sentence into a complex sentence.
His senior colleagues have been transferred to Dehradun.

[1] His colleagues having a seniority over him have been transferred to Dehradun.

[2] His colleagues who are senior to him have been transferred to Dehradun.

[3] Some of his colleagues are senior to him, therefore they have been transferred to Dehradun.

[4] Being senior some of his colleagues have been transferred to Dehradun

Answer: His colleagues who are senior to him have been transferred to Dehradun

Q.75) The most common form of closing a letter to a close relative is:

[1] Yours sincerely

[2] Yours affectionately

[3] Yours faithfully

[4] Yours truly

Answer: Yours affectionately

Q.76) Punctuate the following:
Don’t worry father said he III soon leave the village and find a job in Delhi.

[1] Don’t worry father “said he” III soon leave the village and find a job in Delhi.

[2] Don’t worry father, said he “I’ll soon leave the village and find a job in Delhi.”

[3] “Don’t worry father,” said he, “I’ll soon leave the village and find a job in Delhi.”

[4] “Don’t worry father said he” I’ll soon leave the village and find a job in Delhi.

Answer: “Don’t worry father,” said he, “I’ll soon leave the village and find a job in Delhi.”

Q.77) Find out the correct narration of the following direct speech: “I know this area because I used to live here, “he informed.

[1] He informed that he knew that area because he used to live there.

[2] He informed that he knew that area because he had lived there.

[3] He informed that he knew that area because he had been living there.

[4] He informed that he knew the area because he lived there

Answer: He informed that he knew that area because he used to live there

Q.78) He explained

[1] To the government why

[2] The manufacturing of cars

[3] Have stopped in his new factory

[4] No error

Answer: Have stopped in his new factory

Q.79) We have

[1] Lived

[2] In this house ever since

[3] My father has died

[4] No error

Answer: My father has died

Q.80) The principal

[1] Claimed that

[2] There were less than fifty students present in the building

[3] When it caught fire

[4] No error

Answer: There were less than fifty students present in the building

Q.81) The examination of the

[1] Undergraduate student

[2] Are likely to commerce

[3] From Friday

[4] No error

Answer: From Friday

Q.82) Few

[1] People know

[2] That the climate of simla

[3] Is better than Srinagar

[4] No error

Answer: Is better than Srinagar

Q.83) “An violet by a mossy stone/half hidden from the eye!” I is a quote from the:

[1] Ode to duty

[2] Lucy poems

[3] The green linnet

[4] The solitary reaper

Answer: Lucy poems

Q.84) Tick the correct one:

[1] Gita asked me where I lived.

[2] Gita asked to me where I lived.

[3] Gita asked me where did I live?

[4] Gita asked me where do you live?

Answer: Gita asked me where I lived

Q.85) Informal essay is also known as:

[1] Funny essay

[2] Scholarly essay

[3] Familiar essay

[4] Impersonal essay

Answer: Familiar essay

Q.86) Tick the correct auxiliary to indicate discontinued habit:

[1] There was a house there.

[2] There used to be a house there.

[3] There is house there

[4] There was used to be a house there.

Answer: There used to be a house there

Q.87) Wordsworth’s poem, mostly, deal with:

[1] Politics

[2] City life

[3] Humble and rustic life

[4] Revolution

Answer: Humble and rustic life

Q.88) Who disturbed the peace of the class?

[1] The new boy

[2] The mischievous boy of the class

[3] The master

[4] The headmaster

Answer: The new boy

Q.89) What is the function of the clause ‘a school servant carrying a large desk’ in the opening sentence?

[1] Just to provide an extra information

[2] To describe the atmosphere

[3] To create seriousness

[4] To create humour

Answer: To create seriousness

Q.90) What contributed most to the misery of the new boy?

[1] The appearance of the boy

[2] His shyness

[3] The sadistic attitude of the master

[4] Insensitive class-mates

Answer: Insensitive class-mates

Q.91) Which of the following is true about the description of the new boy?

[1] The boy has been sketched sympathetically

[2] The boy has been caricatured

[3] It is a serious description

[4] The writer seems to hate the boy

Answer: The boy has been caricatured

Q.92) The last part of the episode proves to be an anticlimax to:

[1] The class

[2] The boy

[3] The teacher

[4] All of them

Answer: All of them

Q.93) The boy was ‘sputtering’ syllables because he was:

[1] Angry

[2] Sad

[3] Shy

[4] Calm

Answer: Shy

Q.94) In the command of the master ‘get rid of your helmet’ in the second paragraph:

[1] There is a cruel joke

[2] There is nothing cruel about it

[3] The master wants to help the boy

[4] The master wants to discipline the class

Answer: There is a cruel joke

Q.95) Which literary device has been used in the following sentence of the last paragraph?
“The same sputtering of syllables was heard, drowned by the tittering of the class.”

[1] Metaphor

[2] Irony

[3] Apostrophe

[4] Onematapoeia

Answer: Onematapoeia

Q.96) The word ‘hubbub’ in the last sentence of the passage means:

[1] Complete silence

[2] Noise and excitement

[3] Dullness

[4] Atmosphere

Answer: Noise and excitement

Q.97) Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?

[1] The mischievous master

[2] The mischievous class

[3] A funny boy in the class

[4] A new boy in the class

Answer: The mischievous class

Q.98) Wordsworth, before his death, resided at:

[1] Rydal mount

[2] Grasmere parsonage

[3] Dove cottage

[4] Allan bank

Answer: Rydal mount

Q.99) He……sitting beside a river. Fill in with the correct verbs:

[1] Shall find

[2] Is saw

[3] Is finded

[4] Was found

Answer: Was found

Q.100) The new play has fallen flat:

[1] The play is a success

[2] The play met with a cold reception

[3] The play received good review

[4] None of the above

Answer: The play met with a cold reception

Q.101?) Life is a bed of roses:

[1] Pleasant living

[2] Bed made of roses

[3] Simple living

[4] None of the above

Answer: Pleasant living

Q.102) ‘Charming and witty’ may be expressed as:

[1] Schism

[2] Scintillating

[3] Scion

[4] Sanguine

Answer: Scintillating

Q.103) Split into simple sentences: In the night the thief came into the garden.

[1] In was night. The thief came into the garden

[2] Night came. The thief came into the garden

[3] At night. The thief was in the garden

[4] Night fell. The thief came into the garden

Answer: In was night. The thief came into the garden

Q.104) ‘Alliteration’ may be defined as:

[1] A literary genre

[2] Repeated consonants in a sentence

[3] A repetition of a speech sound in a sequence of words

[4] Literary aptitude

Answer: A repetition of a speech sound in a sequence of words

Q.105) Which is the correct spelling?

[1] Bivouck

[2] Bivouk

[3] Bivouac

[4] Bivoak

Answer: Bivouac

Q.106) Fill in the gap with correct preposition: On Saturday, he left Delhi……Mumbai.

[1] At

[2] For

[3] Near

[4] To

Answer: For

Q.107) Join into a single sentence: He was absent from school. He was ill.

[1] As he was ill he was absent from school

[2] He was absent from school because of his illness

[3] He was ill and so he was absent from school

[4] None of the above

Answer: He was absent from school because of his illness

Q.108) A pair of trousers……to go into his suitcase

[1] Should

[2] Were

[3] Are

[4] Is

Answer: Is

Q.109) There ……. some books in his bag.

[1] Is

[2] Was

[3] Were

[4] Have

Answer: Were

Q.110) You go first and I ……..you.

[1] Shall follow

[2] Shall following

[3] Am follow

[4] Am following

Answer: Shall follow

Q.111) William Wordsworth’s Tintern abbey is:

[1] A dramatic monologue

[2] A dramatic lyric

[3] A dramatic epic

[4] None of the above

Answer: None of the above

Q.112) Which is the correct spelling?

[1] Tyrannize

[2] Tyrannise

[3] Tyranize

[4] Tyrranise

Answer: Tyrannize

Q.113) ‘Epic’ is:

[1] A story of a battle

[2] A long narrative poem on a serious subject

[3] A ballad relating a serious story

[4] A dramatic monologue

Answer: A long narrative poem on a serious subject

Q.114) To find fault with, is one word, is:

[1] Cryptic

[2] Cruciate

[3] Criticize

[4] Curtail

Answer: Criticize

Q.115) In 1805, Wordsworth’s which poem was written?

[1] Tintern abbey

[2] The prelude

[3] Lucy poems

[4] The solitary reaper

Answer: The prelude

Q.116) Insert the correct word: He……. his application when he heard he had not got the necessary certificates.

[1] Withdraw

[2] Withdrew

[3] Had withdrawn

[4] Got withdrawn

Answer: Withdrew

Q.117) The prelude by Wordsworth was part of a vast work which was to be called:

[1] The excursion

[2] The recluse

[3] Yarrow revisited

[4] Peter bell

Answer: The recluse

Q.118) Tick the correctly punctulate sentence

[1] “You know, he isn’t dead, sir!”

[2] “You know he isnt dead, sir.”

[3] “You know, he is’nt dead, sir”

[4] “You know__he ins’t dead__sir !”

Answer: “You know, he isn’t dead, sir!”

Q.119) Tick the correctly punctulate sentence

[1] Alas ! the king is dead.

[2] Alas, the king is dead .

[3] Alas, the king is dead !

[4] Alas. The king is dead.

Answer: Alas ! the king is dead

Q.120) ‘Schematic’ means:

[1] Disturbing

[2] Diabolical

[3] Grammatic

[4] Diagrammatic

Answer: Diagrammatic

Q.121) Use the correct preposition: She tuned…..to the music programme.

[1] On

[2] Into

[3] Onto

[4] With

Answer: On

Q.122) ‘Act’ is:

[1] A major division in the action of a play

[2] An acting category in a play

[3] Chapter of a play

[4] Acting by actors

Answer: A major division in the action of a play

Q.123) Indicate the correct verb: Before the Aryans………to india, Dravidians had lived there.

[1] Coming

[2] Come

[3] Came

[4] Didcome

Answer: Came

Q.124) The lower class was represented in galsworthy’s:

[1] The country house

[2] The forsyte saga

[3] Fraternity

[4] Noneof the above

Answer: The country house

Q.125) Tick the correct sentence:

[1] Not a girls was injured.

[2] Neither nor girl was injured.

[3] Neither girl was injured.

[4] None girl was injured.

Answer: Neither girl was injured.