Q.1) Arrange the following Black American writes chronologically (in order of their birth)?

A. Maya Angelou

B. Toni Morrison

C. Alice Walker

D. Langston Hughes

E. James Baldwin

[1] D.A,E.C.B

[2] D.E.A,B.C

[3] E.A.D,B.C

[4] E.A.B.C.D

Answer – [2]

Q.2) A manuscript having an overlap with earlier papers by the same authors or by some of the present authors is termed as:

[1] Plagiarism

[2] Self Plagiarism

[3] Intertextuality

[4] Multiple references

Answer – [2]

Q.3) The term “Collective Unconsciousness” –

A. was introduced by Sigmund Freud

B. was introduced by Carl Jung

C. contains archetypes or universal primordial images and ideas.

D. contains stereotypes and individual experiences stored in unconscious.

E. is used to describe the unconscious common to humanity as a whole that originates in the inherited structures of the brain

[1] A,C,E only

[2] B,C,E only

[3] B.D.E only

[4] C.D.E only

Answer – [2]

Q.4) Women in Love is a sequel to which one of the following novels by D.H. Lawrance?

[1] Lady Chatterley’s Lover

[2] The White Peacock

[3] Sons and Lovers

[4] The Rainbow

Answer – [4]

Q.5) Match the column:

A. Critique of judgment

B. The Phenomenology of Spirit

C. Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego

D. Role of the University in the New Reich

I. Martin Heidegger

II. Sigmund Freud

III. Immanuel kant

IV. G.WF. Hegel

[1] A-III B-I C-IV D-II

[2] A-I B-II C-III D-IV

[3] A-II B-III C-IV D-I

[4] A-III B-IV C-II D-I

Answer – [4]

Q.6) Neo-Platonism was founded by-

A. Plato

B. Plotinus

C. Porphyry

D. Aristotle

E. Pythagoras

[1] A and B only

[2] C and D only

[3] B and C only

[4] D and E only

Answer – [3]

Q.7) Which text is considered to be the first book of poetry published by an Aboriginal author?

[1] Tracey Moffatt’s Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

[2] David Unaipon’s Native Legends

[3] Oodegroo Noonucal’s We Are Going

[4] Doris Pilkington Garimara’s Caprice: A Stockman’s Daughter

Answer – [3]

Q.8) Match the column:

A. Wahngin Country

B. Plains of Promise

C. My Place

D. Not Meeting Mr. Right

I. Alexis wright

II. Jack Davis

III. Anita Heiss

IV. Sally Morgan

[1] A-IV B-III C-II D-I

[2] A-I B-IV C-III D-II

[3] A-II B-I C-IV D-III

[4] A-III B-II C-I D-IV

Answer – [3]

Q.9) Match the column:

A. langue

B. parole

C. signifier

D. signified

I. meaning conveyed

II. socially shared language

III. speech

IV. word

[1] A-II B-III C-IV D-I

[2] A-I B-IV C-III D-II

[3] A-III B-II C-I D-IV

[4] A-IV B-III C-II D-I

Answer – [1]

Q.10) The Latin epic Aeneid by Virgil?

A. incorporates various legends of Aeneas and makes him the founder of Roman greatness

B. Relates the story of the legendary founding of Rome.

C. relates the story of the legendary founding of Lavinium.

D. recounts the story of Aeneas’ journey in the first 6 books of the epic, and these 6 books are patterned after Homer’s Odyssey

E. recounts the story of Aeneas’ journey in the last 6 books of the epic, and these 6 books are patterned after Homer’s Odyssey

[1] ACD

[2] ABD

[3] ADE

[4] ACE

Answer – [1]

Q.11) From which book of John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost the epigraph of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein taken when Adam asks God: “Did I request thee, maker from my clay to mould me man? Did I solicit thee, From darkness to promote me?”

[1] Book I

[2] Book II

[3] Book X

[4] Book XII

Answer – [3]

Q.12) Which of the following is considered to be the first Indian novel in English?

[1] Bankimchandra Chatterjee’s Rajamohan’s Wife

[2] Toru Dutt’s The Young Zamindar

[3] K.K. Sinha’s Samjogita

[4] K.K. Sinha’s The Star of Sikri

Answer – [1]

Q.13) Match the column:

A. catastrophe

B. epitasis

C. protasis

D. catastasis

I. the introductory part of a play or narrative poem

II. the final action that completes the unravelling of the plot in a play, especially a tragedy

III. the dramatic complication that immediately proceeds the climax of the play.

IV. the part of the play that develops the main action and that lends to the catastrophe

[1] A-IV B-II C-III D-I

[2] A-IV B-II C-I D-III

[3] A-II B-IV C-I D-III

[4] A-II B-I C-IV D-III

Answer – [3]

Q.14) The term ‘abstract poem’ –

A. was coined by Edith Sitwell

B. refers to a poem in which words are chosen for their aural quality

C. refers to a poem in which words are chosen for imagery and symbolism

D. was coined by W.H. Auden

E. refers to a poem in which words are not specifically used for their sense/meaning.

[1] BCD

[2] ABE

[3] ACE

[4] CDE

Answer – [2]

Q.15) Kai Po Che! is the screen adaptation of which one of the following novels by Chetan Bhagat?

[1] The 3 Mistakes of My Life

[2] Five Point Someone

[3] Half Girlfriend

[4] Two States

Answer – [1]

Q.16) Chronologically arrange the novels of Salman Rushdie in order publication.

A. Fury

B. Midnight’s Children

C. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

D. The Moor’s Last Sigh

E. Grimus

[1] B,C,A,D,E

[2] E,B,D,C,A

[3] A,E,B,C,D

[4] D,C,B,E,A

Answer – [2]

Q.17) Chronologically arrange the novels of Salman Rushdie in order publication.

A. Fury

B. Midnight’s Children

C. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

D. The Moor’s Last Sigh

E. Grimus

[1] B,C,A,D,E

[2] E,B,D,C,A

[3] A,E,B,C,D

[4] D,C,B,E,A

Answer – [2]

Q.18) The property of research to replicate the same results using the same technique is termed as –

[1] Validity

[2] Reliability

[3] Relevance

[4] Coherence

Answer – [2]

Q.19) Match the column:

A. A room called earth

B. tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow

C. a time to dance

D. almond: a novel

I. Won pyung sohn

II. Padma venkaraman

III. Medeleine Ryan

IV. Gabrielle Zevin

[1] A-II B-III C-I D-IV

[2] A-IV B-II C-I D-III

[3] A-III B-IV C-II D-I

[4] A-I B-II C-IV D-III

Answer – [3]

Q.20) Which one of the following English novels received Sahitya Academy Awards for the year 2023?

[1] Requiem in Raga Janki by Neelum Saran Gour

[2] ALl the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

[3] The Blind Lady’s Descendants by Anees Salim

[4] Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer by Cyrus Mistry

Answer – [1]

Q.21) Friendship’s Garland (1871) is a sequel to which one of the following works by Mathew Arnold?

[1] Culture and Anarchy

[2] Essays in Criticism

[3] On the Study of Celtic Literature

[4] Literature and Dogma

Answer – [1]

Q.22) Who among the following wrote that –

“Poetry is not a branch of authorship: it is ‘the stuff of which one life is made’. The rest is ‘mere oblivion’, a dead letter: for all that is worth remembering in life, is the poetry of it.”

[1] Mary Shelley

[2] Charles Lamb

[3] William Hazlitt

[4] S.T. Coleridge

Answer – [3]

Q.23) Which one of the following is not a screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s the comedy of errors?

[1] The Boys from Syracuse

[2] Angoor

[3] Do Dooni Char

[4] Love in a Wood

Answer – [4]

Q.24) Match the column:

A. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

B. Wee Willie Winkie

C. Mary had a Little Lamb

D. Old Mother Hubbard

I. William Miller

II. Tane and Ann Taylor

III. Sarah Catherine Martin

IV. Sarah Josepha Hale

[1] A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

[2] A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

[3] A-III B-II, C-I, D-IV

[4] A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

Answer – [4]

Q.25) Arrange the works of Toni Morrison in the order of chronology of their publication.

A. Jazz

B. Beloved

C. In Bluest Eye

D. Song of Solomon

E. Tar Baby

[1] A,E,C,D,B

[2] D,C,E,B,A

[3] C,D,E,B,A

[4] E,D,A,B,C

Answer – [3]

Q.26) Which research treats physical and social world as objects based on standardized data?

[1] Empirical

[2] Action

[3] Quantitative

[4] Qualitative

Answer – [3]

Q.27) Chronologically arrange the fictional writings of Margaret Atwood?

A. Edible Woman

B. The Handmaid’s Tale

C. The Blind Assassin

D. Lady Oracle

E. The Robbers Bride

[1] B,C.A.E.D

[2] D,B,C,AE

[3] E,A.D.C,B

[4] A,D,B,E,C

Answer – [4]

Q.28) Who among the following wrote “Plan of a Novel”?

[1] E.M. Forster

[2] D.H. Lawrance

[3] Jane Austen

[4] Thomas Hardy

Answer – [3]

Q.29) Match the column:

A. ‘othering’

B. Ecological Imperialism

C. Colonial Desire

D. Third Space

I. The term employed by Robert Young

II. coined by Gayatri Spivak

III. Coined by Alfred W. Crosby

IV. Coined by Homi K. Bhabha

[1] A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

[2] A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

[3] A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

[4] A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV

Answer – [4]

Q.30) Who among the following are writers of wordless graphic narratives?

A. Roy Fuller

B. Orijit Sen

C. Anthony Hecht

D. George Mathen Appupen

E. George Monbiot

[1] A and C only

[2] B and C only

[3] B and D only

[4] D and E only

Answer – [3]

Q.31) Big Daddy is a fictional character in –

[1] the novel Ninety Eighty Four by George Orwell

[2] the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee William

[3] the play Look back in Anger by John Osborne

[4] the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Answer – [2]

Q.32) Terms ‘Social fact’ and ‘collective consciousness’ in the context of language were used by-

A. Franz Boas

B. Bloomfield

C. Emile Durkheim

D. Noam Chomsky

E. Saussure

[1] C and E only

[2] A and B only

[3] B and C only

[4] D and B only

Answer – [1]

Q.33) Match the column:

A. Night of the Scorpion

B. Unfinished poem

C. The looking glass

D. To a friend far away

I. Kamala Das

II. A.K. Ramanajan

III. Eunice De Souze

IV. Nissim Ezekiel

[1] A-III B-II C-IV D-I

[2] A-II B-I C-III D-IV

[3] A-IV B-III C-I D-II

[4] A-II B-IV C-I D-III

Answer – [3]

Q.34) Which among the following texts are not written by Mary Wollstonecraft?

A. The Wrongs of Man

B. Vindication of the Rights of Man

C. Thoughts on the Education of Sons

D. Vindication of the Rights of Woman

E. The Wrongs of Woman

[1] B and D only

[2] B and E only

[3] D and E only

[4] A and C only

Answer – [4]

Q.35) Match the column:

A. international year of the world’s indigenous people

B. Australian parliament formally apologized to the stolen generation

C. formal end of white Australian policy

D. the first national sorry day

I. 1998

II. 1993

III. 1973

IV. 2008

[1] A-I B-III C-IV D-II

[2] A-III B-I C-II D-IV

[3] A-IV B-II C-I D-III

[4] A-II B-IV C-III D-I

Answer – [4]

Q.36) Chronologically arrange the following works in order of their publication.

A. Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso

B. Martin Luther King’s 95 Theses at Wittenberg

C. The first Book of Common Prayer by Thomas Crammer

D. Thomas More’s Utopia

E. Machiavelli’s The Prince

[1] E,D,B,A,C

[2] A.C,B,E.D

[3] E,B,C,A,D

[4] D,A,B,C,E

Answer – [1]

Q.37) Which of the following is not a Dalit narrative written by Perumal Murugan?

[1] Tirukkural: The Book of Desire

[2] Poonachi

[3] One Part Woman

[4] Pyre

Answer – [1]

Q.38) Which among the following is said to be the first fiction magazine (created by Hugo Gernsback)?

[1] Time and the Conways

[2] Henceforward

[3] New Worlds

[4] Amazing Stories

Answer – [4]

Q.39) Absalom, Absalom! is –

[1] a novel by William Faulkner

[2] a satirical poem by John Dryden

[3] a drama by G.B. Shaw

[4] a poem by P.B. Shelley

Answer – [1]

Q.40) John Dryden’s Of Dramatick Poesy: An Essay is written in the form of a dialogue between Eugenius, Crites, Lisideius and Neander, where Neander represents:

[1] Alexander Pope

[2] John Dryden

[3] Sir Robert Howard

[4] Charles Sackville

Answer – [2]

Q.41) Who said that an author has no claim to original thought but only to apt presentation of what was already being thought by others?

[1] Alexander Pope

[2] Ezra Pound

[3] Max Muller

[4] Harold Bloom

Answer – [1]

Q.42) Phonetics refers to –

A. Production of speech sounds

B. Reception of speech sounds

C. Transmission of speech sounds

D. Pattern of speech sounds

E. Word formation

[1] A and C only

[2] B and D only

[3] D and E only

[4] A and D only

Answer – [1]

Q.43) Three satirical stories by W.M. Thackeray portraying marriage and exploitation of one partner by the other, are titled as-

[1] Men’s Wives

[2] Wives’ Husbands

[3] Wife and Husband

[4] Wife without a Husband

Answer – [1]

Q.44) Match the column:

A. Heteroglossia

B. Homesociliy

C. Mathnavi

D. Morology

I. deliberate foolishness/nonsense for effect

II. diversity of languages used in epics

III. Same-sex relationships which are not necessarily sexual

IV. long narrative epic or heroic poem in rhyming couplets

[1] A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

[2] A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

[3] A-II. B-III, C-IV, D-I

[4] A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

Answer – [3]

Q.45) Which one of the following plays by Henrik Ibsen was described as ‘an open sewer”?

[1] 4 Doll’s House

[2] An Enemy of the People

[3] Ghosts

[4] The Wild Duck

Answer – [3]

Q.46) Identify the name of the essayist who made the following assertion:

“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”

[1] Richard Hooker

[2] Sir Francis Bacon

[3] Sir Richard Steele

[4] Joseph Addison

Answer – [2]

Q.47) Who said that language is a system of signs whose parts can and must be considered in their synchronic solidarity?

[1] Saussure

[2] Bloomfield

[3] Roman Jakobson

[4] Sigmund Freud

Answer – [1]

Q.48) Plato viewed poetry as-

A. an imitation of reality

B. self-subsistent entity

C. distant from reality

D. manifestation of reality

E. life as experience in reality

[1] A and C only

[2] B and D only

[3] D and E only

[4] A and E only

Answer – [1]

Q.49) In The Post Modern Condition Lyotard announced the eclipse of all grand narratives. The one whose death he above all sought to declare was…

[1] Hegelian Spirit

[2] Christian Redemption

[3] Keynesian Equilibrium

[4] Classical Socialism

Answer – [4]

Q.50) Wittgenstein’s statement, ‘Limits of language defines limits of thought’, means, –

A. The structure of language defines its meaning.

B. intended meaning defines structure of language.

C. That which can be defined meaningfully, can be thought.

D. Structure and meaning are independent of each other.

E. Thought precedes language.

[1] A and C only

[2] A and B only

[3] D and E only

[4] C and D only

Answer – [1]

Q.51) Match the column:

A. the language instinct

B. reflections of language

C. variety of language serving a specialized function in a multilingual community

D. existence of a common variety of language for people from different

I. Steven Pinker

II. Noam Chomsky

III. Creole/Creolization

IV. Diglossia

[1] A-I B-II, C-IV, D-III

[2] A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

[3] A-I B-II, C-III, D-IV

[4] A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

Answer – [1]

Q.52) Chronologically arrange the Anglo-Indian writers in order of their birth?

A. Sarojini Naidu

B. Michael Madhusudan Dutta

C. Manhoman Ghose

D. Henry Derozio

E. Toru Datt

[1] C,E,A,B,D

[2] D,B,E,C,A

[3] B,D,C,E,A

[4] A,E,B,D,E

Answer – [2]

Q.53) In his work, The Dialogic Imagination, Mikhail Bakhtin—

A. develops theory of Polyphony.

B. postulates that language is imaginary.

C. postulates that language evolves dynamically.

D. argues that language gets affected by the culture that produces it as it helps to shape that culture.

E. develops theory of imaginative language.

[1] B,D,E only

[2] A,C,D only

[3] A,B,D only

[4] C,D,E only

Answer – [2]

Q.54) Chronologically arrange the Indian playwrights in order of their birth

A. Asif Currimbhoy

B. Nissim Ezekiel

C. Cyrus Mistry

D. Mahesh Dattani

E. Gurcharan Das

[1] A,D.E.C.B

[2] D,B,C,E.A

[3] A,E,D,B,C

[4] B,A,E,C,D

Answer – [4]

Q.55) The key principles of research design brought together in material on measurement principles, sampling and case study, survey and experimentation is termed as –

[1] Research Methodology

[2] Research Methods

[3] Research Techniques

[4] Research Designs

Answer – [3]

Q.56) The salient tendencies of Hellenistic Philosophy are:

A. Cynicism

B. Epicureanism

C. Stoicism

D. Surrealism

E. Expressionism

[1] A, B and D only

[2] A, B and C only

[3] A, D and E only

[4] A, B and E only

Answer – [2]

Q.57) Place the following works in ascending order of their publication year.

A. Diamond Dust by Anita Desai

B. Breast-Giver by Mahashweta Devi

C. Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka

D. Dream on Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott

E. Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus

[1] ABCDE

[2] EDCBA

[3] DBCAE

[4] BCADE

Answer – [2]

Q.58) Akkarmashi (The Outcaste) is an autobiography of which one of the following Dalit writers?

[1] Annabhau Sathe

[2] Sharankumar Limbale

[3] Anand Teltumde

[4] Baby Kamble

Answer – [2]

Q.59) Things as They Are or The Adventure of Caleb Williams was written as a call to end…

[1] The abuse of workers by the industrialists

[2] The abuse of masses by the Church

[3] The abuse of power by a tyrannical government

[4] The abuse of tenants by the landlords

Answer – [3]

Q.60) Hypothesis made during or after the research work is over, is known as:

[1] Inductive Hypothesis

[2] Deductive Hypothesis

[3] Null Hypothesis

[4] Internal Hypothesis

Answer – [2]

Q.61) M.H. Abram’s The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition-

A. describes 18th century English Literature as ‘mirror”

B. describes 19th century English Literature as ‘Lamp”

C. describes 19th century English Literature as ‘mirror’.

D. the metaphor of “mirror” is used to describe literature as a cool intellectual reflection of outward realities.

E. the metaphor of “mirror” is used to describe literature as an illumination shed by artists upon their inner and outer worlds.

[1] C,D,E only

[2] C,D,A only

[3] A.B,D only

[4] A,B,E only

Answer – [3]

Q.62) Which one of the following novels by E.M. Forster is about ‘homosexual love’?

[1] Howards End

[2] A Room with a View

[3] Maurice

[4] Where Angels Fear to Tread

Answer – [3]

Q.63) Chronologically arrange the fictional writings of R.K. Narayan in order of their publication?

A. The Vendor of Sweets

B. The Bachelor of Arts

C. The English Teacher

D. The Guide

E. The Financial Expert

[1] A,D.B.E.C

[2] C,B,D,A,E

[3] B,C.E.D,A

[4] E,A,B.C,D

Answer – [3]

Q.64) Chronologically arrange the following in order of their publication/occurrence.

A. Caxton printed Malory’s Morte D’Arthur

B. Establishment of Caxton’s printing press

C. Gutenberg printed Bible in Mainz, Germany

D. Caxton’s History of Troy, first book printed in English

E. First translation of the Christian Bible into English by John Wycliff.

[1] B,E,D,C,A

[2] C,B,E,A,D

[3] E,C,D,B,A

[4] D,A,B,C,E

Answer – [3]

Q.65) Who wrote the book The History of European Languages?

[1] Alexander Murrey

[2] A.S. Diamond

[3] William Jones

[4] Bloomfield

Answer – [1]

Q.66) The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music by Friedrich Nietzsche-

A. Examines the origins and development of poetry, specifically Greek tragedy.

B. Argues that Socratic rationalism and optimism led to the death of Greek tragedy.

C. Examines the origin of music and dance in ancient Greece.

D. Argues that Greek tragedy arose out of the fusion of Apollonian and Dionysian elements.

E. Argues that the music is the spirit of tragedy.

[1] A,B,D only

[2] A,C,E only

[3] B,D,E only

[4] B,C,D only

Answer – [1]

Q.67) Which of the following assertions/assumptions are not true regarding cultures of space?

A. space is about power to control access, representation and use.

B. Space is simply land or built-up area.

C. The Space influences social relations and communities.

D. Space is socially constructed through social relations.

E. Space has nothing to do with everyday activities of people.

[1] A, B and C only

[2] E and D only

[3] B and E only

[4] A and E only

Answer – [3]

Q.68) Who among the following is not associated with lesbian and gay studies?

A. Jane Rule

B. Jonathan Dollimore

C. John Wain

D. Elizabeth Jennings

E. Richard Dyer

[1] A and E only

[2] C and D only

[3] B and C only

[4] D and E only

Answer – [2]

Q.69) The term ‘Post-modernism’ was used in 1917 by German philosopher Rudolf Pannwitz to describe:

[1] Nihilism of 20th century’s western culture

[2] Communism as a system of Governance

[3] Decline of Oligarchies

[4] Epistemic Violence

Answer – [1]

Q.70) Sherlock Holmes, the greatest of all fictional detectives, made his first appearance in which one of the following novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

[1] Strand Magazine

[2] A Study in Scarlet

[3] The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

[4] The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Answer – [2]

Q.71) Arrange the following partition based film in order of their release/production.

A. Garm Hawa

B. Tamas

C. Khamosh Pani

D. Chinnamul

E. Subarnarekha

[1] D.E.A,B,C

[2] E,D,B,A,C

[3] A,B,D,E,C

[4] A.D.E.B.C

Answer – [1]

Q.72) Match the column:

A. Delinquent Chacha

B. Tales from Firozsha Baag Ved Prakash Mehta

C. Beethoven among the cows

D. A Thousand Faces of Night Rukun Advani

I. Rohinton Mistry

II. ved prakash mehta

III. gita Hariharan

IV. rukun advani

[1] A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

[2] A-II, B-I. C-IV, D-III

[3] A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I

[4] A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

Answer – [2]

Q.73) Which of the following assumptions is not true with regard to Lacan’s concept/theory of standpoint?

A. It assumes that social position can provide privileged perspective on some relations and knowledge.

B. It argues that those who are marginalised or oppressed may have access to insights and perceptions that dominant group lacks.

C. It refers to a situation in which the oppressed class is destined to lose the class consciousness.

D. It suggests that the perspectives of those on the margins of society cannot help to understand social dynamics.

E. The theory is based on the idea that social contradictions and political struggle can shape counter-hegemonic norms.

[1] A and C only

[2] D and E only

[3] B and C only

[4] C and D only

Answer – [4]

Q.74) Who made the following statements in defense of Santarasa “the eight rasas are like eight gods, and the Sant is like their highest centre Siva™?

[1] Bharat

[2] Anandavardhan

[3] Dandin

[4] Abhinavgupta

Answer – [4]

Q.75) Match the column:

A. On a Muggy Night in Mumbai

B. The Golden Gate

C. The Boyfriend

D. Love and Longing in Bombay

I. R. Raj Rao

II. Mahesh Duttani

III. Vikram Chandra

IV. Vikram Seth

[1] A-II, B-IV. C-I, D-III

[2] A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

[3] A-I B-II C-IV, D-III

[4] A-III B-I, C-II, D-IV

Answer – [1]

Q.76) Who among the following women writers wrote the first female Dalit autobiography?

[1] Sharmila Rege

[2] Urmila Pawar

[3] Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble

[4] Meena Kandasamy

Answer – [3]

Q.77) Sequence the following works of Dostoyevsky in the order of their publication:

A. Notes from Underground

B. Crime and Punishment

C. The Idiot

D. The Brothers Karamazov

E. Poor Folk

[1] B,C,E.A,D

[2] E,A,B,C,D

[3] A.B.C.D,E

[4] C,A,D,B,E

Answer – [2]

Q.78) Who among the following were associated with Metaphysical Society founded in 1869 by Sir James Knowles?

A. Robert Browning

B. TH. Huxley

C. Alfred Tennyson

D. Mathew Arnold

E. William Gladstone

[1] A,B and C only

[2] B,D and E only

[3] C,D and E only

[4] B,C and E only

Answer – [4]

Q.79) Who wrote the poem “Poem in Praise of Menstruation”?

[1] Gloria Steinem

[2] Seamus Heaney

[3] Francis Thompson

[4] Lucille Clifton

Answer – [4]

Q.80) Arrange the following plays by Shakespeare in order of their production/publication.

A. Twelfth Night

B. The Taming of the Shrew

C. Much Ado About Nothing

D. Romeo and Juliet

E. The Winter’s Tale

[1] D,C,B.A,E

[2] B,D,A,E,C

[3] A,D,C,B.E

[4] B,D,C,A,E

Answer – [4]

Q.81) Arrange the following novels by Chinua Achebe in order of their publication.

A. 4 Man of the People

B. Things Fall Apart

C. Arrow of God

D. Anthills of Savannah

E. No Longer at Ease

[1] C,B,E,D,A

[2] B,C,E,A,D

[3] B,E,C,A,D

[4] A,B,D,E,C

Answer – [3]

Q.82) Which one of the following plays mocks the Restoration drama of Dryden and Thomas Otway?

[1] The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay

[2] Tom Thumb by Henry Fielding

[3] The Critic by R.B. Sheridan

[4] The Rehearsal by George Villiers

Answer – [4]

Q.83) The Greek word ‘polis’ refers to-

A. Social Structure

B. Political Structure

C. Legal Structure

D. City State

E. Barbarians

[1] B and D only

[2] A and B only

[3] B and C only

[4] D and E only

Answer – [1]

Q.84) Who among the following were not associated with Kit-Cat Club?

A. George Etherege

B. Richard Steele

C. Samuel Johnson

D. William Congreve

E. Joseph Addison

[1] B and D only

[2] B and E only

[3] A and C only

[4] D and E only

Answer – [3]

Q.85) In Long Revolution, Raymond Williams conducted a long-range study of 350 canonical writers drawn from the Oxford Introduction to English Literature for the period. ..

[1] 1789 – 1950

[2] 1764 – 1939

[3] 1450 – 1914

[4] 1470 – 1920

Answer – [4]

Q.86) Who among the following American writers was the first Black American to become the U.S. Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress?

[1] Kyra Davis

[2] Meri Nana-Ama Domquah

[3] Rita Francis Dove

[4] Lucille Clifton

Answer – [3]

Q.87-91) Leaning into the afternoons I cast my sad nets

towards your oceanic eyes.

There in the highest blaze my solitude lengthens and flames

its aims turning a drowning man’s.

I send out red signals across your absent eyes

that smell like the sea or the beach by a lighthouse.

You keep only darkness, my distant female

from your regard sometimes the coast of dread emerges.

Leaning into the afternoons I fling my sad nets

to that sea that thrashed by your oceanic eyes

The birds of night peck at the first stars

that flash like my soul when I love you

The night gallops on its shadowy mare

Shedding blue tassels over the land

Q.87) Identify the mood of the poem –

[1] Sombre

[2] Sarcastic

[3] Exhilarating

[4] Nostalgic

Answer – [1]

Q.88) What does the phrase ‘red signals sent out’ signify?

[1] Passion/zest for life

[2] Distress and desperation of speaker

[3] Threatening signals

[4] Hopefulness and warmth

Answer – [1]

Q.89) What is the central theme of the poem?

[1] Search for self

[2] Love and longing

[3] Self-fulfilment

[4] Fate and destiny

Answer – [2]

Q.90) The phrases ‘oceanic eyes’ and ‘absent eyes’ are the examples of –

[1] Parallelism

[2] Consonance

[3] Anaphora

[4] Dissonance

Answer – [1]

Q.91) Identify the type of imagery used in the poem?

[1] Natural Imagery

[2] War Imagery

[3] Urban Imagery

[4] Metaphysical imagery

Answer – [1]

Q.92) What does the word ‘guarded’ signify?

[1] to protect

[2] to possess

[3] to keep under control

[4] militaristic exercise

Answer – [3]

Q.93) What helps in eliminating suspicion?

[1] Stout physique

[2] Discussion and knowledge

[3] Observation

[4] Eternal alliance

Answer – [2]

Q.94) What tone does the passage predominantly convey?

[1] Nostalgic and sentimental

[2] Urgent and alarmed

[3] Detached and reflective

[4] Suspenseful and dramatic

Answer – [3]

Q.95) Which among the following is true in the context of given paragraph?

[1] Henry the Seventh ruled ruthlessly for long time.

[2] Suspicion is a stepping stone to faith.

[3] Suspicion kills the layer of human spirit.

[4] Rulers should supress suspicion of all forms.

Answer – [2]

Q.96) What is the primary theme of the paragraph?

[1] the challenges of maintaining supremacy

[2] the importance of personal relationships

[3] perspectivising suspicion

[4] to contrast between fearful and stout people

Answer – [3]