- Alfred Tennyson has written the poem “Ulysses” after the unexpected death of
(A) his wife
(B) his father
(C) his son
(D) his friend - In “Strange Meeting”, what does the soldier see that leads him to believe he is in hell?
(A) The dead man’s smile
(B) The dead man’s eyes
(C) The dead man’s cry
(D) The dead man’s rifle - Coppice, spectre, dregs, desolate create a whispery atmosphere in the first three lines of the poem “The Darkling Thrush”. They are an example of
used in the stanza.
(A) Onomatopoeia
(B) Alliteration
(C) Sibilance
(D) Rhyme - What makes human beings inadequate in comparison with the skylark, according to Shelley?
(A) That they have frail voices
(B) That they yearn for things they do not possess
(C) That they are hateful, prideful, and scornful
(D) That they dream only of death - “And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne.”
What sentiment most closely matches the quoted line?
(A) Idealization of women
(B) Celebration of life
(C) Supernatural elements of life
(D) Praise of Nature - To what literary tradition does “The Listeners” belong?
(A) Impressionist Poetry
(B) Surrealist Poetry
(C) Modernist Poetry
(D) Georgian Poetry - Which three things of autumn season does “Ode to Autumn” describe in the stanza?
(A) Labour, ultimate decline and scent
(B) Fruitfulness, colour and scent
(C) Fruitfulness, labour and decline
(D) All of the above - Which of the following is not an example of Marlowe’s vanity in “She Stoops to Conquer”?
(A) His worry about clothing
(B) His worry about social standing
(C) His worry about education
(D) His worry about a woman’s beauty - What literary character does Bluntschli compare Sergius to?
(A) Casanova
(B) Don Quixote
(C) Aeneas
(D) Achilles - “There are only two sorts of soldiers” Who is the speaker?
(A) Sergius
(B) Raina
(C) Major Petkoff
(D) Bluntschli - The source of the title of the play Arms and the Man is
(A) cano arma virumque
(B) virumque arma cano
(C) arma virumque cano
(D) cano virumque arma
- “The quality of mercy is not strained.” Walter How quotes the line from
(A) Portia’s speech in The Merchant of Venice
(B) Duke Vincentio’s speech in Measure for Measure
(C) Hamlet’s speech in Hamlet
(D) Juliet’s speech in Romeo and Juliet - How does Conrad create a sense of isolation in the story “Lagoon”?
(A) By describing the vastness of the ocean
(B) By portraying the characters as loners
(C) By emphasizing the remoteness of the setting
(D) By highlighting the absence of other living creatures - The short story “Lagoon” was first published in 1891 in
(A) Blackwood’s Magazine
(B) Cornhill Magazine
(C) Greenwood’s Magazine
(D) None of the above - “A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen in truth and remains in the mind?”—Who is the speaker of this line?
(A) Bluntschli
(B) Walter How
(C) Arsat
(D) None of them - The short story “The Lotus Eater” is loosely based on the life story of
(A) John Ellingham Brooks
(B) Alfred Tennyson
(C) Henrik Ibsen
(D) None of the above - In “The Gift of the Magi” the allusion to the Queens of Sheba and King Solomon serves all of the following purposes, except—
(A) It creates a comic exaggerated contrast
(B) It shows the extent of the personal significance and sentimental value of Della’s hair and Jim’s watch
(C) It reveals the suitable way of deeming “valuable”
(D) It reveals the innate similarities between Della/Jim and the queen of Sheba/King Solomon - The expression “ugly with lumpy angles of bone” is used to describe
(A) Diamelen
(B) Arsat
(C) Della
(D) Mrs. Thurlow - Charles Lamb’s “Dream Children” is notable for its
(A) Humour
(B) Crushing Tragedy
(C) Whimsical Pathos
(D) Cynicism - Which of the following works Charles Lamb authored in collaboration with his sister Mary?
(A) Tales of Shakespeare
(B) Dream Children
(C) Rosamond Gray
(D) None of the above - “In profuse strains of unpremeditated art” here “unpremeditated art” refers to
(A) Careless creativity
(B) Unerring exuberance
(C) Spontaneous enthusiasm
(D) Natural purity
- The poem “The Darkling Thrush” was originally titled
(A) By the Era’s Deathbed
(B) The Darkling Plain
(C) None of the above - When he _ for 20 years, he felt devastated.
(A) has been fired/has worked
(B) fired/had worked
(C) fired/worked
(D) was fired/had been working - Since fishing fleets might not have been so inefficient in limiting their catch to target species, _ more strict in enforcing penalties.
(A) the government had been
(B) if the government had
(C) had the government been
(D) if the government was - He said, “Oh! Enough!”—in indirect speech is
(A) He exclaimed with disgust that it was enough.
(B) He exclaimed with disgust if it was enough.
(C) He told with disgust that it was enough.
(D) He shouted with disgust that it is enough. - “He died miserable death”—the underlined word is an
(A) Direct Object
(B) Indirect Object
(C) Adverbial Object
(D) Cognate Object - Be careful with glasswares _ break them.
(A) so that not to
(B) so not to
(C) that you don’t
(D) so as not to - I would rather that you _
(A) bought this book
(B) buy this book
(C) should buy this book
(D) to buy this book - “He told me when he would _“—The underlined part of the sentence is an
(A) Adverbial Clause
(B) Adjective Clause
(C) Noun Clause
(D) Coordinate Clause - “There is a garden in front of our school.”—Identify the underlined phrase.
(A) Noun Phrase
(B) Adverbial Phrase
(C) Prepositional Phrase
(D) Adjective Phrase - “We enjoy watching a cricket match”—the underlined phrase
(A) Verbal Phrase
(B) Adverbial Phrase
(C) Adjective Phrase
(D) Noun Phrase
- “What he has done will save his family.”—Identify the correct passive voice.
(A) His family will be saved by what he has done.
(B) What has been done by him will save his family.
(C) Both (A) and (B) are correct.
(D) None of the above - I do not want a word _
(A) to
(B) for
(C) by
(D) None of the above - Statement I: I have seen the old and the new house.
Statement II: I have seen the old and new houses.
Select the appropriate answer:
(A) Only Statement I is correct sentence
(B) Only Statement II is correct sentence
(C) Both Statement I and II are correct sentences
(D) Both Statement I and II are wrong - Statement I: Hardly had we reached the station when it began to rain.
Statement II: Scarcely we had reached the station when it began to rain.
Statement III: No sooner had we reached the station than it began to rain.
Select the correct option:
(A) Only Statement I and II are correct sentences
(B) Only Statement II and III are correct sentences
(C) Only Statement I and III are correct sentences
(D) All Statements are correct sentences - Pair I: Hind : Stag
Pair II: Boar : Sow
Pair III: Colt : Filly
In relation to Masculine: Feminine, which statement is correct?
(A) Only pair I and pair II are correct
(B) Only pair II and pair III are correct
(C) Only pair I and pair III are correct
(D) All pairs are correct - “It has been suggested that he forget the election.”—Identify the mood in this sentence.
(A) Subjunctive Mood
(B) Imperative Mood
(C) Indicative Mood
(D) None of the above - “He said that I needn’t wait there.”—The direct speech of this sentence is
(A) He said, “I needn’t wait here”.
(B) He said, “You needn’t wait there”.
(C) He said, “I needn’t wait there”.
(D) He said, “You needn’t wait here”. - What does the phrase “the pleasant mean?
(A) Funny place
(B) Rough sea
(C) Pleasing sea
(D) Pleasing meadow - What does ‘profuse strains’ mean in the following line?
“in profuse strains of unpremeditated art”
(A) Lavish treasure
(B) Exuberant joy
(C) Wasteful beauty
(D) Abundant tune
- What does “Dryad” in the line “light-winged Dryad of the trees” mean?
(A) A wood-nymph
(B) A philosophic bard
(C) A mythical songbird
(D) A small Alpine songbird - What does “mete” in the line “I mete and dole it out” mean?
(A) Paint
(B) Measure
(C) Design
(D) Plot - Which profession does “The flag stuck on a heap of bones” refer to?
(A) Warrior
(B) Statesman
(C) Priest
(D) Sculptor - What does “blast-beruffled plume” mean?
(A) Mind deranged by depressing agitation
(B) Feather floating on the rough sea
(C) Feather deranged by strong gust of wind
(D) Mind depressed by wintry gloom - How many autumns have ‘come upon’ the speaker ‘first made’ his ‘count’ of Wild Swans?
(A) Eighteen
(B) Seventeen
(C) Twelve
(D) None of the above - What does “rushes” in the line “Among what rushes they build” mean?
(A) Speed as a type with no value or importance
(B) To move with great speed in haste
(C) To drag rapidly
(D) A plant growing at the border of water bodies - What does “the sound of iron on stone” refer to?
(A) Sound of the stirrup of the traveller’s horse
(B) Sound of the plunging hooves on the stony path
(C) Sound of the traveller’s horse on the iron door
(D) Sound of the bird’s cage on the castle floor - What does Maenad mean?
(A) A female dancer
(B) A female outlaw
(C) A Bacchante
(D) A minor Greek god - “One too like thee, tameless, and proud, swift, _” Fill in the blanks.
(A) quite, but
(B) and, and
(C) very, not
(D) not, but - Fill in the blanks in the following sentence to make it a correct statement of the grammatical rule:
“Since the Object of a verb in the active voice becomes the Subject of the passive form, it follows that only _ verbs can be used in the passive voice, since _ object.”
(A) transitive, intransitive
(B) finite, infinitive
(C) infinitive, finite
(D) intransitive, transitive - Which one is the correct passive form of following sentence?
“Who taught you Arabic?”
(A) By whom was Arabic taught to you?
(B) By whom were you taught Arabic?
(C) Who was you taught Arabic?
(D) All of the above sentences are correct
- Choose the correctly changed form of the following sentence in subjunctive mood, without altering the meaning of it:
“I’m sorry I didn’t know his name.”
(A) I’m sorry to not have known his name.
(B) I wish I knew his name
(C) I wish his name was known to the world.
(D) I’m sorry that his name is not known to me. - Choose the correctly changed form of the following sentence in indicative mood, without altering the meaning of it:
“I would rather you went by air.”
(A) I would prefer you not go by air.
(B) I would prefer you to not go by air.
(C) I should prefer you to go by air.
(D) I should prefer you go by air. - Choose the correct indirect speech from of the following sentence which does not alter the meaning of the original sentence:
“She shouted, ‘Let me go’.”
(A) She shouted for going.
(B) She shouted at them to go.
(C) She shouted at them for going.
(D) She shouted at them to let her go. - Choose the correct simple sentence that joins the following two simple sentences:
“She keeps her ornaments in a safe. This is the safe.”
(A) This is safe that she keeps her ornaments here.
(B) This is the safe where she keeps her ornaments.
(C) It is safe that she keeps her ornaments here.
(D) This safely keeps her ornaments here. - According to L. A. Hill, which of the following is the most important element to keep the reader interested in one’s writing?
(A) The writer’s ability to enter his own personality into his events
(B) The writer’s experience of the past events
(C) The writer’s interest in the context of the writing
(D) The reader’s attention to the subject of the writing - Which of the following describes Bluntschli in Arms and the Man most appropriately?
(A) He is a rich Swiss brat.
(B) He is a professional soldier.
(C) He is a self-seeking mercenary.
(D) He is afraid of war. - Which of the following battles constitute the backdrop of the opening scene of Arms and the Man?
(A) Battle of Slivinitza
(B) Serbo-Bulgarian Battle
(C) Second Battle of Slivinitza
(D) Battle of Pirot - According to Constance Neville in She Stoops to Conquer who left her the jewels?
(A) Her aunt, the society lady
(B) Her uncle, who was the main of a merchant ship
(C) Her aunt who was a daughter diamond miner
(D) Her uncle, ‘the India director’ - Which one of the following is the correct chronology of events in the first three Acts of Justice?
(A) December, July and October
(B) October, December and July
(C) December, October and July
(D) July, October and December
- At the conclusion of Justice, how does Cokeson hold out his hand by bending before Ruth?
(A) As one would to a lost dog
(B) As one who is remorseful of the turn of events
(C) As one who sees through the limitations of judiciary
(D) None of the above - Why was the speaker in “The Lotus Eater” curious to meet Thomas Wilson?
(A) He resigned himself to the course of life
(B) He boldly took the course of life into his own hands
(C) He resigned from a lucrative bank job
(D) He became an Italian citizen - “We are nothing; less than nothing”—name the speakers of the above sentence.
(A) Alice and Field
(B) James and John
(C) Alice and John
(D) Alice and James - What major contrast does the poem “The Wild Swans at Coole” fixate on?
(A) Sadness and happiness
(B) Desire and love
(C) Change and permanence
(D) Ugliness and beauty - Identify the figure of speech in the given passage:
“Such harmonious madness
From my lips would flow…”
(A) Oxymoron
(B) Irony
(C) Antithesis
(D) Litotes - The teacher recommended the new edition of the text.
(A) to
(B) for
(C) Both (A) and (B) are correct
(D) None of the above - What are the three great weaknesses of human beings according to Shelley in the poem “To a Skylark”?
(A) Hate, pride and fear
(B) Hate, pride and love
(C) Hate, love and fear
(D) Hate, fear and love - What is “Lethe” in Keats’ poem “Ode to a Nightingale”?
(A) The river of wailing
(B) The river of forgetfulness
(C) The river of forgetful
(D) The river of first - Who are believed to bless the lovers be24 they start their last ride together in Browning’s poem “The Last Ride Together”?
(A) The Sun, the moon and the star
(B) The Sun, the cloud and the evening star
(C) The Sun, the evening star and the wind
(D) The Sun, the moon and the wind - To whom does Ulysses wants to leave the kingly authority and the kingdom?
(A) Achilles
(B) Homer
(C) Eumaeus
(D) Telemachus
- Where are the swans floating in the poem “The Wild Swans at Coole”?
(A) Among the stones upon the brimming water
(B) Among the foams of the brimming water
(C) Among the woodland near the lake
(D) At the lake’s edge - What are the reasons of the stranger soldier’s sense of sorrow in the poem “Strange Meeting”?
(A) Hopelessness and the sense of undone years
(B) Loss of beloved and injustice
(C) Injustice and the sense of undone years
(D) Hopelessness and injustice - Identify the figure of speech in the given poetic line:
“And Winter’s dregs made desolate the weakening eye of day.”
(A) Euphemism
(B) Periphrasis
(C) Antithesis
(D) Illusion - What is the setting of Act II of Shaw’s Arms and the Man?
(A) Major Petkoff’s garden
(B) Raina’s dressing room
(C) Catherine’s kitchen
(D) Raina’s library - Why Captain Bluntschli came to return the coat by himself in Shaw’s Arms and the Man?
(A) So that he could give Raina some chocolates
(B) So that he could have one more glimpse of the entrancing Raina
(C) So that he could borrow books from Petkoff’s library
(D) So that he could say sorry to Raina - Who introduced the narrator with Wilson in Maugham’s “The Lotus Eater”?
(A) Friend and host of the narrator
(B) Antonio, the cook
(C) A peasant living in Capri
(D) Wilson’s landlord - What does the mysterious beauty of swans symbolize in the poem “The Wild Swans at Coole”?
(A) Transitoriness of world
(B) Human world of human joy
(C) Human world of romantic love
(D) Power of imagination - Identify the handsome young officer in Shaw’s Arms and the Man who leads an attack against the Serbs which was an overwhelming success.
(A) Captain Bluntschli
(B) Major Petkoff
(C) Sergius Saranoff
(D) Nicola - What is the most “priceless thing” according to Wilson in Maugham’s “The Lotus Eater”?
(A) Pleasure
(B) Leisure
(C) Love
(D) Fantasy - How the watch chain is described by the narrator in the short story “Gift of the Magi”?
(A) The chain is described as possessing “love and benevolence”
(B) The chain is described as possessing “generosity and value”
(C) The chain is described as possessing “penance and love”
(D) The chain is described as possessing “quietness and love”
- What a man must speak about according to Arsat in Joseph Conrad’s “The Lagoon”?
(A) War and love
(B) Love and money
(C) Money and war
(D) War and wisdom - Who had helped Arsat to elope with his beloved in Joseph Conrad’s “The Lagoon”?
(A) The white man
(B) Ismail Midah
(C) Dendring
(D) Arsat’s brother - Identify the fruits that Elia loved watching in the garden in the essay “Dream Children: A Reverie”.
(A) Oranges, peaches and apples
(B) Nectarines, peaches and lemons
(C) Nectarines, peaches, oranges
(D) Lemons, nectarines and apples - Which one of the following is the ‘dumb scene’ of the play Justice?
(A) Act II, Scene II
(B) Act III, Scene II
(C) Act II, Scene III
(D) Act III, Scene III - At what time did Mrs. Thurlow everyday pushed her great rusty bicycle lower down the hill?
(A) Half-past six
(B) Half-past seven
(C) At six in the evening
(D) At six in the morning - What is the story “The Ox” primarily about?
(A) A tale of women’s pain and suffering resulting from ceaseless work and several misfortunes
(B) A tale of women’s love and passion for domestic work
(C) A tale of women’s social expectations
(D) A tale of women’s love and dwelling - How Della and Jim added value to their relationship at the end of the short story “The Gift of the Magi”?
(A) Through liberty and benevolence
(B) Through generosity and sacrifice
(C) Through personal love and penance
(D) Through benevolence and penance - Which tradition is a “cold outworn” in the poem “The World is Too Much With Us”?
(A) Greek paganism
(B) Celticism
(C) Scandinavian tradition
(D) Mesopotamian tradition - “Ride, ride together, forever ride” The rhetoric device used in this line is called—
(A) Ekphrasis
(B) Pallogay
(C) Onomatopoeia
(D) Hyperbole - Which critic has commented on the spirit of the poem “Ode to the West Wind” to the spirit of French Revolution?
(A) Kenneth Cameron
(B) M. H. Abrams
(C) G. Wilson Knight
(D) Matthew Arnold
Official Answer Key
| Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D | 19 | C | 37 | A | 55 | B | 73 | B |
| 2 | A | 20 | A | 38 | D | 56 | C | 74 | A |
| 3 | C | 21 | C | 39 | D | 57 | B | 75 | B |
| 4 | B | 22 | A | 40 | B | 58 | A | 76 | A |
| 5 | C | 23 | D | 41 | A | 59 | D | 77 | B |
| 6 | D | 24 | C | 42 | B | 60 | D | 78 | C |
| 7 | C | 25 | A | 43 | A | 61 | A | 79 | B |
| 8 | C | 26 | D | 44 | C | 62 | B | 80 | D |
| 9 | B | 27 | D | 45 | D | 63 | C | 81 | A |
| 10 | D | 28 | A | 46 | D | 64 | C | 82 | D |
| 11 | C | 29 | C | 47 | B | 65 | A | 83 | C |
| 12 | A | 30 | B | 48 | C | 66 | B | 84 | D |
| 13 | C | 31 | D | 49 | B | 67 | A | 85 | B |
| 14 | B | 32 | A | 50 | A | 68 | C | 86 | A |
| 15 | C | 33 | B | 51 | D | 69 | A | 87 | B |
| 16 | A | 34 | C | 52 | B | 70 | D | 88 | A |
| 17 | D | 35 | C | 53 | C | 71 | A | 89 | B |
| 18 | D | 36 | B | 54 | D | 72 | A | 90 | A |
