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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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(B) Tantbtrrlttine
Fctusttts
(C) The Tt'agicalHisror 't'of Dr
(D) Edv'ardIt

as a Poet?
the follorvingpoemsby Shelleyis a tribute to Keats
5. Which among
(B) Promethetts (Jnbound
'Ode to the WestWind'
(A)
'MutabilitY' (D) Adonais
(C)

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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

year -
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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. 19. 'SaleelnSinai'is thecentralcharacter


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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'I{ybridity' is oneof the majorthemestn :


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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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50. "Sirehadtwo sonset risingtlay
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;: t e 'l bl e a l o n c"
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Tlrc rnc'ricalpatteil usedin theselinesis : J
(A) anapaest (B) iamb l
(Cr) trochee (D) dactyl

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