Shri Shivaji Education Society Amravati,s

Dhanwate National College,Nagpur.

English Language & Literary Quiz –2021-2022

(An Academic Activity by English Department)

Time—1hour Total marks –100

Note : -- All the questions are MCQs Tick the correct answer

Q.1. Who wrote the ‘Geetanjali’?

a. Rabindranath Tagore b. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar c.Munshi Premchand

Q.2. Whose autobiography is ‘The Story of My Experiments with Truth’?

a.Mahatma Gandhi b.Pandit Nehru c.Rabindranath Tagore

Q.3. ‘Wings of Fire’ is the name of autobiography of ---

a.A P J Abdul Kalam b.Rajendra Prasad c. S R Radhkrishnan

Q.4. The plays ,’Hamlet’ , ‘Othello’, ‘King Lear’, & ‘Macbeth’ are ----- by Shakespeare.

a.tragedies b.comedies c.romances d.sonnets

Q.5. ‘Saki’is the pen name of ------.

a.Hector Hugh Munro b.A G Gardiner c.Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Q.6. Point out the short story writer from the names below ----

a.Saki b. A G Gardiner c. Robert Lynd d.William Hazlitt

Q.7. Point out an essayist from the names cited below –

a.Saki b.Anton Chekhov c.Charles Lamb d.O Henry

Q.8. ‘Pleasures of Ignorance’ is an essay written by ----

a.Charles Lamb b. A G Gardiner c. Robert Lynd d.William Hazlitt

Q.9. ‘Values in Life’is ---- by Rudyard Kipling.

a. an essay b. a short story c.a poem d. a speech

Q.10. ‘Leisure’ is a poem written by -----

a.S T Coleridge b.Oliver Goldsmith c.W H Davies d.Wordsworth

Q.11. Point out one Victorian Age novelist from below ---

a. Walter Scott b. Jane Austen c. Anne Radcliffe d.Thomas Hardy

Q.12. ‘Alfred Tennyson’ was a ------- Age poet.

a.Elizabethan b.Victorian c.Romantic d.Modern

Q.13. ‘The Model Millionaire’, ‘The Happy Prince’ & ‘The Selfish Giant’etc. are names of

a few short stories by -----.

a.Oscar Wilde b.Anton Chekhov c.Somerset Maugham d. O Henry

Q.14. Alliteration, Repetition, Simile, Oxymoron, Transferred Epithet etc. are -

a. figures of speech b. kinds of poems c. unities

Q.15. The well known writer of historical novels from below was -----.

a. Walter Scott b. Jane Austen c. Virginia Woolf d.Thomas Hardy

Q.16. ‘What a beautiful scene !’is an ------- sentence.

a. Exclamatory b.Interrogative c.Imperative d.Assertive

Q.17. “When will you complete your assignment of English?” is an ----- sentence.

a. Exclamatory b.Interrogative c.Imperative d.Assertive

Q.18. “Nagpur is famous for oranges.” is an --------- sentence.

a. Exclamatory b.Interrogative c.Imperative d.Assertive

Q.19. “Keep silence . Sit down. Order, order.” etc. are examples of ----- sentences.

a. Exclamatory b.Interrogative c.Imperative d.Asserive

Q.20. Point out a compound sentence from below :-

a. “I went to college yesterday but it was closed due to a strike of the students.”

b. “As there was a strike of the students the college was closed yesterday.”

Q.21. Write the antonym of ‘ strength’ ---

a.weakness b.power c.breadth d. health

Q.22.Write the antonym of ---- ‘cheerful’ ---

a. joyful b. playful c.cheerless d. hateful
Q.23. Write the synonym of --- ‘wealth’ ---

a. riches b.poverty c. well being d.will

Q.24. Write the synonym of ‘Principles’

a.Ideals b.principals c. limitations d. formulas

Q.25. Write one word for ----‘ one who is all powerful’ ---

a. omniscient b.omnipotent c. omnivorous

Q.26. Give one word for--- ‘ Rule by one’ ---

a.democracy b.autocracy c.plutocracy d.oligarchy

Q.27. They ----- ----- in a company since 1990.

a. has been working b.have been working

Q.28. I ---- ----- in a college for fifteen years.

a. have worked b. has worked c. are working d. were working

Q.29.A group of students ---- ---- in class room no.16 on the second floor.

a.are sitting b. is sitting c. am sitting

Q.30. Ms. Polly played badminton ----the school-boys one afternoon.

a.with b.on c. of d.from

Q.31. Aunt Polly shouted ---- Tom angrily for his mischiefs.

a.with b.at c.on d. of

Q.32.The black cat jumped ----the red water –tub.

a. in b.into c. inside d. of

Q.33. Raghu will go ----- New Delhi next Saturday for an office work.

a. to b.onwards c.from d.forward

Q.34. Mr. Suryawanshi is ----- MLA from Maharashtra state.

a. an b. a c.the

Q.35. ‘Omicron’ is the name of ---- virus.

a. the b. a c. an
Q.36. The suffix in the words, ‘ Impossible’, ‘Immovable’ etc .is ---

a. Im- b.-ble c. –ants

Q.37. The prefix in the words , ‘discontinue’, ‘disconnect’ , ‘discharge’ etc. is-

a. dis- b. -uue c.-ect

Q.38. The prefix in the words , ‘mistake’, ‘misuse’, ‘mischief’, etc. is ----.

a.mis- b. –take c. use d.chief

Q.39.The suffix in the words, ‘nation’, ‘mission’, ‘commission’, ‘solution’ , etc is ---

a. –ion b. com- c. mis- d. sol-

Q.40 Point out the adverb in the sentence “ Ramu drives his car speedily’.

a. Ramu b.speedily c. his d. drives

Q.41. Point out the adjective in the sentence “ He is hard-working.”

a. He b.is c.hard-working

Q.42. Point out the collective noun in the sentence “ I gave him a bouquet of roses on his
birthday”.

a. birthday b. I c. gave d. bouquet

Q.43. Point out the present continuous sentence from below :-

a. He is working hard. b. He is hard working.

Q.44. ‘ R K Narayan’ was an Indian novelist. He wrote the below cited novel ;-

a. The Guide b. Ivanhoe c. The Sea Hawk d. The Coral Islands

Q.45. ‘Cinderella’ , ‘Hansel & Gretel’, ‘’The Sleeping Beauty’ , ‘Beauty & the Beast’ etc. are
a few names of --------.

a.plays b. fairy tales c. poems d.novels

Q.46. 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' is a novel written by -----.

a.Lewis Carrol b.Ogden Nash c.Charles Dickens d.R L Stevenson

Q.47. Alexander Pope was popular for 'heroic couplets' as Shakespeare for ---.

a.blank verse b.rhyme royal c. alexandrine d. epics

Q.48. Arthur Conan Doyle & Agatha Christie were famous writers of ---.

a.detective stories b.comedies c.tragedies d.romances

Q.49. Covaxin, covid ,sputnik etc. are names of -----.

a.vaccines b. germicides c.anti-bacterial d.antacids

Q.50. Why cry over spilt milk? (Transform into assertive)

a.It is no use crying over spilt milk.

b.Don't cry over spilt milk.

c.Alas! for the milk that is spilt!

d.None of the above.

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