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PART A
Question No.1 Marks: 1.00
______ said I have a sister at the foreign court.
(A) Princess
(B) Florian
(C) King
(D) Cyril

Choose the apt word for the title of the chapter "The Old Sea Dog At The ______ ."
(A) Coracle
(B) Enemy's camp
(C) Shore
(D) Admiral Benbow
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_______is the name of the tavern which Tony likes to frequent.
(A) The Bingley Arms
(B) Liberty Hall
(C) The Royal Heritage
(D) The Three Pigeons

To her father, the second home coming of Saru seems to bring ________.
(A) Burden
(B) Repulsion
(C) Fear
(D) Horror
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If the simple interest of a certain sum of money at 6% p.a for 4 ½ years is Rs 81, then the sum of
money will be:
(A) Rs. 325
(B) Rs. 340
(C) Rs. 225
(D) Rs. 300

Depletion of ozonosphere would result:
(A) in the rise of rainfall amount
(B) in the rise of agriculture production
(C) in the rise of surface temperature
(D) in the rise of population growth
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When you move to a higher altitude from the surface of Earth, the value of 'g'
(A)
(B)
reduces
same (9.81 ms-2)
(C) none of the options
.
(D) increases
Question No.8
'It is the tree's lament, an eerie speech. . . ' What figure of speech is used in this line ?
(A) Zoomorphism
(B) Simile
(C) Metaphor
(D) Personification


In Margaret Lawrence's novel, ______is a science fiction writer.
(A) Julian Garvey
(B) Jake Fogler
(C) Peter Challoner
(D) Luke Venturi

The tone of the poem "The snow man" is:
(A) meditative
(B) lively
(C) happy
(D) sad
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Nuptial love maketh, mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth and
embaseth it. Who
(A)
(B)
Francis Bacon
Ben Jonson
said the above mentioned words?
(C) Spenser
(D) Chaucer

The theory of forms is expounded systematically by Plato in his work…
(A) Gorgias
(B) Phaedo and the Republic
(C) Symposium
(D) Apology


Choose the title of the English movie which had been seen by Rahel and Estha for the third time.
(A) The Sound of Music
(B) Prime Bodies
(C) Heart of Darkness
(D) Sea Queen
Question No.14
Treasure Island has ___ parts. Marks: 1.00
(A) 7
(B) 6
(C) 5
(D) 8

The Greek word 'deixis' (pronounced like day - Icksis)' which means ' ' via language.
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(A)
(B)
(D)
forwarding
pointing
(C) waiting
looking

In the preface to the second edition of 'Arrow of God', Achebe speaks of Ezeulu as .
(A) a high priest responsible for the community's redemption
(B) thwarted victim of circumstances
(C) warrior leader endowed with divine powers
(D) a victim consecrating by his agony


Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burned the topless towers of Ilium ? Whose
beauty is praised in these lines ?
(A) Hecuba
(B) Clytemnestra
(C) Helen of Troy
(D) Cleopatra

What kind of poem is "When Lilacs Last" ?
(A) A sonnet
(B) An elegy
(C) A panegyric
(D) A dirge
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Question No.19
(A)
(B)
DPT vaccine
FMD vaccine
Marks: 1.00
Name the oral vaccine given against the Poliomyelitis.
(C) Sabin vaccine

(D) Salk vaccine

"As for his style, it is spacious and ornate, but he has little ear for rhythm and melody …" The
above lines reflect the features of the novelist.
(A) Walter Scott
(B) William Hazlitt
(C) Michael Scott
(D) Charles Lever


In the poem "This is my letter to the world", what is personified?
(A) nature
(B) birds
(C) world
(D) sky

'Sorrow' saith this Holy man, 'and be glad of thy sorrow'. This line appears in More's 'Four Last
Things'. Who is the Holy man ?
(A) St. Austin
(B) St. Mathews
(C) St. Luke
(D) Francis
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It is a strange thing, that in sea-voyages Where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea .
Complete this quote from Bacon's of Travel.
(A)
(B)
men should dream
men should contemplate
(C) men should sleep
(D) men should make diaries

Sir Formal, though unsought, attends thy quill. Sir Formal is a character in Shadwell's play titled
______ .
(A) Psyche
(B) The Miser
(C) The Humorists
(D) The Virtuoso


The critical power is of lower rank than the creative.
Who made this powerful comment in support of creative power ?
(A) Bacon
(B) Coleridge
(C) Johnson
(D) Matthew Arnold

What does I.A. Richards say in the opening lines of his essay 'The Analysis of a Poem' ?
(A) the qualification of a good critic
(B) the normality of the artist
(C) badness in poetry
(D) how to analyse a poem
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The inter-related images such as windows, doors, locks and keys used by Emily Bronte reflect
the :
(A) love hate theme
(B) light and darkness theme
(C) inside outside theme
(D) comfort and pleasure theme

______ is Demoke's apprentice.
(A) Eshuoro
(B) Oremole
(C) Ogun
(D) Adenebi


The chapter "Nine Days" appears in the text :
(A) Emma
(B) Talisman
(C) Wuthering Heights
(D) A Tale of Two cities

What's a seraph ?
(A) A kind of paintbrush
(B) A colorful bird
(C) A dangerous snake
(D) A powerful angel
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Jane Austen's EMMA reflects the pictures of :
(A)
(B)
a domestic Novel
everyday incidents
(C) everyday existence
(D) a romantic Novel

The character Charles fell in love with .
(A) Miss. Abbott
(B) Irma
(C) Caroline
(D) Lilia Theobald


Which of the following represents the supreme symbol of 'Rose' ?
(A) sapphires of heaven
(B) heart of humanhood
(C) passion-flower of the Nameless
(D) essence and efflorescence of God

The manuscripts of Piers the Plowman appears in _____ forms.
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 2
(D) 3
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Sir Roger being a good churchman has beautified the inside of his Church with _____.
(A)
(C)
the complete text of The Bible
(B) several texts of his choosing
decorative, colourful lamps
(D) innumerable Biblical paintings

Who was regarded as the "Father of modern Tamil Short Story" during the days of freedom
struggle ?
(A) Subramaniya Bharathi
(B) V.V.S. Iyer
(C) Bharathidasan
(D) P. Anandacharlu


Where was 'Evam Indrajit' first presented in English ?
(A) at the Museum Theatre in Calcutta
(B) at the Museum Theatre in Delhi
(C) at the Museum Theatre in Bombay
(D) at the Museum Theatre in Madras

_______is an officially, bilingual country with both French and English as official languages.
(A) France
(B) Italy
(C) Canada
(D) Spain
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Ezeulu sends his son _____to the white man's school and church to make him learn his culture as
much as he can.
(A)
(B)
Nwoki
Okuata
(C) Obika
(D) Oduche

_____served as Minister of Public and Health of Madras Presidency in the T. Prakasam Cabinet.
(A) Rukmani Lakshmipathi
(B) Subbulakshmi Reddy
(C) Avinashillingam Chettiar
(D) P. Rangaiah Naidu


The term 'Broca's area' is derived from the name of the French Surgeon :
(A) Paul Broca
(B) Manette Broca
(C) Monte Broca
(D) Roni Broca

Who is Zia-ud-din Barani in 'Tughlaq' ?
(A) Prince of Sampanshahr
(B) Politician
(C) Historian
(D) Commander-in-chief
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How big are the blueberries in the aptly titled "Blue Berries" ?
(A)
(B)
as big as a strawberry
as big as a quarter
(C) as big as the end of your thumb
(D) as big as your eyeballs

Which is Chaucer's first narrative poem ?
(A) The Parliament of Fowls
(B) The Book of the Duchess
(C) The Canterbury Tales
(D) The Merchant's Tale


The school which was started by Anderson and Braidwood, later it was called as .
(A) Loyola college
(B) Presidency college
(C) Scott Christian college
(D) Madras Christian college

After the first performance of "The Rivals", Sheridan had to recast the character of .
(A) Lucius O'Trigger
(B) Jack Absolute
(C) Mirabeal
(D) Lydia
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Suspecting an illicit affair, All worthy commanded Partridge to _____ as a punishment.
(A)
(B)
apologise to Jenny Jones
abandon his profession
(C) leave somerset shire
(D) confess his guilt

Gray's elegy is written in _____.
(A) rhyme royal
(B) iambic pentametre quartrains
(C) iambic hexametre quartrains
(D) heroic couplets


Claudius in 'Hamlet' is guilty of _____.
(A) fratricide
(B) matricide
(C) amicicide
(D) suicide

According to Campbell, how do the great lakes stretch away ?
(A) under the moonlit sky
(B) white and wan and waste
(C) wan and waste and white
(D) under the dusk and the day
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What is the name of Uolpone's servant ?
(A)
(B)
Voltore
Corbaccio
(C) Mosca
(D) Bonario

The initial sounds in 'led' and 'red' are described as .
(A) semi - solids
(B) solids
(C) semi - liquids
(D) liquids


The narrator in 'Surfacing' discerns that her father's strange drawings refer to _____, he had been
researching.
(A) ancient marble carvings
(B) ancient rock paintings
(C) ancient hidden treasures
(D) historical inscriptions

The Corridors of Power was published in :
(A) 1958
(B) 1970
(C) 1968
(D) 1963
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Question No.55
(A)
(B)
Mimesis
Katharsis
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Which is the Aristotelian keyword that occurs twice in Poetics?
(C) Hamartia
(D) Spoudaios

The entire play of 'Tughlaq' is a symbol of the political situation of India of .
(A) Fifties
(B) Sixties
(C) Forties
(D) Seventies


Dryden calls Chaucer _____.
(A) a precious jewel
(B) a gift of Muse
(C) a rough diamond
(D) a superior poet

'Grand climacteric' from Lamb's essay, refers to which year in an individual's life ?
(A) 83rd year
(B) 48th year
(C) 63rd year
(D) 99th year
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'To My Mother', of Edgar Allan Poe is a :
(A)
(B)
(C)
elegy
devotional sonnet
lyrical ballad
(D) essay

'The title is better than accurate, it is a well developed metaphor' observes Margaret Wimsalt.
Which novel does she refer to _____ ?
(A) Arrow of God
(B) Surfacing
(C) The Fire Dwellers
(D) The Edible Woman


Robert Browning was born on _____.
(A) May 7, 1812
(B) May 5, 1812
(C) May 6, 1813
(D) May 8, 1813

'Indo - European' is used because it merely suggests that the languages it comprises cover most
of Europe and .
(A) Italian
(B) America
(C) India
(D) France
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Question No.63
______
(A)
(B)
Marks: 1.00
was a strict vegetarian.
Virginia Woolf
G.B. Shaw
(C) T.S. Eliot
(D) A.L. Huxley

Millamant has a particular aversion to an _____ man.
(A) illiterate
(B) arrogant
(C) innocent
(D) ignorant


The symbols used by Walt Whitman in 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' are :
(A) bird and star
(B) sun and the moon
(C) moon and star
(D) sun and star

The Wet stones are glistening like .
(A) Rusty bars
(B) Sleepy crocodiles
(C) Skeletal rib cages
(D) Shaven water buffaloes
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The character 'Mary South' in The Woodlanders is a _____ girl.
(A)
(B)
pretentious
urban
(C) village
(D) modern

'He has got this little set of rules. If I break one of them, I get punished, except that he keeps
changing them, I'm never sure' These lines appear in the novel 'Surfacing'. Whose words are
these ?
About Whom ?
(A) Anna about Evans
(B) Anna about David
(C) Narrator about David
(D) David about Evans


'So shall thy chastened spirit yearn To seek from its blind prayer release, And spent and
pardoned, sue to learn The simple secret of My peace.'
Who said these words in the poem ?
(A) Soul
(B) Poet
(C) Child
(D) God

The sub-title of "The Importance of Being Earnest" is :
(A) Farcical comedy
(B) Filament of fantasy
(C) A trivial comedy for serious people
(D) Butterfly for butterflies
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What does Charles Lamb mean by "his walking destinies " ?
(A) the fate which pushed him to isolation
(B) the fate which guided his wanderings
(C) the fate which made him a walking library
(D) the fate which guided him to travel and write

Who is 'Saint Gothard' as referred in Lamb's essay ?
(A) The Saint after whom one of the peaks and passes of the Alps is named
(B) The Saint after whom a tomb was rebuilt in Rome
(C) The Saint after whom Mount Etna was renamed
(D) The Saint who became the leader to the native people


To Satan, eating the apple is ____.
(A) an act of defiance
(B) an act of wilfulness
(C) the creation's right
(D) a petty trespass

Some of the basic components of a word like 'needle' in English are :
(A) blood, wound
(B) need, weed
(C) hot, melt
(D) thin, sharp
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_____ are new words formed from the initial letters of a set of other words.
(A) Acronyms
(B) Eponyms
(C) Etymology
(D) Morphemes

Coleridge's critical career extended to three decades. They are :
(A) 1810 - 1841
(B) 1802 - 1832
(C) 1800 - 1834
(D) 1811 – 1841


The anti-hero character Long John Silver in Treasure Island was suggested by Stevenson's friend
_____ .
(A) Stephen
(B) Edwin
(C) Henley
(D) Richard

"You must not mind if your aunt is strict with you. She is a very good woman, and desires your
good too." Who says this to whom ?
(A) Essie to Judith
(B) Judith to Essie
(C) Mrs. Dudgeon to Mrs. Anderson
(D) Judith to Mrs. Dudgeon
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Who is the pioneer of New Criticism ?
(A) T.S. Eliot
(B) John Crowe Ransom
(C) L.C. Knights
(D) I.A. Richards

In what method memorization is encouraged, and written language rather than spoken language
is emphasized ?
(A) Over generalisation method
(B) Language Acquisition method
(C) Over extension method
(D) Grammar - translation method


Ambiguity in a poem, as with any other communication, may be the fault of the poet or of the
reader. This is the opening line of I.A. Richard's essay… .
(A) Art and morals
(B) Memory
(C) Judgement and Divergent Readings
(D) Pleasure

The essential emotion of the play is the feeling of a son towards a guilty mother. Who made this
comment about Hamlet ?
(A) T.S. Eliot
(B) Mr. Robertson
(C) Dr. Johnson
(D) Cleanth Brooks
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What does the last line in the first three stanzas of The West Wind," Oh, hear!" suggest ?
(A) A negative call
(B) A prayer and a known power
(C) An anonymous and unknown power
(D) An argument for atheism

Treasure Island first appeared in the magazine ______.
(A) Our Young Folks
(B) Folks at Home
(C) Old and Young Folks
(D) Young Folks


_______was the son of an Irish painter.
(A) W.B. Yeats
(B) T.S. Eliot
(C) E.M. Forster
(D) A.L. Huxley

______ represents the late Victorian view of the aristocracy, marriage, wit and social life.
(A) The Importance of Being Earnest
(B) Time Must Have a Stop
(C) Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown
(D) The Devil's Disciple
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When was Preface to Shakespeare published?
(A)
(B)
1764
1765
(C) 1762
(D) 1763

Name the fairy couple in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(A) Oberon and Titania
(B) Helena and Demetrius
(C) Theseus and Hippolyta
(D) Hermia and Lysander


" His poems exploit the weird, the supernatural, and the Obscure." Whose poems are referred to
in the above statement ?
(A) Coleridge
(B) Byron
(C) Keats
(D) Wordsworth

A monarchy where there is no nobility at all, is ever a pure and absolute tyranny. Where are
these lines taken from ?
(A) of Travel
(B) of Nobility
(C) of Love
(D) of Friendship
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"Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown" appeared in .
(A) New York Evening Post
(B) Yorkshire Post
(C) The Daily Post
(D) The Spectator

Who introduced Tamil as the medium of Instruction in Schools all over the Madras Presidency?
(A) Avinashillingam Chettiar
(B) Subbulakshmi Reddy
(C) Rukmani Lakshmipathi
(D) P. Rangaiah Naidu


_____ is the Patron God of carvers.
(A) Ogun
(B) Murete
(C) Eshuoro
(D) Aroni

Who is called as Sudanthrananda ?
(A) A. Subramaniya Ayyar
(B) Subramaniya Siva
(C) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
(D) Vanchinathan
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The poem "A Something in a Summer's day", has :
(A)
(B)
4 stanzas
6 stanzas
(C) 7 stanzas
(D) 5 stanzas

Sir Andrew Freeport's favourite frugal maxim is _____.
(A) spend less save more
(B) a penny spent is a penny less
(C) a penny saved is a penny got
(D) penny wise pound foolish


The well - known diagram equating the mind with the nervous system by I.A. Richards appears
in the
_____ chapter of his principles of Literary Criticism.
(A) 10th chapter
(B) 11th chapter
(C) 12th chapter
(D) 14th chapter

In his poem "The Lake", Edgar Allan Poe refers to death as :
(A) a lovely breeze
(B) a strong perfume
(C) a sweet honey
(D) a poisonous wave
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_____ is recognised as the leading figure in the artistic movement called Pre-Raphaelitism.
(A) Matthew Arnold
(B) Robert Browning
(C) D.G. Rossetti
(D) Alfred Tennyson

The term _____ describes the use of words (yeah, really ?) or sounds (hmm, oh) by
listeners while someone else is speaking.
(A) inner - channels
(B) front channels
(C) right channels
(D) back – channels


Kant's 'Critique of Judgment' is used by an English poet without acknowledgement. Who is it ?
(A) Coleridge
(B) Shakespeare
(C) Wordsworth
(D) Sydney

The story of _____ is set at the time of Napoleonic wars.
(A) Treasure Island
(B) A Tale of Two cities
(C) Vanity Fair
(D) Romola
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'Night of the Scorpion' is written in .
(A)
(B)
Heroic Verse
Rhymed Verse
(C) Blank Verse
(D) Free Verse

A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband; to his enemy but
upon terms; With whom can we speak, according to Bacon, as we intend ?
(A) mother
(B) brother
(C) daughter
(D) friend


'Sundari' is a type of tree extensively found in :
(A) Sundarbans
(B) Deccan Plateau
(C) Western Ghats
(D) Eastern Ghats

Which is the foremost theme in Emily Dickinson's poems _____?
(A) Science
(B) Death
(C) Nature
(D) God
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The house of Buon delmonti appears in the text :
(A) Vanity Fair
(B) Romola
(C) Treasure Island
(D) A Tale of Two cities

Kanuri is a language spoken in .
(A) Uganda
(B) Nigeria
(C) Egypt
(D) Kenya


Ezra Pound, in the Pisan Cantos LXXIV refers to ________ tree.
(A) Mango
(B) Coconut
(C) Olive
(D) Banana

" If all else perished and he remained, I should still continue to be …" The above extract reveals
the heroine's intensity of her passion …" The lines are from:
(A) Walter Scott's: THE TALISMAN
(B) George Eliot's: ADAM BEDE
(C) Emily Bronte's: WUTHERING HEIGHTS
(D) Jane Austen's: EMMA
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PART B
'He and Chaucer, among other things had this in common.'
1. Who is referred to here?
(a) Boccacio
(b) Petrarch
(c) Homer
(d) Dante
2. What did they have in common?

(i) they wrote court poems
(ii) they had Latin influence
(iii) they refined their mother-tongues
(iv) they influenced English poetry
(A) (c) - (iv) (Chosen option)
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(B)
(C)
(D)
(d) - (ii)
(a) - (iii)
(b) - (i)

Fortunately, one admirer is chained to England. _____cannot leave the crops or the climate or
something.
(A) Mr. Kingcroft
(B) Philip
(C) Lilia
(D) Mrs. Herriton


The chapter number of "Old Piano" in Vanity Fair is :
(A) LX
(B) LXVII
(C) LXV
(D) LXIV
* LIX

Wallace Stevens first published his poem "The Snow Man" in :
(A) a magazine
(B) a book
(C) collection of poems
(D) literary criticism
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"Creedle met Giles at the pump" is given in the chapter _____ of the Woodlanders.
(A) IX
(B) X
(C) VIII
(D) XI

______is Henry VIII's wife whom he divorces because she did not produce a male heir.
(A) Portia
(B) Elizabeth
(C) Isabella
(D) Katherine


Match the following:
a) Obneji i) Madame Tortoise
b) Rola ii) Tree imp
c) Ogun iii) Forest Head
d) Mutete iv) Patron God
(A) (a) - (i), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iv)

(B) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii)
(C) (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (ii)
(D) (a) - (iv), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (i)

Match the List – I with list – ii using the code given
List – I List – II
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a) What need of ceremony among friends
b) He might have mustered for a tall scapula
c) How was he chirp and expand over a muffin
i) Oxford in Vacation
ii) The South Sea House
iii) Christ’s Hospital Five and Thirty
Years Ago
d) The Client was dismissed, with certain iv) All Fools Day
attentions, to smithfield
(A) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (iii), (d) - (i)
(B) (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i)
(C) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (i), (d) - (iv)
(D) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iii)


Match the following:
(Characters) (Relationship)
a) Elida i) Dying Artist
b) Hilda ii) Tutor
c) Lyngstrand iii) Mother
d) Arnholm iv) Daughter
(A) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (i), (d) - (iv)
(B) (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iv)
(C) (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)
(D) (a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)

Which of the following statements are not true about the happenings in Achebe’s Novels?
i) The ritual of hurling new pumpkin leaves at Uil’s feet signifies the beginning of the
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ii)
iii)
iv)
New Yam Festival
Umuaro is made up of six villages and linked by their worship of a common God Ulu
Ezeulu ignites the war between umaro and okperi over a land dispute.
Winter bottom issues an arrest warrant to Ezeulu for his non-acceptance of the
Christian God
(A) (i) and (ii) only
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iii) only
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)


The explicative analysis of internal verbal interactions characteristic of the New Criticism
derives from such books as and ______.
(A) Empson's "Seven Types of Ambiguity" ; Frye's "The Critical Path"
(B) I.A. Richard's "Practical Criticism" ; Empson's "Seven Types of Ambiguity"
(C) Wellek's "Concepts of Criticism" ; Aristotle's "Poetics"
(D) I.A. Richard's "Principles of Literary Criticism" ; Eliot's "Hamlet and His Problems"

Match the following words with their meanings, as given by I.A Richards in ‘Principals of
Literary Criticism’.
a) Tied images i) Visual images
b) Free imagery ii) an ingredient of consciousness
c) Feelings iii) auditory and articulatory images
d) Coenaesthesia iv) commonly signs
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(A)
(B)
(D)
(a) - (ii) ;(b) - (i); (c) - (iv) ; (d) - (iii)
(a) - (iv) ;(b) - (iii); (c) - (i) ; (d) - (ii)
(C) (a) - (iii) ;(b) - (iv); (c) - (ii) ; (d) - (i)
(a) - (iii) ;(b) - (i); (c) - (iv) ; (d) - (ii)

Bonario and Celia are tried for _____in the court.
(A) Theft
(B) Adultery
(C) Gossipping
(D) Murder


The reverse process, called _____has overtaken the old English word 'hund' once used for any
kind of dog, but now, as hound, used only for some specific breeds.
(A) climbing
(B) rising
(C) narrowing
(D) Straightening

Match the list – I with the list – II using the code given
List – I (Dialogues) List – II ( Characters)
a) You cannot have been always at Longbourn i) Mr. Collins
b) I will make no promise of the kind ii) Mr. Bennet
c) He is as fine a fellow as ever I saw iii) Mr. Darcy
d) I am convinced it will add very greatlyt to my happiness iv) Elizabeth
(A) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii), (d) - (ii)
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(B) (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (iii)
(C) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i)
(D) (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)

Phonemic distinctions in a language can be tested via _____and ______ .
(A) Innateness and hypothesis
(B) Syllables and cluster
(C) Free and bound morphemes
(D) Pairs and set of words


In the old scythian custom - when the head of a house died, he was _____.
(A) taken to the King's house
(B) adorned with jewellery
(C) seated on a chair
(D) dressed in finest clothes

"I hope to be listened to this time" says :
(A) Robert Browning
(B) Alfred Tennyson
(C) Matthew Arnold
(D) D.G. Rossetti
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Match the following characters with the apt description:
a) Chacko
b) Sophie Mol
c) Velutha
i) Ammu’s low caste lover
ii) Rahel’s twin brother
iii) Once a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford
d) Esthappen iv) Who died later by drowning
(A) (a) - (ii) ; (b) - (iii) ; (c) - (iv) ; (d) - (i)
(B) (a) - (iii) ; (b) - (ii) ; (c) - (iv) ; (d) - (i)
(C) (a) - (iii) ; (b) - (iv) ; (c) - (i) ; (d) - (ii)
(D) (a) - (ii) ; (b) - (iv) ; (c) - (iii) ; (d) - (i)

Solinus, the Duke of Ephesus is leading to be executed in the opening of the play.
(A) Balthasar
(B) Adriana
(C) Doctor Pinch
(D) Egeon


What are the symbols used in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" ?
(A) the cave
(B) the cave, the storm, the treasure and the village
(C) the treasure
(D) the storm

The title of the 17th chapter in Corridors of Power is :
(A) The Switch of Suscipion
(B) Sudden Cessation of a Nuisance
(C) The Euphoria of Touching Wood
(D) Pretext for a Conversation
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Which of the statements are not true?
i)
ii)
iii)
Enchanted with the beauty of Eve and Eden, for a time Satan remains stupidly good.
Book IX ends with Satan’s victory over Adam and Eve.
Satan enters the body of a sleeping serpent.
iv) Eve is frightened to see a serpent talking in the language of man.
(A) (i) and (iv)
(B) (i) and (ii)
(C) (ii) and (iv)
(D) (ii) and (iii)


According to Mathew Arnold, the great force of the epoch of concentration was and the great
voice of that epoch of concentration was _____.
(A) France ; Flaubert
(B) England ; Burke
(C) England ; Obermann
(D) France ; Joubert

Whom does Theseus marry at the end of the play ?
(A) Portia
(B) Titania
(C) Hermia
(D) Hyppolyta
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Match the list – I with the list – II
List – I
a) Though winning near the goal – yet, do not grieve i) To a Sky lark
List – II
b) Thy music does surpass ii) The Rime of the Ancient

Mariner
c) The spring of love gushed form my heart iii) Kublakhan
d) As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted iv) Ode on a Grecina Urn
(A) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii)
(B) (a) - (i), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iv)
(C) (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)
(D) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iii)

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… Those who have a mind to correspond with me may direct their letters to the Spectator at Mr.
Buckley’s in Little Britain.
Mr. Buckley and Little Britain are references to ____ and _____
Match Column – A with B for the appropriate answer
A B
a) Sir Roger i) Street
b) Publisher ii) Club
c) Sir Roger’s Friend iii) Coffee House
d) Sir Roger’s Assisant iv) Book seller’s hub
(A) (b) - (iv)
(B) (a) - (iii)
(C) (d) - (i)
(D) (c) - (ii)
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The varied impressions of the Casuarina Tree glow with the memory of the poet's lost ______
and _____.
(A) cousins ; brothers
(B) brother ; sister
(C) mother ; father
(D) husband ; children


Match the following utterances from ‘A Dance of the Forests’, with those who uttered them
1 2
a) I’ll be revenged i) Rola
b) The world is big but the dead are bigger ii) Dirgeman
c) You men are conceited fools iii) Eshuoro
d) Leave the dead some room to dance iv) Dead Woman
(A) (a) - (iv), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (i)
(B) (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)
(C) (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iv)
(D) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i)

Match the utterances in section – I with the characters in Section - II
Section – I Section – II
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a) It is better to be left than never to have been loved
b) Friendship without freedom is as dull as love without
enjoyment or wine without toasting
c) Men are even in their extremes, either doting or averse
i) Witwood
ii) Mirabell
iii) Mrs. Marwood

d) Beauty is the lover’s gift iv) Mrs. Fainall
(A) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii)
(B) (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (ii)
(C) (a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)
(D) (a) - (i), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (iv)


The general view is that the critical period for first language acquisition lasts from birth until
_____.
(A) death
(B) childhood
(C) puberty
(D) adulthood

"I've always been accustomed to travel like a gentle man." This line is taken from :
(A) Vanity Fair
(B) Treasure Island
(C) A Tale of Two Cities
(D) Romola
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Match the List – I with List - II
List – I (Characters)
a) Meg Murdockson
List – II ( Profession)
i) Dairy Maid
b) Mrs. Glass ii) Landlady of the ‘Seven Stars’
c) Mrs. Dutton iii) Nurse
d) Mrs. Dolly Bickerton iv) Tobacconist
(A) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iii)
(B) (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)
(C) (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (iii)
(D) (a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)


Match the following characters with the correct descriptions:
a) Indrajit i) The real Romeo
b) Manasi ii) Takes over an ubiquitous and omniscient presence
c) Amal iii) Indian Zeus
d) The Writer iv) Indrajit’s first cousin on the mother side
(A) (a) - (ii) ; (b) - (iii) ; (c) - (iv) ; (d) - (i)
(B) (a) - (i) ; (b) - (iv) ; (c) - (ii) ; (d) - (iii)
(C) (a) - (i) ; (b) - (ii) ; (c) - (iii) ; (d) - (iv)
(D) (a) - (iii) ; (b) - (iv) ; (c) - (i) ; (d) - (ii)

Another feature of a 'register' is the use of _____which is special technical vocabulary associated
with a specific area of work or interest.
(A) dialect continuum
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(B) cognates
(C) Jargon
(D) post- creole continuum

For Emerson THINKING means the :
(A) the unveiling of an ideal form
(B) the unveiling of god
(C) the unveiling of self
(D) the unveiling of talents


"I never saw a woman so altered, she looks quite twenty years younger". Who gives this
comment ?
(A) Algernon
(B) Lady Bracknell
(C) Miss. Prism
(D) Gwendolen

What are the four kinds of functions of human utterances ?
(A) Sense, Feeling, Tone, Intention
(B) Sense, Feeling, Tone, Communication
(C) Communication, Intention, Tone, Feeling
(D) Communication, Intention, Sense, Feeling
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Deshpande's "The Dark Holds No Terrors" covers the protagonist's life-story from her _____to
her _____.
(A) birth ; death
(B) childhood days ; married life
(C) infancy ; adulthood
(D) marriage ; old age

"The Great God Brown" was published in :
(A) 1923
(B) 1932
(C) 1936
(D) 1926

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