1. Which genre did Aristotle discuss in detail in The Poetics?

Epic

Drama

Rhetoric

Lyric

2. Who is the author of The Wretched of the Earth?

Chinua Achebe

NgugiWaThiong'o

Franz Fanon

Wole Soyinka

3. Janabai is associated with what specific form of poetry

doha

muktaka

abhang

khyal

4. Mamoni Raisom Goswami is a writer

Assamese

Sindhi

BangIa

Oriya

5. Who delivered the lecture on Viswasahitya

Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay

Swami Vivekananda

Munshi Premchand

Rabindranath Tagore

6. Who is the author of Ooru Keri

Namdeo Dhasal

P. Shivakami

SharankumarLimbale

Siddhalingaiah

7. The formulation of Sanskrit morphology Ashtadhyayi is credited to

Asvaghosha

Patanjali

Panini

Anandavardhana

8. Kathasaritsagara may be an adaptation of Brihatkatha written by the legendary writer

Somadeva

Udayana

Gunadhya

Vatsayana

9. The term 'mythos' refers to

Plot

Character

Dialogue

Action

10. "Our journey is not from comparative literature to comparative Indian literature, but from

Comparative Indian Literature to comparative literature" is associated with:

Ayyappa Paniker

Sisir Kumar Das

Gurbhagat Singh

Amiya Dev

11. Who wrote the first novel in English in India

Aurobindo Ghosh

Henry Derozio

Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay

Rabindranath Tagore

12. Agha Shahid Ali, an eminent poet, hails from:

Kerala

Uttar Pradesh

Kashmir

Arunachal Pradesh

13. Whose autobiography is titled Long Walk to Freedom
Chinua Achebe

Mahatma Gandhi

Fidel Castro

Nelson Mandela

14. Which of these poets wrote the song "Tarana-e-Hind"

Mirza Ghalib

Muhammad Iqbal

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Mau1ana Abu1 Kalam Azad

15. Which character narrates stories in The Thousand and One Nights

Shahryar Shahrzad Alibaba Sindbad

16. Which of these groups was modeled on the Black Panther Party from the USA?

Dalit Panthers

Pink Panther

Nation of Islam

Sisters in Islam

17. Whose autobiography is titled Diary of a Young Girl

Jane Austen

Anne Frank

Diana, Princess of Wales

Eva Braun

18. Who wrote the Arthashastra

Aryabhatta

Ashoka

Chanakya

Ved Vyasa

19. To whom does the title 'Ashtadiggaja' refer

Eight Telugu poets of the Vijayanagara Empire

Eight war elephants at the Kakatiya court

A collection of eight Bhakti poems in Kannada

A confederacy of eight Maratha poet-princes

20. Which famous chronicle did the Mughal historian Abul Fazl write?

Baburnama

Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri

Ain-i-Akbari

Shahnama

21. Which Shakespeare character was accused of "motiveless malignancy" by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

Shylock

Macbeth

Prospero

Iago

22. A History ofIndian Literature: 1800-1910 is written by

Sisir Kumar Das

Nabaneeta Dev Sen

Amiya Dev

Buddhadev Bose

23. Who among the following has not served as the Prime Minister of India:

Gulzarilal Nanda

Chandra Sekhar

V.P.Singh

Sitaram Kesri

24. A House for Mr. Biswas is a novel by:

V.S. Naipaul

Rohinton Mistry

C). Amit Chaudhuri

M.G. Vassanji

25. to Hercule Poirot as

Jacques Clouseau

Auguste Dupin

Arthur Hastings Dr. Watson is to Sherlock Holmes:

Agatha Christie

26. Which among the following is not a work by Amitav Ghosh:

The Glass Palace

In an Antique Land

Odysseus Abroad

The Sea ofPoppies

27. Who stated "Poetry is the common property of all mankind"
Johann Gottfried Herder

Jw. Goethe

Robert Frost

Octavio Paz

28. 'Mera rang de basanti chola...' is the signature song of

Bhagat Singh

Sukhdeo

Chandrasekhar Azad

Lajpat Rai

29. "Give me blood and I shall give you freedom" was spoken by whom?

Martin Luther King

Mao Zedong

Subhaschandra Bose

Napoleon Bonaparte

30. The author of The Motorcycle Diaries is

Octavio Paz

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna

Frida Kahlo

Cheryl Strayed

31. The film A Beautiful Mind is based on whose life

Albert Einstein

Stephen Hawking

John Nash

Dylan Thomas


32. Elippathayam or The Rat Trap is a much awarded film by whom

Girish Kasaravalli

Girish Karnad

Shaji N. Karun

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

33. 'Luke Sky walker' is a character from which film

Planet of the Apes

Star Wars

2001 Space Odyssey

E.T -The Extra Terrestrial

34. 'Atticus Finch' is a character created by which writer


Harper Lee

Mario Puzo

Edgar Allan Poe

Nathaniel Hawthorne

35. A satirical Indian film exposing the way media and politics treat 'farmers' suicide'

Dhobi Ghat

Ankur

Peepli Live

New Delhi Times

36. Comparison is right reason for us because we are:

Multicultural

Multilingual

Third World

All of the above

37. The term 'diaspora' was originally applied to the following ethnic group:

Muslims

French Canadians

Jews

Hindus

38. Rajatarangini or The River of Kings is a 12th century chronicle of which region

Kashmir

Assam

Hastinapur

Kalinga

39. The first narrative film in India made by Dadasaheb Phalke was

Seetha-Rama Kalyanam

Danveer Kama

Raja Harishchandra

Alam Ara


40. Paul Celan's poem "Death Fugue" recalls which inhuman suffering

Hiroshima Bombing

Holocaust

Jalianwala Bagh

Bolshevik Revolution

41. Name the first film made in Sanskrit

Punyakoti

Priyamanasam

Adi Sankaracharya

Mrichhakatika


42. Arrange the following books in order in which they appeared. Use the code given below: I. Anand Math; II. Umrao Jan Ada; III. Godan; IV. Indulekha Code:

IV, II, III

IV, III, II

II, IV, III

III, II, IV



43. With which genre would you associate the poem: "The apparition of these faces in the

crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough"

Noh

Shairi

Khanda kavya

Haiku

44. 'Kappanna' and 'Appanna' are characters from which of these plays

Yayati

Nagamandala

Tughlaq

Sakharam Binder


45. Miss Leela Benare is the protagonist of which of these plays

Evam Indrajit

Ghasiram Kotwal

Adhe Adhure

Shantata! Court Chalu Ahe

46. The Pleiade is

A cluster of stars;

a group of 18th century French poets;

A group of seven Alexandrian poets and tragedians.

only is correct

only is correct.

and are correct.

and are correct.

47. Identify the book which does not fall under the category of diasporic literature

Can You Hear the Nightbird Call

The Oath of the Vayuputras

Interpreter ofMaladies

Chekhov in Polish

48. The Cherry Orchard was written by

Moliere in French

Chekhov in Russian

Heine in German

The Sorrow and the Terror

49. Satyajit Ray's award winning film Pather Panchali is based on a novel by

Kazi Nazrul Islam

Rabindranath Tagore

Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

50. An autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi is

My Persia

Revolution

Persepolis

Maus




51. Select the correct answer: The police are investigation into the robbery.

working out

searching out

tracking out

carrying out

52. Select the correct answer: It's a great place to live apat1 from the increasing volume of that passes under my window every day.

traffic

vehicles

transport

circulation

53. Select the correct answer: You should read this novel, it's been---recommended by all the critics.

fully

highly

deeply

truly

54. Select the correct answer: Soldiers have been sent in to try to restore the area.

harmony

organization

order

regulation

55. Select the correct answer: When Sun was a small child, he hours every day playing with stones in the garden.

used

would

was

should

56. Select the correct answer: She will tell you the party.

what bring

what will bring

what to bring

to bring

57. Select the correct answer: Are you taller than Peter? No. But I

taller

almost as tall

as taller

almost tallest

58. Select the correct answer: I waited for him 0'clock.

at

for

until

by


59. Select the correct answer: She went to school months.

since

for

ago

about

60. Select the correct answer: First, add some ---chopped garlic to the tomatoes.

small

tinily

neatly

finely

61. Select the correct answer: It was important for her as a threat.

to not be

not being

not to be

she wasn't



62. Select the correct answer: times every winter in Frankfurt.

it snows

it snowed

it is snowing

it is snow

63. Select the correct answer: What time

the train leaves

leaves the train

is the train leaving

does the train leave

64. make clean breast of means

to gain prominence

to praise oneself

to confess without reserve

to destroy before it blooms

65. drive home" means

to find one's roots

to return to place of rest

back to original position

to emphasize

66. have an axe to grind' means

a private end to serve

to work for both sides

to waste one's time

none of these

67. be above board' means

to have a good height

to be honest

to have no debts

to straighten problems

68. pick holes' means

to find some excuse to quarrel

to destroy something

to cut something into pieces

to criticize someone

69. man of straw' means

a worthy person

an active person

a man of no substance

a man with swaying mind

70. smell a rat' means

get a foul smell

see signs of plague epidemic

to be in bad mood

suspect foul dealings

71. The words and typically appear in a

simile

metaphor

personification

metonymy

72. What figure of speech is 'the book dropped from his hands like lead'

simile

metaphor

personification

metonym


73. Tongue twisters usually involve ...

irony

onomatopoeia

alliteration

metaphor

74. Choose the example of a metaphor.

clockwork men

tall as the truth

it's absolute zero out there.

dead fish are polished marble


75. Consider the statement "In death, there is life." Such seemingly self-contradictory statements are called

hyperbole

personification

'paradox

pathos

76. Which word does not suggest the actual sound it describes

yell

hum

gurgle

rustle

77. The phrases 'the humming 'the cackling 'the buzzing saw' are examples of which figure of speech
spoonerism

onomatopoeia

personification

metonymy

78. err is human, to forgive divine' is example of which figure of speech

hyperbole

personification

paradox

antithesis



79. What is the best definition for the word 'precocious'

rushed

bald

typical

advanced

80. What is the best definition for the word 'reverence'

respect

loyalty

skill

reassurance

81. What is the best definition for the word 'prerogative'

right

principle

preference

responsibility


82. What is the best definition for the word 'surreptitious'

classified

unlucky

secret

tense

83. What is the best definition for the word 'semblance'

hobby

forecast

appearance

greed

84. What is the best definition for the word 'mandate'

authorization

liberty

ability

opportunity

85. What is the best definition for the word 'sanction'

defeat

approve

overturn

listen

86. What is the best definition for the word 'superficial'

random

shallow

false

glamorous

87. Read the passage

The field sits breathless in the orangey glow of the evening sun. I stare at the potato-colored earth of the infield, that wide dun are, surrounded by plastic grass. As I contemplate the prickly turf, which scorches the thighs and buttocks of a sliding player as if he were being seared by hot steel, it stares back in its uniform ugliness. The seams that send routinely hit ground balls veering at tortuous angles are vivid, gray as scars. I remember the fields of my childhood, the outfields full of soft hummocks and brown-eyed gopher holes. I stride down from the stands and walk out to the middle of the field. I touch the stubble that is called grass, take off my shoes, but find it is like walking on a row of toothbrushes. It was an evil day when they stripped the sod from this ballpark, cut it into yard-wide swathes, rolled it, memories and all, into great green-and-black cinnamon roll shapes, trucked it away. Nature temporarily defeated. But Nature is patient.

[W. P. Kinsella, "The Thrill of the Grass," in The Norton Book of Sports. New York: Norton, 1992: 123]

'The field sits breathless in the orangey glow' is what figure of speech?


simile

metaphor

personification

metonymy

88. 'vivid, gray as scars' is what figure of speech?

simile

metaphor

personification

metonymy

89. What words are used by the writer to describe the field

prickly turf

stubble

row of toothbrushes

all of the above

90. What sentiment is expressed by 'Nature is defeated. But Nature is patient'

sadness tinged with hope

hopelessness

anger

victory

91. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow: I meant to do my work today, But a brown bird sang in the apple tree,
And a butterfly flitted across the field,
And all the leaves were calling me.
And the wind went sighing over the land,
Tossing the grasses to and fro,
And a rainbow held out its shining hand
So what could I do but laugh and go?
[William J. Bennett. The Book of Virtues. New York: Simon Schuster, 1993: 385]

What stopped the poet from his fulfilling his aim?

a brown bird

a butterfly

a rainbow

all of the above

92. Why did the poet laugh?

because he was amused

because he wanted distraction

because he was delighted

because he was bored

93. Where did the poet decide to go?

to the end of the rainbow

over the land

home

into Nature


94. rainbow held out its shining hand' is what figure of speech

simile

metaphor

personification

metonymy

95. Find the closest meaning of the word 'sighing' as used in the poem

expressing sadness

touching

sounding like audible breath

breaking

96. Find the statement that must be true according to the given information. Vincent has a paper route. Each morning, he delivers 37 newspapers to customers in his neighborhood. It takes Vincent 50 minutes to deliver all the papers. If Vincent is sick or has other plans, his friend Thomas, who lives on the Same street, will sometimes deliver the papers for him.

Vincent and Thomas live in the same neighborhood.

It takes Thomas more than 50 minutes to deliver the papers.

It is dark outside when Vincent begins his deliveries.

Thomas would like to have his own paper route.


97. Find the statement that must be true according to the given information. Ten new television shows appeared during the month of September. Five of the shows were sitcoms, three were hour-long dramas, and two were news-magazine shows. By January, only seven of these new shows were still on the air. Five of the shows that remained were sitcoms.

Only one of the news-magazine shows remained on the air.

Only one of the hour-long dramas remained on the air.

At least one of the shows that was cancelled was an hour-long drama

Television viewers prefer sitcoms over hour-long dramas.

98. Find the statement that must be true according to the given information. On weekends, Mr. Sanchez spends many hours working in his vegetable and flower gardens. Mrs. Sanchez spends her free time reading and listening to classical music. Both Mr. Sanchez and Mrs. Sanchez like to cook.

Mr. Sanchez enjoys planting and growing vegetables.

Mr. Sanchez does not like classical music.

Mrs. Sanchez cooks the vegetables that Mr. Sanchez grows.

Mrs. Sanchez enjoys reading nineteenth century novels.


99. Find the statement that must be true according to the given information. Tim's commute never bothered him because there were always seats available on the train and he was able to spend his 40 minutes comfortably reading the newspaper or catching up on paperwork. Ever since the train schedule changed, the train has been extremely crowded, and by the time the doors open at his station, there isn't a seat to be found.

Tim would be better off taking the bus to work.

Tim's commute is less comfortable since the train schedule changed.

Many commuters will complain about the new train schedule.

Tim will likely look for a new job closer to home.



100. Find the statement that must be true according to the given information. If you're a fitness walker, there is no need for a commute to a health club. Your neighbourhood can be your health club. You don't need a lot of fancy equipment to get a good workout either. All you need is a well-designed pair of athletic shoes.

fitness walking is a better form of exercise than weight lifting.

fitness walking is a convenient and valuable form of exercise.

a membership in a health club is a poor investment.

walking outdoors provides a better workout. than walking indoors.