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1. What is the synonym for ‘Ally’
(A). Counterpart – means matching part
(B). Accomplice
(C). Competent - capable
(D). Unknown
Right Answer: B
2. What is the synonym for ‘Accoutrements’
(A). Relatives
(B). Companions
(C). Calculations
(D). Equipment
Right Answer: D
3. What is the synonym for’
(A). Understand
(B). Seize
(C). Knowledge
(D). Reach
Right Answer: B
4. What is the synonym for
(A). Lenient
(B). Solemn
(C). Erring
(D). Profuse
Right Answer: D
5. What is the synonym for ‘Dulcet’
(A). Sweet
(B). Dull
(C). Hard
(D). Sour
Right Answer: A
6. What is the synonym for ‘Distressed’O
(A). Relieved
(B). Annoyed
(C). Sad
(D). Anxious
Right Answer: B
7. What is the synonym for ‘dreaded’
(A). Fearful
(B). Potent
(C). Talented
(D). Gentle
Right Answer: A
8. What is the synonym for ‘Conservative’
(A). Traditional
(B). Negative
(C). Backward
(D). Biased
Right Answer: A
9. What is the synonym for ‘Indictment’
(A). RevelationjgL
(B). Acquittal- release or discharge
(C). Refusal – negative response
(D). Accusation- allegation/charge
Right Answer: D
10. What is the synonym for ‘Disruptive’
(A). Barren- infertile
(B). Interrupting
(C). Lifeless
(D). Waste
Right Answer: B
11. What is the meaning of the word ‘compulsory’ in the following sentence? “ It
(A). Regular
(B). Necessary
(C). Dutiful
(D). Obligatory
Right Answer: D
12. What is the synonym for ‘Invariable’
(A). Usual
(B). Universal fo”oo;kih
(C). Constant
(D). Similar
Right Answer: C
13. 13-25 choose the alternative which expresses the best meaning of the given word-
(A). Assurance
(B). Fear
(C). Adventure
(D). A powerful bomb
Right Answer: A
14. Stubborn
(A). Timiddk;j
(B). Arrogant
(C). Adamant
(D). Angry
Right Answer: C
15. Fraught means full or filled
(A). Wild
(B). Filled
(C). Frantic
(D). Threatening
Right Answer: B
16. Illicit
(A). Not legible
(B). Not legal
(C). Not attractive
(D). Not sociable
Right Answer: B
17. Colossal
(A). Gigantic
(B). Colorful
(C). Beautiful
(D). Fantastic
Right Answer: A
18. Inundate
(A). Abuse
(B). Deny
(C). Flood
(D). Swallow
Right Answer: C
19. Detrimental
(A). Deplorable
(B). Fundamental
(C). Harmful
(D). Disgraceful
Right Answer: C
20. Complement
(A). Words of praise
(B). A grammatical category
(C). To complete
(D). A geographical category
Right Answer: B
21. Oculist
(A). One who possesses occult knowledge
(B). One who makes optical instruments
(C). A specialist in the treatment of ENT disease
(D). A specialist in the treatment of the diseases of the eye.
Right Answer: D
22. Heralded
(A). Clapped
(B). Proclaimed
(C). Protested
(D). Rewarded
Right Answer: B
23. Risqué
(A). Slightly humorous
(B). Slightly improper
(C). Slightly risky
(D). Very risky
Right Answer: B
24. Incessantly
(A). Continuously
(B). Inevitably
(C). Regularly
(D). Indiscreetly
Right Answer: A
25. Veracity
(A). Freedom
(B). Truth
(C). Wisdom
(D). Loyalty
Right Answer: D
26. Find the italicized part in the sentence that is incorrect:
(A). 1
(B). 2
(C). 3
(D). 4
Right Answer: A
27. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence:
(A). did you woke up
(B). did you wake up
(C). have you woken up
(D). were you woke up
Right Answer: B
28. Choose the correct answer form of the verb to complete the sentence:
(A). played
(B). have played
(C). had played
(D). have been playing
Right Answer: A
29. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:
(A). few
(B). much
(C). a little
(D). little
Right Answer: D
30. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:
(A). to
(B). for
(C). on
(D). of
Right Answer: B
31. 6 To 12 Read the passage given below and choose the best answer for each of the questions
(A). sleeps at night and is awake during the day
(B). hunts during the day and is awake at night
(C). sleeps every other night and is awake during the day
(D). hunts at night and sleeps during the day
Right Answer: A
32. Based on information in Paragraph 2, it can be understood that an animal with small eyes
(A). must b4e diurnal
(B). has trouble seeing in the dark
(C). can see very well at night
(D). must be nocturnal
Right Answer: B
33. According to the passage, owls can find food in the dark using their sense of
(A). sight only
(B). sight and sound
(C). sight, sound and smell
(D). sight and smell
Right Answer: B
34. In paragraph 3 the author writes. “This helps owls catch their prey even when it is very dark”. What is prey?
(A). a noise that an animal makes during the night
(B). A small animal such as a pet dog or cat
(C). An animal that is hunted by other animals
(D). An enemy
Right Answer: C
35. According to the passage, mice sleep during the day in order to
(A). find food that other animal cannot
(B). keep themselves safe
(C). store energy for night time activities
(D). stay awake at night
Right Answer: B
36. Using the information in the last paragraph, itcan be understood that
(A). owls hunt mice
(B). mice can hide from owls
(C). mice and owls both hide from birds, snakes and lizards
(D). owls sleep at night
Right Answer: B
37. Which of the following conclusions would work best at the end of this passage?
(A). The owl is a nocturnal animal. This means it is active at night. The owl’s excellent sense of sight and sound enables it to find food in the dark.
(B). Mice are nocturnal animals. This means they are active at night. Similar to the owl. Mice use their excellent sense of smell to find food in the dark
(C). Some animals are nocturnal. This means they are active at night. The owl and the mouse are good examples of animals but the use their senses to find food in the dark
(D). The owl and the mouse sleep during the day and stay awake at night
Right Answer: C
38. Choose the right question to get italicized part as the answer
(A). Where do children sit?
(B). Where have the children been sitting?
(C). Where are the children sitting?
(D). Where are they sitting?
Right Answer: C
39. Find out the pronounced differently from the others
(A). I
(B). II
(C). III
(D). IV
Right Answer: A
40. `Find the word that is pronounced differently from the others
(A). I
(B). II
(C). III
(D). IV
Right Answer: D
41. Find the word that is pronounced differently from the others
(A). I
(B). II
(C). III
(D). IV
Right Answer: B
42. Find the italicized part in the sentence that is incorrect It is a
(A). (i)
(B). (ii)
(C). (iii)
(D). (iv)
Right Answer: A
43. Choose the word which has almost the same meaning as the italicized one
(A). manufacture
(B). store
(C). check
(D). fit
Right Answer: D
44. Choose the correct antonym for the italicized word
(A). harmful
(B). peaceful
(C). safe
(D). exciting
Right Answer: C
45. Choose the correct antonym for the italicized word
(A). strange
(B). funny
(C). real
(D). special
Right Answer: A
46. Read the short conservation given below. Identify the language function in the italicized sentence
(A). apologizing
(B). wishing
(C). blaming
(D). forgiving
Right Answer: A
47. Read the short conservation given below. Identify the language function in the italicized sentence
(A). welcoming
(B). inviting
(C). suggesting
(D). advising
Right Answer: C
48. Choose the correct question tag
(A). doen’t she
(B). didn’t she
(C). wasn’t she
(D). hasn’t she
Right Answer: D
49. Choose the correct question tag
(A). was he
(B). has he
(C). did he
(D). isn’t he
Right Answer: A
50. Choose the right question to get the italicized part as the answer
(A). What does Hari write?
(B). What is Hari writing?
(C). Who is writing a letter?
(D). What is Hari doing?
Right Answer: B
51. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence
(A). for
(B). on
(C). about
(D). with
Right Answer: D
52. Which of the following is a form of the verb ‘be’?
(A). may
(B). am
(C). can
(D). will
Right Answer: B
53. The passive form of the sentence ‘The Blue team won the game’ is
(A). The game is won by the blue team
(B). The game has been won by the blue team
(C). The game had been won by the blue team
(D). the game was won by the blue team
Right Answer: D
54. The reported form of the question Renu said to me, “Is the movie interesting ?’ is
(A). Renu asked me if the movie was interesting
(B). Renu asked me if the movie has been interesting
(C). Renu asked me if the movie is interesting
(D). Renu asked me if the movie had been interesting
Right Answer: A
55. Choose the word which has almost the same meaning as the italicized one She seldom goes to conference
(A). nearly
(B). rarely
(C). slightly
(D). incredibly
Right Answer: B
56. Pick out the adjective which can best fill in the blank given in the sentence below:
(A). later
(B). latest
(C). latter
(D). letter
Right Answer: B
57. Which is the most appropriate passive form for the sentence?
(A). we should keep our promises
(B). Promises should be kept
(C). Promises need not be kept
(D). Promises may be kept
Right Answer: B
58. The most appropriate conversion to simple sentencefrom the compound sentence
(A). We must live to eat
(B). We must not live to eat
(C). We must eat and live
(D). We must eat to live
Right Answer: D
59. In which classification of work can we categorise teaching?
(A). Clerical
(B). Managerial
(C). Skilled
(D). Professional
Right Answer: D
60. Choose the most appropriate a complementary closing for a letter addressed to Sub- Inspector of Police:
(A). Yours lovingly
(B). Lovingly yours
(C). Yours truly
(D). Yours affectionately
Right Answer: C
61. In the following question, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and last sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences are jumbled up as P,Q,R and s. Sequence the sentences properly choosing the right option:
(A). RSPQ
(B). QPSR
(C). RPSQ
(D). QSPR
Right Answer: C
62. Identify the one italicized expression (A,B, C or D) that must be changed in order to correct the sentences:
(A). will be better if I
(B). will get a job and
(C). earn some money. Then I
(D). won’t have to live with my parents.
Right Answer: B
63. The
(A). company claimed to bring the best
(B). products and services
(C). on the doorstep
(D). of their consumers.
Right Answer: D
64. Identify the errors in the sentences given below:
(A). raining, were, on
(B). were, on, fell
(C). were, on, slips
(D). were, slips, fell
Right Answer: C
65. Choose the most appropriate clause that can replace the adjective phrase in the sentence:
(A). Whose eyes are blue
(B). Whose eyes were blue
(C). Those eyes were blue
(D). Those eyes are blue
Right Answer: B
66. In the sentence “The train came rushing down the hill”, the word ‘down’ functions as
(A). Noun
(B). Preposition
(C). Verb
(D). Adverb
Right Answer: D
67. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate article from the options given below:
(A). a
(B). the
(C). an
(D). no article
Right Answer: B
68. Pick the odd one from among the words given below:
(A). attractive
(B). lively
(C). beautiful
(D). pretty
Right Answer: B
69. Which of the following is not an instruction?
(A). What an idea
(B). Sit down
(C). Be silent
(D). Queue up
Right Answer: A
70. 15 TO 21 Read the following passage. Select the best answer from among the given choices
(A). An engine driver cannot be compared to Plato or Socrates.
(B). Plato or Socrates is in no way inferior to the engine driver
(C). Plato or Socrates surpassed the engine driver in every respect
(D). An engine driver is cleverer than Plato or Socrates
Right Answer: B
71. People today are very proud because they
(A). live in a philosophically advanced age
(B). live in a spiritually advanced age
(C). enjoy digital communications
(D). live in a scientifically advanced age
Right Answer: D
72. Many of us make use of machines
(A). with full knowledge of their genesis
(B). without knowing how they were invented
(C). with very little knowledge of their mechanism
(D). without any knowledge of their historical significance
Right Answer: B
73. In this passage, Plato and Socrates are mentioned to emphasize that
(A). they had a great respect for learning
(B). they were men of great scholarship
(C). people as individuals in the modern age are not more advanced than their predecessors
(D). the engine is a better mode of locomotion than Plato’s chariot.
Right Answer: D
74. The phrase ’height of absurdity’ implies
(A). the possible extent of rationality
(B). the impossible extent of rationality
(C). the possible extent of irrationality
(D). the impossible extent of rationality
Right Answer: C
75. If a medal is an award made of gold, silver or bronze, choose the homophone for the word which means
(A). meddle
(B). muddle
(C). middle
(D). medel
Right Answer: A
76. Verbal guidance is least effective in the learning of
(A). attitudes
(B). Relationships
(C). Skills
(D). Facts
Right Answer: C
77. Choose the word or phrase to fit each blank which best completes each sentence:
(A). merciful
(B). pitiful
(C). sympathetic
(D). hearty
Right Answer: C
78. The receptionist _____ to ring another hotel to see if they had a room
(A). offered
(B). suggested
(C). recommended
(D). invited
Right Answer: B
79. I assure you I have wish to _______ my responsibility.
(A). shirk
(B). refuse
(C). abandon
(D). disobey
Right Answer: A
80. Has there been any _______ on the strike from the Government?
(A). reaction
(B). response
(C). comment
(D). criticism
Right Answer: B
81. Identify the most suitable explanation for the idiom used in the sentence given below:
(A). accepted
(B). supported
(C). explained
(D). denied
Right Answer: B
82. Choose the appropriate tag for the sentence given below:
(A). will you
(B). shall you
(C). may you
(D). won’t you
Right Answer: A
83. Choose the following sentences by supplying appropriate connecting words from the options listed below:
(A). who, were
(B). that, were
(C). that, where
(D). who, where
Right Answer: B
84. The former President of India, Dr.(A) P.J. Abdul Kalam has consented to address the students of your school on the eve of annual day. Which discourse among the ones listed below is best suitable for informing the parents of the students about the same?
(A). letter
(B). diary
(C). notice
(D). slogan
Right Answer: B
85. How many syllables are there in the word ‘examination’?
(A). 4
(B). 3
(C). 5
(D). 6
Right Answer: C
86. Which poem ends 'I shall but love thee better after death'?
(A). How do I love thee
(B). Ode to a Grecian urn
(C). In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes
(D). Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Right Answer: A
87. Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece?
(A). John keats
(B). Lord Byron
(C). Solan
(D). Sappho
Right Answer: B
88. Which kind of poem is Edward Lear associated with?
(A). Nature
(B). Epics
(C). Sonnets
(D). Nonsense
Right Answer: D
89. In coleridge's poem 'The rime of the Ancient Mariner'where were the three gallants going?
(A). A funeral
(B). A wedding
(C). Market
(D). To the races
Right Answer: B
90. Harold Nicholson described which poet as 'Very yellow and glum. Perfect manners'?
(A). e. e. Cummings
(B). T. S. Elliot
(C). John Greenleaf Whittier
(D). Walt Whitman
Right Answer: B
91. What was strange about Emily Dickinson?
(A). She rarely left home
(B). She wrote in code
(C). She never attempted to publish her poetry
(D). She wrote her poems in invisible ink
Right Answer: A
92. Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict?
(A). Boer War
(B). Second World War
(C). Korean War
(D). First World War
Right Answer: D
93. Which Poet Laureate wrote about a church mouse?
(A). Betjeman
(B). Hughes
(C). Marvel
(D). Larkin
Right Answer: A
94. Which American writer published 'A brave and startling truth' in 1996
(A). Robert Hass
(B). Jessica Hagdorn
(C). Maya Angelou
(D). Micheal Palmer
Right Answer: C
95. Who wrote about the idyllic 'Isle of Innisfree'?
(A). Dylan Thomas
(B). Ezra Pound
(C). W. B. Yeats
(D). e. e. cummings
Right Answer: C
96. A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of poetry
(A). rhyme scheme
(B). meter
(C). alliteration
(D).
Right Answer:
97. The repetition of similar ending sounds
(A). alliteration
(B). onomatopoiea
(C). rhyme
(D).
Right Answer:
98. Applying human qualities to non-human things
(A). personification
(B). onomatopoeia
(C). alliteration
(D).
Right Answer:
99. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds
(A). rhyme
(B). onomatopoeia
(C). alliteration
(D).
Right Answer: C
100. A comparison of unlike things without using a word of comparison such as like or as
(A). metaphor
(B). simile
(C). personification
(D).
Right Answer: A
101. The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as
(A). metaphor
(B). simile
(C). personification
(D).
Right Answer: B
102. Using words or letters to imitate sounds
(A). alliteration
(B). simile
(C). onomatopoeia
(D).
Right Answer: C
103. a description that appeals to one of the five senses
(A). imagery
(B). personification
(C). metaphor
(D).
Right Answer: A
104. A poem that tells a story with plot, setting, and characters
(A). lyric
(B). free verse
(C). narrative
(D).
Right Answer: C
105. A poem with no meter or rhyme
(A). lyric
(B). free verse
(C). narrative
(D).
Right Answer: B
106. A poem that generally has meter and rhyme
(A). lyric
(B). free verse
(C). narrative
(D).
Right Answer: A
107. Sylvia Plath married which English poet?
(A). Masefield
(B). Causley
(C). Hughes
(D). Larkin
Right Answer: C
108. Carl Sandburg 'Planked whitefish' contains what kind of imagery?
(A). Sea scenes
(B). Rural Idyll
(C). War
(D). Innocent childhood
Right Answer: C
109. Which influential American poet was born in Long Island in 1819?
(A). Emily Dickinson
(B). Paul Dunbar
(C). John Greenleaf Whittier
(D). Walt Whitman
Right Answer: D
110. In 1960 'The Colossus' was the first book of poems published by which poetess?
(A). Elizabeth Bishop
(B). Sylvia Plath
(C). Marianne Moore
(D). Laura Jackson
Right Answer: B
111. In his poem Kipling said 'If you can meet with triumph and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '?
(A). Glory
(B). Ruin
(C). Disaster
(D). victory
Right Answer: C
112. Which of the following is not a literary device used for aesthetic effect in poetry?
(A). Assonance
(B). Onomatopaea
(C). Rhyme
(D). Grammar
Right Answer: D
113. which of these is magnum opus of chaucer?
(A). Troilus and criseyde
(B). House of fame
(C). The canterbury tales
(D). Parliament of fowls.
Right Answer: C
114. What is the earliest surviving European poem?
(A). The Homeric epic
(B). The Gilgamesh epic
(C). The Deluge epic
(D). The Hesiodic ode
Right Answer: A
115. Which of the following is not a poetic tradition?
(A). The Epic
(B). The Comic
(C). The Occult
(D). The Tragic
Right Answer: C
116. What is the study of poetry's meter and form called?
(A). Prosody
(B). Potology
(C). Rheumatology
(D). Scansion
Right Answer: A
117. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?
(A). Alliterative verse
(B). Sonnet form
(C). Iambic pentameter
(D). Dactylic hexameter
Right Answer: C
118. Which poet invented the concept of the variable foot in poetry?
(A). William Carlos Williams
(B). Emily Dickinson
(C). Gerard Manly Hopkins
(D). Robert Frost
Right Answer: A
119. Who wrote this famous line: 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate…'
(A). TS Eliot
(B). Lord Tennyson
(C). Charlotte Bronte
(D). Shakespeare
Right Answer: D
120. From what century does the poetic form the folk ballad date?
(A). The 12th
(B). The 14th
(C). The 17th
(D). The 19th
Right Answer: A
121. From which of Shakespeare's plays is this famous line: 'Did my heart love til now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night'
(A). A Midsummer Night's Dream
(B). Hamlet
(C). Othello
(D). Romeo and Juliet
Right Answer: D
122. What is a poem called whose first letters of each line spell out a word?
(A). Alliterative
(B). Epic
(C). Acrostic
(D). Haiku
Right Answer: C
123. Auld Lang Syne is a famous poem by whom?
(A). Sir Walter Scott
(B). William Butler Yeats
(C). Henry Longfellow
(D). Robert Burns
Right Answer: D
124. How has Stephen Dunn been described in 'the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry?
(A). A poet of middleness
(B). Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness
(C). One of the leading prairie poets
(D). Has some distinction as a critic
Right Answer: A
125. 'The Cambridge school' refers to a group who emerged when?
(A). The 1900's
(B). The 1960's
(C). The 1920's
(D). The 1930's
Right Answer: B
126. Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city?
(A). Vancouver
(B). Toronto
(C). Ottowa
(D). Montreal
Right Answer: C
127. Which of the following words describe the prevailing attitude of High-Modern Literature?
(A). Skeptical
(B). Authoritative
(C). Impressionistic
(D). Confident
Right Answer: D
128. Which Welsh poet wrote "Under Milk Wood?"
(A). Anthony Hopkins
(B). Richard Burton
(C). Tom Jones
(D). Dylan Thomas
Right Answer: D
129. Who wrote Canterbury Tales?
(A). Geoffrey Chaucer
(B). Dick Whittington
(C). Thomas Lancaster
(D). King Richard II
Right Answer: A
130. Who wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles?"
(A). Agatha Christie
(B). H Ryder-Haggard
(C). P D James
(D). Arthur Conan Doyle
Right Answer: D
131. Wlliam Shakespeare is not the author of:
(A). Titus Andronicus
(B). Taming of the Shrew
(C). White Devil
(D). Hamlet
Right Answer: C
132. ___________is a late 20th century play written by a woman?
(A). Queen Cristina
(B). Top Girls
(C). Camille
(D). The Homecoimg
Right Answer: C
133. Which of the following writers wrote historical novels?
(A). Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte
(B). Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
(C). William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(D). Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
Right Answer: B
134. Who wrote "Ten Little Niggers?"
(A). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(B). Irvine Welsh
(C). Agatha Christie
(D). None of above
Right Answer: C
135. Which of the following are Thomas Hardy books?
(A). The Poor Man and the Lady
(B). The Return of Native
(C). Chollttee
(D). None of the above
Right Answer:
136. Which of the following is not a work of John Keats?
(A). Endymion
(B). To some ladies
(C). To hope
(D). None of above
Right Answer: D
137. Who wrote the poems, "On death" and "Women, Wine, and Snuff?"
(A). John Milton
(B). John Keats
(C). P.B. Shelley
(D). William Wordsworth
Right Answer: B
138. "Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden."
This is an extract from:
(A). Paradise Lost
(B). Paradise Regained
(C). Samson Agonistes
(D). Divorce Tracts
Right Answer: A
139. William Shakespeare was born in the year:
(A). 1564
(B). 1544
(C). 1578
(D). 1582
Right Answer: A
140. Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy?
(A). Titus Andronicus
(B). Othello
(C). Macbeth
(D). Hamlet
Right Answer: D
141. Who wrote 'The Winter's Tale?'
(A). George Bernard Shaw
(B). John Dryden
(C). Christopher Marlowe
(D). William Shakespeare
Right Answer: D
142. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
(A). No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.
(B). A simile is more descriptive.
(C). A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn't.
(D). A simile must use animals in the comparison.
Right Answer: C
143. What is the word for a "play on words"?
(A). pun
(B). simile
(C). haiku
(D). metaphor
Right Answer: A
144. Which represents an example of alliteration?
(A). Language Arts
(B). Peter Piper Picked Peppers
(C). I like music.
(D). A beautiful scenery with music
Right Answer: B
145. What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?
(A). Personification
(B). Hyperboles
(C). Alliteration
(D). Onomatopoeia
Right Answer: D
146. The theme is ...?
(A). a plot.
(B). an character
(C). an address
(D). the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.
Right Answer: D
147. Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem.
(A). characters, main idea, and theme
(B). purpose and audience
(C). theme, purpose, form, and mood.
(D). rhyme and reason
Right Answer: C
148. Which is not a poetry form?
(A). epic
(B). tale
(C). ballad
(D). sonnet
Right Answer: B
149. Which is an example of a proverb?
(A). Get a "stake" in our business.
(B). You can't have your cake and eat it, too
(C). The snow was white as cotton.
(D). You're driving me crazy.
Right Answer: B
150. Which is an exaggeration?
(A). Alliteration
(B). Haiku
(C). Hyperbole
(D). Prose
Right Answer: C
(A). Counterpart – means matching part
(B). Accomplice
(C). Competent - capable
(D). Unknown
Right Answer: B
2. What is the synonym for ‘Accoutrements’
(A). Relatives
(B). Companions
(C). Calculations
(D). Equipment
Right Answer: D
3. What is the synonym for’
(A). Understand
(B). Seize
(C). Knowledge
(D). Reach
(e) Assimilate lekos”k
Right Answer: B
4. What is the synonym for
(A). Lenient
(B). Solemn
(C). Erring
(D). Profuse
(e) Joyful
Right Answer: D
5. What is the synonym for ‘Dulcet’
(A). Sweet
(B). Dull
(C). Hard
(D). Sour
(e) None of above
Right Answer: A
6. What is the synonym for ‘Distressed’O
(A). Relieved
(B). Annoyed
(C). Sad
(D). Anxious
(e) Devastated
Right Answer: B
7. What is the synonym for ‘dreaded’
(A). Fearful
(B). Potent
(C). Talented
(D). Gentle
(e) Delighted
Right Answer: A
8. What is the synonym for ‘Conservative’
(A). Traditional
(B). Negative
(C). Backward
(D). Biased
(e) Unsymmetrical
Right Answer: A
9. What is the synonym for ‘Indictment’
(A). RevelationjgL
(B). Acquittal- release or discharge
(C). Refusal – negative response
(D). Accusation- allegation/charge
(e) None of above
Right Answer: D
10. What is the synonym for ‘Disruptive’
(A). Barren- infertile
(B). Interrupting
(C). Lifeless
(D). Waste
(e) Facile- too easy b
Right Answer: B
11. What is the meaning of the word ‘compulsory’ in the following sentence? “ It
is compulsory for all the students to go on tour”
(A). Regular
(B). Necessary
(C). Dutiful
(D). Obligatory
Right Answer: D
12. What is the synonym for ‘Invariable’
(A). Usual
(B). Universal fo”oo;kih
(C). Constant
(D). Similar
(e) None of above
Right Answer: C
13. 13-25 choose the alternative which expresses the best meaning of the given word-
Aplomb
(A). Assurance
(B). Fear
(C). Adventure
(D). A powerful bomb
(e) None of above
Right Answer: A
14. Stubborn
(A). Timiddk;j
(B). Arrogant
(C). Adamant
(D). Angry
(e) None of these
Right Answer: C
15. Fraught means full or filled
(A). Wild
(B). Filled
(C). Frantic
(D). Threatening
(e) None of above
Right Answer: B
16. Illicit
(A). Not legible
(B). Not legal
(C). Not attractive
(D). Not sociable
(e) None of these
Right Answer: B
17. Colossal
(A). Gigantic
(B). Colorful
(C). Beautiful
(D). Fantastic
(e) None of above
Right Answer: A
18. Inundate
(A). Abuse
(B). Deny
(C). Flood
(D). Swallow
(e) None of above
Right Answer: C
19. Detrimental
(A). Deplorable
(B). Fundamental
(C). Harmful
(D). Disgraceful
(e) None of above
Right Answer: C
20. Complement
(A). Words of praise
(B). A grammatical category
(C). To complete
(D). A geographical category
(e) All of above
Right Answer: B
21. Oculist
(A). One who possesses occult knowledge
(B). One who makes optical instruments
(C). A specialist in the treatment of ENT disease
(D). A specialist in the treatment of the diseases of the eye.
(e) None of above
Right Answer: D
22. Heralded
(A). Clapped
(B). Proclaimed
(C). Protested
(D). Rewarded
(e) None of above
Right Answer: B
23. Risqué
(A). Slightly humorous
(B). Slightly improper
(C). Slightly risky
(D). Very risky
(e) None of above
Right Answer: B
24. Incessantly
(A). Continuously
(B). Inevitably
(C). Regularly
(D). Indiscreetly
(e) None of above
Right Answer: A
25. Veracity
(A). Freedom
(B). Truth
(C). Wisdom
(D). Loyalty
(e) None of above
Right Answer: D
26. Find the italicized part in the sentence that is incorrect:
In some Counties in Europe(1) teachers are allowed (2) giving (3) children some homework only at weekends (4).
(A). 1
(B). 2
(C). 3
(D). 4
Right Answer: A
27. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence:
When _____ this morning?
(A). did you woke up
(B). did you wake up
(C). have you woken up
(D). were you woke up
Right Answer: B
28. Choose the correct answer form of the verb to complete the sentence:
We _____ volleyball yesterday
(A). played
(B). have played
(C). had played
(D). have been playing
Right Answer: A
29. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:
There is very _____ petrol in the year. I’ll buy some when I go out.
(A). few
(B). much
(C). a little
(D). little
Right Answer: D
30. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:
He apologized _____ being late
(A). to
(B). for
(C). on
(D). of
Right Answer: B
31. 6 To 12 Read the passage given below and choose the best answer for each of the questions
Most human beings are awake during the day and sleep at night. Owls live the opposite
way. Owls are nocturnal. This means that they sleep all day and stay awake at night.
Because owls are nocturnal, this means they must eat at night. But finding food in the
dark is difficult. To help them, they have a special eyes and ears.
Owls have very large eyes. These eyes absorb more light than normal. Since there is
little light during the night. It is helpful to be able to absorb more of it. This helps owls,
find food in the dark Owls also have very good hearing. Even when owls are in the trees,
they can hear small animals moving in the grass below. This helps owls catch their prey
even when it is very dark.
Like owls, mice are also nocturnal animals. Mice have an excellent sense of smell. This
helps them find food in the dark. Being nocturnal helps mice to hide from many
different animals that want to eat them. Most of the birds, snacks and lizards that like to
eat mice sleep at night – except, of course, owls!
6. The word ‘diurnal’ is the opposite of the word ‘nocturnal’. Using information in the passage, we can understand that an animal that is ‘diurnal’
(A). sleeps at night and is awake during the day
(B). hunts during the day and is awake at night
(C). sleeps every other night and is awake during the day
(D). hunts at night and sleeps during the day
Right Answer: A
32. Based on information in Paragraph 2, it can be understood that an animal with small eyes
(A). must b4e diurnal
(B). has trouble seeing in the dark
(C). can see very well at night
(D). must be nocturnal
Right Answer: B
33. According to the passage, owls can find food in the dark using their sense of
(A). sight only
(B). sight and sound
(C). sight, sound and smell
(D). sight and smell
Right Answer: B
34. In paragraph 3 the author writes. “This helps owls catch their prey even when it is very dark”. What is prey?
(A). a noise that an animal makes during the night
(B). A small animal such as a pet dog or cat
(C). An animal that is hunted by other animals
(D). An enemy
Right Answer: C
35. According to the passage, mice sleep during the day in order to
(A). find food that other animal cannot
(B). keep themselves safe
(C). store energy for night time activities
(D). stay awake at night
Right Answer: B
36. Using the information in the last paragraph, itcan be understood that
(A). owls hunt mice
(B). mice can hide from owls
(C). mice and owls both hide from birds, snakes and lizards
(D). owls sleep at night
Right Answer: B
37. Which of the following conclusions would work best at the end of this passage?
(A). The owl is a nocturnal animal. This means it is active at night. The owl’s excellent sense of sight and sound enables it to find food in the dark.
(B). Mice are nocturnal animals. This means they are active at night. Similar to the owl. Mice use their excellent sense of smell to find food in the dark
(C). Some animals are nocturnal. This means they are active at night. The owl and the mouse are good examples of animals but the use their senses to find food in the dark
(D). The owl and the mouse sleep during the day and stay awake at night
Right Answer: C
38. Choose the right question to get italicized part as the answer
The Children are sitting in the garden
(A). Where do children sit?
(B). Where have the children been sitting?
(C). Where are the children sitting?
(D). Where are they sitting?
Right Answer: C
39. Find out the pronounced differently from the others
I. blood, II. Moon, III. Soon, IV. mood
(A). I
(B). II
(C). III
(D). IV
Right Answer: A
40. `Find the word that is pronounced differently from the others
I. bear, II. Dare, III. Fare, IV. dear
(A). I
(B). II
(C). III
(D). IV
Right Answer: D
41. Find the word that is pronounced differently from the others
I. enjoyed, II. Jumped, III. Died, IV. filled
(A). I
(B). II
(C). III
(D). IV
Right Answer: B
42. Find the italicized part in the sentence that is incorrect It is a
(i) well idea (ii) to encourage boys (iii) to learn (iv)to cook
(A). (i)
(B). (ii)
(C). (iii)
(D). (iv)
Right Answer: A
43. Choose the word which has almost the same meaning as the italicized one
I help them to assemble the different parts
(A). manufacture
(B). store
(C). check
(D). fit
Right Answer: D
44. Choose the correct antonym for the italicized word
Travelling is considered very dangerous
(A). harmful
(B). peaceful
(C). safe
(D). exciting
Right Answer: C
45. Choose the correct antonym for the italicized word
This is a common thing
(A). strange
(B). funny
(C). real
(D). special
Right Answer: A
46. Read the short conservation given below. Identify the language function in the italicized sentence
Shrimathy : That remark was uncalled for
Venu : I’m Sorry. I shouldn’t have said it
(A). apologizing
(B). wishing
(C). blaming
(D). forgiving
Right Answer: A
47. Read the short conservation given below. Identify the language function in the italicized sentence
Arun : What shall we do this weekend?
Sheela : Why don’t we go on a picnic?
(A). welcoming
(B). inviting
(C). suggesting
(D). advising
Right Answer: C
48. Choose the correct question tag
Mary has answered all the questions ……………..?
(A). doen’t she
(B). didn’t she
(C). wasn’t she
(D). hasn’t she
Right Answer: D
49. Choose the correct question tag
Hanif wasn’t listening ………….?
(A). was he
(B). has he
(C). did he
(D). isn’t he
Right Answer: A
50. Choose the right question to get the italicized part as the answer
Hari is writing a letter
(A). What does Hari write?
(B). What is Hari writing?
(C). Who is writing a letter?
(D). What is Hari doing?
Right Answer: B
51. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence
We are satisfied ……….. our son’s progress this term
(A). for
(B). on
(C). about
(D). with
Right Answer: D
52. Which of the following is a form of the verb ‘be’?
(A). may
(B). am
(C). can
(D). will
Right Answer: B
53. The passive form of the sentence ‘The Blue team won the game’ is
(A). The game is won by the blue team
(B). The game has been won by the blue team
(C). The game had been won by the blue team
(D). the game was won by the blue team
Right Answer: D
54. The reported form of the question Renu said to me, “Is the movie interesting ?’ is
(A). Renu asked me if the movie was interesting
(B). Renu asked me if the movie has been interesting
(C). Renu asked me if the movie is interesting
(D). Renu asked me if the movie had been interesting
Right Answer: A
55. Choose the word which has almost the same meaning as the italicized one She seldom goes to conference
(A). nearly
(B). rarely
(C). slightly
(D). incredibly
Right Answer: B
56. Pick out the adjective which can best fill in the blank given in the sentence below:
The _____ chapters are lacking in interest.
(A). later
(B). latest
(C). latter
(D). letter
Right Answer: B
57. Which is the most appropriate passive form for the sentence?
“One should keep one’s promises”
(A). we should keep our promises
(B). Promises should be kept
(C). Promises need not be kept
(D). Promises may be kept
Right Answer: B
58. The most appropriate conversion to simple sentencefrom the compound sentence
“We must eat, or we cannot live”,is
(A). We must live to eat
(B). We must not live to eat
(C). We must eat and live
(D). We must eat to live
Right Answer: D
59. In which classification of work can we categorise teaching?
(A). Clerical
(B). Managerial
(C). Skilled
(D). Professional
Right Answer: D
60. Choose the most appropriate a complementary closing for a letter addressed to Sub- Inspector of Police:
(A). Yours lovingly
(B). Lovingly yours
(C). Yours truly
(D). Yours affectionately
Right Answer: C
61. In the following question, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and last sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences are jumbled up as P,Q,R and s. Sequence the sentences properly choosing the right option:
There was no limit to insanitation _____ ______ ______ _____ So I asked for a broom to
clean them myself.
P-There were only a few latrines
Q- They refused point-blank to clean them
R-Pools of water were everywhere
S- I pointed it out to the volunteers
The proper sequence will be
(A). RSPQ
(B). QPSR
(C). RPSQ
(D). QSPR
Right Answer: C
62. Identify the one italicized expression (A,B, C or D) that must be changed in order to correct the sentences:
Things
(A). will be better if I
(B). will get a job and
(C). earn some money. Then I
(D). won’t have to live with my parents.
Right Answer: B
63. The
(A). company claimed to bring the best
(B). products and services
(C). on the doorstep
(D). of their consumers.
Right Answer: D
64. Identify the errors in the sentences given below:
It is raining. Mohan and Sumesh were walking on the park. The path is wet. Mohan slips and fell
(A). raining, were, on
(B). were, on, fell
(C). were, on, slips
(D). were, slips, fell
Right Answer: C
65. Choose the most appropriate clause that can replace the adjective phrase in the sentence:
‘Madhu met a girl with blue eyes’
(A). Whose eyes are blue
(B). Whose eyes were blue
(C). Those eyes were blue
(D). Those eyes are blue
Right Answer: B
66. In the sentence “The train came rushing down the hill”, the word ‘down’ functions as
(A). Noun
(B). Preposition
(C). Verb
(D). Adverb
Right Answer: D
67. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate article from the options given below:
Smt. Sheela became _______ Principal of the Collegein 2005.
(A). a
(B). the
(C). an
(D). no article
Right Answer: B
68. Pick the odd one from among the words given below:
Pretty, attractive, beautiful, smart, lively
(A). attractive
(B). lively
(C). beautiful
(D). pretty
Right Answer: B
69. Which of the following is not an instruction?
(A). What an idea
(B). Sit down
(C). Be silent
(D). Queue up
Right Answer: A
70. 15 TO 21 Read the following passage. Select the best answer from among the given choices
for each question:
Most of us use the products of science – railways, aeroplanes, electricity, phones and
thousands of others – without thinking how they came into existence. We take them for
granted, as if we are entitled to them as a matter of right. And we are very proud of the
fact that we live in an advanced age and are ourselves so very advance(D)
There is no doubt that our age is a very different one from previous ages and I think it is
perfectly correct to say that it is far more advance(D) But that is a different thing from
saying that we as individuals or groups are more advance(D) It would be the height of
absurdity to say that because an engine driver can run an engine and Plato or Socrates
could not, the engine driver is more advanced than, or is superior t, Plato or Socrates.
But it would be perfectly correct to say that the engine itself is a more advanced method
of locomotion than Plato’s chariot was.
Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A). An engine driver cannot be compared to Plato or Socrates.
(B). Plato or Socrates is in no way inferior to the engine driver
(C). Plato or Socrates surpassed the engine driver in every respect
(D). An engine driver is cleverer than Plato or Socrates
Right Answer: B
71. People today are very proud because they
(A). live in a philosophically advanced age
(B). live in a spiritually advanced age
(C). enjoy digital communications
(D). live in a scientifically advanced age
Right Answer: D
72. Many of us make use of machines
(A). with full knowledge of their genesis
(B). without knowing how they were invented
(C). with very little knowledge of their mechanism
(D). without any knowledge of their historical significance
Right Answer: B
73. In this passage, Plato and Socrates are mentioned to emphasize that
(A). they had a great respect for learning
(B). they were men of great scholarship
(C). people as individuals in the modern age are not more advanced than their predecessors
(D). the engine is a better mode of locomotion than Plato’s chariot.
Right Answer: D
74. The phrase ’height of absurdity’ implies
(A). the possible extent of rationality
(B). the impossible extent of rationality
(C). the possible extent of irrationality
(D). the impossible extent of rationality
Right Answer: C
75. If a medal is an award made of gold, silver or bronze, choose the homophone for the word which means
(A). meddle
(B). muddle
(C). middle
(D). medel
Right Answer: A
76. Verbal guidance is least effective in the learning of
(A). attitudes
(B). Relationships
(C). Skills
(D). Facts
Right Answer: C
77. Choose the word or phrase to fit each blank which best completes each sentence:
My landlady was very _____ when I met with an accident
(A). merciful
(B). pitiful
(C). sympathetic
(D). hearty
Right Answer: C
78. The receptionist _____ to ring another hotel to see if they had a room
(A). offered
(B). suggested
(C). recommended
(D). invited
Right Answer: B
79. I assure you I have wish to _______ my responsibility.
(A). shirk
(B). refuse
(C). abandon
(D). disobey
Right Answer: A
80. Has there been any _______ on the strike from the Government?
(A). reaction
(B). response
(C). comment
(D). criticism
Right Answer: B
81. Identify the most suitable explanation for the idiom used in the sentence given below:
The boy backed up his friend’s claim
(A). accepted
(B). supported
(C). explained
(D). denied
Right Answer: B
82. Choose the appropriate tag for the sentence given below:
(A). will you
(B). shall you
(C). may you
(D). won’t you
Right Answer: A
83. Choose the following sentences by supplying appropriate connecting words from the options listed below:
I met a boy _____ told me _____ I could find you.
(A). who, were
(B). that, were
(C). that, where
(D). who, where
Right Answer: B
84. The former President of India, Dr.(A) P.J. Abdul Kalam has consented to address the students of your school on the eve of annual day. Which discourse among the ones listed below is best suitable for informing the parents of the students about the same?
(A). letter
(B). diary
(C). notice
(D). slogan
Right Answer: B
85. How many syllables are there in the word ‘examination’?
(A). 4
(B). 3
(C). 5
(D). 6
Right Answer: C
86. Which poem ends 'I shall but love thee better after death'?
(A). How do I love thee
(B). Ode to a Grecian urn
(C). In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes
(D). Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Right Answer: A
87. Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece?
(A). John keats
(B). Lord Byron
(C). Solan
(D). Sappho
Right Answer: B
88. Which kind of poem is Edward Lear associated with?
(A). Nature
(B). Epics
(C). Sonnets
(D). Nonsense
Right Answer: D
89. In coleridge's poem 'The rime of the Ancient Mariner'where were the three gallants going?
(A). A funeral
(B). A wedding
(C). Market
(D). To the races
Right Answer: B
90. Harold Nicholson described which poet as 'Very yellow and glum. Perfect manners'?
(A). e. e. Cummings
(B). T. S. Elliot
(C). John Greenleaf Whittier
(D). Walt Whitman
Right Answer: B
91. What was strange about Emily Dickinson?
(A). She rarely left home
(B). She wrote in code
(C). She never attempted to publish her poetry
(D). She wrote her poems in invisible ink
Right Answer: A
92. Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict?
(A). Boer War
(B). Second World War
(C). Korean War
(D). First World War
Right Answer: D
93. Which Poet Laureate wrote about a church mouse?
(A). Betjeman
(B). Hughes
(C). Marvel
(D). Larkin
Right Answer: A
94. Which American writer published 'A brave and startling truth' in 1996
(A). Robert Hass
(B). Jessica Hagdorn
(C). Maya Angelou
(D). Micheal Palmer
Right Answer: C
95. Who wrote about the idyllic 'Isle of Innisfree'?
(A). Dylan Thomas
(B). Ezra Pound
(C). W. B. Yeats
(D). e. e. cummings
Right Answer: C
96. A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of poetry
(A). rhyme scheme
(B). meter
(C). alliteration
(D).
Right Answer:
97. The repetition of similar ending sounds
(A). alliteration
(B). onomatopoiea
(C). rhyme
(D).
Right Answer:
98. Applying human qualities to non-human things
(A). personification
(B). onomatopoeia
(C). alliteration
(D).
Right Answer:
99. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds
(A). rhyme
(B). onomatopoeia
(C). alliteration
(D).
Right Answer: C
100. A comparison of unlike things without using a word of comparison such as like or as
(A). metaphor
(B). simile
(C). personification
(D).
Right Answer: A
101. The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as
(A). metaphor
(B). simile
(C). personification
(D).
Right Answer: B
102. Using words or letters to imitate sounds
(A). alliteration
(B). simile
(C). onomatopoeia
(D).
Right Answer: C
103. a description that appeals to one of the five senses
(A). imagery
(B). personification
(C). metaphor
(D).
Right Answer: A
104. A poem that tells a story with plot, setting, and characters
(A). lyric
(B). free verse
(C). narrative
(D).
Right Answer: C
105. A poem with no meter or rhyme
(A). lyric
(B). free verse
(C). narrative
(D).
Right Answer: B
106. A poem that generally has meter and rhyme
(A). lyric
(B). free verse
(C). narrative
(D).
Right Answer: A
107. Sylvia Plath married which English poet?
(A). Masefield
(B). Causley
(C). Hughes
(D). Larkin
Right Answer: C
108. Carl Sandburg 'Planked whitefish' contains what kind of imagery?
(A). Sea scenes
(B). Rural Idyll
(C). War
(D). Innocent childhood
Right Answer: C
109. Which influential American poet was born in Long Island in 1819?
(A). Emily Dickinson
(B). Paul Dunbar
(C). John Greenleaf Whittier
(D). Walt Whitman
Right Answer: D
110. In 1960 'The Colossus' was the first book of poems published by which poetess?
(A). Elizabeth Bishop
(B). Sylvia Plath
(C). Marianne Moore
(D). Laura Jackson
Right Answer: B
111. In his poem Kipling said 'If you can meet with triumph and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '?
(A). Glory
(B). Ruin
(C). Disaster
(D). victory
Right Answer: C
112. Which of the following is not a literary device used for aesthetic effect in poetry?
(A). Assonance
(B). Onomatopaea
(C). Rhyme
(D). Grammar
Right Answer: D
113. which of these is magnum opus of chaucer?
(A). Troilus and criseyde
(B). House of fame
(C). The canterbury tales
(D). Parliament of fowls.
Right Answer: C
114. What is the earliest surviving European poem?
(A). The Homeric epic
(B). The Gilgamesh epic
(C). The Deluge epic
(D). The Hesiodic ode
Right Answer: A
115. Which of the following is not a poetic tradition?
(A). The Epic
(B). The Comic
(C). The Occult
(D). The Tragic
Right Answer: C
116. What is the study of poetry's meter and form called?
(A). Prosody
(B). Potology
(C). Rheumatology
(D). Scansion
Right Answer: A
117. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?
(A). Alliterative verse
(B). Sonnet form
(C). Iambic pentameter
(D). Dactylic hexameter
Right Answer: C
118. Which poet invented the concept of the variable foot in poetry?
(A). William Carlos Williams
(B). Emily Dickinson
(C). Gerard Manly Hopkins
(D). Robert Frost
Right Answer: A
119. Who wrote this famous line: 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate…'
(A). TS Eliot
(B). Lord Tennyson
(C). Charlotte Bronte
(D). Shakespeare
Right Answer: D
120. From what century does the poetic form the folk ballad date?
(A). The 12th
(B). The 14th
(C). The 17th
(D). The 19th
Right Answer: A
121. From which of Shakespeare's plays is this famous line: 'Did my heart love til now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night'
(A). A Midsummer Night's Dream
(B). Hamlet
(C). Othello
(D). Romeo and Juliet
Right Answer: D
122. What is a poem called whose first letters of each line spell out a word?
(A). Alliterative
(B). Epic
(C). Acrostic
(D). Haiku
Right Answer: C
123. Auld Lang Syne is a famous poem by whom?
(A). Sir Walter Scott
(B). William Butler Yeats
(C). Henry Longfellow
(D). Robert Burns
Right Answer: D
124. How has Stephen Dunn been described in 'the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry?
(A). A poet of middleness
(B). Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness
(C). One of the leading prairie poets
(D). Has some distinction as a critic
Right Answer: A
125. 'The Cambridge school' refers to a group who emerged when?
(A). The 1900's
(B). The 1960's
(C). The 1920's
(D). The 1930's
Right Answer: B
126. Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city?
(A). Vancouver
(B). Toronto
(C). Ottowa
(D). Montreal
Right Answer: C
127. Which of the following words describe the prevailing attitude of High-Modern Literature?
(A). Skeptical
(B). Authoritative
(C). Impressionistic
(D). Confident
Right Answer: D
128. Which Welsh poet wrote "Under Milk Wood?"
(A). Anthony Hopkins
(B). Richard Burton
(C). Tom Jones
(D). Dylan Thomas
Right Answer: D
129. Who wrote Canterbury Tales?
(A). Geoffrey Chaucer
(B). Dick Whittington
(C). Thomas Lancaster
(D). King Richard II
Right Answer: A
130. Who wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles?"
(A). Agatha Christie
(B). H Ryder-Haggard
(C). P D James
(D). Arthur Conan Doyle
Right Answer: D
131. Wlliam Shakespeare is not the author of:
(A). Titus Andronicus
(B). Taming of the Shrew
(C). White Devil
(D). Hamlet
Right Answer: C
132. ___________is a late 20th century play written by a woman?
(A). Queen Cristina
(B). Top Girls
(C). Camille
(D). The Homecoimg
Right Answer: C
133. Which of the following writers wrote historical novels?
(A). Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte
(B). Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
(C). William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(D). Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
Right Answer: B
134. Who wrote "Ten Little Niggers?"
(A). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(B). Irvine Welsh
(C). Agatha Christie
(D). None of above
Right Answer: C
135. Which of the following are Thomas Hardy books?
(A). The Poor Man and the Lady
(B). The Return of Native
(C). Chollttee
(D). None of the above
Right Answer:
136. Which of the following is not a work of John Keats?
(A). Endymion
(B). To some ladies
(C). To hope
(D). None of above
Right Answer: D
137. Who wrote the poems, "On death" and "Women, Wine, and Snuff?"
(A). John Milton
(B). John Keats
(C). P.B. Shelley
(D). William Wordsworth
Right Answer: B
138. "Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden."
This is an extract from:
(A). Paradise Lost
(B). Paradise Regained
(C). Samson Agonistes
(D). Divorce Tracts
Right Answer: A
139. William Shakespeare was born in the year:
(A). 1564
(B). 1544
(C). 1578
(D). 1582
Right Answer: A
140. Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy?
(A). Titus Andronicus
(B). Othello
(C). Macbeth
(D). Hamlet
Right Answer: D
141. Who wrote 'The Winter's Tale?'
(A). George Bernard Shaw
(B). John Dryden
(C). Christopher Marlowe
(D). William Shakespeare
Right Answer: D
142. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
(A). No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.
(B). A simile is more descriptive.
(C). A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn't.
(D). A simile must use animals in the comparison.
Right Answer: C
143. What is the word for a "play on words"?
(A). pun
(B). simile
(C). haiku
(D). metaphor
Right Answer: A
144. Which represents an example of alliteration?
(A). Language Arts
(B). Peter Piper Picked Peppers
(C). I like music.
(D). A beautiful scenery with music
Right Answer: B
145. What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?
(A). Personification
(B). Hyperboles
(C). Alliteration
(D). Onomatopoeia
Right Answer: D
146. The theme is ...?
(A). a plot.
(B). an character
(C). an address
(D). the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.
Right Answer: D
147. Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem.
(A). characters, main idea, and theme
(B). purpose and audience
(C). theme, purpose, form, and mood.
(D). rhyme and reason
Right Answer: C
148. Which is not a poetry form?
(A). epic
(B). tale
(C). ballad
(D). sonnet
Right Answer: B
149. Which is an example of a proverb?
(A). Get a "stake" in our business.
(B). You can't have your cake and eat it, too
(C). The snow was white as cotton.
(D). You're driving me crazy.
Right Answer: B
150. Which is an exaggeration?
(A). Alliteration
(B). Haiku
(C). Hyperbole
(D). Prose
Right Answer: C
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