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| 1. |
Does English and Malayalam have the same sentence structure? |
| A. | yes |
| B. | no |
| C. | cannot be compared |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. no | |
| 2. |
Look at the statements given below and choose the right option. English has no infections. In English, positions of words are what determine meaning. |
| A. | first statement is right, second is wrong |
| B. | first statement is wrong and second is right |
| C. | both statements are right |
| D. | both statements are wrong. |
| Answer» C. both statements are right | |
| 3. |
Does the position of words affect meaning in English sentences? |
| A. | yes |
| B. | no |
| C. | not sure |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. yes | |
| 4. |
Complete the expression using word or words that suit the expression. Once upon a |
| A. | photo |
| B. | water |
| C. | time |
| D. | to be |
| Answer» C. time | |
| 5. |
Find the correct sentence. |
| A. | the cat chased a to be. |
| B. | the cat chased a bring. |
| C. | the cat chased an intelligent |
| D. | the cat chased a rat. |
| Answer» D. the cat chased a rat. | |
| 6. |
Find the odd one out. |
| A. | mary ate a biscuit |
| B. | john wrote a letter |
| C. | she slept well |
| D. | i saw him |
| Answer» C. she slept well | |
| 7. |
Find the odd one out. |
| A. | he did his chores |
| B. | he walked home |
| C. | she slept well |
| D. | my father reached late |
| Answer» A. he did his chores | |
| 8. |
He ____ his hat. |
| A. | put off |
| B. | bring on |
| C. | put on |
| D. | put up with |
| Answer» C. put on | |
| 9. |
Who is the author of the story Eyes of the Cat? |
| A. | o henry |
| B. | r k narayan |
| C. | ruskin bond |
| D. | ted hughes |
| Answer» C. ruskin bond | |
| 10. |
We ____ ____ the trash for pick up. |
| A. | gave up |
| B. | left out |
| C. | left over |
| D. | put up with |
| Answer» B. left out | |
| 11. |
I am having some trouble ____ ____ the solution for this problem. |
| A. | working out |
| B. | putting out |
| C. | going on |
| D. | going away |
| Answer» A. working out | |
| 12. |
What will she _____ _____ next? |
| A. | keep on |
| B. | smile on |
| C. | think up |
| D. | drink away |
| Answer» C. think up | |
| 13. |
I ____ ____ my friend on my way to work. |
| A. | think up |
| B. | came across |
| C. | went over |
| D. | put away |
| Answer» B. came across | |
| 14. |
She ____ _____ the tree. |
| A. | fell on |
| B. | put out |
| C. | put away |
| D. | climbed up |
| Answer» D. climbed up | |
| 15. |
I will ____ _____ the matter. |
| A. | put up with |
| B. | slide past |
| C. | look away |
| D. | look into |
| Answer» D. look into | |
| 16. |
We are _____ ____ his sudden whims. |
| A. | put up |
| B. | carry across |
| C. | used to |
| D. | put on |
| Answer» C. used to | |
| 17. |
It's time to _____ _____ the plane. |
| A. | put out |
| B. | put on |
| C. | get out |
| D. | get on |
| Answer» D. get on | |
| 18. |
The car ____ ____ on the way. |
| A. | broke down |
| B. | caught out |
| C. | carried away |
| D. | went across |
| Answer» A. broke down | |
| 19. |
Did you ____ _____ the customer's complaint? |
| A. | get on |
| B. | deal with |
| C. | put on |
| D. | break out |
| Answer» B. deal with | |
| 20. |
Who is the author of the story The Death of a Clerk? |
| A. | leo tolstoy |
| B. | ruskin bond |
| C. | anton chekhov |
| D. | victor hugo |
| Answer» C. anton chekhov | |
| 21. |
Identify the figure of speech in the given lines. Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | personification |
| D. | hyperbole |
| Answer» C. personification | |
| 22. |
Identify the figure of speech in the text given below. To follow her thought was like following a voice which speaks too quickly |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | personification |
| C. | hyperbole |
| D. | simile |
| Answer» D. simile | |
| 23. |
Identify the figure of speech in the given text. I have told you to clean your room a million times. |
| A. | hyperbole |
| B. | simile |
| C. | metaphor |
| D. | personification |
| Answer» A. hyperbole | |
| 24. |
Identify the figure of speech in the given text. The assignment was a breeze |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | personification |
| D. | hyperbole |
| Answer» B. metaphor | |
| 25. |
Who is the narrator in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? |
| A. | sancho panza |
| B. | sherlock holmes |
| C. | dr watson |
| D. | omniscient narrator |
| Answer» C. dr watson | |
| 26. |
Who wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? |
| A. | george orwell |
| B. | arthur conan doyle |
| C. | henry james |
| D. | william faulkner |
| Answer» B. arthur conan doyle | |
| 27. |
Who is the protagonist of the novel 1984? |
| A. | george orwell |
| B. | tom jones |
| C. | tom tulliver |
| D. | winston smith |
| Answer» D. winston smith | |
| 28. |
Identify the popular novel in which the character Charles Bingley appears? |
| A. | 1984 |
| B. | hard times |
| C. | things fall apart |
| D. | pride and prejudice |
| Answer» D. pride and prejudice | |
| 29. |
Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice? |
| A. | jane austen |
| B. | mary ann evans |
| C. | agatha christie |
| D. | charlotte bronte |
| Answer» A. jane austen | |
| 30. |
Who wrote the novel 1984? |
| A. | william faulkner |
| B. | james joyce |
| C. | george orwell |
| D. | john osborne |
| Answer» C. george orwell | |
| 31. |
Identify the novel in which the characters Isma, Eamonn, Parvaiz, Aneeka and Karamat appear? |
| A. | 1984 |
| B. | midnight's children |
| C. | pride and prejudice |
| D. | home fire |
| Answer» D. home fire | |
| 32. |
Who wrote the novel Things Fall Apart? |
| A. | saul bellow |
| B. | chinua achebe |
| C. | ngugi wa thiong'o |
| D. | chimamanda ngozi adichie |
| Answer» B. chinua achebe | |
| 33. |
Who wrote the novel Home Fire? |
| A. | langston hughes |
| B. | saul bellow |
| C. | kamila shamsie |
| D. | alice walker |
| Answer» C. kamila shamsie | |
| 34. |
Which society is portrayed in the novel Things Fall Apart? |
| A. | fulani |
| B. | yoruba |
| C. | negrito |
| D. | igbo |
| Answer» D. igbo | |
| 35. |
Who wrote the essay Shakespeare in the Bush? |
| A. | laura bohannan |
| B. | chinua achebe |
| C. | harold bloom |
| D. | dr johnson |
| Answer» A. laura bohannan | |
| 36. |
Who is the director of the film Rashomon? |
| A. | kim ki-duk |
| B. | akira kurosawa |
| C. | yasujiro ozu |
| D. | satyajit ray |
| Answer» B. akira kurosawa | |
| 37. |
As I Grew Older is a poem by ____. |
| A. | emily dickinson |
| B. | walt whitman |
| C. | langston hughes |
| D. | thomas hardy |
| Answer» C. langston hughes | |
| 38. |
Who wrote the poem Everyone Sang? |
| A. | wilfred owen |
| B. | thomas hardy |
| C. | siegfried sassoon |
| D. | walt whitman |
| Answer» C. siegfried sassoon | |
| 39. |
Who wrote the poem Because I could not stop for Death? |
| A. | emily dickinson |
| B. | elizabeth barret browning |
| C. | rabindranath tagore |
| D. | t s eliot |
| Answer» A. emily dickinson | |
| 40. |
Who wrote the poem The Oak? |
| A. | matthew arnold |
| B. | p b shelley |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | alfred lord tennyson |
| Answer» D. alfred lord tennyson | |
| 41. |
Who wrote the poem, The Destruction of Sennacherib? |
| A. | william wordsworth |
| B. | lord byron |
| C. | william blake |
| D. | thomas gray |
| Answer» B. lord byron | |
| 42. |
Who wrote the poem, The Daffodils? |
| A. | p b shelley |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | lord byron |
| D. | s t coleridge |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 43. |
Identify the poem from which the following line is taken. I wandered lonely as a cloud |
| A. | the destruction of sennacherib |
| B. | the oak |
| C. | rime of the ancient mariner |
| D. | the daffodils |
| Answer» D. the daffodils | |
| 44. |
Identify the poet who wrote the following lines. The Carriage held but just Ourselves - And Immortality |
| A. | siegfried sassoon |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | emily dickinson |
| D. | alfred lord tennyson |
| Answer» C. emily dickinson | |
| 45. |
Who wrote the poem The Voice? |
| A. | thomas hardy |
| B. | robert frost |
| C. | emily dickinson |
| D. | alfred lord tennyson |
| Answer» A. thomas hardy | |
| 46. |
Who wrote the sonnet Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? |
| A. | thomas wyatt |
| B. | earl of surrey |
| C. | william shakespeare |
| D. | philip sidney |
| Answer» C. william shakespeare | |
| 47. |
Who authored the collection of poetry, A Shropshire Lad? |
| A. | robert frost |
| B. | earl of surrey |
| C. | thomas hardy |
| D. | a e housman |
| Answer» D. a e housman | |
| 48. |
Who wrote the poem Birches? |
| A. | robert frost |
| B. | walt whitman |
| C. | emily dickinson |
| D. | t s eliot |
| Answer» A. robert frost | |
| 49. |
Who wrote the book Politically Correct Bedtime Stories? |
| A. | italo calvino |
| B. | james finn garner |
| C. | marcel proust |
| D. | julian barnes |
| Answer» B. james finn garner | |
| 50. |
Polonius and Ophelia are characters in which famous Shakespeare play? |
| A. | king lear |
| B. | othello |
| C. | hamlet |
| D. | macbeth |
| Answer» C. hamlet | |
| 51. |
“A Hanging” is written by…………………………….. |
| A. | arundhati roy b) antonio gramsci |
| C. | george orwell |
| D. | anton chekov |
| Answer» C. george orwell | |
| 52. |
…………….is the process through which the dominant class propagate their beliefs and ideas and rule over the subordinate groups. |
| A. | ideology |
| B. | interpellation |
| C. | hegemony |
| D. | power |
| Answer» C. hegemony | |
| 53. |
The process of voluntarily assimilating consent into the mainstream thinking is…………………. |
| A. | ideology |
| B. | interpellation |
| C. | subjugation |
| D. | hegemony |
| Answer» B. interpellation | |
| 54. |
The leading Marxist philosopher ……………………….used the term ideology to refer to these dominant beliefs, ideas and representations which legitimize existing power relations. |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | antonio gramsci |
| C. | terry eagleton |
| D. | engels |
| Answer» A. louis althusser | |
| 55. |
The term …………………to refer to the dominant beliefs, ideas and representations which legitimize existing power relations |
| A. | interpellation |
| B. | hegemony |
| C. | ideology |
| D. | monopoly |
| Answer» C. ideology | |
| 56. |
Jane Eyre is the famous novel written by………………. |
| A. | emily bronte |
| B. | charlotte bronte |
| C. | virginia woolf |
| D. | george eliot |
| Answer» B. charlotte bronte | |
| 57. |
Maya Angelou is an …………….poet |
| A. | british |
| B. | indian |
| C. | american |
| D. | italian |
| Answer» C. american | |
| 58. |
Who used the term ‘discourse’ to denote a historically contingent social system that produces knowledge and meaning |
| A. | michel foucault |
| B. | raymond williams |
| C. | marx |
| D. | antonio gramsci |
| Answer» A. michel foucault | |
| 59. |
The term …………………….to denote a historically contingent social system that produces knowledge and meaning |
| A. | interpellation |
| B. | hegemony |
| C. | discourse |
| D. | ideology |
| Answer» C. discourse | |
| 60. |
The story ‘A Hanging’ is set in………………………. |
| A. | nepal |
| B. | india |
| C. | china |
| D. | burma |
| Answer» D. burma | |
| 61. |
‘The Adivasi will not Dance’ is written by …………………….. |
| A. | h s shekhar b) mulkraj anand |
| C. | limbale |
| D. | narayan |
| Answer» A. h s shekhar b) mulkraj anand | |
| 62. |
The dictionary defines …………..as a ‘social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family in both domestic and religious functions. |
| A. | gender |
| B. | patriarchy |
| C. | matriarchy |
| D. | anarchism |
| Answer» B. patriarchy | |
| 63. |
…………..is an ideology people use in modern societies to imagine the existence of differences between men and women on the basis of their sex. |
| A. | feminism |
| B. | gender |
| C. | patriarchy |
| D. | marxism |
| Answer» B. gender | |
| 64. |
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts is the autobiography of ……. |
| A. | maxine hong kingston |
| B. | maya angelou |
| C. | george orwell |
| D. | althusser |
| Answer» A. maxine hong kingston | |
| 65. |
The short story ‘Prelude’ written by……… |
| A. | emily dickenson |
| B. | virginia woolf |
| C. | maxine hong kingston |
| D. | katherine mansfield |
| Answer» D. katherine mansfield | |
| 66. |
The word………. refers to any person or group of inferior rank or station, whether because of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion. |
| A. | subaltern |
| B. | dalit |
| C. | adivasi |
| D. | transgender |
| Answer» A. subaltern | |
| 67. |
Who is the author of Images of Women in Literature? |
| A. | judith butler |
| B. | virginia wolf |
| C. | mary anne ferguson |
| D. | elaine showalter. |
| Answer» C. mary anne ferguson | |
| 68. |
The second Sex is written by………………… |
| A. | simon de beauvoir |
| B. | virginia wolf |
| C. | judith butler |
| D. | elaine showalter |
| Answer» A. simon de beauvoir | |
| 69. |
The typical, fixed gender images are called …………… |
| A. | masculinity |
| B. | feminine |
| C. | stereotypes |
| D. | third gender |
| Answer» C. stereotypes | |
| 70. |
“ Which Language Should I Speak; is a poem of ………….. |
| A. | f m shinde |
| B. | raghavan atholi |
| C. | arun kamble |
| D. | m dasan |
| Answer» C. arun kamble | |
| 71. |
‘ Oxford India Anthology of Malayalam Dalit Writing is edited by……… |
| A. | arun kumble |
| B. | sachidanandan |
| C. | sunny m kapikkad |
| D. | dr. m dasan |
| Answer» D. dr. m dasan | |
| 72. |
F M Shinde is a……………..poet |
| A. | bengali |
| B. | marathi |
| C. | hindi |
| D. | tamil |
| Answer» B. marathi | |
| 73. |
The poem ‘Habit’ is written by…………… |
| A. | arun camble |
| B. | s joseph |
| C. | priya adarker |
| D. | f m shinde |
| Answer» D. f m shinde | |
| 74. |
Which among the poems is written by S Joseph? |
| A. | identity card |
| B. | habit |
| C. | which language should i speak |
| D. | black dance |
| Answer» A. identity card | |
| 75. |
The poem ‘Identity Card’ is translated from Malayalam to English by |
| A. | anand |
| B. | valsan thampu |
| C. | devika |
| D. | k sachidanandan |
| Answer» D. k sachidanandan | |
| 76. |
Who is the author of the novel Lord Of Flies? |
| A. | william golding |
| B. | amitav ghosh |
| C. | tolstoy |
| D. | william faulkner |
| Answer» A. william golding | |
| 77. |
A person’s gender identity may differ from the sex they were assigned at birth. Such subjects are called …………… |
| A. | masculine |
| B. | feminine |
| C. | lesbian |
| D. | transgender. |
| Answer» D. transgender. | |
| 78. |
‘I Remember I Remembe’r is a poem of……….. |
| A. | thomas hood |
| B. | ogden nash |
| C. | robert frost |
| D. | john keats |
| Answer» A. thomas hood | |
| 79. |
Calvin and Hobbes , a daily comic strip by the American Cartoonist …….. |
| A. | dr. seuss |
| B. | shel silverstein |
| C. | bill watterson |
| D. | grey larson |
| Answer» C. bill watterson | |
| 80. |
“ Norms are not static entities, but incorporated and interpreted features of existence” Who says? |
| A. | elaine showalter |
| B. | judith butler |
| C. | betty friedan |
| D. | virginia woolf |
| Answer» C. betty friedan | |
| 81. |
People who use the term …………..may use it to mean lesbian, gay, bisexual, or pansexual, or they may use it because other terms don’t quite describe their experiences. |
| A. | queer |
| B. | transgender |
| C. | gender |
| D. | hetero sexual |
| Answer» A. queer | |
| 82. |
People who identify their sexual orientation as ……………..typically feel attracted to people of a different gender |
| A. | bi sexual |
| B. | pansexual |
| C. | hetero sexual |
| D. | ho*mo sexual |
| Answer» C. hetero sexual | |
| 83. |
………….is about a gay man from rural Karnataka |
| A. | habit |
| B. | mohanaswamy |
| C. | the letter q, |
| D. | identity card |
| Answer» B. mohanaswamy | |
| 84. |
Vasudhendra is a………….writer |
| A. | tamil |
| B. | hindi |
| C. | bengali |
| D. | kannada |
| Answer» D. kannada | |
| 85. |
Vasudhendra is a …………………………writer |
| A. | gay |
| B. | lesbian |
| C. | transgender |
| D. | dalit |
| Answer» A. gay | |
| 86. |
“I am large. I contain multitudes” is a line from………… |
| A. | habit |
| B. | identity |
| C. | songs of myself |
| D. | mohanaswamy |
| Answer» C. songs of myself | |
| 87. |
“Songs of Life” is the work of……… |
| A. | s joseph. |
| B. | emerson |
| C. | f m shinde |
| D. | walt whitman |
| Answer» D. walt whitman | |
| 88. |
People who identify as ……………..typically feel attracted to more than one gender, such as being attracted to both women and men. |
| A. | bi sexual |
| B. | ho*mo sexual |
| C. | hetero sexual |
| D. | pan sexual |
| Answer» A. bi sexual | |
| 89. |
……………, one of the earliest Dalit writers, defines Dalit literature as “Literature which artistically portrays the sorrows, tribulations, slavery, degradation, ridicule and poverty endured by Dalits” |
| A. | sharankumar limbale |
| B. | arjun dangle |
| C. | abedkar |
| D. | valmiki |
| Answer» A. sharankumar limbale | |
| 90. |
‘The Letter Q’ is a letter written by………… |
| A. | ely shipley |
| B. | vasudhendra |
| C. | walt whitman |
| D. | emerson |
| Answer» A. ely shipley | |
| 91. |
“Naught may endure but “mutability”is the line from the poem “ Mutability” by |
| A. | john keats |
| B. | p b shelly |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» B. p b shelly | |
| 92. |
“Don’t cry, Darling, It’s Blood All right” is the poem of……….. |
| A. | ogden nash |
| B. | thomas hood |
| C. | robert frost |
| D. | walt whitman |
| Answer» A. ogden nash | |
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