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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 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 | |
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