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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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