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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. |
The study of signs is called_ |
| A. | linguistics |
| B. | semiotics |
| C. | scientology |
| D. | stylistics |
| Answer» B. semiotics | |
| 2. |
Who coined the word netspeak to denote the language used in internet communication? |
| A. | roland bartthes |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | david crystal |
| D. | david lodge |
| Answer» C. david crystal | |
| 3. |
Who is the author of A House for Mr. Biswas? |
| A. | shiv naipaul |
| B. | kushwant singh |
| C. | dom moraes |
| D. | vs naipaul |
| Answer» D. vs naipaul | |
| 4. |
Who wrote Things fall Apart? |
| A. | chinua achebe |
| B. | wole soyinka |
| C. | ismuth chugthai |
| D. | yeats |
| Answer» A. chinua achebe | |
| 5. |
Train to Pakistan is a famous novel by Kushwant Singh based on |
| A. | partition |
| B. | untouchables |
| C. | prostitution |
| D. | famine |
| Answer» A. partition | |
| 6. |
Who wrote Summer in Calcutta ? |
| A. | kamla das |
| B. | mahasweta devi |
| C. | mihir sen |
| D. | satyajit ray |
| Answer» A. kamla das | |
| 7. |
Which of the following is not a novel by Chinua Achebe? |
| A. | no longer at ease |
| B. | arrow of god |
| C. | a man of people |
| D. | shame |
| Answer» D. shame | |
| 8. |
Achebe belongs to_ |
| A. | nigeria |
| B. | sudan |
| C. | south africa |
| D. | ethiopia |
| Answer» A. nigeria | |
| 9. |
The poem which lends the title of Things fall Apart by Achebe is |
| A. | easter 1916 |
| B. | byzantium |
| C. | second coming |
| D. | daffodils |
| Answer» C. second coming | |
| 10. |
An Area of Darkness by VS Naipaul is a |
| A. | travelogue |
| B. | novel |
| C. | shortstory |
| D. | drama |
| Answer» A. travelogue | |
| 11. |
is a novel by Patrick White, the Australian novelist. |
| A. | snake |
| B. | voss |
| C. | cosmos |
| D. | raj quartet |
| Answer» B. voss | |
| 12. |
The Stone Angel is a novel written by Margaret Lawrence, a native Neepawa in |
| A. | africa |
| B. | england |
| C. | australia |
| D. | u s a |
| Answer» A. africa | |
| 13. |
The Guide is a novel written by |
| A. | rk narayan |
| B. | kr narayanan |
| C. | anita desai |
| D. | kirandesai |
| Answer» A. rk narayan | |
| 14. |
Mukta Dhara is a play by |
| A. | tagore |
| B. | r k narayanan |
| C. | anita desai |
| D. | manjula padmanaban |
| Answer» A. tagore | |
| 15. |
The term “Gitanjali” of the poem of the same name by Tagore means |
| A. | god songs |
| B. | good songs |
| C. | verses |
| D. | song offerings |
| Answer» D. song offerings | |
| 16. |
Who wrote the introduction to Gitanjali? |
| A. | wb yeats |
| B. | tagore |
| C. | eliot |
| D. | louis fischer |
| Answer» A. wb yeats | |
| 17. |
Douglas Steward who wrote many verse plays like Kelly, Shipwreck, The Golden Lover and Fischer’s Ghost originally belonged to |
| A. | australia |
| B. | new zealand |
| C. | trinidad |
| D. | china |
| Answer» B. new zealand | |
| 18. |
Who wrote the book The Western Canon? |
| A. | harold bloom |
| B. | david lodge |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | f r leavis |
| Answer» A. harold bloom | |
| 19. |
Literary Theory: An Introduction is a book written by |
| A. | harold bloom |
| B. | terry eagleton |
| C. | f.r.leavis |
| D. | northrop frye |
| Answer» B. terry eagleton | |
| 20. |
Who wrote the book The Common Pursuit? |
| A. | harold bloom |
| B. | terry eagleton |
| C. | f.r leavis |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» C. f.r leavis | |
| 21. |
“Of the standard of Taste” is an essay by |
| A. | david hume |
| B. | harold bloom |
| C. | david lodge |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» A. david hume | |
| 22. |
The term canon originaly meanin g a measuring rod, is of |
| A. | hebrew |
| B. | arab |
| C. | chinese |
| D. | greek |
| Answer» D. greek | |
| 23. |
The famous book on culture wars in USA, Illiberal Education : The politics of Sex and Race on Campus is written by |
| A. | dinesh d’souza |
| B. | amartya sen |
| C. | arundhadi roy |
| D. | noam chomsky |
| Answer» A. dinesh d’souza | |
| 24. |
Macaulay’s “Minutes on Indian Education” dates back to |
| A. | 1835 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1845 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» A. 1835 | |
| 25. |
What does the acronym DWEM stands for ? |
| A. | dear white european males |
| B. | dead white english man |
| C. | dead white european male |
| D. | dear white english man |
| Answer» C. dead white european male | |
| 26. |
Who made a distinction between implied reader and actual reader? |
| A. | wolf gang iser |
| B. | kamla das |
| C. | mahasweta devi |
| D. | terry eagleton |
| Answer» A. wolf gang iser | |
| 27. |
Who translated Rubaiyat of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam into English? |
| A. | homer |
| B. | edward fitzgerald |
| C. | harold bloom |
| D. | terry eagleton |
| Answer» B. edward fitzgerald | |
| 28. |
Who wrote the book Loose Canons: Notes on the Culture Wars (1992)? |
| A. | henry louis gates |
| B. | harold bloom |
| C. | dinesh d’souza |
| D. | milton |
| Answer» A. henry louis gates | |
| 29. |
Who spoke about the concept of value in literature? |
| A. | t s eliot |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | frank kermode |
| D. | wordsworth |
| Answer» C. frank kermode | |
| 30. |
The word for copying another person’s ideas, words, or work and using as if they are yours is called |
| A. | plagiarism |
| B. | theft |
| C. | robbery |
| D. | copyright |
| Answer» A. plagiarism | |
| 31. |
“Piers Plowman” is a poem by |
| A. | cervantes, |
| B. | wycliffe |
| C. | william langland |
| D. | tyndale |
| Answer» C. william langland | |
| 32. |
means intended to give instruction, is applied to a work with an educational value |
| A. | didacticism |
| B. | structure |
| C. | textual criticism |
| D. | sensualism |
| Answer» A. didacticism | |
| 33. |
Aestheticism means intended for_ |
| A. | learning |
| B. | pleasure |
| C. | teaching |
| D. | spirituality |
| Answer» B. pleasure | |
| 34. |
My story is a fictional autobiography of |
| A. | kamala das |
| B. | a k ramanujam |
| C. | indira nooyi |
| D. | nissim ezikial |
| Answer» A. kamala das | |
| 35. |
Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is of |
| A. | nirad chaudhri |
| B. | kamaladas |
| C. | kushwant singh |
| D. | dom moraes |
| Answer» A. nirad chaudhri | |
| 36. |
Who wrote the famous essay “What is an Author?” 1969? |
| A. | roland bartthes |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | david crystal |
| D. | david lodge |
| Answer» B. michel foucault | |
| 37. |
Which of the following is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand? |
| A. | a fine balance |
| B. | untouchables |
| C. | bye bye black bird |
| D. | maneater of malgudi |
| Answer» B. untouchables | |
| 38. |
Who wrote Poetics? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | longinus |
| D. | horace |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 39. |
What does the idea of “catharsis” by Aristotle mean? |
| A. | emotion |
| B. | fear |
| C. | pity |
| D. | purgation of pity and fear |
| Answer» D. purgation of pity and fear | |
| 40. |
In which century did Shakespeare live? |
| A. | eighteenth |
| B. | nineteenth |
| C. | twentieth |
| D. | sixteenth |
| Answer» D. sixteenth | |
| 41. |
Who wrote the essay “From work to Text”? |
| A. | roman jakobson |
| B. | roland barthes |
| C. | todorov |
| D. | david cristal |
| Answer» B. roland barthes | |
| 42. |
The comparison between two different things by using like or as as in “O my love’s like a red red rose” is called a |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | simile |
| C. | epic simile |
| D. | conceit |
| Answer» B. simile | |
| 43. |
The comparison between two different things by not using like or as as in “O my love’s a red red rose” is called a_ |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | simile |
| C. | epic simile |
| D. | conceit |
| Answer» A. metaphor | |
| 44. |
Who used the word social construction for the first time in the book The Social Construction of Reality ? |
| A. | david crystal |
| B. | peter berger& tomas luckman |
| C. | tomas luckman |
| D. | eagleton |
| Answer» B. peter berger& tomas luckman | |
| 45. |
A brand of criticism that argues that writing in English continues colonialism is called |
| A. | neocolonialism |
| B. | nativism |
| C. | regionalism |
| D. | practicalism |
| Answer» B. nativism | |
| 46. |
Whose book is Imaginary Home lands? |
| A. | salman rushdie |
| B. | naipaul |
| C. | vikram seth |
| D. | bilkram chandra |
| Answer» A. salman rushdie | |
| 47. |
Who is considered as the father of sociology? |
| A. | bipin chandra |
| B. | romila thapar |
| C. | emile durkheim |
| D. | d d kosambi |
| Answer» C. emile durkheim | |
| 48. |
A book of synonyms is called |
| A. | dictionary |
| B. | reverse dictionary |
| C. | thesaurus |
| D. | oxymoron |
| Answer» C. thesaurus | |
| 49. |
Who is the only writer who has won the Booker of Booker prize? |
| A. | rushdie |
| B. | hanif kureishi |
| C. | arundhadi roy |
| D. | david lodge |
| Answer» A. rushdie | |
| 50. |
Slavoj Zizek is a native of |
| A. | iran |
| B. | america |
| C. | slovenia |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» C. slovenia | |
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