41. “And in being forced to class herself among the fortunate she did not cease to wonder at the persistence of the unforeseen, when the one to whom unbroken tranquillity had been accorded in the adult stage was she whose youth had seemed to teach that happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.”
These are the closing lines of the novel:
(A) David Copperfleld
(B) Tess of the D ‘Urberville
(C) Jude the Obscure
(D) The Mayor of Casterbridge
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42. Nimi is the wife of a judge in a novel authored by:
(A) Aravind Adiga
(B) Bhabani Bhattacharya
(C) Namita Gokhle
(D) Kiran Desai
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43. One of O Henry’s story ends with these lines.
“But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the …………”
Supply the missing word.
(A) Wisest
(B) Best
(C) Gems
(D) Magi
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44. The central character of the novel is an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago, who has not caught a fish for 84 days. Manolin, cherishes the old man and the life lessons he imparts and continues to Stream, where he soon hooks a giant marlin. With all his great experience and strength, he struggles support him with food and bait. Santiago takes his skiff far out into the deep waters of the Gulf with the fish for three days, but finally reels the marlin in and lashes it to his boat. However, Santiago’s exhausting effort goes for naught as Sharks are drawn to the tethered marlin, leaving behind only its skeleton. A concerned Manolin is relieved to find Santiago alive, and the two agree to go fishing together. Identify the novel.
(A) The Old Man and the Sea
(B) Red Midnight
(C) The Alchemist
(D) On the Road
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45. Find the odd one out from the works of Salman Rushdie:
1. The Moor’s Last Sigh
2. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
3. Joseph Anton
4. Quichotte
(A) 2- Travelogue (others are novels)
(B) 4- Children’s Book (others are novels)
(C) Short Story Collection (others are novels)
(D) 3- Memoir (others are novels)
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46. Which of the following works is reviewed in George Orwell’s essay ‘Inside the Whole’?
(A) Henry Miller’s ‘Tropic of Cancer’
(B) James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
(C) D.H. Lawrence’s ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover
(D) Anais Nin’s Delta of Venus
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47. Which of the following novelists mentioned below did not reveive the Nobel Prize?
(A) Sinclair Lenis
(B) Pearl Buck
(C) John Steinback
(D) Jon Dos Passos
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48. Which of the following works of D.H. Lawrence is not a novel?
(A) Kangaroo
(B) The Plumed Serpent
(C) Tortoises
(D) The White Peacock
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49. Who is the author of the novel “A Passage to India,” set against the backdrop of British colonialism in India?
(A) E.M. Forster
(B) Rudyard Kipling
(C) Joseph Conrad
(D) Somerset Maugham
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50. What is the title of Salman Rushdie’s Booker Prize-winning novel that explores the history and culture of India?
(A) “Midnight’s Children”
(B) “The Satanic Verses”
(C) “Shame”
(D) “The Moor’s Last Sigh”
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51. Which of these arrangements is the right chronological order for arrangement of the texts?
(A) Utopia The Parliament of Fowles – Hamlet – Euphues
(B) The Parliament of Fowles-Utopia-Euphues-Hamlet
(C) Euphues – Utopia – Hamlet – The Parliament of Fowles
(D) Hamlet – Euphues – The Parliament of Fowles – Utopia.
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52. Which literary work begins with the famous line, “Call me Ishmael”?
(A) Moby-Dick
(B) The Scarlet Letter
(C) Walden
(D) Leaves of Grass
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53. Match the following literary terms with their definitions:
I. Allegory
II. Synecdoche
III. Anachronism
Definitions:
(a) A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.
(b) Placing something in a time period where it doesn’t belong.
(c) A narrative in which characters and settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities.
(A) I-c, II-a, III-b
(B) I-b, II-c, III-a
(C) I-a, II-b, III-c
(D) I-c, II-b, III-a
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54. ‘Burlesque’, ‘Parody’, and ‘Travesty’ What is common among these three forms? These terms
(A) arre the literary forms originated by a common writer
(B) are various forms of satire
(C) commonly occur in the novel alone
(D) are the generic name for conmedy of manners
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55. When words have same pronunciation but different spelling, it is called:
(A) Polysemy
(B) Synonymy
(C) Homophony
(D) Differentiation
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56. Which of the following figures of speech involves the repetition of a Vowel sound?
(A) Alliteration
(B) Assonance
(C) Antonomasia
(D) Asyndeton.
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57. The communication effect of the speed, pitch, volume, and connectivity of spoken words is called
(A) Kinesics
(B) Proxemics
(C) Paralanguage
(D) Gesture language
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58. In the Grammar Translation method of teaching the roles of teacher and students are:
1. To be able to read literature written in the target language
2. To teach grammar rules and vocabulary to the students
3. The techniques and roles are highly experimental and novel.
4. The teacher is an authority in the classroom.
5. The students initiation and interaction is very active.
(A) 1, 2 and 5 are correct
(B) 1, 2 and 4 are correct
(C) 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(D) 3, 4 and 5 are correct
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59. Match the categories with communication barriers:
Categories – Barriers
1. Intrapersonal – a. Limited vocabulary
2. Interpersonal – b. Information overload
3. Organizational – c. Varied perceptions
(A) 1-b; 2-c; 3-a
(B) 1-c; 2-a; 3-b
(C) 1-a; 2-c; 3-b
(D) 1-a; 2-b; 3-c
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60. Assertion (A): In the Community Language Teaching the teachers greet the students, introduce themselves, and has the students introduce themselves.
Reason (R): Building a relationship with and among students is very important.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true; (R) is the correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true; but (R) is not the correct explanation.
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true
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