81. Match the following Shakespearean characters with their respective plays:
Characters – Playwright
I. Iago – (a) “Twelfth Night”
II. Viola – (b) “Othello”
III. Shylock – (c) “The Merchant of Venice”
Plays:
(A) 1-c, II-b, III-a
(B) 1-a, II-c, III-b
(C) 1-b, II-a, III-c
(D) 1-a, II-b, II-c
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82. Who wrote the play “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” a semi-autobiographical work that explores the complexities of family, relationships?
(A) Tennessee Williams
(B) Eugene O’Neill
(C) Arthur Miller
(D) Lorraine Hansberry
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83. Milton’s Comus is:
(A) a hymn
(B) a sonnet sequence
(C) an elegy
(D) a masque
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84. In which Shakespearean play does the character Ophelia appear?
(A) “Macbeth”
(B) “Othello”
(C) “Hamlet”
(D) “King Lear”
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85. Bernand Shaw drew his ideas for his play ‘Man and Superman’ from the Philosophical doctrine of
(A) Bergson
(B) Spencer
(C) Nietzche
(D) Bradley
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86. Who is the author of Spanish Tragedy?
(A) John Webster
(B) Thomas Kyd
(C) David Lodge
(D) Marlowe
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87. During the early stage of the development of English drama, a series of plays were written “in which the characters represent abstract qualities. At first sight this seems rather a dull method of drama, but the abstract qualities are given very lively human features.” Identify the plays:
(A) Miracles
(B) Morality plays
(C) Interludes
(D) Mystery plays
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88. The Epilogue of As You Like It is spoken by:
(A) Duke
(B) Rosalind
(C) Touchstone
(D) Celia
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89. The play is set in the Petkoff household in Bulgaria and satirizes romantic ideas concerning war and heroism. A battle-weary officer Captain Bluntschli, a Swiss mercenary fighting for the Serbian army, takes refuge in Raina Petkoff s bedchamber, where she agrees to hide him from the authorities. It was written by:
(A) Eliot
(B) Galsworthy
(C) Tom Stoppard
(D) Bernard Shaw
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90. “This seemed to be both due to his idealism as well as the shortcomings within him, such as his impatience, his cruelty, his feeling that he had only correct answer. And I felt in the early sixties India had also come far in the same direction-the twenty-year period seemed to me very much a striking parallel.”
Girish Karnad makes this comparison between the plot of one of his plays and the state of affairs in early sixties in India. Identify the play.
(A) Tughlaq
(B) Naga-Mandala
(C) Dreams of Tipu Sultan
(D) Hayavadana
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Directions (91 to 95) – Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Human journey right from the Stone Age to the Fifth Generation Internet Age has been the story of his relentless urge to most vociferously and convincingly expresses his thoughts and feelings in every possible innovation. That’s why ever since humans have inhabited the earth; they have made use of various forms of form of communication that he could evolve or imagine as human mind is always teeming with fresh ideas and communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech. When there is a language barrier, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motion stands for letters, words and ideas. Tourists, the deaf and the mute have had to resort to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, how-ever, cannot.
Body language transmits ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of flirting or indicating that the party is only joking. A nod signifies approval, while shaking the head indicates a negative reaction.
Other forms of non-linguistic language can be found in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn and instruct people. While vibration is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.
91. Which of the following best summarizes the passage?
(A) When language is barrier, people will find other forms of communication.
(B) Everybody uses only one form of communication.
(C) Non-linguistic language is invaluable to foreigners.
(D) Although other forms of communication exist, verbalization is the fastest.
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92. The word “these” in the phrase “Many of these symbols of whole words” refers to:
(A) Tourists
(B) Sign language motions
(C) The deaf and the mute
(D) Thoughts and feelings
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93. Which of the following statements is not true?
(A) There are many forms of communication in existence today.
(B) Verbalization is the commonest form of communication.
(C) The deaf and mute use oral form of communication.
(D) Ideas and thoughts can be expressed through body language.
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94. The word “wink” in the passage means most nearly the same as:
(A) Close left eye briefly
(B) Close right eye briefly
(C) Close both the eyes briefly
(D) Close any of the eyes briefly
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95. Sign language is said to be so picaresque and exact that it can be used internationally, but it is not so in case of:
(A) Spelling
(B) Ideas
(C) Whole words
(D) Expressions
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Note: Answer questions from 96 to 100 on the given poem :
The grocer’s children
eat day-old bread,
moldy cakes and cheese,
soft black bananas
on stale shredded wheat,
weeviled rice, their plates
heaped high with wilted
greens, bruised fruits,
surprise treats
from unlabelled cans,
tainted meat.
The grocer’s children
never go hungry.
96. Which of the following words best describes the last sentence of the poem?
(A) Ironic
(B) Paradoxical
(C) Pathetic
(D) Disdainful
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97. What is suggested by the word ‘tainted’ in line 11?
(A) Cooked
(B) Tinctured
(C) Boiled
(D) Spoiled
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98. How does the poem achieve its effect?
(A) It lists a number of grocery items which do not have any tangible nutritive benefit.
(B) It strays away from the tongue-in-cheek beginning to state the obvious.
(C) It presents a series of inedible fare in the face of the basic need to eat.
(D) It posits the circumspect existence of a reasonable plan to alleviate hunger.
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99. Whose points of view seems to have been stated in the poem?
(A) The poet’s
(B) The children’s
(C) The narrator’s
(D) The grocer’s
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100. What is the closest meaning of ‘Weeviled rice’?
(A) Injurious to plant
(B) Germ eaten grain
(C) Partially or wholly bored by insects
(D) Egg spotted grains
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