61. The Pre-Raphaelite movement in literature was basically inspired by
(a) Music
(b) Architecture
(c) Painting
(d) Politics
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62. The Lyrical Ballads was published for the first time in the year
(a) 1798
(b) 1802
(c) 1805
(d) 1789
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63. Who among the following is not associated with the metaphysical school of poetry ?
(a) John Donne
(b) George Herbert
(c) Henry Vaughan
(d) John Milton
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64. Which novel does not come under the category of ‘Gothic Novel’ ?
(a) The Castle of Otranto
(b) The Old English Baron
(c) The Italian
(d) Pride and Prejudice
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65. Whose collected poems appeared under the title “The Sceptred Flute” ?
(a) Toru Dutt
(b) Sri Aurobindo
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) A.K. Ramanujan
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66. Choose the correct word for the expression “One who settles in another country”.
(a) Migrant
(b) Immigrant
(c) Native
(d) Parasite
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Emigrant
67. One who looks at everything from a personal point of view is known as
(a) Egocentric
(b) Quixotic
(c) Sadistic
(d) Complacent
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68. The meaning of ‘modus operandi’ is
(a) The conditions of human mind
(b) Work is worship
(c) The manner of operating or proceeding
(d) Cause or tending to cause sleep
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69. The synonym of “diligent” is
(a) Intelligent
(b) Wise
(c) Talented
(d) Hard-working
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70. Choose the correct Antonym of ‘Captivity’ :
(a) Slavery
(b) Freedom
(c) dependent
(d) bondage
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71. Write the correct meaning of the following idiom :
‘The heat of the day’
(a) a burning issue of the time
(b) warm and hot day
(c) bright sunshine
(d) summer season
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72. Choose the word which is correctly spelt.
(a) Begining
(b) Beginning
(c) Beggining
(d) Bigining
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73. Choose the correctly spelt word.
(a) Symetrical
(b) Symmetrical
(c) Symatrical
(d) Symmatrical
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74. Find out an approrpaite figure of speech in the following lines :
“He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.”
(a) Hyperbole
(b) Personification
(c) Simile
(d) Metaphor
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75. “Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard around the word.”
Which figure of speech has been used in the above sentence ?
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Personification
(d) Hyperbole
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76. What kind of figure of speech represents the sound it describes ?
(a) Simile
(b) Onomatopoeia
(c) Metaphor
(d) Hyperbole
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77. Which among the following is not an essential component of a formal letter ?
(a) Sender’s address
(b) Greeting
(c) Closure
(d) None of these
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78. Which of the following would be a suitable closure for the formal letter sent to a close friend ?
(a) Yours faithfully
(b) Yours Sincerely
(c) Warm Regards
(d) None of these
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79. Fill in the blank space from the options given below :
________ my friends knew I was getting married.
(a) Not of much
(b) Not many of
(c) Not much
(d) Not many
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80. Choose the correct option to complete this sentence :
The government has introduced ________.
(a) a children’s clothes tax
(b) a tax on children clothes
(c) a children clothes tax
(d) a tax on children’s clothes
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