KERALA SET ENGLISH JUL 2017 (HELD ON 20.08.2017)

 

(Paper Code: 17807A)

1. In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue the phrase written on the Prioress’ brooch is --------

A) Amor Scleratus Habendi B) Vincit Omnia Amor

C) Amor Vincit Omnia D) Amor Tussique Non Celantur



2. Raphael Hythloday, in Thomas More’s Utopia is -------

A) a philosopher and world traveler

B) a scientist and cartographer

C) a spiritual leader

D) a poet and scholar



3. Wyatt’s and Surrey’s sonnets appeared in 1557 in a compendium titled:

A) Tottel’s Sonnet Collection B) Tottel’s Miscellany

C) Tottel’s Medley D) Tottel’s Selection



4. Bacon’s essays were published in the year’s ------, ------ and ------.

A) 1550, 1612, 1625 B) 1590, 1610, 1630

C) 1597, 1612, 1614 D) 1597, 1612, 1625



5. Match the content with the type of play:

I. Mystery Plays a. Allegorical

II. Morality Plays b. Saints Lives

III. Miracle Plays c. Real Characters and Ordinary Life

IV. Interludes d. Biblical Themes

A) I-a, II-c, III-b, IV-d

B) I-d, II-a, III-b, IV-c

C) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a

D) I-c, II- b, III-a, IV-d



6. Name the play of Marlowe where in the shepherd seeks the “sweet fruition of an earthly crowne”.

A) The Jew of Malta B) Doctor Faustus

C) Tamburlaine the Great D) Dido, Queen of Carthage



7. ‘The Tiring House’ in the Elizabethan theatre was a space for ------

A) hiring actors B) performing musicians

C) audience seating D) changing and waiting



8. Match the opening lines with the plays of Shakespeare.

I. As You Like It a. Now is the winter of our discontent/ Made glorious summer by this sun of York

II. Richard III b. O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend/The brightest heaven of invention,

III. All’s Well that Ends Well c. As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns,…

IV. Henry V d. In delivering my son from me, I bury a second husband

A) I-b, II-a, III-c, IV-d B) I-d, II-a, III-c, IV-b

C) I-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b D) I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b



9. The first folio of Shakespeare’s plays was published by------

A) Isaac Tyler and Henry Condell

B) William Bentham and Richard Burbage

C) William Jaggard, Isaac & Ed Blount

D) Bill Clough and Ivan



10. What is NOT a characteristic of Metaphysical Poetry?

A) Grandeur of humankind B) Inventive use of conceits

C) Religious themes D) Unusual imagery



11. Identify which one of these works of Bunyan is NOT allegorical.

A) The Pilgrim’s Progress B) Grace Abounding

C) The Holy War D) The Life and Death of Mr. Badman



12. Which of these statements does NOT characterize Milton’s Lycidas?

A) The title is derived from Virgil’s Aeneid

B) It is a pastoral elegy

C) It commemorates the death of Edward King

D) It discusses the struggle between God and man



13. Identify the tragic play of William Congreve.

A) The Mourning Bride B) Love for Love

C) The Old Bachelor D) The Way of the World



14. Neoclassical period is NOT characterized by ------

I. The Return of Charles II II. War of Spanish Succession

III. The Treaty of Utrecht IV. The Polish Succession

V. Epicurean Values

A) I and II only B) II and III only

C) IV and V only D) All of these



15. Identify the character who is NOT the part of Sheridan’s play, The School for Scandal.

A) Mrs. Malaprop B) Lady Teazle

C) Sir Benjamin Backbite D) Lady Sneerwell



16. Samuel Pepys’ diaries open in ------- and continue till -------

A) 1658, 1672 B) 1660, 1669 C) 1664, 1670 D) 1665, 1667



17. “All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey” in John Dryden’s MacFlecknoe implies that

I. Death is inevitable for all

II. Even monarchs cannot stop death

III. Human beings are summoned by fate

IV. Fate is the ruler

A) Only I, II and III

B) Only III, and IV

C) Only I and II

D) None of these



18. -------- was associated with ‘Transition Poetry’ in English Literature.

A) Thomas Gray B) Robert Burns

C) William Blake D) All of these



19. ------- is the heroine of the mock-epic Rape of the Lock

A) Ophelia B) Elizabeth C) Belinda D) Emma



20. Match the following:

I. Thomas Gray a. Ode to Evening

II. William Collins b. A Red, Red Rose

III. William Blake c. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

IV. Robert Burns d. The Chimney Sweeper

A) I-b, II-a, III-c, IV-d B) I-d, II-a, III-b, IV-c

C) I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b D) I-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d



21. Which of these statements best discusses romanticism?

I. Romanticism was a product of the Spanish wars of succession

II. It was a protest against aristocratic, social and political norms

III. It was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement

IV. It validated emotion and subjectivity.

A) I, II and III only B) I, II and IV only

C) I, III and IV only D) II, III, and IV only



22. William Wordsworth wrote the ‘Preface’to The Lyrical Ballads because he wished to:

I. justify living amidst nature

II. create a revolution

III. put forth new guidelines for the writing of poetry.

IV. justify philosophical and emotional involvement with daily life

A) I and II only B) III and IV only

C) II and III only D) I and IV only



23. Which of these statements is true of the ‘ode’?

A) The name is derived from Latin

B) The odes are classified into three types (Pindaric, Horatian and Irregular)

C) It can be generalized as a form of internal dialogue.

D) It is a dramatic poem telling a story



24. Identify the poem that is a travel narrative:

A) Southey’s The Holy Tree

B) Shelley’s Adonais

C) Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale

D) Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage



25. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein can be considered as a:

I. Gothic Novel II. Science Fiction work

III. Horror story IV. Domestic Novel

A) I, II and III

B) II, III and IV

C) I, III and IV

D) II, I and IV



26. Match the novels of Walter Scott with the characters:

I. Henry Bertram a. Rob Roy

II. Edward Waverley b. Guy Mannering

III. Francis (Francis Osbaldstone) c. The Heart of Midlothian

IV. Jeanie Dean d. Waverley

A) I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d

B) I-a, II-b, III-d, IV-c

C) I-b, II-d, III-a, IV-c

D) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a



27. Identify from the list below the last work of William Hazlitt:

A) Conversations of James Northcote

B) Principles of Human Action

C) The New Pygmalion

D) The Spirit of the Age



28. The following is not a novel written in the Gothic mode:

A) The Castle of Otranto B) Frankenstein

C) Wuthering Heights D) Mansfield Park



29. Identify the characteristics of the Victorian Age

I. The commercial glory was reflected by the Great Exhibit in 1851.

II. The Origin of Species energized the era.

III. The Education Act created a new reading public.

IV. The declining costs of publishing and printing led to the rise of periodicals and magazines

A) Only I, II and III

B) Only II, III and IV

C) All of the above

D) None of the above



30. Identify which one of these Tennyson’s poems is NOT a dramatic monologue.

A) Tithonus B) Mariana

C) Ulysses D) St. Simeon Stylites



31. D. G. Rossetti’s response to Robert Buchanan’s essay, ‘The Fleshly School of Poetry’ was -------

A) The Stealthy School of Criticism

B) The Exotic School of Poetry

C) The Pre-Raphaelite Movement

D) The Romantic School of Poetry



32. In his ‘Preface’ to The Renaissance, Walter Pater uses the words: “The ages are all equal, but genius is always above its age.” Whose words does he quote?

A) Tennyson B) Robert Browning

C) Elizabeth Barrett Browning D) William Blake



33. Connect the writer and their most important themes

I. John Henry Newman a. Heroes

II. Thomas Carlyle b. University Education

III. Matthew Arnold c. Painting and Arts

IV. John Ruskin d. Culture

A) I-a, II-b, III-d, IV-c B) I-b, II-a, III-d, IV-c

C) I-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b D) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a



34. The first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography was

A) Lytton Strachey B) John Ruskin

C) Leslie Stephen D) James Mill



35. The full name of Hardy’s novel featuring the heroine Tess is ------

A) Tess of Derbyshire B) Tess of the Durbervilles

C) Tess of the D’Urbervilles D) None of these



36. In the preface to which novel did Hardy describe Wessex ‘as a merely realistic dream country’?

A) Mayor of Casterbridge

B) Return of the Native

C) Far from the Madding Crowd

D) Jude the Obscure



37. Which novel ends with this statement, “I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”

A) Mill on the Floss B) Jane Eyre

C) Wuthering Heights D) Tom Jones



38. “Wilde is to me our only thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit, with philosophy, with drama, with actors and audiences, with the whole theatre”. This statement was made by ------.

A) Dr. Johnson B) Henry Fielding

C) Bernard Shaw D) George Meredith



39. Hopkin’s Windhover, is written using a form and metre called -------.

A) Iambic pentameter B) Sprung Rhythm

C) Blank verse D) Free verse



40. Rudyard Kipling received the Nobel Prize for Literature in -------

A) 1907 B) 1910

C) 1921 D) 1940



41. Who among the following wrote the popular poem Night Mail?

A) W H Auden B) Stephen Spender

C) Louis MacNeice D) Cecil Day-Lewis



42. Rupert Brooke’s 1914 & Other Poems contained ------ sonnets

A) 3 B) 4

C) 5 D) 6



43. Identify the characteristics of the 1930s poets such as Auden and others.

I. They were influenced by Freud’s theories of psychology

II. They were moved by the left ideals

III. They followed the surrealist movement

IV. Their poems were imaginative

A) I and IV only B) I and II only

C) II and III only D) III and IV only



44. Surrealism had its roots in -------

A) Andre Breton’s Manifesto on Surrealism

B) A.E. Balakian’s Literary Origins of Surrealism

C) David Hopkins’ Dada and Surrealism

D) Maurice Nadeau and Roger Shattuk’s The History of Surrealism



45. Which one of these sections is NOT a part of T.S. Eliot’s poem, Four Quartets?

A) The Fire Sermon B) Burnt Norton

C) East Coker D) The Dry Salvages



46. Match the topic and the play:

I. The Lady’s not for Burning a. Guilt and redemption

II. The Boy with a Cart b. Martyrdom

III. Murder in the Cathedral c. Witch Hunt

IV. The Family Reunion d. Miracles and faith

A) I-a, II-d, III-c, IV-b B) I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b

C) I-c, II-d, III-b, IV-a D) I-b, II-c, III-a, IV-d



47. Which of these describes the Movement Poets such as Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis and others?

I. Their poems were free from both mystical and logical compulsions, and were empirical in their attitude to all things.

II. They wrote in a highly ornate style.

III. They rejected the modernism of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound

IV. They established a native English tradition in poetry

A) I, II and III only B) I, III and IV only

C) II, III and IV only D) I, II and IV only



48. Name the poet who said, “I want my writing to be as clear as water. I want readers to see all the way through its surfaces into the swamp." He was the Poet Laureate from 1999-2009. One of his collections won the Dylan Thomas Prize.

A) Philip Larkin B) Seamus Heaney

C) Andrew Motion D) Louise Gluck



49. More (1899), Yet Again (1909) and And Even Now (1920) are essay collections of ------

A) G.K. Chesterton B) William Carlyle

C) Bertrand Russell D) Max Beerbohm



50. Which novel of Joseph Conrad’s begins thus: “Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law?”

A) The Nigger of Narcissus B) The Secret Agent

C) Under Western Eyes D) Heart of Darkness



51. The setting of D.H. Lawrence’s Plumed Serpent is -------.

A) Mexico B) India

C) Peru D) Argentina



52. Which one of these statements does NOT characterize the Stream of Consciousness technique?

A) The term was introduced by William James in his Principles of Psychology(1890).

B) It is a literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue.

C) The writer incorporates snatches of coherent thought, proper grammatical constructions, and precise use of ideas, images, and words.

D) It is thought to be a form of interior monologue.



53. Who made this statement about Aldous Huxley’s works: “In the whole history of world literature no writer has been better equipped to create images of false and true Utopias than Aldous Huxley”.

A) H. G. Wells B) George Orwell

C) Anthony Burgess D) Julian Huxley



54. Match the novel and novelist:

I. William Golding a. The Contenders

II. John Wain b. The Widower’s Son

III. Kingsley Amis c. The Scorpion God

IV. Alan Sillitoe d. Lucky Jim

A) I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b

B) I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b

C) I-c, II-d, III-b, IV-a

D) I-b, II-c, III-a, IV-d



55. Which of these are true about Bernard Shaw?

I. He was influenced by Socialism

II. He was an art critic and a music critic

III. He authored The Quintessence of Ibsenism.

IV. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1925

A) I, II and III only

B) I, II and IV only

C) All of the above

D) None of the above



56. The Celtic Revival refers to which of the following:

I. It was a time of Irish Nationalism

II. It was a period of intense literary and dramatic development

III. The growth of writers such as W.B. Yeats and Synge

IV. It was a publishing house for British playwrights

A) I, II and III only

B) II, III and IV only

C) All of the above

D) None of the above



57. Kitchen Sink Drama is characterized by the following features:

I. It depicts the real lives of ordinary working class people

II. It was built around right wing politics

III. It discussed social inequality in society

IV. It projected the anger and the hostility of the working class

A) I, II and III only

B) II, III and IV only

C) I, II and IV only

D) I, III and IV only



58. Identify the theatre with the play:

I. Antonin Artaud’s Jet of Blood a. Absurd Theatre

II. Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage b. Naturalist Theatre

III. Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf c. Epic Theatre

IV. Anton Chekov’s Cherry Orchard d. Theatre of Cruelty

A) I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b

B) I-d, II-b, III-c, IV-a

C) I-c, II-d, III-b, IV-a

D) I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b



59. Under My Skin and Walking in the Shade are the autobiographies of -------

A) Iris Murdoch B) Doris Lessing

C) Evelyn Waugh D) Jeanette Winterson



60. Identify the novel of Kazuo Ishiguro that discusses the bombing and the later rehabilitation of Nagasaki.

A) The Unconsoled B) A Pale View of Hills

C) Never Let Me Go D) When We were Orphans



61. The romantic period in America is also known as:

A) Puritanism B) Harlem Renaissance

C) Transcendentalism D) Utilitarianism



62. From 1852-1865 Baudelaire published extensive translations of this American poet. He was referred to as a French writer rather than an American writer by Simone de Beauvoir during her tour of US. Identify the author

A) Edgar Allan Poe B) Walt Whitman

C) Emily Dickinson D) Thoreau



63. Explain what the word ‘slovenly’ (It made the slovenly wilderness) refers to in Wallace Stevens’ poem, ‘Anecdote of a Jar’.

A) Careless B) Uncultivated C) Cultured D) Dirty



64. Arrange these novels of Mark Twain chronologically

I. Life on the Mississippi II. The Innocents Abroad

III. Roughing It IV. Puddn’head Wilson

A) I, III, II , IV

B) II, III, IV , I

C) I, II, III , IV

D) II, III, I , IV



65. Name the novel that begins thus: I am an American, Chicago born – Chicago, that somber city – and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; sometimes an innocent knock, sometimes a not so innocent.

A) Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

B) Jack London’s The Call of the Wild

C) Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon

D) Saul Bellow’s The Adventures of Auggie March



66. Harlem Renaissance in American literary history refers to------

A) Political-social impact of Civil War on African Americans

B) The growth of a new romanticism among colored people

C) Cultural, social and artistic explosion among African Americans

D) Innovative dance practices of the African Americans



67. Match the novel and the writer:

I. Gora a. Toru Dutt

II. Life Divine b. Rabindranath Tagore

III. The Golden Threshold c. Sri Aurobindo

IV. Bianca d. Sarojini Naidu

A) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a B) I-c, II-b, III-d, IV-a

C) I-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a D) I-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d



68. Match the poet and the poem

I. Keki Daruwalla a. Rendezvous

II. Gieve Patel b. Fish

III. ArunKolatkar c. From Bombay Central

IV. Dom Moraes d. An Old Woman

A) I-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a B) I-b, II-a, III-d, IV-c

C) I-a, II-c, III-d, IV- b D) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a



69. Match the character and the novel:

I. Kanthapura a. Juggat Singh

II. Untouchable b. Raju

III. The Guide c. Bakha

IV. Train to Pakistan d. Moorthy

A) I-c, II-b, III- d, IV-a B) I-b, II-a, III-d, IV-c

C) I-a, II-c, III-d, IV-b D) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV- a



70. Identify the novel that is NOT written by Nayantara Sehgal

A) Rich Like Us B) The Day in Shadow

C) Lesser Breeds D) Small Remedies



71. Match the play and the playwright:

I. Badal Sircar a. Doledrummers

II. Girish Karnad b. Hayavadana

III. Asif Currimbhoy c. Purpose

IV. T.P. Kailasam d. Evam Indrajit

A) I-b, II-a, III-d, IV-c

B) I-a, II-c, III-b, IV-d

C) I-d, II-b, III-a, IV-c

D) I-d, II-a, III-c, IV-b



72. Identify the two writers who were associated with the journals, Presence Africaine and Transition respectively.

A) Chinua Achebe and Ben Okri

B) Leopold Senghor and Christopher Okigbo

C) Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe

D) Du Bois and Leopold Senghor



73. This novel was written in Gikuyu and English languages and was written secretively on a toilet paper. It has been written in an allegorical form. Identify the novel and the novelist.

A) Devil on the Cross by Ngũgĩ waThiong'o

B) The Captain’s Tiger by Athol Fugard

C) Dangerous Love by Ben Okri

D) Ozidi by John Pepper Clark



74. Identify the novel of CLR James

A) World Revolution B) Minty Alley

C) Notes on Dialectics D) Cricket



75. Which of these writers were awarded the Nobel Prize?

I. V.S. Naipaul

II. George Lamming

III. Derek Walcott

IV. Edward Braithwaite

A) I and II only B) II and III only

C) I and III only D) III and IV only



76. Match the character and the novelist who created him/her:

I. Philip Bentley a. E.J. Pratt

II. Hagar Shipley b. Tomson Highway

III. Brebeuf c. Sinclair Ross

IV. Champion Okimasis d. Margaret Laurence

A) I-a, II-c, III-d, IV-b B) I-b, II-c, III-a, IV-d

C) I-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b D) I-b, II-a, III-c, IV-d



77. Match the terms with the concept:

I. Multiculturalism a. existence of a variety of cultural groups

II. Diaspora b. state of belonging to a common social group

III. Cultural Diversity c. dispersal and spread of people

IV. Ethnicity d. Inclusive Citizenship

A) I-a, II-b, III-d, IV-c

B) I-c, II-b, III-d, IV-a

C) I-a, II-c, III-d, IV-b

D) I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b



78. Which of these statements describes Bush poetry?

A) Poetry with good rhyme and rhythm about Australia/ Australians /the Australian way of life

B) Poetry of the aboriginals in Australia and New Zealand

C) Poetry of enslaved groups

D) Poetry concerning nature and environment in New Zealand.



79. Brilliant Lies, Face to Face and Emerald City are films based on the plays of -------

A) Sally Morgan B) David Williamson

C) David Malouf D) Peter Carey



80. Reef and Monkfish Moon are novels by -------

A) Lakdasa Wikramsimha B) Alamgir Hashmi

C) Romesh Gunasekara D) Edwin Thumboo



81. The study of sound structure in a language is called -------

A) Phonology B) Phonetics

C) Phonotactics D) Phonotectonics



82. Which of these is NOT a passive articulator?

A) The hard palate B) The alveolar ridge

C) The upper teeth D) Pharynx



83. Identify the number of morphemes in the word ‘gentlemanliness’

A) 3 B) 4

C) 5 D) 6



84. What is NOT true of semantics?

A) It means the meaning and interpretation of words, signs, and sentence structure.

B) It determines our reading comprehension, how we understand others, and even what decisions we make as a result of our interpretations.

C) It explains how stress and intonation occur in language.

D) It can also refer to the branch of study within linguistics that deals with language and how we understand meaning.



85. Which of these statements is part of Verner’s Law?

I. It is a formulation of English morphology.

II. It explains problems in the Grimm’s Law

III. It demonstrated the significant role that accent (stress) played in linguistic change in the Germanic languages.

IV. This law was first presented in an article, “Eine Ausnahme der ersten Lautverschiebung” (“An Exception to the First Sound Shift”)

A) I, II & III only B) II, III & IV only

C) All of the above D) None of the above



86. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was written in the ------ dialect

A) East Midland B) Wessex

C) Northumbrian D) Southern



87. During the Middle English period he was the Archbishop of Canterbury. Identify him.

A) St. Thomas of Becket B) St Augustine

C) St. Jerome D) St. Bede



88. One of the most important factors that changed Middle English into Modern English is the -------

A) growth of linguistic theories B) change in word patterns

C) great vowel shift D) change in the way people wrote



89. The process wherein over time a creole language reconverges with one of the standard

languages from which it originally derived is called as ------

A) substrata language B) decreolization

C) recreolization D) pidgin



90. The terms, the monoglossic, the diglossic, and the polyglossic by Bill Ashcroft et al. in The Empire Writes Back refers to ------

A) Cultural identity B) Difference in glossary

C) Variations in speech D) Linguistic Communities



91. Skinner's behaviorist theory of language development regards ------- as the most important contribution to a child's language learning process.

A) imitation of and reinforcement by parents

B) observational learning

C) inherited qualities

D) contact with parents and friends



92. Which of the following is the basis of language acquisition from the perspective of Noam Chomsky?

A) Humans learn language by repeatedly associating the object 'dog' with the word 'dog.'

B) Humans learn language by imitating adult patterns of speech.

C) Humans are born with an innate ability to learn language.

D) Humans are rewarded for attempts at speech when their caregivers smile and applaud their efforts.



93. English was adopted in India as an official language after Independence, the idea was that it would be -------

A) permanently retained as the language of culture

B) retained only for office communications

C) gradually phased out

D) used only for teaching in schools



94. When students are learning English in the context of a certain field, profession, or topic then it is referred to as ------

A) ESL B) ESP C) EFL D) ESOL



95. What is the method of language teaching wherein the target language is exclusively used to maintain a cultural island in the classroom, grammar is inductively taught and learners are encouraged to make their own generalization about grammar rules.

A) Direct Method

B) Grammar-Translation Method

C) Communicative Language Teaching

D) Oral Situational Method



96. Which of these do NOT influence the learning of a language?

A) aptitude B) motivation

C) attitude D) physiology of the body





97. Which one of these is NOT part of evaluation and assessment?

A) Measuring improvement over time.

B) Providing negative comments of performance

C) Evaluating the teaching methods.

D) Ranking the students' capabilities in relation to a group.



98. CALL can best be described as:

I. A technological process of second language teaching and learning

II. any process in which a learner uses a computer and, as a result, improves his or her language

III. implementing materials design, pedagogical theories and modes of instruction through the use of computers

IV. the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning.

A) I, II, and III only

B) II, III and IV only

C) I and II only

D) All of the above



99. An assessment to monitor a student’s learning so as to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning is called as -------

A) Collative evaluation B) Formative evaluation

C) Summative evaluation D) Intuitive evaluation



100. Which of these statements is true regarding L1 influence and Learner Language?

I. Learners’ knowledge of their L1 helps them to learn parts of the L2 that are similar to those of L1.

II. The L1 may interact with learners’ developmental sequences of the L2

III. L1 does not affect learner at all

IV. Learner learns language totally through classroom interactions

A) I and II only

B) II and III only

C) III and IV only

D) I and IV only



101. “The Greeks called him ‘a poet’, which name hath, as the most excellent, gone through other languages. It cometh of this word Poiein, which is "to make": wherein, I know not whether by luck or wisdom, we Englishmen have met with the Greeks in calling him ‘a maker’: which name, how high and incomparable a title it is, I had rather were known by marking the scope of other sciences than by my partial allegation”. This is a statement in -------

A) Dr. Johnson’s Preface to Shakespeare

B) Philip Sidney’s Apology for Poetry

C) Longinus’ On the Sublime

D) Aristotle’s Poetics



102. Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks.------- and ------ life was generally chosen, because, in that condition, the essential -----of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under

restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language;

A) Ordinary, uneventful, feelings

B) Simple, frugal, emotions

C) Humble, rustic, passions

D) Modest, everyday, sentiments



103. Why does Matthew Arnold in The Function of Criticism state that, “the English poetry of the first quarter of this century, with plenty of energy, plenty of creative force, did not know enough”?

I. Because the poets did not read enough

II. Because there was no national glow of life and thought

III. Because there was a lack of culture

IV. Because there was no force of learning and criticism

A) I, II and III only

B) III, IV and II only

C) III and II only

D) All the above



104. The term used in criticism to “identify a deliberate poetic device: the use of a single word or expression to signify two or more distinct references, or to express two or more diverse attitudes or feelings is called ------

A) Portmanteau B) Ambiguity

C) Paradox D) Pun



105. These critics oppose the violation of overly politicized and often abstruse theory into the field of literary criticism and the use of identity politics. They feel that the importance of literary imagination and creativity is marginalized by such theorizing. Which school of critics are we talking about?

A) Cultural Theory Critics B) Identity Theorists

C) Liberal Humanist Critics D) New Critics



106. The German Ideology was a book written by ------

A) Althusser and Gramsci B) Lukacs and Brecht

C) Adorno and Derrida D) Marx and Engels



107. Which of these statements are true of structuralism?

I. The literary work is called a text

II. The reader is more important than the author

III. The impersonal act of reading is more valid than the sensibility of reading

IV. It emphasizes subjectivity and personal ideas.

A) I, II and III only

B) II, III and IV only

C) II and III only

D) II and IV only



108. Which of these statements describe the notion of displacement as explained by Freud?

A) The substitution for an unconscious object of desire by an acceptable one

B) The omission of parts of the unconscious dreams

C) The transference of dreams from one individual to another

D) The disjuncture between inner and outer conscience.



109. Which of these are part of modernism?

I. Using fragmented narratives

II. Violating traditional syntax and coherence

III. Using conventional writing styles

IV. Stream of consciousness technique of narration

A) I, II and III only B) I, II and IV only

C) II, III and IV only D) I and IV only



110. What according to Derrida is “neither a word nor a concept and indicates a juncture”.

A) Jouissance B) Metalanguage

C) Différance D) Textuality



111. Identify the term with the work of criticism:

I. Androgynous mind a. The Laugh of the Medusa

II. Ecriture feminine b. Towards a Feminist Poetics

III. Gynocriticism c. Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema

IV. Male gaze d. A Room of One’s Own

A) I-a, II-c, III-d, IV-b

B) I-d, II-a, III-b, IV-c

C) I-b, II-d, III-a, IV-c

D) I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b



112. Place these works of Judith Butler chronologically according to the date of publication:

I. Undoing Gender

II. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

III. Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative

IV. Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex"

A) I, III, IV, II

B) I, II, III, IV

C) IV, III, I, II

D) II, IV, III, I



113. Identify the key concepts of Homi Bhabha:

I. Culture

II. Hybridity

III. Mimicry

IV. Ambivalence

A) II, III and IV only

B) I, II and III only

C) I, III and IV only

D) All of the above



114. The book written by Stephen Greenblatt and Catherine Gallagher is ------

A) Hamlet in Purgatory B) Practicing New Historicism

C) History Studies D) Essays in Early Modern Culture



115. The autobiography, Akkarmashi is written by ------

A) Namdeo Dhasal B) Bama

C) Omprakash Valmiki D) Sharan Kumar Limbale



116. What are the two types of untranslatability according to Catford.

A) Social and political B) Verbal and Non-verbal

C) Similes and Metaphors D) Linguistic and Cultural



117. A significant concept of Cultural Studies is that people are part of a hierarchical structure of:

A) Modernity B) Mediated communication

C) Power D) Identity



118. Who makes this statement, “Simply put, ecocriticism is the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment?”

A) Vandana Shiva B) Cheryl Glotfelty

C) Eric Fromm D) Lynn White



119. Match the Sanskrit term of rasa with the closest English equivalent:

I. Hasya a. Repulsive/Disgust

II. Bibhatsa b. Marvellous/Amazing

III. Adbhuta c. Compassion/Sympathy

IV. Karuna d. Humorous/Comic

A) I-d, II-a, III-b, IV- c

B) I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d

C) I-b, II-d, III-c, IV-a

D) I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b



120. Match the Theorist and the Theory:

I. Aucitya a. Anandavardhana

II. Vakrokti b. Bhartṛhari

III. DhvaniSiddantha c. Kshemendra

IV. Sphota d. Kuntaka

A) I-d, II-a, III-b, IV-c

B) I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d

C) I-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b D) I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b

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STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST - Jul - 2017
(Conducted on 20/08/2017)

ANSWER KEYS
Published on 22/08/2017

ENGLISH[17807-A]

Qn.No	Key	Qn.No	Key	Qn.No	Key	Qn.No	Key	Qn.No	Key	Qn.No	Key
1	C	21	D	41	A	61	C	81	A	101	B
2	A	22	B	42	C	62	A	82	D	102	C
3	B	23	B	43	B	63	B	83	B	103	B
4	D	24	D	44	A	64	D	84	C	104	B
5	B	25	A	45	A	65	D	85	B	105	C
6	C	26	C	46	C	66	C	86	B	106	D
7	D	27	A	47	B	67	C	87	A	107	A
8	D	28	D	48	C	68	A	88	C	108	A
9	C	29	C	49	D	69	D	89	B	109	B
10	A	30	B	50	B	70	D	90	D	110	C
11	B	31	A	51	A	71	C	91	A	111	B
12	D	32	D	52	C	72	B	92	C	112	D
13	A	33	B	53	C	73	A	93	C	113	D
14	C	34	C	54	A	74	B	94	B	114	B
15	A	35	C	55	C	75	C	95	A	115	D
16	B	36	C	56	A	76	C	96	D	116	D
17	A	37	C	57	D	77	D	97	B	117	C
18	D	38	C	58	D	78	A	98	D	118	B
19	C	39	B	59	B	79	B	99	B	119	A
20	C	40	A	60	B	80	C	100	A	120	C