TS SET 2022 PAPER-II ENGLISH (HELD ON 17.03.2023)

Q.51. Who put together the dictionary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and expressions! called Hobson-Jobson in the 1880s?

1. Eric and Edward Partridge

2. Colonel Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell

3. Alexander Duff and William Wilberforce

4. Michael and Marion swan

Explanation: "Hobson-Jobson" was compiled by Colonel Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell in the 1880s. It is a dictionary of Anglo-Indian words and expressions.

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Q.52. Identify the Edgar Allan Poe story which became so popular and was widely discussed for its contemporaneity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

1. "William Wilson"

2. "The Masque of the Red Death"

3. "Shadow- A Parable"

4. "The Tell-tale Heart"

Explanation: "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe gained attention during the Covid-19 pandemic due to its themes of disease and mortality.

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Q.53. The importance of Wood's Despatch of 1854 is that it recommended.

1. that English instruction in India should be combined with a careful attention to the

2. that English instruction in India should be promoted at the cost of neglecting the

3. that English instruction in India should be combined with the teaching of Arabic and

4. that English instruction in India should be promoted at the cost of neglecting Sanskrit and Arabic languages.

Explanation: Wood's Despatch of 1854 emphasized the importance of incorporating English education while also promoting the study of native languages.

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Q.54. Heathen is a word one uses in opposition to Christian, a believer in Christ's teachings. Originally it just meant …………

1. One who lives on the heath

2. One whose health was poor

3. One who opposed Christ

4. One who employed pagans

Explanation: The term "heathen" originally referred to people who lived on the heath, a barren tract of land, and later became associated with those who were not Christians.

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Q.55. If "history of the book" is stated to be a researcher's specialist interest, what methodological emphasis would one reasonably expect?

1. Attention to the dominant model of academic reading

2. A turn to reading as a social and historical practice

3. An increased awareness of practical critical theory

4. Alertness to a symptomatic reading of rare books

Explanation: The "history of the book" emphasizes understanding books not just as texts, but as objects involved in social and historical contexts.

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Q.56. Match the following correctly:

(1) Epic theatre (a) Hannah Arendt

(2) Dreamwork (b) Walter Benjamin

(3) Aura (c) Bertolt Brecht

(4) Banality of Evil (d) Sigmund Freud.

The correctly matched pairs according to the code are

1. (1)-(c): (2)-(d); (3)-(b); (4)-(a)

2. (1)-(a); (2)-(b); (3)-(c): (4)-(d)

3. (1)-(d); (2)-(c); (3)-(a); (4)-(b)

4. (1)-(b); (2)-(a); (3)-(d); (4) - (c)

Explanation: Epic theatre is associated with Bertolt Brecht.

Dreamwork is linked to Sigmund Freud.

Aura is related to Walter Benjamin's ideas about art and its "aura."

The "banality of evil" is a concept developed by Hannah Arendt.

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Q.57. The most single factor that contributed to the standardization of English as a language was ……...

1. The introduction of printing by William Caxton in 1476.

2. The emergence of the periodical press in London in 1550.

3. The instruction of pamphlets by the Presbyterians 1611.

4.The introduction of the barter system in England in 1500.

Explanation: The introduction of printing by William Caxton was a key event that helped standardize the English language, making printed materials more accessible and consistent across the country.

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Q.58. Jonathan Edwards's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God was ……..

1. delivered as a sermon

2. written to preface the Psalms

3. composed as Letter to Laity

4. recorded in his private diary

Explanation: Jonathan Edwards's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God was a famous sermon delivered during the Great Awakening in 1741.

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Q.59. An aside in dramatic speech

1. is the character who speaks to himself or herself.

2. is a character's thoughts audible to the audience.

3. a is a prompter's words addressed to an actor.

4. is private talk between actors inaudible to us.

Explanation: In theatre, an aside is when a character speaks directly to the audience, revealing their thoughts or feelings, usually while other characters are unaware.

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Q.60.Correctly match the names of poets with the characters they created:

(1) Colin Clout (a) W. B. Yeats

(2) Lucy (b) T. S. Eliot

(3) Crazy Jane (c) Edmund Spenser

(4) Mr. Eugenides (d) William Wordsworth.

The correctly matched pairs according to the code are:

1. (1)-(b); (2)-(a); (3)-(d); (4)-(0)

2. (1)-(a); (2)-(b); (3)-(c); (4)-(d)

3. (1)-(d); (2)-(c): (3) - (b); (4) - (a)

4. (1)-(c); (2)-(d); (3)-(a); (4)-(b)

Explanation:

Colin Clout (Edmund Spenser)

Lucy (William Wordsworth)

Crazy Jane (W.B. Yeats)

Mr. Eugenides (T.S. Eliot)

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Q.61. Which of the following novels did T. S. Eliot commend for its use of classical myth as "a way for controlling, of ordering, of giving a shape and a significance to the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history"?

1. James Joyce's Ulysses

2. D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers

3. Virginia Woolf's Waves

4. Ford Madox Hueffer's The Good Soldier

Explanation: T. S. Eliot admired Ulysses for its use of classical myth to provide a meaningful structure and order to contemporary life.

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Q.62. Which of the following statements about creole is NOT CORRECT?

1. Creole is the same as pidgin and the terms are interchangeable in some parts of the world.

2. Creole is a new language that develops out of sustained contact with two or more languages.

3. Creoles develop from a dominant language imposed upon a subordinated or colonized group.

4. Creoles may be seen to have elements of colonizing European and non-European languages.

Explanation: Creole and pidgin are distinct linguistic phenomena. While they may share some similarities, they are not interchangeable terms.

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Q.63. Among the famous characters in Anglo-American fiction, we recall …………….of Melville, …………. of Dickens, ………….. of George Eliot, and ……………. of Defoe.

1. Edward Casaubon. Mr. Barkis, Man Friday, Bartleby

2. Bartleby. Mr. Barkis. Edward Casaubon. Man Friday

3. Man Friday, Edward Casaubon, Man Friday. Mr. Barkis

4. Mr. Barkis. Man Friday, Bartleby, Edward Casaubon

Explanation:

Bartleby (Herman Melville),

Mr. Barkis (Charles Dickens),

Edward Casaubon (George Eliot),

Man Friday (Daniel Defoe).

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Q.64. The Calcutta University Commission Report (1917-1919) is also called ……….

1. P. C. Mahalanobis Report on Education

2. Sadler University Commission Report

3. Wood's Despatch of 1854

4. The Abercrombie University Report

Explanation: The report is commonly known as the Sadler Report, after its chairperson, Michael Sadler.

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Q.65. Who, among the following, carried out the experiment of self-reliance, went off to the Walden Pond, built a hut, and tried to live all alone without the trappings or interference of society?

1. Nathaniel Hawthorne

2. Henry David Thoreau

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. Walt Whitman

Explanation: Thoreau's experiment in self-reliance is famously documented in his book Walden, where he lived in a cabin near Walden Pond to experience life in simplicity and solitude.

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Q.66. Subaltern refers to the non-elite classes generally, the downtrodden groups in particular. To which thinker/ theorist do we owe this term in the first place?

1. The German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno

2. The Italian Communist thinker Antonio Gramsci

3. The German theorist Jürgen Habermas

4. The French philosopher Michel Foucault

Explanation: Gramsci used the term "subaltern" to refer to the lower, oppressed classes in society.

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Q.67. "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked...". Identify the poet and the poem.

1. W. H. Auden. "Spain"

2. Dylan Thomas, "Poem in October"

3. Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"

4. Allen Ginsberg. "Howl"

Explanation: These are famous lines from Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl, a key work in the Beat Generation.

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Q.68. in her Open Letter. Audre Lorde wrote: "So the question arises in my mind. Mary. do you ever really read the work of Black women? Did you ever read my words, or did you merely finger through them for quotations which you thought might valuably support an already conceived idea concerning some old and distorted connection between us? This is not a rhetorical question.

Who is "Mary" to whom Lorde addressed her Open Letter?

1. Mary Oliver, the poet of House of Light

2. Mary Jane Watson, a fictional character

3. Mary Daly, the author of Gyn/Ecology

4. Mary Roberts, the writer of detective fiction

Explanation: Audre Lorde wrote an open letter to Mary Daly, a feminist philosopher, addressing issues related to the exclusion of Black women in the feminist discourse.

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Q.69. Which of the following is true?

1. Caroline as adjective applies to anything of the period of Charles I (reigned 1625 to '49).

2. Caroline as adjective applies to songs and carols of the Elizabethan period in England.

3. Caroline as adjective applies to anything of the period of Charles II (reigned 1630 to '85).

4. Caroline as adjective applies to arts and crafts of the Elizabethan period in England.

Explanation: The term "Caroline" refers to the reign of Charles I, particularly in the context of arts, literature, and culture.

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Q.70. Gerard Manley Hopkins devised a variant of the sonnet opens with a sestet followed by quatrain and tail. His of a curtal sonnet. called curtal sonnet that ------ is the best example

1. "Wreck of the Deutschland"

2. "Pied Beauty"

3. "God's Grandeur"

4. "The Habit of Perfection"

Explanation: Pied Beauty is a famous example of Hopkins' curtal sonnet, a shorter version of the traditional sonnet form.

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Q.71. Identify the initiative/ institution that came up in Calcutta in 1817 in which the Indians and the British joined hands in providing reading materials to schools and madrasas in the country.

1. The Asiatic Society of Bengal

2. The Oriental school Library

3. The Calcutta School-book Society

4. The Bangabandhu Granthsaala

Explanation: The Calcutta School-book Society was founded in 1817 to provide educational materials in both English and vernacular languages to schools and madrasas

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Q.72. What is native speaker fallacy and who pointed to this idea in ELT?

1. The assumption that native speakers also fail authentic tests. Randolph Quirk

2. The assumption that the ideal teacher of English is a native speaker. Robert Phillipson.

3. The assumption that native speakers communicate better as teachers. W. Y. Lee

4. The assumption that the native speakers poorly appreciate other languages. M. P. Breen.

Explanation: Robert Phillipson coined the term native speaker fallacy, arguing that native speakers are not inherently better teachers of English than non-native speakers.

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Q.73.What comes "After great pain" for Emily Dickinson?

1. the letting go-

2. a formal feeling

3. a concrete simplicity

4. substantial Light

Explanation: Emily Dickinson's poem After great pain, a formal feeling comes describes the emotional numbness and formality that follows intense emotional or physical pain.

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Q.74. The British lift is elevator in the US. The term Americanism to describe things and phenomena the American way for which British words are available and already known, was first used by ……..

1. Thomas Jefferson

2. George Washington

3. John Quincy Adams

4. John Witherspoon

Explanation: John Witherspoon, an 18th-century American clergyman and educator, is credited with popularizing the term Americanism to describe American cultural and linguistic differences from British English.

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Q.75. Which famous English poem ends with the lines: Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:/ Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.

1. "The Unknown Citizen"

2. "Skunk Hour"

3. "The Solitary Reaper"

4. "Epitaph on a Tyrant"

Explanation: This is a famous poem by W. H. Auden, which ends with these lines as a commentary on the individual's role in modern society.

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Q.76. Given below are two statements.

Statement I: Early in his critical career Northrop Frye published Fearful Symmetry, which was a sweeping and erudite study of Shelley's visionary symbolism.

Statement II: Subsequently in Anatomy of Criticism Frye challenged the hegemony of the New Criticism by emphasising the modes and genres of literary texts.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true.

2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false.

3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false.

4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

Explanation: Both Statement I and Statement II are true.

Statement I: Northrop Frye's Fearful Symmetry (1947) is indeed an in-depth study of Shelley's visionary symbolism.

Statement II: Anatomy of Criticism (1957) does challenge the hegemony of the New Criticism, focusing on the modes and genres of literary texts.

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Q.77. In his "The Study of Poetry" Matthew Arnold finds Chaucer's poetic gifts limited because it lacks:

1. largeness

2. shrewdness

3. high seriousness

4. freedom

Explanation: In The Study of Poetry, Matthew Arnold critiques Chaucer's poetic gifts, especially his lack of high seriousness.

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Q.78. Arrange the following critical texts in order of their original publication:

A. I. A. Richards, Practical Criticism

B. Cleanth Brooks. The Well-Wrought Urn

C. F.R.Leavis, New Bearings in English Poetry

D. A. C. Bradley. Shakespearean Tragedy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B. C. D. A

2. C. B. A. D

3. D. A. C. B

4. A. C. B. D

Explanation: The correct chronological order is D. A. C. Bradley, Shakespearean Tragedy; A. I. A. Richards, Practical Criticism; C. F. R. Leavis, New Bearings in English Poetry; B. Cleanth Brooks, The Well-Wrought Urn.

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Q.79. Of all the Middle English dialects, why did the East Midland dialect have considerable influence?

1. It is the dialect out of which standard English developed.

2. It merged with other dialects of people from other regions.

3. It developed from French during the Norman Conquest.

4. It carried ecclesiastical and theological documents of the time.

Explanation: The East Midland dialect became influential because it is the dialect from which Standard English developed.

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Q.80. Identify the incorrect description of a Pindaric Ode:

1. Also called the regular ode in English

2. "The Progress of Poesy" is a good example

3. Divided in two quatrains and a couplet

4. Written to praise or glorify someone

Explanation: A Pindaric Ode is typically divided into three stanzas, not two quatrains and a couplet, so option 3 is the incorrect description.

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Q.81. In English, rich and wealthy are ……….

1. symbiotic

2. syllogistic

3. synonymous

4. symmetrical

Explanation: "Rich" and "wealthy" are synonymous; both terms refer to having a large amount of money or assets.

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Q.82. What is lingua franca?

1. A cognate language of French adopted by educated people whose native languages are not French.

2. A language adopted as common by those whose languages are different from one another.

3. A common language used by a majority of people who prefer using languages for business.

4. A common language adopted by specialists and professionals in areas colonized by the French.

Explanation: A lingua franca is a common language used by people who speak different native languages to communicate.

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Q.83. The poet suggests that death will inevitably end all lives:



Cook, butler. Susan, Jonathan.

The girl that scours the pot and pan

And those that tend the steeds.

All, all shall have another sort

Of service after this- in short

The one the parson reads.



Identify the poet's pun on a crucial word here.

1. tend

2. service

3. sort

4. short

Explanation: The poet uses a pun on "service" in this context, as it can refer both to work/service in life and the afterlife (religious "service").

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Q.84. Arrange the following fictional works chronologically:

1. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Sons and Lovers. The Pilgrim's Progress. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Brick Lane,

2. The Pilgrim's Progress. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Sons and Lovers, Brick Lane.

3. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Sons and Lovers. The Pilgrim's Progress. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Brick Lane.

4. The Pilgrim's Progress. Brick Lane, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Sons and Lovers. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Explanation: The correct chronological order of the works is: The Pilgrim's Progress, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Sons and Lovers, Brick Lane.

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Q.85. What is a "pirated" edition?

1. An edition published without the permission of the author or (C) holder.

2. An edition that carries no date or name of individual author(s).

3. An edition that carries no (C) page or location of publisher(s).

4. An edition pirated and printed without the permission of the publisher(s).

Explanation: A pirated edition is one published without the permission of the author or copyright holder.

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Q.86. As English is more widespread and used by elite groups who are well-versed in local and global norms, the distinction between………….. and …………. of the language becomes blurred.

1. a user, a non-user

2. a native speaker, a non-native speaker

3. a teacher, a student

4. professional, non-professional speakers

Explanation: As English spreads and is used more widely, the distinction between native and non-native speakers becomes less clear.

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Q.87. Edward FitzGerald translated the Rubaiyát of Omar Khayyam into English in 1859. What is rubaiyat?

1. The Arabic word for stanzas

2. The Persian word for quatrains

3. The Urdu word for love-songs

4. The Farsi for Allah's mercy

Explanation: Rubaiyat is a Persian word for quatrains, typically a stanza of four lines, which is the form used in The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

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Q.88. The celebrated Leatherstocking Tales of James Fenimore Cooper feature the adventures of …….

1. Uncle Tom

2. Nat Turner

3. Uncle Sam

4. Natty Bumppo

Explanation: The Leatherstocking Tales of James Fenimore Cooper follow the character Natty Bumppo.

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Q.89. Where, among the titles listed below, do you find a new definition of imagination allied to the idea of nation?

1. Amitav Ghosh. Shadow Lines

2. Benedict Anderson. Imagined Communities

3. Frantz Fanon. The Wretched of the Earth

4. Stuart Hall. Culture, Media, Language

Explanation: Benedict Anderson's "Imagined Communities" redefines imagination in relation to the concept of the nation.

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Q.90. The Joy Luck Club is a novel where Amy Tan engages with the very concept of origins, especially in its relation to ………….. identity.

1. American, Chinese, and Chinese-American

2. American. British, and Anglo-American

3. American. Korean, and Korean-American

4. American, Native American, Latino/Latina

Explanation: Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" explores the concept of identity, particularly in relation to American, Chinese, and Chinese-American experiences

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Q.91. The English poets who belonged to the court of Charles I were called Cavalier Poets. Who were they?

1. Andrew Marvell, John Donne, Henry Vaughan

2. Edmund Spenser. Michael Drayton. Thomas Lodge

3. John Skelton. John Milton. Philip Sidney

4. Richard Lovelace, John Suckling. Thomas Carew

Explanation: The Cavalier Poets were a group of poets who were associated with the court of King Charles I and supported the monarchy during the English Civil War. Notable Cavalier Poets include Richard Lovelace, John Suckling, and Thomas Carew.

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Q.92. What is linguicism? Spot the simplest and clearest definition/ explanation here:

1. Discrimination based on, inflected by, linguistic racism or casteism.

2. Unequal language power of institutional groups. Linguistic imperialism.

3. Perceptual linguistic differentiation. Prejudicial imposition of languages.

4. Discrimination based on language or dialect. Linguistically argued racism.

Explanation: Linguicism refers to discrimination based on language or dialect, which may be influenced by linguistic racism or casteism.

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Q.93. Identify the odd item on this list: taker, caller, singer, builder, loser, keeper, pincer. climber, buyer, teacher.

1. loser

2. pincer

3. caller

4. taker

Explanation: The odd one out is "pincer", which is not a word that forms a typical agent noun (like taker, caller, singer, etc.), which refer to people who perform a specific action.

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Q.94. When you see verisimilitude in a work of fiction or drama, what you mean is that it ……….

1. It is very similar to another piece of fiction or drama you have known earlier than now.

2. It bears no similarity to an earlier piece of fiction or drama you have ever known.

3. Its similarity to life or truth you know is suspect despite its success as fiction or drama.

4. It has successfully created an appearance of true life and reality as you have known it.

Explanation: Verisimilitude in fiction or drama refers to how closely the work reflects real life or truth. It gives an appearance of reality.

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Q.95. The coexistence of two varieties of the same language in the whole speech community is termed

1. diglossia

2. multilingualism

3. polyphony

4. dialectism

Explanation:

Diglossia refers to the coexistence of two varieties of the same language in a speech community, where one variety is used in formal contexts and the other in informal settings.

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Q.96. Which English writer adopted "Elia" for writing his essays and letters for the London Magazine?

1. Samuel Johnson

2. Thomas Addison

3. Leigh Hunt

4. Charles Lamb

Explanation: Charles Lamb wrote his essays and letters under the pseudonym "Elia" for the London Magazine.

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Q.97. The Restoration in English literary political history denotes …………….

1. The restoration of ecclesiastical practices in Protestant monasteries in England.

2. The return of Charles II as King and the restoration of monarchy in England in 1660.

3. The return of Charles I as King and the resumption of monarchy in England in 1649.

4. The restoration of ecclesiastical practices in the Catholic monasteries in England.

Explanation: Restoration refers to the return of Charles II as king in 1660, marking the restoration of the monarchy after the period of the Commonwealth.

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Q.98. What is the Great Vowel Shift (GVS)?

1. The GVS was a massive sound change involving the pronunciation of English long vowels during the 15th to 18th centuries.

2. The GVS was a massive sound change involving the pronunciation of English short vowels during the 15th to 18th centuries.

3. The GVS was a massive sound change involving the pronunciation of English long vowels during the 19th and 20th centuries.

4. The GVS was a massive sound change involving the pronunciation of English short vowels during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Explanation: The Great Vowel Shift (GVS) was a major change in the pronunciation of English long vowels that occurred between the 15th and 18th centuries.

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Q.99. What is Greenwich Village of the early twentieth century associated with?

1. Rebellious spirit, bohemian culture, immigrant artists and writers.

2. Insularity and orthodox inwardness within New York's buzzling life.

3. Religious and spiritualistic rigour and experimentation of coteries.

4. Mafia violence and hectic partying by the political business class.

Explanation: Greenwich Village in the early 20th century is associated with rebellious spirit, bohemian culture, and a community of immigrant artists and writers.

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Q.100. In the text of a play, stage directions …………………

1. are usually printed marginally.

2. are usually printed in roman

3. are usually printed in italics.

4. are usually appended.

Explanation: Stage directions in plays are typically printed in italics to differentiate them from the dialogue.

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Q.101. Many people think H. L. Mencken's greatest contribution to be the following (Identify the correct title).

1. The Leatherstocking Tales (1823-1841)

2. The American Language (1919)

3. The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

4. The Sketch Book (1819-20)

Explanation: H. L. Mencken's most famous contribution is "The American Language" (1919), which is a detailed study of American English.

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Q.102. Richard Hoggart and Stuart Hall are considered pioneers in the field of Cultural Studies. Both were associated with teaching and initiating projects in this field at the ……….

1. Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Buckingham

2. Centre for New Literatures in English at the University of Sussex

3. Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham

4. Centre for New Literatures in English at the University of Bristol

Explanation: Richard Hoggart and Stuart Hall were pioneers in Cultural Studies, and both were associated with the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham.

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Q.103. What are diacritical marks?

1. Marks appearing on either side of a word to indicate stress or a vocalic quality.

2. A term used to describe a footnote/colophon entries in critical essays and books.

3. A term used to indicate unusual dialectal words phrases in European languages.

4. Marks on the top or bottom of a letter to indicate stress, pronunciation, or sounds.

Explanation: Diacritical marks are marks placed above or below letters to indicate changes in pronunciation, stress, or sound.

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Q.104. The following is Charles Dickens's description of a character. Identify which one



"The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and on his wiry chin."

1. Scrooge in Christmas Carol

2. Uriah Heep in David Copperfield

3. Little Nell in Old Curiosity Shop

4. Sam Weller in The Pickwick Papers

Explanation: The description is of Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol".

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Q.105. Lines of poetry in which the grammatical sense of a line completes in the next line(s) are ………

1. running lines

2. run-on lines

3. runner lines

4. run-up lines

Explanation: Run-on lines are lines of poetry where the grammatical sense of the line continues into the next line without a pause.

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Q.106. The critical work of Stephen Greenblatt is situated mainly in ………

1. Archetypal criticism

2. Renaissance Studies

3. Subaltern Studies

4. Black Gay Studies

Explanation: Stephen Greenblatt is mainly known for his work in Renaissance Studies and is a key figure in New Historicism.

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Q.107. Which of the following is correctly punctuated?

1. Charles Dickens, the British novelist, died in 1870.

2. Charles Dickens the British novelist died, in 1870.

3. Charles Dickens the British novelist died in 1870.

4. Charles Dickens, the British novelist died, in 1870.

Explanation: The correct punctuation is: "Charles Dickens, the British novelist, died in 1870."

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Q.108. Attribute the following series of definitions to the poets correctly. Pick the series that shows the correct attribution.



"My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity."

"Poetry must be as well written as prose."

"Poetry makes nothing happen."

"A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom."

"I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet."

"Poetry is, at bottom, a criticism of life."



Options:

1. Ezra Pound. Bob Dylan, Matthew Arnold, Robert Frost, Wilfred Owen, W. H. Auden

2. Wilfred Owen. Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden, Robert Frost, Bob Dylan. Matthew Arnold

3. Robert Frost, Bob Dylan, Matthew Arnold. Wilfred Owen, W. H. Auden, Ezra Pound

4. W. H. Anden, Ezra Pound, Matthew Amold, Robert Frost. Wilfred Owen. Bob Dylan.

Explanation:

The correct attribution for the quotes is:

"My subject is War..." - Wilfred Owen

"Poetry must be as well written as prose." - Ezra Pound

"Poetry makes nothing happen." - W. H. Auden

"A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom." - Robert Frost

"I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet." - Bob Dylan

"Poetry is, at bottom, a criticism of life." - Matthew Arnold

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Q.109. Match the following statements summary of ideas with the sources/writers you recall correctly:

I. I use [contact zones] to refer to social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today.



II. Reproduction of art works compromises singularity and reduces the sense of being set apart from ordinary things that gives rise to the 'aura' of uniqueness and rarity.



III. Words can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled.



IV. Rather than gradually developing in a continuous linear manner, the whole framework of human understanding changes suddenly and radically at critical moments in the history of thinking through major paradigm-shifts.



(1) T. S. Kuhn (2) Mary Louise Pratt (3) John Berger (4) Walter Benjamin



Options:

1. I-(1) II-(3) III-(2) IV-(4)

2. I-(2) II-(4) III-(3) IV-(1)

3. I-(4) II-(3) III-(1) IV-(2)

4. I-(3) II-(4) III-(2) IV-(1)

Explanation:

The correct matching of the statements to the writers is:



I (Contact zones) - Mary Louise Pratt

II (Reproduction of art) - Walter Benjamin

III (Words cannot undo the fact) - John Berger

IV (Paradigm shifts) - T. S. Kuhn

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Q.110. The famous line. The proper study of mankind is man belongs to "An Essay on Man: Epistle II." How many stresses can you count in this iambic line by Alexander Pope?

1. Two

2. Three

3. Four

4. Five

Explanation: The line "The proper study of mankind is man" from Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Man: Epistle II" has five stresses.

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Q.111. Arrange chronologically the following milestones in the history of English education:

i. Foundation of the Central Institute of English in Hyderabad

ii. Establishment of Presidency universities in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras

iii. Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Letter to Lord Amherst

iv. Education Commission (Kothari) recommends continued and compulsory use of English for university degree

v. English accorded the status of "Official Language" by the Constitution of India

vi. Calcutta University Commission Report

Options:

1. 2, 3, 5, 6.4.1

2. 3, 2, 6, 5.1.4

3. 3, 6, 4, 5,2,1

4. 6, 5, 3, 4,2,1

Explanation:

The chronological order of milestones in English education is:

Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Letter to Lord Amherst, Establishment of Presidency universities in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta University Commission Report, English accorded the status of "Official Language" by the Constitution of India, Education Commission (Kothari), Foundation of the Central Institute of English in Hyderabad.

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Q.112. Identify from among the following plays, the one that uses Chorus as a main character and commentator.

1. The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

2. Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

3. Teeth 'n' Smiles by David Hare

4. Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot

Explanation: The play "Murder in the Cathedral" by T. S. Eliot features a Chorus as a main character and commentator.

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Q.113. AK Ramanujan once posed the same question in at least 4 different ways in order to probe deeply the epistemological foundations of Indian education and culture.

What was his question?

1. How long have the sages lived here?

2. What premises have fashioned our lives?

3. When will India ever be a superpower?

4. Is there an Indian way of thinking?

Explanation: A. K. Ramanujan often asked "Is there an Indian way of thinking?" to explore the epistemological foundations of Indian education and culture.

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Q.114. Whose name is associated with the American Frontier Thesis of 1893?

1. Thomas Jefferson

2. Martin Luther King

3. Frederick Douglas

4. Frederick J. Turner

Explanation: The American Frontier Thesis of 1893 is associated with Frederick J. Turner.

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Q.115. Which of the following English texts does Derek Walcott re-read and interpret in his play-within-play of Pantomime?

1. Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

2. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

3. Henry Fielding's Tom Jones

4. Thomas Hardy's Woodlanders

Explanation: In "Pantomime", Derek Walcott re-reads and interprets Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe".

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Q.116. John wasn't there. Joseph wasn't there.

When you combine these sentences as one, which of the following words would you use?

1. a but

2. if

3. either...

4. neither...

Explanation: The correct word to combine the sentences is "neither". "Neither John nor Joseph was there."

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Q.117. In heuristic pedagogy.

1. we allow teachers and students to interact and discover problems as and when they arise.

2. we allow teachers to sample methods and materials for their convenience and better results.

3. we allow students to learn or solve problems, discover and learn from their own experience.

4. we allow teachers and students to interact and solve their problems as and when they arise.

Explanation: Heuristic pedagogy involves allowing students to discover and learn from their own experiences.

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Q.118. Why is 'Intelligibility' a key concept in ELT?

1. Owing to its relevance for English language writing, it prepares students to write , successfully with users of English and in lingua franca contexts.

2. Not a key concept because like water finding its own level. English will prepare

3. Owing to its relevance for English language teaching, it aims to prepare students to write and speak with users of English in lingua franca contexts.

4. Owing to its irrelevance for English language teaching in the Third World countries where communication with the bhashas is the aim of language learning.

Explanation: Intelligibility is a key concept in English Language Teaching (ELT) because it prepares students to speak and write effectively in lingua franca contexts.

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Q.119. Fill in the gaps:

"It is. I believe, no exaggeration to say that all the historical information which has been collected from all the books written in the Sanscrit languages is……………. than what may be found in the most paltry abridgements used at preparatory schools in England" (Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1835)

1. more valuable

2. less capacious

3. more capacious

4. less valuable

Explanation: "Less valuable" is the correct word to fill in the blank. Thomas Babington Macaulay criticizes the historical information collected in Sanskrit as being less valuable than what is found in the educational system in England.

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Q.120. What is the basic metrical unit in scansion?

1. The syllable

2. The word

3. The foot

4. The line

Explanation: The basic metrical unit in scansion is the foot, which consists of a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Q.121. Name the critic who suggested that we better read "Dalit Literature is but Human Literature" so that we begin to see the subordinated people who are often invisible when the upper castes represent them.

1. Baburao Bagul

2. Arjun Dangle

3. K. Satyanarayana

4. Gopal Guru

Explanation: Baburao Bagul was one of the early proponents of Dalit literature and its significance in showcasing the lives and struggles of marginalized communities.

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Q.122.What is the significance of the chora, according to Julia Kristeva?

1. It privileges the pre-Oedipal fantasies of children and young adults alike.

2. It privileges the maternal body and is the foundation for a feminist ethics.

3. It lies beneath the conscious activities of all grown up people in society.

4. It is a signifying system whose power western feminists underestimate.

Explanation: Kristeva's theory on the "chora" relates to the pre-symbolic phase of human development, emphasizing the maternal body and its fundamental role in shaping human experience and feminist ethics.

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Q.123. Virginia Woolf's "Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown" (1924) is a well-known essay that debunks materialist realism of Edwardian novelists. Mr Bennett of her title is Arnold Bennett, the novelist, but who is "Mrs Brown"?

1. Another novelist like Amold Bennett who would describe characters in fiction quite superficially.

2. A fictional character Woolf imagines Bennet-like writers would create and superficially describe.

3. Another novelist of the Edwardian era who would describe characters in fiction quite superficially.

4. A fictional character Woolf imagines Galsworthy- like writers would create and superficially describe.

Explanation: In the essay, Woolf critiques the shallow portrayal of characters by Edwardian novelists and introduces Mrs. Brown as a symbol of the more profound, complex human beings that modern fiction should attempt to depict.

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Q.124. K. Satyanarayana's critique of D. R. Nagaraj's ideas of Dalit cultural identity hinges on ……..

1. Nagaraj's poor understanding and analysis of the Ambedkarite movement in the light of postcolonial politics.

2. Nagaraj's poor perception and analysis of Dalit movement in general and literary perspectives in particular

3. Nagaraj's failure to appreciate and analyse the historical and cultural significance of Dalit self-literary assertion.

4. Nagaraj's inadequate perception and analysis of Dalit movement in general

Explanation: Satyanarayana critiques Nagaraj for not adequately addressing the Dalit movement's impact, especially regarding the self-assertion in Dalit literature.

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Q.125. Which of the following is true?

1. The point of view in fiction belongs to the readers who see and report on what they see.

2. The point of view in fiction belongs to the narrator seeing and reporting what they see.

3. The point of view in fiction belongs to the critics who see and report on what they see.

4. The point of view in fiction belongs to the author who determines who sees and reports

Explanation: The point of view in fiction refers to the narrator's perspective, who tells the story from a specific viewpoint.

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Q.126. Mark the difference in the style of the following sentences and answer the question that follows:

A letter is an otherworldly communication, less perfect than a dream but subject to the same rules.

A letter is like an otherworldly communication, less perfect than a dream but subject to the same rules.

Which of these is a correct description of their style?

1. The first sentence uses a simile; the second, a metaphor.

2. The two sentences are in plain style.

3. The first sentence uses a metaphor; the second, a simile.

4. The two sentences are in simple style.

Explanation: The first sentence ("A letter is an otherworldly communication") uses a metaphor, while the second ("A letter is like an otherworldly communication") uses a simile because of the word "like."

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Q.127. Dunce means 'one who is slow in learning, stupid', etc. This word however derives from the name of a wise man, a man of great philosophical learning called ………..

1. Duns Scopius

2. Theodore Duns

3. Duns Scotus

4. Theophil Duns

Explanation: "Dunce" is derived from the name of John Duns Scotus, a 13th-century philosopher, whose followers were erroneously thought to be slow learners.

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Q.128. Which poem by Robert Frost opens with the following line: The land was ours before we were the land's?

1. "One More Brevity"

2. "The Road Not Taken"

3. "The Gift Outright"

4. "Mending Wall"

Explanation: This line is from Robert Frost's poem "The Gift Outright," which reflects on America's history and identity.

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Q.129. What would be the correct period in English history to which Geoffrey Chaucer belonged?

1. 950-1150

2. 1100-1500

3. 1500-1660

4. 1600-1700

Explanation: Geoffrey Chaucer, who wrote "The Canterbury Tales," is considered a writer of the Middle English period, which spans from approximately 1100 to 1500

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Q.130. In classical Greek, catharsis meant …………

1. Purgation or cleansing

2. Dirt and defilement

3. Tragic turn

4. Spite and revenge

Explanation: In classical Greek, "catharsis" referred to the emotional release or purification experienced by the audience in response to tragic drama.

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Q.131. Arrange the English sonnet sequences chronologically:

i. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese

ii. Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate

iii. George Meredith's Modern Love

iv. Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella

1. iv, i, iii, ii

2. ii, iii, i, iv

3. iv, iii, i, ii

4. iii, iv, ii, i

Explanation:

The correct chronological order of the English sonnet sequences is:

Philip Sidney's "Astrophel and Stella" (1591)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese" (1850)

George Meredith's "Modern Love" (1862)

Vikram Seth's "The Golden Gate" (1986)

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Q.132. What is the Authorized Version of the Bible otherwise called, and when was it published?

1. King James Bible, 1701

2. King Charles Bible. 1611

3. King James Bible, 1611

4. King Charles Bible. 1701

Explanation: The Authorized Version of the Bible is also known as the King James Bible, and it was first published in 1611.

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Q.133. Identify one phrase in the following list that defines "predatory publishing" of scholarship that is totally untrue.

1. Publication only for profit

2. Done deceptively

3. With altruistic motives

4. Done fraudulently

Explanation: "Predatory publishing" refers to unethical publishing practices, typically driven by profit rather than altruism.

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Q.134. The symbolic in Jacques Lacan represents:

1. Power and its institutional associates

2. The order of language, law, representation

3. Normative subjectivity in ordinary selves

4. The order of legends, myths and archetypes

Explanation: Lacan's concept of the symbolic refers to the realm of language, social law, and cultural representations that structure human experience.

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Q.135. The attribution of human feelings to inanimate objects is known as …………

1. Poetic justice

2. Phanopocia

3. Pathetic fallacy

4. Pictoriography

Explanation: Pathetic fallacy is a literary device where human emotions are attributed to nature or inanimate objects, often used in poetry.

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Q.136. William Empson said that "any verbal nuance, however slight.... gives room for alternative reactions to the same piece of language," which indeed is a definition of his famous ……..

1. Alogicality

2. Algorithm

3. Allegory

4. Ambiguity

Explanation: William Empson is known for his work on ambiguity in literature, particularly how multiple meanings can arise from a single line or phrase.

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Q.137. Who was the poet who introduced Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali in English and claimed to have seen in those lyrics, "a world I have dreamt of all my life"?

1. Ezra Pound

2. A. E. Housman

3. W. B. Yeats

4. T. E. Hulme

Explanation: W. B. Yeats introduced Rabindranath Tagore's "Gitanjali" to the English-speaking world and praised its beauty.

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Q.138. Walt Whitman wrote A Passage to India in order to celebrate equally two stupendous engineering projects, namely …………

1. The Great Armoury Show and the NY Pubic Amenities Building

2. The completion of Brooklyn and Saratoga bridges

3. The opening of the Suez Canal and the Transcontinental Railroad

4. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences buildings

Explanation: "A Passage to India" celebrates the completion of the Suez Canal and the Transcontinental Railroad, two major engineering achievements of the 19th century.

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Q.139. The break in the middle of a line of verse is a …………..

1. Semicolon

2. Caesura

3. Pause

4. Hiatus

Explanation: A caesura is a pause or break within a line of verse, often used for emphasis or rhythm.

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Q.140. For which narrative is this definition most fitting?

A kind of story that blends comedy and satire to tell the adventures of a rogue passing through a low or debased version of contemporary reality.

1. Burlesque

2. Farce

3. Mock epic

4. Picaresque

Explanation: The definition fits the picaresque narrative, which focuses on the adventures of a rogue character in a lower-class society.

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Q.141. Read the following poem called "The Mountain." Questions 141 to 145 are based on this poem.



My students look at me expectantly.

I explain to them that the life of art is a life

of endless labor. Their expressions

hardly change: they need to know

a little more about endless labor.

So I tell them the story of Sisyphus.

how he was doomed to push

a rock up a mountain, knowing nothing

would come of this effort

but that he would repeat it

indefinitely. I tell them

there is joy in this, in the artist's life.

that one eludes

judgement, and as I speak

I am secretly pushing a rock myself,

slyly pushing it up the steep

face of a mountain. Why do I lie

to these children? They aren't listening,

they aren't deceived, their fingers

tapping at the wooden desks -- --

So I retract

the myth: I tell them it occurs

in hell, and that the artist lies

because he is obsessed with attainment.

that he perceives as the summit

at that place where he will live forever,

a place about to be

transformed by his burden: with every breath.

I am standing at the top of the mountain.

Both my hands are free. And the rock has added

height to the mountain.



Question-141 What is the scene of this poem? Who is the speaker?

1. Unspecified. A poet

2. A classroom. A teacher.

3. Unspecified. An artist.

4. A mountain. An artist.

Explanation: The context suggests that the scene is in a classroom, with the speaker being a teacher

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Q.142. Why does the poet say that she is "pushing a rock" herself?

1. She is telling us how she pities the poor character called Sisyphus.

2. That is a metaphorical way of stating her strenuous effort.

3. That is a literal way of emphasizing her strenuous effort.

4. She is trying to tell us how she identifies herself with Sisyphus

Explanation: The poet uses "pushing a rock" metaphorically to express her difficult or challenging effort.

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Q.143. What eludes judgement and why?

1.The sheer joy of endless labour art affords eludes judgement because only artists enjoy this privilege

2.The joy of endless labour art affords eludes judgement because what artists enjoy is hard to convey.

3.The sheer joy of endless labour art affords is that it eludes the judgement of non-artists who never try.

4.The joy of endless labour art affords eludes judgement because what artists enjoy is hard to represent.

Explanation: The "endless labor" of art is described as being beyond judgement because it is a unique experience only fully understood by the artist.

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Q.144. What reason does the speaker give for the lie entertained by the artist?

1. Vanity makes false promises that lure artists to such heights they reach.

2. The artists believe that where they reach, is the pinnacle of achievement.

3. The artists believe they can transform the world from the mountain peak.

4. Vanity makes artists believe that they and their attainment are for good.

Explanation: The speaker suggests that artists often believe they have reached the highest form of achievement, which is a self-deceptive belief.

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Q.145. What does the poet find common between the lives of Sisyphus and the artist?

1. The vanity of vanities all is vanity of art's failure, bondage atop the mountain.

2. The anxiety whether atop the mountain rock/ art will heighten their exaltation.

3. The hope that atop the mountain their rock/ art will heighten their exaltation.

4. The vanity of vanities all is vanity of art's success, freedom atop the mountain.

Explanation: The common element is the belief that their struggle (represented by the rock) will eventually lead to exaltation or fulfilment.

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Q.146. to 150 Comprehension. Questions 146 to 150 are based on the following passage:



Rather than saying that little boys and little girls, from the very start, learn two different ways of speaking, I think that the process is more complicated. Since the mother and other women are dominant influences in the lives of most children under the age of 5, probably both boys and girls first learn 'women's language' as their first language. As they grow older, boys especially go through a stage of rough talk: this is probably discouraged in little girls more strongly than in little boys, in whom parents may often find it more amusing than shocking. By the time children are 10 or so, and split up into same-sex peer groups, the two languages are already present. according to my recollections and observations. But it seems that what has happened is that the boys have unlearned their original form of expression and adopted new forms of expression, while the girls retain their old ways of speech. The ultimate result is the same, of course, whatever the interpretation.



So a girl is damned if she does, damned if she doesn't. If she refuses to talk like a lady, she is ridiculed and subjected to criticism as unfeminine; if she does learn, she is ridiculed as unable to think clearly, unable to take part in a serious discussion: in some sense, as less than fully human. These two choices which a woman has to be less than a woman or less than a person- are highly painful.



Question-146 "By the time children are 10 or so...". What does or so suggest?

1. approximately

2. appropriately

3. accurately

4. analogically

Explanation: "Or so" is used to indicate an approximation of age or time.

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Q.147. What are "the two languages present" in boys and girls who choose to be in the same-sex peer groups?

1. The ways men and the ways women speak

2. The languages of their chosen peer groups

3. One native, the other a non-native language

4. The formal and informal languages of school

Explanation: The question suggests that the two languages refer to the distinct ways in which men and women communicate.

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Q.148. What is it that "parents may often find [...] more amusing than shocking"?

1. The little girls not quite speaking the way the boys do

2. The boys boldly going through a stage of rough talk

3. The fact that the boys and girls begin to talk differently

4. The boys can talk more amusingly than girls their age

Explanation: This suggests that parents may find it amusing when girls speak differently than boys, not quite meeting societal expectations.

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Q.149. [A] girl is damned if she does, damned if she doesn't." How do we make sense of this statement?

1. by reading the whole paragraph

2. by reading the previous paragraph

3. by reading the next sentence

4. by reading between the lines

Explanation: The full meaning of the sentence can be understood by reading the next sentence, which will provide context for the paradox.

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Q.150. What does the last sentence of this passage suggest?

1. It is a pity that there is no choice at all for a woman.

2. It is somewhat unhelpful that no choice is available.

3. It is a pity that women do not have men's choices.

4. It is the difficulty of her choice that is really painful.

Explanation: This option suggests that the true source of pain lies not in the lack of choices or the nature of the choices themselves, but in the complex, challenging process of making a decision. The difficulty of making the right choice, especially in a situation where all options may have significant consequences, is what makes it painful.

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