GUJARATH SET DEC-2024 ENGLISH Paper - II
1. Which among the following poems has been hailed as "Semi Waste Land"?
(A) Dover Beach
(B) Thyrsis
(C) Empedocles on Etna
(D) The Scholar Gypsy
2. Who among the following American poets is known for the use of anti-thesis ?
(A) Robert Frost
(B) Emily Dickinson
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) R. W. Emerson
3. Who among the following trench poets wrote the poem "Strange Meeting"?
(A) Wilfred Owen
(B) Rupert Brooke
(C) Isaac Rosenberg
(D) Siegfried Sassoon
4. The animal imagery is profusely found in the poetry of
(A) Seamús Heaney
(B) Ted Hughes
(C) Philip Larkin
(D) Carol Ann Duffy
5. The character of Madame Sosostris appears in
(A) The Waste Land
(B) The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
(C) The Hollow Men
(D) Gerontion
6. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever" - Who among the following romantic poets said this?
(A) P. B. Shelley
(B) John Keats
(C) Lord Byron
(D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
7. "Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt,/Whene'er I passed her, but who passed without/Much the same smile"? These lines are found in the poem
(A) Porphyria's Lover
(B) Fra Lippo Lippi
(C) The Last Ride Together
(D) My Last Duchess
8. Who wrote the unfinished epic poem Hyperion?
(A) William Wordsworth
(B) William Blake
(C) Robert Southey
(C) Dennis Dworkin
(D) Stuart Hall
67. Cultural Marxism in Post-War Britain: History, the New Left, and the Origins of Cultural Studies is written by
(A) Janet Morgan
(B) E.P. Thompson
(C) Dennis Dworkin
(D) Angela McRobbie
68. Which among the following is written by Stuart Hall?
(A) Contemporary Cultural Studies
(B) The Making of the English Working Class
(C) The Aftermath of Feminism
(D) Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman
69. In 1994, Jeffrey Williams conducted an interview titled "Questioning Cultural Studies". What is its subtitle ?
(A) "An Interview with Paul Gilroy"
(B) "An Interview with Paul Willis"
(C) "An Interview with Alan Sokal"
(D) "An Interview with Paul Smith"
70. Counter hegemony refers to
(A) The rejection of all cultural norms
(B) Cultural practices that resist dominant ideologies
(C) The elimination of high culture
(D) Government-led resistance movements
71. According to Plato, literature is
(A) A reflection of the ideal world
(B) Twice removed from reality
(C) A means of attaining truth
(D) A rational discourse
72. In Aristotle's Poetics, which among the following is considered to be the soul of tragedy ?
(A) Plot
(B) Character
(D) John Keats
9. Who wrote the lines - "I speak three languages, write in two, dream in one"?
(A) Kamala Das
(B) Eunice De Souza
(C) Imtiaz Dharker
(D) Menka Shivdasani
10. How many verses are there in Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali ("Songs of Offering") ?
(A) 101
(B) 111
(C) 108
(D) 121
11. In Hamlet, who among the following characters does NOT die ?
(A) Ophelia
(B) Claudius
(C) Horatio
(D) Laertes
12. Who is the protagonist in The Jew of Malta ?
(A) Shylock
(B) Marlowe
9. Who wrote the lines - "I speak three languages, write in two, dream in one"?
(A) Kamala Das
(B) Eunice De Souza
(C) Imtiaz Dharker
(D) Menka Shivdasani
10. How many verses are there in Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali ("Songs of Offering") ?
(A) 101
(B) 111
(C) 108
(D) 121
11. In Hamlet, who among the following characters does NOT die ?
(A) Ophelia
(B) Claudius
(C) Horatio
(D) Laertes
12. Who is the protagonist in The Jew of Malta ?
(A) Shylock
(B) Marlowe
(C) Rosencrantz
(D) Barabas
13. The "green world in A Midsummer Night's Dream symbolizes
(A) Chaos and disorder
(B) Rebirth and renewal
(C) Magic and fantasy
(D) Justice and fairness
14. The senior lady who is satirized in The Way of the World by Willian Congreve is
(A) Millamant
(B) Mrs. Marwood
(C) Lady Wishfort
(D) Mrs. Fainall
15. John Dryden's All for Love is
(A) A heroic tragedy
(B) A tragedy
(C) A heroic play
(D) A melodrama
16. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal has as its protagonist
(A) Sir Peter Teazle
(B) Joseph Surface
(C) Sir Oliver Surface
(D) Charles Surface
17. The witty dialogue in The Importance of Being Earnest primarily serves to
(A) Develop the plot
(B) Critique social norms
(C) Explore moral dilemmas
(D) Build suspense
18. The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter is best described as
(A) A comedy of errors
(B) A comedy of humours
(C) A comedy of menace
(D) A comedy of manners
19. Caryl Churchill's Top Girls has
(A) An all-male cast
(B) A mix of historical and fictional female characters
(C) A traditional family structure
(D) A capitalist social structure
20. The Crucible is an allegory for the historical event of
(A) The Great Depression
(B) The McCarthy trials
(C) The Civil War
(D) The American Revolution
21. Which critic commented about Pip's progress in Great Expectations as "a snob's progress"?
(A) Humphry House
(B) Dorothy Van Ghent
(D) Barabas
13. The "green world in A Midsummer Night's Dream symbolizes
(A) Chaos and disorder
(B) Rebirth and renewal
(C) Magic and fantasy
(D) Justice and fairness
14. The senior lady who is satirized in The Way of the World by Willian Congreve is
(A) Millamant
(B) Mrs. Marwood
(C) Lady Wishfort
(D) Mrs. Fainall
15. John Dryden's All for Love is
(A) A heroic tragedy
(B) A tragedy
(C) A heroic play
(D) A melodrama
16. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal has as its protagonist
(A) Sir Peter Teazle
(B) Joseph Surface
(C) Sir Oliver Surface
(D) Charles Surface
17. The witty dialogue in The Importance of Being Earnest primarily serves to
(A) Develop the plot
(B) Critique social norms
(C) Explore moral dilemmas
(D) Build suspense
18. The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter is best described as
(A) A comedy of errors
(B) A comedy of humours
(C) A comedy of menace
(D) A comedy of manners
19. Caryl Churchill's Top Girls has
(A) An all-male cast
(B) A mix of historical and fictional female characters
(C) A traditional family structure
(D) A capitalist social structure
20. The Crucible is an allegory for the historical event of
(A) The Great Depression
(B) The McCarthy trials
(C) The Civil War
(D) The American Revolution
21. Which critic commented about Pip's progress in Great Expectations as "a snob's progress"?
(A) Humphry House
(B) Dorothy Van Ghent
(C) F. R. Leavis
(D) Bulwar Lytton
22. The epigraph of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles is derived from
(A) Romeo and Juliet
(B) The Tempest
(C) As You Like It
(D) The Two Gentlemen of Verona
23. The famous bee and spider allegory is depicted in
(A) Robinson Crusoe
(B) The Battle of the Books
(C) Gulliver's Travels
(D) A Tale of a Tub
24. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer are novels cast in the
(A) Epistolary mode
(B) Picaresque mode
(C) Regional mode
(D) Historical mode
25. Sir Walter Scott wrote, "Her characters are absolutely true to life and all her work has the perfection of a miniature painting." Who is she?
(A) Jane Austen
(B) Frances Burney
(C) Mary Shelley
(D) Maria Edgeworth
26. John Ruskin's ornate prose style was followed by
(A) Oscar Wilde
(B) George Eliot
(C) Emile Bronte
(D) Walter Pater
27. The Children of the Sea, published in USA, is alternatively titled
(A) Heart of Darkness
(B) Lord Jim
(C) Nostromo
(D) Bulwar Lytton
22. The epigraph of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles is derived from
(A) Romeo and Juliet
(B) The Tempest
(C) As You Like It
(D) The Two Gentlemen of Verona
23. The famous bee and spider allegory is depicted in
(A) Robinson Crusoe
(B) The Battle of the Books
(C) Gulliver's Travels
(D) A Tale of a Tub
24. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer are novels cast in the
(A) Epistolary mode
(B) Picaresque mode
(C) Regional mode
(D) Historical mode
25. Sir Walter Scott wrote, "Her characters are absolutely true to life and all her work has the perfection of a miniature painting." Who is she?
(A) Jane Austen
(B) Frances Burney
(C) Mary Shelley
(D) Maria Edgeworth
26. John Ruskin's ornate prose style was followed by
(A) Oscar Wilde
(B) George Eliot
(C) Emile Bronte
(D) Walter Pater
27. The Children of the Sea, published in USA, is alternatively titled
(A) Heart of Darkness
(B) Lord Jim
(C) Nostromo
(D) The Nigger of the Narcissus
28. Women in Love is a sequel to
(A) The Rainbow
(B) Sons and Lovers
(C) The White Peacock
(D) The Plumed Serpent
29. Which one of the following novels is written by Doris Lessing?
(A) The Little Stranger
(B) The Golden Notebook
(C) The Sea, The Sea
(D) The Fig Tree
30. The Voyage of Captain Popanilla is based on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Identify the author.
(A) Benjamin Disraeli
(B) Edward Bulwer-Lytton
(C) Charles Reade
(D) Anthony Trollope
31. Hagiography is centred around the lives of
(A) Poets
(B) Warriors
(C) Saints
(D) Women
32. Who wrote V. S. Naipaul's biography The World is What it is ?
28. Women in Love is a sequel to
(A) The Rainbow
(B) Sons and Lovers
(C) The White Peacock
(D) The Plumed Serpent
29. Which one of the following novels is written by Doris Lessing?
(A) The Little Stranger
(B) The Golden Notebook
(C) The Sea, The Sea
(D) The Fig Tree
30. The Voyage of Captain Popanilla is based on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Identify the author.
(A) Benjamin Disraeli
(B) Edward Bulwer-Lytton
(C) Charles Reade
(D) Anthony Trollope
31. Hagiography is centred around the lives of
(A) Poets
(B) Warriors
(C) Saints
(D) Women
32. Who wrote V. S. Naipaul's biography The World is What it is ?
(A) Patrick French
(B) Vivek Menezes
(C) Paul Theroux
(D) Kerry Harwin
33. Amitav Ghosh's The Living Mountain is an example of
(A) Ballad
(B) Parable
(C) Fable
(D) Folktale
34. Samuel Pepys' Diary was written in
(A) 16th Century
(B) 17th Century
(C) 18th Century
(D) 19th Century
35. The Story of my Experiments with Truth has sections.
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Six
36. Hind Swaraj is written in
(A) Epistolary mode
(B) Dialogue mode
(C) Descriptive mode
(D) Narrative mode
37. The 'fatwa' incident is narrated by Rushdie in
(A) The Satanic Verses
(B) Shame
(B) Vivek Menezes
(C) Paul Theroux
(D) Kerry Harwin
33. Amitav Ghosh's The Living Mountain is an example of
(A) Ballad
(B) Parable
(C) Fable
(D) Folktale
34. Samuel Pepys' Diary was written in
(A) 16th Century
(B) 17th Century
(C) 18th Century
(D) 19th Century
35. The Story of my Experiments with Truth has sections.
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Six
36. Hind Swaraj is written in
(A) Epistolary mode
(B) Dialogue mode
(C) Descriptive mode
(D) Narrative mode
37. The 'fatwa' incident is narrated by Rushdie in
(A) The Satanic Verses
(B) Shame
(C) Joseph Anton
(D) The Moor's Last Sigh
38. Who states "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles"?
38. Who states "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles"?
(A) Ralph Emerson
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Henry Thoreau
39. Nirad C. Chaudhuri's Passage to England has a section entitled
(A) English Women
(B) English People
(C) English Weather
(D) English Theatre
40. History of the Royal Society of London (1667) was written by
(A) William Temple
(B) John Tillotson
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Henry Thoreau
39. Nirad C. Chaudhuri's Passage to England has a section entitled
(A) English Women
(B) English People
(C) English Weather
(D) English Theatre
40. History of the Royal Society of London (1667) was written by
(A) William Temple
(B) John Tillotson
(C) Thomas Sprat
(D) George Savile
41. Dominique Lapierre wrote an appealing account of the sordid squalor of an Indian city. Identify the city.
(A) Calcutta
(B) Bombay
(C) Madras
(D) Delhi
42. Who wrote the poems "The Gift of India" and "An Anthem of Love"?
(A) Kamala Das
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Toru Dutt
(D) George Savile
41. Dominique Lapierre wrote an appealing account of the sordid squalor of an Indian city. Identify the city.
(A) Calcutta
(B) Bombay
(C) Madras
(D) Delhi
42. Who wrote the poems "The Gift of India" and "An Anthem of Love"?
(A) Kamala Das
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Toru Dutt
(D) Aru Dutt
43. Who wrote the hard-hitting poem "Sita Speak" indicating the society for the injustice meted out to women down the ages ?
(A) Bina Agarwal
(B) Meena Kandasamy
43. Who wrote the hard-hitting poem "Sita Speak" indicating the society for the injustice meted out to women down the ages ?
(A) Bina Agarwal
(B) Meena Kandasamy
(C) Amrita Pritam
(D) Menka Shivdasani
44. Who is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award?
(D) Menka Shivdasani
44. Who is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award?
(A) Asif Currimbhoy
(B) Mahesh Elkunchwar
(B) Mahesh Elkunchwar
(C) Habib Tanvir
(D) Mahesh Dattani
45. Which Indian poet passed away in the year 2024 ?
(A) K. K. Daruwala
(B) Jayanta Mahapatra
(C) Niranjan Mohanty
(D) P. Lal
46. In which of the following novels one does NOT portray the Gandhian age and the impact of Gandhi ?
(A) Inqilab by K. A. Abbas
(B) In Transit by Venu Chitale
(C) The Dark Room by R. K. Narayan
(D) Kanthapura by Raja Rao
47. Baumgartner's Bombay is a novel about a German Jew who remains an outsider all his life, in his country because he is a Jew and in India, where he is a firangi. Who wrote this moving novel?
(A) Vikram Seth
(B) Anita Desai
(C) Nayantara Sahgal
(D) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
48. Towards an Aesthetics of Dalit Literature is written by
(A) Sharankumar Limbale
(B) Namdeo Dhasal
(C) Omprakash Valmiki
(D) Baby Kamble
49. Her short stories including "Kavach" and "A Childhood Tale" are widely read and form the part of the curriculum at various Indian universities. She is a prominent Indian Dalit feminist writer. Who is she?
(A) Sharmila Rege
(B) Urmila Pawar
(C) Rekha Raj
(D) Gogu Shyamala
50. Who is the author of Astadhyayi?
(A) Panini
(B) Patanjali
(C) Bhatrihari
(D) Katyayana
51. The concept of displacement in language refers to
(A) The ability of language to express abstract thoughts
(B) The representation of sounds through symbols
(C) The ability to communicate about things not present in time and space
(D) The structural flexibility of sentences
52. The directive function of language is used primarily to
(A) Provide information
(B) Influence the behaviour of others
(C) Express emotions
(D) Build social relationships
53. In Saussurean linguistics, the signifier refers to
(A) The sound or image used to convey meaning
(B) The concept that a word represents
(C) The function of a word in a sentence
(D) The grammatical rules governing a language
54. According to B.F. Skinner's behaviourist theory, language learning occurs through
(A) Inherited grammar structures
(B) Social interaction
(C) Imitation, reinforcement and habit formation
(D) Cognitive development
55. A major criticism of the behaviourist view of language learning is that
(A) It does not account for the innate ability to form complex utterances
(B) It overemphasizes the role of social interaction
(C) It ignores the importance of language in culture
(D) It does not explain language reinforcement
56. Chomsky's Universal Grammar theory is used to explain
(A) Why languages are so diverse
(B) How children acquire their native language without direct teaching
(C) The role of external reinforcement in language learning
(D) The influence of culture on language
57. According to Jean Piaget, language acquisition is closely linked to
(A) The development of grammar
(B) Cognitive development
(C) Social interaction
(D) Formal instruction
58. Bilingualism is defined as
(A) The ability to translate between two languages
(B) A linguistic shift from one language to another
(C) Using language creatively
(D) The ability to speak two languages fluently
59. Functionalism in linguistics is primarily concerned with
(A) The classification of languages into families
(B) The historical development of languages
(C) How language is used in real-life communication
(D) The innate structures governing language use
60. Which of the following best exemplifies a perlocutionary act ?
(A) A command given by a teacher
(B) The speaker stating a fact
(C) The listener's reaction to a command
(D) The speaker's formulation of a request
61. Who coined the expression cultura animi to mean "cultivation of the soul" ?
(A) Cicero
(B) Aristotle
(D) Mahesh Dattani
45. Which Indian poet passed away in the year 2024 ?
(A) K. K. Daruwala
(B) Jayanta Mahapatra
(C) Niranjan Mohanty
(D) P. Lal
46. In which of the following novels one does NOT portray the Gandhian age and the impact of Gandhi ?
(A) Inqilab by K. A. Abbas
(B) In Transit by Venu Chitale
(C) The Dark Room by R. K. Narayan
(D) Kanthapura by Raja Rao
47. Baumgartner's Bombay is a novel about a German Jew who remains an outsider all his life, in his country because he is a Jew and in India, where he is a firangi. Who wrote this moving novel?
(A) Vikram Seth
(B) Anita Desai
(C) Nayantara Sahgal
(D) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
48. Towards an Aesthetics of Dalit Literature is written by
(A) Sharankumar Limbale
(B) Namdeo Dhasal
(C) Omprakash Valmiki
(D) Baby Kamble
49. Her short stories including "Kavach" and "A Childhood Tale" are widely read and form the part of the curriculum at various Indian universities. She is a prominent Indian Dalit feminist writer. Who is she?
(A) Sharmila Rege
(B) Urmila Pawar
(C) Rekha Raj
(D) Gogu Shyamala
50. Who is the author of Astadhyayi?
(A) Panini
(B) Patanjali
(C) Bhatrihari
(D) Katyayana
51. The concept of displacement in language refers to
(A) The ability of language to express abstract thoughts
(B) The representation of sounds through symbols
(C) The ability to communicate about things not present in time and space
(D) The structural flexibility of sentences
52. The directive function of language is used primarily to
(A) Provide information
(B) Influence the behaviour of others
(C) Express emotions
(D) Build social relationships
53. In Saussurean linguistics, the signifier refers to
(A) The sound or image used to convey meaning
(B) The concept that a word represents
(C) The function of a word in a sentence
(D) The grammatical rules governing a language
54. According to B.F. Skinner's behaviourist theory, language learning occurs through
(A) Inherited grammar structures
(B) Social interaction
(C) Imitation, reinforcement and habit formation
(D) Cognitive development
55. A major criticism of the behaviourist view of language learning is that
(A) It does not account for the innate ability to form complex utterances
(B) It overemphasizes the role of social interaction
(C) It ignores the importance of language in culture
(D) It does not explain language reinforcement
56. Chomsky's Universal Grammar theory is used to explain
(A) Why languages are so diverse
(B) How children acquire their native language without direct teaching
(C) The role of external reinforcement in language learning
(D) The influence of culture on language
57. According to Jean Piaget, language acquisition is closely linked to
(A) The development of grammar
(B) Cognitive development
(C) Social interaction
(D) Formal instruction
58. Bilingualism is defined as
(A) The ability to translate between two languages
(B) A linguistic shift from one language to another
(C) Using language creatively
(D) The ability to speak two languages fluently
59. Functionalism in linguistics is primarily concerned with
(A) The classification of languages into families
(B) The historical development of languages
(C) How language is used in real-life communication
(D) The innate structures governing language use
60. Which of the following best exemplifies a perlocutionary act ?
(A) A command given by a teacher
(B) The speaker stating a fact
(C) The listener's reaction to a command
(D) The speaker's formulation of a request
61. Who coined the expression cultura animi to mean "cultivation of the soul" ?
(A) Cicero
(B) Aristotle
(C) Plato
(D) Horace
62. Who founded the influential journal New Left Review in the 1950s ?
(A) Kuan-Hsing Chen
(B) Helen Davis
(C) Lawrence Grossberg
(D) Stuart Hall
63. Cultural studies as a branch of formal academic study itself had its origins in
(A) Humanism
(B) Feminism
(C) Marxism
(D) New Criticism
64. Who introduced the concept of hybridity?
(A) Ajaz Ahmad
(B) Homi Bhabha
(C) Edward Said
(D) Horace
62. Who founded the influential journal New Left Review in the 1950s ?
(A) Kuan-Hsing Chen
(B) Helen Davis
(C) Lawrence Grossberg
(D) Stuart Hall
63. Cultural studies as a branch of formal academic study itself had its origins in
(A) Humanism
(B) Feminism
(C) Marxism
(D) New Criticism
64. Who introduced the concept of hybridity?
(A) Ajaz Ahmad
(B) Homi Bhabha
(C) Edward Said
(D) Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak
65. In 1964, cultural studies as a formal discipline was inaugurated with the establishment of
(A) the Birmingham School
(B) the Harvard School
(C) the Oxford School
(D) the Cambridge School
66. Who founded the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS)?
(A) Raymond Williams
(B) Richard Hoggart
65. In 1964, cultural studies as a formal discipline was inaugurated with the establishment of
(A) the Birmingham School
(B) the Harvard School
(C) the Oxford School
(D) the Cambridge School
66. Who founded the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS)?
(A) Raymond Williams
(B) Richard Hoggart
(C) Dennis Dworkin
(D) Stuart Hall
67. Cultural Marxism in Post-War Britain: History, the New Left, and the Origins of Cultural Studies is written by
(A) Janet Morgan
(B) E.P. Thompson
(C) Dennis Dworkin
(D) Angela McRobbie
68. Which among the following is written by Stuart Hall?
(A) Contemporary Cultural Studies
(B) The Making of the English Working Class
(C) The Aftermath of Feminism
(D) Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman
69. In 1994, Jeffrey Williams conducted an interview titled "Questioning Cultural Studies". What is its subtitle ?
(A) "An Interview with Paul Gilroy"
(B) "An Interview with Paul Willis"
(C) "An Interview with Alan Sokal"
(D) "An Interview with Paul Smith"
70. Counter hegemony refers to
(A) The rejection of all cultural norms
(B) Cultural practices that resist dominant ideologies
(C) The elimination of high culture
(D) Government-led resistance movements
71. According to Plato, literature is
(A) A reflection of the ideal world
(B) Twice removed from reality
(C) A means of attaining truth
(D) A rational discourse
72. In Aristotle's Poetics, which among the following is considered to be the soul of tragedy ?
(A) Plot
(B) Character
(C) Diction
(D) Spectacle
73. Horace's principle of dulce et utile emphasizes that poetry should
(A) Only entertain the reader
(B) Instruct the reader but avoid entertainment
(C) Entertain and instruct simultaneously
(D) Focus on moral teaching without aesthetic value
74. Who answered Thomas Campion's attack on rhyme in A Defence of Rhyme?
(A) Philip Sidney
(B) Samuel Daniel
(C) Walter Raleigh
(D) Ben Jonson
75. Who among the following is a well-known lexicographer ?
(A) Samuel Johnson
(B) John Dryden
(C) Francis Bacon
(D) Montaigne
76. Primary imagination is the basis of all creative activities. Who among the following said this?
(A) William Wordsworth
(B) S. T. Coleridge
(C) John Keats
(D) P. B. Shelley
77. In Discipline and Punish, Foucault theorises
(A) The role of socio-cultural values
(B) The economic structures of feudalism
(C) The reinforcement of power structure through discipline by prisons
(D) The representation of morality in literature
78. In Dryden's An Essay of Dramatic Poesy, there are four interlocutors representing four different ideologies. Which of them impersonate Dryden's views?
(A) Lisideius
(B) Eugenius
(C) Crites
(D) Neander
79. Matthew Arnold's concept of "disinterestedness" calls for
(A) A subjective approach to literature
(B) An objective evaluation of literature
(C) A focus on political criticism
(D) A purely emotional response to literature
80. Who among the following gave the concept of aporia ?
(A) Pal D. Mann
(B) Leonel Trilling
(C) Frederick Jameson
(D) Jacques Derrida
81. Who was the author of The Well-Wrought Un?
(A) William Emson
(B) I. A. Richards
(C) Cleanth Brooks
(D) Wimsatt Brooks
82. Who introduced the theory of 'dismodernism' in disability studies?
(A) Lennard J. Davis
(B) Oliver Sacks
(C) Mike Oliver
(D) Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
83. "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things unlawful." Who stated this?
(A) Oscar Wilde
(B) Judith Butler
(C) Allen Ginsberg
(D) Eve Sedgwick
84. Which term in Sanskrit means embellishment?
(A) Vakrokti
(B) Vynjana
(C) Guna
(D) Alamkara
85. The terms 'competence' and 'performance' are associated with the theories of
(A) Noam Chomsky
(B) Ferdinand de Saussure
(C) Lionel Bloomfield
(D) Charles F. Hockett
86. Who coined the term "Collective Unconscious"?
(A) Northrop Frye
(B) Carl Yung
(C) Sigmund Freud
(D) W. B. Yeats
87. What did I. A. Richards mean by 'synaesthesis'?
(A) The peculiar organization of our impulses in a manner that harmonizes them
(B) The highest point of aesthetic pleasure
(C) The simultaneous consciousness of beauty in so many things
(D) The association of thought and feeling
88. The work Silent Spring critically engages with the problem of
(A) Biocentrism
(B) Anthropocentrism
(C) Anthropomorphism
(D) Deep Ecology
89. Of the following theorists identify the one who has examined the narrative constructions of history.
(A) Paul Ricoeur
(B) Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak
(C) Hayden White
(D) Theodore Adorno
90. Who among the following is an Indian ecofeminist ?
(A) Gauri Viswanathan
(B) Arundhati Roy
(C) Vandana Shiva
(D) Medha Patkar
91. A compelling research question in literary studies is typically characterized by
(A) Its capacity to confirm pre-existing critical consensus
(B) A focused inquiry that facilitates deep textual and theoretical analysis
(C) An open-ended structure that offers multiple interpretations
(D) Its reliance on biographical details as the core of analysis
92. In the realm of literary research, a hypothesis functions as
(A) A definitive assertion about the meaning of a text
(B) A synthesis of existing interpretations without innovation
(C) A factual claim based on primary evidence
(D) A provisional statement subject to critical scrutiny and analysis
93. The classification of a text as a primary source in literary studies is contingent upon
(A) Its originality as the subject of analysis
(B) Its status as an authoritative critical interpretation
(C) The period in which it was written
(D) Its relevance to contemporary literary theory
94. Textual analysis in literary research most frequently involves
(A) Empirical testing of historical claims
(B) Close reading and interpretation of language, themes and structure
(C) Purely biographical research on the author
(D) Dismissing secondary sources in favour of direct textual engagement
95. Comparative research in literary studies typically
(A) Focuses on comparing two unrelated works for contrast
(B) Compares only historical contexts
(C) Examines texts across different literary traditions, periods or authors
(D) Is limited to texts from the same cultural background
96. Theoretical research in literary studies involves
(A) Applying literary theories to interpret texts
(B) Focusing exclusively on authorial intent
(C) Dismissing historical and cultural contexts
(D) Comparing biographies of literary figures
97. The primary purpose of a research design in literary studies is to
(A) Provide a rigid framework that cannot be adapted
(B) Outline a systematic approach to answering the research question
(C) Serve as a reservoir of biographical details
(D) Present only the conclusions of the research
98. A comprehensive literature review is essential because
(A) It focuses exclusively on primary sources
(B) It exhausts all possible interpretations of a text
(C) It identifies gaps in the current research and leads to the thesis statement
(D) It serves as the primary argument of the research
99. A blueprint of research work is called
(A) Research design
(B) Research tool
(C) Research question
(D) Research problem
100. Plagiarism in research is
(A) Quoting someone and citing the source
(B) Copying unscrupulously without citing the source
(C) Creative use of previous data
(D) Acknowledging previous data and reworking on it
(D) Spectacle
73. Horace's principle of dulce et utile emphasizes that poetry should
(A) Only entertain the reader
(B) Instruct the reader but avoid entertainment
(C) Entertain and instruct simultaneously
(D) Focus on moral teaching without aesthetic value
74. Who answered Thomas Campion's attack on rhyme in A Defence of Rhyme?
(A) Philip Sidney
(B) Samuel Daniel
(C) Walter Raleigh
(D) Ben Jonson
75. Who among the following is a well-known lexicographer ?
(A) Samuel Johnson
(B) John Dryden
(C) Francis Bacon
(D) Montaigne
76. Primary imagination is the basis of all creative activities. Who among the following said this?
(A) William Wordsworth
(B) S. T. Coleridge
(C) John Keats
(D) P. B. Shelley
77. In Discipline and Punish, Foucault theorises
(A) The role of socio-cultural values
(B) The economic structures of feudalism
(C) The reinforcement of power structure through discipline by prisons
(D) The representation of morality in literature
78. In Dryden's An Essay of Dramatic Poesy, there are four interlocutors representing four different ideologies. Which of them impersonate Dryden's views?
(A) Lisideius
(B) Eugenius
(C) Crites
(D) Neander
79. Matthew Arnold's concept of "disinterestedness" calls for
(A) A subjective approach to literature
(B) An objective evaluation of literature
(C) A focus on political criticism
(D) A purely emotional response to literature
80. Who among the following gave the concept of aporia ?
(A) Pal D. Mann
(B) Leonel Trilling
(C) Frederick Jameson
(D) Jacques Derrida
81. Who was the author of The Well-Wrought Un?
(A) William Emson
(B) I. A. Richards
(C) Cleanth Brooks
(D) Wimsatt Brooks
82. Who introduced the theory of 'dismodernism' in disability studies?
(A) Lennard J. Davis
(B) Oliver Sacks
(C) Mike Oliver
(D) Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
83. "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things unlawful." Who stated this?
(A) Oscar Wilde
(B) Judith Butler
(C) Allen Ginsberg
(D) Eve Sedgwick
84. Which term in Sanskrit means embellishment?
(A) Vakrokti
(B) Vynjana
(C) Guna
(D) Alamkara
85. The terms 'competence' and 'performance' are associated with the theories of
(A) Noam Chomsky
(B) Ferdinand de Saussure
(C) Lionel Bloomfield
(D) Charles F. Hockett
86. Who coined the term "Collective Unconscious"?
(A) Northrop Frye
(B) Carl Yung
(C) Sigmund Freud
(D) W. B. Yeats
87. What did I. A. Richards mean by 'synaesthesis'?
(A) The peculiar organization of our impulses in a manner that harmonizes them
(B) The highest point of aesthetic pleasure
(C) The simultaneous consciousness of beauty in so many things
(D) The association of thought and feeling
88. The work Silent Spring critically engages with the problem of
(A) Biocentrism
(B) Anthropocentrism
(C) Anthropomorphism
(D) Deep Ecology
89. Of the following theorists identify the one who has examined the narrative constructions of history.
(A) Paul Ricoeur
(B) Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak
(C) Hayden White
(D) Theodore Adorno
90. Who among the following is an Indian ecofeminist ?
(A) Gauri Viswanathan
(B) Arundhati Roy
(C) Vandana Shiva
(D) Medha Patkar
91. A compelling research question in literary studies is typically characterized by
(A) Its capacity to confirm pre-existing critical consensus
(B) A focused inquiry that facilitates deep textual and theoretical analysis
(C) An open-ended structure that offers multiple interpretations
(D) Its reliance on biographical details as the core of analysis
92. In the realm of literary research, a hypothesis functions as
(A) A definitive assertion about the meaning of a text
(B) A synthesis of existing interpretations without innovation
(C) A factual claim based on primary evidence
(D) A provisional statement subject to critical scrutiny and analysis
93. The classification of a text as a primary source in literary studies is contingent upon
(A) Its originality as the subject of analysis
(B) Its status as an authoritative critical interpretation
(C) The period in which it was written
(D) Its relevance to contemporary literary theory
94. Textual analysis in literary research most frequently involves
(A) Empirical testing of historical claims
(B) Close reading and interpretation of language, themes and structure
(C) Purely biographical research on the author
(D) Dismissing secondary sources in favour of direct textual engagement
95. Comparative research in literary studies typically
(A) Focuses on comparing two unrelated works for contrast
(B) Compares only historical contexts
(C) Examines texts across different literary traditions, periods or authors
(D) Is limited to texts from the same cultural background
96. Theoretical research in literary studies involves
(A) Applying literary theories to interpret texts
(B) Focusing exclusively on authorial intent
(C) Dismissing historical and cultural contexts
(D) Comparing biographies of literary figures
97. The primary purpose of a research design in literary studies is to
(A) Provide a rigid framework that cannot be adapted
(B) Outline a systematic approach to answering the research question
(C) Serve as a reservoir of biographical details
(D) Present only the conclusions of the research
98. A comprehensive literature review is essential because
(A) It focuses exclusively on primary sources
(B) It exhausts all possible interpretations of a text
(C) It identifies gaps in the current research and leads to the thesis statement
(D) It serves as the primary argument of the research
99. A blueprint of research work is called
(A) Research design
(B) Research tool
(C) Research question
(D) Research problem
100. Plagiarism in research is
(A) Quoting someone and citing the source
(B) Copying unscrupulously without citing the source
(C) Creative use of previous data
(D) Acknowledging previous data and reworking on it
Answer Key
GUJARAT STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST, DECEMBER 2024
FINAL ANSWER KEY FOR PAPER-II
SUBJECT: English
|
Q.NO. |
CORRECT CHOICE |
Q.NO. |
CORRECT CHOICE |
Q.NO. |
CORRECT CHOICE |
Q.NO. |
CORRECT CHOICE |
|
1 |
A |
26 |
D |
51 |
C |
76 |
B |
|
2 |
B |
27 |
D |
52 |
B |
77 |
C |
|
3 |
A |
28 |
A |
53 |
A |
78 |
D |
|
4 |
B |
29 |
B |
54 |
C |
79 |
B |
|
5 |
A |
30 |
A |
55 |
A |
80 |
D |
|
6 |
B |
31 |
C |
56 |
B |
81 |
C |
|
7 |
D |
32 |
A |
57 |
B |
82 |
A |
|
8 |
D |
33 |
C |
58 |
D |
83 |
A |
|
9 |
A |
34 |
B |
59 |
C |
84 |
D |
|
10 |
Z |
35 |
C |
60 |
C |
85 |
A |
|
11 |
C |
36 |
B |
61 |
A |
86 |
B |
|
12 |
D |
37 |
C |
62 |
D |
87 |
A |
|
13 |
B |
38 |
A |
63 |
C |
88 |
B |
|
14 |
C |
39 |
B |
64 |
B |
89 |
C |
|
15 |
A |
40 |
C |
65 |
A |
90 |
C |
|
16 |
D |
41 |
A |
66 |
B |
91 |
B |
|
17 |
B |
42 |
B |
67 |
C |
92 |
D |
|
18 |
C |
43 |
A |
68 |
B |
93 |
A |
|
19 |
B |
44 |
D |
69 |
D |
94 |
B |
|
20 |
B |
45 |
A |
70 |
B |
95 |
C |
|
21 |
A |
46 |
C |
71 |
B |
96 |
A |
|
22 |
D |
47 |
B |
72 |
A |
97 |
B |
|
23 |
B |
48 |
A |
73 |
C |
98 |
C |
|
24 |
B |
49 |
B |
74 |
B |
99 |
A |
|
25 |
A |
50 |
A |
75 |
A |
100 |
B |
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