Management

June 2010

MANAGEMENT
PAPER II
JUNE 2010

 

  1. During last five years per capita income of India is increasing, that means

(A) National income growth of India is more than growth of population.

(B) Growth in population is more than the growth in National income of India.

(C) National income of India & population of India have grown at the uniform rate.

(D) All of the above

 

  1. In the short run firm considers the minimum of its average variable cost curve as

(A) Break-even point              (B) Shutdown point            (C) Economies of scope                 (D) None of these

 

  1. The positive cross elasticity of demand between two products means

(A) two products are substitutes                                                                       (B) two products are complementary

(C) two products are neither substitutes nor complementary                     (D) none of the above

 

  1. A monopolist always operates in the

(A) Inelastic segment of its demand curve                     (B) Elastic segment of its demand curve

(C) Unitary elastic segment of its demand curve          (D) None of the above

 

  1. The price elasticity of demand for any product in the long run

(A) is more than it’s short run value.                               (B) is less than its short run value.

(C) is same as its short run value.                                    (D) None of the above.

 

  1. Earnings foregone in the context of the best alternative is termed as

(A) Past cost                         (B) Historical cost               (C) Opportunity cost                 (D) Sunk cost

 

  1. A situation where management is unable to provide employment due to non-availability of work is called
  2. Lock out II. Lay off III. Termination                   IV. Closure

Find the correct combination according to the code.

(A) I & II                              (B) II & III                           (C) I & III                             (D) II & IV

 

  1. Which one of the settlement methods is not relevant here for disputes ?

(A) Collective Bargaining                                                  (B) Compulsory Adjudication

(C) Voluntary Arbitration                                                  (D) Reference to Civil Court

 

  1. Which of the following shows a situation of Trade Union rivalries in India ?
  2. Different Unions in different organisations.
  3. More unions in the same organisation having affiliation with different political parties and representing the same type of workers.
  4. More unions in the same organisation all representing different types of workers.
  5. None of the above.

 

  1. Reduction of Labour Force is called

(A) Termination                  (B) Retrenchment                               (C) Lay-off                           (D) Right sizing

 

  1. The process of establishing the value of jobs in a job hierarchy is known as

(I) Job analysis                    (II) Job requirement            (III) Job evaluation               (IV) Performance evaluation

Find the correct combination according to the code.

(A) I & II                              (B) II & III                                          (C) III & IV                          (D) I & IV

 

  1. Which of the following is the meaning of Human Resource Planning ?
  2. Evaluation of job
  3. Satisfaction of the employees on the job
  4. Appraising the performance of employees
  5. It is the process by which an organisation ensures that it has the right number and kind of people at the right place, at the right time.

 

  1. Induction refers to

(A) Giving training to the employees.

(B) Giving incentive to the employees.

(C) Introducing employees to the organisation culture and situation.

(D) Increasing the morale of the employees.

  1. Which of the following is not a fringe benefit ?

(A) Transport                                                                       (B) Subsidised canteen facilities

(C) Free education to the children                                    (D) Dearness Allowance

 

  1. ‘X’ and ‘Y’ theory was prepared by

(A) Herzbeg                          (B) Maslow           (C) Porter and Lawler                         (D) McGregor

 

  1. Which of the following formula is used to calculate Pay Back Period when cash inflows are constant ?

(A) Fixed Assets/Current Assets                                       (B) Fixed Assets/Current Liabilities

(C) Initial Investment cost/Annual cash inflows           (D) None of the above

 

  1. The P/E ratio approach to stock valuation is also known as

(A) Earnings multiplier approach                                    (B) Dividend discounting approach

(C) Required rate of return                                                (D) None of the above

 

  1. The capital structure theories which argue that capital structure is relevant to the value of firm contain
  2. Net Income Approach II. Net Operating Income Approach

III. Traditional Approach                                                  IV. Modigliani and Miller Approach

Find the correct combination according to the code :

(A) I & II are correct.          (B) I & III are correct.        (C) III & IV are correct.     (D) II & IV are correct.

 

  1. Short term financing instruments may contain
  2. Commercial Paper II. Public Deposits III. Term Loans                   IV. Trade Credit

Find the correct combination according to the code.

(A) I, II & III are correct.                                                   (B) II, III & IV are correct.

(C) III & IV are correct.                                                     (D) I, II & IV are correct.

 

  1. For calculating weighted average cost of capital, cost of each source of capital is multiplied by proportion applicable to it. The proportions may be based on

(A) Book values only                                                         (B) Target capital structure only

(C) Market values only                                                      (D) All of the above

 

  1. Which of the following is not included in 7 P’s of services marketing ?

(A) Process                           (B) People                             (C) Pricing                            (D) Public relations

 

  1. Which of the following is not a stage in the new product development ?

(A) Generation of ideas      (B) Business analysis        (C) Market segmentation       (D) Test marketing

 

  1. Industrial marketing involves

(A) Business to Business    (B) Business to Customer   (C) Customer to Customer     (D) Retailer to Consumer

 

  1. The concept of Marketing Myopia is propounded by

(A) Philip Kotler                  (B) C.K. Prahalada             (C) Peter Drucker                 (D) Theodore Levitt

 

  1. In which stage of product life cycle, the company takes decision whether to maintain, harvest or drop the product ?

(A) Introduction                  (B) Growth                           (C) Maturity                         (D) Decline

 

  1. Which of the following is the best technique to manage the existing products ?

(A) Ansoff Matrix               (B) Balanced score card    (C) BCG Matrix         (D) Product life cycle analysis

 

  1. Which of the following is not an element of production management ?

(A) Plant                               (B) Profit                               (C) Process                           (D) People

 

  1. Production Management Tactical Planning decisions include

(A) Establishing parameters for measuring operational efficiency and productivity.

(B) Establishing quality specifications and test details.

(C) Determining starting and finishing time of each job in the work stations.

(D) None of the above

 

  1. Work study refers to
  • Analysis of work into smaller parts followed by re-arrangement of these parts to give the same effectiveness at lesser cost.
  • Analytical investigation of the methods involved in the work.
  • Developing new methods to give work effectiveness.
  • All of the above

 

  1. Economic lot size is known as

(A) the lot size for which the total cost per time period is minimum.

(B) the ordering cost and carrying cost are minimum.

(C) the lot size that strikes a balance between ordering cost and carrying cost.

(D) the quantity to be ordered

 

  1. Objective of Value Engineering is

(A) Reduce cost without reducing the quality.              (B) Increase value without increasing the cost.

(C) Reduce cost by reducing the quality.                        (D) None of the above

 

  1. If the independent variates x I (i = 1, 2, …..n) are normally distributed about a common mean, a, with a common variance, s2, their mean is also normally distributed about a, but with a variance
  • ns2 (B) s2n                                   (C) (s2)n                                (D) sn2

 

  1. The weak law of large numbers is another version of

(A) convergence in probability                                         (B) random number generation

(C) financial probability law                                             (D) poisson probability law

 

  1. The basic assumptions underlying the t-test for the difference of two sample means are that the parent populations are ___________ and population variances are ___________

(A) of any shape; equal and known                                 (B) normal; equal and known

(C) normal; equal but unknown                                       (D) normal; unequal but known

 

  1. LAN stands for

(A) Large Area Network                                                    (B) Local Area Network

(C) Long Accurate Network                                              (D) Lay Access Network

 

  1. If X is normally distributed with mean 30 and s.d. 5 and F(x) denotes 12p o x . . e – 1 2 t2 dt then P(26   X £ 40) and P (X ³ 45) are given by

(A) F(.8) + F(.2) and F(3) –12                                          (B) F(2) – F(.8) and 12– F(3)

(C) F(2) – F(.8) and 12+ F(3)                                            (D) F(.8) + F(2) and 12– F(3)

 

  1. What enables the management to find out whether the strategic management process are appropriate, compatible and functioning in the desirable direction ?

(A) Implementation control                                              (B) Special alert control

(C) Premise control                                                             (D) Strategic control

 

  1. Which one is not the part of Michael Porter’s five forces model ?

(A) Threat of substitutes                                                    (B) Firm’s core competence

(C) Rivalry among existing players                                 (D) Threat of new entrants

 

  1. Which of the following strategy is regarded unfair ?

(A) Collusion        (B) Strategic alliance          (C) Differentiation              (D) Turnaround strategy

 

  1. Which of the following relationship strategies result into forming of a new organisation ?

(A) Strategic alliance          (B) Partnership                     (C) Joint venture                  (D) None of these

 

  1. A growth strategy is designed to increase

(A) the scale and scope of the Business operations.     (B) the corporate image of the business.

(C) corporate social responsibility of business.             (D)None of these

 

  1. Cost leadership strategy is related to

(A) Functional strategy          (B) SBU strategy            (C) Corporate strategy        (D) Global strategy

  1. Countries derive their competitive advantage in international trade through their

(A) Comparative cost advantage                                     (B) Contribution to the World trade

(C) Natural endowments                                                   (D) All of the above

 

  1. Which analysis helps to understand the strength and weaknesses of a firm ?

(A) Environment analysis          (B) Business analysis                (C) SWOT analysis             (D) None of these

 

  1. Which one of the following is not the social responsibility of business ?

(A) Adopting village for development.

(B) Providing drinking water and medical facilities in remote villages.

(C) Construction of Temples.

(D) Opening in House R & D department.

 

  1. What is the acronym for SIDBI ?

(A) Short Investment Development Bank of India.      (B) Stock Investment Development Bank of India.

(C) Small Investment Development Bank of India.     (D) Small Industries  Development Bank of India.

 

  1. Identify from the options given below, which one is not a source of business ethics ?

(A) Religion                          (B) Legal system                 (C) Culture                            (D) Political system

 

  1. Where law fails,

(A) Ethics also fails                                                             (B) Ethics can succeed

(C) Government can protect                                              (D) None of the above

 

  1. Which one of the options is not an ethical issue for an organisation ?

(A) Save water                     (B) Save energy                   (C) Save money                   (D) Respect woman

 

  1. Which of the following is an example of an external threat ?

(A) Economies of scale                                                      (B) Decreased competition

(C) New Trade Regulations                                               (D) Global sales potential

 

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December 2010

MANAGEMENT
PAPER II
December 2010

 

  1. Under perfect competition in the long run

(A) All firms earn normal profits                                     (B) Few firms earn super normal profits

(C) All firms are at break even                                         (D) None of the above

 

  1. National Income at market prices is equal to

(A) Gross national product at market prices                   (B) Gross domestic product at market prices

(C) Net national product at factor cost                            (D) None of these

 

  1. If there is a single buyer, it is called

(A) Monopoly                      (B) Oligopoly                        (C) Monopsony                   (D) None of these

 

  1. Under which of the following method the time value of money is not considered ?

(A) Net present value method                                          (B) Internal rate of return method

(C) Payback period method                                              (D) All of the above

 

  1. A firm is having increasing returns to scale means

(A) It is having increasing costs.                                      (B) It is having constant costs.

(C) It is having decreasing costs.                                      (D) None of the above

 

  1. Production can be measured in terms of which of the following ?

(A) Total productivity        (B) Marginal productivity      (C) Average productivity      (D) All of these

 

  1. Which of the following is an objective of human resource management ?

(A) Productivity                   (B) Quality of work life      (C) Organisational change         (D) All of these

 

  1. Motivation implies that the employees in an organisation

(A) Exert more effort to accomplish the desired goals of the organisation.

(B) Exert more effort to accomplish the individual goals.

(C) Exert more effort to accomplish the common goals of employees.

(D) Exert more effort to accomplish the desired goals of the employer, employees and the government.

 

  1. Communication can be

(A) Oral                 (B) Written                            (C) Oral and Written                           (D) None of these

 

  1. Which of the following is not considered as a leadership style ?

(A) Task oriented leadership style.                                  (B) Society oriented leadership style.

(C) Employee oriented leadership style.                         (D) Autocratic leadership style

 

  1. Which of the following method has not been given a statutory form in India ?

(A) Conciliation                   (B) Mediation                       (C) Voluntary Arbitration (D) Adjudication

 

  1. What are the operative functions of HRM ?

(A) Organising                      (B) Directing                         (C) Controlling                     (D) All of the above

 

  1. Which one is not a Performance Appraisal Method ?

(A) 360° performance appraisal                                       (B) Balanced score card

(C) Rank method                                                                 (D) Interview method

 

  1. Selection of persons in an organisation is the responsibility of

(A) Security Dept.               (B) Personnel Dept.             (C) Trade Unions                 (D) Canteen Dept.

 

  1. Labour Welfare facilities were incorporated in which legislation ?

(A) MRTP Act                                                                     (B) Essential Commodities Act

(C) Consumer Protection Act                                            (D) Factories Act

 

  1. Job analysis involves

(A) Job description and job specification                       (B) Job order and job description

(C) Job specification and job order                                  (D) Job satisfaction and job description

  1. Which one of the following represents number of years required to recover the initial investment ?

(A) Accounting rate of return                                            (B) Payback period

(C) Internal rate of return                                                   (D) Net present value

 

  1. Other things being equal, stocks which are highly liquid command

(A) Higher dividend payout ratio                                     (B) Lower dividend payout ratio

(C) Higher P/E multiples                                                    (D) Lower P/E multiples

 

  1. Weighted Average Cost of Capital may contain
  2. Cost of Equity II. Cost of Debt

III. Cost of goods purchased                                             IV. Cost of initial investment

Find the correct combination according to the code :

(A) I, II & III are correct.                                                   (B) II, III & IV are correct.

(C) III & IV are correct.                                                     (D) I & II are correct

 

  1. Long term sources of finance may contain
  2. Retained earnings II. Inter corporate deposits

III. Debentures                                                                     IV. Preference share capital

Find the correct combination according to the code :

(A) I, III & IV are correct                                                  (B) II, III & IV are correct

(C) II & III are correct                                                        (D) II & IV are correct

 

  1. When a firm proposes to acquire another firm, the merger proposal may be viewed as a

(A) Working capital management proposal                   (B) Capital budgeting proposal

(C) Financing decision                                                       (D) Dividend decision

 

 

  1. Which of the following is not the element of promotion-mix ?

(A) Advertising                   (B) Place                               (C) Personal selling                              (D) Publicity

 

  1. Which of the following is in correct order ?

(A) Product, Place, Promotion and Price                         (B) Product, Promotion, Place and Price

(C) Product, Price, Promotion and Place                        (D) Product, Price, Place and Promotion

 

  1. Which of the demographic variables is not used by marketers for demographic segmentation ?

(A) Gender                            (B) Age                                  (C) Occupation                   (D) Poverty

 

  1. At which stage of the new product development, the launching of new product will take place

(A) Business Analysis                                                        (B) Test Marketing

(C) Commercialization                                                      (D) Marketing strategy Development

 

  1. If a company uses its company name for its entire range of products offered, then it is called

(A) Private branding                                                           (B) Corporate branding

(C) Product-line branding                                                  (D) Specific product branding

 

  1. One-level channel of distribution consists of

(A) Producer – consumer                                   (B) Producer – dealer – consumer

(C) Producer–dealer–retailer–consumer         (D)Producer–dealer–wholesaler–retailer–consumer

 

  1. The primary role of a production manager is

(A) To meet the production target and delivery schedule

(B) To produce goods/services of right quality

(C) To produce goods/services by right quantity at the predetermined time

(D) All of the above

 

  1. Fixed Position Layout is used when

(A) the operation requires heavy tools and equipments.

(B) the operation requires only hand tools and simple equipments.

(C) the continuity of production process is to be maintained.

(D) none of the above

  1. Critical Path Method (CPM) is concerned with estimation of

(A) Optimistic time             (B) Production lead time        (C) Pessimistic time       (D) None of these

 

  1. In a normal distribution, mean (m) ± 3s (3 standard deviation) limits contains approximately

(A) 99.73% of the observations                                        (B) 99.27% of the observations

(C) 96% of the observations                                             (D) 95% of the observations

 

 

  1. Firms choose a focus strategy to serve the needs of which of the following ?

(A) Buyers group                                                                 (B) Different-segment of a product line

(C) Different geographical market                                  (D) All of the above

 

  1. Which of the following is not the component of work study ?

(A) Work measurement     (B) Case study           (C) Time study              (D) Motion study

 

  1. Half percent of the letters mailed in a city have incorrect addresses. Out of 200 such letters mailed in a day, the probability of finding at most 3 incorrect addresses is

(A) 3e 8                                 (B) 83 e–1                             (C) 16 e–1                             (D) 52e–1

 

  1. If X is a random variable normally distributed with mean u and variance s2, then the mean deviation about mean is given by
  • 1 2p                 (B) 2 p                                   (C) s2p                                   (D) 2s

 

  1. The level of significance is the probability of committing

(A) type I error                     (B) type II error                    (C) standard error                 (D) probable error

 

  1. Which of the following tests is used to test a hypothesis about the mean of a univariate normal distribution with unknown variance ?

(A) Normal test                    (B) Student’s test                 (C) Paired t-test                   (D) Chi-square test

 

  1. Mean and variance of Binomial Distribution are

(A) m and s2                         (B) m and nq                        (C) m and np                        (D) np and npq

(Where the terms have usual statistical meaning)

 

  1. Which of the following is the characteristic of a strategic business unit ?

(A) It serves a homogenous set of markets.                   (B) It serves a unique set of products.

(C) It owns responsibility for its own profitability.       (D) All of the above.

 

  1. Which one of the following is not a generic strategy ?

(A) Cost Leadership           (B) Product Differentiation               (C) Cost focus             (D) Group focus

 

  1. A retrenchment strategy is designed to reduce

(A) technical losses                                                             (B) financial losses

(C) the scale and scope of the business operation         (D) all of the above

 

  1. World Trade Organisation provides

(A) Rule based multilateral trading system.                   (B) Equity and social justice to the people.

(C) Rule based regional trading system                          (D) All of the above

 

  1. Sick enterprise is referred to

(A) CII                                   (B) RBI                                 (C) SIDBI                             (D) BIFR

 

  1. Ethical values are derived from

(A) Corporate philosophy                                                  (B) Organisational culture

(C) Corporate objectives                                                    (D) The religious books

 

  1. Which of the following is not related to business ethics?

(A) Social responsibility of business                               (B) Environmental ethics

(C) Ecological consciousness                                           (D) Profiteering

 

  1. Which of the following is the cause of sickness of an enterprise?

(A) Lack of adequate capital                                            (B) Lack of demand for the products

(C) Lack of raw material                                                   (D) All of the above

 

  1. Value driven companies are

(A) sure to be successful in the long run.

(B) sure to be unsuccessful as they are not maximizing profits.

(C) sure to become charitable institutions.

(D) none of the above

 

  1. Which of the following is not a tool of corporate governance ?

(A) Preparation of financial statements                          (B) Appointment of independent directors.

(C) Compulsory audit of financial statements.              (D) Time bound promotion of employees.

 

  1. Which of the following is not the social responsibility of the business ?

(A) Promotion of Markets                                                 (B) Promotion of Green Environment

(C) Promotion of Education                                              (D) Promotion of Public Health

 

  1. The Business Code of Conduct provides guidance to managers and employees

(A) when they encounter an ethical dilemma.               (B) for improving their technical skills.

(C) for pursuing their business goals.                              (D) All of these

 

 

 

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Q.1) Who among the following was not associated with Cambridge School of Critics?

  1. F.R. Leavis
  2. Q.D. Leavis
  3. William Empson
  4. Kenneth Burke

Answer: 4

Q.2) Patrick White, the Australian novelist, was a recipient of which of the following prizes:

A. Australian of the Year (1973)
B. Pulitzer Prize (1965)
C. Booker Prize (1955)
D. Nobel Prize in Literature (1973)
E. Perkins Prize in Narrative (1992)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A and B only
  2. A and D only
  3. A and E only
  4. B and C only

Answer: 2

Q.3) Which of the following magazines aimed at depicting concerns of girls who embraced the tenets of girl culture – the girlhood?

A. Sassy
B. Bust
C. Bitch
D. Ophelia Speaks
E. Colonize This!

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A, B and D only
  2. A, E and D only
  3. A, B and C only
  4. B, C and D only

Answer: 3

Q.4) Which among the following does not fall in the category of Morality Plays?

  1. The Castell of Perseverance
  2. Mind, Will and Understanding
  3. Mankind
  4. The City Heiress

Answer: 4

Q.5) Annotated Bibliography provides:

  1. A list of all the works cited/referred to in the research.
  2. Only those works that are cited in the research.
  3. A brief summary stating importance of the works cited/referred to in the research.
  4. A 250-worded abstract.

Answer: 3

Q.6) Which of the following statements are correct regarding Dalit Panthers Movement?

A. Dalit Panthers movement was influenced by the Black Panthers Movement.
B. Dalit Panthers is a social organisation that was founded by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
C. Dalit Panthers movement was led by Raja Dhale, Namdeo Dhasal and J.V. Pawar.
D. Jyotiba Phule participated actively in Dalit Panthers Movement.
E. Dalit Panthers movement was rooted in the little Magazine Movement.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A, C, D only
  2. A, B, C only
  3. A, C, E only
  4. A, D, E only

Answer: 2

Q.7) What is the correct chronological order of the works of John Milton?

A. Paradise Lost
B. Paradise Regained
C. Lycidas
D. Comus
E. L’Allegro

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. E, D, C, A, B
  2. C, D, B, A, E
  3. A, B, E, C, D
  4. C, E, A, B, D

Answer: 1

Q.8) Which of the following books was edited by gay activists and artists Joseph Beam and Essex Hemphill?

  1. Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men (1991)
  2. No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies (2016)
  3. Race Men (2000)
  4. Manning the Race (2004)

Answer: 1

Q.9) From the following writers, who are known for Magic Realism?

A. R.K. Narayan
B. Salman Rushdie
C. V.S. Naipaul
D. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
E. Mulk Raj Anand

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A and B only
  2. B and C only
  3. B and D only
  4. D and E only

Answer: 3

Q.10) Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Text) List – II (Character)
A. Coolie I. Satyajit
B. The Serpent and the Rope II. Munoo
C. Waiting for the Mahatma III. Ramaswamy
D. Shadow from Ladakh IV. Sriram

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I
  2. A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
  3. A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II
  4. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

Answer: 4

Q.11) What is the correct sequence of the following novels of Amitav Ghosh in order of their year of publication?

A. The Hungry Tide
B. The Shadow Lines
C. The Sea of Poppies
D. The Calcutta Chromosome
E. The Circle of Reason

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. B, E, D, C, A
  2. E, B, D, A, C
  3. A, E, D, B, C
  4. D, C, A, B, E

Answer: 2

Q.12) Identify the author who stated the following lines— “There is, first, the literature of knowledge; and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is…to move: the first is a rudder; the second an oar or a sail.”

  1. Alexander Pope
  2. Thomas de Quincey
  3. Samuel Johnson
  4. Philip Sidney

Answer: 2

Q.13) Which articles of Indian Constitution relate to the provisions relating to the Official Language of the Union?

A. 342
B. 343
C. 344
D. 345

E. 346

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. C and D only
  2. D and E only
  3. B and C only
  4. A and B only

Answer: 2

Q.14) Who among the following was not associated with the Yale School?

  1. Harold Bloom
  2. Terry Eagleton
  3. Paul de Man
  4. Jacques Derrida

Answer: 2

Q.15) “The Two Nations” is the subtitle of —

  1. Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities
  2. Benjamin Disraeli’s Sybil
  3. Anthony Trollope’s The Warden
  4. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island

Answer: 2

Q.16) Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Term/Concept) List – II (Invented / Coined by)
A. Objectivism I. John Ruskin
B. Pathetic Fallacy II. G.M. Hopkins
C. Sprung Rhythm III. William Carlos Williams
D. Structures of Feeling IV. Raymond Williams

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III
  2. A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
  3. A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
  4. A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

Answer: 4

Q.17) Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Book) List – II (Author)
A. The Complete Adventures of Feluda I. Vikram Chandra
B. The Perfect Murder II. Ruskin Bond
C. Sacred Games III. Shashi Deshpande
D. Poisoned Arrow in the Purple Line IV. Satyajit Ray

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
  2. A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III
  3. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
  4. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

Answer: 2

Q.18) Who among the following used ‘untranslatableness’ in his famous work?

  1. William Wordsworth in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads
  2. Philip Sidney in Defense of Poesie
  3. S.T Coleridge in Biographia Literaria
  4. Mathew Arnold in The Study of Poetry

Answer: 3

Q.19) What is the correct chronological sequence of the following Dalit Women Writers in order of their birth?

A. Urmila Pawar
B. Bama
C. Meena Kandasamy

D. Gogu Shyamala
E. Kumud Pawde

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. E, A, B, C, D
  2. E, A, B, D, C
  3. C, D, B, A, E
  4. E, A, C, B, D

Answer: 2

Q.20) What is the correct chronological sequence of the following Indian writers in order of their birth?

A. Manohar Malgonkar
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. Toru Dutt
D. Kushwant Singh
E. Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. B, C, E, D, A
  2. A, C, D, E, B
  3. E, C, B, A, D
  4. D, B, C, E, A

Answer: 3

Q.21) Which of the following statements are correct about Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste and concerns dealt within it?

A. It is an undelivered speech written in 1936.

B. It focuses on the need to create a society where individuals are treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their caste.

C. There will be outcastes even if the caste system is completely destroyed.

D. Ideal society will always have a strong caste system even if it is based on liberty, equality and fraternity.

E. This is a fictitious novel.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A and B only

(2) B and E only

(3) E and D only

(4) C and A only

Answer: 1

Q.22) Arrange the following films on disability concerns in the order of their year of release.

A. Paa

B. Khamoshi

C. Iqbal

D. Margarita with a Straw

E. Fanaa

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A, B, C, D, E

(2) E, D, C, B, A

(3) B, C, E, A, D

(4) B, C, A, E, D

Answer: 3

Q.23) Match List I with List II:

List I

List II

Term

Definition

A. Apodosis

I. Clause expressing the condition

B. Protasis

II. Clause expressing the consequence

C. Collocation

III. Links the subject of a sentence with a complement

D. Copular verb

IV. A pair or group of words that are habitually juxtaposed

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

(2) A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

(3) A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

(4) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

Answer: 4

Q.24) What is the correct sequence of various periods of English Literature?

A. Caroline Age

B. Jacobean Age

C. Restoration Age

D. Commonwealth Period

E. Augustan Age

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) D, B, A, E, C

(2) A, E, B, C, D

(3) B, A, D, C, E

(4) E, C, A, D, B

Answer: 3

Q.25) The line – “He who works for sweetness and light united, works to make reason and the will of God prevail,” occurs in:

(A) Raymond Williams’ Culture and Society

(B) Julia Kristeva’s Revolution in Poetic Language

(C) Matthew Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy

(D) Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents

Answer: 3

Q.26) Match List I with List II:

List I List II
Concept / Term Developed / Coined by
A. Chora I. Helene Cixous
B. Carnivalization II. Julia Kristeva
C. Contrapuntal Reading III. Mikhail Bakhtin
D. Ecriture Feminine IV. Edward W. Said

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

(2) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

(3) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

(4) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

Answer: 2

Q.27) Who among the following was not associated with the Cockney School of Poetry?

(1) John Keats

(2) P.B. Shelley

(3) Leigh Hunt

(4) William Blake

Answer: 4

Q.28) Identify the text from which the following lines have been taken.

“Therefore, compare we the poet with the historian and with the moral philosopher; and if he go beyond them both, no other skill can match him:”

(1) Preface to Shakespeare

(2) An Essay on Man

(3) An Essay on Criticism

(4) Defense of Poesie

Answer: 4

Q.29) What is the correct sequence of five stages of action in order of occurrence as described by Dhananjaya in Dasharupaka?

A. Prayatna (Prospect of success)

B. Aarambh (Beginning)

C. Niyatapti (Certainty of success)

D. Phala (Effort)

E. Phalagama (Attainment of the result)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A, B, D, C, E

(2) D, A, B, C, E

(3) C, D, A, B, E

(4) B, D, A, C, E

Answer: 4

Q.30) Who among the following was not a leading figure of New Criticism?

(1) John Crowe Ransom

(2) Allen Tate

(3) I.A. Richards

(4) Cleanth Brooks

Answer: 4

Q.31) Who among the following was not associated with the Movement Poetry?

(1) Charles Kingsley

(2) Donald Davie

(3) Elizabeth Jennings

(4) John Wain

Answer: 1

Q.32) Which is the latest edition of Chicago Manual of Style?

(1) 18th edition

(2) 16th edition

(3) 17th edition

(4) 15th edition

Answer: 3

Q.33) Name the British poet who wrote Sohrab and Rustum:

(1) Mary Shelley

(2) Edward Fitzgerald

(3) Matthew Arnold

(4) Alfred Tennyson

Answer: 3

Q.34) Which work of John Keats is dedicated to Thomas Chatterton?

(1) Lamia

(2) Endymion

(3) Hyperion

(4) Ode on a Grecian Urn

Answer: 2

Q.35) Arrange the following literary movements in chronological order of their emergence:

A. Imagism

B. Impressionism

C. Absurdism

D. Futurism

E. Pre-Raphaeliticism

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A, C, D, E, B

(2) B, D, C, E, A

(3) D, A, B, C, E

(4) E, B, D, A, C

Answer: 4

Q.36) Match List I with List II:

List I List II
Work Writer
A. Language as Paradox I. Raymond Williams
B. Against Interpretation II. Cleanth Brooks
C. Realism and the Contemporary Novel III. George Orwell
D. Politics and the English Language IV. Susan Sontag

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

(2) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

(3) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

(4) A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Answer: 3

Q.37) What is the correct chronological sequence of the novels of Bhabani Bhattacharya in order of their publication?

A. A Goddess Named Gold

B. Music for Mohini

C. Shadow from Ladakh

D. So Many Hungers

E. He Who Rides a Tiger

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) D, B, E, A, C

(2) A, D, C, B, E

(3) E, C, D, B, A

(4) B, A, C, E, D

Answer: –

Q.38) Which of the following statements is not true about Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea?

(1) It was first published in 1966.

(2) It takes its theme and main character from the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

(3) Action of the novel takes place in South Africa.

(4) Name of Antoinette’s mother is Annette.

Answer: 3

Q.39) Under whose presidency was PEN (an international association of poets, playwrights, editors, essayists and novelists) founded by Mrs. Dawson-Scott in 1921?

(1) John Galsworthy

(2) T.S. Eliot

(3) W.B. Yeats

(4) Ezra Pound

Answer: 1

Q.40) Out of the following, which bibliographical entry follows the style prescribed in MLA Handbook (8th edition)?

(1) Habib, M.A.R. Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History. Blackwell Publishing, 2008.

(2) M.A.R. Habib. Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History. New Delhi: Blackwell Publishing, 2008

(3) (2008) Habib, M.A.R. Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History. New Delhi: Blackwell Publishing

(4) Habib, M.A.R. Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History. New Delhi: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.

Answer: 1

Q.41) What is the correct chronological sequence of British poets in order of their birth?

A. Andrew Marvell

B. John Milton

C. John Donne

D. Thomas Carew

E. Richard Lovelace

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) C, E, B, D, A

(2) D, B, C, A, E

(3) B, C, D, E, A

(4) A, D, E, C, B

Answer: 1

Q.42) Who among the following refers to Byron’s works as “monstrous combinations of horrors and mockery, lewdness and imposture”?

(1) Charles Lamb

(2) Robert Southey

(3) Mary Shelley

(4) Leigh Hunt

Answer: 2

Q.43) Which out of the following will allow you to avoid plagiarism?

(1) Using paraphrases or quotes by other sources in your name.

(2) Not using a plagiarism checker software before submitting the assignment.

(3) Giving credit to the original author in an in-text citation and in the list of works cited.

(4) Not keeping a proper documentation of references used.

Answer: 3

Q.44) Match List – I with List – II:

List – I (Author)
A. Richard Hoggart
B. Ashis Nandy
C. Raymond Williams
D. E.P. Thompson

List – II (Text)
I. The Secret Politics of Our Desires
II. The Making of the English Working Class
III. The Uses of Literacy
IV. The Long Revolution

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
  2. A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
  3. A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
  4. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

Answer: 1

Q.45) Which among the following is not a type of meaning in a poem as defined by I.A. Richards in Practical Criticism?

  1. Feeling
  2. Form
  3. Tone
  4. Intention

Answer: 2

Q.46) Match List – I with List – II:

List – I (Text)
A. Dhvanyaloka
B. Kavyadarsa
C. Vakyapadiya
D. Dasrupa

List – II (Author)
I. Dandin
II. Dhananjay
III. Anandavardhan
IV. Bhartrhari

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
  2. A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
  3. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
  4. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

Answer: 3

Q.47) Match List – I with List – II:

List – I (Original Name)
A. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
B. Mary Ann Evans
C. Eric Arthur Blair
D. Samuel Langhorne Clemens

List – II (Penname / Pseudonym)
I. George Eliot
II. Mark Twain
III. George Orwell
IV. Lewis Carroll

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II
  2. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
  3. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
  4. A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

Answer: 1

Q.48) Which of the following popular Indian words have been incorporated in Oxford Dictionary in the recent past?

A. Chai
B. Bhajan
C. Jugaad
D. Kamal
E. Namaste

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A, B, D only
  2. A, C, E only
  3. B, C, D only
  4. C, D, E only

Answer: 2

Q.49) Who among the following African writers observed that “O my body, make of me always a man who questions”?

  1. Chinua Achebe
  2. Frantz Fanon
  3. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
  4. Toni Morrison

Answer: 2

Q.50) Barbara Smith, in her essay, “Toward a Black Feminist Criticism”, raises concerns for:

A. Only Black women
B. Black lesbian women
C. Black women in the White world only
D. Black lesbian women among black women vis-a-vis the White women.
E. Black and White women, but together they have universal concerns.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. B and D only
  2. C and D only
  3. B and E only
  4. A and C only

Answer: 4

Q.51) Which among the following writers once remarked that “I awoke one morning and found myself famous”?

  1. Charles Lamb
  2. P.B. Shelley
  3. Lord Byron
  4. John Keats

Answer: 3

Q.52) Which among the following chapters is the distinct feature of the latest edition of MLA Handbook?

  1. Mechanics of Prose
  2. Principles of Inclusive Language
  3. Documenting Sources: An Overview
  4. Formatting your Research Project

Answer: 3

Q.53) Which day is celebrated as International Mother Language Day?

  1. February 21
  2. September 14
  3. September 23
  4. March 8

Answer: 1

Q.54). Which of the following statements are correct about Prosody?

A. In the study of novel, it concerns narrative technique.
B. In the study of poetry, it concerns meter and other techniques of versification.
C. In the study of drama, it concerns theatrical devices.
D. In the study of spoken sounds, it concerns intonation, pitch, stress, rhythm etc.
E. In the study of discourse, it concerns the content and delivery.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A and C only
  2. B and D only
  3. A and E only
  4. C and E only

Answer: 2

Q.55) What is the full form of APA?

  1. Psychological Association of America
  2. American Psychological Association
  3. Association of America for Psychology
  4. Association of Psychology for America

Answer: 2

Q.56) Which of the following writers pioneered the Australian Aboriginal Movement?

A. David Malouf
B. Kevin Gilbert
C. Oodgeroo Noonuccal
D. Jack Davis
E. Judith Wright

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A, B, E only
  2. B, C, D only
  3. E, D, A only
  4. A, B, D only

Answer: 2

Q.57) What is the correct chronological sequence of the following books of D.H. Lawrence?

A. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
B. Sons and Lovers
C. The Rainbow
D. The White Peacock
E. The Plumed Serpent

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A, B, D, C, E
  2. D, B, C, E, A
  3. B, D, E, C, A
  4. E, A, B, C, D

Answer: 2

Q.58) What is the correct chronological sequence of famous dramatists in order of their birth?

A. William Congreve
B. John Dryden
C. William Wycherley
D. George Bernard Shaw
E. John Millington Synge

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. B, C, A, D, E
  2. A, C, B, E, D
  3. C, B, A, D, E
  4. E, B, C, A, D

Answer: 1

Q.59) Match List – I with List – II:

List – I (Poem)
A. To His Coy Mistress
B. The Scholar Gipsy
C. Still, I Rise
D. If

List – II (Poet)
I. Rudyard Kipling
II. Andrew Marvell
III. Matthew Arnold
IV. Maya Angelou

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
  2. A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III
  3. A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
  4. A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

Answer: 1

Q.60) The term ‘negritude’, coined by Aime Cesaire, was appreciated as well as criticised by critics and thinkers. Select the correct responses that this term received.

A. Senegal Senghor considered this term to be derogatory.
B. Leon Damas didn’t participate in the negritude movement.
C. Wole Soyinka criticised it for its mimetic look.
D. Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka considered ‘negritude’ as an unhealthy fetishism of the ‘native’
E. Frantz Fanon was extremely critical of the term ‘negritude’ and never used it.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A and B only
  2. B and C only
  3. E and D only
  4. C and D only

Answer: 3

Q.61) The poetic line ‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all’ appears in:

  1. S.T. Coleridge’s “The Rime of Ancient Mariner”
  2. Alfred Tennyson’s “In Memorium A.H.H.”
  3. Shakespeare’s “Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds”
  4. Mathew Arnold’s “Dover Beach”

Answer: 2

Q.62) Arrange the following American poets in order of their birth:

A. Emily Dickinson
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Robert Frost
D. Henry David Thoreau
E. Walt Whitman

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. B, D, E, A, C
  2. C, B, A, E, D
  3. A, E, B, D, C
  4. D, C, B, A, E

Answer: 1

Q.63) P.B. Shelley’s Adonais laments the death of:

  1. John Keats
  2. Mary Shelley
  3. Robert Byron
  4. Leigh Hunt

Answer: 1

Q.64) Arrange the following literary theories/movements in chronological order of their emergence:

A. Cultural Studies
B. Postmodernism
C. Feminism
D. Surrealism
E. Reception Theory

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A, C, B, D, E
  2. C, D, A, B, E
  3. E, A, B, D, C
  4. D, A, C, E, B

Answer: 2

Q.65) Who coined the term “Phallogocentric”?

  1. Luce Irigaray
  2. Jacques Derrida
  3. Jacques Lacan
  4. Sigmund Freud

Answer: 2

Q.66) Arrange the following works in order of their year of publication:

A. Orientalism
B. Nation and Narration
C. Black Skin White Masks
D. Decolonising the Mind
E. The Location of Culture

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. B, E, A, C, D
  2. D, C, E, A, B
  3. A, D, C, E, B
  4. C, A, D, B, E

Answer: 4

Q.67) A brief reference in the text that indicates the source of the idea or quotation consulted by the author is:

  1. In-text citation
  2. Sectional heading
  3. Hypothetical statement
  4. Objective

Answer: 1

Q.68) Choose the correct statements with regard to the binary pair Langue and Parole introduced by Ferdinand de Saussure:

A. Langue is translated as speech and parole as language.
B. Langue is the internal structure of a language; not language itself.
C. Parole is the event of language.
D. Parole and language are a set of vocabulary only.
E. There is no distinction between Parole and Langue.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A and C only
  2. A and E only
  3. C and B only
  4. A and D only

Answer: 3

Q.69) Who among the following were associated with Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood?

  1. Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais
  2. Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Leigh Hunt
  3. John Everett Millais and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  4. Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Leigh Hunt

Answer: 1

Q.70) Which of the following definitions of linguistic terms are correct?

A. Orthoepy is the study of correct grammar in conformity with established regional patterns.
B. Philology is the study of phonemes and other characteristics of the systems of speech sounds in individual languages.
C. Synchronic study pertains to the study of language at a specific historical point.
D. Diachronic study pertains to historical dimensions of language i.e., linguistic change over the period of time.
E. Phonology is the study of language in its cultural and social contexts.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A and B only
  2. B and E only
  3. C and D only
  4. A and E only

Answer: 3

Q.71) Match List – I with List – II:

List – I (Text)
A. Kena, Isa, Katha and Mundaka Upanishads (1830s)
B. Ramayana (1870s)
C. The Bhagavat Gita (1895)

D. The Bhagvat Geeta (1785)

List – II (Translated by)
I. Ralph T.H. Griffith
II. Manmatha Nath Dutt
III. Charles Wilkins
IV. Ram Mohan Roy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
  2. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
  3. A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
  4. A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III

Answer: 2

Q.72) Match List – I with List – II:

List – I (Term)
A. Anaphoric word
B. Morpheme
C. Antecedent
D. Periphrasis

List – II (Definition)
I. A unit of language that cannot be analysed into smaller units.
II. Refers back to a word or phrase previously used in a text/conversation.
III. Use of two or more words to express a meaning which could otherwise be expressed in a single word.
IV. A word or phrase that is referred back to by a pronoun or other proform.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV
  2. A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
  3. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
  4. A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

Answer: 3

Q.73) Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Term) List-II (Definition)
A. Aporia I. Technical term in structuralist theory that implies ‘utterance’
B. Econce II. Formal eulogy in prose or verse to glorify people, objects, or ideas
C. Encomium III. The writing or study of lives of the saints
D. Hagiography IV. A term used in theory/deconstruction to indicate conflict between rhetoric and thought

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) A-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II
(2) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
(3) A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
(4) A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV

Answer: 3

Q.74) Who among the following observed that “Nothing can please many, and please long, but representations of general nature”?

(1) Philip Sidney
(2) Samuel Johnson
(3) S.T. Coleridge
(4) William Wordsworth

Answer: 2

Q.75) In the 1985 essay, “Three Women’s Texts and a Critique of Imperialism”, Gayatri Spivak shows the development of the white liberal feminist subject. Which of the texts referred to in the title is/are by a male author?

(1) The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
(2) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
(3) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
(4) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
(5) The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) A, B, and D only
(2) C, D, and A only
(3) A, B, and C only
(4) E, B, and D only

Answer: 3

Q.76) Which among the following is not a work of Samuel Johnson?

(1) The Rambler
(2) The Idler
(3) The Journal of Stella
(4) The Perpetual Effects of Reverie

Answer: 3

Q.77) Which of the following texts deals with the theme of colonization?

(1) My Son’s Story
(2) Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
(3) Things Fall Apart
(4) Wide Sargasso Sea

Answer: 4

Q.78) Chronologically arrange the following texts in order of publication.

A. Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique
B. Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex
C. Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own
D. Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch
E. Adrienne Rich’s Of Woman Born

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) A, B, C, D, E
(2) C, B, A, D, E
(3) D, C, B, A, E
(4) B, C, A, D, E

Answer: 2

Q.79) Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Term/Concept) List-II (Invented/Coined by)
A. Third Space I. Jean Baudrillard
B. Weltliteratur II. Goethe
C. Post-Impressionism III. Homi Bhabha
D. Simulacra IV. Roger Fry

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
(2) A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
(3) A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I
(4) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

Answer: 1

Q.80) Which of the following works is not written by Chinua Achebe?

(1) Arrow of God
(2) No Longer at Ease
(3) An Image of Africa
(4) Weep not, Child

Answer: 4

Q.81) Literature review provides:

(1) Citation details
(2) Discussion of works already researched in a relevant subject area
(3) A list of primary sources
(4) Provides hypothesis of the research undertaken

Answer: 2

Q.82) What is the correct chronological sequence of the following works in order of their publication?

A. Arun Joshi’s The Foreigner
B. Ved Mehta’s Face to Face
C. Khushwant Singh’s I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale
D. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas’s Inquilab
E. G.V. Desani’s All About H. Hatterr

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) B, D, A, C, E
(2) D, B, C, A, E
(3) E, D, B, C, A
(4) A, C, D, E, B

Answer: 3

Q.83) Who among the following was not a proponent of Oxford Movement?

(1) John Henry Newman
(2) Richard Hurrell Froude
(3) Edward Bouverie Pusey
(4) Charles Kingsley

Answer: 4

Q.84) Choose the correct chronological sequence in which the following works were published:

A. Vicar of Wakefield
B. Life of Johnson
C. Johnson’s Dictionary
D. The Life of Nelson

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) A, E, B, C, D
(2) C, A, D, B, E
(3) B, A, E, C, D
(4) C, B, A, E, D

Answer: 2

Q.85) Which of the following writers remarked that “You are your best thing”?

(1) Toni Morrison in Beloved
(2) George Eliot in The Mill on the Floss
(3) Arundhati Roy in The God of Small Things
(4) Emile Bronte in Wuthering Heights

Answer: 1

Q.86) Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Dramatist) List-II (Theatrical form/Technique)
A. Martin Esslin I. The Theatre of Cruelty
B. Bertolt Brecht II. Dream Play
C. Antonin Artaud III. Estrangement-effect
D. August Strindberg IV. The Theatre of the Absurd

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
(2) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
(3) A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
(4) A-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II

Answer: 3

Q.87) Which of the following works were edited by gay activists, writers, or artists:

A. Are We Not Men? by Philip Brian Harper
B. Charisma by Erica Edward
C. Extravagant Abjection by Dariek Scott
D. Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Criticism by Henry Louis Gates
E. Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) B, C, D only
(2) A, B, C only
(3) A, D, E only
(4) E, C, D only

Answer: 2

Q.88) What is the correct chronological sequence of periods of American Literature?

A. Early National Period
B. Revolutionary Age
C. Naturalistic Period
D. Romantic Period in America/Age of Transcendentalism
E. Realistic Period

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) C, D, A, B, E
(2) B, A, D, E, C
(3) E, B, C, D, A
(4) A, C, B, E, D

Answer: 2

Q.89) What is the correct sequence of the following plays of Girish Karnad in order of their year of publication?

A. Hayavadana
B. Nagamandala
C. Tughlaq
D. Yayati
E. Bali, The Sacrifice

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) D, A, E, B, C
(2) C, D, A, E, B
(3) D, C, A, E, B

(4) C, A, D, E, B

Answer: 3

Q.90) The poem “O Captain! My Captain!” is a tribute to:

(1) Abraham Lincoln
(2) Emily Dickinson
(3) George Washington
(4) Walt Whitman’s brother

Answer: 1

Direction for 91 to 95:

Well, son, I’ll tell you:

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair

It’s had tacks in it,

And splinters

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor –

Bare.

But all the time

I’se been a-climbin’ on,

And reachin’ landin’s,

And turnin’ corners,

And sometimes goin’ in the dark,

Where there ain’t been no light.

So boy, don’t you turn back.

Don’t you set down on the steps

‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard,

Don’t you fall now –

For I’se still goin’, honey,

I’se still climbin’,

And life for me ain’t no crystal stair.

Q.91) Which colloquial form of English is used in the poem?

(1) American English
(2) Indian English
(3) Australian English
(4) African-American English

Answer: 4

Q.92) Which one of the following is an ‘extended metaphor’ in the poem?

(1) Tacks
(2) Splinters
(3) Staircase
(4) Bare floor

Answer: 3

Q.93) Which rhetorical device has been used by the poet by repeating “And” at the beginning of many lines in the poem?

(1) Alliteration
(2) Hyperbole
(3) Anaphora
(4) Amplifier

Answer: 3

Q.94) What kind of life does the line, “life for me … no crystal stair” signify?

(1) A life devoid of pain
(2) A life full of hardships and struggles
(3) An ideal and perfect life
(4) A life full of miracles and blessings

Answer: 2

Q.95) What advice does the speaker give to his/her son in the poem?

(1) Stay strong and never give up in life
(2) Eat, drink, and be merry
(3) Never take risks in life
(4) Aim and wait for good fortune

Answer: 1

Read the passage and answer the questions on the basis of your comprehension: (96 to 100)

The most important distinction between the animal man and others is, that the animal is very soon satisfied and retires within the limits of its necessities, the greater part of its earnings being necessary for its own preservation and the preservation of race. Like a retail shop keeper, it has no large profit from its commerce. But man, if the bulk of its earnings must be spent in paying the interest to its bank. Most of its earnings are employed in mere endeavor to live. But man, if its commerce, is a big merchant: he does a great deal more than he is absolutely compelled to spend. Therefore, there is a vast excess of earnings in man‘s life, which gives him the freedom to be useless and irresponsible to a great measure. There are large outlying tracts, surrounding his necessities, where he has objects that are ends to themselves. The animals must have knowledge, so that their knowledge can be employed for use, in the service of their life. But there they stop. They must know their surroundings in order to be able to procure shelter and seek their food, some properties of things in order to build their dwellings some signs of different seasons to be able to get ready to adapt themselves to the changes. Man, also must have these in order to live. But man has a surplus where he can proudly assert that knowledge is freed. With man, knowledge is freed. Here he has the pure employment of his knowledge because their knowledge is freed from the necessity of life. Thus, this fund of surplus his science and philosophy thrive.

Q.96) At what stage does knowledge become freedom for man?

(1) Where man uses the knowledge to gain power
(2) Where man uses the knowledge to supersede animal
(3) Where man engages with knowledge for the material growth
(4) Where man acquires a surplus of knowledge beyond primary necessities of life

Answer: 4

Q.97) What gives man the freedom to be useless and irresponsible?

(1) Knowledge
(2) Artistic taste
(3) Abundance of wealth in life
(4) Selfishness

Answer: 1

Q.98) What, according to the writer, is the basic difference between animal and man?

(1) Animals are preoccupied with self-sustenance while man aspires for attainment of freedom through knowledge.
(2) Animals work beyond the limits of necessity while man maintains austerity.
(3) Animals work for profit while man works selflessly.
(4) Animals seek freedom at any cost while man is bound to one’s physical needs.

Answer: 1

Q.99) What does the author mean by “Man also must know because he must live”?

(1) Knowledge is the essence of man’s life
(2) Knowledge makes one pragmatic
(3) Knowledge enables one to acquire wealth
(4) Knowledge is vital for countering animals

Answer: 1

Q.100) What does the metaphor “a big merchant” stand for?

(1) A philanthropist
(2) A good Samaritan
(3) A voracious accumulator of knowledge
(4) A mercenary

Answer: 3