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LITERATURE PART 2

Total questions: 200

Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Someone in whom the main character confides

a)

foil

b)

confidante

c)

antagonist

d)

dynamic

2.

This character changes during the course of a novel or a story. This change in character or his/her outlook is permanent.

a)

static

b)

round

c)

dynamic

d)

foil

3.

These characters are well-developed and complex figures in a story. They are more realistic, and demonstrate more depth in their personalities.

a)

flat

b)

round

c)

developed

d)

dynamic

4.

Thsi character types does not change during a story. Also, he or she usually only reveals one or two personality traits.

a)

2d

b)

flat

c)

static

d)

undeveloped

5.

This character is a flat character that is instantly recognisable by readers. Like a flat character, the character does not undergo any development throughout the story.

a)

stereotypical

b)

stock

c)

protagonist

d)

static

6.

This character remains the same throughout the whole story. Even the events in the novel do not change character’s outlook, perceptions, habits, personality, or motivations.

a)

dynamic

b)

round

c)

flat

d)

static

7.

Which of these novels did Dickens NOT write?

a)

The Great Gatsby

b)

A Tale of Two Cities

c)

A Christmas Carol

d)

Oliver Twist

8.
What was Dickens's first published novel under the pen name `Boz' ?
a)
Great Expectations
b)
The Pickwick Papers
c)
David Copperfield
d)
A Christmas Carol
9.
What is the title of the first NOVEL that Charles Dickens wrote?
a)
Sketches by Boz
b)
The Pickwick Papers
c)
A Christmas Carol
d)
David Copperfield
10.
What was Charles Dickens's pen name?
a)
Pickwick
b)
Boz
c)
Dickens
d)
Charles
11.
Which novel is more of a biography of Dickens' life than a work of fiction?
a)
David Copperfield
b)
A Christmas Carol
c)
Great Expectations
d)
Where the Red Fern Grows
12.
The ... is what happens in the story.
a)
script
b)
plot
c)
climax event
d)
exposition
13.

Romanticism is love for ...

a)

Nature

b)

Lover

c)

Monarchy

14.
Oscar Wilde was ______ writer.
a)
an English
b)
an Irish
c)
a Scottish
15.
Animal Farm is a satire
a)
published after World War I
b)
written by Graham Green
c)
published after World War II
16.

What was the name of Wordsworth's collaboration with Coleridge?

a)

"Lines Composed above Tintern Abbey"

b)

Lyrical Ballads

c)

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

d)

Myth of Nature

17.

Wordsworth was named the __________ in 1843.

a)

"best of all poets"

b)

stamp distributor

c)

national poet

d)

poet laureate

18.

Which of the following characterize Wordsworth's poetry?

a)

Love of materialism

b)

Love of capitalism

c)

Love of nature

d)

Love of independence

19.

Ten thousand I saw at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

This line refers to

a)

inward eye

b)

milky way

c)

pensive mood

d)

daffodils

20.

Who wrote Wessex poems?

a)

Thomas Hardy

b)

Emma Gifford

c)

Wordsworth

d)

Mary Hutchinson

21.

In the Lyrical Ballads, Coleridge composed

a)

4 poems

b)

2 poems

22.
To whom does the Mariner tell his tale?
a)
A wedding guest
b)
The albatross
c)
Another mariner
d)
The pilot
23.

Where is the Mariner's ship driven by the wind?

a)

to the equator

b)

to the North Pole

c)

to the South Pole

d)

to hell

24.
What did the Mariner do for no particular reason?
a)
went to sea
b)
stopped the wedding guest
c)
shot the albatross
d)
challenged the captain
25.

The poem 'Christabel' is a ...

a)

Sonnet

b)

Ode

c)

Monologue

d)

Balad

26.

Who wrote Kubla Khan?

a)

Coleridge

b)

Keats

c)

Shelley

27.

Keats died of ----------

a)

Cholera

b)

Stroke

c)

Tuberculosis

d)

Flue

28.

"A Thing of Beauty is Joy Forever" is written by

a)

John Milton

b)

PB Shelley

c)

William Blake

d)

John Keats

29.

"Negative Capability" means...

a)

A rational thinking

b)

Having a pesimisic view of the world

c)

Access to beauty withouth any pressure

d)

Hate towards nature and beauty

30.

From where has this poem A Thing of Beauty been taken?

a)

From Keats' work- and Endymion:A poetic Romance

b)

Ode to a Nightingale

c)

Ode on melancholy

d)

Ode on indolence

31.

Who is Endymion?

a)

An office boy

b)

A worker

c)

A young Shepherd

d)

A young child

32.

Which one of the following is a verse drama written by Shelley?

a)

Epipsychidion

b)

Alaster

c)

Prometheus Unbound

d)

Adonais

33.

... is the author of "Frankenstein

a)

Lord Byron

b)

Percy Shelley

c)

Mary Wollstonecraft

d)

Mary Shelley

34.
In which set of poems does 'The Tyger' appear in?
a)
The Songs of Innocence
b)
The Songs of Experience
35.
In which set of poems does 'The Lamb' feature?
a)
The Songs of Innocence
b)
The Songs of Experience
36.

The poem "A laughing song" is written by ____________.

a)

William Shakespear

b)

William Wetmore Story

c)

William Blake

d)

William Charles

37.
A composition humorously imitating another, usually serious, piece of work.
a)
Parody
b)
Dramatic Irony
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Sarcasm
38.
Hyperbole is…
a)
A figure of speech which uses exaggeration
b)
A type of simile
c)
A figure of speech which uses understatement
d)
A type of metaphor
39.

Who wrote a Modest Proposal and Gulliver's Travels?

a)

Andrew Swift

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

Jonathan Swift

40.

The revolution of 1688 was called ‘Glorious’ because

a)

it was bloodless

b)

it was the triumph of the monarchy

c)

it was modelled on Louis XIV’s France

d)

it was committed to toleration

41.

The Tories

a)

were descendants of the Parliamentarians

b)

became the Liberal party

c)

were for religious toleration

d)

were favourable to the Stuarts

42.

During the Glorious revolution the Whigs

a)

were favourable to William of Orange

b)

were favourable to the Stuarts

c)

were favourable to George I

d)

were not interested at all

43.

Pamela or Virtue Rewarded

a)

is an epistolary novel

b)

is a real story

c)

celebrates chastity

d)

was written by Jonathan Swift

44.

Poetry that focuses on meaning more than lyricism is ___________.

a)

Modern

b)

Post-modern

c)

Romantic

d)

Metaphysical

e)

Renaissance

45.

A metaphysical conceit is an unusual __________________.

a)

plot device

b)

extended metaphor

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

poetic meter

e)

word choice

46.

John Donne, one of the metaphysical poets, wrote in all of the following styles except ______________.

a)

sonnets

b)

sermons

c)

songs

d)

essays

e)

elegies

47.

During the English Civil War, the Cavaliers supported which side?

a)

Parliament

b)

Monarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Oligarchy

e)

Anarchy

48.

A common theme of Cavalier poetry is _______________.

a)

carpe nightem

b)

carpe spring

c)

carpe diem

d)

carpe autumn

e)

carpe carpe

49.

What was the disease that ruined his health?

a)

cancer

b)

tuberculosis

c)

syphilis

d)

diabetes

50.

What was the satire "The Dunclad" celebrating?

a)

dullness

b)

consideration

c)

sincerity

d)

success

51.

The narrator tells Belinda to stop mourning the lock because

a)

Belinda will die someday soon too

b)

The Muse will keep it safe from harm

c)

It will have eternal fame

d)

It has become a comet that will return

52.

What happens to the lock of hair at the end of the poem?

a)

The lock becomes lost and then turns into a star.

b)

Belinda screams at the Baron until he is forced to return it.

c)

It becomes lost and goes to the moon with the other lost things.

d)

When Belinda dies, it turns to dust.

53.

What is the title of John Milton's epic poem about the fall of mankind?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Paradise Lost

c)

Gulliver's Travels

d)

Areopagitica

54.

In what year did the Restoration period begin?

a)

1660

b)

1770

c)

1694

d)

1760

55.

What genre of poetry is "The Rape of the Lock"?

a)

Epic

b)

Mock Epic

c)

Verse Fable

d)

Elegy

56.

"A Modest Proposal" is a...

a)

Satirical Essay

b)

Periodical Essay

c)

Sonnet

d)

Mock Epic

57.
Which devil is Satan's second- in -command?
a)
Mammon
b)
Sin
c)
Moloch
d)
Beezlebub
58.
"Paradise Lost" is an ________ poem.
a)
sonnet
b)
elegy
c)
epic
d)
limerick
59.
Milton lost his _________ due to writing pamphlets.  Consequently, he had to dictate the lines of "Paradise Lost".
a)
hand
b)
sense of touch
c)
hearing
d)
eyesight
60.

Paradise Lost was written to...

a)

justify God's ways to man.

b)

glorify Satan.

c)

retell biblical events.

d)

retell a true story.

61.
"Paradise Lost" was written in the year __________.
a)
1660
b)
1663
c)
1665
d)
1667
62.
There are ____ books in an epic poem.
a)
11
b)
8
c)
10
d)
12
63.

Johnson's piece entitled "London, A Poem" is described as:

a)

long, angry and political

b)

sad, thoughtful, and dark

c)

wordy, thoughtless, and dull

d)

long, hopeful, and whimsical

64.

It is considered as the shortest and simplest of the narrative poems.

a)

Epic

b)

Ballad

c)

Psalm

d)

Metrical Tales

65.

It seeks to arouse mirth by laughable lines. An exaggerated comedy.

a)

Farce

b)

Comedy

c)

Pick up lines

d)

Melodrama

66.

Wordsworth calls himself "a worshipper of nature" in his poem___________

a)

Immortality ode

b)

Tintern abbey

c)

The prelude

d)

The solitary reaper

67.

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a______

a)

Picturesque novel

b)

Domestic novel

c)

Gothic novel

d)

Historical novel

68.

Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece?

a)

John Keats

b)

Lord Byron

c)

Solan

d)

Sappho

69.

In Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" where were the 3 gallons going?

a)

A funeral

b)

Wedding

c)

Market

d)

To the races

70.

The theme of Tennyson's poem "The Princess" is

a)

Queen Victoria coronation

b)

Industrial revolution

c)

Women's education and rights

d)

Rise of democracy

71.

What is the subtitle of the play" Twelfth Night"?

a)

Or, what is you will

b)

Or, what you will

c)

Or, what you like it

d)

Or, what you think

72.

"Brevity is the soul of wit "is a quotation by

a)

Milton

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

TS Eliot

d)

Ruskin

73.

The Pre- Raphaelite poets where mostly indebted to the poets of the__________

a)

Puritan movement

b)

Metaphysical school

c)

Neo classical age

d)

Romantic revival

74.

'Vanity fair ' is a novel by

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

W m Thackeray

d)

Thomas hardy

75.

It is a type of fictional prose which is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.

a)

Essay

b)

Legend

c)

Novella

d)

Tale

76.

It is a type of lyric poems that laments the dead.

a)

Elegy

b)

Epic

c)

Ode

d)

Sonnet

77.

A poem with no metre or rhyme

a)

Lyric

b)

Free verse

c)

Narrative

78.

The word 'literature' comes from the Latin word _________________________.

a)

letra

b)

litera

c)

littera

d)

literate

79.

A type of narrative poem which often has the theme of heroism and is lengthy.

a)

ballad

b)

elegy

c)

epic

d)

sonnet

80.

A type of drama in which the fate of the main character ends unhappily.

a)

comedy

b)

farce

c)

melodrama

d)

tragedy

81.

An element of fiction which tells the angle from which the story is told.

a)

characters

b)

point of view

c)

setting

d)

theme

82.

Which is the fictional town created by R K Narayan?

a)

Valappadu

b)

Aleppy

c)

Malgudi

d)

Uduppi

83.

Apart from RK Narayan, there are two other writers credited with creating what is the Modern Indian English Novel. Who are they?

a)

Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth

b)

Vikram Seth and Raja Rao

c)

Salman Rushdie and Mulk Raj Anand

d)

Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao

84.

Who is the author of the novel, A Suitable Boy?

a)

Salman Rushdie

b)

Vikran Seth

c)

Rohinton Mistry

d)

Amitav Ghosh

85.

The fictional town of Malgudi was first introduced in

a)

Swami and Friends

b)

The Bachelor of Arts

c)

The English Teacher

d)

The Guide

86.
giving human traits to non-living things
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
anaphora
87.
repetition of vowel sounds in non rhyming words
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
euphony
d)
euphemism
88.
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
a)
litotes
b)
juxtaposition
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
89.
a pause in the middle of a line of poetry
a)
enjambment
b)
consonance
c)
euphemism
d)
caesura
90.
a reference to something famous
a)
allusion
b)
hyperbole
c)
illusion
d)
hyperbola
91.
substitution of a part for a whole
a)
juxtaposition
b)
synechdoce
c)
allusion
d)
metonymy
92.
sonnet that has octave/ABBA ABBA, and sestet/CDE CDE
a)
Peruvian
b)
Shakespearian
c)
Edwardian
d)
Petrarchian
93.
sonnet that has14 lines/ABABCDCDEFEFGG
a)
Peruvian
b)
Shakesperian
c)
Edwardian
d)
Petrarchian
94.
creation of words to mimic a sound
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
onomatopoeia
95.
repetition at the beginning of sentences
a)
antithesis
b)
chiasmus
c)
anaphora
d)
epistrophe
96.
a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
a)
trochee
b)
iamb
c)
anapest
d)
dactyl
97.
a metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable.
a)
trochee
b)
iamb
c)
anapest
d)
dactyl
98.
a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable.
a)
trochee
b)
spondee
c)
anapest
d)
dactyl
99.
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner
a)
ballad
b)
sestina
c)
ode
d)
sonnet
100.
a poem that portrays or evokes country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form
a)
pastoral
b)
ode
c)
sonnet
d)
elegy
101.

“Because I could not stop for Death –

He kindly stopped for me –

The Carriage held but just Ourselves –

And Immortality.”

- “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

102.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

“The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,

The furrow followed free;

We were the first that ever burst

Into that silent sea.”

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

103.

How many novels did Jane Austen write?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

4

d)

10

104.

How old is Emma at the start of the novel?

a)

17

b)

19

c)

20

d)

25

105.

This is an easy one, just to get started: what are the names of the Bennett girls in order from oldest to youngest.

a)

Elizabeth, Jane, Kitty, Lydia, Mary

b)

Mary, Jane, Lydia, Kitty, Elizabeth

c)

Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, Lydia

106.

How does Mr. Darcy offend Elizabeth at the first ball?

a)

He refuses to dance with her.

b)

He insults her father.

c)

He dances with Jane too often.

107.

What is the name of Darcy's little sister?

a)

Anna

b)

Diana

c)

Georgiana

d)

Lydia

108.

Who did Lydia Bennet elope with?

a)

Mr. Bingley

b)

Mr. Darcy

c)

Mr. Collins

d)

Mr. Wickham

109.

Mark Twain

a)

John Keats

b)

Samuel Clemens

c)

Lord Byron

d)

P.B. Shelley

110.

George Orwell

a)

David Hume

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

John Locke

d)

Eric Arthur Blair

111.

Boz

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

Thomas Hardy

d)

Dr. Johnson

112.

Ellis Bell

a)

Charlotte Bronte

b)

Emily Bronte

c)

J.K.Rowling

d)

Anne Bronte

113.

Feminism. Her prolific work made her a rival to Tennyson as a candidate for Poet Laureate in 1850 after the death of Wordsworth.

a)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

b)

Stephenie Meyer

c)

Kate Chopin

d)

Jane Austen

114.
Sherlock Holmes was a famous...
a)
Detective
b)
Explorer
c)
Hunter
d)
Doctor
115.

Queen Victoria lived from ___ to ___.

a)

1837-1901

b)

1801-1888

c)

1825-1897

d)

1840-1912

116.

Females used _______________ if they wrote anything other than a romance or poetry.

a)

maiden names

b)

married titles

c)

pseudonyms

d)

abbreviated first names

117.

In the 1880s and 1890s, the Victorian novel became more _____________.

a)

scientific

b)

abstract

c)

realistic

d)

poetic

118.

This subgenre was full of horror and darker elements.

a)

Silver Fork

b)

Gothic

c)

Satire

d)

Newgate

119.

Who wrote Wuthering Heights?

a)

Charlotte Bronte

b)

Emily Bronte

c)

Anne Bronte

d)

Virginia Woolf

120.

The biography of Charlotte Brönte was written by her friend…

a)

Elisabeth Gaskell

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

George Elliot

121.

One of the most famous novel of Elisabeth Gaskell was…

a)

North and South

b)

Far from the madding crowd

c)

The cry of children

d)

Sonnets from the portuguese

122.

This author wrote about his travels and adventures.

a)

R.L. Stevenson

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Lewis Carroll

d)

Charles Dickens

123.

……………………………. was a spokesman for the Aesthetic movement, which advocated art for art’s sake.

a)

Oscar Wilde

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Lewis Carroll

d)

Rudyard Kipling

124.

Who wrote Great Expectations?

a)

Dan Brown

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Jane Austen

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

125.

Who wrote Jane Eyre?

a)

Emily Brontë

b)

Charlotte Brontë

c)

William Faulkner

d)

Charles Dickens

126.

Who is the author of Tess of the d'urbervilles?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Dan Brown

c)

Thomas Hardy

d)

William Shakespeare

127.
A fable usually has ________ characters.
a)
animal
b)
human
c)
protagonist
d)
antagonist
128.

What is the meaning of the word isolation?

a)

in a crowd

b)

left alone

c)

packaging that keeps something cold

129.

Fill in the blank: The author uses _______ to suggest what may happen next in the story.

a)

Forward showing

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Similes

d)

Cats

130.

This is when the questioner knows the answer already, or an answer is not actually demanded

a)

rhetorical question

b)

dialogue question

c)

rhyming question

131.

a feeling of thoughtful sadness, typically with no obvious cause

a)

melancholy

b)

melon ball

c)

mellifluous

132.

What is the name of Ulysses son

a)

Penelope

b)

Pylos

c)

Telemachus

d)

Telegonus

133.

The conflict of a story is...

a)

The problem

b)

The solution

c)

The beginning

d)

The message or moral

134.

When a reader figures out where the story takes place, they are discovering the...

a)

Protagonist

b)

Climax

c)

Symbol

d)

Setting

135.

Who is Henry Higgins?

a)

A professor of language

b)

A detective

c)

An opera singer

d)

A retired naval officer

136.

Which one of these titles were written by Mark Twain?

a)

Alice in Wonderland

b)

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

c)

The Giving Tree

d)

The Borrowers

137.

Sometimes people call Mark Twain...

a)

The Teacher of Writing

b)

The Father of American Literature

c)

The Grandpa of Books

d)

The King of Rock n Roll

138.

What is T.S Eliot's full name?

a)

Thomas Stearns Eliot

b)

Thompson Stile Eliot

c)

Thomas Sterns Eliot

d)

Tom Steamers Eliot

139.

Hamartia

a)

The "tragic flaw". Causes the protagonist to break a divine or moral law which leads to disaster

b)

The discovery. Results in an increase of self-awareness or self-knowledge.

c)

The reversal of fortune. The character drops from high to low.

d)

The pathos of the audience. They pity and fear the character. This can happen through purgation, purification, or clarification.

140.

Anagnorisis

a)

The "tragic flaw". Causes the protagonist to break a divine or moral law which leads to disaster

b)

The discovery. Results in an increase of self-awareness or self-knowledge.

c)

The reversal of fortune. The character drops from high to low.

d)

The pathos of the audience. They pity and fear the character. This can happen through purgation, purification, or clarification.

141.

Peripeteia

a)

The "tragic flaw". Causes the protagonist to break a divine or moral law which leads to disaster

b)

The discovery. Results in an increase of self-awareness or self-knowledge.

c)

The reversal of fortune. The character drops from high to low.

d)

The pathos of the audience. They pity and fear the character. This can happen through purgation, purification, or clarification.

142.

Catharsis

a)

The "tragic flaw". Causes the protagonist to break a divine or moral law which leads to disaster

b)

The discovery. Results in an increase of self-awareness or self-knowledge.

c)

The reversal of fortune. The character drops from high to low.

d)

The pathos of the audience. They pity and fear the character. This can happen through purgation, purification, or clarification.

143.

In what period did the novel really become the dominant literary form?

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The Victorian era

c)

The Modern era

d)

The Romantic era

144.

Which list puts 3 literary movements in the correct order?

a)

Post-Modernism, Modernism, The Medieval Period

b)

Victorianism, Modernism, The Enlightenment

c)

Modernism, Victorianism, Romanticism

d)

Renaissance, The Enlightenment, Romanticism

145.

What is often considered the first work of literature in the English language?

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

The Canterbury Tales

c)

Beowulf

d)

The Waste Land

146.

Which centuries was The Renaissance Period?

a)

15th - 17th

b)

16th - 17th

c)

14th-17th

d)

13th-17th

147.

Which period has the theme "arts for the art's sake"?

a)

The Medieval Period

b)

The Renaissance Period

c)

The Victorianism

d)

The Modernism

148.
How many witches approach Macbeth with the prophecy?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
2
d)
4
149.

Which two authors were key contributors to the English Renaissance?

a)

William Shakespeare/ Ben Johnson

b)

John Milton/ George Orwell

c)

William Wordsworth/ Virginia Woolf

d)

MacDuff/ MacBeth

150.

What was the name for the expatriate artists who left the United States after World War I?

a)

Traitors

b)

The War Generation

c)

The Lost Generation

d)

Lost Artists

151.

Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in

a)

1911

b)

1912

c)

1913

d)

1914

152.

Who is the author of Glimpses of World History and the Discovery of India?

a)

MK Gandhi

b)

Rajgopalchari

c)

B.G Tilak

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

153.

This book is written by

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Radhakrishnan

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Sardar Patel

154.

Which of these books is written by Shashi Tharoor?

a)

Midnight's Children

b)

Train to Pakistan

c)

Two Lives

d)

Why I Am a Hindu

155.

“Don't touch the hot cooker," my mother sai

a)

My mother promised me to touch the hot cooker

b)

My mother warned me not to touch the hot cooker

c)

My mother suggested me not touching the hot cooker.

d)

. My mother reminded me of touching the hot cooker.

156.

'God of Small Things' is written by

a)

Henry Lewis Dezerio

b)

Eunus Desuza

c)

Bhabani Bhattacharya

d)

Arundhati Roy

157.

What is the nickname of Sarojini Naidu?

a)

Nightingale of India

b)

Saroj

c)

Poet

d)

Mrs. Naidu

158.

Taslima Nasreen has written

a)

Lajja

b)

The God of Small Things

c)

Suitable Boy

d)

Songs Offerings

159.

Who wrote 'Child is the father of man?

a)

Lord Byron

b)

John Keats

c)

Shakespeare

d)

William Wordsworth

160.

Who wrote original Panchatantra?

a)

Vishnu Sharma

b)

Kalidasa

c)

Tulsidas

d)

Samudra Gupt

161.

Who wrote this book?

a)

Salman Rushdie

b)

Aravind Adiga

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Jules Verne

162.

This book is written by

a)

Manmohan Singh

b)

APJ Abdul Kalam

c)

R K Narayan

d)

Sidney Sheldon

163.

Which of the following is not an autobiography?

a)
b)
c)
d)
164.

Which Prize is awarded to writers of full- length Novels?

a)

Booker Prize

b)

Pulitzer Prize

c)

Costa Book Award

d)

National Book Award

165.

Which Award is given to those in Newspaper or online journalism, literature or music?

a)

Pulitzer Prize

b)

Booker Prize

c)

Sahitya Academi Award

d)

Costa Book Award

166.

My jeans ........... old.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

was

167.

Most of the work ........... finished.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

has

d)

have

168.

Mumps........... an infectious disease.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

has

169.

All information about the new product ........... confidential.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

were

170.

Nobody ............ Indian here.

a)

speak

b)

speaks

c)

are speaking

171.

Everybody ............ the answer.

a)

know

b)

knows

172.

The number of inches in a foot ............12.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

was

d)

were

173.

Both of them ............ the flute very well.

a)

play

b)

plays

c)

playing

174.

She..........French since she was 7.

a)

have learnt

b)

has learnt

c)

learns

175.

The student, as well as the committee members,.............excited.

a)

is

b)

are

176.

The chairperson or the CEO ..............the proposal before proceeding.

a)

approve

b)

approves

177.

The student or the committee members .............every day.

a)

write

b)

writes

178.

The committee members or the student ...............every day.

a)

writes

b)

write

179.

Every one of the shirts ...........a green collar.

a)

has

b)

have

180.

Sandals and towels .........essential gear for a trip to the beach.

a)

is

b)

are

181.

I ————————- for five hours.

a)

a) Have been working

b)

b) Has been working

c)

c) Was working

d)

d) Am working

182.

A new hotel ________ by them.(Present Perfect)

a)

has been built

b)

had been built

c)

have been built

d)

will be built

183.

"He will come tomorrow".

She told me that he ________ tomorrow.

a)

is coming

b)

will come

c)

would come

184.

"I see the clouds.". He told me that she ________ the clouds.

a)

sees

b)

is seeing

c)

saw

185.

"I loved him very much".

My sister told me that she ________ him very much.

a)

was loving

b)

had loved

c)

would love

186.

Q1. An individual who is unable to express or interact easily

a)

A) Extrovert

b)

B) Introvert

c)

C) Ambivert

d)

D) None of the Above

187.

Q5. Shikha spends a lot of money on clothes. Her cousins call her a:

a)

A) Frugal

b)

B) Economical

c)

C) Miser

d)

D) Spendthrift

188.

Q7. Anita works really hard for the upliftment of poor children. She even donates half of her salary to NGOs. She is:

a)

A) Philanthropist

b)

B) Selfish

c)

C) Tightfisted

d)

D) None of the Above

189.

Q9. It is impossible to see through it.

a)

A) Translucent

b)

B) Fragile

c)

C) Opaque

d)

D) Transparent

190.

Very eager to learn

a)

Voracious

b)

Laborious

c)

Generous

d)

Conscious

191.

A space traveller

a)

technocrat

b)

astronomer

c)

astrologer

d)

astronaut

192.

The science of earthquakes

a)

seismology

b)

meteorology

c)

anthropology

d)

geology

193.

one who cannot die

a)

immortal

b)

eternal

c)

acrobat

194.

a child of unusual or remarkable talent

a)

acrobat

b)

prodigy

c)

funambulist

195.

study of mankind

a)

ornithology

b)

anthropology

c)

Zoology

196.

a person who can use both hands

a)

orator

b)

ambidexter

c)

funambulist

197.

a person who compiles dictionary

a)

lexicographer

b)

stenographer

c)

calligrapher

198.

a person with a beautiful and elegant handwriting

a)

typographer

b)

paragrapher

c)

calligrapher

199.

the power of reading the thoughts of others

a)

retinopathy

b)

psychopathy

c)

telepathy

200.

Partner in crime

a)

Acronym

b)

Addendum

c)

Abstruse

d)

Accomplice