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1. Two of the following list are “Angry Young Men” of the 1950’s British literary scene. I. John Osborne II. C.P. Snow III. Anthony Powell IV. Kingsley Amis The right combination, accordingto the code (A) I & II (B) II & IV (C) I & IV (D) I & III Answer: C 2. Laurence Sterne’s

1. “The just man justices. What kind of foregrounding do you find in the above lines? (A) Syntactic (B) Semantic (C) Collocation (D) None of the above Answer: A,B 2. Match the items in List – I with items in List – II according to the code given : List – I i. Lambic ii.

1. Who, among the following, advanced the theory that the mind is a tabula rasa at birth, and acquires all ideas by experience? (1) John Locke (2) John Wesley (3) Isaac Watts (4) Denis Diderot Answer: 1 2. Which of the following authors wrote Studies in the History of the Renaissance? (1) Walter Pater (2)

1. Matthew Arnold’s “touchstones” were “short passages, even single lines” of classic poetry beside which the lines of other poets may be placed in order to detect the presence or absence of high poetic quality. Tn his “Study of Poetry” Arnold cited “touchstones” from such non-English poets as Homer and Dante and also from the

1. What is the fate of ignorance in Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress? (1) He drowns in the River of Death (2) He enters the Celestial City (3) He finds the Truth (4) He discovers the way to Hell Answer: 4 2. God is referred to as “The President of Immortals” in (1) Paradise Lost (2) Waiting

1. Which British University figures in William Wordsworth’s Prelude ? (1) Durham (2) Glasgow (3) Cambridge (4) Oxford Answer: 3 2. Who is the author of A Woman Killed with Kindness ? (1) John Marston (2) Thomas Middleton (3) John Fletcher (4) Thomas Heywood Answer: 4 3. In William Congreve’s The Way of the World

1. In Frances Burney’s novel, Evelina, the eponymous heroine comes out in society in two locations. They are : (a) Bath (b) Bristol (c) Leeds (d) London The right combination according to the code is : (1) (a) and (b) (2) (b) and (c) (3) (a) and (d) (4) (b) and (d) Answer: 4 2.

1. Identify from the following the work Nirad C. Chaudhuri called “the finest novel in the English language with an Indian theme”. (1) Kim (2) A Passage to India (3) Train to Pakistan (4) Private Life of an Indian Prince Answer: 1 2. Who is the author of the poem “The Defence of Lucknow” dealing

1. Which narrative poem by Lord Tennyson presents the story of a fisherman turned Merchant sailor who, after a shipwreck, is marooned on a desert island ? 1.”Crossing the Bar” 2.”Tithonus” 3.”Enoch Arden” 4.”Maud” Answer: 3 2. In “Memorial Verses” Matthew Arnold pays tribute to three great poets. Who are they ? 1. Goethe, Shakespeare,