1. Who is the author of the novel 'The Golden Age'?
a)
Monica Ali
b)
Tahmima Anam
c)
Jhumpa Lahiri
d)
Zadie Smith
Answer:
Tahmima Anam
2. The word 'Ecological' is related to —
a)
Demography
b)
Dietetics
c)
Environment
d)
Biology
Answer:
Environment
3. What is the synonym of 'Inciting'?
a)
Instigating
b)
Permitting
c)
Discouraging
d)
Suppressing
Answer:
Instigating
4. The idiom 'A snake in the grass' means—
a)
A pet
b)
A hidden enemy
c)
A poisonous snake
d)
An unreliable person
Answer:
A hidden enemy
5. Who is the author of 'Spirit of Islam'?
a)
Abul Mansur Ahmed
b)
Syed Ameer Ali
c)
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
d)
Muhammad Iqbal
Answer:
Syed Ameer Ali
6. 'Ulysses' is a poem written by—
a)
W.B. Yeats
b)
Robert Browning
c)
Matthew Arnold
d)
Alfred Tennyson
Answer:
Alfred Tennyson
7. To keep one's chin up' means—
a)
To be sad
b)
To remain hopeful
c)
To be arrogant
d)
To look upwards
Answer:
To remain hopeful
8. What is the noun form of the word 'Laugh'?
a)
Laughing
b)
Laughable
c)
Laughter
d)
Laughed
Answer:
Laughter
9. Choose the correct preposition: 'He is devoid ___ common sense.'
a)
from
b)
of
c)
at
d)
with
Answer:
of
10. Who is the author of 'The Idea of Justice'?
a)
Amartya Sen
b)
John Rawls
c)
Muhammad Yunus
d)
Nelson Mandela
Answer:
Amartya Sen
11. The word 'Equivocation' means—
a)
Clear statement
b)
Two contrary things in the same statement
c)
Equal opinion
d)
Truthfulness
Answer:
Two contrary things in the same statement
12. Which word is the opposite of 'Sluggish'?
a)
Dull
b)
Animated
c)
Slow
d)
Heavy
Answer:
Animated
13. A 'Correctional Institution' is a—
a)
School
b)
Prison
c)
Hospital
d)
Court
Answer:
Prison
14. 'Look before you leap'— here 'before' is used as a—
a)
Noun
b)
Pronoun
c)
Conjunction
d)
Preposition
Answer:
Conjunction
15. Which of the following is an 'Epic'?
a)
Paradise Lost
b)
The Waste Land
c)
Daffodils
d)
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Answer:
Paradise Lost
16. What is the noun of the word 'Brief'?
a)
Briefly
b)
Brevity
c)
Briefness
d)
Briefing
Answer:
Brevity
17. Who wrote the poem 'The Solitary Reaper'?
a)
William Wordsworth
b)
S.T. Coleridge
c)
John Keats
d)
P.B. Shelley
Answer:
William Wordsworth
18. 'The Good Morrow' is a poem by—
a)
Andrew Marvell
b)
John Donne
c)
George Herbert
d)
Henry Vaughan
Answer:
John Donne
19. What is the antonym of 'Venerate'?
a)
Admire
b)
Respect
c)
Love
d)
Condemn
Answer:
Condemn
20. A 'Dark Horse' means—
a)
A black horse
b)
An unknown person
c)
A winning horse
d)
A nightmare
Answer:
An unknown person
21. Who wrote the play 'Doctor Faustus'?
a)
Thomas Kyd
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Christopher Marlowe
d)
Ben Jonson
Answer:
Christopher Marlowe
22. 'An Elegy' is a—
a)
Love song
b)
Song of lamentation
c)
Long poem
d)
Funny poem
Answer:
Song of lamentation
23. Choose the correct sentence:
a)
Each of the three boys got a prize.
b)
Each of the three boys gets a prize.
c)
Each of the three boy get a prize.
d)
Each of the three boys have got a prize.
Answer:
Each of the three boys got a prize.
24. 'Measure for Measure' is a—
a)
Tragedy
b)
Comedy
c)
Poem
d)
Novel
Answer:
Comedy
25. What is the plural of 'Phenomenon'?
a)
Phenomenons
b)
Phenomena
c)
Phenomenas
d)
Phenomenoness
Answer:
Phenomena
26. 'To be or not to be' is a famous—
a)
Song
b)
Dialogue
c)
Verse
d)
Soliloquy
Answer:
Soliloquy
27. 'A Passage to India' is written by—
a)
E.M. Forster
b)
Rudyard Kipling
c)
George Orwell
d)
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Answer:
E.M. Forster
28. What is the synonym of 'Cordial'?
a)
Rude
b)
Cold
c)
Amiable
d)
Hard
Answer:
Amiable
29. 'Silent Woman' is a play by—
a)
Ben Jonson
b)
John Dryden
c)
William Shakespeare
d)
Christopher Marlowe
Answer:
Ben Jonson
30. Which one is a 'Reflexive Pronoun'?
a)
Those
b)
Who
c)
Myself
d)
Each
Answer:
Myself