1. "He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are mad of, his and mine are the same." - Who quoted this line?
a)
Emily Bronte
b)
Virginia Woolf
c)
Jane Austen
d)
Charlotte Bronte
Answer:
Emily Bronte
2. Which novelist created the famous novel 'Tom Jones'?
a)
Charles Dickens
b)
Thomas Hardy
c)
Philip Sidney
d)
Henry Fielding
Answer:
Henry Fielding
3. Who is the author of the quote, "Hell is just a frame of mind"?
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Marlowe
c)
John Milton
d)
S. T. Coleridge
Answer:
Marlowe
4. Which playwright wrote the play 'The Birthday Party'?
a)
Thomas gray
b)
Katherine Mansfield
c)
t. S. Eliot
d)
Harold Pinter
Answer:
Harold Pinter
5. Who said, "Cowards die many times before their deaths: The valiant never taste of death but once"?
a)
Macbeth
b)
Hamlet
c)
Othello
d)
Caesar
Answer:
Caesar
6. Who is the author of the novel 'The Da Vinci Code'?
a)
Thomas Hardy
b)
J. K. Rowling
c)
Paulo Coelho
d)
Dan Brown
Answer:
Dan Brown
7. Who of the following is Irish author?
a)
John Steinbeck
b)
Jonathan Swift
c)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
d)
D. H. Lawrence
Answer:
Jonathan Swift
8. Which type of literary work is "The Ant and the Grasshopper' by W. Somerset Maugham?
a)
lyric poem
b)
novel
c)
play
d)
short story
Answer:
short story
9. Who is the cunning villain in 'Oliver twist' who leads a gang of child thieves?
a)
Fagin
b)
Bill Sikes
c)
Mr. Brownlow
d)
Artful Dodger
Answer:
Fagin
Explanation:
10. "London, 1802" is the work which literary figure?
a)
P. B. Shelley
b)
William Blake
c)
T. S. Eliot
d)
William Wordsworth
Answer:
William Wordsworth
11. Which among the following is a work of Robert Browning?
a)
The Mask of Anarchy
b)
Gerontion
c)
Rabbin Ben Ezra
d)
Leda an the Swan
Answer:
Rabbin Ben Ezra
12. "April is the cruelest month, breeding ___ out of the dead land mixing". Complete this famous quote.
a)
Daisies
b)
Lilacs
c)
Daffodils
d)
Tulips
Answer:
Lilacs
13. Chose the incorrect sentence.
a)
the company launched the product in 2020
b)
The principal desired the notice to be hung
c)
She could not help laughing at the funny video
d)
She encouraged her friend joining the art club
Answer:
She encouraged her friend joining the art club
14. Fill in the gap with an appropriate preposition: There was no denial ___ the fact that mistakes were made.
a)
on
b)
in
c)
of
d)
to
Answer:
of
15. The term 'Sine die' means-
a)
Time flies
b)
uncertain
c)
By law
d)
It follows logically
Answer:
uncertain
16. They decided to build a bridge. (passive)
a)
They decided that a bridge be built.
b)
They decided that a bridge should be built.
c)
They decided that a bridge to be built.
d)
They decided that a bridge being built.
Answer:
They decided that a bridge should be built.
17. The word "extemporal" in the context of speech means:
a)
Prepared
b)
Impromptu
c)
Written
d)
Formal
Answer:
Impromptu
18. Fill in the blank: Only after the results were announced ___ how much effort they had put in.
a)
the studenys did realise
b)
did the students realise
c)
the students had realised
d)
the students realised
Answer:
did the students realise
19. Choose the correct sentence.
a)
The number of accident has decreased recently.
b)
The number of accidents has decreased recently.
c)
The number of accidents have decreased recently.
d)
The number of accidents has decrease recently.
Answer:
The number of accidents has decreased recently.
20. Choose the correct spelling of the word:
a)
Flabergested
b)
Flabbergasted
c)
Flabergasted
d)
Flabbergested
Answer:
Flabbergasted
21. The synonym of 'Enigma' is-
a)
Generous
b)
Mystery
c)
Weak
d)
Stubborn
Answer:
Mystery
22. Fill in the blanks: he climbed ___ Mount Everest early in the morning, and then enjoyed the breathtaking view of ___ Himalayas.
a)
Zero article, the
b)
the, the
c)
the, Zero article
d)
Zero article, Zero article
Answer:
Zero article, the
23. Some light filters through the dense tree cover. Here, 'light' is-
a)
noun
b)
adjective
c)
adverb
d)
verb
Answer:
noun
24. What time does it get dark in summer? Here, 'dark' is-
a)
noun
b)
adjective
c)
adverb
d)
preposition
Answer:
adjective
25. Choose the antonym of Redundant.
a)
Pulchritude
b)
Callous
c)
Inadequate
d)
Acrimonious
Answer:
Inadequate
26. Fill in the gap: The scandal was kept under ___ for years.
a)
wraps
b)
covers
c)
tables
d)
carpets
Answer:
wraps
27. Put the right word in the blank: The critic's review was so ___ that the author felt deeply humiliated.
a)
acerbic
b)
perficious
c)
egregious
d)
cathartic
Answer:
acerbic
28. Strike while the iron is hot. Here, 'while iron is hot' is-
a)
Noun clause
b)
Adjective clause
c)
Adverbial clause
d)
None of these
Answer:
Adverbial clause
29. 'Sovereign' is an example of ___ gender.
a)
masculine
b)
feminine
c)
neuter
d)
common
Answer:
common
30. "They found the child sleeping peacefully." Here 'sleeping' is a ___.
a)
gerund
b)
finite word
c)
verbal noun
d)
participle
Answer:
participle