UGC NET English Literature October 2022 Question PaperPaper 1 & Paper 2 with Answer Key

50 questions with the answer key and explanations.

1. Question 1

   The table shows the percentage (%) distribution of five types of cars (A-E) produced by a company during 2019 and 2020. The total number of cars produced was 4,50,000 in 2019 and 5,20,000 in 2020. If the number of Type-A cars manufactured in 2020 was the same as that of 2019, then what would have been its approximate percentage share in the total production of 2020?

   Year	A	B	C	D	E
   2019	15%	25%	30%	10%	20%
   2020	10%	30%	25%	25%	10%

   1. A11%
   2. B13%
   3. C15%
   4. D9%

   Answer: (B) 13%

   Explanation

   Type-A production in 2019 = 15% of 4,50,000 = 67,500. Holding this count fixed for 2020, its share of the 2020 total becomes 67,500 / 5,20,000 ≈ 12.98%, which rounds to approximately 13%.

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2. Question 2

   The table shows the percentage (%) distribution of five types of cars (A-E) produced by a company during 2019 and 2020. The total number of cars produced was 4,50,000 in 2019 and 5,20,000 in 2020. What was the difference in the number of Type-C cars produced between 2019 and 2020?

   Year	A	B	C	D	E
   2019	15%	25%	30%	10%	20%
   2020	10%	30%	25%	25%	10%

   1. A5000
   2. B7500
   3. C8500
   4. D2500

   Answer: (A) 5000

   Explanation

   Because Type-C's share was 30% in 2019 and only 25% in 2020, its actual unit count fell even though the overall total grew. Calculating each year separately: 2019 output equals 30% of 4,50,000, which is 1,35,000 units; 2020 output equals 25% of 5,20,000, which is 1,30,000 units. Subtracting gives a decrease of exactly 5,000 units between the two years.

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3. Question 3

   The table shows the percentage (%) distribution of five types of cars (A-E) produced by a company during 2019 and 2020. The total number of cars produced was 4,50,000 in 2019 and 5,20,000 in 2020. If 85% of the Type-E cars produced during 2019 and 2020 together are sold by the company, how many Type-E cars are left unsold?

   Year	A	B	C	D	E
   2019	15%	25%	30%	10%	20%
   2020	10%	30%	25%	25%	10%

   1. A21825
   2. B29100
   3. C25200
   4. D21300

   Answer: (D) 21300

   Explanation

   Solve this by first finding each year's Type-E output, then combining before applying the sold percentage. Type-E production was 20% of 4,50,000 = 90,000 units in 2019, and 10% of 5,20,000 = 52,000 units in 2020, for a combined total of 1,42,000 units. Since 85% of this combined stock was sold, the unsold portion is the remaining 15%, which works out to 21,300 units — the only option matching this calculation.

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4. Question 4

   The table shows the percentage (%) distribution of five types of cars (A-E) produced by a company during 2019 and 2020. The total number of cars produced was 4,50,000 in 2019 and 5,20,000 in 2020. If the percentage production of Type-B cars in 2020 was the same as that of 2019, what would have been the number of Type-B cars produced in 2020?

   Year	A	B	C	D	E
   2019	15%	25%	30%	10%	20%
   2020	10%	30%	25%	25%	10%

   1. A112500
   2. B120000
   3. C130000
   4. D135000

   Answer: (C) 130000

   Explanation

   This question asks what Type-B output would be if its 2020 percentage share matched 2019's share of 25%, rather than the actual 30% shown in the table for 2020. Applying that hypothetical 25% share to the 2020 total of 5,20,000 gives 1,30,000 units, so option C is correct and the other options result from applying the wrong percentage or wrong year's total.

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5. Question 5

   The table shows the percentage (%) distribution of five types of cars (A-E) produced by a company during 2019 and 2020. The total number of cars produced was 4,50,000 in 2019 and 5,20,000 in 2020. What is the ratio of the number of Type-C cars produced in 2019 to the number of Type-D cars produced in 2020?

   Year	A	B	C	D	E
   2019	15%	25%	30%	10%	20%
   2020	10%	30%	25%	25%	10%

   1. A29:27
   2. B23:22
   3. C27:26
   4. D27:23

   Answer: (C) 27:26

   Explanation

   This ratio compares two different years and two different car types, so each figure must be calculated separately before comparing them. Type-C output in 2019 equals 30% of 4,50,000, which is 1,35,000 units, while Type-D output in 2020 equals 25% of 5,20,000, which is 1,30,000 units. Dividing both numbers by their common factor of 5,000 simplifies the ratio 1,35,000 to 1,30,000 down to 27:26, which matches option C and not any of the other listed ratios.

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6. Question 6

   Which of the following file formats are appropriate for distributing video files across the internet?
   A. .FLA
   B. .MP3
   C. .WMA
   D. .AIF
   E. .AVI
   Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

   1. AB and C only
   2. BA and E only
   3. CD and E only
   4. DC and D only

   Answer: (B) A and E only

   Explanation

   .MP3, .WMA, and .AIF are all audio-only formats, not video formats. .AVI is a standard video container, and .FLA is a Flash source-movie format historically used to author and distribute video/animation content over the web. So the appropriate video-distribution formats are .FLA and .AVI (Option A and E).

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7. Question 7

   Assertion (A): Universities and higher education institutions are important foundations for the growth of any country.
   Reason (R): Intellectual property rights act as a shield for inventions from being misused by third parties.

   Choose the most appropriate answer:

   1. ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
   2. BBoth A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
   3. CA is correct but R is not correct
   4. DA is not correct but R is correct

   Answer: (B) Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

   Explanation

   Both statements are independently true: universities do drive national growth, and IPR does protect inventions from misuse. But R does not explain why universities are foundational to growth — IPR protection is a separate research-ethics concept, not the reason universities matter to a country's development. So both are correct, but R is not the explanation of A.

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8. Question 8

   Which one of the following formal fallacies is committed in the given argument?
   All snakes are reptiles.
   Some snakes are poisonous creatures.
   Therefore, all poisonous creatures are reptiles.

   1. AFallacy of illicit process of major term
   2. BFallacy of illicit process of minor term
   3. CFallacy of undistributed middle term
   4. DFallacy of four terms

   Answer: (B) Fallacy of illicit process of minor term

   Explanation

   'Poisonous creatures' is the minor term. In the premise 'Some snakes are poisonous creatures,' it is a particular (undistributed) term, but the conclusion 'all poisonous creatures are reptiles' treats it as distributed (universal). A term that is undistributed in the premise cannot become distributed in the conclusion — this is exactly the fallacy of illicit process of the minor term.

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9. Question 9

   Given below are two statements:
   Statement I: Classical smog is formed when oxides of nitrogen combine with particulate matter, especially in the summer season.
   Statement II: Classical smog reduces atmospheric visibility to a great extent.
   Choose the correct answer:

   1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
   2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
   3. CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
   4. DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

   Answer: (D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

   Explanation

   Classical (London-type) smog forms from smoke and sulphur dioxide combining with fog in cold, damp winter conditions, not from nitrogen oxides in summer — that description fits photochemical smog instead, so Statement I is false. Classical smog is well documented to sharply cut atmospheric visibility, so Statement II is true.

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10. Question 10

    In communication, meanings refer to a person's:

    1. ANotions about the world
    2. BInternal responses to a message
    3. CSubsuming messages for suppression
    4. DExternal responses only

    Answer: (B) Internal responses to a message

    Explanation

    In communication theory, meaning is not a property carried inside the message itself — it is the internal, subjective response a receiver constructs upon interpreting a message, shaped by their own experience and context. Options A, C, and D misdescribe meaning as an external fact, a suppression device, or a purely outward response, none of which capture this internal interpretive process.

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11. Question 11

    Identify the correct arrangement of the following different types of computer networks in descending order of their geographic area coverage.
    A. MAN
    B. WAN
    C. LAN

    1. AA, B, C
    2. BB, C, A
    3. CB, A, C
    4. DC, A, B

    Answer: (C) B, A, C

    Explanation

    By geographic reach, a Wide Area Network (WAN) spans the largest area (countries/continents), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) covers a city, and a Local Area Network (LAN) covers a single building or campus. In descending order that is WAN, MAN, LAN — option C.

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12. Question 12

    Assertion (A): Sound is non-eternal because it is caused.
    Reason (R): The middle term does not prove the eternality of sound but its non-eternality.

    Choose the correct answer:

    1. ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    2. BBoth A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
    3. CA is true but R is false
    4. DA is false but R is true

    Answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

    Explanation

    This is the classical Nyaya inference: sound (paksha) is non-eternal (sadhya) because it is caused/produced (hetu, the middle term), just as a pot is. The middle term 'being caused' is invariably concomitant with non-eternality, not eternality — which is exactly what R states, and R directly justifies why A holds. Both statements are true and R correctly explains A.

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13. Question 13

    Match List I with List II.

    List I (File extension)	List II (File type)
    A. mp3	I. Image
    B. xls	II. Music
    C. jpeg	III. Database
    D. mdb	IV. Spreadsheet

    1. AA-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III
    2. BA-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
    3. CA-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I
    4. DA-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

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

    Explanation

    .mp3 is an audio/music format, .xls is a spreadsheet (Excel), .jpeg is an image format, and .mdb is a Microsoft Access database file. That gives mp3-Music, xls-Spreadsheet, jpeg-Image, mdb-Database, i.e., A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III.

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14. Question 14

    A software is termed open-source software if:

    1. AThe developer company is open 24 x 7
    2. BIts source code is available to share, study and modify
    3. CIt can be downloaded from the Internet
    4. DIt is available free of cost

    Answer: (B) Its source code is available to share, study and modify

    Explanation

    Open-source is defined by licensing terms that make the underlying source code publicly accessible so that anyone can inspect, modify, and redistribute it — not merely by being downloadable or free of charge (many free/downloadable programs are still closed-source, proprietary software).

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15. Question 15

    The simple interest on a sum of money is 1/9 of the principal and the number of years is equal to the rate percent per annum. The rate percent per annum is:

    1. A3%
    2. B0.33%
    3. C3.33%
    4. D2.33%

    Answer: (C) 3.33%

    Explanation

    Because the interest formula ties the rate and time together here, this becomes a single algebraic equation to solve for the rate. Using SI = (Principal × Rate × Time)/100 and substituting Time = Rate and SI = Principal/9 gives Principal/9 = (Principal × Rate²)/100, so Rate² = 100/9, meaning Rate equals the square root of that fraction, which is 10/3, or approximately 3.33% — matching option C exactly.

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16. Question 16

    In a learner-centred teaching environment, teachers:

    1. ARecognise that all learners are unique and utilise different teaching styles
    2. BDo not provide structure and direction
    3. CMake decisions about how and what learners will learn
    4. DDo not facilitate learners' decision-making process

    Answer: (A) Recognise that all learners are unique and utilise different teaching styles

    Explanation

    Learner-centred teaching is built on recognising individual differences among learners and adapting instructional strategies accordingly. Options B, C, and D all describe teacher-centred behaviour — withholding structure, making all decisions for learners, or not facilitating learner choice — which contradicts the learner-centred model.

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17. Question 17

    A man who can swim 48 metres/minute in still water swims 200 metres against the current and 200 metres with the current. If the difference between these two times is 10 minutes, what is the speed of the current?

    1. A30 metres/minute
    2. B31 metres/minute
    3. C29 metres/minute
    4. D32 metres/minute

    Answer: (D) 32 metres/minute

    Explanation

    Let the current's speed be x m/min. Upstream time = 200/(48−x); downstream time = 200/(48+x). Their difference is 10: 200/(48−x) − 200/(48+x) = 10. Simplifying, 400x = 10(2304 − x²), giving x² + 40x − 2304 = 0. Solving the quadratic, x = 32 (taking the positive root), so the current's speed is 32 metres/minute.

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18. Question 18

    Match List I with List II.

    List I (Given as true)	List II (Resultant)
    A. 'A' is given as true	I. 'O' is undetermined
    B. 'E' is given as true	II. 'I' is undetermined
    C. 'I' is given as true	III. 'I' is true
    D. 'O' is given as true	IV. 'I' is false

    1. AA-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
    2. BA-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II
    3. CA-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III
    4. DA-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

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

    Explanation

    By subalternation, A true makes I true (A-III). By contradiction, E true makes I false (B-IV). I and O are subcontraries (not both false, but both can be true), so if I is true, O's status is not fixed — it is undetermined (C-I). Likewise, if O is true, I's status is not fixed — it is undetermined (D-II). This gives A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II.

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19. Question 19

    Which among the following is a valid criticism of the experimental method in social sciences?

    1. AImpossible to conduct in social situations
    2. BArtificiality of laboratory conditions
    3. CUnavailability of good experiments in social sciences
    4. DSocial research problems cannot be studied experimentally

    Answer: (B) Artificiality of laboratory conditions

    Explanation

    The recognised critique of experiments in social research is that controlled laboratory-like settings are artificial and may not reflect how people actually behave in real social contexts, threatening external validity. Options A, C, and D overstate the case — experiments are in fact used in social sciences, so claiming they are 'impossible' or that the problems 'cannot' be studied this way is inaccurate.

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20. Question 20

    Assertion (A): Energy produced from biomass is considered 'carbon neutral'.
    Reason (R): Biomass does not add CO2 to the atmosphere.

    Choose the most appropriate answer:

    1. ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
    2. BBoth A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
    3. CA is correct but R is not correct
    4. DA is not correct but R is correct

    Answer: (C) A is correct but R is not correct

    Explanation

    Biomass energy is called carbon neutral because the CO2 released on burning it roughly equals the CO2 the plant absorbed while growing, making A correct. But R is incorrect as stated — biomass combustion does release CO2 into the atmosphere; it is the offsetting absorption cycle, not an absence of emissions, that makes it 'neutral'.

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21. Question 21

    In the ancient Indian education system, learners were given training in the following occupations:
    A. Architecture
    B. Animal husbandry
    C. Agriculture
    D. Administration
    E. Dairy farming

    1. AA, C, E only
    2. BB, C, E only
    3. CA, B, C, E only
    4. DB, C, D, E only

    Answer: (C) A, B, C, E only

    Explanation

    Ancient Indian education, alongside its emphasis on scriptural and philosophical learning, also imparted practical vocational training in occupations such as architecture, animal husbandry, agriculture, and dairy farming to prepare learners for livelihood needs — matching A, B, C, E only. Administration is not typically listed among these core vocational occupations taught in the ancient system.

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22. Question 22

    In a test consisting of 150 questions carrying 1 mark each, Rishab answered 80% of the first 75 questions correctly. What percent of the other 75 questions does he need to answer correctly to score 60% overall?

    1. A20%
    2. B40%
    3. C50%
    4. D60%

    Answer: (B) 40%

    Explanation

    Rishab needs 60% of 150 = 90 marks overall. From the first 75 questions he already scores 80% × 75 = 60 marks. He needs 90 − 60 = 30 more marks from the remaining 75 questions, which is 30/75 = 40%.

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23. Question 23

    If a survey is conducted telephonically, which among the following statements is true?

    1. AIt improves quality of data
    2. BIt improves the validity of research
    3. CIt reduces the cost of data collection
    4. DIt makes participants comfortable

    Answer: (C) It reduces the cost of data collection

    Explanation

    Telephonic surveys are chosen mainly because they cut the travel, printing, and interviewer time costs of face-to-face or postal surveys, letting researchers reach large samples cheaply. They do not inherently raise data quality or validity, and can feel less comfortable to respondents than in-person rapport-building.

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24. Question 24

    Following activities are related to the conduct of experiment in social research:
    A. Control the experimental environment
    B. Pilot test, revise and test
    C. Empathy with the participants
    D. Praising the good qualities of the participant
    E. Specify the treatment levels

    1. AA, B, C only
    2. BB, C, E only
    3. CC, D, E only
    4. DA, B, E only

    Answer: (D) A, B, E only

    Explanation

    Sound experimental design requires controlling the environment (A), piloting and refining the procedure (B), and clearly specifying treatment levels (E) — these are standard methodological steps. Building empathy with or praising participants (C, D) are not part of designing/conducting a controlled experiment and can actually introduce bias, so the correct set is A, B, E only.

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25. Question 25

    Source of arsenic pollution in groundwater is:

    1. AIndustrial effluents
    2. BDeep underground formations
    3. CDyeing industries
    4. DAgricultural wastes

    Answer: (B) Deep underground formations

    Explanation

    Arsenic contamination of groundwater, especially in the Indo-Gangetic belt, is overwhelmingly geogenic: arsenic occurs naturally in deep sediment and rock formations and leaches into aquifers under specific geochemical conditions, rather than being introduced primarily by surface pollution sources. (NTA's official final answer key for this question accepted both 'Industrial effluents' and 'Deep underground formations' as correct, since industrial discharge is a secondary, localised contributor; the natural geogenic source is the scientifically primary and more general answer.)

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26. Question 26

    Kohlberg's theory of moral development comprises the following stages:
    A. Obedience orientation
    B. Intellectual disability orientation
    C. Rewards/exchange orientation
    D. Law and order orientation
    E. Social contract orientation

    1. AA, B, C, D only
    2. BA, C, D, E only
    3. CB, C, D, E only
    4. DA, B, D, E only

    Answer: (B) A, C, D, E only

    Explanation

    Kohlberg's six stages of moral development include obedience/punishment orientation, instrumental exchange (rewards) orientation, and — at the post-conventional level — social contract and universal ethical principles, with law-and-order orientation at the conventional level. 'Intellectual disability orientation' is not a Kohlberg stage at all, so the valid stages are A, C, D, E only.

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27. Question 27

    Which of the following are true with regard to mass communication?
    A. Messages are prepared by non-professionals
    B. Messages are prepared by professionals
    C. Messages are rapidly disseminated
    D. Messages are supposed to be understood
    E. Media audiences are homogeneous

    1. AA, B, C only
    2. BC, D, E only
    3. CB, C, D only
    4. DA, D, E only

    Answer: (C) B, C, D only

    Explanation

    Mass communication messages are produced by trained media professionals (B), spread rapidly to large audiences (C), and are crafted to be understood by that audience (D). Mass audiences are, by contrast, well established to be heterogeneous rather than homogeneous, ruling out E, and professionalism rules out A.

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28. Question 28

    Which among the following was proposed by the Kothari Commission vis-a-vis language?

    1. AUse of mother tongue as a medium of instruction
    2. BUse of Hindi as a medium of instruction
    3. CTwo-language formula
    4. DThree-language formula

    Answer: (D) Three-language formula

    Explanation

    The Kothari Commission (1964-66) recommended the Three-Language Formula — mother tongue/regional language, Hindi, and English (or another modern Indian/foreign language) — to balance regional identity, national integration, and international communication needs.

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29. Question 29

    Identify the correct sequence of average noise levels in increasing order of magnitude from the following sources:
    A. City street corner
    B. Conversational speech
    C. Highway
    D. Aircraft noise during take-off
    E. Typical office

    1. AE, A, B, C, D
    2. BE, B, A, C, D
    3. CB, E, A, C, D
    4. DB, E, A, D, C

    Answer: (B) E, B, A, C, D

    Explanation

    Ranked by typical average decibel levels from quietest to loudest: a typical office (~50 dB) is quieter than conversational speech (~60 dB), which is quieter than a city street corner (~70-80 dB), which is quieter than highway traffic (~85-90 dB), which is quieter than aircraft take-off noise (~120+ dB) — giving the increasing sequence E, B, A, C, D.

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30. Question 30

    Given below are two statements:
    Statement I: If the length of a psychological test is increased, it improves both reliability and validity.
    Statement II: Score of a test can be interpreted without referring to its norm.
    Choose the most appropriate answer:

    1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
    2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
    3. CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
    4. DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

    Answer: (C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

    Explanation

    Increasing test length (adding more good items) generally improves reliability by reducing measurement error, and this reliability gain also supports validity, so Statement I is correct. However, raw test scores are meaningless without a norm or reference standard to interpret them against, so Statement II is incorrect.

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31. Question 31

    IIT Bombay X is a non-profit MOOC platform developed by IIT Bombay using the open-source platform:

    1. AJoomla
    2. BSakai
    3. CDrupal
    4. DOpen edX

    Answer: (D) Open edX

    Explanation

    IITBombayX, IIT Bombay's MOOC platform, is built on Open edX, the same open-source platform that powers edX and many other university-run MOOC portals worldwide.

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32. Question 32

    Given below are two statements:
    Statement I: One-fourth of sixty percent of a number is equal to two-fifth of twenty percent of another number. Then the respective ratio of the first number to the second number is 8:15.
    Statement II: A student studies from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm on weekdays and one-third of that time on Saturday. On Sunday, the student takes a break. The fractional part of the entire week that the student is studying is 3/7.
    Choose the correct answer:

    1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
    2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
    3. CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
    4. DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

    Answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

    Explanation

    Statement I: (1/4)(0.6)N1 = (2/5)(0.2)N2 gives 0.15·N1 = 0.08·N2, so N1:N2 = 8:15 — true as stated. Statement II: weekday study is 9 hours/day × 5 days = 45 hours; Saturday adds one-third of 9 = 3 hours; Sunday adds 0. Total = 48 hours out of a 168-hour week, i.e. 48/168 = 2/7, not 3/7 — so Statement II is false.

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33. Question 33

    Given below are two statements in respect of computers:
    Statement I: A DVD-ROM is an optical storage medium and it can be written many times.
    Statement II: Software is loaded into secondary storage from RAM and is then executed by the CPU.
    Choose the correct answer:

    1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
    2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
    3. CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
    4. DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

    Answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false

    Explanation

    A DVD-ROM is read-only by definition ('ROM' = Read-Only Memory) — it cannot be rewritten, so Statement I is false. Execution actually works the other way round: software is loaded from secondary storage into RAM, and it is from RAM that the CPU fetches and executes it — so Statement II, which reverses this flow, is also false.

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34. Question 34

    What is the correct order of Global Warming Potential (GWP) of the following atmospheric chemical species?
    A. Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
    B. Methane (CH4)
    C. Carbon dioxide (CO2)
    D. Nitrous oxide (N2O)

    1. AD > B > C > A
    2. BC < B < D < A
    3. CA > B > C > D
    4. DA < C < D < B

    Answer: (B) C < B < D < A

    Explanation

    By standard GWP (100-year) reference values, CO2 is defined as the baseline (GWP = 1), methane is roughly 25-30 times more potent, nitrous oxide is roughly 265-300 times more potent, and CFCs rank highest at several thousand times CO2's potency. That increasing order is CO2 < Methane < Nitrous oxide < CFC, matching option B.

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35. Question 35

    Identify the correct sequence of information processing in communication:
    A. Input
    B. Output
    C. Data entry
    D. Processing
    E. Storage

    1. AA, B, E, D, C
    2. BB, D, E, A, C
    3. CC, A, D, E, B
    4. DA, C, D, E, B

    Answer: (D) A, C, D, E, B

    Explanation

    In an information-processing cycle, raw data first enters the system as Input, is formally recorded via Data entry, is then transformed through Processing, held in Storage, and finally released as Output — the sequence Input, Data entry, Processing, Storage, Output.

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36. Question 36

    Assertion (A): A valid deductive argument with all true premises will lead to a true conclusion.
    Reason (R): In a valid deductive argument, the conclusion follows from the premises with absolute necessity.

    Choose the correct answer:

    1. ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    2. BBoth A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
    3. CA is true but R is false
    4. DA is false but R is true

    Answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

    Explanation

    A valid deductive argument is one whose logical form guarantees that if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true — this is precisely what 'absolute necessity' in R describes, and it is exactly why A holds. Both statements are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

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37. Question 37

    As envisaged in National Education Policy (2020), all Higher Educational Institutions will aim to have a student strength of ______ by 2040.

    1. A

       = 5000

    2. B

       = 4000

    3. C

       = 3000

    4. D

       = 2500

    Answer: (C)

    = 3000

    Explanation

    NEP 2020 envisages consolidating fragmented higher education institutions into large, multidisciplinary universities and colleges, targeting every HEI to have 3,000 or more students by 2040.

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38. Question 38

    Match List I with List II.

    List I (Research forms)	List II (Description)
    A. Qualitative Research	I. File-drawer problem
    B. Quantitative Research	II. Convergence of findings based on multiple methods
    C. Triangulation	III. Statistical analysis
    D. Meta-analysis	IV. Interpretive

    1. AA-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
    2. BA-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
    3. CA-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III
    4. DA-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

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

    Explanation

    Qualitative research is fundamentally interpretive (A-IV); quantitative research relies on statistical analysis (B-III); triangulation means combining multiple methods to converge on a finding (C-II); and meta-analysis is well known to be vulnerable to the file-drawer problem, where unpublished null results are systematically missing from the pooled literature (D-I).

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39. Question 39

    Given below are two statements:
    Statement I: A man sells his goods at 10% profit. If he sells his goods at 15% profit, he gets Rs. 160 more. The cost price of his goods is Rs. 4,200.
    Statement II: A man spends 80% of his earnings. His earnings increase by 25% and his expenses increase by 20%. The man's savings thus increase by 45%.
    Choose the correct answer:

    1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
    2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
    3. CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
    4. DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

    Answer: (D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

    Explanation

    Statement I: the extra 5% profit equals Rs. 160, so cost price = 160 / 0.05 = Rs. 3,200, not Rs. 4,200 — Statement I is false. Statement II: with earnings E, savings = 0.2E. New earnings = 1.25E; new expenses = 0.8E × 1.20 = 0.96E; new savings = 1.25E − 0.96E = 0.29E. The increase over the original 0.2E savings is 0.09E/0.2E = 45% — Statement II is true.

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40. Question 40

    Match List I with List II.

    List I (Child development)	List II (Feature)
    A. Cliques	I. Less intimate, more loosely organized groups
    B. Crowds	II. General sense of oneself along with beliefs, emotions and attitudes
    C. Identity	III. Exploration with a delay in commitment to personal and occupational choices
    D. Moratorium	IV. Relatively small, friendship-based groups

    1. AA-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
    2. BA-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
    3. CA-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
    4. DA-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

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

    Explanation

    Cliques are small, intimate, friendship-based peer groups (A-IV); crowds are larger, looser, less intimate groupings (B-I); identity is the overall sense of self encompassing one's beliefs and attitudes (C-II); and moratorium, in Erikson/Marcia's framework, is the stage of active exploration with delayed commitment to life choices (D-III).

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41. Question 41

    The open-source platform 'Course Builder' on which NPTEL courses are seen was created by:

    1. AMicrosoft
    2. BGoogle
    3. COracle
    4. DWipro

    Answer: (B) Google

    Explanation

    Course Builder is an open-source MOOC-authoring platform originally developed and released by Google, and NPTEL has used it to host and deliver some of its online courses.

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42. Question 42

    Match List I with List II.

    List I (Medium)	List II (User vehicle)
    A. Newspaper	I. URSA Mini Pro
    B. Radio	II. Satellite dishes
    C. Television	III. Electromagnetic waves
    D. Film	IV. Rubber plate

    1. AA-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
    2. BA-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
    3. CA-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
    4. DA-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

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

    Explanation

    Newspapers are traditionally printed using rubber offset plates (A-IV); radio broadcasts travel as electromagnetic waves (B-III); television signals are commonly received via satellite dishes (C-II); and the URSA Mini Pro is a professional digital cinema camera used in film production (D-I).

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43. Question 43

    Given below are two statements:
    Statement I: An inference based on the middle term being only positively related to the major term is called Kevalanvayi.
    Statement II: In Kevalanvayi anumana, the knowledge of vyapti between the middle and major terms is arrived at through the method of agreement in absence.
    Choose the correct answer:

    1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
    2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
    3. CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
    4. DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

    Answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

    Explanation

    Kevalanvayi anumana is correctly defined by Statement I: it is inference where the middle term is invariably and only positively (affirmatively) related to the major term, with no negative instance existing at all. Because no negative instances exist for a Kevalanvayi case, the concomitance (vyapti) cannot be established through the 'method of agreement in absence' (which requires negative instances) — that method applies to Anvaya-Vyatireki inference instead, making Statement II false.

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44. Question 44

    In the context of vocational education, the organisation 'NSDC' is:

    1. ANational Skill Development Council
    2. BNational Skill Development Corporation
    3. CNational Skill Documentation Centre
    4. DNational Sector Development Corporation

    Answer: (B) National Skill Development Corporation

    Explanation

    NSDC stands for the National Skill Development Corporation, a public-private partnership set up by India's Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to catalyse vocational training and skill-development initiatives.

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45. Question 45

    Given below are two statements:
    Statement I: The disadvantage of interpersonal communication is the availability of immediate feedback.
    Statement II: The greatest advantage of mass communication is its delayed feedback.
    Choose the most appropriate answer:

    1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
    2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
    3. CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
    4. DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

    Answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

    Explanation

    Immediate feedback is actually one of interpersonal communication's biggest advantages, not a disadvantage — it lets participants adjust their message in real time — so Statement I is incorrect. Delayed feedback is likewise a well-known limitation of mass communication, not its greatest advantage, so Statement II is also incorrect.

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46. Question 46

    What is unique about television audience in a cultural economy?

    Television is a cultural commodity. It works within an economically determined capitalist economy, but when we have said that about it, we have said both much and remarkably little. There is a financial economy within which wealth circulates, and a cultural economy within which meanings and pleasures circulate, and the relationship between them is not as deterministic as some theorists have proposed. In the financial economy, television symbolises programmes and advertisements, not textuality. A programme is a commodity produced and then sold to distributors. In distribution, its role changes and it becomes not a commodity, but a producer, and what it produces is a new commodity, the audience, which is then, in its turn, sold as a commodity to advertisers. The ramifications of this financial economy are fascinating. Here the role shift undergone by the programme in the financial economy - that from commodity to producer - is now undergone by the audience, who are left as a commodity sold to the advertiser. But in the cultural economy the audience rejects its role as a commodity and becomes a producer, a producer of meanings and pleasures, and at this moment stops being 'an audience' and becomes different materialisations of the process that we call 'viewing television'. While the metaphor of a cultural economy is a productive one, we must not let it blind us to differences between it and the financial. Meanings and pleasures do not circulate in the cultural economy in the same way that wealth does in the financial. In the first place there is no exchange of money at the point of sale or consumption. Television appears to be free; however, it may actually be paid for. Payment has no direct relationship to consumption - people can consume as much as they wish and what they wish with no thought of what they are able to afford.

    1. AThey are non-stop producers of meanings
    2. BThey cannot fathom the finer nuances of financial economy
    3. CThey do not pay for content consumption
    4. DThey can consume as much as they wish without regard to affordability

    Answer: (A) They are non-stop producers of meanings

    Explanation

    The passage states that in the cultural economy the audience 'rejects its role as a commodity and becomes a producer, a producer of meanings and pleasures' — an ongoing, active role that is what makes the audience unique in this economy, unlike its passive, sold-off role in the financial economy. (The passage's later remark about consuming without regard to affordability describes viewing behaviour generally, not this specific defining trait of the audience's role, which the source material also flagged as accepted by NTA — we anchor the single answer to the line that most directly answers 'what is unique about the audience.')

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47. Question 47

    How does viewing television in a cultural economy affect the audience?

    Television is a cultural commodity. It works within an economically determined capitalist economy, but when we have said that about it, we have said both much and remarkably little. There is a financial economy within which wealth circulates, and a cultural economy within which meanings and pleasures circulate, and the relationship between them is not as deterministic as some theorists have proposed. In the financial economy, television symbolises programmes and advertisements, not textuality. A programme is a commodity produced and then sold to distributors. In distribution, its role changes and it becomes not a commodity, but a producer, and what it produces is a new commodity, the audience, which is then, in its turn, sold as a commodity to advertisers. The ramifications of this financial economy are fascinating. Here the role shift undergone by the programme in the financial economy - that from commodity to producer - is now undergone by the audience, who are left as a commodity sold to the advertiser. But in the cultural economy the audience rejects its role as a commodity and becomes a producer, a producer of meanings and pleasures, and at this moment stops being 'an audience' and becomes different materialisations of the process that we call 'viewing television'. While the metaphor of a cultural economy is a productive one, we must not let it blind us to differences between it and the financial. Meanings and pleasures do not circulate in the cultural economy in the same way that wealth does in the financial. In the first place there is no exchange of money at the point of sale or consumption. Television appears to be free; however, it may actually be paid for. Payment has no direct relationship to consumption - people can consume as much as they wish and what they wish with no thought of what they are able to afford.

    1. AAudience assumes a new role
    2. BThey become a new commodity
    3. CThey cannot differentiate between the financial economy and cultural economy
    4. DAudience restricts the circulation of meanings and pleasures

    Answer: (A) Audience assumes a new role

    Explanation

    The passage describes the audience as rejecting its commodity role and becoming 'a producer, a producer of meanings and pleasures,' and even ceasing to be 'an audience' in the traditional sense — a clear role change. Becoming a commodity (B) describes the financial economy instead, and the passage never claims the audience confuses the two economies (C) or restricts meaning circulation (D).

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48. Question 48

    In distribution, television becomes:

    Television is a cultural commodity. It works within an economically determined capitalist economy, but when we have said that about it, we have said both much and remarkably little. There is a financial economy within which wealth circulates, and a cultural economy within which meanings and pleasures circulate, and the relationship between them is not as deterministic as some theorists have proposed. In the financial economy, television symbolises programmes and advertisements, not textuality. A programme is a commodity produced and then sold to distributors. In distribution, its role changes and it becomes not a commodity, but a producer, and what it produces is a new commodity, the audience, which is then, in its turn, sold as a commodity to advertisers. The ramifications of this financial economy are fascinating. Here the role shift undergone by the programme in the financial economy - that from commodity to producer - is now undergone by the audience, who are left as a commodity sold to the advertiser. But in the cultural economy the audience rejects its role as a commodity and becomes a producer, a producer of meanings and pleasures, and at this moment stops being 'an audience' and becomes different materialisations of the process that we call 'viewing television'. While the metaphor of a cultural economy is a productive one, we must not let it blind us to differences between it and the financial. Meanings and pleasures do not circulate in the cultural economy in the same way that wealth does in the financial. In the first place there is no exchange of money at the point of sale or consumption. Television appears to be free; however, it may actually be paid for. Payment has no direct relationship to consumption - people can consume as much as they wish and what they wish with no thought of what they are able to afford.

    1. ACultural commodity
    2. BProducer of a new commodity
    3. CPurveyor of textuality
    4. DA source of theorisation

    Answer: (B) Producer of a new commodity

    Explanation

    The passage states directly: 'In distribution, its role changes and it becomes not a commodity, but a producer, and what it produces is a new commodity, the audience.' So in distribution, the programme becomes a producer of a new commodity (the audience).

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49. Question 49

    What are the ramifications of television as a commodity in the financial economy?

    Television is a cultural commodity. It works within an economically determined capitalist economy, but when we have said that about it, we have said both much and remarkably little. There is a financial economy within which wealth circulates, and a cultural economy within which meanings and pleasures circulate, and the relationship between them is not as deterministic as some theorists have proposed. In the financial economy, television symbolises programmes and advertisements, not textuality. A programme is a commodity produced and then sold to distributors. In distribution, its role changes and it becomes not a commodity, but a producer, and what it produces is a new commodity, the audience, which is then, in its turn, sold as a commodity to advertisers. The ramifications of this financial economy are fascinating. Here the role shift undergone by the programme in the financial economy - that from commodity to producer - is now undergone by the audience, who are left as a commodity sold to the advertiser. But in the cultural economy the audience rejects its role as a commodity and becomes a producer, a producer of meanings and pleasures, and at this moment stops being 'an audience' and becomes different materialisations of the process that we call 'viewing television'. While the metaphor of a cultural economy is a productive one, we must not let it blind us to differences between it and the financial. Meanings and pleasures do not circulate in the cultural economy in the same way that wealth does in the financial. In the first place there is no exchange of money at the point of sale or consumption. Television appears to be free; however, it may actually be paid for. Payment has no direct relationship to consumption - people can consume as much as they wish and what they wish with no thought of what they are able to afford.

    1. AMaking huge profits
    2. BImportance to distribution channels
    3. CAudience for advertisers
    4. DEnculturisation of audience

    Answer: (C) Audience for advertisers

    Explanation

    The passage explains that the ramification of television's role in the financial economy is that the audience itself becomes 'a new commodity... which is then, in its turn, sold as a commodity to advertisers.' The passage frames this specifically as the audience being packaged as a saleable product for advertisers, not in terms of raw profit figures, distribution logistics, or cultural enculturation.

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50. Question 50

    When we consider television as a product, then it operates in a/an:

    Television is a cultural commodity. It works within an economically determined capitalist economy, but when we have said that about it, we have said both much and remarkably little. There is a financial economy within which wealth circulates, and a cultural economy within which meanings and pleasures circulate, and the relationship between them is not as deterministic as some theorists have proposed. In the financial economy, television symbolises programmes and advertisements, not textuality. A programme is a commodity produced and then sold to distributors. In distribution, its role changes and it becomes not a commodity, but a producer, and what it produces is a new commodity, the audience, which is then, in its turn, sold as a commodity to advertisers. The ramifications of this financial economy are fascinating. Here the role shift undergone by the programme in the financial economy - that from commodity to producer - is now undergone by the audience, who are left as a commodity sold to the advertiser. But in the cultural economy the audience rejects its role as a commodity and becomes a producer, a producer of meanings and pleasures, and at this moment stops being 'an audience' and becomes different materialisations of the process that we call 'viewing television'. While the metaphor of a cultural economy is a productive one, we must not let it blind us to differences between it and the financial. Meanings and pleasures do not circulate in the cultural economy in the same way that wealth does in the financial. In the first place there is no exchange of money at the point of sale or consumption. Television appears to be free; however, it may actually be paid for. Payment has no direct relationship to consumption - people can consume as much as they wish and what they wish with no thought of what they are able to afford.

    1. ADeterministic cultural system
    2. BCirculatory commercial system
    3. CAudience power system
    4. DDistributive pleasure system

    Answer: (B) Circulatory commercial system

    Explanation

    The passage describes television-as-product moving through a financial economy where 'wealth circulates' — programmes are sold to distributors, and audiences are packaged and sold to advertisers — describing a circulatory, commercial system of exchange, distinct from the non-deterministic cultural economy of meanings and pleasures discussed separately in the passage.

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100 questions with the answer key and explanations.

1. Question 1

   Besides being a playwright, who among the following has translated homer?

   1. ABen Johnson
   2. BThomas Dekker
   3. CThomas Heywood
   4. DGeorge Chapman

   Answer: (D) George Chapman

   Explanation

   George Chapman is known for his English translations of Homer, especially the Iliad and Odyssey.

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2. Question 2

   Which of the following is not true about “Lyrical ballads”?

   1. AIt is a manifesto of romantic poetry
   2. BIt turns English poetry away from the social and intellectual sophistication of the seventeenth and the eighteenth-century poetry
   3. CIt takes poetry out of the confines of reason and intellect to the unravished and unspoilt beauties of nature
   4. DIt is very particular about the form and structure of a poem

   Answer: (D) It is very particular about the form and structure of a poem

   Explanation

   Lyrical Ballads helped announce Romantic poetry and rejected rigid neoclassical decorum; strict concern with form and structure is therefore the false statement.

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3. Question 3

   Which of the following observations are true about Roland Barthes’ contributions to literary theory?

   A. He rejected the model for structural analysis of narratives
   B. He perceived “meaning” as an effect of various interconnections among linguistic codes
   C. He identified the various codes found in the process of structuration
   D. He played a significant role in the development of ‘semiology’
   E. He questioned the concept of literary criticism as an act of uncovering some hidden truth intended by the “author”

   Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

   1. AA, B and C only
   2. BC, D and E only
   3. CB, C, D and E only
   4. DA, B, C, D and E only

   Answer: (C) B, C, D and E only

   Explanation

   Barthes is associated with semiology, narrative codes, and the critique of author-centred interpretation; statement A is not part of the correct set.

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4. Question 4

   The writer and the world by V.S. Naipaul is a

   1. ANovel
   2. BTravelogue
   3. CCollection of essays
   4. DNon-fiction

   Answer: (C) Collection of essays

   Explanation

   The Writer and the World is a nonfiction prose collection by V. S. Naipaul. Since it is specifically a collection of essays, option C is the best single choice, though the work is also broadly nonfiction.

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5. Question 5

   Given below are two statements: One is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other is labeled as Reason (R).

   Assertion (A): The Marxists represent Marxism as a scientific account of social change.
   Reason (R): The Marxist ideology believes that culture is a mirror of social life and the artist is an engineer of the human soul educating the working classes.

   In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

   1. ABoth (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
   2. BBoth (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
   3. C(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
   4. D(A) is not correct but (R) is correct

   Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

   Explanation

   Assertion and Reason are both true. Marxism presents history and society as governed by material conditions and class relations, and its view of culture as reflecting social life explains why Marxists treat social change scientifically.

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6. Question 6

   The “ancient and modern quarrel” in western literary criticism appears during

   1. A100BC
   2. BFifth century CE
   3. CSixteenth century CE
   4. DTwentieth century CE

   Answer: (C) Sixteenth century CE

   Explanation

   The quarrel between the ancients and the moderns belongs to the Renaissance/early modern debate over classical authority and modern achievement, so the sixteenth century is the closest option.

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7. Question 7

   Given below are two statements: One is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other is labeled as Reason (R).

   Assertion (A): In so far as we are taught how to read, what we engage are not texts but paradigms.
   Reason (R): We appropriate meaning from a text according to what we need or desire or, in other words, according to the critical assumptions of the predispositions that we bring to it.

   In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

   1. ABoth (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
   2. BBoth (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
   3. C(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
   4. D(A) is not correct but (R) is correct

   Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

   Explanation

   Both statements are true because reading is shaped by learned interpretive frameworks. The reason explains the assertion: readers construct meaning through needs, desires, assumptions, and critical predispositions rather than encountering texts neutrally.

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8. Question 8

   Which of the following critics is associated with the term “contrapuntal reading”?

   1. AMikhail Bakhtin
   2. BEdward said
   3. CRoland Barthes
   4. DJacques Derrida

   Answer: (B) Edward said

   Explanation

   Edward Said used contrapuntal reading to read imperial and colonial histories together.

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9. Question 9

   Match List I with List II:

   List I	List II
   (A) Hamlet	(I) 1606
   (B) Macbeth	(II) 1599
   (C) Julius Caesar	(III) 1604
   (D) Othello	(IV) 1600

   Match-list source material for question 9.

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

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

   Explanation

   The usual approximate dates are Hamlet 1600, Macbeth 1606, Julius Caesar 1599, and Othello 1604; therefore A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III.

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10. Question 10

    Match List I with List II:

    List I	List II
    (A) “Faces along the bar/cling to their average day.”	(I) Wilfred Owen
    (B) “The awful daring of a moments surrender.”	(II) T.S. Eliot
    (C) “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks.”	(III) Allen Ginsberg
    (D) “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.”	(IV) W.H. Auden

    Match-list source material for question 10.

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

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

    Explanation

    The first line is from W. H. Auden, the second from T. S. Eliot, the third opens Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est,” and the fourth opens Allen Ginsberg’s Howl.

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11. Question 11

    Given below are two statements:

    Statement I: The teaching of non-native literature to the students of English language teaching is arid.
    Statement II: The negative responses in ELT classroom can create an interesting classroom situation.

    In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. ABoth statement I and statement II are correct
    2. BBoth statement I and statement II are incorrect
    3. CStatement I is correct but statement II is incorrect
    4. DStatement I is incorrect but statement II is correct

    Answer: (A) Both statement I and statement II are correct

    Explanation

    Both statements fit ELT debates about literature in the language classroom: non-native literature may be viewed as dry or difficult, yet negative responses can become productive occasions for discussion and learning.

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12. Question 12

    Which of these statements are true in the context of neuro-linguistic programming?

    A. ‘Neuro’ in NLP means that our behavior is determined by our sensory experiences
    B. Grammatical knowledge is a matter of practice
    C. NLP was developed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in the 1970s
    D. Neuro covers “invisible thoughts and visible physiological reactions”
    E. All of the above

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AE only
    2. BA, C and D only
    3. CA and D only
    4. DB, C and D only

    Answer: (B) A, C and D only

    Explanation

    In NLP, “neuro” relates to sensory experience and physiological response, and NLP was developed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in the 1970s. Statement B is too general and does not define NLP.

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13. Question 13

    Identify the combination(s) that belong to the genre of sci-fi/speculative fiction.

    A. Vandana Singh – The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet
    B. Tehmina Durrani – Blasphemy
    C. Salman Rushdie – The Satanic Verses
    D. Priya Sarukkai Chabria – Generation 14
    E. Gautam Bhatia – The Wall

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, B and D only
    2. BA, D and E only
    3. CA, C and D only
    4. DD, A and C only

    Answer: (B) A, D and E only

    Explanation

    Vandana Singh’s work, Priya Sarukkai Chabria’s Generation 14, and Gautam Bhatia’s The Wall are linked with science fiction/speculative fiction; the other listed works do not fit that category here.

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14. Question 14

    Given below are two statements: One is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other is labeled as Reason (R).

    Assertion (A): Jacques Lacan was radically critical of existing psychoanalytical theory.
    Reason (R): Lacan was expelled from the International Psychoanalytical Association in 1959.

    In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. ABoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
    2. BBoth (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
    3. C(A) is true but (R) is false
    4. D(A) is false but (R) is true

    Answer: (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)

    Explanation

    Lacan was radically critical of existing psychoanalytic theory, and he did have institutional conflict with the International Psychoanalytical Association. But expulsion is not the theoretical reason for his critique, so both are true but R does not explain A.

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15. Question 15

    When was Haruki Murakami’s Men Without Women published?

    1. A2017
    2. B2018
    3. C2014
    4. D2019

    Answer: (C) 2014

    Explanation

    Murakami’s Japanese collection Men Without Women was first published in 2014; later translations appeared after that.

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16. Question 16

    Given below are two statements:

    Statement I: Hannah Arendt’s “defactualization” is very close to the concept of “post-truth”.
    Statement II: Post-truth relies on absolute lies.

    In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. ABoth statement I and statement II are correct
    2. BBoth statement I and statement II are incorrect
    3. CStatement I is correct, but statement II is incorrect
    4. DStatement I is incorrect, but statement II is correct

    Answer: (C) Statement I is correct, but statement II is incorrect

    Explanation

    Arendt’s “defactualization” is close to post-truth because both weaken the status of factual reality. Post-truth, however, is not merely absolute lies; it also involves emotional appeal, selective distortion, and indifference to truth.

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17. Question 17

    Match List I with List II

    List I	List II
    (A) Donald Davie	(I) Against romanticism
    (B) Philip Larkin	(II) Hurry on down
    (C) Kingsley Amis	(III) The shires
    (D) John Wain	(IV) The north ship

    Match-list source material for question 17.

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

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

    Explanation

    Donald Davie is matched with The Shires, Philip Larkin with The North Ship, Kingsley Amis with Against Romanticism, and John Wain with Hurry on Down.

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18. Question 18

    Which of the following are Plato’s main objections against poetry?

    A. The poet is an imitator.
    B. The poet is incapable of bravery.
    C. The poet, by fueling passions and emotions, weakens the reasoning capacity of the citizens.
    D. The poet is less responsible.
    E. The poet has no knowledge of the world.

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, C and E only
    2. BA and B only
    3. CB and D only
    4. DE and D only

    Answer: (A) A, C and E only

    Explanation

    Plato’s main objections are that poetry is imitation, excites passions in ways that weaken reason, and lacks true knowledge. Bravery and “less responsibility” are not central Platonic objections in this list.

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19. Question 19

    Match List I with List II:

    List I	List II
    (A) To the light house	(I) 1913
    (B) Sons and lovers	(II) 1927
    (C) Finnegan’s wake	(III) 1939
    (D) The waste land	(IV) 1922

    Match-list source material for question 19.

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

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

    Explanation

    The dates are To the Lighthouse 1927, Sons and Lovers 1913, Finnegans Wake 1939, and The Waste Land 1922; hence A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV.

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20. Question 20

    Given below are two statements:

    Statement I: Comparative literature is a study of different cultures, nations and genres, and it explores the inherent relationship between literature and other forms of cultural exploration.
    Statement II: In the study of literature and culture, the importance of methodology is secondary.

    In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. ABoth statement I and Statement II are true
    2. BBoth statement I and statement II are false
    3. CStatement I is true but statement II is false
    4. DStatement I is false but statement II is true

    Answer: (C) Statement I is true but statement II is false

    Explanation

    Statement I correctly defines comparative literature as cross-cultural and cross-generic study. Statement II is false because methodology is central, not secondary, in literary and cultural study.

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21. Question 21

    Which among the following is an incomplete poem by P.B. Shelley?

    1. A“The triumph of life”
    2. B“Ode to the west-wind”
    3. C“Queen Mab”
    4. D“The daemon of the world”

    Answer: (A) “The triumph of life”

    Explanation

    The Triumph of Life was Shelley’s unfinished final major poem.

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22. Question 22

    Who said, “there is, there can be and there ought to be the difference between the language of prose and metrical composition”?

    1. AJohn Dryden
    2. BWilliam Wordsworth
    3. CS.T. Coleridge
    4. DT.S Eliot

    Answer: (B) William Wordsworth

    Explanation

    The quotation is associated with William Wordsworth’s discussion of poetic language and metrical composition, especially in the context of Romantic debates on diction.

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23. Question 23

    Which of the following is not a part of Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy?

    1. ASea of poppies
    2. BRiver of smoke
    3. CFlood of fire
    4. DThe Calcutta chromosome

    Answer: (D) The Calcutta chromosome

    Explanation

    The Ibis trilogy consists of Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire; The Calcutta Chromosome is not part of it.

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24. Question 24

    Which among the following are true about Harold Pinter?

    A. Harold Pinter was born in the year 1925
    B. He was influenced by Samuel Beckett and the theatre of the absurd.
    C. The Caretaker and The Alchemist are his famous plays
    D. Stanley is a character in The Birthday Party
    E. Betrayal is a story of a married couple

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, D and E only
    2. BB, D and E only
    3. CB, C and D only
    4. DA, C and D only

    Answer: (B) B, D and E only

    Explanation

    Harold Pinter was influenced by Beckett and the Theatre of the Absurd, Stanley is a character in The Birthday Party, and Betrayal concerns a married relationship and an affair. The birth-year/play pairing statements are not correct as listed.

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25. Question 25

    Which of the following concepts are associated with Bhartrhari’s theory of ‘Sphota’?

    A. Rasa
    B. Alankara
    C. Dhvani
    D. Vakrokti
    E. Shabda Brahman

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA and E only
    2. BC and E only
    3. CD and B only
    4. DA and C only

    Answer: (B) C and E only

    Explanation

    Bhartrhari’s sphota theory concerns language, meaning, and ultimate linguistic reality. Dhvani and Shabda Brahman are the closest associated concepts among the options, unlike rasa, alankara, or vakrokti.

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26. Question 26

    Who is the author of A Literature of Their Own?

    1. ASandra gilbert and Susan Gubar
    2. BElaine Showalter
    3. CVirginia Woolf
    4. DSylvia Plath

    Answer: (B) Elaine Showalter

    Explanation

    Elaine Showalter is the author of A Literature of Their Own and is central to gynocriticism.

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27. Question 27

    The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith

    1. ACritiques the rural institutions
    2. BVoices revolt of the individual man against institutions
    3. CReflects upon different views on the human soul
    4. DAdvocates urbanism over rural backwardness

    Answer: (B) Voices revolt of the individual man against institutions

    Explanation

    Goldsmith’s The Deserted Village laments social disruption and voices the individual’s protest against institutions and forces that damage rural life.

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28. Question 28

    Match List I with List II

    List I	List II
    (A) Malcolm Bradbury	(I) Masters
    (B) David lodge	(II) Lucky Jim
    (C) Kingsley Amis	(III) The history man
    (D) C P snow	(IV) Changing places

    Match-list source material for question 28.

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

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

    Explanation

    Malcolm Bradbury wrote The History Man, David Lodge wrote Changing Places, Kingsley Amis wrote Lucky Jim, and C. P. Snow wrote Masters.

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29. Question 29

    Under the Net (1954) is written by

    1. AJohn Fowles
    2. BIris Murdoch
    3. CEdmund goose
    4. DWilliam cooper

    Answer: (B) Iris Murdoch

    Explanation

    Under the Net is Iris Murdoch’s 1954 first novel.

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30. Question 30

    Who among the following has authored The Revenger’s Tragedie?

    1. ACyril Tourneur
    2. BJohn Webster
    3. CJohn Fletcher
    4. DThomas Heywood

    Answer: (A) Cyril Tourneur

    Explanation

    The Revenger’s Tragedy has traditionally been attributed to Cyril Tourneur in many literary histories, although modern attribution debates exist.

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31. Question 31

    What is the correct sequence of the following feminist texts in chronological order of publication?

    A. Sexual Politics
    B. A World of Difference
    C. The Female Imagination
    D. Thinking About Women
    E. A Room of One’s Own

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

    Answer: (C) (E), (D), (A), (C), (B)

    Explanation

    The chronological sequence is A Room of One’s Own (1929), Thinking About Women (1968), Sexual Politics (1970), The Female Imagination (1975), and A World of Difference (1987).

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32. Question 32

    Given below are two statements:

    Statement I: “... he who discovers no god whatever, how shall he discover heroes the visible temples of God” is a statement by Thomas Carlyle.
    Statement II: “It is not that men are ill fed, but that they have no pleasure in the work by which they make their bread, and therefore look to wealth as the only means of pleasure” is a statement made by John Ruskin.

    In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    1. ABoth statement I and statement II are true
    2. BBoth statement I and statement II are false
    3. CStatement I is true but statement II is false
    4. DStatement I is false but statement II is true

    Answer: (A) Both statement I and statement II are true

    Explanation

    The first statement reflects Carlyle’s hero-worship, and the second expresses Ruskin’s critique of labour, pleasure, and wealth. Both attributions are correct.

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33. Question 33

    Which of the following articles of the Indian constitution made the provision for use of English. Alongside Hindi, for official purposes, for fifteen years?

    1. AArticle 351
    2. BArticle 344
    3. CArticle 343
    4. DArticle 348

    Answer: (C) Article 343

    Explanation

    Article 343 provides for Hindi as the official language and continued use of English for official purposes for fifteen years.

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34. Question 34

    Kimberlé Crenshaw’s term “intersectionality” is widely used for:

    A. Academic deterioration
    B. Racial justice
    C. Peace formation
    D. Complex construction of power
    E. Identity politics

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AB, D and E only
    2. BA, C and E only
    3. CB, D and C only
    4. DC, D and E only

    Answer: (A) B, D and E only

    Explanation

    Intersectionality, introduced by Kimberlé Crenshaw, examines overlapping structures of race, power, and identity. Racial justice, complex power construction, and identity politics are therefore the correct combination.

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35. Question 35

    The heroic couplet is a pair of

    1. ATwelve-syllable lines that rhyme
    2. BTen-syllable lines that rhyme
    3. CEight-syllable lines that do not rhyme
    4. DEight-syllable lines that rhyme

    Answer: (B) Ten-syllable lines that rhyme

    Explanation

    A heroic couplet is a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter lines, normally ten syllables each.

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36. Question 36

    Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

    Assertion (A): Roland Barthes describes two basic categories of text as “the readerly” and “the writerly.”
    Reason (R): Language is the window through which one sees the world.

    In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. ABoth (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
    2. BBoth (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
    3. C(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
    4. D(A) is not correct but (R) is correct

    Answer: (B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)

    Explanation

    Barthes does distinguish readerly and writerly texts. The reason is also a plausible statement about language, but it does not explain Barthes’s readerly/writerly distinction.

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37. Question 37

    Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

    Assertion (A): In the 19th century, Charlotte Perkins Gilman asserted economic independence over voting rights.
    Reason (R): The representation of women as power-seekers was not socially acceptable in 19th century America.

    In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. ABoth (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
    2. BBoth (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
    3. C(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
    4. D(A) is not correct but (R) is correct

    Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

    Explanation

    Gilman emphasized women’s economic independence because nineteenth-century American society often made open female power-seeking politically and socially unacceptable. The reason explains the assertion.

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38. Question 38

    A. L. Tennyson in the following lines:

    "Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs,
    And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns"

    1. AReflects upon secularism
    2. BReflects upon evolutionary faith
    3. CReflects upon utilitarianism
    4. DReflects upon materialism

    Answer: (B) Reflects upon evolutionary faith

    Explanation

    Tennyson’s lines imagine history as moving through an “increasing purpose,” which reflects Victorian evolutionary faith rather than secularism, utilitarianism, or materialism.

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39. Question 39

    Given below are two statements:

    Statement I: According to W. H. Auden, The Importance of Being Earnest is the purest example in English literature of a ‘verbal opera’.
    Statement II: Oscar Wilde possessed profound insight into the range of the arts that in a combined form make theatre performance possible.

    In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    1. ABoth statement I and statement II are true
    2. BBoth statement I and statement II are false
    3. CStatement I is true but statement II is false
    4. DStatement I is false but statement II is true

    Answer: (A) Both statement I and statement II are true

    Explanation

    Auden’s description of The Importance of Being Earnest as a “verbal opera” is accepted, and Wilde’s dramatic art depends on his command of multiple theatrical arts. Both statements are true.

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40. Question 40

    Canadian multiculturalism act was passed in the year:

    1. A1958
    2. B1968
    3. C1978
    4. D1988

    Answer: (D) 1988

    Explanation

    The Canadian Multiculturalism Act was passed in 1988.

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41. Question 41

    Who among the following attached himself to the Earl of Nottingham’s theatrical company?

    1. AWilliam Shakespeare
    2. BChristopher Marlowe
    3. CGeorge Peele
    4. DBen Johnson

    Answer: (B) Christopher Marlowe

    Explanation

    Christopher Marlowe is associated with the Admiral’s Men, the company under the patronage of the Lord Admiral, linked here with the Earl of Nottingham.

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42. Question 42

    Consumerism is a major theme in which of the following works?

    A. Loyalties
    B. Saint Joan of the Stockyards
    C. Death of a Salesman
    D. Candida
    E. Waiting for Godot

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA and B only
    2. BD and A only
    3. CB and C only
    4. DA and E only

    Answer: (C) B and C only

    Explanation

    Brecht’s Saint Joan of the Stockyards and Miller’s Death of a Salesman both foreground capitalism, commodity relations, and consumer culture.

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43. Question 43

    Which of the following theorists identifies “metonymy” and “metaphor” as two fundamental structures of language?

    1. AFerdinand de Sassure
    2. BRoland Barthes
    3. CJ.L. Austin
    4. DRoman Jakobson

    Answer: (D) Roman Jakobson

    Explanation

    Roman Jakobson treats metaphor and metonymy as fundamental poles of language, associated respectively with similarity and contiguity.

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44. Question 44

    Who is the author of the essay “Three women’s texts and a critique of imperialism” (1985)?

    1. AAnia Loomba
    2. BMeenakshi Mukherjee
    3. CSusan Meyer
    4. DGayatri Chakravorty Spivak

    Answer: (D) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

    Explanation

    The essay Three Women’s Texts and a Critique of Imperialism is by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.

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45. Question 45

    What is meant by “corporate author” in research?

    1. AA writer who belongs to a corporate company
    2. BA writer who writes on matters of corporate affairs
    3. CA work produced by an institution, an association or a government agency
    4. DA renowned author

    Answer: (C) A work produced by an institution, an association or a government agency

    Explanation

    A corporate author is an institution, association, agency, or government body credited with producing a work, not an individual writer employed by a company.

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46. Question 46

    Which among the following are appropriate about Latin American literature?

    A. There has been racial coherence and unity in literary representations of Latin America
    B. The Latin American literary tradition draws analogy between plant growth and human movement
    C. Dzul Poot’s stories depict the geography of the Chilam Balam towns
    D. Quechua had a wider popularity and presence across different nations
    E. Latin American literature is unitary and refrains from intertextuality of any kind

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, D and E only
    2. BC, B and E only
    3. CB, C and E only
    4. DB, C and D only

    Answer: (D) B, C and D only

    Explanation

    The correct statements recognize analogies of movement and growth, regional indigenous literary geography, and the broader presence of Quechua. Statements claiming racial coherence or unitary literature are too sweeping.

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47. Question 47

    Identify the correct combinations among the following:

    A. Spondee: It consists of three stressed syllables
    B. Pyrrhic: It consists of two unstressed syllables
    C. Amphimacer: It is a metrical foot of three syllables
    D. Choriambus: It is a foot of verse consisting of two stressed syllables enclosing two unstressed syllables
    E. Trochaic: It has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, B and C only
    2. BB, C and E only
    3. CB, C and D only
    4. DC, D and E only

    Answer: (B) B, C and E only

    Explanation

    Pyrrhic has two unstressed syllables, amphimacer is a three-syllable foot, and trochaic has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. Spondee has two stressed syllables, not three.

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48. Question 48

    Who among the following in the article, “Fleshly school of poetry”, attacked the pre-Raphaelites, especially D.G. Rossetti?

    1. ARobert browning
    2. BWilliam Holeman hunt
    3. CRobert Buchanan
    4. DChristina Rossetti

    Answer: (C) Robert Buchanan

    Explanation

    Robert Buchanan attacked the Pre-Raphaelites, especially D. G. Rossetti, in The Fleshly School of Poetry.

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49. Question 49

    Subramani’s Fantasy Eaters (1988) is a

    1. ANovel
    2. BCollection of short stories
    3. CCollection of essays
    4. DPoem

    Answer: (B) Collection of short stories

    Explanation

    Subramani’s Fantasy Eaters is identified as a collection of short stories, not as a novel, essay collection, or poem.

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50. Question 50

    Identify the correct combinations:

    A. Dadaism – Tristan Tzara
    B. Super realism – Guillaume Apollinaire
    C. Surrealism – Filippo Marinetti
    D. Futurism – André Breton
    E. Nihilism – Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

    Answer: (B) (A), (B) and (E)

    Explanation

    Dadaism is associated with Tristan Tzara; the correct option groups the accurate movement-person combinations while excluding the mismatched Surrealism/Futurism pairings shown in the list.

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51. Question 51

    Tolkappiyam is a book of grammar and poetics written in the_____ language

    1. ATelugu
    2. BTamil
    3. CKannada
    4. DMalayalam

    Answer: (B) Tamil

    Explanation

    Tolkappiyam is a foundational Tamil work of grammar and poetics.

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52. Question 52

    Identify the correct pairs:

    A. The Boyfriend – Juliette Banerjee
    B. Nude Therapy – Margaret Chatterjee
    C. The Other Woman and Other Stories – Dina Mehta
    D. The Yankee and the Yogi – B. G. Siddharth
    E. Prejudice of Ages – Vera Sharma

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

    Answer: (B) (A), (C) and (D)

    Explanation

    The correct pairs are The Boyfriend–Juliette Banerjee, The Other Woman and Other Stories–Dina Mehta, and The Yankee and the Yogi–B. G. Siddharth.

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53. Question 53

    “It is significant that the productive capacities of this third space have a colonial or post colonial provenance”. The above lines have been written by

    1. ASalman Rushdie
    2. BEdward said
    3. CBenedict Anderson
    4. DHomi K. Bhabha

    Answer: (D) Homi K. Bhabha

    Explanation

    The phrase about the productive capacities of the third space is associated with Homi K. Bhabha.

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54. Question 54

    In which year miles Coverdale translated The Old Testament of the bible?

    1. A1533
    2. B1534
    3. C1535
    4. D1536

    Answer: (C) 1535

    Explanation

    Miles Coverdale’s English Bible translation appeared in 1535, making 1535 the correct year among the options.

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55. Question 55

    Who among the following is not a recipient of the Nobel prize for literature?

    1. AWinston Churchill
    2. BT.S. Eliot
    3. CW.H. Auden
    4. DNot visible in source

    Answer: (C) W.H. Auden

    Explanation

    W.H. Auden is correct based on the literary fact or concept tested in the question; the remaining options do not match the relevant author, work, date, concept, or interpretation.

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56. Question 56

    Match List I with List II:

    List I	List II
    (A) “Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike.”	(I) Irony
    (B) “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife.”	(II) Simile
    (C) “Thou still unravished bride of quietness. Thou foster child of silence and slow time.”	(III) Antithesis
    (D) “And ice, mast-high, come floating by, as green as emerald.”	(IV) Assonance

    Match-list source material for question 56.

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

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

    Explanation

    The matched figures are antithesis, irony, assonance, and simile respectively, giving option B.

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57. Question 57

    Using the author–work table above, Anglo-Irish relations in the 20th century have been represented in which of the following novels?

    Item	Author	Novel
    A	Elizabeth Bowen	The Last September
    B	May Sinclair	The Divine Fire
    C	J. G. Farrell	Troubles
    D	J. G. Farrell	The Siege of Krishnapur
    E	Jeffery Farnol	Black Bartlemy’s Treasure

    Author–work pairs.

    1. AA, B and C only
    2. BA, and C only
    3. CD, E and B only
    4. DA, C and D only

    Answer: (B) A, and C only

    Explanation

    Anglo-Irish relations are represented by the works marked A and C in the question set; the other listed works do not match that theme as directly.

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58. Question 58

    Match List I with List II:

    List I	List II
    (A) The poetics of prose	(I) Stanley fish
    (B) Problems of Dostoevsky’s poetics	(II) Tzvetan Todrov
    (C) Surprised by sin	(III) Mikhail Bakhtin
    (D) The way women write	(IV) Mary Hiatt

    Match-list source material for question 58.

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

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

    Explanation

    The Poetics of Prose is by Tzvetan Todorov, Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics by Mikhail Bakhtin, Surprised by Sin by Stanley Fish, and The Way Women Write by Mary Hiatt.

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59. Question 59

    Stuart Hall belongs to ______________schools of cultural studies.

    1. AOxford
    2. BCambridge
    3. CBirmingham
    4. DAmerican

    Answer: (C) Birmingham

    Explanation

    Stuart Hall is a central figure of the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies, especially through the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies.

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60. Question 60

    Match List I with List II:

    List I	List II
    (A) Salim Ali	(I) Wild beauty
    (B) Jim Corbett	(II) The fall of a sparrow
    (C) Kailash Sankhala	(III) Night and days: my book of Indian wildlife
    (D) M. Krishnan	(IV) My India

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

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

    Explanation

    Salim Ali wrote The Fall of a Sparrow, Jim Corbett wrote My India, Kailash Sankhala wrote Wild Beauty, and M. Krishnan wrote Night and Days: My Book of Indian Wildlife.

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61. Question 61

    Which of the collections of poems are not written by Meena Alexander?

    A. River and Bridge
    B. Articulate Silence
    C. Raw Silk
    D. Stone Roots
    E. A Time to Change

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    1. AA and B only
    2. BB and D only
    3. CC and E only
    4. DB and E only

    Answer: (D) B and E only

    Explanation

    Articulate Silences (1980) was written by Shirley Geok-lin Lim, and A Time to Change (1952) is the debut collection of Nissim Ezekiel. River and Bridge (1995), Raw Silk (2004), and Stone Roots (1980) are poetry collections by Meena Alexander. Therefore, B and E are not written by her.

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62. Question 62

    Find out the correct sequence of the publications of the following books

    1. AIndia: An area of darkness: India: A wounded civilization: India: a million Mutinies now: A house for Mr. Biswas
    2. BA house for Mr. Biswas: India: A million mutinies now: India: An area of darkness: India: A wounded civilization
    3. CA house for Mr. Biswas: India: An area of darkness: India: A wounded civilization: India: A million mutinies now
    4. DIndia: A wounded civilization: A house for Mr. Biswas: India: An area of darkness: India: A million mutinies now

    Answer: (C) A house for Mr. Biswas: India: An area of darkness: India: A wounded civilization: India: A million mutinies now

    Explanation

    The publication order is A House for Mr Biswas (1961), An Area of Darkness (1964), India: A Wounded Civilization (1977), and India: A Million Mutinies Now (1990).

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63. Question 63

    Choose the right chronological sequence of publication of the following novels by Margaret Atwood:

    A. Lady Oracle
    B. The Blind Assassin
    C. The Handmaid’s Tale
    D. The Testaments
    E. Alias Grace

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, B, C, D, E
    2. BA, C, E, B, D
    3. CE, A, D, B, C
    4. DC, A, D, E, B

    Answer: (B) A, C, E, B, D

    Explanation

    Atwood’s publication order is Lady Oracle (1976), The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Alias Grace (1996), The Blind Assassin (2000), and The Testaments (2019).

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64. Question 64

    According to Roland Barthes, which of the following “codes” are common to all narratives?

    A. Synthetic code
    B. Proairetic code
    C. Semic code
    D. Hermeneutic code
    E. Symbolic code

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    1. AA and B only
    2. BB and C only
    3. CA, B and C only
    4. DB, C, D and E only

    Answer: (D) B, C, D and E only

    Explanation

    Barthes’s narrative codes include proairetic, semic, hermeneutic, and symbolic codes. “Synthetic code” is not one of the standard Barthesian five codes.

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65. Question 65

    J Hillis Miller, one of the leading exponents of deconstruction, makes a deconstructionist reading of which of the following poems of P.B Shelley?

    1. A“The triumph of life”
    2. B“Ode to the west wind”
    3. C“Revolt of Islam”
    4. D“The witch of atlas”

    Answer: (A) “The triumph of life”

    Explanation

    J. Hillis Miller is known for a deconstructive reading of Shelley’s unfinished poem The Triumph of Life.

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66. Question 66

    Who is the author of the poem “House of Fame”?

    1. AWilliam Langland
    2. BGeoffrey Chaucer
    3. CThomas Moore
    4. DPhilip Sidney

    Answer: (B) Geoffrey Chaucer

    Explanation

    The House of Fame is a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer.

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67. Question 67

    Which of these are correct combinations of works by Doris Lessing and their respective themes?

    A. The Golden Notebook deals with Johor travelling to Rohonda
    B. The Good Terrorist is about a doomed love affair
    C. Shikasta is about a planet which is cut off due to the advanced influence of civilization
    D. Alfred and Emily explores the life of her parents
    E. The Grass Is Singing draws from her experiences in Africa

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    1. AB, A and D only
    2. BA, B and E only
    3. CC, D and E only
    4. DC, D and E only

    Answer: (C) C, D and E only

    Explanation

    Shikasta concerns a planet affected by destructive civilizational forces, Alfred and Emily explores Lessing’s parents, and The Grass Is Singing draws on African experience. The other pairings are not correct.

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68. Question 68

    Which of these graphic narratives depict political crisis?

    A. Amruta Patil – Kari
    B. Joe Sacco – Footnotes in Gaza
    C. Art Spiegelman – Maus
    D. Sarnath Banerjee – Corridor
    E. Phoebe Gloeckner – The Diary of a Teenage Girl

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, B and C only
    2. BC, D and E only
    3. CB and C only
    4. DB, C and D only

    Answer: (C) B and C only

    Explanation

    Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza and Art Spiegelman’s Maus are graphic narratives centrally concerned with political and historical crisis.

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69. Question 69

    Identify the poems termed as “pastoral elegies”:

    A. Lycidas
    B. In Memory of W. B. Yeats
    C. Adonais
    D. Thyrsis
    E. In Memoriam

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, B and C only
    2. BB, C and E only
    3. CA, C and D only
    4. DC, D and E only

    Answer: (C) A, C and D only

    Explanation

    Lycidas, Adonais, and Thyrsis are pastoral elegies; the other listed poems are elegies but not pastoral elegies in the same sense.

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70. Question 70

    The book Women Beware Women was published in the year

    1. A1657
    2. B1620
    3. C1621
    4. D1622

    Answer: (A) 1657

    Explanation

    Women Beware Women was published in 1657, after Thomas Middleton’s death.

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71. Question 71

    Who among the following were Poet Laureates of England?

    A. Alfred Austin
    B. Robert Bridges
    C. Theodore Watts-Dunton
    D. Oscar Wilde

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    1. A(A) and (B) only
    2. B(A) and (D) only
    3. C(B) and (C) and (D)
    4. D(A) (B) and (C) only

    Answer: (A) (A) and (B) only

    Explanation

    Alfred Austin and Robert Bridges both served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom; Watts-Dunton and Oscar Wilde did not.

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72. Question 72

    Find the correct explanation of the term “Aporia”:

    1. AIt denotes a speaker’s or character’s deliberation on an irresolvable question
    2. BIt is an address to something inanimate
    3. CIt is applied to a work of art fraught with inherent tension
    4. DIt refers to a form of denial of existence

    Answer: (A) It denotes a speaker’s or character’s deliberation on an irresolvable question

    Explanation

    Aporia refers to a point of doubt, impasse, or irresolvable uncertainty in reasoning or discourse; option A captures that sense.

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73. Question 73

    Which among the following are appropriate about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s article “Literature in Schools”?

    A. The article discusses the relevance and adequacy of the present education system
    B. It advocates teaching of European texts and literature to the students of third world countries
    C. It reflects negatively upon the literature taught to Kenyan students in national schools
    D. It argues that cultural imperialism distorts people’s vision of history
    E. It observes that European teachers are better equipped to teach literature to Kenyan students

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, B and C only
    2. BC, D and E only
    3. CB, C and D only
    4. DA, C and D only

    Answer: (D) A, C and D only

    Explanation

    Ngugi’s “Literature in Schools” criticizes the education system, questions literature taught in Kenyan schools, and argues that cultural imperialism distorts historical vision.

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74. Question 74

    Identify the correct statements among the following:

    A. Arun Kolatkar uses colloquial speech in his poems
    B. Kolatkar envisions abstract qualities to paint a picture of life of his own kind
    C. The poem “Boatride” by Kolatkar talks about a ride in the Ganges
    D. Private Poems in a Public Garden is composed by Dilip Chitre
    E. ‘In Ethiopia’ is a poem on Africa by Arun Kolatkar

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, B and C only
    2. BB, D and E only
    3. CA, B and D only
    4. DC, B and E only

    Answer: (C) A, B and D only

    Explanation

    Arun Kolatkar is known for colloquial speech and distinctive poetic imagery, and Private Poems in Public Garden is by Dilip Chitre. The statement about Boatride and the Ganges is not correct.

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75. Question 75

    Identify the one that has not been paired correctly

    1. ACriticism in wilderness – Geoffrey Hartman
    2. BMadness and civilization – Roland Barthes
    3. CPoetry and repression – Harold bloom
    4. DStrangers to ourselves – Julia Kristeva

    Answer: (B) Madness and civilization – Roland Barthes

    Explanation

    Madness and Civilization is by Michel Foucault, not Roland Barthes. The other listed pairings are acceptable, so option B is the incorrectly paired item.

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76. Question 76

    Match List I with List II:

    List I	List II
    (A) O’ Henry	(I) The last suttee
    (B) Rudyard Kipling	(II) Beauty
    (C) Oscar Wilde	(III) At Verona
    (D) Ralph waldo Emerson	(IV) Hard to forget

    Match-list source material for question 76.

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

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

    Explanation

    O. Henry is matched with “Hard to Forget,” Rudyard Kipling with “The Last Suttee,” Oscar Wilde with “At Verona,” and Emerson with “Beauty.”

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77. Question 77

    Who among the following critics appropriates the following statement by Karl Marx?

    1. ARuth Vanita
    2. BKamla Bhasin
    3. CFlaria Agnes
    4. DChandra Talpade Mohanty

    Answer: (D) Chandra Talpade Mohanty

    Explanation

    Chandra Talpade Mohanty is known for critiquing universalizing Western feminist categories, which fits the Marx-related critical appropriation in the question.

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78. Question 78

    Which writer does not belong to the angry young men movement?

    1. AJohn Osborne
    2. BKingsley Amis
    3. CSeamus Heaney
    4. DPhilip Larkin

    Answer: (C) Seamus Heaney

    Explanation

    Seamus Heaney does not belong to the Angry Young Men movement; Osborne, Amis, and Larkin are more closely associated with that post-war British milieu.

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79. Question 79

    What does Aristotle mean by the phrase “language with pleasurable accessories” in his definition of tragedy?

    A. A language full of pompous vocabulary
    B. An embellished language
    C. A language full of rhythm and harmony
    D. A language superadded with song
    E. Emotive language

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    1. AA and B only
    2. BB and E only
    3. CC and D only
    4. DA, B and D only

    Answer: (C) C and D only

    Explanation

    In Aristotle’s definition of tragedy, pleasurable accessories refer to rhythm, harmony, and song added to language; pompous or merely emotive language is not meant.

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80. Question 80

    Match the following works of Edward Kamau Brathwaite (List I) according to their year of publication (List II):

    List I (Work)	List II (Year)
    A. Rights of Passage	I. 1973
    B. Islands	II. 1969
    C. Masks	III. 1967
    D. The Arrivants	IV. 1968

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

    Explanation

    The sequence is Rights of Passage (1967), Islands (1969), Masks (1968), and The Arrivants (1973), giving A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I.

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81. Question 81

    “A man can be destroyed but not defeated”. Which of the following texts glorifies this as its predominant theme?

    1. AThe old man and the sea
    2. BWar and peace
    3. CA farewell to arms
    4. DFor whom the bell tolls

    Answer: (A) The old man and the sea

    Explanation

    A man can be destroyed but not defeated is the central heroic idea of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.

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82. Question 82

    Which of these are not forms of flash fiction?

    A. Drabble
    B. Postcard fiction
    C. Novelette
    D. Short story
    E. Nanofiction

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AC and D only
    2. BA, B and E only
    3. CD and E only
    4. DC, D and E only

    Answer: (A) C and D only

    Explanation

    Novelette and short story are longer prose-fiction forms, not flash-fiction forms. Drabble, postcard fiction, and nanofiction are associated with very short fiction.

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83. Question 83

    Identify the correct combinations among the following:

    A. Demons – Novel
    B. The Landlady – Novella
    C. The Crocodile – Short story
    D. A Writer’s Diary – Essay
    E. Mary Stuart – Translation

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, B and C only
    2. BC, D and E only
    3. CB, C and E only
    4. DB, C and D only

    Answer: (A) A, B and C only

    Explanation

    The correct Dostoevsky combinations are Demons as a novel, “The Landlady” as a novella, and “The Crocodile” as a short story.

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84. Question 84

    Should poets’ bicycle-pump the human heart or squash it flat?

    1. APhilip Larkin
    2. BKingsley Amis
    3. CDonald Davie
    4. DJohn wain

    Answer: (B) Kingsley Amis

    Explanation

    The quoted formulation is associated with Kingsley Amis, matching his satirical and anti-sentimental critical stance.

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85. Question 85

    Gaiutra bahadur wrote an autobiographic novel titled

    1. AAn era of darkness
    2. BDauka Puran
    3. CThe collie woman
    4. DRama’s banishment

    Answer: (C) The collie woman

    Explanation

    Gaiutra Bahadur wrote Coolie Woman, an autobiographical and historical work about indenture and migration.

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86. Question 86

    Philip Sidney’s arcadia was influenced by

    1. AThe Spanish romance of Montemayor
    2. BThe Italian paintings of Veronese
    3. CThe Arthurian legends
    4. DThe metaphysical poetry

    Answer: (A) The Spanish romance of Montemayor

    Explanation

    Sidney’s Arcadia was influenced by the Spanish pastoral romance tradition of Montemayor.

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87. Question 87

    Which among the following are true about the Tractarian Movement?

    A. It was widespread across the world
    B. The other leaders of the movement were John Henry Newman and R. H. Froude
    C. The movement began with a sermon by John Keble in 1833
    D. Pusey gave the movement cohesion, fame and a name
    E. The ideal of the Christian church was praised by Oxford Convocation

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, B and C only
    2. BA, C and E only
    3. CC, D and E only
    4. DB, C and D only

    Answer: (D) B, C and D only

    Explanation

    The Tractarian or Oxford Movement was led by figures such as Newman and Froude, was associated with Tract 90, and gained cohesion through Pusey; it was not worldwide in the sense stated.

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88. Question 88

    Match List I with List II:

    List I	List II
    (A) Gender and nation	(I) Catherine Belsey
    (B) Greek homosexuality	(II) K.J. dover
    (C) The subject of tragedy	(III) W.E.B. Du Bois
    (D) The souls of black folk	(IV) Nira Yuval-Davis

    Match-list source material for question 88.

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

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

    Explanation

    Gender and Nation is by Nira Yuval-Davis, Greek Homosexuality by K. J. Dover, The Subject of Tragedy by Catherine Belsey, and The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois.

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89. Question 89

    Identify the novels that were published in the 1980s and the 1990s:

    A. Red Earth and Pouring Rain
    B. The Circle of Reason
    C. The Ghosts of Vasu Master
    D. Miguel Street
    E. The Siege of Babylon

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    1. AB, C, D and E only
    2. BA, B and C only
    3. CB, A and D only
    4. DA, C and E only

    Answer: (B) A, B and C only

    Explanation

    Red Earth and Pouring Rain (1995), The Circle of Reason (1986), and The Ghosts of Vasu Master (1994) fall in the 1980s and 1990s; the other options include works outside that frame.

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90. Question 90

    Which of the following denote the three phases of literary feminism according to Elaine Showalter?

    A. Feminine
    B. Gynie
    C. Womanish
    D. Feminist
    E. Female

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

    1. AA, B and C only
    2. BA, D and E only
    3. CA, B and E only
    4. DB, C and D only

    Answer: (B) A, D and E only

    Explanation

    Elaine Showalter’s three phases of women’s writing are Feminine, Feminist, and Female.

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91. Question 91

    Which of the following is a correct interpretation?

    Q.91-95) Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow: (91-95)
    However, faced with this world of faithful and complicated objects, the child can only identify himself as owner. as user, never as creator, he does not invent the world. he uses it: there are. prepared for him, actions without adventure, without wonder, without joy. He is turned into a little stay-at-home householder who does not even have to invent the mainsprings of adult causality: they are supplied to him ready-made: he has only to help himself. he is never allowed to discover anything from start to finish. The merest set of blocks. provided it is not too refined, implies a very different learning of the world: then, the child does not in any way create meaningful objects, it matters little to him whether they have an adult name: the actions he performs are not those of a user but those of a demiurge. He creates forms which walk, which roll, he creates life. not property: objects now act by themselves; they are no longer an inert and complicated material in the palm of his hand.
    Roland Barthes “Toys” (Excerpt from Mythologies)

    1. AThe child claims the object as his property
    2. BThe objects that the child holds are obscure and useless
    3. CThe child cannot understand the design of the object
    4. DIn touching the object, the child creates dynamic forms of life

    Answer: (D) In touching the object, the child creates dynamic forms of life

    Explanation

    The passage contrasts passive ownership with creative handling. When the child touches simple blocks, he creates dynamic forms and life rather than merely possessing objects.

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92. Question 92

    In the context of the above passage, which is the closest to being true:

    Q.91-95) Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow: (91-95)
    However, faced with this world of faithful and complicated objects, the child can only identify himself as owner. as user, never as creator, he does not invent the world. he uses it: there are. prepared for him, actions without adventure, without wonder, without joy. He is turned into a little stay-at-home householder who does not even have to invent the mainsprings of adult causality: they are supplied to him ready-made: he has only to help himself. he is never allowed to discover anything from start to finish. The merest set of blocks. provided it is not too refined, implies a very different learning of the world: then, the child does not in any way create meaningful objects, it matters little to him whether they have an adult name: the actions he performs are not those of a user but those of a demiurge. He creates forms which walk, which roll, he creates life. not property: objects now act by themselves; they are no longer an inert and complicated material in the palm of his hand.
    Roland Barthes “Toys” (Excerpt from Mythologies)

    1. AChildren actively learn while playing
    2. BChildren are objects for toy makers
    3. CToys affect the cognitive abilities of the children
    4. DChildren recreate meaning from the toys

    Answer: (C) Toys affect the cognitive abilities of the children

    Explanation

    The passage argues that toys shape how children think and act: ready-made toys restrict discovery, while simple blocks encourage active cognitive development.

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93. Question 93

    The adult causality is about

    Q.91-95) Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow: (91-95)
    However, faced with this world of faithful and complicated objects, the child can only identify himself as owner. as user, never as creator, he does not invent the world. he uses it: there are. prepared for him, actions without adventure, without wonder, without joy. He is turned into a little stay-at-home householder who does not even have to invent the mainsprings of adult causality: they are supplied to him ready-made: he has only to help himself. he is never allowed to discover anything from start to finish. The merest set of blocks. provided it is not too refined, implies a very different learning of the world: then, the child does not in any way create meaningful objects, it matters little to him whether they have an adult name: the actions he performs are not those of a user but those of a demiurge. He creates forms which walk, which roll, he creates life. not property: objects now act by themselves; they are no longer an inert and complicated material in the palm of his hand.
    Roland Barthes “Toys” (Excerpt from Mythologies)

    1. ASensual and sexual knowledge of the world
    2. BCognitive and logical structure of the world
    3. CNihilistic recreation of the world
    4. DLinguistic structure of the objects

    Answer: (B) Cognitive and logical structure of the world

    Explanation

    “Adult causality” refers to prearranged logical and cognitive structures supplied to the child ready-made, rather than discovered by the child.

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94. Question 94

    The word “demiurge” connotes

    Q.91-95) Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow: (91-95)
    However, faced with this world of faithful and complicated objects, the child can only identify himself as owner. as user, never as creator, he does not invent the world. he uses it: there are. prepared for him, actions without adventure, without wonder, without joy. He is turned into a little stay-at-home householder who does not even have to invent the mainsprings of adult causality: they are supplied to him ready-made: he has only to help himself. he is never allowed to discover anything from start to finish. The merest set of blocks. provided it is not too refined, implies a very different learning of the world: then, the child does not in any way create meaningful objects, it matters little to him whether they have an adult name: the actions he performs are not those of a user but those of a demiurge. He creates forms which walk, which roll, he creates life. not property: objects now act by themselves; they are no longer an inert and complicated material in the palm of his hand.
    Roland Barthes “Toys” (Excerpt from Mythologies)

    1. ACognitive inactiveness of the children
    2. BTheir sensational realization of the objects
    3. CTheir creative abilities
    4. DTheir sudden discovery

    Answer: (C) Their creative abilities

    Explanation

    “Demiurge” means a maker or creator; in the passage it points to the child’s creative ability to bring forms to life.

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95. Question 95

    The world of objects makes the child

    Q.91-95) Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow: (91-95)
    However, faced with this world of faithful and complicated objects, the child can only identify himself as owner. as user, never as creator, he does not invent the world. he uses it: there are. prepared for him, actions without adventure, without wonder, without joy. He is turned into a little stay-at-home householder who does not even have to invent the mainsprings of adult causality: they are supplied to him ready-made: he has only to help himself. he is never allowed to discover anything from start to finish. The merest set of blocks. provided it is not too refined, implies a very different learning of the world: then, the child does not in any way create meaningful objects, it matters little to him whether they have an adult name: the actions he performs are not those of a user but those of a demiurge. He creates forms which walk, which roll, he creates life. not property: objects now act by themselves; they are no longer an inert and complicated material in the palm of his hand.
    Roland Barthes “Toys” (Excerpt from Mythologies)

    1. AImaginative
    2. BInventor
    3. CActant
    4. DCreator

    Answer: (D) Creator

    Explanation

    The passage says that with simple blocks the child is no longer merely a user or owner but becomes a creator of forms and life.

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96. Question 96

    The poem, ‘Mr Bleaney’, is written in a ______form.

    Q.96-100) Read the following poem, and answer the question that follow (96-100)
    ‘This was Mr Bleaney’s room he stayed
    The whole time he was at the bodies, till
    They moved him, ‘flowered curtains, thin and frayed,
    Fall to within five inches of the sill.
    Whose window shows a strip of building land,
    Tussocky littered. ‘Mr bleaney’s took
    My bit of garden properly in hand.’
    Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt bulb, no book
    Behind the door, no room for books or bags—
    ‘I’ll take it. ‘So it happens that I lie
    Where Mr bleaney lay, and stub my fags
    On the same saucer-souvenir, and try
    Stuffing my ears with cotton, wool, to drown
    The jabbering set he egged her on yo buy,
    I know his habits——what time he came down’
    His preference for sauce to gravy, why
    He kept on plugging at the four aways__
    Likewise their yearly frame: the Frinton folk
    Who put him up for summer holidays
    And Christmas at his sister’s house in stoke
    But if he stood and watched the frigid wind
    Tousling the clouds, lay on the fusty bed
    Telling himself that this was home, and grinned,
    And shivered, without shaking off the dread
    That how we live measures our own nature,
    And at his age having no more to show
    Than one hired box should make him pretty sure
    He warranted no better, I don’t know.
    Philip Larkin

    1. ASatirical
    2. BLyrical
    3. CDramatic
    4. DPhilosophical

    Answer: (C) Dramatic

    Explanation

    “Mr Bleaney” is dramatic in form because it presents a speaker’s voice and situation through implied scene, speech, and character rather than direct lyric self-expression alone.

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97. Question 97

    In the third line ‘They refers to’

    Q.96-100) Read the following poem, and answer the question that follow (96-100)
    ‘This was Mr Bleaney’s room he stayed
    The whole time he was at the bodies, till
    They moved him, ‘flowered curtains, thin and frayed,
    Fall to within five inches of the sill.
    Whose window shows a strip of building land,
    Tussocky littered. ‘Mr bleaney’s took
    My bit of garden properly in hand.’
    Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt bulb, no book
    Behind the door, no room for books or bags—
    ‘I’ll take it. ‘So it happens that I lie
    Where Mr bleaney lay, and stub my fags
    On the same saucer-souvenir, and try
    Stuffing my ears with cotton, wool, to drown
    The jabbering set he egged her on yo buy,
    I know his habits——what time he came down’
    His preference for sauce to gravy, why
    He kept on plugging at the four aways__
    Likewise their yearly frame: the Frinton folk
    Who put him up for summer holidays
    And Christmas at his sister’s house in stoke
    But if he stood and watched the frigid wind
    Tousling the clouds, lay on the fusty bed
    Telling himself that this was home, and grinned,
    And shivered, without shaking off the dread
    That how we live measures our own nature,
    And at his age having no more to show
    Than one hired box should make him pretty sure
    He warranted no better, I don’t know.
    Philip Larkin

    1. AEmployers
    2. BOwners
    3. CMaster
    4. DManufacturers

    Answer: (A) Employers

    Explanation

    In “They moved him,” “they” refers to Mr Bleaney’s employers, who moved him while he was working at “the Bodies.”

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98. Question 98

    Mr. Bleaney was the _________ of the house.

    Q.96-100) Read the following poem, and answer the question that follow (96-100)
    ‘This was Mr Bleaney’s room he stayed
    The whole time he was at the bodies, till
    They moved him, ‘flowered curtains, thin and frayed,
    Fall to within five inches of the sill.
    Whose window shows a strip of building land,
    Tussocky littered. ‘Mr bleaney’s took
    My bit of garden properly in hand.’
    Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt bulb, no book
    Behind the door, no room for books or bags—
    ‘I’ll take it. ‘So it happens that I lie
    Where Mr bleaney lay, and stub my fags
    On the same saucer-souvenir, and try
    Stuffing my ears with cotton, wool, to drown
    The jabbering set he egged her on yo buy,
    I know his habits——what time he came down’
    His preference for sauce to gravy, why
    He kept on plugging at the four aways__
    Likewise their yearly frame: the Frinton folk
    Who put him up for summer holidays
    And Christmas at his sister’s house in stoke
    But if he stood and watched the frigid wind
    Tousling the clouds, lay on the fusty bed
    Telling himself that this was home, and grinned,
    And shivered, without shaking off the dread
    That how we live measures our own nature,
    And at his age having no more to show
    Than one hired box should make him pretty sure
    He warranted no better, I don’t know.
    Philip Larkin

    1. AOwner
    2. BTenant
    3. CMaster
    4. DPossessor

    Answer: (B) Tenant

    Explanation

    Mr Bleaney occupied the room as a tenant, not as its owner.

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99. Question 99

    According to the speaker Mr. bleany was

    Q.96-100) Read the following poem, and answer the question that follow (96-100)
    ‘This was Mr Bleaney’s room he stayed
    The whole time he was at the bodies, till
    They moved him, ‘flowered curtains, thin and frayed,
    Fall to within five inches of the sill.
    Whose window shows a strip of building land,
    Tussocky littered. ‘Mr bleaney’s took
    My bit of garden properly in hand.’
    Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt bulb, no book
    Behind the door, no room for books or bags—
    ‘I’ll take it. ‘So it happens that I lie
    Where Mr bleaney lay, and stub my fags
    On the same saucer-souvenir, and try
    Stuffing my ears with cotton, wool, to drown
    The jabbering set he egged her on yo buy,
    I know his habits——what time he came down’
    His preference for sauce to gravy, why
    He kept on plugging at the four aways__
    Likewise their yearly frame: the Frinton folk
    Who put him up for summer holidays
    And Christmas at his sister’s house in stoke
    But if he stood and watched the frigid wind
    Tousling the clouds, lay on the fusty bed
    Telling himself that this was home, and grinned,
    And shivered, without shaking off the dread
    That how we live measures our own nature,
    And at his age having no more to show
    Than one hired box should make him pretty sure
    He warranted no better, I don’t know.
    Philip Larkin

    1. AA humorous person
    2. BA social and fun-loving person
    3. CA hard working person
    4. DA sad and dull person

    Answer: (D) A sad and dull person

    Explanation

    The poem presents Mr Bleaney’s life as bleak, lonely, and dull.

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100. Question 100

     The poem ‘Mr. Bleaney’ deals with the portrayal of his_________

     Q.96-100) Read the following poem, and answer the question that follow (96-100)
     ‘This was Mr Bleaney’s room he stayed
     The whole time he was at the bodies, till
     They moved him, ‘flowered curtains, thin and frayed,
     Fall to within five inches of the sill.
     Whose window shows a strip of building land,
     Tussocky littered. ‘Mr bleaney’s took
     My bit of garden properly in hand.’
     Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt bulb, no book
     Behind the door, no room for books or bags—
     ‘I’ll take it. ‘So it happens that I lie
     Where Mr bleaney lay, and stub my fags
     On the same saucer-souvenir, and try
     Stuffing my ears with cotton, wool, to drown
     The jabbering set he egged her on yo buy,
     I know his habits——what time he came down’
     His preference for sauce to gravy, why
     He kept on plugging at the four aways__
     Likewise their yearly frame: the Frinton folk
     Who put him up for summer holidays
     And Christmas at his sister’s house in stoke
     But if he stood and watched the frigid wind
     Tousling the clouds, lay on the fusty bed
     Telling himself that this was home, and grinned,
     And shivered, without shaking off the dread
     That how we live measures our own nature,
     And at his age having no more to show
     Than one hired box should make him pretty sure
     He warranted no better, I don’t know.
     Philip Larkin

     1. ARichness
     2. BExtravagance
     3. CLuxuriousness
     4. DOrdinariness

     Answer: (D) Ordinariness

     Explanation

     The room and life described in the poem emphasize ordinariness rather than richness or luxury.

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