TGT and PGT (English previous year questions) (Part-I)

Total Questions: 100

71. Following are parts of a single sentence. Pick the grammatically correct parts among these and choose the combination with the numbers of these correct parts:

(i) The Harassed Husbands of Borivali,
(ii) One of the last suburb
(iii) On Mumbai's Western Railway line,
(iv) Used to meeting in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

Correct Answer: (c) (i) and (iii)
Solution:The above given sentence in option (c) is correct. In this sentence the first and third parts are grammatically corrects among these.
(i) The Harassed Husbands of Borivali.
(iii) On Mumbai's Western Railway line.
• In part II, there must be "suburbs" instead of "suburb".
• In part IV, there must be "used to meet" at the place of "used to meeting".
Hence, the correct answer option is (c).

72. Following are parts of a single sentence. Pick the grammatically correct parts among these and choose the combination with the numbers of these correct parts:

(i) Married Subhash
(ii) In over thirty years,
(iii) Madhu thrives
(iv) They are made for one another.

Correct Answer: (a) only (iii)
Solution:Only the III part of the given sentence is correct.
• Other segments has no sense
• In first segment, there should be "Subhash married" instead of "married Subhash".
• In II segment, there must be "for over thirty years".
• In III segment, there must be "They are made for each other".
Hence, the correct answer option is (a).

73. Following are parts of a single sentence. Pick the grammatically correct parts among these and choose the combination with the numbers of these correct parts:

(i) All language teachers
(ii) Agree in Principle
(iii) That testing student's command of spoken language
(iv) Is important to judge their overall language competence.

Correct Answer: (b) (i), (ii) and (iv)
Solution:The above given option (b) is correct. The grammatically correct parts among these are –
(i) All language teachers.
(ii) Agree in principle.
(iii) Is important to judge their overall language competence.
In part II, There must be "agree with principle".
Hence, the correct answer is (b).

74. Following are parts of a single sentence. Pick the grammatically correct parts among these and choose the combination with the numbers of these correct parts:

(i) Even if China's trade data
(ii) Is showing signs of a recovery,
(iii) Bilateral trade with India
(iv) Has remained at a slump.

Correct Answer: (d) (iii) and (iv)
Solution:In first part there should be 'even though' at the place of 'even if' and in part IV, there should be 'in a slump' at the place 'at a slump'. From the segments (i), II & III) are absolutely correct.
(ii) Is showing signs of a recovery.
(iii) Bilateral trade with India.
Hence, the correct option is (d).

75. Following are parts of a single sentence. Pick the grammatically correct parts among these and choose the combination with the numbers of these correct parts:

(i) My grandfather and me
(ii) Were good friends
(iii) And we had been constantly together
(iv) For a long times

Correct Answer: (c) only (ii)
Solution:The grammatically correct part among these is –
(i) Were good friends.
• In part I, there must be "My grand father and I".
• In part III, there must be "and we were constantly together".
• In part IV, there must be "for a long time".
Hence, the correct answer is option (c).

76. Which of the following works of Walter Scott is not a novel?

Correct Answer: (d) The Lady of the Lake
Solution:

The Lady of the Lake' is a narrative poem of Sir Walter Scott. It was published in 1810. It is composed in six cantos. Rests are his novels.
So, right answer is option (d).

77. Match the poems with their poets:

(i) Siegfried Sassoon  (A)1916 seen from 1921
(ii) Wilfred Owen    (B) Survivors
(iii) Edmund Blunden  (C) Anthem for Doomed Youth
(iv) W.B. Yeats     (D) Municipal Gallery

Correct Answer: (b) (i)-(B); (ii)-(C); (iii)-(A); (iv)-(D)
Solution:(i) Siegfried Sassoon → (B) Survivors (1918)
(ii) Wilfred Owen → (C) Anthem for Doomed Youth (1920)
(iii) Edmund Blunden → (A) 1916 seen from 1921 (War poem)
(iv) W.B. Yeats → (D) Municipal Gallery (1937)
Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

78. In Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', who is described as "a fly on a billiard-table of infinite length"?

Correct Answer: (a) Tess
Solution:In Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 'Tess' is described as "a fly on a billiard-table of infinite length". Hardy's narrator used simile to describe Tess insignificance by comparing her to a non-human being. While she was being a pure innocent individual. Tess seems, "a fly on a billiard table of infinite length".
Thus, the correct option is (a).

79. Charles Lamb wrote under the pseudonym

Correct Answer: (b) Elia
Solution:Charles Lamb was an essayist, poet and antiquarian of Romantic age young generation, who used 'Elia' as his pseudonym.
Pseudonym means – A name used by someone, especially a writer, instead of his/her real name.
Hence, the correct answer is option (b).

80. Which of the following is not considered as a metaphysical poet?

Correct Answer: (c) Robert Burns
Solution:Robert Burns is not considered as a Metaphysical poet. Robert Burns basically known as 'Bard of Ayrshire', the national Bard, he was a Scottish poet and lyricist. While rest of all belong to Metaphysical Poets. Here, right answer is option (c).