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

Total Questions: 100

81. One of these writers below is a distinguished novelist. He has contributed a lot to the subgenre called 'campus novel', demystifying and debunking university academies. Who is the writer being referred to?

Correct Answer: (b) David Lodge
Solution:David Lodge is an English author and literary critic, has contributed a lot to the sub genre called 'Campus Novel'. He was born in 1935. He is known for notably the 'Campus Trilogy' – Changing Places : A Tale of Two Campuses (1975), Small World: An Academic Romance (1984), and Nice Work (1988).

82. The concept of 'Affective Fallacy,' as identified by the new critics, is tendency to judge a work by

Correct Answer: (a) its effect on the reader
Solution:The concept of 'Affective Fallacy', as identified by the new critics, is tendency to judge a work by its effect on the reader. Affective Fallacy is the misconception that arises from judging a poem by the emotional effect that it produces in the reader. The term Affective fallacy was coined by W.K. Wimsatt & Monroe Beardsley in 1949 in their essay "The verbal Icon".

83. Astrophel and Stella' is a collection of songs and sonnets by

Correct Answer: (a) Philip Sydney
Solution:Sir Philip Sydney was an English poet, Courtier, Scholar and Soldier and most prominent figure of Elizabethan age. 'Astrophel and Stella' is an English sonnet sequence of 108 sonnets, in which Astrophel is Sydney himself and Stella is Lady Penelope Devereux. It was published in 1591.
Here correct answer is option (a).

84. There is sweet music here that softer falls, Than petals from blown roses on the grass" These lines appear in one of Tennyson's poems. Who utter's these words?

Correct Answer: (d) Companions of Ulysses
Solution:These excellent and remarkable lines have been taken from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Lotos- Eaters", and these lines are uttered by companions of Ulysses. The Lotos-Eaters' was inspired by his close friend Arthur Hallam, where they visited the pyrenees mountains. Thus, The correct answer is option (d).

85. Which of the following can best reflect the subject of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'?

Correct Answer: (c) sinful passion
Solution:The subject of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' (1850) is Sinful passion. This historical novel explores Guilt, revenge, and redemption. The Protagonist Hester Prynne Suffers for the sin, she commits adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale (a saintly young minister) and gives birth to a child with him. For the Sin, She has to wear the scarlet letter "A" on her dress as punishment.
Hence, the correct answer is option (c).

86. Which of the following works sought to explain in terms of structuralist anthropology, the presence in diverse cultures of the idea that women were subordinate to men.

Correct Answer: (b) 'Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture?'
Solution:The idea that "women were subordinate to men" has been explained in term of structuralist anthropology sherry Ortner's "Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture?" (1974). This essay is one of sixteen papers (essays) contributed by female authors with an introduction by the editors Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo and Louise Lamphere published in Women, Culture, and Society (1974).
Hence, the correct answer is option (b).

87. "Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his Pards, But on the viewless wings of poesy..."

These lines appear in

Correct Answer: (a) John Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale'
Solution:Above written lines have been taken from John Keats' famous ode 'Ode to a Nightingale'. It was published in 1819. Keats composed the poem in a day. It is personal poem, which describes Keats' journey into the state of negative capability.
Hence the correct answer is option (a).

88. Find the correct chronological order of the following Shakespearean plays

Correct Answer: (c) The Comedy of Errors → Romeo and Juliet → Macbeth → The Tempest
Solution:In the correct chronological order of Shakespearean plays are –
The Comedy of Errors (1594) → Romeo and Juliet (1599) → Macbeth (1606) → The Tempest (1623).
Here, right option is (c).

89. Who among the following is/are the writer/s of 'The Female Spectator'?

Correct Answer: (d) Eliza Haywood
Solution:Eliza Haywood's 'The Female Spectator' (1744-46) is generally considered to be the first periodical written by women for women. Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) was the most important English female novelist of the early 18th century. She was also an actress and publisher.
Hence, the correct answer is option (d).

90. 'Pen is mightier than the sword' is an example of

Correct Answer: (d) Metonymy
Solution:Metonymy (from Greek metōnymía 'change of name or misnomer'). It is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely. Here 'Pen' represents writing and 'sword' represents military force. Therefore, right answer is option (d) 'Metonymy'.