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

Total Questions: 100

11. Observe the punctuation marks and select the correct sentence.

Correct Answer: (a) All that I am, all that I hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Solution:Comma (,) used to show a pause and a full stop (.) is used to end a sentence. The sentence with correct punctuation mark will be option (a).

12. Observe the punctuation marks and select the correct sentence.

Correct Answer: (a) The Human mind is never stationary; it advances or retrogrades.
Solution:A Semicolon (;) is used to join two related independent clauses in place of a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
The sentence with correct punctuation mark will be option (a).

13. Small service is true service ______ it lasts.

Correct Answer: (d) for
Solution:'For' can be used as a preposition, for explaining why (more formal and less common than because).
Here correct option is option (d).

14. Forgive us our debts ______ we forgive our debtors.

Correct Answer: (d) as
Solution:'As' is a conjunction and an adverb and is used before another adverb, a clause or a clause beginning with a preposition. Here 'as' is used instead of 'because' for giving reason.
So, correct option is (d).

15. The poet sketches, is a collection of ______ earliest poetry.

Correct Answer: (b) William Blake
Solution:

William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. He was born in 1757 and died in 1827. Poetical Sketches is the first collection of poetry and prose by William Blake, written between 1769 and 1777.
Here right option is (b).

16. Which of the following is a famous work by Daniel Defoe?

Correct Answer: (a) Robinson Crusoe
Solution:'Robinson Crusoe' is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April, 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book is a travelogue of true incidents.
Here right answer is (a).

17. "Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat". These lines are from 'The Lost Leader by

Correct Answer: (c) Robert Browning
Solution:Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologue put him among the Victorian poets.
"The Lost Leader" (1845) is a poem by Robert Browning, first published in his book Dramatic Romances and Lyrics. It berates William Wordsworth because he joined the Tory party and later kept himself away from Revolutionary movements.
Here right option/answer is (c).

18. Which of the following is a famous work by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

Correct Answer: (c) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Solution:The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Originally "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere") is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797-98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads.

19. Which of the following works has the metaphor of an albatross?

Correct Answer: (d) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Solution:An albatross can be a symbol of good luck, or a symbol of some psychological or emotional burden. The albatross plays a key role in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (1798). This was the first poem of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and S. T. Coleridge.

20. 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'. This is a striking line from the famous book

Correct Answer: (a) Endymion
Solution:'Endymion' is a poem by John Keats, first published in 1818 by Taylor and Hessey of Fleet Street in London. John Keats dedicated this poem to the late poet Thomas Chatterton. 'Endymion' is written in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter (also known as heroic couplets).