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

Total Questions: 100

91. The last book of Gulliver's Travels is

Correct Answer: (c) Voyage to Houyhnhnms
Solution:The last book of Gulliver's Travel is Voyage to Houghuhums. It is a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift. Hence, option (c) is correct.

92. Venus and Adonis is a long narrative poem by

Correct Answer: (d) Shakespeare
Solution:Venus and Adonis (1953) is a long narrative poem by William Shakespeare. The poem is inspired by and based on stories found in Metamorphoses by Ovid. Hence, option (d) is correct.

93. In Chariotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, the mad woman in the attic is

Correct Answer: (c) Bertha Mason
Solution:Bertha Antoinetta Rochester Mason is the Mad Woman in the Attic in the work Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Hence, option (c) is correct.

94. The author of Leviathan is

Correct Answer: (a) Thomas Hobbes
Solution:The author of Leviathan is Thomas Hobbes, one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy. Hence, option (a) is correct.

95. Тo which kind of poetry does 'The Canterbury Tales' belong?

Correct Answer: (d) Narrative
Solution:The Canterbury Tales is a narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. It is a collection of twenty-four stories that depict the characteristics of the society at that time. Hence, option (d) is correct.

96. Dr. Johnson's 'The Lives of the Poets' is an example of

Correct Answer: (b) Biographical criticism
Solution:Dr. Samuel Johnson's The Lives of the Poets is an example of Biographical criticism, comprising short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets. Hence, option (b) is correct

97. A metre in which an unaccented syllable precedes the accented is called

Correct Answer: (b) Iambic
Solution:A meter in which an unaccented syllable precedes the accented is called iambic. Hence, option (b) is correct.

98. Who of the following did the critic Hugh Walker Call 'The Prince among English Essayists'?

Correct Answer: (c) Charles Lamb
Solution:Charles Lamb was called The Prince among English Essayists by Hugh Walker, while Francis Bacon was called the father of English essays. Hence, option (c) is correct answer.

99. The author of the short story "The Owl who was God" is

Correct Answer: (b) James Thurber
Solution:The author of the short story The Owl who was God is James Thurber. The work tells a fable-like narrative about the imputation of enormous gravitas. Hence, option (b) is correct answer.

100. "Saki" is the pen name of

Correct Answer: (d) Hector Hugh Munro
Solution:Saki is the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro who was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture.