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

Total Questions: 100

1. _____ is known as the father of detective stories.

Correct Answer: (a) Edgar Allen Poe
Solution:Edgar Allan Poe is known as the father of detective stories. In his writing he explored exotic, supernatural and gothic elements. Hence, option (a) is correct.

2. The author of "Beowulf" is

Correct Answer: (d) None of these
Solution:The author of Beowulf is unknown. It is possible that the poem was composed and transmitted between several different poets before it was preserved in a single manuscript. Hence, option (d) is correct.

3. The pilgrims in the "Canterbury Tales" were going to

Correct Answer: (c) Shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury

4. In Langland's Piers the Plowman, Piers finally appears as

Correct Answer: (c) Jesus

5. The first tragedy written in English is

Correct Answer: (d) Gorboduc

6. Reflection on the French Revolution is a work by

Correct Answer: (b) Edmund Burke
Solution:Reflection on the French Revolution is a work by Edmund Burke in the form of political pamphlet. Here, he argues that the French Revolution would end disastrously because its abstract foundations ignored the complexities of human nature and society. Hence, option (b) is correct

7. ______ is a morality play revieved in the modern age.

Correct Answer: (a) Everyman
Solution:Everyman is a morality play revived in the modern age. Morality play became popular during the 15th and 16th centuries, in which the characters personify moral qualities (such as charity or vice) or abstractions (as death or youth) and in which moral lessons are taught. Hence, option (a) is correct.

8. Thomas Kyd was the founder of

Correct Answer: (b) Romantic comedy
Solution:Thomas Kyd is one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama. He is known for his work The Spanish Tragedy. He was the founder of Romantic comedy. Hence, option (b) is correct.

9. The lines "The lunatic, the lover and the poet/Are of imagination all compact" are spoken by

Correct Answer: (a) Theseus
Solution:The lines "the lunatic, the lover and the poet are of imagination all compact" are spoken by Theseus in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Here, the poet brings out the similarity between a lunatic, a lover and a poet. This similarity lies in the faculty of their imagination. Hence, option (a) is correct.

10. Falstaff is a character in Shakespeare's

Correct Answer: (d) Henry IV
Solution:Falstaff is a character in Shakespeare's play Henry IV. He is a fat, vain and boastful knight who spends most of his time drinking at the Boar's Head inn with petty criminals, living on stolen or borrowed money. Hence, option (d) is correct.