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(1) Seamus Heaney’s famous poem “Digging” forms a part of his celebrated collection called
(1) North
(2) Death of a Naturalist
(3) Field Work
(4) Door into the Dark
Answer: Death of a Naturalist
(2) The first major report on The Teaching of English in England was published in 1921. It is known as ________, named after the Chair, Board of Education, _______.
(1) the Newbolt Report; Sir Henry Newbolt
(2) the Wood’s Despatch; Charles Wood, Lord Halifax
(3) the Chatham Report; Earl John Chatham
(4) the Landow Document; Sir George Landow
Answer: the Newbolt Report; Sir Henry Newbolt

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(3) Who first developed the notion of ‘competence’ in language studies ?
(1) Dell Hymes
(2) Noam Chomsky
(3) Leech and Svartvik
(4) Henry Sweet
Answer: Noam Chomsky
(4) In 1722 the Crown awarded a certain English merchant a patent to manufacture copper coins for Ireland. Jonathan Swift intervened by way of composing a series of letters in response, better known as The Drapier’s Letters. Who was the merchant ?
(1) Isaac Bickerstaff
(2) William Bickerstaff
(3) William Wood
(4) William Sacheverell
Answer: William Wood
(5)
“While the world moves
In appentency on its metalled way
Of time past and time future”
These lines are from :
(1) “Little Gidding”
(2) “Dry Salvages”
(3) “Burnt Norton”
(4) “East Coker”
Answer: “Burnt Norton”
(6) ‘Homonyms’ are words that _______
(1) are pronounced differently but have the same meaning.
(2) refer to both the male and female of the human species.
(3) are spelt similarly but have different meanings.
(4) refer to people who live in houses with similar structures.
Answer: are spelt similarly but have different meanings.
(7) Michel Foucault’s earlier “archaeological” study is found in
(1) Power/Knowledge
(2) Social Theory and Transgression
(3) The Birth of the Clinic
(4) Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics
Answer: The Birth of the Clinic
(8) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is widely recognized as a masterpiece. It is also one of the finest examples of
(1) science fiction.
(2) picaresque novel.
(3) coming-of-age novel.
(4) crime thriller.
Answer: coming-of-age novel.
(9) Who, from among the following, has NOT been discussed by Simon-de-Bevoir in “The Myth of Woman in Five Authors” in The Second Sex ?
(1) Montherlant
(2) Lawrence
(3) Stendhal
(4) Kafka
Answer: Kafka
(10) In a collection of essays Orhan Pamuk shares how he writes his novels, tells about his friendship with his daughter, talks about his loneliness and happiness. Identify the text :
(1) Other Colors
(2) The Silent House
(3) The Black Book
(4) The White Castle
Answer: Other Colors
(11) Two of the following plays won the Sultan Padamsee Prize for Indian plays in English :

I.Princes

II. Where There’s a Will

III. Larins Sahib

IV. Doongaji House

The right combination according to the code is :

(1) III and IV
(2) I and III
(3) II and III
(4) I and IV
Answer: III and IV
(12) Who among the following is NOT an Australian writer ?
(1) Morris West
(2) Patrick White
(3) Thomas Keneally
(4) Bill Pearson
Answer: Bill Pearson
(13) After Independence, Mulk Raj Anand, wrote a number of semi-autobiographical works to narrate chunks of his own life through a fictional persona. The name he gave this persona is _______.
(1) Lal Singh
(2) Krishan Chander
(3) Puran Singh
(4) Rahul Singh
Answer: Krishan Chander
(14) In More’s Utopia, the fictional traveller Raphael Hythloday’s second name in Greek means
(1) Dispenser of Justice
(2) Dispenser of Nonsense
(3) Dispenser of Grace
(4) Dispenser of Mercy
Answer: Dispenser of Nonsense
(15)
“You do not dwell in me nor I in you
however much I pander to your name”

(1) Christ
(2) The Devil
(3) The poet’s beloved
(4) The poet’s enemy
Answer: Christ

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