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Note:Thispapercontainsseventyfive(75)objectivetypequestionsoftwo(2)markseach.All
questionsarecompulsory.
ThisworkwasasatireinOttavarima,attackingGeorgeIIIandRobertSouthey.Identifythe
poem:
(A)
Dunciad
(B)
TheVisionofJudgment
(C)
ChildeHaroldsPilgrimage
(D)
Alastor
HeresafamousexchangefromArthurConanDoylesSilverBlaze:Isthereanypointtowhich
youwouldwishtodrawmyattention?Tothecuriousincidentofthedoginthenighttime.
Thedogdidnothinginthenighttime.WhatwasSherlockHolmesresponse?

Nothing?Nothingatall?Ratherunbelievable.
Thatwasthecuriousincident.
Anythingelse,atall?
Thatsoundsrathercurious,dontyouthink?
Theshrill,dementedchoirsofwaitingshells,Andbuglescallingforthemfromsadshires.
TheselinesarefromWilfredOwens:
StrangeMeeting
Futility
AnthemforDoomedYouth
DukeetDecorumEst

InAphraBehnsOronooko,howdoesthetitularcharacterdie?
Hedisembowelshimself.
Heiswhippedtodeath.
Heishangedinthepublicsquare.
Heiscuttopiecesslowlybytheexecutioner.
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Thenarrativeofthisnovelisameticulous,presenttenseaccountofawomanwithadeathwish
whoplotsthecircumstancesofherownviolentmurder.
Identifythenovel.
IrisMurdochsAFairlyHonourableDefeat
MurielSparksTheDriversSeat
DorisLessingsChildrenofViolence
AngelaCartersThePassionoftheNewEve
ThelibrarywheretheBattleofBookstakesplaceis_______.
(A)
St.JamesLibrary
(B)
KingsLibrary
(C)
SirWilliamsLibrary
(D)
ChristChurchLibrary
InSophoclesOedipusRexthefirstscenefindsOedipus
inconversationwithapriest
inconsultationwithageneral
givingaudiencetoanambassador
inconsultationwithaminister
WhoamongShakespearescontemporariesdidnotwritetragedies?
(A)
ThomasKyd
(B)
JohnLyly
(C)
ChristopherMarlowe
(D)
BenJonson

TheKiteRunner,anovelbyKhaledHosseinitellsthestoryof________.
(A)
Ahmed
(B)
Nadira
(C)
Amir
(D)
Amourrah
ThomasBabingtonMacaulay,thewriteroftheinfamousMinuteof1835,findsamentionin
SalmanRushdies
(A)MidnightsChildren
(B)
Shame
(C)TheMoorsLastSigh
(D)
Fury
TheissueofprivilegingspeechoverwritingwastakenupfordiscussioninPlatos:
(A)
Ion
(B)
RepublicBookIII
(C)
RepublicBookX
(D)
Phaedrus
TheMediumistheMessageisaconceptgivenby
(A)
ErnestHemingway
(B)
SylviaPlath
(C)
SeymourHersh
(D)
MarshalMcLuhan
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SeamusHeaneysfamouspoemDiggingformsapartofhiscelebratedcollectioncalled
(A)
North
(B)
DeathofaNaturalist
(C)
FieldWork
(D)
DoorintotheDark
ThefirstmajorreportonTheTeachingofEnglishinEnglandwaspublishedin1921.Itis
knownas________,namedaftertheChair,BoardofEducation,_______.
theNewboltReport;SirHenryNewbolt
theWoodsDespatch;CharlesWood,LordHalifax
theChathamReport;EarlJohnChatham
theLandowDocument;SirGeorgeLandow
Whofirstdevelopedthenotionofcompetenceinlanguagestudies?
(A)
DellHymes
(B)
NoamChomsky
(C)
LeechandSvartvik
(D)
HenrySweet
Thefruitwaseaten.Thefruitisripening.

Whichofthefollowingstatement(s)is/arecorrect?
Englishhastwokindsofparticiple:thepresentandthepast.
Englishhasthreekindsofparticiple:thepresent,thepastandthefuture.
Thefirstsentencehereisanexampleofaverbinpastparticiple.
Thefirstsentencehereisanexampleofaverbintheperfecttense.
Thesecondsentencehereisanexampleofaverbinpresentparticiple.
Thesecondsentencehereisanexampleofaverbinthecontinuoustense.

(A)

2,4,6arecorrect.

1,3,5arecorrect.

1,5,6arecorrect.
(D)

3,4,5arecorrect.

In1722theCrownawardedacertainEnglishmerchantapatenttomanufacturecoppercoinsfor
Ireland.JonathanSwiftintervenedbywayofcomposingaseriesoflettersinresponse,better
knownasTheDrapiersLetters.Whowasthemerchant?
(A)
IsaacBickerstaff
(B)
WilliamBickerstaff
(C)
WilliamWood
(D)
WilliamSacheverell
Whiletheworldmoves
Inappentencyonitsmetalledway
Oftimepastandtimefuture
Theselinesarefrom:
(A)
LittleGidding
(B)
DrySalvages
(C)
BurntNorton
(D)
EastCoker
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Thefollowingisthestagedescriptionofanopeningsceneofafamousmodernplay:
Abasementroom.Twobeds,flatagainstthebackwall.Aservinghatch,closed,betweenthe
beds.Adoortothekitchenandlavatory,left.Adoortoapassage,right.
Identifytheplay:
TheImportanceofBeingEarnest
Travesties
TheDumbWaiter
LookBackinAnger
Homonymsarewordsthat_______
arepronounceddifferentlybuthavethesamemeaning.
refertoboththemaleandfemaleofthehumanspecies.
arespeltsimilarlybuthavedifferentmeanings.
refertopeoplewholiveinhouseswithsimilarstructures.
Matchthecolumns:
ShakespeareanActors
Period
I.
DavidGarrick
1.
th

The19 century
II.
JohnGielgud
2.
th

The18 century
III.
HenryIrving
3.
TheRestoration
IV.
ThomasBetterton
4.
th

The20 century

I
II
IIIIV
(A)
2
4
1
3
(B)
4
2
1
3
(C)
3
4
1
2
(D)
2
3
4
1

InhisStructure,Sign,andPlayintheDiscourseoftheHumanSciences,Derridaisallpraise
forthebricoleurwhomLeviStraussseesasasuprememethodologist,someonewhousesthe
meansathand.
WhodoesLeviStrausscontrastbricoleurwithintermsofmethodandapproach?
(A)
TheBotanist
(B)
TheAnthropologist
(C)
TheEngineer
(D)
TheSemiotician
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HeinrichBllhassomethingtosay,andnotofcoursemerelysomethingabouttheGermans.He
saysitseveraltimes.Acommonweaknessofwriterswithsomethingtosayistheirinabilityto
understandthatsayingitfourtimesisnotnecessarilyfourtimesaseffectiveassayingitonce.
Buttohavesomethingtosayhowrarethisis!
D.J.Enright,ThreeNewGermans.
Fromareadingoftheabove,thereadercandeduce:
EnrightmildlydisapprovesofHeinrichBllssayingnotmerelysomethingaboutGermans.
EnrightisdisappointedthatHeinrichBllhaspracticallynothingtosayaboutpeopleotherthan
Germans.
EnrightagreesthatHeinrichBllsharesaweaknesswithwriterswhoprefersayingsomething
fourtimestosayingitonce.
IV.
Enrightdoesnotbelievethatsayingsomethingfourtimeswillnecessarilymakethe
sameeffective.
Therightcombination,accordingtothecode,is
(A)
IandII
(B)
IIandIII
(C)
IIIandIV
(D)
IandIV
MichelFoucaultsearlierarchaeologicalstudyisfoundin
Power/Knowledge
SocialTheoryandTransgression
TheBirthoftheClinic
BeyondStructuralismandHermeneutics
InvisibleManbyRalphEllisoniswidelyrecognizedasamasterpiece.Itisalsooneofthefinest
examplesof
(A)

sciencefiction
(B)
picaresquenovel
(C)
comingofagenovel
(D)
crimethriller
Matchthefollowingcorrectly:

ListI
ListII
I.
MulkRajAnand
1.
Premashram
II.
RajaRao
2.
TheCatandShakespeare
III.
PremChand
3.
Coolie
IV.
GirishKarnad
4.
Nagamandala
I
II
III
IV
(A)
3
2
4
1
(B)
2
3

1
4
(C)
3
2
1
4
4321
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FromwhichofSheridansplaysthefollowingextractistaken?
LadySneerwell:
WhytrulyMrs.Clackitthasaveryprettytalentandagreatdealof

industry.
Snake
:
True,Madam,andhasbeentolerablysuccessfulinherday.Tomy

knowledgeshehasbeenthecauseofsixmatchesbeingbrokenoffand

threesonsdisinherited,offourforcedelopements.
LadySneerwell:
Shecertainlyhastalentsbuthermannerisgross.
(A)
TheRivals
(B)
TheSchoolforScandal
(C)
St.PatricksDay
(D)
TheCritic
Who,fromamongthefollowing,hasNOTbeendiscussedbySimondeBevoirinTheMythof
WomaninFiveAuthorsinTheSecondSex?
(A)
Montherlant
(B)
Lawrence
(C)
Stendhal
(D)
Kafka
InacollectionofessaysOrhanPamukshareshowhewriteshisnovels,tellsabouthisfriendship
withhisdaughter,talksabouthislonelinessandhappiness.

Identifythetext:
(A)
OtherColors
(B)
TheSilentHouse
(C)
TheBlackBook
(D)
TheWhiteCastle
TwoofthefollowingplayswontheSultanPadamseePrizeforIndianplaysinEnglish:I.
Princes
WhereTheresaWill
LarinsSahib
IV.
DoongajiHouse
Therightcombinationaccordingtothecodeis:
(A)
IIIandIV
(B)
IandIII
(C)
IIandIII
(D)
IandIV
WhoamongthefollowingisNOTanAustralianwriter?
(A)
MorrisWest
(B)
PatrickWhite
(C)
ThomasKeneally
(D)
BillPearson
AfterIndependence,MulkRajAnand,wroteanumberofsemiautobiographicalworksto
narratechunksofhisownlifethroughafictionalpersona.Thenamehegavethispersonais
_______.

(A)
LalSingh
(B)
KrishanChander
(C)
PuranSingh
(D)
RahulSingh
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Whatamockerythis.
Ofhistory,thepastandthattocome!NowdoIfeelhowallmenaredeceived,Readingofnations
andtheir,infaith,Faithgiventovanityandemptiness

Theprelude
Theaboveextractisfrom
Book9ResidenceinFrance
Book7ResidenceinLondon
Book3ResidenceinCambridge
Book4SummerVacations
WhileforegroundingthemarginalpresenceofwomeninhistoryinARoomofOnesOwn,
VirginiaWoolfrefersto______HistoryofEngland.
(A)
Campbells
(B)
Trevelyans
(C)
Sanders
(D)
Carters
SalonieisaplaywrittenbyOscarWildewrittenin
(A)
English
(B)
Irish
(C)
French
(D)
Italian
InMoresUtopia,thefictionaltravellerRaphaelHythlodayssecondnameinGreekmeans
(A)
DispenserofJustice
(B)
DispenserofNonsense

(C)
DispenserofGrace
(D)
DispenserofMercy
YoudonotdwellinmenorIinyouhowevermuchIpandertoyourname

TheselinesfromGeoffreyHillsLachrimaeaddress
(A)
Christ
(B)
TheDevil
(C)
Thepoetsbeloved
(D)
Thepoetsenemy
TheauthorofBlackSkin,WhiteMasksis
(A)
NgugiwaThiongo
(B)
FrantzFanon
(C)
RichardWright
(D)
MartinLutherKing(Jr.)
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Matchthefollowing:

Poet
Bird
I.
JohnKeats
1.
Hawk
II.
P.B.Shelley
2.
Falcon
III.
G.H.Hopkins
3.
Skylark
IV.
TedHughes
4.
Nightingale
I
II
III
IV
(A)
4
3
2
1
(B)
4
3
1
2
(C)
3
4
2
1

(D)
3
4
1
2

WhoofthefollowinghaswrittenthenovelTheReturn?
(A)
BapsiSidhwa
(B)
V.S.Naipaul
(C)
K.S.Maniam
(D)
PankajMishra
WhoamongthefollowingisawellknownNeoAristoteliancritic?
(A)
R.P.Blackmur
(B)
JohnCroweRanson
(C)
R.S.Crane
(D)
LionelTrilling
Assertion(A):Theactofreadingatextisbothdeterminateandindeterminate.
Reason(R):Sinceourreadingincludesbothasenseoftheunityofthenarrativeheldinplace
attheendandthedifferentwishesandguessesmadealongtheway.
Both(A)and(R)aretrueand(R)isthetrueexplanationof(A).
Both(A)and(R)aretrue,but(R)isnotthetrueexplanationof(A).
(A)istrue,but(R)isfalse.
(A)isfalse,but(R)istrue.
GirishKarnadsHayavadana,originallyinKannada,hasbeentranslatedintoEnglishby
(A)

U.R.Ananthamurthy
(B)
Bytheplaywrighthimself
(C)
G.S.Amur
(D)
A.K.Ramanujan
EdwardSaidswellknownbookOrientalismwaspublishedin
(A)
1978
(B)
1968
(C)
2008
(D)
1988
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TotheMemoryofmyBeloved,theAuthorMr.WilliamShakespeare:AndWhatHeHathLeft
Usisanodecomposedby
(A)
JohnMilton
(B)
BenJonson
(C)
AndrewMarvell
(D)
JohnSuckling
CallmeIshmailTonightiswrittenby
(A)
A.K.Ramanujan
(B)
AghaShahidAli
(C)
SaleemPeeradina
(D)
NissimEzekiel

Allfictionformeisakindofmagicortrickeryaconfidencetrick.Thestatementhasbeen
madeby
(A)
AngusWilson
(B)
AnthonyPowell
(C)
JohnFowles
(D)
GeorgeOrwell
HereisalistofAmericanwordsandwordmakers.Matchthefollowing:
I.
H.L.Mencken
1.
Babbit
II.
PhilipWylie
2.
Yesman

III.
JackConway
3.
Biblebelt
IV.
SinclairLewis
4.
Monism
I
II
III
IV
(A)
4
3
2
1
(B)
3
4
1
2
(C)
3
4
2
1
(D)
4
3
1
2

WhichofthefollowinginJacquesDerridasepigraphtohisStructure,SignandPlayinthe
DiscourseoftheHumanSciences?
Morebody,hencemorewriting..HeleneCixous.
Weneedtointerpretinterpretationsmorethantointerpretthings.MichelEyquemde
Montaigne.
Butunlikephilosophicalreflection,.thereflectionswearedealingwithhereconcernrays

whoseonlysourceishypotheticalClaudeLeviStrauss
IfCleopatrasnosehadbeenshorterthewholehistoryoftheworldwouldhavebeendifferent.
BlaisePascal.
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InMannsDeathinVenice,deathoftheprotagonistoccurs
(A)
inabar
(B)
inabeach
(C)
inachurch
(D)
onthehighway
TwoamongthefollowingpoetswrotetheVillagepoemsthataddresstheperennialthemeof
ruralpoverty:
I.
OliverGoldsmith
II.
WilliamCollins
III.
SamuelJohnson
IV.
GeorgeGabbe
Therightcombinationaccordingtothecodeis
(A)
IandIII
(B)
IIandIII
(C)
IandIV
(D)
IandII
InwhichofthefollowingworksYeatsdevelopedhistheoryofgyres?
AVision
TheSecretRose
JohnShermanandDhoya
TheCelticTwilight
MysteryandMiracleplaysinEnglishwerebasedon______.
(A)

Englishfolklore
(B)
Englishlegends
(C)
Biblicalstories
(D)
AngloSaxonmyths
Whenwerewriteapieceofdiscoursefromonescriptintoanother,itiscalled________.
(A)
Translation
(B)
Transliteration
(C)
Transcreation
(D)
Transformation
Nowonderthen.Explain.
Nowonderthatthewordsherebegintomean.
Nowonderthatyounowfindthewordsmenacing.
Nowonderthatthewordsfindyoumenacing.
Nowonderthewordsstillmeanandaretame.
Thetermwomanismwasfirstusedby
(A)
HeleneCixous
(B)
GayatriSpivak
(C)
KateMillet
(D)
AliceWalker
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Twoamongthefollowingcriticshavedealtwiththereproductionofmotherhoodinfeminist
theory:
NancyChodorow
JudithFetterley
III.
CatherineR.Stimpson
IV.
CarolGilligan
Therightcombinationaccordingtothecodeis
(A)
IandII
(B)
IIandIV
(C)
IandIV
(D)
IIIandIV
Flowersisashortplaywrittenby
(A)
MaheshDattani
(B)
AsifCurrimbhoy
(C)
GirishKarnad
(D)
PaoliSengupta
Matchthecolumns:
Character
Novel
I.
LadyDedlock
1.

VanityFair
II.
LadyBertram
2.
WivesandDaughters
III.
LadyHarriet
3.
MansfieldPark
IV.
LadyJane
4.
BleakHouse
I
II
III
IV
(A)
4
2
3
1
(B)
3
2
1
4
(C)
4
3
2
1
(D)
3
4
1
2

TheBooksYouNeedntRead,theBooksMadeForPurposesOtherThanReading,Books
ReadBeforeYouOpenThemSinceTheyBelongToTheCategoryofBooksReadBefore
BeingWritten

Theaboveextractistakenfrom
JorgeLuisBorgessTheLibraryofBabel
ItaloColvinosIfonaWintersNightaTraveller
UmbertoEcosTheNameoftheRose
FrancisBaconsOfStudies
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Listedbelowarethetitlesofnovelsandthesourcestowhichtheyarealignedbyreaders.Match
themappropriately:

ListI
ListII
I.
PeterCareysJackMaggs
1.
DanielDefoesRobinsonCrusoe
II.
J.M.CoetzeesFoe
2.
CharlotteBrontesJaneEyre
III.
JeanRhyssWideSargassoSea
3.
R.M.BallantynesTheCoralIsland
IV.
WilliamGoldingsLordoftheFlies
4.
CharlesDickenssGreatExpectations
I
II
III
IV
(A)
4
1
3
2
(B)
4
3
1
2
(C)
4
1

2
3
(D)
4
2
1
3

Identifytherightchronologicalsequence:
TheGameofChessVolponeTheDuchessofMalfiTheCityMadam
TheCityMadamTheDuchessofMalfiVolponeAGameofChess
VolponeTheDuchessofMalfiAGameofChessTheCityMadam
TheDuchessofMalfiVolponeAGameofChessTheCityMadam

Nasaltoneinspeechisadistinguishingfeatureof_______.
(A)
BritishEnglish
(B)
ScottishEnglish
(C)
AustralianEnglish
(D)
AmericanEnglish

WhichofthefollowingwritersdidNOTreceivetheNobelPrizeforLiterature?
(A)
WoleSoyinka
(B)
ChinuaAchebe
(C)
J.M.Coetzee
(D)
NadineGordimer

TheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpirebyEdwardGibbonisasignificantworkin
______volumes.
(A)
3
(B)
4
(C)
5
(D)
6
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ThefirstnovelwrittenbyGrahamGreeneis
(A)StamboulTrain
(B)
EnglandMadeMe
(C)TheHeartoftheMatter
(D)
TheManWithin
FromamongtheCanterburypilgrims,whichgroupwouldqualifyastheupperclass?
ThePardoner,TheMiller,TheNunsPriest
Franklin,Parson,WifeofBath
TheKnight,TheSquire,ThePrioress
TheReeve,TheManciple,TheClerk
Plagiarismisawellknownwordandconceptinacademiccircles.ThewordplagiariusinLatin,
however,meant
(A)
atrickster,acheat
(B)
aquack,aswindler
(C)
aloafer,alout
(D)
atorturer,aplunderer
WhatsuperstitionaroundtheEveofSt.AgnesiscrucialtoanunderstandingJohnKeats
famouspoem?
IfavirginperformedtheproperritualonSt.AgnesEve,shewoulddreamofherfuture
husband.
IfavirginperformedtheproperritualonSt.AgnesEve,shewouldmarryherlover.
IfamarriedwomanperformedtheproperritualonSt.AgnesEve,shewouldbereunitedwith
herhusband.
IfawomanperformedtheproperritualonSt.AgnesEve,shewoulddreamofherfuturelover.
IdentifythepersonwhosetshimselfupastheKnightwithapestleratherthanaswordinthe

playTheKnightoftheBurningPestle:
(A)
Ralph
(B)
Tim
(C)
George
(D)
Squire
WorkslikeTheEarthlyParadise,DanteandHisCircle,GoblinMarketandOtherPoemsand
thejournal,TheGermareassociatedwith________.
(A)
thePreRaphaelites
(B)
HigherCriticism
(C)
theCavalierPoets
(D)
thePreRomantics
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Readthefollowingpoemandanswerquestions(72to75):
ABirdcamedowntheWalk
HedidnotknowIsaw
HebitanAngleworminhalves
Andatethefellow,raw,
AndthenhedrankaDew
FromaconvenientGrass
AndthenhoppedsidewisetotheWall
ToletaBeetlepass
Heglancedwithrapideyes
Thathurriedallaround
TheylookedlikefrightenedBeads,Ithought
HestirredhisVelvetHead
Likeoneindanger,Cautious,
IofferedhimaCrumb
Andheunrolledhisfeathers
Androwedhimsofterhome
ThanOarsdividetheOcean,
Toosilverforaseam
OrButterflies,offBanksofNoon
Leap,plashlessastheyswim.
IsaconvenientGrassanexampleoftransferredepithet?
Yes,itis.Theconvenienceofgrassistransferredfromthebirdtothepoetwhofindsgrass
convenientofaccess.
Yes,itis.Thegrassisnotconvenient,butistransferredfromthebirdwhofindsthegrass
convenientofaccess.

No.Itisaregularepithet.
No.Itisnotanepithetinthestrictsense.
WhichofthefollowingisNOTanexampleofkineticimagery?
(A)
unrolledhisfeathers
(B)
hoppedsidewise
(C)
VelvetHead
(D)
rowedhim
Thepoemstagesanencounterbetween:
thehumanandthenonhuman
distrustofthenonhumanaboutthehumans
twooldfriends
twooldenemies
LikeoneindangerWhoisindanger?
(A)
TheBird
(B)
ThePoet
(C)
TheAngleworm
(D)
FrightenedBeads
___________
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