{"id":1996,"date":"2022-05-19T13:19:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T07:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englearners.com\/?page_id=1996"},"modified":"2024-01-01T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T11:02:08","slug":"43rd-bcs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/englearners.com\/index.php\/43rd-bcs\/","title":{"rendered":"43rd BCS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>(Exam held on: 29th October 2021) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. The phrase &#8216;sine die&#8217; means- <\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> half-heartedly <br><strong>b)<\/strong> doubtfully <br><strong>c)<\/strong> fixed<br><strong>d)<\/strong> uncertain <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks1\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks1\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks1\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks1\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks1\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks1\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>d)<\/strong> <strong>uncertain<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> <strong>sine die&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;\/adv\/&nbsp;= (\u0985\u09a7\u09bf\u09ac\u09c7\u09b6\u09a8) \u0985\u09a8\u09bf\u09b0\u09cd\u09a6\u09bf\u09b7\u09cd\u099f \u0995\u09be\u09b2\u09c7\u09b0 \u099c\u09a8\u09cd\u09af (\u09b8\u09cd\u09a5\u0997\u09bf\u09a4)\u0964 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SINE DIE<\/span><\/em>&nbsp;means not setting any future date for resumption (\u09aa\u09c1\u09a8\u09b0\u09be\u09af\u09bc \u09b6\u09c1\u09b0\u09c1).<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Fill in the gap.<\/strong> <br>Birds fly ___ in the sky.<br><strong>a)<\/strong> random<br><strong>b)<\/strong> at large<br><strong>c)<\/strong> at a stich<br><strong>d)<\/strong>  are long<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks2\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks2\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks2\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks2\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks2\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks2\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>b) at large<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> &#8220;at large&#8221; means a criminal or any dangerous animal is at liberty, not captured.<br><br>** <strong><strong>at large<\/strong><\/strong> = \u09b8\u09cd\u09ac\u09be\u09a7\u09c0\u09a8\u09ad\u09be\u09ac\u09c7;<br><strong>** random<\/strong>= \u098f\u09b2\u09cb\u09ae\u09c7\u09b2\u09cb\u09ad\u09be\u09ac\u09c7;<br><br>Option &#8216;c&#8217; and &#8216;d&#8217; do not make sense.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Identify the correct synonym for the word &#8216;magnanimous&#8217; &#8211;<\/strong><br><strong>a) <\/strong>unkind<br><strong>b)<\/strong> generous<br><strong>c)<\/strong> revengeful <br><strong>d)<\/strong> friendly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks3\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks3\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks3\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks3\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks3\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks3\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans: b) generous<\/strong><br><strong>[ <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">magnanimous<\/span><strong> <\/strong>= \u0989\u09a6\u09be\u09b0, \u09ae\u09b9\u09be\u09a8\u09c1\u09ad\u09ac; <br>synonym = generous; <br>antonym= unkind.<br><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">revengeful <\/span>= \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09a4\u09bf\u09b6\u09cb\u09a7\u09aa\u09b0\u09be\u09af\u09bc\u09a3 <strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Which gender is the word &#8216;orphan&#8217;? <\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> neuter<br><strong>b)<\/strong> feminine<br><strong>c)<\/strong> common <br><strong>d)<\/strong> masculine <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks4\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks4\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks4\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks4\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks4\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks4\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>c) common<\/strong> <br><strong>[<\/strong> Orphan refers to the kid without parents. Here, gender is not relevant. An orphan can be either male or female . Therefore, orphan is a common gender.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. &#8216;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A herd of cattle<\/span> is passing.&#8217; The underlined word is a\/an-<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> adverb<br><strong>b)<\/strong> adjective <br><strong>c)<\/strong> collective noun<br><strong>d)<\/strong> abstract noun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks5\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks5\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks5\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks5\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks5\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks5\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>c) collective noun<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> herd= \u09aa\u09be\u09b2, A herd of cattle = \u098f\u0995 \u09aa\u09be\u09b2 \u09aa\u09b6\u09c1;<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Collective noun<\/span> = \u09af\u09c7 Noun \u09a6\u09cd\u09ac\u09be\u09b0\u09be \u09b8\u09ae\u099c\u09be\u09a4\u09c0\u09df \u0995\u09cb\u09a8 \u0997\u09cb\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0 \u09ac\u09be \u09a6\u09b2\u0995\u09c7 \u09ac\u09c1\u099d\u09be\u09df \u09a4\u09be Collective noun.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. What is adjective form of the word &#8220;People&#8221;?<\/strong> <br><strong>a)<\/strong> populous<br><strong>b)<\/strong> popular<br><strong>c)<\/strong> popularity<br><strong>d)<\/strong> popularize<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks6\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks6\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks6\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks6\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks6\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks6\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>a) populous<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">populous<\/span> = \u099c\u09a8\u09ac\u09b9\u09c1\u09b2 (Adj); <br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">popular<\/span> = \u099c\u09a8\u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09bf\u09af\u09bc (Adj. though but meaning-wise it differs form the required base word); <br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">popularity<\/span> = \u099c\u09a8\u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09bf\u09af\u09bc\u09a4\u09be (N);<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">popularize<\/span> = \u099c\u09a8\u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09bf\u09af\u09bc \u0995\u09b0\u09be (V)<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. <\/strong> <strong>A speech full of too many words is &#8211;<\/strong> <br><strong>a)<\/strong> a big speech <br><strong>b)<\/strong> maiden speech <br><strong>c)<\/strong> a verbose speech <br><strong>d)<\/strong> an unimportant speech <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks7\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks7\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks7\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks7\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks7\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks7\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>c) a verbose speech <\/strong><br><strong>[ <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>A verbose speech<\/em> <\/span>is the&nbsp;speech that uses more words than necessary;<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A&nbsp;<em>maiden speech<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;is the first speech given by a newly elected or appointed member of a legislature or parliament.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8. &#8216;He contemplated marrying his cousin.&#8217; Here &#8216;marrying&#8217; is a\/an-<\/strong> <br><strong>a)<\/strong> present participle <br><strong>b)<\/strong> gerund <br><strong>c)<\/strong> verb<br><strong>d)<\/strong> infinitive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks8\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks8\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks8\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks8\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks8\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks8\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans: b) gerund<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> He contemplated marrying his cousin = \u09b8\u09c7 \u09a4\u09be\u09b0 \u0995\u09be\u099c\u09bf\u09a8\u0995\u09c7 \u09ac\u09bf\u09af\u09bc\u09c7 \u0995\u09b0\u09a4\u09c7 \u09ae\u09a8\u09b8\u09cd\u09a5 \u0995\u09b0\u09c7\u099b\u09c7; \u098f\u0996\u09be\u09a8\u09c7 marrying &#8220;\u0995\u09bf \u0985\u09b0\u09cd\u09a5\u09c7&#8221; (\u0995\u09bf \u0995\u09b0\u09a4\u09c7) noun \u09b9\u09bf\u09b8\u09c7\u09ac\u09c7 \u09ac\u09cd\u09af\u09ac\u09b9\u09c3\u09a4 \u09b9\u09af\u09bc\u09c7\u099b\u09c7\u0964 \u09a4\u09be\u0987 marrying \u09b6\u09ac\u09cd\u09a6\u099f\u09bf \u098f\u0996\u09be\u09a8\u09c7 gerund.<strong>]&nbsp;<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9. The word &#8216;to genuflect&#8217; means- <\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> to be genuine <br><strong>b)<\/strong> to reflect <br><strong>c)<\/strong> to bend the knee <br><strong>d)<\/strong> to be flexible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks9\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks9\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks9\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks9\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks9\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks9\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans: c) to bend the knee<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> <strong>Genuflect <\/strong>= to bend one or both knees as sign of respect to God, especially when entering or leaving a Catholic church (Source: <em>Cambridge Dictionary<\/em>).<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10. Fill in the blank: &#8216;She went to New Market_____.<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> on foot<br><strong>b)<\/strong> one feet<br><strong>c)<\/strong> by foot<br><strong>d)<\/strong> by walking <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks10\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks10\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks10\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks10\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks10\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks10\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>a) on foot<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> on foot <strong>vs <\/strong>by foot = &#8216;On foot&#8217; is the most commonly used expression. &#8216;By&#8217; is usually used to talk about a means of transport (i.e. train, car, boat, plane, etc).<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11. Identify the word which is spelt incorrectly:<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> fluctuation <br><strong>b)<\/strong> remission<br><strong>c)<\/strong> ocassion <br><strong>d)<\/strong> decision<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks11\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks11\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks11\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks11\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks11\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks11\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>c)<\/strong> <strong>ocassion<\/strong> <br><strong>[<\/strong> Correct spelling = o<strong>cc<\/strong>asion (\u0989\u09aa\u09b2\u0995\u09cd\u09b7)<br>fluctuation = \u0993\u09a0\u09be\u09a8\u09be\u09ae\u09be,  remission = \u09ae\u0993\u0995\u09c1\u09ab <strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12. Change the voice: &#8216;Nobody trusts a traitor.&#8217;<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> A traitor is trusted.<br><strong>b)<\/strong> A traitor should not be trusted.<br><strong>c)<\/strong> Everybody hates a traitor.<br><strong>d)<\/strong> A traitor is not trusted by anybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks12\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks12\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks12\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks12\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks12\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks12\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>d)<\/strong> <strong>A traitor is not trusted by anybody.<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> Object + aux. verb (not) + verb 3 + by + subj. (nobody \u279c anybody).<strong>]<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13. Choose the right form of verb:<\/strong><br>It is high time we (act) on the matter.<br><strong>a)<\/strong> are acting <br><strong>b)<\/strong> acted <br><strong>c)<\/strong> have acted <br><strong>d)<\/strong> could act<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks13\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks13\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks13\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks13\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks13\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks13\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>b)<\/strong> <strong>acted <\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> It is high time we acted on the matter = \u09ac\u09bf\u09b7\u09df\u099f\u09be\u09b0 \u0989\u09aa\u09b0 \u0995\u09be\u099c \u0995\u09b0\u09be\u09b0 \u098f\u0996\u09a8\u0987 \u099a\u09c2\u09dc\u09be\u09a8\u09cd\u09a4 \/ \u09b6\u09c7\u09b7 \u09b8\u09ae\u09df\u0964 It is high time \u098f\u09b0 \u09aa\u09b0 verb \u098f\u09b0 past form (verb 2) \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14. What is the noun form of the word &#8216;laugh&#8217;?<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> laughing<br><strong>b)<\/strong> laughable <br><strong>c)<\/strong> laughter <br><strong>d)<\/strong> laughingly <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks14\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks14\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks14\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks14\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks14\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks14\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>c) laughter<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> laugh = verb; <br>laughter = noun;<br>laughing \/ laughable = adjective;<br>laughingly = adverb <strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.<\/strong> <strong>Do you have any money ___ you? <\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> to  <br><strong>b)<\/strong> over<br><strong>c)<\/strong> in <br><strong>d)<\/strong> on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks15\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks15\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks15\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks15\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks15\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks15\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>d)<\/strong> <strong>on<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> \u0995\u09be\u09b0\u09cb \u0995\u09be\u099b\u09c7 \u09a5\u09be\u0995\u09be \u09ac\u09be \u09b8\u09be\u09a5\u09c7 \u09ac\u09b9\u09a8 \u0995\u09b0\u09be \u0985\u09b0\u09cd\u09a5\u09c7 preposition \u09b9\u09bf\u09b8\u09c7\u09ac\u09c7 on \u09ac\u09cd\u09af\u09ac\u09b9\u09c3\u09a4 \u09b9\u09af\u09bc\u0964 \u09b8\u09c1\u09a4\u09b0\u09be\u0982 \u09b6\u09c2\u09a8\u09cd\u09af\u09b8\u09cd\u09a5\u09be\u09a8\u09c7 on \u09ac\u09b8\u09ac\u09c7\u0964 Do you have any money on you? \u09a4\u09cb\u09ae\u09be\u09b0 \u09b8\u09be\u09a5\u09c7 \u0995\u09be\u099b\u09c7 \u0995\u09bf \u0995\u09cb\u09a8 \u099f\u09be\u0995\u09be \u0986\u099b\u09c7? \u098f\u09b0\u0995\u09ae \u0986\u09b0\u09cb \u0995\u09bf\u099b\u09c1 sentence- Have you got any money on you? I never carry much money on me (Source: Oxford Advanced Learner&#8217;s Dictionary)<strong>] <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16. What is the antonym for the word &#8216;deformation&#8217;?<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> distortion<br><strong>b)<\/strong> contortion<br><strong>c)<\/strong> wholeness<br><strong>d)<\/strong> disfigurement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks16\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks16\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks16\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks16\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks16\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks16\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans: c) wholeness<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong>&#8216;<em>deformation&#8217; = \u09ac\u09bf\u0995\u09c3\u09a4\u09bf (\u0995\u09cb\u09a8 \u0995\u09bf\u099b\u09c1\u09b0)<\/em>;<br>distortion = \u09ac\u09bf\u0995\u09c3\u09a4\u09bf;<br>contortion = \u09ac\u09bf\u0995\u09c3\u09a4\u09bf;<br>wholeness = \u0985\u0996\u09a3\u09cd\u09a1\u09a4\u09be, \u09b8\u09ae\u09cd\u09aa\u09c2\u09b0\u09cd\u09a3\u09a4\u09be;<br>disfigurement = \u09ac\u09bf\u0995\u09c3\u09a4\u0995\u09b0\u09a3 <strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17. <\/strong> <strong>Words inscribed on a tomb is an &#8211; <\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> epitome<br><strong>b)<\/strong> epithet<br><strong>c)<\/strong> episode<br><strong>d)<\/strong> epitaph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks17\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks17\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks17\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks17\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks17\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks17\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>d) epitaph<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> epitome = \u09b8\u0982\u0995\u09cd\u09b7\u09bf\u09aa\u09cd\u09a4\u09b8\u09be\u09b0, \u09ae\u09c2\u09b2 \u0985\u0982\u09b6;<br>epithet = \u0989\u09aa\u09be\u09a7\u09bf, \u0997\u09c1\u09a3\u09ac\u09be\u099a\u0995 \u0989\u0995\u09cd\u09a4\u09bf;<br>episode = \u09aa\u09b0\u09cd\u09ac, \u0995\u09be\u09b9\u09bf\u09a8\u09c0;<br>epitaph = \u09b8\u09ae\u09be\u09a7\u09bf\u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09ae\u09cd\u09ad-\u09b2\u09bf\u09aa\u09bf <strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>18. The phrase &#8216;dog days&#8217; means-<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> hot  weather <br><strong>b)<\/strong> cold shower<br><strong>c)<\/strong> rain-soaked streets<br><strong>d)<\/strong> ice storm <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks18\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks18\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks18\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks18\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks18\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks18\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>a)<\/strong> <strong>hot  weather <\/strong><br><strong>[ Dog days<\/strong>&nbsp;= The hottest days of the summer.<br><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dog days<\/span><\/em>&nbsp;is the period between early July and early September when the hot weather of summer usually occurs in the northern hemisphere.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>19. Identify the correct sentence:<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> The girl burst out with tears.<br><strong>b)<\/strong> The girl burst into tears.<br><strong>c)<\/strong> The girl burst with tears.<br><strong>d)<\/strong> The girl bursted into tears<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks19\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks19\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks19\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks19\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks19\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks19\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>b) The girl burst into tears.<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> The girl burst into tears = \u09ae\u09c7\u09df\u09c7\u099f\u09bf \u0995\u09be\u09a8\u09cd\u09a8\u09be\u09df \u09ad\u09c7\u0999\u09cd\u0997\u09c7 \u09aa\u09dc\u09b2\u09cb\u0964<br><strong>burst into<\/strong> = \u09a6\u09c1\u0983\u0996\u09c7 \u0995\u09b7\u09cd\u099f\u09c7 \u09ad\u09c7\u0999\u09cd\u0997\u09c7 \u09aa\u09dc\u09be \u09ac\u09c1\u099d\u09be\u09a4\u09c7; <br><strong>burst out<\/strong> = \u0996\u09c1\u09b6\u09bf\u09a4\u09c7 \/ \u09b9\u09be\u09b8\u09bf\u09a4\u09c7 \u09ab\u09c7\u099f\u09c7 \u09aa\u09dc\u09be \u09ac\u09c1\u099d\u09be\u09a4\u09c7;<br><br>Verb 2 &amp; verb 3 of <strong>burst<\/strong> are same as <strong>burst <\/strong>(verb 1). Therefore, option <strong>&#8220;d&#8221;<\/strong> is incorrect.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>20. Who is the author of &#8216;Jane Eyre&#8217;?<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> Charlotte Bront\u00eb<br><strong>b)<\/strong> Emily Bront\u00eb<br><strong>c)<\/strong> Jane Austen <br><strong>d)<\/strong> Mary Shelley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks20\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks20\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks20\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks20\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks20\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks20\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans: a) Charlotte Bront\u00eb<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charlotte Bront\u00eb <\/span>was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Bront\u00eb sisters whose novels became classics of English literature. She is best known for her novel &#8216;<em>Jane Eyre<\/em> (1847)&#8217;.<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Emily Bront\u00eb <\/span>is best known for her novel &#8216;<em>Wuthering Heights<\/em> (1847)&#8217;.&nbsp;<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jane Austen&#8217;s<\/span> best works include &#8216;<em>Sense and Sensibility<\/em> (1797-98)&#8217;, &#8216;<em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em> (1847)&#8217;.<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mary Shelley<\/span>, wife of P.B. Shelly is famous for her novel &#8216;<em>Frankenstein (1818)<\/em>&#8216;.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>21. The most famous romantic poet of English literature is-<\/strong> <br><strong>a)<\/strong> John Dryden<br><strong>b)<\/strong> Alexander Pope<br><strong>c)<\/strong> William Wordsworth<br><strong>d)<\/strong> T.S. Eliot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks21\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks21\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks21\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks21\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks21\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks21\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans: c) William Wordsworth<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">William Wordsworth <\/span>(1770 \u2013 1850) is considered the most famous romantic poet of English literature.<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">John Dryden<\/span> (1660 &#8211; 1700) is a poet, literary critic of Restoration age.<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alexander Pope<\/span> (1688 &#8211; 1744) is a poet of Augustan period.&nbsp;<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T.S. Eliot<\/span> (1888 &#8211; 1965), born in America but settled in England, is considered as a Modern poet.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>22. Who wrote the play &#8216;The Way of the World&#8217;?<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> William Shakespeare<br><strong>b)<\/strong> William Congreve<br><strong>c)<\/strong> Ben Jonson<br><strong>d)<\/strong> Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks22\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks22\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks22\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks22\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks22\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks22\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>b) William Congreve<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> William Congreve was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. &#8220;<em>The Way of the World<\/em>&#8221; by&nbsp;William Congreve was performed and published in 1700. The play, which is considered Congreve&#8217;s masterpiece, ridicules the assumptions that governed the society of his time, especially those concerning love and marriage.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>23. &#8216;Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav&#8217;n.&#8217;- Who wrote this?<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> Geoffrey Chaucer<br><strong>b)<\/strong> Christopher Marlowe<br><strong>c)<\/strong> John Milton<br><strong>d)<\/strong> P. B. Shelley <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks23\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks23\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks23\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks23\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks23\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks23\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>c) John Milton<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> John Milton (1608 \u2013 1674)&nbsp;was an English poet and intellectual who is best known for his epic poem <em><strong>Paradise Lost<\/strong><\/em>. The saying is from&nbsp;Paradise Lost and says that it is better to rule over &#8211; be like a king in hell than to serve somebody as a slave in heaven.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>24. Who is not an Irish writer?<\/strong> <br><strong>a)<\/strong> Oscar Wilde <br><strong>b)<\/strong> James Joyce <br><strong>c)<\/strong> Jonathan Swift<br><strong>d)<\/strong> D.H. Lawrence <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks24\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks24\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks24\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks24\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks24\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks24\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>d)<\/strong> <strong>D.H. Lawrence<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">David Herbert Lawrence<\/span> was born in England in 1885. He is one of the best novelists of 20th century. His best works include&nbsp;<em>The Rainbow, The White Peacock, Women in Love.<\/em>&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Oscar Wilde<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">James <\/span>Joyce and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jonathan Swift<\/span> are Irish writers.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>25. Who is the poet of the poem &#8216;Ozymandias&#8217;? <\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> P.B. Shelly <br><strong>b)<\/strong> William Wordsworth<br><strong>c)<\/strong> S.T. Coleridge <br><strong>d)<\/strong> John Keats<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks25\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks25\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks25\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks25\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks25\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks25\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>a) P.B. Shelly<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong>&#8220;Ozymandias (1818)&#8221; is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792- 1822, aged 29).<strong>]<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>26. &#8216;Moby Dick&#8217;, a novel, was written by-<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> Herman Melville<br><strong>b)<\/strong> Nathaniel Hawthorne <br><strong>c)<\/strong> Mark Twin <br><strong>d)<\/strong> William Faulkner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks26\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks26\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks26\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks26\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks26\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks26\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>a) Herman Melville<\/strong> <br><strong>[<\/strong> <em>Moby-Dick<\/em>,&nbsp;novel&nbsp;by American writer&nbsp;Herman Melville was published in&nbsp;London&nbsp;in October 1851 as&nbsp;<em>The Whale<\/em>&nbsp;and a month later in&nbsp;New York City&nbsp;as&nbsp;<em>Moby-Dick<\/em>. It is  regarded as one of the greatest American novels.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>27. &#8216;If winter comes, can spring be far behind?&#8217;- Who wrote this? <\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> William Blake <br><strong>b)<\/strong> S.T. Coleridge <br><strong>c)<\/strong> Lord Byron <br><strong>d)<\/strong> P.B. Shelly <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks27\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks27\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks27\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks27\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks27\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks27\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>d) P.B. Shelly <\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong>\u201cIf Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?\u201d &#8211; This is the famous last line from the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley\u2019s poem \u201cOde to the West Wind\u201d.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>28. O&#8217; Henry was from-<\/strong> <br><strong>a)<\/strong> Canada<br><strong>b)<\/strong> America <br><strong>c)<\/strong> England<br><strong>d)<\/strong> Ireland <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks28\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks28\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks28\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks28\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks28\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks28\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans: b) America<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O&#8217; Henry, was an American short story writer. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>29. &#8216;No Second Troy&#8217; is a &#8211;<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> short story<br><strong>b)<\/strong> novel <br><strong>c)<\/strong> poem <br><strong>d)<\/strong> drama <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks29\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks29\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks29\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks29\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks29\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks29\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>c)<\/strong> <strong>poem<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> &#8216;<em>No Second Troy<\/em>&#8216; is a twelve-line poem by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats (W.B. Yeats).<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>30. Who is not a modern poet? <\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> W.B. Yeats <br><strong>b)<\/strong> W.H. Auden <br><strong>c)<\/strong> John Keats<br><strong>d)<\/strong> T.S. Eliot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks30\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks30\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks30\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks30\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks30\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks30\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>c)<\/strong> <strong>John Keats<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">W.B. Yeats<\/span> (1865-1939), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">W.H. Auden<\/span> (1907- 1973) and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T.S. Eliot <\/span>(1888- 1965) are modern poet. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">John Keats<\/span> ( 1795- 1821) is a romantic poet.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>31. Who is the author of the novel &#8216;The god of Small Things&#8217;?<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> Thomas Hay<br><strong>b)<\/strong> Jhumpa Lahiri<br><strong>c)<\/strong> R.K. Narayan <br><strong>d)<\/strong> Arundhati Roy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks31\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks31\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks31\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks31\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks31\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks31\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>d)<\/strong> <strong>Arundhati Roy<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born in 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel &#8216;<em>The God of Small Things<\/em>&#8216; which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>32. Which of the following novels is not written by an English writer? <\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> A Passage to India <br><strong>b)<\/strong> Sons and Lovers <br><strong>c)<\/strong> One Hundred Years of Solitude<br><strong>d)<\/strong> Pride and Prejudice <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks32\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks32\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks32\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks32\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks32\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks32\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans:<\/strong> <strong>c) One Hundred Years of Solitude<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Passage to India<\/span> = E.M. Forster (English writer); <br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sons and Lovers<\/span> = D.H. Lawrence (English writer); <br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">One Hundred Years of Solitude<\/span> = Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombian writer); <br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pride and Prejudice<\/span> = Jane Austen (English writer).<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>33. Where is the setting of the play &#8216;Hamlet&#8217;?<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> England<br><strong>b)<\/strong> Italy<br><strong>c)<\/strong> France<br><strong>d)<\/strong> Denmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks33\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks33\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks33\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks33\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks33\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks33\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans: <strong>d)<\/strong> Denmark<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> Set in&nbsp;Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet&#8217;s father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet&#8217;s mother.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>34. What kind of play is &#8216;Julius Caesar&#8217;?<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> romantic <br><strong>b)<\/strong> anti-romantic<br><strong>c)<\/strong> comedy<br><strong>d)<\/strong> historical<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks34\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks34\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks34\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks34\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks34\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks34\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans: d) historical<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong>&#8216;<em>Julius Caesar<\/em>&#8216; is a&nbsp;history and tragedy based&nbsp;play by William Shakespeare which was first performed in 1599.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>35. ____ was both a poet and painter.<\/strong><br><strong>a)<\/strong> John Keats<br><strong>b)<\/strong> Spenser<br><strong>c)<\/strong> William Blake<br><strong>d)<\/strong> John Donne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\u201dlinks35\u201d-link-1996\" class=\"sh-link \u201dlinks35\u201d-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('\u201dlinks35\u201d', 1996, 'Show_Answer', 'Hide_Answer'); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"\u201dlinks35\u201d-toggle-1996\">Show_Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"\u201dlinks35\u201d-content-1996\" class=\"sh-content \u201dlinks35\u201d-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Ans: c) William Blake<\/strong><br><strong>[<\/strong> William Blake\u00a0(1757\u20131827) was an English poet and painter. Largely unrecognized during his life, Blake is now considered an influential figure in the history of the\u00a0poetry\u00a0and visual art of the\u00a0Romantic Age.<strong>] <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#096197\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>** <\/em><\/mark><\/strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#096197\" class=\"has-inline-color\">If you find any typing, spelling or grammatical errors, let us know in the comment section.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Exam held on: 29th October 2021) 1. The phrase &#8216;sine die&#8217; means- a) half-heartedly b) doubtfully c) fixedd) uncertain 2. Fill in the gap. Birds fly ___ in the sky.a) randomb) at largec) at a stichd) are long 3. 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