CUET PG ENGLISH 2023 SHIFT I

1) Which of the following is not a feature of multiculturalism?

1. It reiterates that cultural differences are a natural phenomenon.

2. It stands for the intermixture and diversity of cultures.

3. It is an inclusive process in which all cultures are valued.

4. It recognizes the decorum and significance of cultural similarities.

Correct answer: 2

2) Match the Pen names of the Writers in List I with their real names in List II

LIST I

A. Samuel Clemens

B. Mary Evans

C. Ellis Bell

D. Eric Blair

LIST II

I. George Orwell

II. Emily Bronte

III. Mark Twain

IV. George Eliot

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-III. B-II. C-1, D-IV

2. A-IV, B-III. C-II, D-I

3. A-III. B-IV, C-II, D-I

4. A-II, B-I. C-III. D-IV

Correct answer: 3

3) French Revolution took place in -

1.1779

2.1777

3.1789

4.1798

Correct answer: 3

4) Who is the author of Romantic Ecology: Wordsworth and the Environmental Tradition?

1. Cheryle Glolfelty

2. Henry David Thoreau

3. Jonathan Bate

4. Lawrence Buell

Correct answer: 3

5) What were the new criticisms reacting against?

1. Marxism

2. Feminist reading of texts

3. Biographical reading of texts

4. Oprah's Book Club

Correct answer: 3

6) In which form was Spenser's Amoretti written?

1. Elegy

2. Sonnet

3. Hymn

4. Ballad

Correct answer: 2

7) Which of the following is an example of interlingual translation?

1. A film version of a book

2. Rewording of a phrase in the same language

3. Translation of a text from Hindi to English

4. None of the above

Correct answer: 3

8) The essay 'The Principles of correspondence' is written by:

1. Engene Nida

2. Susan Basnett

3. Walter Benjamin

4. Roman Jacobson

Correct answer: 1

9) Who called the poets as vates?

1. Greeks

2. Italians

3. Romans

4. Germans Question

Correct answer: 1

10) The theory of translation was first formulated by:

1. Etienne Dolet

2. Elconara Federici

3. Jiri Levy

4. Cleomenes

Correct answer: 1

11) What is the rhyme scheme of Shakespearean sonnet?

1. abbaabba cdecde

2. abab eded efef gg

3. abab bebe eded ee

4. abcabe defdef gg

Correct answer: 2

12) Which of the following does not belong to the genre of magic realism?

1. One Hundred Years of Solitude

2. Midnight's children

3. The Circle of Reason

4. In Custody Question Number

Correct answer: 4

13) Which of the following plays an important role in translation?

1. Country

2. Culture

3. Tradition

4. People

Correct answer: 2

14)___ translated Bhisham Sahni's Tamas from Hindi.

1. Saunik Bandyopadhyaya

2. Daisy Rockwell

3. Vishnu Sharma

4. Arun Sharma

Correct answer: 2

15) Ecocriticism is

1. Sometime called "Green cultural studies"

2. One of the fastest growing critical approaches

3. Criticism concentrating on the relationship between literature and natural environment

4. All of the above

Correct answer: 4

16) Mahasweta Devi's Mother of 1084 has been translated from Bengali by:

1. Saunik Bandyopadhyaya

2. Amol Majumdar

3. Jayasree Kalathil

4. Sambit Mukhopadhyay Correct answer: 1

17) The first woman to receive the Jnanpith Award is:

1. Anita Desai

2. Krishna Sobti

3. Ashapoorna Devi

4. Ismat Chughtai

Correct answer: 3

18) Who amongst the following has been awarded with the nobel prize for literature in 2022?

1. Abdul Razzaq Ggurnah

2. Salman Rushdie

3. V.S. Naipaul

4. Annie Ernaux

Correct answer: 4

19) The Sahitya Academy Awards are given for the best writings in how many Indian Languages?

1. 12

2. 18

3. 20

4. 22

Correct answer: 24 Languages

Read the following passage and answer the question that follow: - In the World Happiness Report, the happiness scores come from a survey of life satisfaction. Considering your life as a whole and using the mental image of a ladder, with the best possible life as a 10 and the worst possible as a 0, indicate where on the ladder you personally stand. This question gets people thinking about themselves and their resources, accomplishments, opportunities and status.

20) A country's ranking on the WHR (World Happiness Report) ladder is based on _____

1. the accomplishments of the country

2. the life satisfaction levels of its people

3. the monetary wellness of its people

4. the social status of its people.

Correct answer: 2

21) The writer is of the opinion that the World Happiness Report is _______ and completely _________ significant virtues like gratitude, humility, humour and empathy, that are key to a happy life. Choose the correct option:

1. relevant, fixates

2. negative, develops

3. brilliant, respects

4. biased, ignores

Correct answer: 4

22) Match the countries and cultures in List I with their concept of happiness in List II

LIST I

A. Collectivist cultures

B. Shared ancient traditions

C. Indian perspectives

D. Scandinavian countries

LIST II

I. Happiness is an experience of fun and excitement

II. happiness is value-based and relationship oriented

III Being happy is a skill developed by being a good person

IV happiness depends on the happiness of people around them

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

2. A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV,

3. A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

4. A-I. B-IV, C-III, D-II

Correct answer: 3

23) According to the passage, on what basis do we measure happiness? Choose the correct option:

1. Cultural context

2. Social context

3. Political context

4. Philosophical context

Correct answer: 2

24) On the basis of your understanding of the passage, identify the correct statements:

A. In India, happiness is restricted to the individual

B. Modern philosophy moved away from taming bad instincts of the incorrigible people

C. Happiness is shaped by our individual context

D. Satisfaction with life is an individually focused way of evaluating happiness

E. Machiavelli did not give importance to the skill of being a good citizen but to profit maximization.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 1. A and E only

2. A and C only

3. B and D only

4. D and E only

Correct answer: 3

My cousin Elena

is to be married.

The formalities have been completed: her family history examined for

T.B. and madness

her father declared solvent

her eyes examined for squints

her teeth for cavities

her stools for the possible non-Brahmin worm.

She's not quite tall enough

and not quite full enough

(children will take care of that)

Her complexion it was decided

would compensate, being just about

the right shade

of rightness

to do justness to

Francisco X. Noronha Prabhu

good son of Mother Church.

25) The poem talks about

1. Gender issues

2. Class issues

3. Environment

4. Eco-system

Correct answer: 1

26) Which social practice serves as the theme of the poem?

1. Love

2. Marriage

3. Divorce

4. Untouchability

Correct answer: 2

27) What is the 'tone' of the poem?

1. ironic

2. satiric

3. humorous

4. tragic

Correct answer: 2

28) ...her father declared solvent'. What does it say about the father?

1. That he is poor 2. That he is financially stable

3. That he comes from a respectable family

4. That he is deeply in debt

Correct answer: 2

29) What is the significance of the last line?

1. It refers to a particular faith

2. It contains details with no special significance

3. It shows dissonance between institutionalized religion and gender issues

4. It praises the protagonist for his virtues.

Correct answer: 1

30) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Great literature according to Longinus, pleases the reader.

Statement II: Great literature, according to Longinus, transports the reader.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: 4

31) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Secondary imagination, according to coleridge is 'esemplastic'.

Statement II: Fancy and Imagination, according to coleridge differ in kind and not in degree.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: 1

32) Heteroglossia refers to

1. Multiplicity of place

2. Multiplicity of voice

3. Multiple authors

4. None of the above.

Correct answer: 2

33) 'A short view of the profaneness and immortality of the English stage' by collier was published in

1.1642

2.1660

3.1698

4.1672

Correct answer: 3

34) Aijaz Ahmed in In Theory', works out the relation between three entities. What are these entities?

1. Classes, Nation. Languages

2. State, Religions, Gender

3. Literature. Print. Theory

4. Region. Nation, Languages

Correct answer: 1

35) According to Addison, all the ideas and pleasures of the imagination are pleasures of one sense. What is that sense?

1. Touch

2. Taste

3. Smell

4. Sight

Correct answer: 4

36) Who among the following is not a post-structuralist critic?

1. Jacques Derrida

2. Roland Barthes

3. Claude Levi-Strauss

4. Paul de Man

Correct answer: 3

37) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The regular or Pindaric ode in English' is a long lyric poem that is calm, meditative and colloquial in nature. Statement II: "The Horatian Ode' is passionate, visionary, bold and formal in language, usually written to praise and glorify someone.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: 3

38) Match List I with List II

LIST I

A. Euphemism

B. Euphuism

C. Euphony

D. Cacophony

LIST II

I. An inoffensive expression used in place of a blunt one.

II. Language which strikes the ear as pleasant and musical.

III. Language which is perceived as rough and harsh.

IV. A formal and elaborate prose style used in the 1580's.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-II, B-IV, C-III.D-I

2. A-III. B-IV, C-II. D-I

3. A-I, B-IV, C-II. D-III

4. A-I. B-II, C-III. D-IV

Correct answer:3

39) Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:

Assertion A: The term 'Victorian' or 'Victorianism' is frequently used in a derogatory way to connote narrow- mindedness, sexual prizzishness and an emphasis on social respectability.

Reason R: The attitude and values expressed by many members of the expanding middle class with its roots in puritanism have given rise to the negative views about Victorian period.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: 1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

2. Both A and R are true bur R is not the correct explanation of A

3. A is true but R is false

4. A is false but R is true

Correct answer: 1

40) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Intentional fallacy is the error of interpreting and evaluating a literary work by reference to evidence outside the text.

Statement II: Pathetic fallacy is the representation of inanimate objects with human attributes.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

2. Both statement I and Statement II are false

3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false 4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer:1

41) Match List I with List II

LIST I

A. Lyric

B. Tragedy

C. Comedy

D. Satire

LIST II

1. A dramatic representation of serious action which results

in a fatal conclusion for the protagonist.

2. The art of making a subject ridiculous and

contemplatable.

3.A fictional work in which materials are selected and

managed in order to interest and amuse readers.

4.A short poem having a single speaker who expresses a

state of mind or thought or perception.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. А-І, В-II, С-III, D-IV

2. A-IV. B-I, C-III, D-II

3. A-II. B-IV, C-III. D-I

4. A-IV. B-III. C-II. D-I

Correct answer: 2

42) Match List I with List II

LIST I

A. The Wretched of the Earth

B. Orientalism

C. Masks of Conquest

D. In My Father's House

LIST II

I. K. Anthony Appiah

II. Gauri Viswanathan

III.Edward Said

IV.Frantz Fanon

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-I. B-II. C-III. D-IV

2. A-I. B-IV, С-II. D-III

3. A-IV. B-III. C-I. D-II

4. A-IV. B-III. C-II. D-I

Correct answer: 4

43) Match List I with List II

LIST I

A. The School of Abuse

B. An Apology for Poetry

C. A Defence of Rhyme

D. The Art of Rhetoric

LIST II

I. Thomas Wilson

II. Stephen Gesson

III. Philip Sidney

IV. Samuel Daniel

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-I. B-II, C-III. D-IV

2. А-ІІ. В-III. C-I. D-IV

3. A-I, B-IV, C-III. D-II

4. А-II. В-ІІІ. C-IV, D-I

Correct answer: 4

44) Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:

Assertion A: The words 'ambiguity' and 'ambivalence' signify different ideas.

Reason R: The word 'ambiguity' means a condition when an utterance has more than one meaning, thereby producing uncertainty. The word 'ambivalence' signals powerful mutually contradictory feelings concerning a particular subject, thereby producing uncertainty.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: 1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

2. Both A and R are true bur R is not the correct explanation of A

3. A is true but R is false

4. A is false but R is true

Correct answer: 1

45) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Telling is a way of characterization in which the author intervenes in order to describe and evaluate the motives and disposition of the character.

Statement II: Showing is a way of characterization in which the author merely presents the characters talking and interacting, leaving the reader to draw his/her own inferences. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: 1

46) Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queen (1590-96) employs ______ in order to achieve a poetic style appropriate to his revival of the medieval chivalric romance.

1. Archetypes

2. Ambiguity

3. Antithesis

4. Archaism

Correct answer: 4

47) Match List I with List II

LIST I

A. Verbal Irony

B. Structural Irony

C. Dramatic Irony

D. Romantic Irony

LIST II

I. The introduction of a structural feature that serves to

sustain a double meaning throughout the work.

II. A mode of narrative writing in which the author

builds up the allusion of representing reality and then shatters it.

III. A statement in which the meaning that the speaker

implies differs from the meaning that is expressed.

IV. A situation in which the reader audience shares with the authors knowledge of circumstances of which the character is ignorant.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. А-І. В-III. C-IV. D-II

2. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

3. А-ІI. В-III. C-IV. D-I

4. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-III

Correct answer: 4

48) Match List I with List II

LIST I

A. Motif

B. Plot

C. Setting

D. Theme

LIST II

I. It is a general concept in a literary text which is designed

to involve and persuade the reader to believe in it.

II. It is the general locate, historical time and social

circumstances in which the action occurs.

III. It is a conspicuous element which occurs frequently in

works of literature

IV. It is constituted by its events and actions that achieve particular artistic and emotional effects.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-I, B-IV, C-II. D-III

2. A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

3. A-IV. B-III, C-II, D-I

4. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

Correct answer: 4

49) Sir Thomas Malory's ‘Morte d'Arthur’ is an example of

1. Novel

2. Narrative Poem

3. Essay

4. Romance

Correct answer: 4

50) 'Rajtarangini' the historical chronicle of the north-western subcontinent, was written by:

1. Megasthenese

2. Kalhana

3. Al-Bisuni

4. Herodotus

Correct answer: 2

51) Haiku' is the sub-genre of

1. Play

2. Fiction

3. Poetry

4. Short Story

Correct answer: 3

52) Match List I with List II

LIST I

A. Fin-de-siecle

B. Deucox machina

C. Commedia dell’arte

D. Nom de pluma

LIST II

I. God from the machine

II. Comic Drama

III. It is a conspicuous element which occurs

IV. end of a century.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-I, B-II, C-III. D-IV

2. A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

3. A-III. B-I, C-II, D-IV

4. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-II

Correct answer: 4

53) Which genre includes stories of characters who try to solve a crime or unexplained event? 1. Folk tale

2. Historical Fiction

3. Realistic Fiction

4. Mystery

Correct answer: 4

54) The Gothic Novel is a type of prose fiction which contains elements of

1. Melodrama, Psychology. Terror

2. Violence. Terror and Gloom, Psychology

3. Gloom and Terror. Melodrama, Violence and Aberrant Psychological state

4. Psychological states. Melodrama, Comedy and Violence

Correct answer: 3

55) Eugene Ionesco writes that "People drowning in meaninglessness can only be grotesque, their sufferings can only appear tragic by derision". This comment reflects upon:

1. Black Comedy

2. Modern Literature

3. Revenge Tragedies

4. Theatre of the Absurd

Correct answer: 4

56) 'From Germany to London to India and finally to New York' which woman fiction writer has traversed this long journey?

1. Kamala Markandaya

2. Ruth Prawer Jhabrala

3. Anita Desai

4. Shashi Deshpande

Correct answer: 2

57) Who was the first recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for literature in English?

1. Anita Desai

2. Bhabani Bhattacharya

3. R.K. Narayan

4. Nissim Ezekiel

Correct answer: 3

58) Heat and Dust is a novel written by:

1. E.M. Foister

2. Ruth Prawer Jhabrala

3. Anita Desai

4. Paul Scott Question

Correct answer: 2

59) Wings of Fire is an autobiography of-

1. Kalpana Chawla

2. APJ Abdul Kalam

3. Pranab Mukerjee

4. Rabindranath Tagore

Correct answer: 2

60) Satyajit Ray's 'Apu' trilogy is based on the works of:

1. Subodh Ghosh

2. Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay

3. Sunil Gangopadhyay

4. Sharat Chandra

Correct answer: 2

61) Which of the following is not a novel written by Chetan Bhagat?

1. Five Point Some One

2. One Indian Girl

3. In a Free State

4. Revolution 2020

Correct answer: 3

62) Match List I with List II

LIST I

A. Sailing to Byzantium

B. Ash Wednesday

C. Ulysses

D. Sons and Lovers

LIST II

I. T.S. Eliot

II. D.H. Lawrence

III. W.B. Yeats

IV. James Joyce

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-II. B-III, C-I. D-IV

2. А-ІІІ. В-1, C-IV, D-II

3. A-I, B-IV. C-II. D-III

4. A-III. B-I, C-II. D-I

Correct answer: 2

63) In which of the following poems does Belinda, a famous character appear?

1. Hudibras

2. The Rape of the Lock

3. An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot

4. Four Pastorals

Correct answer: 2

64) Match List I with List II

LIST I (Author)

A. Christopher Marlowe

B. Ben Jonson

C. William Shakespeare

D. John Lyly

LIST II (Work)

I. Love's Labour Lost

II. Edward II

III. Endymion

IV. Volpone

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-II. B-IV, C-I. D-III

2. A-IV. B-I, C-II, D-III

3. A-IV. B-III. C-I, D-II

4. A-II. B-I, C-III, D-IV

Correct answer: 1

65) Savitri, a literary epic in English, was written by

1. Raja Rao

2. Sri Aurobindo

3. Swami Vivekananda

4. S. Radhakrishnan

Correct answer: 2

66) Which of the following period is known as Jacobean Age?

1.1608-1612

2.1607-1615

3.1623-1625

4.1603-1625

Correct answer: 4

67) Sir Thomas More's Utopia is a book written in:

1. Single Volume

2. Double Volumes

3. Triple Volumes

4. None of the above

Correct answer: 2

68) Pick the odd one out with regard to William Shakespeare:

1. Twelfth Night

2. Othello

3. Hamlet

4. King Lear

Correct answer: 1

69) Which Indian woman writer was awarded Booker Prize for literature in translation in the year 2022?

1. Usha Priyamvada

2. Mrinal Pande

3. Gitanjali Shree

4. Mridula Garg

Correct answer: 3

70) The Hundred Years' War with France was started in England in -

1.1356

2.1348

3.1338

4.1347

Correct answer: 3

71) Who is the speaker of the following line in Paradise Lost Book I? "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven!!

1. Beelzebub

2. Satan

3. Mulciber

4. Mammon

Correct answer: 2

72) "John Donne is the greatest of all Meta-physical poets" Who said this?

1. John Lyly

2. John Milton

3. John Dryden

4. John Keats

Correct answer: 3

73) Sir Roger de Coverley is a fictional character devised by:

1. Agatha Christie

2. Joseph Addison

3. Francis Bacon

4. Arthur Conan Doyle

Correct answer: 2

74) Who wrote the seminal critical work 'Principles of Literary Criticism'?

1. Aristotle

2. T.S. Eliot

3. I.A. Richards

4. F.R. Leavis

Correct answer: 3

75) Match List I with List II

LIST I (Work)

A. The Pleasures of Hope

B. The Lady of the Lake

C. Kubla Khan

D. Tintern Abbey

LIST II (Author)

I. William Wordsworth

II. S.T. Coleridge

III. Thomas Campbell

IV. Sir Walter Scott

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-III. B-IV. C-II. D-I

2. A-IV. B-II. C-I. D-III

3. А-II. B-IV, C-III, D-I

4. A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

Correct answer: 1

75) Which Indian playwright invests ancient Indian myths and legends with contemporary meanings in his works?

1. Mohan Rakesh

2. Utpal Dutt

3. Girish Karnad

4. Vijay Tendulkar

Correct answer: 3