1, T.S. Eliot is a……….. poet. [BSEB2019A]
(A) Twentieth century
(B) Seventeenth century
(C) Eighteenth century
(D) Sixteenth century
2. The Anglo-Saxons were …………. people.
(Choose the correct option) [BSEB 2020A]
(A) Persian
(B) Germanic
(C) Greek
(D) Latin
3. Force is designed to excite [BSEB 2020A)
(A) sorrow
(B) laughter
(C) jealousy
(D) hatred
4. Gandhiji died at the hands of a fanastic on…………. [BSEB 20204]
(A) 31 st October, 1984
(B) 15 the August, 1947
(C) 30 th January, 1948
(D) 26 the January, 1950
5. “The Gitanjali” was written by
[BSEB 2020A]
(A) Shiv K. Kumar
(B) Jayanta Mahapatra
(C) A.K. Ramanujan
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
6. Langland is a well known writer of………….. English literature. [BSEB 2020A]
(A) Post-modern
(B) Old
(C) Modern
(D) Middle
7. “The Wasteland’ was written by
[BSEB 2020A, BM 2020]
(A) John Keats
(B) T.S. Eliot
(C) S.T. Coleridge
(D) W.B. Yeats
8. ‘Summer in Kolkata’ is a collection of poems by [BSEB 2020A]
(A) Kamala Das
(B) Keki N. Daruwala
(C) D.H. Lawrence
(D) John Keats
9. David Copperfield was written by(Choose the correct option) [BSEB 2020A]
(A) D.H. Lawrence
(B) Joseph Conrad
(C) Charles Dickens
(D) Rudyard Kipling
10. English developed into a single, standard
(BSEB 2020A)
(A) Queen’s English
(B) King’s English
(C) Prince’s English
(D) Princess’ English
11. The ‘Romantic Revival’ is often associated with [BSEB 2019A)
(A) John Dryden
(B) Alexander Pope.
(C) William Wordsworth
(D) John Milton
12. “Lamia’ and ‘Hyperion’ are written by
[BSEB 2019A)
(A) William Wordsworth
(B) P.B. Shelley
(C) John Keats
(D) S.T. Coleridge
13. The development of………….. was helped by the introduction of the printing technology [BSEB 2019A)
(A) Middle English
(B)Modern English
(C) Old English
(D) None of these
14. The major linguistic change is known as
[BSEB 2019A)
(A) Modern English
(B) Old English
(C) The Great Vowel Shift
(D) Printing technology
15. ‘Untouchable and ‘Coolie’ are written by
[BSEB 2019A)
(A) R.K. Narayan
(B) M.R. Anand
(C) B.C. Chattopadhyay
(D) S.C.Chatterjee
16. The word ‘drama’ comes from a word.
[BSEB 2019A)
(A) Latin
(B) India
(C) Scandinavian
(D) Greek
17. ‘Tughlaq’ is written by……… [BSEB 2019A)
(A) Girish Karnad
(B) R.N. Tagore
(C) B.C. Chattopadhyay
(D) S.C. Chatterjee
18. “Leaves of Grass’ is a collection of poems by ………….. [BSEB 2019A)
(A) John Donne
(B) W.H. Auden
(C) T.S. Eliot
(D) Walt Whitman
19. Which language has its own Received Pronunciation ?
(A) English
(B) Hindi
(C) French
(D) German
20. In which country did the Indian English poetry begin to be written?
(A) 18th century
(B) 19th century
(C) 20th century
(D) 17th century
21. Who is known as ‘The Nightingale of India’?
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Kamala Das
(C) KP Ghosh
(D) Anita Doshi
22. Which language is the second language of India ?
(A) English
(B) Hindi
(C) Sanskrit
(D) Bhojpuri
23. Where is English spoken?
(A) all over the world
(B) Britain
(C) America
(D) France
24. What is the main language of the United Nations?
(A) French
(B) Gennan
(C) English
(D) Chinese
25. Which language has became a global language ?
(A) English
(B) Hindi
(C) French
(D) Latin
26. Which language has a bright future ?
(A) French
(B) Russian
(C) Hindi
(D) English
27. Which language functions as a link language between to south and north India?
(A) Hindi
(B) Tamil
(C) Martha
(D) English
28. Who are known as the international Indian English writers?
(A) Salman Rushdie and VS Naipul
(B) R.K. Narayan & Mulk Raj Anand
(C) Anita Desai and Anita Ghosh
(D) Sarojini Naidu and Arundhati Roy
29. What is the period of the Middle English Period in the history of English ?
(A) 1100 AD to 1450 AD
(B) 1150 AD to 1500 AD
(C) 1650 AD to 2000 AD
(D) 1000 AD to 1350 AD
30. Which language is not our native language?
(A) English
(B) Hindi
(C) Tamil
(D) Malayalam
31. Which period’s known as the childhood period of the English language?
(A) Old English period
(B) Middle English period
(C) Modern English period
(D) None of these
32. Which thing has enriched the vocabulary of English?
(A) Giving
(B) borrowing
(C) withdrawing
(D) depositing
33. Who were known as the University wits?
(A) Elizabethan scholars
(B) Victorian scholars
(C) Indian scholars
(D) British scholars
34. Who was the great-dramatist of the Elizabeth Age?
(A) Charles Dickens
(B) Shakespeares
(C) Daniel Defoe
(D) Thomas Henry
35. Who wrote the ‘Arms and the men’?
(A) G.B. Shaw
(B) Marlowe
(C) Shakespeare
(D) Ben Johnson
36. The new variety of English that developed in America is called …………
(A) British English
(B) American English
(C) Indian English
(D) Russian English
37. Colour word is related to…………..
(A) American English
(B) British English
(C) Indian English
(D) French English
38. Which language has become a passport to jobs in India and abroad?
(A) French
(B) Chinese
(C) German
(D) English
39. Walt Whitman was an/a…………
(A) American poet
(B) British poet
(C) Russian poet
(D) Indian poet
40. Who has written ‘She stoops to conquer’?
(A) G.W. Shaw
(B) Oliver Goldsmith
(C) TS Eliot
(D) Sheriden
41. Ravindra Nath Tagore wrote………..
(A) Geetanjali
(B) Savitri
(C) Macbeth
(D) The cup
42. ‘A Passage to India’ was written by……….
(A) Edmund Spenser
(B) Lord Tennyson
(C) EM Forster
(D) John Milton
43. Manohar Malgaonkar belonged to …………
(A) India
(B) Britain
(C) China
(D) Bhutan
44. ‘Piers the Plowman’ is written by.
[BSEB 2018A]
(A) Spenser
(B) Miton
(C) Langland
(D) Congreve
45. ‘The god of small Things’ is written by
[BSEB 2018A]
(A) Anita Desai
(B) Kamala Das
(C) Toru Dutt
(D) Arundhati Roy
46. The name ‘Augustan’ was given to the early ………. century. [BSEB 2018A]
(A) 17th
(B) 18th
(C) 19th
(D) 20th
47. The year AD 1066 is taken to be the end of the …….. period. [BSEB 2018A]
(A) Middle English
(B) Old English
(C) Modern English
(D) None of these
48. ‘Endymion’ and ‘Hyperion’ are written by
[BM 2020]
(A) William Wordsworth
(B) John Keats
(C) P.B. Shelley
(D) S.T. Coleridge
49. ‘Mac Fleckone’ is written by…………
[BM 2020]
(A) John Dryden
(B) Alexander Pope
(C) Lord Byron
(D) John Keats
50. ‘The Bachelor of Arts’ and ‘The English Teacher’ are written by……….. (BM 2020]
(A) R.K. Narayan
(B) M.R. Anand
(C) B.C. Chattopadhyay
(D) S.C. Chatterjee
51. ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ came to be considered the pioneer of … [BM 2020]
(A) Greek Romances
(B) Latin Romances
(C) Modern Novel
(D) Modern Drama
52. Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ and ‘Paradise Regained’ are …….. [BM 2020]
(A) odes
(B) dramatic monologues
(C) epics
(D) satires
53. ………. was a dominant influence on middle English. [BM 2020]
(A) Latin
(B) Indian
(C) Scandinavian
(D) Greek
54. ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is a novel written by………… (BM 2020]
(A) George Eliot
(B) Henry Fielding
(C) Richardson
(D) Jane Austen
55. ………. will be one common language for us. [BM 2020)
(A) Global Standard English
(B) Middle English
(C) American English
(D) British English
Answer
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. D
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. D
17. A
18. D
19. A
20. B
21. A
22. A
23. A
24. C
25. A
26. D
27. D
28. A
29. B
30. A
31. A
32. B
33. A
34. B
35. A
36. B
37. A
38. D
39. A
40. B
41. A
42. C
43. A
44. C
45. D
46. B
47. B
48. B
49. A
50. A
51. A
52. C
53. A
54. D
55. A