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Literature — 352 previous-year questions — page 1 of 15
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- 352questionsவினாக்கள்
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In which year did H.W. Longfellow publish his first volume of poems?
- in 1838
- in 1839✓
- in 1837
- in 1836
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"My mind has found an adult peace" whose mind has found peace?
- Robert Frost
- Kamala Das✓
- Annie Louisa Walker
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Match the name of the authors in Column A with their works in Column B
Column A(a) Charles Dickens 1. Vision for the Nation (b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2. Oliver Twist (c) R.K. Narayan 3. Jungle Book (d) Rudyard Kipling 4. Waiting for the Mahatma Column B
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3✓
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1
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"Honesty and Truth are interrelated. Honesty is basically an expression of truth". This is said by ____.
- Kiran Bedi✓
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Dale Carnegie
- Hope Spencer
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———— is one of the Triumvirs.
- Julius Caesar
- Amelius Lepidus✓
- Casca
- Brutus
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The author who wrote the lesson 'Yaanai Malai' suffered from the disease?
- Chronic Glaucoma
- Retinitis Pigmentosa✓
- Astigmatism
- Myopic Vision
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When Trevor came to know that Hughie gave a sovereign to the model, he
- shed tears
- slapped him
- yelled at him
- burst into laughter✓
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The poet John Masefield was appointed by Queen Elizabeth as
- Minister for Human Resources
- Poet Laureate✓
- Bard of Avon
- Speaker of English Parliament
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Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls
What world does the poet dream of?- Broken world with fragmented walls
- Unbroken world with fragmented walls
- The world without fragmented domestic walls✓
- Broken world with narrow minded people
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"And in the hush we joined to make we heard, we knew we heard the brook"
In which poem do these lines occur?- The Apology
- The Brook
- English words
- Going for water✓
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Choose the work which is not written by Pearl S Buck.
- The Good Earth
- My Several Worlds
- The Child who never Grew
- Pygmalion✓
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Match the poems under Column 'A' with the poets under Column 'B' and select the correct code :
Column A Column B(a) The Apology 1. Jack Prelutsky (b) Be Glad your nose is on your face 2. Emerson (c) Where the mind is without fear 3. David Roth (d) Nine Gold Medals 4. Tagore - (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-1 (b)-4 (c)-3 (d)-2
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3✓
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-4
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Identify the speaker :
"I shot him dead because—
Because he was my foe".- D. H. Lawrence
- Thomas Hardy✓
- V. K. Gokak
- Oscar wilde
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Match
Column A with
Column B
Column A(a) V.K. Gokak 1. British (b) D.H. Lawrence 2. American (c) H.W. Longfellow 3. Kannada (d) Annie Louisa Walker 4. English Midlands Column B
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-1✓
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4
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Match the following :
Poem(a) Punishment in Kindergarten 1. David Roth (b) Nine Gold Medals 2. Rabindranath Tagore (c) Where the Mind is Without Fear 3. Stephen Vincent Benet (d) Flying Wonder 4. Kamala Das Poets
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-2
- (a)-1 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-3
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-4 (d)-3✓
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What is a refrain?
- The first line of a poem that is repeated in all stanzas
- The repetition of a line or lines within a poem, at given intervals✓
- The first line and the last line are one and the same in the last stanza
- The last two lines of the first stanza and the last two lines of the last stanza are one and the same
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When Watson returns with Mrs. Hudson to Holmes appartment, he sees
- Holmes had died
- Savage had escaped
- Holmes was sitting up in bed✓
- Smith was already there
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Fill in the blank choosing the correct option :
The pen-name of Hector Hugh Munro is ————- H.H. Munro
- Saki✓
- Hugh
- Saghi
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“Envy is ignorance and imitation is suicide”.
These are the words of- Robert Frost
- Khalil Gibran
- F. Joanna
- Ralph Waldo Emerson✓
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Match the poetic lines under column A with the figures of speech under column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Column A(a) You are the mouth and lips of eternity 1. Alliteration (b) About the fun of flying 2. Onomatopeia (c) In the boom of the tingling strings 3. Metaphor (d) The ship has weather'd every rack... 4. Personification Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3✓
- (a)-1 (b)-4 (c)-3 (d)-2
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A poem of two lines is called a
- Couplet✓
- Monologue
- Ballad
- Ode
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H.W. Longfellow's poem "The Psalm of Life" is a piece of
- Prayer
- Encomium
- Appeal
- Advice✓
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Who said the following line?
"Man is born free but is everywhere in chains".- Rabindranath Tagore
- Rousseau✓
- Subash Chandra Bose
- Abraham Lincoln
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Shanthini Govindan is an author of
- Crime Stories
- Historical Sketches
- Children's Literature✓
- Religious Stories
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Mr. Loisel is working in the office of the Board of ————.
- Education✓
- Electricity
- Sericulture
- Medicine
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