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Literature — 352 previous-year questions — page 6 of 15
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Match the following :
Quote/Line(a) "I was born a farmer" 1. Kamala Surayya (b) "Nations are built by the imagination and untiring enthusiastic efforts of generations" 2. Kesavan Nair (c) "..... You cannot believe darling, can you that I lived in such a house" 3. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (d) "Into that heaven of freedom, My Father let my country awake" 4. Rabindranath Tagore Author/Character
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4✓
- (a)-2 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-3
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-1
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Choose the option denoting the speaker and the play from which these lines are taken :
"It droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath"- Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'
- Mark Antony in 'Julius Caesar'
- Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'✓
- Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
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——— was the pianist and director of the music division at the Boston conservatory
- Messiaen
- Zubin mehta
- Dr. Karl Paulnack✓
- Ilayaraaja
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Choose the option containing the name of the author and the work in which these lines occur :
I was then too young to read
And my blood turned cold like the moon- Dr. A.P.J. Kalam in 'Vision For The Nation'
- Dr. Neeraja Raghavan in 'The Sun Beam'
- Kamala Das in 'My Grandmother's House'✓
- Rabindranath Tagore in 'Where the Mind is Without Fear'
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"And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over"
The above lines are in the poem –- A Thing of Beauty
- Sea Fever✓
- Lessons in Life
- Making Life Worthwhile
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'Kari, the elephant' was written by ————.
- R.K. Narayan
- Dhan Gopal Mukherji✓
- Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai
- Dr. Neeroja Raghavan
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In Oscar Wilde's short story "The model millionaire" who was actually Baron Hausberg?
- A beggar
- A poor man
- A rich man✓
- A middle – class man
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Who said this?
"If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women".- Bharathiyar
- Gandhiji✓
- Nethaji
- Nehru
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Who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the character "Sherlock Holmes"?
- (a) Dr. Watson
- (b) Dr. Ainstree
- (c) Inspector Smith
- (d) Joseph Bell
- (a) and (c)
- (b) only
- (c) and (d)
- (d) only✓
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Match the following :
(a) Randall Jarell 1. The Neem Tree (b) Indira Anandakrishnan 2. Nobel Prize (c) Tagore 3. Bombay (d) Rudyard Kipling 4. Bat - (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3✓
- (a)-1 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-3
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-2
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-2
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Match the poets in Column A with their periods in Column B
(a) Wordsworth 1. 1819 – 1892 (b) Shakespeare 2. 1770 – 1850 (c) Walt Whitman 3. 1885 – 1930 (d) D.H. Lawrence 4. 1564 – 1616 - (a)-2 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-3✓
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-1
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2
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________ warns Caesar about the “Ides of March”.
- A Soothsayer✓
- Calpurnia
- Pompey
- Mark Antony
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Act - act in the living present !
What is the figure of speech employed here?- Anaphora
- Alliteration
- Repetition✓
- Apostrophe
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'The Discovery of India' is written by Nehru in the prison of
- Central Prison, Naini
- Bareilly District Jail
- Almora Jail
- Ahmednagar Fort Prison✓
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"A thing of beauty is a joy forever"
is a short piece taken from the poem ————- Endymion✓
- The Solitary Reaper
- Ode to the West Wind
- Kubla Khan
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Choose the correct answer :
One day the author was standing on the line which separates the ———— desert from the valley of the Nile in Egypt.- Sahara
- Libyan✓
- Thar
- Gobi
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In Oscar Wilde's "The Model Millionaire" Hughie could marry Laura provided
- he lent a thousand pounds to Laura's father
- he gifted Laura ten thousand pounds
- he came into possession of ten thousand pounds✓
- he borrowed ten thousand pounds
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Citizens of those border states –
Brothers of her brother's sons
What is mentioned through the line “Brothers of her brother's sons”?- National brotherhood
- Regional brotherhood
- Universal brotherhood✓
- Interstate brotherhood
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Ruskin Bond was honoured with ———— for his contribution to Indian literature.
- Bharat Ratna
- Sahitya Ratna
- Sahitya Bharat
- Sahitya Akademi✓
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Life is but an empty dream!
This line is an extract from the poem.- Hopes and Dreams
- Is life, but a dream
- A Psalm of life✓
- Laugh and be merry
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"Only bloodshot eyes betray
Deep pride, then reverence"
Which poem has these lines?- An Apology✓
- Snake
- Shilpi
- Laugh and be Merry
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What is the theme observed in the poem 'migrant bird'?
- universal brotherhood and unrestricted freedom✓
- restricted freedom
- cross border terrorism
- enmity
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The following line is from the poem "Why don't you join the others? What a peculiar child you are!".
- Is life but a dream
- Punishment in kindergarten✓
- Be glad your nose is on your face
- Snake
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Which of the following is a short story?
- Be the Best
- The Tears of the Desert✓
- The Flying Wonder
- The Man He Killed
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In which of the following does Ivan Dmitritch appear?
- The Selfish Giant
- The Last Leaf
- The Lottery Ticket✓
- The Open Window
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