Literature in English

TGT TEST 5

Direction : Find out the part of the sentence in which therein lies an error.

1.A first step in a rational solution to any problem is the recognition that a problem exists.

(a) A first step in a rational solution

(b) to any problem is the

(d) No error

2.It was by a mistake that he caught her hand.

(a) It was by a mistake

(b) that he caught

(d) No error

3.There are only a few people whose all efforts succeed.

(a) There are only

(b) a few people

(d) No error

4.The college hall was packed to its capacity but when he started speaking, there was pin-drop silence.

(a) The college hall was packed

(b) to its capacity

(d) No error

5.Sachin scored four boundaries off four consecutive balls in the last over and India won the match.

(a) Sachin scored four boundaries

(b) off four consecutive balls

(d) No error

6.The banks decide to open new branches in rural areas and they proceeded to do so.

(a) The banks decide to open new branches

(b) in rural areas

(d) No error

Direction : In the following questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four options.

7.The secretary ............... the society’s funds, ............... he was dismissed.

(a) misplaced, soon

(b) robbed, thus

(d) misappropriated, so

8.There are attempts being made to try to ............... languages through specific ..............., but the result is that some tongues become conserved as if they were a museum piece.

(a) sage, ways

(b) conserve, factors

(d) protect, tricks

Direction : In question nos. 9 to 12, out of the four alternative choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

9.The five experiments gave disparate results.

(a) similar (b) encouraging

10. Though he is a teacher, his speed lacks distinctness.

(a) clarity (b) precision

Direction : Find out the word that is the antonym of the underlined word:

11. I was deeply affected by his urbane behaviour.

(a) rural (b) indifferent

12. We went to the first floor through the rickety wooden stairs.

(a) stable (b) old

Direction : In question nos. 13 to 17, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/phrase bold-italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

13. Everybody has a special fascination for his alma mater.

(a) an old mother (b) an old lady

(d) an old unmarried woman

14. Wherever he goes he tries to steal a march.

(a) to outshine others (b) to start early

(d) To command an army

15. It is difficult to be a good samaritan these days.

(a) an honest man (b) a rich man

16. My boss is waiting for a chance to pick a hole in my coat

(a) to tear my coat

(b) to borrow money from me

(d) to withhold my salary

17. This piece of land is an apple of discord between the two brothers

(a) An example of love

(b) Common

(d) An uniting force

Direction : In question nos. 18 to 20, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (d). Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

18. The gentry of the town was invited.

(a) is invited

(b) has been invited

(d) No improvement

19. After the written exam, you will also have an oral exam.

(a) practical

(b) viva voce

(d) No improvement

20. The regular use of cigarette, only in small quantities, tends to cause mischief in many ways to various organs of the body.

(a) though in small quantities

(b) even in a little quantities

(d) No improvement

Direction : In question nos. 21 to 25, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

21. An excessive fondness for cats

(a) Agromania (b)Ailuromania

22. Arrangement of words in rhythmic pattern

(a) Syntax (b) Satire

23. One who deserts his religion

(a) turn-coat (b) deserter

24. Strong and settled dislike between two

(a) animosity (b) antipathy

25. To remove the skin of a potato or an orange

(a) remove (b) rinse

Direction : four words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

26. (a) queralous (b) quarulous

Directions (27-28): The 1st and the last parts of the sentence /paragraph are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ paragraph is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

27. 1. The most important

P. that distinguish man

Q. of all things

R. of the animal kingdom

S. from the rest

6. is his brain

(a) SRQP (b) QPSR

28. 1.Her sisters recognized her at once.

P. She embraced them, telling them she forgave them with all her heart.

Q. Then she departed with the herald to the King’s palace.

R. They were not in the least surprised, for everybody believed in fairies, and everybody longed to have a fairy godmother.

S. She told her whole story to His Majesty and the royal family.

6. As for the young prince, he found her more lovely and lovable, then ever, and insisted upon marrying her immediately.

(a) RSQP (b) QPSR

Direction : In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and, against each, five words are suggested,one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate words.

Belief systems are the framework upon which cultures and societies function. It is the bond that …29… civilisations together, and it is the small voice …30… each of us that urges us to be …31…to what we have been taught. We cannot …32… our spiritual teachings from our learning, nor can we separate our beliefs about who and what we are …33… our values and our behaviours.

29. (a) compels (b) holds

30. (a) outside (b) around

31. (a) true (b) habitual

32. (a) see (b) separate

33. (a) near (b) on

Direction: In question nos. 34 to 39, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (d). Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

34. Supposing if he is late what will happen?

(a) he is late (b) that if he is late

35. She has not still spent all her money.

(a) has not hitherto been spent

(b) has not now spent

(d) No improvement

36. Between you and I Anil is not to be trusted.

(a) Between you and myself

(b) Between you and me

(d) No improvemt

37. They only work when they have no money.

(a) When they have no money, they only work.

(b) When they only work, they have no money

(d) No improvement

38. He suddenly struck a note of discord in his otherwise harmonious presentation.

(a) unhappiness

(b) regret

(d) No improvement

39. The child died from jaundice.

(a) with (b) of

Direction: In question nos. 40 to 45, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

40. To utter profane language against God or anything holy

(a) Bigotry (b) Apostate

41. Words inscribed on a tomb

(a) Obituary (b) Epitaph

42. A written account, usually in book form, consisting of the interesting and memorable experiences of one’s life.

(a) Confession (b) Diary

43. Literary theft, or passing off an author’s original work

44. (a) Imitation (b) Counterfeit

45. To camp in open air without tents or covering

(a) Bivouac (b) Fusillade

Direction: In question nos. 46 to 50, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and indicate it in the Answer Sheet by blackening the appropriate rectangle.

46. (a) Phillology (b) beliegerent

47. (a) veterinarian (b) encyclopadia

48. (a) voccation (b) vaccation

49. (a) sluggarde (b) dawdlor

50. (a) connoiseur (b) philander

Passage I (Question No.s 51 to 55)

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have made substantial contributions to the Indian economy, and exports from this sector have been accorded high priority in India’s export promotion strategy. The sector faces a number of problems such as low levels of technology and innovation, inadequate access to concessional credit, poor marketing, and branding, packaging and complicated government procedures. Addressing these problems is expected to improve their production capability and exports. Emphasis of the strategy is on skill development and training, standardisation and quality, access to affordable credit, impetus for innovation and brand building.

The share of MSMEs in total exports is spread across different product segments. In case of item like textiles, leather goods, processed food, engineering goods, and gems and jewellery, export performance has been commendable over the years. Sectors like sports goods are almost 100% export oriented. In view of this, export promotion from MSME sector has been accorded high priority in India’s export promotion strategy which includes simplification of procedures, incentives for high production of exports, preferential treatment to MSMEs in market development fund, simplification of duty drawback rules, higher value addition, skill development and training.

51. What should be done to increase exports from micro small and medium sectors?

(a) Proper arrangement should be made for skill development and training.

(b) Some new units of MSMEs should be opened

(d) These enterprises should be given tax holidays for at least ten years.

52. What problem(s) do the exports from micro, medium and small sectors face?

(a) Inadequate access to concessional credit

(b) Poor marketing

(d) All of the above

53. Which of the following does not from a part of India’s export promotion strategy? Give your answer in the context of the given passage?

(a) Incentive for higher production of exports

(b) Emphasis on the standardisation of the quality of product

(d) Preferential treatment to MSMEs in market development fund

54. Find the incorrect statement on the basis of the given passage?

(a) The share of MSMEs in total exports is spread across different product segments.

(b) Export performance in case of items like leather goods, processed foods, engineering goods has been very good over the years.

(d) MSMEs have made substantial contribution to the Indian economy.

55. What is the meaning of word ‘commendable’ as used in the given passage?

(a) Bad (b) Wrong

Directions; A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect from. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form and mark you answer in the Answer Sheet.

56. I said to you, “You are the greatest smuggler ever born, my lord?”

(a) I told him that you were the greatest smuggler ever born.

(b) I told my lord admiringly that he was the greatest smuggler ever born.

(d) I told my lord admiringly that I was the greatest smuggler ever born.

57. The girl said to the boy, “How dare you say me a fool.”

(a) The girl asked the boy how he dared to say her a fool.

(b)The girl asked the boy how he dare to say her a fool.

(d) The girl challenged the boy how he dared to say her a fool.

58. She said, "I don’t want to see you. Go away."

(a) She told him that she didn’t want to see him and ordered him to go away.

(b) She asked him that she didn’t want to see him and ordered him to go away.

(d) She told him that she didn’t wish to see him and requested him to go away.

Directions: In these questions, a sentence has been given in Active Voice/Passive Voice. Out of the four suggested alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence Passive/Active Voice:

559. Somebody built this house in 2001.

(a) This house had been built in 2001.

(b) This house was built in 2001.

(d) This house was build in 2001.

660. Somebody should have cleaned the windows yesterday.

(a) The windows should have been cleaned yesterday.

(b) The windows should be cleaned yesterday.

(d) The windows has to be cleaned yesterday.

661. Shakespeare took hint from Spanish Tragedy in his—

a. Macbeth

b. Othello

c. King Lear

d. Hamlet

662. Life of Shakespeare is written by—

a. Sidney Lee

b. Philip Sidney

c. Marlowe

d. Spenser

663. Out of Shakespeare’s 37 plays---------were published in quarto form.

a. 12

b. 15

c. 20

d. 16

664. Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece are---

a. Love poems

b. Tragedies

c. Comedies

d. Novels

665. Which work of Robert Greene is best known for its early reference to Shakespeare?

a. Pandosto

b. Menaphon

c. Groatsworth of Wit

d. None of the above

666. Shakespeare’s First Folio was published in—

a. 1616

b. 1612

c. 1621

d. 1623

667. Who spoke---“The lunatic, the loverand the poet/Are of imagination all compact?”

a. Theseus

b. Bottom

c. Pyramus

d. Thisbey

668. Shakespeare wrote Merry Wivesof Windsor at the behest of—

a. His father

b. His beloved

c. James I

d. Queen Elizabeth

669. Imogen is a character in—

a. Pericles

b. Coriolanus

c. Tempest

d. Cymbeline

770. Which play by Shakespeare is considered autobiographical?

a. The Winter’s Tale

b. Hamlet

c. Pericles

d. Cymbeline

771. Who was Latin Secretary to Milton?

a. Abraham Cowley

b. Andrew Marvell

c. Richard Crashaw

d. John Dryden

772. Which Milton poem is based on patience?

a. Paradise Regained

b. Paradise Lost

c. On his Blindness

d. L’Allegro

773. In “Lycidas”the king has been presented as—

a. Shepherd

b. Poet

c. Priest

d. Clergy

774. Milton’s Comus was published in—

a. 1634

b. 1643

c. 1644

d. 1664

775. Puritanism has Milton as—

a. Singer

b. Preacher

c. Playwright

d. Priest

776. How many books are there in Paradise Regained?

a. 12

b. 13

c. 10

d. 4

777. Milton’s On his Blindness is a/an

a. Epic

b. Elegy

c. Sonnet

d. Blank verse

778. Lycidas ’’ of Milton is an/a

a. Epic

b. Masque

c. Comedy

d. Elegy

779. Wordsworth was made the Poet Laureate in

a. 1850

b. 1843

c. 1831

d. 1837

880. The Prelude completed in 1805 but was published in

a. 1850

b. 1840

c. 1830

d. 1810

881. The Waggoner is a poem by

a. Wordsworth

b. Shelly

c. Keats

d. Byron

882. Which novel of Galsworthy portrays a miserly London bookseller and is a masterly study of human eccentricity?

a. Lord Raingo

b. Riceyman Steps

c. Clayhanger

d. Anna of the Five Towns

883. A Modern Comedy and The End of the Chapter have been written by

a. John Galsworthy

b. H.G. Wells

c. Bennett

d. Conrad

884. The characters of Galsworthy are never drawn from

a. Lower class

b. Middle class

c. Aristocratic class

d. Upper class

885. John Galsworthy was a better

a. Dramatist

b. Poet

c. Critic

d. Novelist

886. In the man of Property Galsworthy paints the life of

a. Upper class

b. Middle class

c. Lower middle class

d. Upper middle class

887. The plays Justice and Loyalties, which are known for their technical competence and humane feelings have been written by

a. Galsworthy

b. Shaw

c. Becket

d. None of the above

888. Lady Adla is a character in Galsworthy’s

a. Justice

b. Loyalties

c. The pigeon

d. The man of property

889. I didn’t come because I feel Christian; I am a Jew. I’ll take no money…give it to a charity….’these lines occur in

a. St. Joan

b. Justice

c. Loyalties

d. None of the above

990. Problem Plays deal with—

a. Social problems

b. Ethical problems

c. Moral problems

d. Religious problems

991. Aristotle’s Poetics is divided into—

a. 26 chapters

b. Thirty six chapters

c. 26 cantos

d. 26 sonnets

992. Which of the following is not one of the unities proposed by Neo classical critics?

a. Plot

b. Action

c. Performance

d. Time

993. Who said, “Shakespeare was the man who of all modern and perhaps ancient poets had the largest and most comprehensive soul.”

a. Dr Johnson

b. John Dryden

c. John Milton

d. T S Eliot

994. Preface to the Plays of Shakespeare was written by—

a. Alexander Pope

b. Dr. Johnson

c. John Dryden

d. Matthew Arnold

995. The Pleasure of Imagination was written by—

a. Jonathan Swift

b. Joseph Addison

c. Richard Steel

d. A C Ward

996. Touchstone theory was propounded by—

a. Matthew Arnold

b. F R Levis

c. T S Eliot

d. Alexander Pope

997. What does the word “Utopia” mean?

a. Nowhere

b. Everywhere

c. Hell

d. Heaven

998. “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity” is a/an—

a. Closet drama

b. Sonnet

c. Ode

d. Epic poem

999. “Drink to me only with thine eyes”, the figure of speech used in the line is—

a. Hyperbole

b. Synecdoche

c. Paradox

d. Zeugma

1100. “He is not the brightest man in the world”, the figure of speech used in the line is—

a. Litotes/Understatement

b. Oxymoron

c. Antithesis

d. Paradox

1101. Milton’s Comus was performed at Ludlow Castle with the songs composed by—

a. Henry Lawes

b. Ben Jonson

c. Inigo Jones

d. Shakespeare

1102. Who was the first English woman who earned her living by pen—

a. Mary Wollstonecraft

b. Mary Shelley

c. Aphra Behn

d. Judith Shakespeare

1103. Queen Victoria ascended the throne in—

a. 1832

b. 1837

c. 1857

d. 1901

1104. What is Mythos?

a. Plot

b. Action

c. Time

d. Character

1105. Laertes of Hamlet is a/an—

a. Protagonist

b. Antagonist

c. Foil

d. Anti-hero

1106. Anagnorisis is—

a. Reversal of fortune

b. Discovery

c. Tragic flaw

d. Pride

1107. Identify the incorrect statement—

a. A soliloquy is a speech in a play for one character who is alone on the stage and speaks his or thoughts aloud.

b. Imagery is a language that produces picture in the mind.

c. Catharsis is a process of realizing and providing relief from strong emotion such as pity and fear by watching the same emotions being played out on the stage.

d. Aristotle gave the concepts of three unities time , place and ation.

1108. Identify the incorrect statement—

a. An ode is a lyric poem that addresses a person or thing or celebrates an event.

b. Assonance is the effect created when two syllables in words that are closed together have the same consonant sound but different vowels.

c. Metonymy is the fact of referring to something by the name of something else closely connected with it.

d. Pathetic fallacy is the effect produced when animals and things are shown as having human feelings.

1109. Denouement is--

a. The end of the book or a play in which everything is explained or settled.

b. The climax of a play.

c. A type of lyric poetry initiated by T S Eliot.

d. A form of miracle play.

1110. “The child is the father of man”. Which figure of speech has been used here—

a. Paradox

b. Assonance

c. Personification

d. Hyperbole

1111. In which play Shakespeare satirizes types of drama?

a. Merchant of Venice

b. The Midsummer Night’s Dream

c. Hamlet

d. Macbeth

1112. Who described free verse as “playing tennis without a net?”

a. Robert Frost

b. Matthew Arnold

c. Wordsworth

d. George Chapman

1113. Shakespeare satirizes inkhornism in the figure of the bombastic Don Armado. In which plays does Don Armado appear?

a. Love’s Labour’s Lost

b. The Merchant of Venice

c. Julius Caesar

d. Troilus and Cressida

1114. In which play Shakespeare used the phrase, “green eyed monster”.

a. Othello

b. King Lear

c. Macbeth

d. Hamlet

1115. Who wrote, “Shakespeare and the Invention of Human”?

a. T.S. Eliot

b. Harold Bloom

c. Harold Pinter

d. Stephen Greenblatt

1116. In which of the following plays Shakespeare invokes the muse in the opening line?

a. Henry IV

b. Henry V

c. Henry VI

d. Twelfth Night

1117. “Man has died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.” This line is spoken by—

a. Rosalind in As You Like It

b. Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

c. Portia in The Merchant of Venice

d. Juliet in Romeo and Juliet

1118. Which of the Shakespearean character is “sick of self-love”?

a. Othello

b. Malvolio

c. Kent

d. King Lear

1119. Wordsworth’s Ode Intimations of Immortality is a/an

a. Horatian ode

b. Pindaric ode

c. Regular ode

d. Irregular ode

1120. Who defined the poet as “the unacknowledged legislature of the world”

a. William Wordsworth

b. P B Shelley

c. John Keats

d. Matthew Arnold

1121. When was the Royal Society established?

a. 1662

b. 1660

c. 1798

d. 1832

1122. Which one of the following is correctly punctuated sentence—

a. She enquired of me whether “What is your father’s name?”

b. She enquired of me, “What is your father name?”

c. She enquired of me, what your father’s name is.”

d. She enquired of me if what is my father’s name.

1123. Which one of the following is correctly punctuated—

a. Alas I am done my lord save me she shouted.

b. “Alas I am done my lord save me”, she shouted.

c. “Alas! I am done my lord, save me”, she shouted.

d. Alas! I am done my lord save me, she shouted.

1124. Identify the correct figure of speech used in the following line—

“Camel is the ship of desert.”

a. Simile

b. Metaphor

c. Personification

d. Metonymy

1125. Identify the type of sentence—

She told me the manner how her sister completed the work.

a. Complex

b. Compound

c. Simple

d. None of the above

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