Q38. The phonetic transcription of the word ‘ambition’ is —
A /eɪm-biːʃn/ B /ʌm.bi-ʃn/ C /aɪm.biːʃn/ D /æmˈbɪʃn/ E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: /æmˈbɪʃn/
Q39. Choose the correct phonetic transcription of the word ‘International’ —
A /ˌɪntəˈnæʃnəl/ B /internʃənl/ C /iːntnætʃnl/ D /iːntənʃnenl/ E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: /ˌɪntəˈnæʃnəl/
Q41. Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their antonyms in Column ‘B’ — Column A: (A) Frugal, (B) Ephemeral, (C) Revere, (D) Perilous. Column B: (i) Perpetual, (ii) Non-hazardous, (iii) Extravagant, (iv) Disrespect.
A (A)-(iv), (B)-(iii), (C)-(ii), (D)-(i) B (A)-(iii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(ii) C (A)-(i), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iii), (D)-(iv) D (A)-(iii), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(i) E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: (A)-(iii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(ii)
Q42. Identify the pattern of the given sentence and choose the correct option — She’s made the job a success.
A S V C O B S V A C C S V C A D S V O C E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: S V O C
Q43. Identify the sentence pattern of the given sentence — I shaved myself with my own razor.
A S V A A B S V O A C S V C A D S V A E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: S V O A
Q44. The bank won’t accept the guarantee of a man of straw. Choose the nearest meaning of the underlined idiom —
A Farmer involved in straw making B As thin as a straw C Constantly insulting the bank employees D A man of no substance E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: A man of no substance
Q45. Transform into indirect speech — He said, “Be quiet and listen to my words.”
A He urged them to be quiet and listen to his words. B He shouted at them angrily to listen to his words. C He asked them to listen to his words. D He exclaimed to them to listen and not shout. E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: He urged them to be quiet and listen to his words.
Q46. Find the word from the passage which means ‘the quality of being open and honest’ —
A Unseasonable B Prudence C Forbearing D Candour E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: Candour
Q47. Find antonym of the word from the passage which means ‘Goodwill’ —
A Patient B Sage C Malice D Indulgence E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: Malice
Q48. Which one of the following statements is not correct about the description of a gentleman as given in the passage?
A He does not take the initiative himself. B He disagrees with the movements of those around him. C He never afflicts pain. D He removes the obstacles which hinder the free action of those about him. E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: He disagrees with the movements of those around him.
Q49. Name two objects of comforts or conveniences with which a gentleman is compared to —
A an easy chair or a good fire B slander and gossip C cold and fatigue D jar or a jolt E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: an easy chair or a good fire
Q50. Find the word from the passage which means ‘An expression of a general truth’ —
A Opinion B Assumption C Maxim D Motive E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: Maxim
Q51. In the novel That Long Silence Vanitamami’s comment, “a husband is like a sheltering tree” expresses her —
A love for her husband B logical mindset C stereotypical mindset D respect for her husband E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: stereotypical mindset
Q52. Which figure of speech has been employed in the quote given below from William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice? “Why, if two gods should play some heavenly match, And on the wager lay two earthly women, And Portia one, there must be something else Pawn’d with the other, for the poor rude world Hath not her fellow.”
A Alliteration B Allegory C Metaphor D Hyperbole E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: Hyperbole
Q53. Which among the following statement(s) is/are true regarding William Shakespeare’s As you Like It? (i) It is a quintessential Elizabethan pastoral comedy. (ii) It’s subtitle is ‘What You Will’. (iii) It explores the themes of love, disguise and gender roles. (iv) It is influenced by Thomas Lodge’s Romance ‘Rosalynde’.
A (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct B (i) and (ii) are correct C (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct D (iii) and (iv) are correct E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
Q54. Which one of the following is not primarily associated with existentialism?
A Søren Kierkegaard B Jean-Paul Sartre C Simone de Beauvoir D Immanuel Kant E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: Immanuel Kant
Q55. Identify the literary term in the following lines — “The wolf with its belly, stitched full of big pebbles; Nibelung wolves barbed like black pine forest. Against a red sky, over blue snow...”
A Personification B Simile C Ode D Metaphor E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: Simile
Q57. Which one of the following concepts of Eliot about ‘tradition’ and ‘poetry’ is not correct?
A He asserts that the past should not be altered by the present. B He asserts that historical sense implies not only the ‘pastness of past’ but the ‘presence’ of past as well. C True art comes from the artist’s ability to synthesize. D His ‘impersonal poet’ has links with Keat’s figure of ‘the chameleon poet’. E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: He asserts that the past should not be altered by the present.
Q58. The novelists Richardson, Trollope, Henry James, D.H. Lawrence and E.M. Forster are primarily : identified with which literary tradition?
A Romanticism B Symbolism C Gothic D Realism E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: Realism
Q59. Stevenson wrote his essay “Walking Tours” in response to -
A William Hazlitt’s “On Going a Journey” B Thomas De Quincey’s “Lake Reminiscences” C Robert Southey’s “Journal of a Tour in Scotland in 1819” D S.T. Coleridge’s “Fears in Solitude” E Question not attempted
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Correct answer: William Hazlitt’s “On Going a Journey”