Question Paper for Lecturer and Coach (School Edu. Dept.) - Comp. Exam-2025 (English)

Q61.Match the following as expressed in Bacon’s “Of Truth” — (a) inquiry of truth, (b) knowledge of truth, (c) belief of truth, (d) sabbath work; (i) enjoying of it, (ii) illumination of spirit, (iii) love making, (iv) presence of it.

Q62.What extended metaphor (conceit) does Donne use to describe his soul in the first half of the poem ‘Batter my heart’?

Q63.In As you Like It, Rosalind disguises herself as Ganymede. Ganymede was —

Q64.Match Column (I) with Column (II) — Column I: (A) Francis Bacon, (B) Richard Steele, (C) Charles Lamb, (D) T.S. Eliot. Column II: (i) Elia, (ii) Objective Correlative, (iii) Periodical Essay, (iv) Novum Organum.

Q65.What specific criticism does Kamat offer regarding the stories Jaya writes under a pseudonym?

Q66.Which is the debut novel of Shashi Deshpande?

Q67.‘Crossing Brooklyn Ferry’ by Walt Whitman was first published in ______ (year) in ______ (publication/collection) and was previously named as ______.

Q68.Guy Mannering, The Antiquary and The Bride of Lammermoor are books of historical background written by —

Q69.Identify the correct pair of Gothic novel and novelist —

Q70.Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct in the context of the main aspects of Epic convention? (A) The centrality of a Hero of military or national importance. (B) Limited and confined geographical setting. (C) Extensive or cosmic geographical setting.

Q71.Choose the correct option — The unique language variety of a speaker is ______.

Q72.Who speaks to whom the following lines in As you Like It? “O, I know where you are: Nay, ’t is true: there was never anything so sudden, but the fight of two rams, and Caesar’s thrasonical brag of ‘I came, saw, and overcame.’”

Q73.Which of the following texts is not written by Søren Kierkegaard?

Q74.In the poem ‘Alexander’s Feast’, whom does the phrase ‘Ghastly Band’ refer to?

Q75.The play Tughlaq is often read as a political allegory for which era in modern Indian history?

Q76.Which out of the following is not a trait of post-modernist writer?

Q77.Which one is incorrect about Code-switching and Code-mixing?

Q78.In ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day,’ the following lines primarily serve to - “So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”

Q79.Fictional works of Arnold Bennett’s The Old Wives’ Tale, Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth, George Eliot’s Middlemarch belong to which of the following movements?

Q80.Which one of the following is not correct?