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

Q101.A ______ is a reduced language that results from extended contact between groups of people with no language in common; it evolves when they need some means of verbal communication, perhaps for trade.

Q102.Whose eyes looked “like two red suns”? (David Copperfield).

Q103.Identify the use of three distinct literary devices used by Gray in the line “How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!”

Q104.What aspect of Dickens’ writing in “David Copperfield” reflects his humanitarian concern?

Q105.Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option — Alternation where a fluent bilingual talking to another fluent bilingual changes language without any change in the situation, it is called ______.

Q106.Bishop Thomas Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry consisting of old heroic ballads was published in the year -

Q107.Performance poetry is associated with which literary period? ‘

Q108.Which of the following poets are collectively known as the ‘Lakers’ by the Scottish magazine reviewers?

Q109.“Stable Grammar, Nativization, Expanded Vocabulary, Complex Sentence Structure” are all characteristics of -

Q110.The Bride’s Prelude, Sister Helen, A Last Confession are literary works written by -

Q111.The ‘sages’ of the third stanza are related to the figures in the mosaic frieze in...:........... (“Sailing to Byzantium”).

Q112.Match the authors with their works — Author: (A) Rabindra Nath Tagore, (B) Syed Amanuddin, (C) Vikram Seth, (D) Sir Aurobindo. Work: (i) Savitri, (ii) Summer Requiem, (iii) Gitanjali, (iv) Gems and Germs.

Q113.“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”, is an example of -

Q114.Who amongst the following is not a member of the Pre-Raphaelite group?

Q115.Which of the following statements about the play Tughlaq are correct? (i) Karnad’s treatment of the theme is not historical. (ii) Karnad makes use of the ‘prayer’ in the play to show that life is corrupted at its very source. (iii) The whole play is structured on the binaries: like the divine aspiration and the deft intrigue.

Q116.In the play As You Like It, Phebe quotes “Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?” To whom is this line an allusion?

Q117.Who among the following suggested Dickens to use first-person point-of-view narration in “David Copperfield”? :

Q118.In the poem ‘The Pilgrim of the Night’, what happens to the “Voice of the celestial Friend”?

Q119.Read the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below and select the correct option — Assertion (A): Robert Louis Stevenson’s tone in “Walking Tours” is light-hearted and reflective. Reason (R): He celebrates the beauty of nature and the simple pleasures of walking in the countryside.

Q120.What did Orlando receive as a gift by Rosalind after he won the wrestling match? (William Shakespeare’s As You Like It)