Question Paper for Sr. Teacher (Sec. Edu.) Comp. Exam - 2025(English)

Q41.Identify the conventions of pastoral elegy and choose the correct option. A. Nature is involved in mourning the shepherd’s death. B. There is a procession of mourners. C. The poem reflects on divine justice. D. At the end there is a renewal of hope.

Q42.Renaissance was a revival of Greek learning and world-view. Which of the following is NOT true about its spread from Greek territories to Italy ?

Q43.Humans are called “Dasein” (there being) because they are defined by the fact that they exist, or are in the world and inhabit it. Who used the phrase “Dasein” for Humans in his existential exposition ?

Q44.Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of romanticism ?

Q45.From which Shakespearean play did Aldous Huxley derive the ironic title of his novel “Brave New World” ?

Q46.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Romanticism as a literary movement ?

Q47.Which of the following is NOT a key characteristic of metaphysical poetry ?

Q48.“The nineteenth century dislike of Realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass.” The above comment appears in the preface of the novel –

Q49.“The Female Spectator”, intended as a response to Addison and Steele’s periodical, was started by –

Q50.‘Silver-fork fiction’ is also known as

Q51.“Thou still unravished bride of quietness” is an example of ____.

Q52.Choose the correct option: Gothic novels – A. concentrate on the fantastic, the macabre and the supernatural. B. rediscover medieval themes and have medieval connotations. C. centre on passion, grief and terror. D. use only Hellenistic supernatural imagery.

Q53.What does Chubukov think Lomov has come at first in the play “A Marriage Proposal” ?

Q54.What is the name of Lomov’s dog in the play “A Marriage Proposal” ?

Q55.Choose the correct statement – ‘Ivan Lomov was wearing his evening dress and white gloves when he came to Tschubukov’s house because ____.’

Q56.What specific derogatory term does Lomov use to describe Chubukov’s double-faced behaviour ?

Q57.Who kills Macbeth in the play “Macbeth” by Shakespeare ?

Q58.In “A Marriage Proposal” what does Natalya say as to what she did with her own hay, which makes Lomov’s claim to the meadows so insulting to her ?

Q59.Which character is the first to explicitly refer to Macbeth as a “tyrant” within the play ?

Q60.Whom does Duncan proclaim as the Prince of Cumberland ?