UP PGT ENGLISH EXAM SOLVED PAPER 2010
This question paper has 125 objective/ MCQS and fill in the blanks questions with their answers of the UP Post Graduate Teacher Recruitment examination conducted by UP SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE SELECTION BOARD PRAYAGRAJ (ALLAHABAD ) in the year 2010
1."With this key (Sonnet) Shakespeare unlocked his heart." The words are from-
(A) Coleridge
(B) Byron
(C) Hazlitt
(D) Wordsworth
Ans- (D)
2. The rhyming of vowel sounds without the rhyming of consonants is known as-
(A) Rhythm
(B) Consonance
(C) Assonance
(D) Alliteration
Ans- (C)
3. The figure of speech in "He is too fond of red-tape" is-
(A) Simile
(B) Metonymy
(C) Personification
(D) Oxymoron
Ans- (B)
4. The figure of speech in, 'Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow' is-
(A) Simile
(B) Metaphor
(C) Oxymoron.
(D) Hyperbole
Ans- (D)
5. The figure of speech in- "The holy time is quiet as a nun" is-
(A) Metaphor.
(B) Hyperbole
(C) Personification
(D) Simile
Ans-(D)
6. The word 'Terrain' means-
(A) Train.
(B) Terrace
(C) Tract of land.
(D) Torrential rain
Ans- (C)
7. 'Crass Casualty' and 'dicing time' are the phrases Hardy uses in-
(A) Revulsion.
(B) Hap
(C) The Impercipient
(D) A Meeting with Despair
Ans- (D)
8. Who is the author of Summer in Calcutta?
(A) Nissim Ezekiel
(B) A.K. Ramanujan
(C) Kamala Das.
(D) Toru Dutt
Ans- (C)
9. Spot the errors by identifying the numbered position-
(A) Unemployment is
1
(B) a
2
(C) Very
3
(D) Actual problem
4
Ans-. (D)
10. Mark the part which contains an error in the following sentence. If there is no error in it; mark 'D' as your choice.
I would request you to see my cousin
(A). (B)
sister who has just returned from Germany.
(C)
No Error
(D)
Ans- (B)
11. Count Greffi is a character in Hemming- way's-
(A) Old Man and The Sea
(B) For Whom the Bell Tolls
(C) A Farewell to Arms.
(D) The Sun Also Rises
Ans- (C)
12. 'Aside'-
(A) Is a short dramatic monologue
(B) Means 'By the side of
(C) Is a poem consisting of irregular lines
(D) Is a short speech not supposed to be heard by other characters on the stage or the audience
Ans- (D)
13. 'Lingua Franca' means-
(A) Common language of all
(B) Arranged for a special purpose
(C) In the meantime
(D) Men of letters
Ans- (A)
14. Transform the following sentence using 'No sooner' for 'As soon as': As soon as she came home, she wanted to know the whatabouts of her servants-
Choose from the following options-
(A) No sooner did she came home than she wanted to know the whatabouts of her servants
(B) No sooner did she come home than she wanted to know the whatabouts of her servants
(C) No sooner she came home than she wanted to know the whatabouts of her servants
(D) No sooner did she come home when she wanted to know the whatabouts of her servants
Ans- (B)
15. Free verse is poetry-
(A) Written in praise of freedom
(B) Conforming to no regular metre
(C) Having neither depth nor commitment
(D) Written in blank verse
Ans- (B)
Directions-(Q. 16-19) The passage below is followed by Questions Nos. 16-20 on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is implied or stated in the passage.
It was only in the Eighteenth Century that people in Europe began to think that mountains are beautiful. Before that time, they were feared by the inhabitants of the plain, and especially by the townsmen, to whom they were wild, dangerous places in which one was lost or killed by terrible animals. Townsmen saw, in their cities the victory of Man over Nature, of Civilization, order, peace and beauty over what was wild, cruel, disorderly and ugly.
'Slowly, however, many of the people who were living comfortably in this town civilization began to grow tired of it. Man has many instincts in his heart, one of these instincts is to explore the unknown not to be satisfied with a life in which everything is orderly and peaceful and easily understood, but to look for mystery, for things which the reason cannot explain, for sights and sounds which produce in one a thrill of fear.
So, in the Eighteenth Century, people began to turn away from the man-made town to the untouched country and particularly, to places where it was dangerous,
rough and disorderly. Wild rocks and high mountains began to take their place in poems and novels, and the Lake District in North-West England, with its mountains and lakes, became a popular place for a holiday.
Then, mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a game. To some people, there is something enormously attractive about setting out to conquer a mountain: a struggle against Nature is finer then a battle against other human beings. And then, when you are at the top of a giant moutain, what satisfactory it is to be able to look down over everything within sight! At such times, you feel nobler and purer than you can ever feel down below-
16. Which of the following were the opinions of the townsmen about the moutains before the
18th Century?
(A) They were wild.
(B) They were dangerous places
(C) Both (A) and (B).
(D) None of these
Ans- (C)
17. Which natural objects made Lake District a popular place for a holiday?
(A) Mountains
(B) Lakes
(C) Both (A) and (B).
(D) None of these
Ans- (C)
18. How is mountain climbing described?
(A) Popular
(B) Enormously attractive
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
Ans- (C)
19. How does one feel after climbing the mountain?
(A) Nobler.
(B) Purer
(C) Both (A) and (B) to.
(D) None of these
Ans- (C)
20. In changing the following Direct speech into Indirect speech, what change is required in the verb 'eat' ?
"I never eat fish," he explained.
(A) Ate.
(B) Eats
(C) Have eaten.
(D) No change is required
Ans- (A)
21. Pick out the correct form of indirect narration of-
"I have bought a house", he said.
(A) He said that he had bought a house
(B) He said that he has bought a house
(C) He said that he bought a house
(D) He said that he would buy a house
Ans- (A)
22. The antonym of 'Indiscretion' is-
(A) Circumspection.
(B) Magnitude
(C) Inclination
(D) Ambition
Ans- (A)
23. The synonym for 'Inexorable' is-
(A) Angry
(B) Relentless
(C) Liable
(D) Inexcusable
Ans- (D)
24. The feminine form of 'Colt' is-
(B) Bitch
(A) Mare
(C) Filly
(D) Ewe
Ans- (C)
25. A person who lives by himself is-
(A) Selfish.
(B) Lonely.
(C) Unsocial
(D) Recluse
Ans- (D)
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26. Which one is the correct passive form of 'Novels interest me'? (A) Novels are interested by me (B) I have interest in novels (C) I am interested in novels (D) I have been interested in novels Ans- (C) 27. The plural of 'bureau' is- (A) Bureaus. (B) Bureaues (C) Bureaux (D) Bureauos Ans- (C) 28. Spot the correct form of the modal to fill in the blank- Walk fast lest you...... miss the train. (A) shall (B) will (C) may (D) should Ans- (D) 29. A lunatic is confined to- (A) a Jail (B) a Hole (C) a monastery. (D) an asylum Ans-(D) 30. The verb form of 'necessity' is- (A) necessary (B) need (C) necessite (D) necessitate Ans- (D) 31. "Is there no life, but these alone? Madman or slave, must man be one ?" The above lines are from- (A) The Buried Life. (B) Forsaken Merman (C) A Summer Night. (D) Destiny Ans- (D) 32. In 'The Family Reunion' by T.S. Eliot, Harry is mentally disturbed because he- (A) has failed in his profession (B) thinks he has killed his wife (C) not having good relation with his mother (D) is keeping a poor health Ans- (B) 33. "Yes, why not let the natives run their own show? It is their country and we have really no right to it"? Who speaks these words in Mulk Raj Anand's novel Two Leaves and A Bud? (A) Riggie Hunt (B) Croft-Cooke (C) Dr John de La Havre (D) Barbara Ans- (D) 34. Substitute the correct idiom for the underlined portion of the following sentence- The mixture of religion with politics in India has made a worse state of disorder. (A) Confusion worse confounded (B) Helter Skelter (C) A windfall (D) Toil and moil Ans- (A) 35.Choose the one that does not match- (A) Touchstone - As you like it (B) Goneril -- King Lear (C) Cinna- Julius Caesar (D) Gobbo Twelfth Night Ans- (D) 36. "His creation, triumphing over all defect and shortcoming, draws from it a unique broadness of view, vitality of force and sky wide atmosphere of greatness." The comment on Whitman's poetry is by- (A) Vivekananda (B) Rabindranath Tagore (C) Emerson. (D) Sri Aurobindo Ans- (D) 37. "Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe." The lines occur in- (A) Venus and Adonis (B) Paradise Lost (C) Tintern Abbey (D) Christabel Ans- (B) 38. Fill in the blank with suitable conjunction- Something certainly fell in;..........I heard a splash. (A) but. (B) and (C) for. (D) None of these Ans- (C) 39. Choose the correct antonym of the word 'Philanthropist. (A) Misogamist. (B) Misogynist (C) Misanthropist. (D) None of these Ans- (C) 40. Complete the sentence with the suitable noun, clause- The police must know....... (A) where he is living. (B) where he was living (C) where he has been living (D) None of these Ans- (A) 41. What is the literary name of the Shakespeare? (A) Victorian age. (B) Romantic age (C) Elizabethan age. (D) None of these Ans- (C) 42. When was Kamala Das born? (A) 1934. (B) 1937 (C) 1947. (D) 1941 Ans- (A) 43. Which one is a novel by Faulkner among the following? (A) Old Man and The Sea (B) The Sun Also Rises (C) The Sound and The Fury (D) Of Mice and Men Ans- (C) 44. In which of the following novels action takes place both in Paris and London? (A) A Tale of Two Cities. (B) Oliver Twist (C) Great Expectations. (D) David Copperfield Ans- (A) 45. Gangu occurs in Mulk Raj Anand's- (A) Coolie. (B) Two Leaves and a Bud (C) Private Life of an Indian Prince (D) Untouchable Ans- (B) 46. 'In India' by Nissim Ezekiel depicts the relationship between- (A) Literature and Sex (B) Literature and Environment (C) Literature and Science (D) Literature and War Ans- (B) 47. Who has been regarded as 'prince among English essayists' ? (A) Bacon (B) Lynd. (C) Lamb (D) Huxley Ans-(C) 48. Thomas Hardy was- (A) an optimist. (B) a pessimist (C) an existentialist (D) None of these Ans- (B) 49. Which play of Shakespeare describes the "Seven ages of man"? (A) As you Like It. (B) King Lear (C) Hamlet. (D) Antony and Cleopatra Ans- (A) 50. "Venus and Adonis" is a poem by- (A) John Milton (B) P.B. Shelley (C) Matthew Arnold. (D) William Shakespeare Ans- (D) 51.Who said that "Keats was a Greek"? (A) Shelley. (B) Wordsworth (C) Byron (D) Lamb Ans- (A) 52. Who wrote the autobiographical poem 'The Prelude'? (A) Shakespeare (B) Arnold (C) Wordsworth (D) Tennyson Ans- (C) 53. In which poem do the following lines occur? "Man for the field and women for the hearth, Man for the sword and for the needle she," (A) The Princess. (B) Ulysses (C) In Memoriam. (D) Maud Ans- (A) 54. Who is the author of the volume of poems 'The Descendants'? (A) Nissim Ezekiel. (B) A.K. Ramanujan (C) Kamala Das (D) None of those Ans- (C) 55. Who is the author of the volume of poems 'Leaves of Grass' ? (A) Robert Frost (B) Walt Whitman (C) Kamala Das. (D) Ezekiel Ans- (B) 56. "There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds." These lines occur in- (A) Idylls of the King (B) Morte d'Arthur (C) Ulysses (D) In Memoriam Ans- (D) 57. In which of the following Shelley supports bigamy? (A) Adonais. (B) Alastor (C) Epipsychidion. (D) Prometheus Unbound Ans- (D) 58. The old order changeth, yielding place to new', occurs in Tennyson's- (A) In Memoriam. (B) Locksley Hall (C) The Passing of Arthur (D) Morte d'Arthur Ans- (D) 59. "Others abide our question, Thou art free". 'Thou', stands for- (A) Tennyson (B) Shakespeare (C) Byron. (D) Wordsworth Ans- (B) 60. Who among the following later embraced Islam? (A) Kamala Markandeya (B) Kamala Das (C) Nissim Ezekiel. (D) Mulk Raj Anand Ans- (B)
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61. In Memoriam is an expression of sorrow of Tennyson at the death of(A) Arthur Hallam.
(B) John Keats
(C) Edward King.
(D) Arthur Hugh Clough
Ans- (A)
62. The theme of ...... dominates the poetry of Kamala Das.
(A) death
(B) patriotism
(C) love.
(D) disease
Ans- (C)
63 Wordsworth was a-
(A) romantic poet
(B) classical poet
(C) confessional poet.
(D) satirical poet
Ans-(A)
64. John Keats was a-
(A) classical poet
(B) sentimental poet
(C) didactic poet.
(D) hellenistic Poet
Ans- (D)
65. Who has written the following line? Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee !
(A) Nissim Ezekiel.
(B) Kamala Das
(C) Rabindranath Tagore.
(D) Thomas Hardy
Ans- (C)
66. What does 'to call off' mean?
(A) Cancel something not yet started
(B) Abandon something already in progress
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
Ans- (C)
67. What are desserts?
(A) Large waterless areas
(B) Puddings
(C) Both (A) and (B).
(D) None of these
Ans- (B)
68. What does 'Pandora's Box' mean?
(A) A process that once begun creates many complicated problems
(B) A speech or text in praise of someone
(C) Button for summoning help in an emergency
(D) A musical instrument
Ans- (A)
69. When was 'Untouchable' first published?
(A) 1935
(B) 1936
(C) 1940.
(D) 1947
Ans- (A)
70. Who wrote the celebrated book Shakespearean Tragedy?
(A) A.C. Bradley.
(B) Edward Bradley
(C) F. H. Bradley.
(D) Dr. Henry Bradley
Ans- (A)
71. "This sea that bares her bosom to the moon." The figure of speech here is-
(A) Simile.
(B) Metaphor
(C) Personification.
(D) Oxymoron
Ans- (C)
72. Who among the following introduced sonnet in English poetry?
(A) Milton.
(B) Wordsworth
(C) Wyatt.
(D) Shakespeare
Ans- (C)
73. Spot the correct spelling-
(A) Chaufeur.
(B) Chauffeur
(C) Chaufeura.
(D) Chauffere
Ans- (B)
74. 'To have an edge on' means-
(A) to cut with a knife.
(B) to threaten to wound
(C) to be slightly better than.
(D) to be in a dangerous situation
Ans- (C)
75. 'Bonhomie' means-
(A) Good nature
(B) Homely
(C) Social
(D) Manly
Ans- (A)
76. Which sentence is correct?
(A) I only eat when I am hungry
(B) I eat only when I am hungry
(C) I eat when I am only hungry
(D) Only I cat when I am hungry
Ans- (B)
77. Which of the following sentences is correct
(A) Unless it will rain the crops will be poor
(B) Unless he does not cut his expenses, he will be bankrupt
(C) Unless he exercises regularly, he will be weak
(D) None of these
Ans- (C)
78. Choose the best from order the four options in the following jumbled up sentence-
of their passions is a knowledge
1. 2. 3.
knowledge of mind
4
(A) 3,2,4,1.
(B) 3,4,2,1.
(C) 1,3,2,4.
(D) 4,3,2,1
Ans- (B)
79. Fill in the blank with correct preposition- She said that she was feeling sick...... heart.
(A) of. (C) at. (B) in. (D) to
Ans- (C)
80. Miss Havisham remained a spinster throughout her life in 'Great Expectations' because-
(A) She was poor
(B) She did not like her groom
(C) She was betrayed by the bridegroom
(D) She was arrogant
Ans- (D)
81. "Aphorism"-
(A) means a living being's ability to survive both on land and in water
(B) is a statement condensing much wisdom in a few words
(C) is the quality of being poisonous
(D) is an expression of anxiety
Ans- (B)
82. The correctly punctuated version is-
(A) Perhaps cried he there may be such monsters as you describe
(B) "Perhaps" cried he, "there may be such monsters as you describe"
(C) "Perhaps cried he", there may be such monsters as you describe
(D) "Perhaps", cried he, "there may be such monsters as you describe !"
Ans- (D)
83. The specific word for the cry of 'Pigeons' is-
(A) Crow.
(B) Coo
(C) Chirp.
(D) Croak
Ans- (B)
84. The young one of 'swan' is-
(A) Kitten
(B) Chicken
(C) Cygnet.
(D) Fawn
Ans- (C)
85. Change the following into an indirect statement and indicate the correct one- He said, "I came here yesterday."
(A) He said that he went there the previous day
(B) He said that he had come there the previous day
(C) He said that he came there yesterday
(D) He inquired that he had come there the previous day
Ans- (B)
86. Fill in the blank with appropriate word-
It is a month since the holidays.. ....
(A) began
(B) have begun
(C) may begin
(D) will begin
Ans- (A)
87. Fill in the blank by making an appropriate choice-
The commission has recommended an addition of twenty per cent of the basic ....... a minimum of Rupees fifty for fixing the pay.
(A) subjected to.
(B) subject to
(C) subjecting to.
(D) None of these
Ans- (D)
88. Supply the right form of the verb in the blank space-
He has...... awake in bed for hours.
(A) laid
(B) lain.
(C) lay.
(D) laying
Ans- (B)
89. Fill in the blank with suitable alternative-
He has finished reading...... books that he had.
(A) a few.
(B) the few
(C) few.
(D) None of these
Ans- (B)
90. What is the suitable prefix for the word 'Polite' ?
(A) Un
(B) In.
(C) Im.
(D) Non
Ans- (C)
91. The adjective form of 'boast' is-
(A) boasty
(B) boastful
(C) boastly
(D) boastile
Ans- (B)
92. The adjective 'coward' has the noun form-
(A) cowardly.
(B) cowardom
(C) cowardsome
(D) cowardice
Ans- (D)
93. The word 'abound' has the noun form-
(A) aboundment
(B) aboundance
(C) abundance.
(D) abundant
Ans- (C)
94. Which of the following sentences has a transitive verb?
(A) A dog runs very fast
(B) No one can speak French like the natives
(C) He has been shouting for an hour
(D) The boys jumped up and down the stairs
Ans95. Give the right suffix for the word 'just' to make it an abstract noun-
(A) -ly
(B) -ify.
(C) -ice.
(D) -ing
Ans- (C)
96. The collective noun for 'constable' is-
(A) bunch
(B) group
(C) posse
(D) batch
Ans- (C)
97. Matthew Arnold was not a/an-
(A) Poet.
(B) critic.
(C) essayist.
(D) novelist
Ans- (D)
98. In the old persian stories turan the land of darkness is opposed to iran the land of light- The correctly punctuated version is-
(A) In the old Persian stories Turan, the land of darkness, is opposed to Iran, the of light land
(B) In the old persian stories Turan, the land of darkness, is opposed to Iran, the land of light
(C) In the old Persian stories, Turan, the land of darkness, is opposed to Iran, the land of light land
(D) In the old Persian stories Turan, the of darkness, is opposed to Iran, the land of light
Ans- (D)
99. "If we are mark'd to die, we are enow,
To do our country loss; and if to live The fewer men, the greater share of honour."
Who says this?
(A) Westmoreland.
(B) King Henry
(C) Bedford.
(D) Salisbury
Ans-(C)
100. 'Caesura' is a-
(A) six feet line.
(B) rhymed word
(C) stressed syllable
(D) break in a line
Ans- (D)
101. T.S. Eliot got the Nobel prize in-
(A) 1950.
(B) 1948
(C) 1957
(D) 1965
Ans- (B)
102. Which one of the following plays is by Shelley?
(A) The Borderers.
(B) The Cenci
(C) The House of Aspen.
(D) Manfred
Ans- (B)
103. "All the world's a stage" Shakespeare's-
(A) Twelfth Night.
(B) Merchant of Venice
(C) As you Like It.
(D) Hamlet
Ans- (C)
104. Sir Toby Belch is a character in Shakespeare's-
(A) Hamlet
(B) Twelfth Night
(C) Macbeth
(D) Othello
Ans- (B)
105. Which play of Shakespeare opens with the line- When shall we three meet again,
In thunder, lightning or in rain?
(A) Macbeth
(B) Hamlet
(C) King Lear
(D) Othello
Ans- (A)
106.Who has written the novel Pickwick Papers?
(A) Thomas Hardy.
(B) Mulk Raj Anand
(C) Charles Dickens
(D) None of these
Ans- (C)
107. Charles Dickens was a-
(A) Victorian poet.
(B) Novelist
(C) Critic.
(D) Scientist
Ans-(B)
108. Charles Lamb adopted the name 'Elia'. which was that of-
(A) an English banker.
(B) his old School master
(C) his brother
(D) an Italian clerk at the South Sea House -
Ans- (D)
109. What is the meaning of the expression 'Avant garde' ?
(A) Rude Expression.
(B) Ridiculous
(C) Tragic
(D) Innovative
Ans- (D)
110. An epic is-
(A) Autobiographical
(B) Objective
(C) Comic
(D) Elegiac
Ans- (B)
111. The name of the priest who makes improp suggestions to Sohini in Mulk Raj Anand 'Untouchable' is-
(A) Kalidas
(B) Kaliprasad
(C) Kalinath.
(D) Kalipada
Ans-(C)
112. The elegy Adonais has been mourn the death of-
(A) John Keats.
(B) Wordsworth
(C) Byron
(D) Milton
Ans-(A)
113. Who wrote the long poem 'The Revolt of Islam' ?
(A) Coleridge.
(B) Tennyson
(C) Browning.
(D) Shelley
Ans- (D)
114. Who has a love of mystifying and putting his readers on a false ascent ?
(A) Lamb.
(B) Addison
(C) Hazlitt
(D) Lynd
Ans-(A)
115. Who wrote the poem Endymion?
(A) P. B. Shelley.
(B) John Keats
(C) Lord Byron.
(D) William Wordsworth
Ans-(B)
116.' The Charge of the Light Brigade' Tennyson commemorates the battle of-
(A) Balaclava Crimea
(B) Agincourt
(C) Napoleonic wars.
(D) Boers war
Ans-(A)
117. Rugby Chapel' by Matthew Arnold is written in the memory of-
(A) Tennyson.
(B) Shakespeare
(C) Thomas Arnold.
(D) Keats
Ans- (C)
118. "He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth."
In the above lines 'He' stands for-
(A) Shelley
(B) Goethe
(C) Wordsworth
(D) Keats
Ans- (D)
119.'Dickens' works have-
(A) Humour and pathos
(B) Neither humour nor pathos
(C) Humour but no pathos
(D) Pathos but no humour
Ans- (A)
120. Of the following Tennyson wrote-
(A) The Cup
(B) Strafford
(C) The Sisters
(D) Bothwell
Ans (A)
121. The line, 'Good fences make good neigh-bours' occurs in Robert Frost's poem-
(A) Design
(B) Mending Wall
(C) After Apple-Picking
(D) The Death of the Hired Man
Ans- (B)
122."Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!"
What was the great event Wordsworth had in mind while writing the above lines?
(A) His marriage
(B) Publication of the 'Lyrical Ballads'
(C) His friendship with Coleridge
(D) The French Revolution
Ans- (D)
123.The 'Old Playhouse' and 'Other Poems' was written by-
(A) T.S. Eliot
(B) Kamala Das
(C) Mulk Raj Anand.
(D) Nissim Ezekiel
Ans-(B)
124. Which of the following does not match?
(A) Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me - Tennyson
(B) Coldly, sadly descends,.
The Autumn-evening - Arnold
(C) It is some dream that on the Deck You have fallen cold and dead - Whitman
(D) O sweet Fancy! let her loose Summer's joy are spoilt by use- Shelley
Ans- (B)
125. Walt Whitman is known as a poet of-
(A) democracy
(B) socialism
(C) capitalism
(D) sex
Ans- (A)
