Master Cadre Special
91. When did Rabindranath Tagore return his title of 'Sir' bestowed upon him by the Raj?
- After non-cooperation movement
- After the partition of Bengal
- After Civil Disobedience movement
- After jalianwala Bagh Massacre
92. An elegy is a poem
- of mourning
- of mirth
- tuned to a musical composition
- none of the above
93. Modernism is a literary movement spanning from
- Frist to second World war
- The last decade of 19th century to the start of Second World War
- the end of Second World War to 1960
- 18 to 19th century
94. Surrealism is a movement in art and literature which
- attacked rationalism and narrow logical systems
- was strictly rational in approach
- attempted to demolish Freudian psychoanalysis
- came into being during Plato's times
95. Full form of IPA is
- International Phonemic Association
- International Phonemic alphabet
- International Phonetic Alphabet
- International Pronouncing Alphabet
96. RP Stand for
- Received Pronunciation
- Receptive Pronunciation
- Representative Pronunciation
- Registered Pronunciation
97. Dialect refers to
- differences in pronunciation
- differences in vocabulary
- differences in grammar
- all the above
98. Behaviourism in linguistics refers to an understanding of the nature of language which is
- Saussurian
- pre-chomskyan
- post-chomskyan
- mentalistic
99. Mentalism in linguistics is
- supplementary to behaviourism
- opposed to behaviourism
- opposed to the traditional understanding of materialism
- independent of structural rules
100. Informal register of a language
- are arbitrary
- are rule-governed
- fall within the framework of prescriptive and traditional grammar
- are governed by rules which are transcendental
101. Generative grammar is a set of rules which operates upon
- finite vocabulary of units
- infinite vocabulary of units
- both A and B
- neither A and B
102. According to Chomsky Phrase Structure grammars are
- less powerful than transformational grammars
- more powerful than transformational grammars
- of the same power as the transformational grammars
- less powerful power than finite state grammars
103. Morphemes of a language are
- free
- bound
- both free and bound
- arbitrary
104. Sound 'f' is
- fricative
- affricate
- dental
- plosive
105. Homophony is
- sameness of spelling
- sameness of sound
- sameness of structure
- sameness of meaning
106. An exception to arbitrary nature of sign is
- conventional words
- cultural words
- literary words
- onomatopoeic words
107. William Blake was
- an artistic conservative
- an artistic liberal
- an artistic rebel
- a neo classic
108. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was
- included in Lyrical Ballads
- excluded from Lyrical Ballads in subsequent editions
- published independently in the first instance
- none of the above
109. In Marlowe's plays the imaginative ambition of his protagonists
- wins in the end
- carries no thematic significance
- is psychological soothing
- confronts its own limits
110. George Eliot was Influenced by the philosophy of
- Ludwig Feuerbach
- Hegel
- Marx
- Bergson
111. Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' is
- an expression of doubts
- an assertion of faith
- Both A and B
- none of the above
112. Which of the following is not a novel by Jane Austen?
- Mansfield Park
- The Parish Register
- Persuation
- Emma
113. Swift's A tale of a Tub is the story of three brothers who represent
- Roman Catholicism
- Anglicanism
- Calvinistic Dissent
- all the above
114.The form of Spencer's The Faerie Queen owes to
- Virgil
- Ariosto
- both A and B
- neither A and B
115. Wuthering Heights in the novel Wuthering Heights is
- a hill
- a groove
- a street
- a house
116. The name of the main female character in Wuthering Heights is
- Elizabeth Browning
- Nelly
- Susane
- Catherine
117. Venus and Adonis is a work by
- Thomas Kyol
- Marlowe
- Spencer
- Shakespeare
118. Which of the following is Not a play by Shakespeare?
- King John
- The Spanish Tragedy
- Henry V
- Henry VIII
119. The intellectual world of Marlowe's Dr. Faustus is one in which
- humanist ideas reign
- medieval science is rejected
- divinity has no place
- all the above
120. In Pope's The Rape of the Lock
- epic gets domesticized
- heroic is debunked
- both A and B
- neither A and B

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