PPSC English Lecturer Past Paper 2011 MCQs for the English Lecturer test preparation in Punjab Public Service Commission exams.
PPSC English Lecturer Past Paper 2011 MCQs
T.S Eliot was a/an…?
A. American poet
B. Russian poet
C. British poet
D. French poet
Carl Sanburg born at ?
A. Milan
B. Galena
C. Quincy
D. Illinois
The poem “Byzantium” is written about?
A. A city
B. A continent
C. A country (An ancient roman place’s name)
D. A class
Wuthering Heights is written by ?
A. Emile Bronte
B. George Eliot
C. Thomas Hardy
D. Charles Dickson
The poet who used extensive alliteration ?
A. John Donne
B. Spencer
C. Milton
D. Sidney
Repetition of the same vowel sound is called?
A. Alliteration
B. Consonance
C. Assonance
D. Anaphora
Caretaker is written by?
A. Joseph Losey
B. Pinter
C. Hall
D. Fraser
“Everyman in His Humor” is written by ?
A. Christopher Marlowe
B. John Dryden
C. John Webster
D. Ben johnson
Word language consists of two_____ words.
A. Greek
B. Spanish
C. Latin
D. French
Semantics is the…
A. Study of sound system
B. Study of words formation
C. Study of structure
D. Study of meanings
Sound produced without obstruction of air ?
A. Consonant
B. Diphthongs
C. Vowel
D. Plosives
Linguistics is a combination of ______ words ?
A. One
B. Three
C. Two
D. Four
Elizabeth Sewell born in ?
A. New Zealand
B. England
C. Australia
D. America
Shakespeare acted in one of the plays of ?
A. Christopher Marlowe
B. Sheridan
C. Ben johnson
D. John Webster
Wasteland of Eliot is dedicated to ?
A. William Carlos
B. T.S. Eliot
C. Ezra Pound
D. Gertrude Stein
Hardy’s own classification of novels was?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Two
D. Five
The Egoist was written by?
A. Thomas Hardy
B. Hubert parry
C. George Meredith
D. Hubert Bancroft
“Time machine and The invisible man” written by?
A. George Orwell
B. H.G. Wells
C. Jules verne
D. Orson Welles
Synaesthesia is?
A. Unification of soul
B. Unification of thoughts
C. Unification of senses
D. Unification of people
Winding Stair is a poem by?
A. T.S. Eliot
B. W.B.Yeats
C. James Joyce
D. John Keats
Unified sensibility?
A. Donne
B. Milton
C. Herbet
D. Marvell
“Sejanus” is a satirical tragedy by?
A. Christopher Marlowe
B. John Dryden
C. Ben Johnson
D. John Webster
“Stream of consciousness” was used by
A. Thomas Hardy
B. Virginia Woolf
C. Leonardo Woolf
D. Vanessa Bell
Waiting for Godot’s original language?
A. French
B. Italian
C. Greek
D. Spanish
Literature became secular towards the end of?
A. 16th century
B. 13th century
C. 17th century
D. 15th century
1660 – 1790 span is the rise of ?
A. Novel
B. Prose
C. Poetry
D. Drama
Paradise lost was written in?
A. 1662
B. 1667
C. 1669
D. 1600
The period from 1642 to 1651 was of?
A. Prosperity
B. Inventions
C. Civil war
D. Critical thinking
“King Lear ” was written in?
A. 1608
B. 1604
C. 1603
D. 1605
Renaissance period’s span was?
A. 1540-1600
B. 1550-1660
C. 1510-1600
D. 1600-1700
Chaucer’s writing was?
A. Serious
B. Humorous poet
C. Satirical
D. both a and b
George Eliot’s inclination regarding her approach to thought is towards ………
A. Modern
B. Romantics
C. Enlightenment
D. Conservative
George Eliot wrote “Adam Bede” at the age of?
A. 25
B. 40
C. 35
D. 20
Adonis was written for?
A. Byron
B. Shelley
C. Wordsworth
D. Keats
A figure of speech that is used for exaggeration is called?
A. Irony
B. Satire
C. Hyperbole
D. Aphorism
Treatise on Liberty was written by?
A. Jeremy Bentham
B. Adam Smith
C. J.S. Mill
D. John Locke
“Metaphysical Poets” is an essay by?
A. W.B. Yeats
B. Ezra pound
C. T.S Eliot
D. Valerie Eliot
Age of the Pope is called?
A. Augusten
B. Ciceronian period
C. Age of reason
D. Romantics
Prospero was the protagonist of?
A. Macbeth
B. Hamlet
C. The Merchant of Venice
D. The Tempest
Enthusiastic addiction to study of Greek and Roman antiquity led to?
A. Humanism
B. Existentialism
C. Idealism
D. Empiricism
Type of literature,art or music is called?
A. Theme
B. Genre
C. Central idea
D. Paradigm
Tragicomedy is also called?
A. Tragic play
B. Reconciliation play
C. Romantic play
D. Satirical play
“Nothing is beneath science,nor above science,” Who said this?
A. Swift
B. Bacon
C. Russell
D. William congreve
Swift’s irony is fused into?
A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Allegory
D. Metaphor
“Bacon was intellectually great, but morally weak.” Who said this?
A. Dryden
B. Pope
C. Eliot
D. Marlowe
“The Road Not Taken” by Frost is included in his which collection?
A. Mountain Interval
B. A Boy’s Will
C. North of Boston
D. New Hampshire
The first writer of a Picaresque novel was?
A. Henry Fielding
B. Smollett
C. Samuel Richardson
D. Lawrence sterne
Shelley’s first work was?
A. Adonis
B. To a skylark
C. Ode to the west wind
D. Queen Mab
The original title of “Pride and Prejudice” was?
A. Marriage hunt
B. Elizabeth’s judgment
C. First Impressions
D. Discrimination
“Songs Of Innocence And Experience” belong to?
A. William Blake
B. Catherine Blake
C. John Milton
D. John Keats
Shakespeare rival in comedy writing is?
A. Ben Johnson
B. Dryden
C. John Webster
D. George Chapman
which one is Marlow’s primitive tragedy?
A. The Jew of Malta
B. Dr. Faustus
C. Tamburlaine
D. Edward ||
During Chaucer’s age England passed through which period?
A. Classical antiquity
B. Medievalism
C. Modernism
D. Renaissance
Which century is the most important epoch in the intellectual history?
A. 14th
B. 15th
C. 13th
D. 12th
Poet who studied at Cambridge but got no degree was?
A. Tennyson
B. Coleridge
C. Herbert
D. Byron
John Keats gave up the career of ____ to become a poet?
A. Medicine
B. lawyer
C. Economist
D. Engineer
Donne’s faith at the start was?
A. Catholicism
B. Protestant
C. Restorationism
D. Anabaptism
Hemingway’s nick name in his later age was?
A. Papa
B. Jonny
C. Adam
D. Nick
Repetition of the same vowel sound is?
A. 44
B. 45
C. 56
D. 43
Queen Elizabeth descended from which family?
A. Robert Stewart
B. King James
C. Norman
D. Alfred
Norman conquest happened in?
A. 1065
B. 1067
C. 1066
D. 956
“War between flesh and spirit” Is in which novel of Hardy?
A. Far from the madding crowd
B. Jude of the Obscure
C. The mayor of Casterbridge
D. The return of the native
The process of introducing new words is called?
A. Clipping
B. Borrowing
C. Coinage
D. Conversion
Sir Gawain and Green knight poems were written in ___ age.
A. Modern age
B. Renaissance
C. Medieval age
D. Romantic age
Which play started with the incident of shipwreck?
A. Twelfth Night
B. Tempest
C. Othello
D. King Lear
Who emerged as a philosopher in “Merchant of Venice” ?
A. Portia
B. Cordelia
C. Sylvia
D. Ophelia
Shakespeare’s heroines have a____trait?
A. Feminine trait
B. Masculine trait
C. Euphorian trait
D. Eunuch trait
Shakespeare comedies contain continental and………?
A. Pacific
B. Arabian
C. Atlantic
D. Mediterranean
The synonym of “Nincompoop” is?
A. Wise
B. Rational
C. Foolish
D. Scholar
The synonym of “Impetuous” is?
A. Irrational
B. Reasonable
C. Cautious
D. Meticulous
The synonym of “Truncate” is?
A. Elongate
B. Increment
C. Shorten
D. Widen
The antonym of “Obdurate” is?
A. Stony
B. Obstinate
C. Submissive
D. Granitic
The synonym of “Fluster” is?
A. Calm
B. Collected
C. Embarrassed
D. Indifferent
The antonym of “Extrinsic” is?
A. External
B. Outside
C. International
D. Interior
The antonym of “Capricious” is
A. Impulsive
B. Whimsical
C. Recollect
D. Fickle
The antonym of “Brazen” is?
A. Straightforward
B. Unscrupulous
C. Shy
D. Blunt
University Wit estimated literary period is a little more than …….. years.
A. 10 years
B. 9 years
C. 6 years
D. 10 years
Volcanic rocks very often look shiny because it had been _____
A. Igneous
B. Pressurized
C. Cooled
D. Polished
Only a ____person could be ______to the suffering of people.
A. philanthropist, a cure
B. righteous, a medicine
C. sympathetic, understanding
D. tyrant, lovely
The military censors______passages in letters that they thought might_____ security.
A. Scandalous, Compromise
B. Controversial, strengthen
C. Literary, Enlighten
D. Informative, test
People do not exist in _______but in functioning______.
A. Home, Heart
B. Books, Reality
C. Isolation, Communities
D. Misery, Society
Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath were?
A. Cousins
B. Husband and wife
C. Siblings
D. Friends
“Because I Could Not Stop For Death” was written by?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Sylvia Plath
C. Allan Poe
D. Emily Dickinson
A Farfetched metaphor is called?
A. Conceit
B. Hyperbole
C. illusion
D. Analogy
“Ulysses” poem was written by?
A. Robert Browning
B. Arthur Hallam
C. Alfred Tennyson
D. Hallam Tennyson
The synonym of “Elocution” is?
A. illegible
B. Stutter
C. Fluent
D. Incongruous
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