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Panchayat Secretary Exam 2018

Test Name English Literature Test 1 Total Questions 100

Test Type Examination Difficulty Level Normal

Total Marks 300 Duration 120

minutes

Test Question Language:- ENGLISH

1. The expansion of IPA is ____________.

a. Indian Phonetics Alphabet

b. International Phonetic Alphabet

c. Indian Phonetics Acronym

d. International Phonetics Acronym

2. During the Middle English period, the Norman conquers made ___ the language of the

aristocracy and ___ became the language of the lower and middle classes.

a. French,English

b. English ,French

c. English,German

d. German, English

3. In the essay "A slip of the Tongue", Who scolds his/her tongue for telling lie

a. Sthuladatta

b. Sthuladatta's daughter

c. Harisharman

d. Harisharman's wife

4. In the novel, "Sense and Sensibility",Who are the protagonists of the novel ?

a. Elinor

b. Marianne

c. Both

d. None

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5. In the novel, "He Who Rides a Tiger", the protagonist Kalo is caught by the police for

stealing how many Bananas ?

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

6. In the eassay "A slip of the Tongue",before moving to town Harisharman was a ?

a. Merchant

b. Shop-keeper

c. Beggar

d. Carpenter

7. In "An astrologer's Day" Why does the main character become an astrologer?

a. To cheat people

b. To make money

c. To become famous

d. To know about others

8. A __________is a sentence that contains all letters of the alphabet.

a. anagram

b. pangram

c. exagram

d. omnigram

9. Choose the correct tense form of the underlined verb in the sentence given below.

He eats with his left hand.

a. Simple present

b. Present continuous

c. Present perfect

d. Simple past



10. Choose the correct from the options to complete sentence.

After consulting a.......of doctors he eventually thought of consulting a specialist.

a. Chain

b. String

c. Majority

d. Series

11. The word novel in English is a truncation of the italian word novella from the word

novellus, meaning "new". The word novellus is taken from which language ?

a. Spanish

b. Italian

c. Latin

d. Greek

12. Who among the following is known as Lakeland Poet ?

a. William Wordsworth

b. George Herbert

c. William Blake

d. George Bernard Shaw

13. Choose the best antonym of the given word from the options given below. MAMMOTH

a. Tiny

b. Titanic

c. Huge

d. Prodigious

14. In the story "The Home coming" Why did Phatik feel like an unwelcome guest at his

uncle's home ?

a. Because of his uncle's behaviour

b. Because of his aunt's behaviour

c. Both A & B



d. None

15. In the following question, the given sentence has four parts marked A,B,C & D. Choose

the part of sentence with the error and mark as your answer. None of two girls/ who were

present/there appeared to be inclined / to listen to sane advice.

a. None of two girls

b. who were present

c. there appeared to be inclined

d. to listen to sane advice.

Solution. Substitute none by ‘neither’. None is used in reference to more than two.In

reference to two ,’neither’ is used.

16. Willy Loman, travelling salesman, has a wife and two children. His hopes, his dreams,

and his life revolve around them. What are their names?

a. Dorothy, Biff and Happy

b. Dorothy, Leslie and Happy

c. Linda, Biff and Gerald

d. Linda, Biff and Happy

17. Choose the correct adjective from the options to complete sentence.

The pain was …………………… than he could bear

a. much

b. more

c. most

d. many

18. In the essay "Travel by Train",who takes pleasure in talking things of his own interest ?

a. The confidential strangers

b. The elderly man

c. The cranks

d. The mighty sleepers



19. Fill in the blank with most appropriate word which will suit the context of the sentence.

Unlike most rulers in that……….age, Akbar believed in religious tolerance.

a. Ancient

b. Historical

c. Feudal

d. Aristocratic

20. The rate at which the __________ cords vibrate per second determines the pitch of our

voice.

a. Nerve

b. Vocal

c. Spinal

d. Cardinal

21. Choose the best synonym of the given word from the options given below.

WRATH

a. crime

b. anger

c. knot

d. smoke

22. Depending upon the position of the lips the vowels are divided into ______ types

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

23. Choose the best antonym of the given word from the options given below.

FICKLE

a. Courageous

b. Sincere

c. Steadfast



d. Humble

24. In spoken language analysis,___________ is the smallest unit of speech.

a. minimal

b. utterance

c. dipthongs

d. articulation

25. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition. You should explain this

…………………… them.

a. to

b. at

c. with

d. for


HOLLOW

a. Filled

b. Solid

c. Strong

d. Substantial

27. Who are the two main characters in the novel "The Inheritance of Loss" ?

a. Biju and Sai

b. Biju and Biru

c. Biru and Sai

d. Biru and Biju

28. Willy's hopes are focused on one of his children in particular. Which one did he always

want to follow in his footsteps?

a. Happy

b. Leslie



c. Gerald

d. Biff

29. Which charcters are NOT described by Priestly in his eassay "On Travel by Train"?

a. The non-stop eaters

b. The non-stop drinkers

c. The noisy children

d. The innocent people


REVEALED

a. Denied

b. Concealed

c. Ignored

d. Overlooked

31. In the essay "The English Gentleman" Why did Gandhi call the waiter at the Holbom

Restaurant?

a. To know his name

b. To give him tip

c. To know the content of soup

d. All of above

32. Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given below:

By dint of

a. By force of

b. By permission of

c. By fear of

d. By blessing of

33. Choose the correct tense form of the underlined verb in the sentence given below. We

have been waiting for them.



a. Simple present

b. Present perfect

c. Present perfect continuous tense

d. Present simple

34. In the short story "The Necklace", Monsieur Loisel has saved _________ for buying a

hunting rifle which he gaved to his wife

a. 100 franc

b. 200 franc

c. 300 franc

d. 400 franc

35. In the essay "The English Gentleman",What things did Gandhi decide to learn in order

to become an English gentleman?

a. Dancing

b. French

c. Elocution

d. All of above

36. Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given

below: Flog the dead horse

a. to weep for something lost

b. to enjoy even if something lost

c. to revive interest in old matters

d. to forget old matters

37. In the play "Tara" who is the innocent victim of the society’s injustice ?

a. Tara

b. Chandan

c. Mahesh

d. Bharti



38. In the essay, "The English Gentleman" Why Gandhi's friend worry about his

(Gandhi's) vegetarianism?

a. Gandhi would never feel at home in English society.

b. Gandhi would develop a weak constitution.

c. Option 1

d. Both 1 & 2


VIRTUOUS

a. Wicked

b. Corrupt

c. Vicious

d. Scandalous

40. Choose the correct adjective from the options to complete hte sentence.

Shakespeare is the____________ playwright in English.

a. great

b. greater

c. greatest

d. All

41. How many syllables does the word "beautiful" have?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

42. In the essay "The Bottle Imp", who put the bottle in the gutter?

a. Kokua

b. Keawe

c. Lopaka

d. Boatswain



43. Choose the correct adverb from the options given to complete hte sentence.

I ……………… assumed that she was lying.

a. right

b. rightly

c. both

d. none

44. Choose the correct pronoun from the options to complete the sentence. ................... has

just invited me to her party.

a. A my friend

b. A friend of I

c. A friend of mine

d. A friend of him

45. Bluntschli compares Sergius to which famous literary character while describing the

great cavalry charge to Raina?

a. Horatio

b. Julius Caeser

c. Superman

d. Don Quixote

46. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct pronoun from the given options.

This is the place_______________I and my friend met.

a. Where

b. when

c. whom

d. why

47. What is the rhyming scheme of sonnet 60 ?

a. aaabbbcccdddee

b. ababcdcdefefgg



c. abcabcefgefghh

d. aabccdeefgghii

48. In the essay "The English Gentleman", Gandhiji asked his _________ to send him.

Golden double watch-chain.

a. father

b. mother

c. brother

d. All above

49. How many act are there in the drama "The Merchant of Venice" ?

a. 4

b. 5

c. 6

d. 7

50. Choose the most appropriate tense of verb to complete the sentence given below.

Your friends________ for you for over an hour.

a. waits

b. waited

c. waiting

d. wait

51. Fill in the blank wiht appropritate preposition. He ran twelve miles ———————

two hours.

a. In

b. At

c. On

d. For

52. In the following question, the given sentence has four parts marked A,B,C & D. Choose

the part of sentence with the error and mark as your answer. If there is no error,mark 'No



error(D)' as your answer. I am disappointed/ in not having saw/ any place while/ I was in

Delhi on vacation

a. I am disappointed

b. in not having saw

c. any place while

d. I was in Delhi on vacation

Solution. say ‘in not having seen’

53. Choose the correct adverb from the options given to complete hte sentence.

I will be there at six o’clock ……………..

a. sharp

b. sharply

c. sharpest

d. sharper

54. In the essay "A call to Youth", according to Radhakrishnan,

______________

is the means by which our youth can be trained to face this great challenge and build the

new India of our dreams.

a. Technology

b. Education

c. Exercise

d. All

55. The history of Standard English is almost a history of ____________English.

a. Roman

b. Paris

c. French

d. None

Solution. London english

56. The attacks of the Vikings were the cause of the Scandinavian influence upon

____________English.



a. Old

b. Middle

c. Early modern

d. Modern

57. Who captured and enslaved Robinson off the coast of Africa?

a. cannibals

b. Moorish pirates

c. African tribesmen

d. Scottish Jacobites

58. What type of animal did Crusoe NOT have as a pet?

a. goat

b. parrot

c. sheep

d. He has all above

59. In the essay "Travel by Train", who among the following are described as the

descendants of the Seven of Ephesus

a. The confidential strangers

b. The elderly man

c. The cranks

d. The mighty sleepers

60. According to Drama "The Merchant of Venice" Which of these is NOT a choice of

casket?

a. Gold casket

b. Silver casket

c. Bronze casket

d. Lead casket



61. What is the name of the young poor whome Rosemary met in the short story "A Cup of

Tea"

a. Miss Katherin

b. Miss Smith

c. Miss Lerry

d. Miss Jopi

62. "The English Gentleman", is the __________ chapter of Gandhi's autograpgy "My

Experiment With Truth"

a. 8th

b. 14th

c. 20th

d. 26th

63. Choose the best synonym of the given word from the options gievn below.

DETEST

a. reveal

b. hate

c. argue

d. discover

64. Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given

below: Fabians policy

a. policy of enjoying at work

b. policy of do work seriously

c. policy of quick decisions

d. policy of delaying decisions

65. "Where the mind is Without Fear” was originally composed in Bengali under the title

?

a. Gitanjali

b. Prarthana

c. Naibedya



d. shanti

66. How many dialects of old english were there ?

a. two

b. three

c. four

d. five

67. First edition of Oxford english dictionary was published in which year ?

a. 1902

b. 1915

c. 1928

d. 1935

68. Directions: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question

out of the four alternatives. A comprehensive emergency obstetrics and neonatal care centre

block will be constructed at an estimated cost of 9 crore with World Bank assistance at the

Annal Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital here. A three-member World Bank team

from New Delhi led by PreetiKudesia and Sundararajan S Gopalan, (Senior Health

Specialists) and Sangeeta Pinto (Operations Analyst), which visited the site of the proposed

block at the Hospital, expressed satisfaction about the site. Talking to the media persons,

DrPreetiKudesia said that the team-members would discuss the proposed project with the

Tamil Nadu Health Secretary and other officials at Chennai in a day or two. The proposed

block was expected to be constructed in a span of two years even though the project period

would be three years, she said. She pointed out that the World Bank was supporting the

Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project. It provided soft loan to the Tamil Nadu Government for

implementing various health projects. The World Bank had provided nearly 90 million US

dollars for health care projects in 270 secondary level hospitals in the last five years and

planned to provide a total assistance of 117 million US dollars for various health care

projects in the next three years in Tamil Nadu. Dr. Kudesia said that her team had earlier

visited several hospitals including Namakkal, Salem and Dharmapuri districts in the last few

days and pointed out that the team had visited the first Medical College Hospital only in

Tiruchi. Dr. MA Aleem, Dean (in-charge) of Annal Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital,

took the World Bank team to the maternity ward and explained to them the various

developments being carried out in the hospital. He also showed the project plan to the team.

V Sukumar, Expert Advisor, Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project, explained about the

proposed site for constructing the block. Q. Which of the following is true?

a. The World Bank has provided nearly 90 million US dollars for health care projects



b. The World Bank will provide nearly 90 million US dollars for health care in the future

c. The World Bank has provided nearly 117 million US dollars for health care

d. The US will provide nearly 117 million US dollars for health care























proposed site for constructing the block. Q. The word neonatal means:

a. extensive care for children

b. related to new advances in hospital management

c. ward for children in the hospital

d. related to an infant during the first month after birth

























proposed site for constructing the block. Q.The tone of the passage cannot be labeled as:

a. informative

b. factual

c. descriptive

d. theoretical























proposed site for constructing the block. Q. The World Bank team first visited the

medical college hospital in:



a. Namakkal

b. Salem

c. Tiruchi

d. Delhi























proposed site for constructing the block. Q. The World Bank had provided nearly 90

million US dollars for health care projects in 270 ________ level hospitals.

a. Primary

b. Secondary

c. Tertiary

d. All

























proposed site for constructing the block. Q. V Sukumar works for the

a. Government of Tamil Nadu

b. World Bank

c. Government of India

d. Annal Gandhi Memorial Hospital

74. The articulation of two or more speech sounds together, so that one influences the other

is known as

a. seudoarticulation

b. coarticulation

c. pronounciation

d. copronounciation

75. How many lines are in the poem "The Rainbow" by William Wordsworth ?

a. 8

b. 9

c. 10

d. 11

76. In the short story "The necklace" Madame Mathilde Loisel is married to

____________.



a. an engineer

b. Doctor

c. Clerk

d. Lawyer

77. The first English daily newspaper was_______

a. The Times

b. The Daily Courant

c. The Spectator

d. The Headlines

78. The ultimate origins of the English language lie in which language family?

a. Indo-European

b. Latin

c. North American

d. All

79. What is another name for Old English?

a. Middle English

b. Anglo-Saxon

c. Celtic

d. Anglic

80. Which one of the following texts was composed during the Old English period?

a. The Canterbury Tales

b. Beowulf

c. Fyrst Boke

d. Hamlet

81. The rise and fall of pitch in voice is called__________

a. Flueny

b. Pause



c. Stress

d. Intonation

82. Whicn line of the poem "The Rainbow" by Williaim Wordsworth shows the central idea

of the poem:"The Child is father of the Man."

a. Fifth

b. Sixth

c. Seventh

d. Eighth

83. When one sound is given by two consonants, it is called

a. vowel sound

b. biconsonant sound

c. single sound

d. consonant cluster

84. Phonetics was studied first by __________ BCE.

a. 1st century

b. 2nd century

c. 3rd century

d. 4th century

85. How many types of syllables are there in english ?

a. 3

b. 4

c. 5

d. 6

86. William Shakespeare wrote his first plays in the year ________.

a. 1580

b. 1590

c. 1600



d. 1610

87. What was Madame Mathilde Loisel friend's name ? ("The Necklace")

a. Madame Jeanne Forestier

b. Madam Jenny Lid

c. Madam Henery Fir

d. Madam Lily

88. In the Novel "Robinson Crusoe", Who is the narrator of the book ?

a. Crusoe's son

b. Friday

c. Robinson himself

d. Xury

89. In what societal class were the Crusoe family?

a. middle class

b. peasants

c. aristocrats

d. very wealthy, but not high class

90. Who is the merchant of Venice?

a. Gratiano

b. Bassanio

c. Antonio

d. Lorenzo

91. Who needs money to suit Portia?

a. Bassanio

b. Gratiano

c. Antonio

d. Lorenzo



92. Who are the two lovers in the drama The Way of the World by William Congreve?

a. Mirabell and Millamant

b. Wishfort and Millamant

c. Mirabell and Wishfort

d. None

93. In the drama "The Way of the World" Who is Millamant aunt ?

a. Lady William

b. Lady Wishfort

c. Lady Catherine

d. Lady Smith

94. Who is the writer of the poem

"Home Thoughts, from Abroad"?

a. George Benard Shaw

b. Willima Wordsworth

c. Robert Browning

d. John Done

95. What kind of tree appears in the second stanza ? ("Home Thoughts, from Abroad")

a. phone

b. plum

c. pear

d. pine

96. Why did Aksyonof's wife not want him to go to the Nizhny Fair? ("God Sees the Truth")

a. she had had a bad dream about him

b. Makar had not enough money to go to fair

c. They want to meet their family

d. None



97. What did the officer see in Aksyonof's luggage that convinced him that Aksyonof was

guilty?

a. A loaded pistol

b. A blood-stained knife

c. A poison bottle

d. All above

98. A cup of Tea Why dose Rosemary offter to help the young girl ?

a. she was asking for money to buy tea

b. she was asking for money to buy clothes

c. she was asking for money to buy books

d. None

99. What is poem "Preface to In Memoriam" about?

a. About Nature & Love

b. A prayer asking for a greater faith in divine love and moral life

c. Both A & B

d. None

100. In Sense & Sensibility, what relationship does Edward Ferrars have to John Dashwood?

a. Brother-In-law

b. Father

c. Cousin

d. Brother


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