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QNoQuestion Option Correct1 ‘The Astrophel and Stella’ by Sidney is a collection of love sonnets. How many sonnets does it contain? 154
108 Correct
89
111
2 ‘The Wasteland’ by TS Eliot is divided into five sections. One of the sections carries a reference to one of theUpanishads. Identify the correct pair.
What the Thunder Said andBrihadaranyaka Upanishad Correct
The Burial of the Dead andMundaka Upanishad
What the Thunder Said andMundaka Upanishad
The Burial of the Dead andBrihadaranyaka Upanishad
3Which Metaphysical poet has written the following lines?Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie:Another chafe may warm him at his fire.
Richard Lovelace
George Herbert Correct
Thomas Crew
Robert Herrick
4 Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE about Toni Morrison? ‘Beloved’ won the Pulitzer Prizefor Fiction
She was the first African-American woman to win theNobel Prize in Literature.
‘The Bluest Eye’ was her lastnovel. Correct
Morrison was awarded the NobelPrize in Literature 1993.
5
The language I speakBecomes mine, its distortions, its queernessAll mine, mine alone. It is half English, half Indian, funny perhaps, but it is honest,It is as human as I am human, don’tYou see? It voices my joys, my longings, myHopes, and it is useful to me as cawingIs to crows or roaring to the lions…..
Keki N Daruwalla
These lines are written by…………..
Nissim Ezekiel
Jayant Mahapatra
Kamala Das Correct
6
I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love youTill China and Africa meet,And the river jumps over the mountainAnd the salmon sing in the street.”Which figure of speech is used in the above lines?
Hyperbole Correct
Understatement
Metaphor
Pun
7 ‘A Grain of Wheat’ is a novel by the…… Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ waThiong'o Correct
Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe
Nigerian novelist “Buchi"Emecheta
South African novelist NadineGordimer
8 The Elizabeth-Darcy love story is a part of which of the following novel? Emma
Pride and Prejudice Correct
Sense and Sensibility
Mansfield Park
9 In which of the following year, was the Nobel prize for literature not announced? 2015
2016
2017
2018 Correct
10 ‘The Blue Umbrella’ is a/an ………. By Ruskin Bond. novel Correct
poem
semi-autobiographical work
essay
11 ‘Maqbool’, a Hindi film is a cinematic adaptation of the play ………. by Shakespeare. Macbeth Correct
Othello
Hamlet
King Lear
12 ‘The Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex’ is another title of the play….. Gorboduc Correct
The Spanish Tragedy
Grammer Gurton’s Needle
Ralph Roister Doister
13 To which genre the novels like ‘Lucky Jim’ and ‘Possession’ belong to? Historical Novel
Gothic Novel
Campus Novel Correct
Picaresque Novel
14 Which of the following novel begins with the following lines?"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Anna Karenina Correct
Pride and Prejudice
Cry, the Peacock
The Bluest Eye
15 Who among the following has not written any science fiction? Arthur C Clarke
HG Wells
Beryl Bainbridge Correct
Isaac Asimov
16 ‘Joothan’ is an autobiography of Namdeo Dhasal
Sharankumar Limbale
Raja Dhale
Omprakash Valmiki Correct
17 The ‘Diary’ of Samuel Pepys covers the period from 1660-1669. Which of the following events is not coveredin it? The coronation of Charles II
The Fire of London
The Plague
East India Company’s victory inthe battle of Plassey Correct
18 Which of the following book by Adam Smith established modern economic theory? Wealth of Nations Correct
Treatise Concerning the Principlesof Human Understanding
Theory of Moral Sentiments
Men, Manners and Opinions
19 Who amongst the following have contributed in the periodicals like The Spectator and The Tatler? Addison and Steele Correct
Dr Johnson and Addison
Swift and Steele
Goldsmith and Defoe
20 Who wrote the first English dictionary? Edward Gibbon
Dr Samuel Johnson Correct
Gilbert White
David Hume
21 The term ‘subaltern’ is mainly related to the theory of ………. eco-criticism
postcolonialism Correct
psycho-analysis
post-structuralism
22 …………….is an insightful study of some of criticism’s most basic assumptions and cites various misleadingformulations proposing a new way of thinking about the way we read.
Is There a Text in This Class? byStanley Fish Correct
The Art of Fiction by DavidLodge
Beginnings by Edward Said
A Map of Misreading by HaroldBloom
23 The term ‘New Historicism’ was coined by ……………… Stephan Greenblatt Correct
Harold Aram Veeser
Mikhail Bakhtin
Michel Foucault
24 The concept ‘Objective Correlative’ indicates… emotional appeal as a means ofpersuasion.
loving and hostile feelingexperienced by a child towards itsparents in the process of achievingacculturated maturity.
the artistic and literary technique ofrepresenting or evoking aparticular emotion by means ofsymbols which become indicativeof that emotion and are associatedwith it.
Correct
fantastic happenings, especiallywhen improbable events areaccepted by literary characters atface value.
25 ‘The Poetics of Postmodernism’ is work by ………? Linda Hutcheon Correct
Northrop Frye
Homi K Bhabha
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
26 Which one of the following is the CARE university identified for the Western region? MS University of Baroda,Vadodara Correct
Sardar Patel University, VallabhVidyanagar
Saurashtra University, Rajkot
Veer Narmad South GujaratUniversity, Surat
27 Which of the following citation style is suggested for the research in humanities? Chicago Style
MLA Style Correct
APA Style
Turabian Style
28 According to the guidelines available to the Research Scholars of Gujarat Technological University, what doesDPC stand for? Doctoral Progress Council
Doctoral Progress Committee Correct
Doctoral Performance Committee
Doctoral Participation Council
29 Another word for fundamental research is….. Action Research
Pure Research Correct
Experimental Research
Field Study
30 Which one of the following is not TRUE of a hypothesis? It defines relationship between twovariables.
It is testable.
Descriptive, correlational, quasi-experimental and experimental arethe types of a hypothesis.
Correct
It should be clear and precise.
31 Which of the following is the first step in the research process? Identifying a Research Problem Correct
Defining the Research Problem
Collecting the Data
Reporting the Findings
32 Eclectic Approach …..
is a method of language educationthat combines various approachesand methodologies to teachlanguage.
Correct
is a scientific study of thefundamental structures of Englishlanguage, their analysis & logicalarrangement.
believes that learning languagesuccessfully comes through havingto communicate real meaning.
is a classical method of teachinglanguage.
33 Direct Method is also known as….. Natural Method Correct
Inductive Method
Grammar-Translation Method
Structural Method
34 Which one of the following is not the quality of a test? Reliability
Validity
Authenticity
Subjectivity Correct
35 The Washington Accord covers engineering degrees under ……………………approach. outcome-based Correct
skill-oriented
need-based
value-based
36 According to revised Bloom’s Taxonomy, which of the following is the correct sequence of stages of learning? understand, remember, analyse,apply, evaluate, create
apply, analyse, understand,remember, evaluate, create
remember, understand, apply,analyse, evaluate, create Correct
remember, understand, apply,analyse, create, evaluate,
37 What is a cloze test used for? To assess listening skills
To assess reading skills Correct
To assess writing skills
To assess speaking skills
38 The offspring of German scholarship, ‘to know everything about something, rather than the thing itself’ is theobjective of which one of the following method. Audio-Lingual Method
Direct Method
Communicative LanguageTeaching
Grammar-Translation Method Correct
39 Which one of the following is not a government initiative for self-learning? e-PG-Pathshala
Vidya-mitra
NPTEL
UDEMY Correct
40 In which year was English first taught as a subject in England? 1757
1828 Correct
1894
1911
41 Who among the following has written the work ‘Seven Types of Ambiguity’ IA Richards
FR Leavis
William Empson Correct
JA Cuddon
42 In which of the following essays has the word ‘Touchstone’ been used for the first time? Tradition and Individual Talent
The Study of Poetry Correct
Defence of Poetry
Essays on Criticism
43 Which journal was edited by FR Leavis? Review
Revaluations
Quarterly
Scrutiny Correct
44 Who among the following wrote under the pseudonym ‘Alpha of the Plough’? AG Gardiner Correct
Mark Twain
GK Chesterton
CS Lewis
45 The phrase ‘willing suspension of disbelief’ is associated with…. Coleridge Correct
Keats
TS Eliot
Wordsworth
46 Which of the following is considered Magna Carta of English Education in India ? Report of Hunter Commission,1882
Macaulay’s Minutes, 1835
Sir Charles Wood’s Despatch onEducation, 1854 Correct
Report of Kothari Commission,1966
47 Who is/are the author/s of ’Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching’? David Nunan
Richards and Rodgers Correct
HG Widdowson
Dorothy and Williams
48 How many vowel sounds are there in English? 8
12
20 Correct
24
49 Which of the following is not TRUE about the use of semi-colon? It is a break within a sentence thatis stronger than a comma.
It helps writer in avoidingexcessive use of comma.
It is used to separate items in a list.
A semi-colon is always followedby a capital letter. Correct
50 Which of the following is correct? Myself is Suresh Chauhan.
It is raining for three days.
I am having two brothers and one
sister.
He is ready to take the test. Correct
51 A detailed description of the methodology of research is included in, Conference paper
Thesis Correct
Article
Journal paper
52 Research ethics include, Honesty Correct
Accuracy
Data collection method
None of these
53 The purpose of the bibliography in a report is: Useful for extended research
Provides authenticity to report
Helpful in looking differentperspectives of research
All of these Correct
54 Questionnaires that offer the flexibility to respondent to answer in their own words is called, Open –ended questions Correct
Schedule
Closed ended questions
Combined questionnaire
55 The observer is a part of the phenomena or group which is observed and he acts as both an observer and aparticipant is called, Participant observation Correct
Sampling
Coding
Direct observation
56 Data entails measurement in which numbers are used directly to represent properties of things are: Primary data
Qualitative data
Secondary data
Quantitative data Correct
57 Description of things made without assigning numeric value is called, Secondary data
Qualitative data Correct
Primary data
Quantitative data
58 Which one of these is called territorial data? Resources endowment Correct
Ownership
Age
Gender
59 Which of the following is not covered under Intellectual Property Rights? Copyrights
Patents
Trade marks
Thesaurus Correct
60 An appropriate source to find out descriptive information is................ . Bibliography
Directory
Encyclopedia Correct
Dictionary
61 In the process of conducting research ‘Formulation of Hypothesis’ is followed by, Statement of Objectives
Analysis of Data
Selection of Research Tools Correct
Collection of Data
62 A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with a universal statement is called, Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning Correct
Abnormal Reasoning
Transcendental Reasoning
63 Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process? Searching sources of informationto locate problem
Survey of related literature
Identification of problem Correct
Searching for solutions to theproblem
64 In relations to research related data, Mean, Median and Mode are: Measures of deviation
Measures of error
Ways of sampling
None of these Correct
65 M is the son of Q. N is M’s sister and she has a daughter R and a son E. Y is maternal aunt of R. How is Yrelated to N? If N has only one brother. Brother in law
Sister
Mother
Sister in law Correct
66 Find the missing term in the given number series.5, 25, 7, ……. , 9, 19 28
27
22 Correct
23
67Find the missing term in the given number series.5, 11, 21, 35, ……. 53 Correct
55
57
63
68 Find the missing term in the given number series.1, 10, 25, 46, ……. 83
73 Correct
77
86
69 Find the missing term in the given number series.62, 64, ……. , 32, 14, 16 28
27
30 Correct
32
70 Find the missing term in the given number series.2, 10, 30, …… , 130 66
86
78
68 Correct
71 Find the missing term in the given alphabet series. ACG, DGL, GKQ, …… MPY
JOV Correct
LOS
IMV
72 Sampling which provides for a known non zero chance of selection is: Probability sampling Correct
Non-probability sampling
Multiple choice
Analysis
73 Failure to acknowledge the borrowed material (Take and use of others material as one’s own) is called, Acknowledgement
Plagiarism Correct
Foot-note
Citation
74 A short summary of Technical Report is called, Abstract Correct
Publication
Article
Guide
75 When a hypothesis is stated negatively it is called, Relational hypothesis
Null hypothesis Correct
Situational hypothesis
Casual hypothesis
76 Concepts which cannot be given operational definitions are ………… concepts. Verbal
Oral
Hypothetical Correct
Operational
77 ………….. is a way to systematically solve the research problem. Technique
Operations
Research methodology Correct
Research Process
78 “A system of systematically interrelated concepts definitions and propositions that are advanced to explain andpredict phenomena” is known as, Facts
Theory Correct
Values
Generalization
79 “Empirically verifiable observation” is: Fact Correct
Theory
Value
Statement
80 Research undertaken for knowledge sake is: Pure research Correct
Action research
Pilot study
Survey
81 Scientific method is committed to, Neutrality
Ethics
Proposition
Objectivity Correct
82 Basing conclusions without any bias and value judgment is, Facts
Specificity
Values
Objectivity Correct
83 Facts or information’s are analyzed and critical evaluation is made in, Survey
Action Research
Analytical research Correct
Pilot study
84 Motivation Research is a type of …………… research Quantitative
Qualitative Correct
Pure
Applied
85 A research which follows case study method is called, Clinical or diagnostic Correct
Casual
Analytical
Qualitative
86 Identifying causes of a problem and possible solution to a problem is, Field study
Diagnostic study Correct
Action study
Pilot study
87 Which of the following is an example of primary data? Book
Journal
Newspaper Correct
Census report
88 Which of the following is a funding agency for sponsored research projects? RBI
DST Correct
All nationalized banks
PTI
89 Converting a question into a Researchable problem is called ………… Solution
Examination
Problem formulation Correct
Problem solving
90 The formulated problem should have, Originality Correct
Values
Coherence
Facts
91 A ……………… is an abstraction formed by generalization from particulars. Hypothesis
Variable
Concept Correct
Facts
92 Concepts are ……………. of Research. Guide
Tools Correct
Methods
Variables
93 Analogies are sources of ………………. Data
Concept
Research
Hypothesis Correct
94 Propositions which describe the characteristics are …………. Hypothesis. Descriptive Correct
Imaginative
Relational
Variable
95 A Hypothesis contributes to the development of …………. Theory Correct
Generalization
Evolution
Concept
96 The chief merit of survey is, Adaptability
Sensibility
Connectivity
Versatility Correct
97 The final stage of a survey is ………………. Calculation
Field work
Assignment
Reporting Correct
98 The Report submitted when there is a time lag between data collection and presentation of Result is called, Thesis
Interim report Correct
Summary report
Article
99 ………………. is called publication in a Research journal. Guide
Popular report
Research article Correct
Format
100 Bibliography generally includes, Foot note
Quotations
List of books referred Correct
Biography