10-42 BCS Questions English

A Gateway to English Literature  S M Shamim Ahmed
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10th BCS Preliminary Test
1. Who is the author of ‘Animal Farm’?

a. Thomas More b. George Orwell
c. Boris Pasternak. d. Charles Dickens Ans- b
Explanation: George Orwell fvi‡Z Rb¥MÖnYKvix weªwUk bvMwiK| Bs‡iR Jcb¨vwmK George Orwell
Gi cªK…Z bvg Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950)| wZwb GKvav‡i English Novelist, Essayist, Critic
I Journalist wQ‡jb| Animal Farm (1945) Zuvi iwPZ GKwU iƒcKag©x Dcb¨vm A_©vr Allegorical Novel.
GB Dcb¨v‡m wZwb †mvwf‡qZ we‡ivax Kvwnbx Zz‡j a‡i‡Qb| Zuvi Ab¨vb¨ D‡jøL‡hvM¨ mvwnZ¨Kg© -‘Burmese
Days’(1934), ‘A Clergymen’s Daughter’( 1935) I ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’(1949).
2. Who is the author of ‘India Wins Freedom’?
a. Mahatma Gandhi b. J. L. Nehru
c. Abul Kalam Azad d. Moulana Akram Khan Ans- c
Explanation: ‘India Wins Freedom’ HwZnvwmK MÖšw’ U fvi‡Zi cÖ_g wkÿvgš¿x, fviZxq RvZxq Ks‡MÖm
‡cÖwm‡W›U, ag© we‡klÁ I Ab¨Zg weªwUk we‡ivax Av‡›`vj‡bi AMÖcw_K gvIjvbv Aveyj Kvjvg KZ…©K iwPZ| gvIjvbv
Aveyj Kvjvg (11 b‡f¤î, 1888-22 †deªæqvix, 1958) Gi c~Y© bvgt Aveyj Kvjvg ‡Mvjvg gwnDwÏb Avn‡g` web
LvBiæwÏb Avj&-ûmvBwb AvRv` (Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-
Hussaini Azad). ‘India Wins Freedom’ MÖ‡š’ wZwb weªwUk kvmbKvjxb mg‡q fviZxq Dcgnv‡`‡ki
bvbvwea mgm¨v-msK‡Ui K_v Ges fviZ KLb, wKfv‡e m¦vaxbZv jvf Kij Zvi we¯Íi eY©bv K‡i‡Qb| fviZxq wkÿv
eë¯’vq we‡kl Ae`vb ivLvi Rb¨ Zuvi Rb¥w`‡b A_©vr 11 b‡f¤^‡i fvi‡Z wkÿv wèm cvjb Kiv n‡q _v‡K| Zuvi Ab¨vb¨
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MÖ‡š’i g‡a¨ i‡q‡Qt Ghubar-e-Khatir, Tazkirah, Tarjumanul Quran (Urdu ‫)تذکرہ ترجمان القران‬, etc.
3. Who is the author of ‘A Farewell to Arms’?
a. H.G. Wells b. George Orwell
c. Thomas Hardy d. Ernest Hemingway Ans- d
Explanation: Ernest Hemingway Zuvi iwPZ AvZ¥Rxebxg~jK Dcb¨vm “A Farewell to Arms” G
hy×ve¯’vq bi-bvixi †cÖ‡gi msKU‡K my›ìfv‡e dzwU‡q Zz‡j‡Qb| Av‡gwiKvb ‡jLK Ernest Hemingway Gi
weL¨vZ Dcb¨vm¸‡jv- “The Sun Also Rises (1926)”, “A Farewell to Arms (1929)”, “For Whom
the Bell Tolls (1940)”, “The Old Man and the Sea (1952)”. wek kZ‡Ki †kÖô gvwK©b Jcb¨vwmK I
mvsevw`K ‡jLK Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) 1954 mv‡j ‘The Old Man and The Sea’ Gi
Rb¨ mvwn‡Z¨ †bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi jvf K‡ib|
1. Who is the poet of the ‘Victorian Age’?

a. Helen Keller b. Mathew Arnold
c. Shakespeare d. Robert Browning Ans- d
Explanation: ‘Victorian Age’(1832-1901) Queen Victoria Gi bvgvbymv‡i bvgKiY Kiv nq| G
hy‡Mi Kwe‡ì g‡a¨ Ab¨Zg -Robert Browning, Mathew Arnold, Alfred Tennyson, Charles
Dickens, Emily Bronte, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy cÖgyL| Robert Browning I Mathew
Arnold `yRbB Victorian Age’ Gi Kwe| Z‡e Ack‡b `yR‡bi bvg _vK‡j Robert Browning ‡K
AMÖvwaKvi w`‡Z n‡e |
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myZivs mwVK DËi d |
‘Victorian Age’ Gi Kwe‡ì bvg g‡b ivLvi †KŠkjt mvwK‡ei e¨v‡U (BAT) e¨vcK †÷ªvK Av‡Q|
B Browning
A Arnold
T Tennyson
2. Who is the author of ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’?
a. Charles Dickens b. Homer
c. Lord Tennyson d. Ernest Hemingway Ans- d
Explanation: weL¨vZ American mvwnwZ¨K Ernest Hemingway Gi KvjRqx Dcb¨vm ‘For Whom
the Bell Tolls’ (1940)|
3. ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ was stated by-
a. Disraeli b. Emerson
c. Gladstone d. Shakespeare Ans- c
Explanation:‘wej¤^ wePvi, wePv‡ii bv‡g cÖnmbÕ Dw³wU K‡i‡Qb Gladstone| Gladstone (1809-1898)
wQ‡jb GKRb weªwUk Statesman Ges Liberal Politician. Zuvi c~Y© bvg- William Ewart Gladstone| Zuvi Dcvwa-
“Grand Old Man of Britain.” Zuvi Av‡iKwU weL¨vZ Dw³ n‡jv- “Justice hurried is justice buried.”
( Zvovû‡ov K‡i wePvi Kiv gv‡b b¨vqwePvi‡K Kei †Ìqv|)

1. ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ is-
a. a tragedy by Shakespeare b. a play by G. B. Shaw
c. a poem by Lord Byron d. a novel by S. T. Coleridge Ans- b
Explanation: G.B. Shaw ‡K ejv n‡q _v‡K AvaywbK hy‡Mi Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï RbK| AvBwik AvaywbK
bvU¨Kvi G.B. Shaw Gi HwZnvwmK bvUK ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ (1901).Zuvi Ab¨vb¨ D‡jøL¨‡hvM¨ bvUK
n‡jv - ‘Arms and the Man’, ‘Man and Superman’, ‘Doctor’s Dilemma’, ‘Caesar and
Cleopatra’, ‘Candida’ I ‘Joan of Arc’ BZ¨vw`| Aciw`‡K, ‘Antony and Cleopatra’, ‘Julius
Caesar’, William Shakespeare Gi weL¨vZ Uª¨v‡RwW|
2. Who is the greatest modern English dramatist?
a. Virginia Woolf b. George Bernard Shaw
c. P. B. Shelley d. S. T. Coleridge Ans- b
Explanation: AvaywbK Kv‡ji †kÖô bvU¨Kvi n‡jb G.B. Shaw (George Bernard Shaw). G.B. Shaw
‡K ejv n‡q _v‡K AvaywbK hy‡Mi Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï RbK| Virginia Woolf AvaywbK hy‡Mi GKRb novelist.
P. B. Shelley Ges S. T. Coleridge n‡jb †ivgvw›UK hy‡Mi weL¨vZ Kwe| myZivs mwVK DËi b.
3. Who is the author of ‘A Farewell to Arms’?
a. T. S. Eliot b. John Milton
c. Plato d. Ernest Hemingway Ans- d
Explanation: 10g wewmG‡mi 3 bs Explanation ‡`Lyb|
4. Who is the modern philosopher who was awarded Noble Prize in literature?
a. James Baker b. Dr. Kissinger
c. Bertrand Russell d. Lenin Ans- c
Explanation: `vk©wbK‡ì g‡a¨ mvwn‡Z¨ †bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi cvb Bertrand Russell. wZwb wQ‡jb GKvav‡i weªwUk
`vk©wbK, ‡jLK, MwYZwe` I ivR‰bwZK e¨w³Z¡| wZwb 1950 mv‡j mvwn‡Z¨ †bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi jvf K‡ib|
5. Who is the most famous satirist in English literature?
a. Alexander Pope b. Jonathan Swift
c. William Wordsworth d. Butler Ans- b
Explanation: Jonathan Swift Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï me‡P‡q weL¨vZ Satirist (ig¨‡jLK)| ig¨ mvwnZ¨ iPbvi
Rb¨B wZwb weL¨vZ| Zvui ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ MÖš’wU weL¨vZ Satirical MÖš’| Jonathan Swift Zvui Dcb¨vm
‘Gulliver’s Travels’ iPbv K‡i satirist Dcvwa jvf K‡ib| Alexander Pope GKRb Mock Heroic
Poet. The Rape of the Lock Kve¨wU Kwe Alexander Pope Mock Heroic Epic ixwZ‡Z iPbv
K‡i‡Qb| William Wordsworth GKRb weL¨vZ †ivgvw›UK Kwe| Butler GKRb weL¨vZ Kwe Ges ig¨‡jLK|

1. The Rainbow is-
a. a poem by Wordsworth b. a short story by Somerset Maugham
c. a novel by D. H. Lawrence d. a verse by Coleridge Ans- c
Explanation: D. H. Lawrence Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï wesk kZvãxi †miv Jcb¨vwmK‡ì g‡a¨ GKRb| D. H.
Lawrence- Gi GKwU weL¨vZ Dcb¨vm ‘The Rainbow’ (1915)| wZwb wQ‡jb GKvav‡i Jcb¨vwmK, Kwe,
bvU¨Kvi, cÖvewÜK I wPÎKi| Zuvi Ab¨vb¨ D‡jøL‡hvM¨ mvwnZ¨Kg© -
Dcb¨v‡mi bvg we‡klZ¡
The White Peacock First Novel
Sons and Lovers Autobiographical Novel
Women in Love Romantic Novel
Lady Chatterley’s Lover Romantic Novel
‡R‡b ivLv fv‡jvt ‘My Heart Leaps Up’ (1807) n‡jv W. Wordsworth- Gi GKwU KweZv ‡hwU ‘The
Rainbow’ bv‡gI cwiwPZ|
2. ‘Tom Jones’ by Henry Fielding was first published in-
a. the 1st half of 19th century b. the 2nd half of 19th century
c. the 1st half of 18th century d. the 2nd half of 18th century Ans- c
Explanation: Henry Fielding Gi †kÖô (comic) nvmïmvZ¥K Dcb¨vm ‘Tom Jones’ (1749) Aóv`k
kZvãxi cÖ_g w`‡K cÖKvwkZ nq| ZvB cÖ`Ë Ackb¸‡jvi g‡a¨ the 1st half of 18th century- Gi D‡jøL _vKvq
mwVK DËi c. Zuv‡K Bs‡iwR Dcb¨v‡mi RbK ejv nq| Zuvi QÙbvg Captain Hercules Vinegar.
‘Tom Jones’ Dcb¨v‡m Hero ‘Tom’ Gi AvZ¥cwiPq AbymÜvb I feNy‡i Rxebhvcb m¤ú‡K© ejv n‡q‡Q|
Henry Fielding wQ‡jb e¯‘wbô ev ev¯Íeev`x †jLK|
3. The literary work ‘Kubla Khan’ is -
a. A history by Vincent Smith b. A verse by Coleridge
c. A drama by Oscar Wilde d. A short story by Somerset Maugham Ans- b
Explanation: S. T.Coleridge - Gi weL¨vZ wZbwU KweZvi GKwU Kubla Khan (1816)| Zuv‡K ejv nq “Poet of
Supernaturalism”. Am¤ú~Y© GB KweZvq †gv½j kvlK KzejvB Lv‡bi MÖx®§Kvjxb cÖvmv` RvbvWzi (Xanadu) eY©bv cvIqv
hvq| Coleridge-Gi K‡qKwU weL¨vZ KweZv n‡jv:
KweZvi bvg we‡klZ¡
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Ballad
Ode to Dejection Ode in theme and structure
Love and Hope Love poem
The Nightingale Ballad
Cristabel Long narrative ballad
4. T. S. Eliot was born in-
a. Ireland b. England
c. Wales d. USA Ans- d
Explanation: AvaywbK Kwe T. S. Eliot hy³iv‡óª Rb¥MÖnY K‡ib, wKšÍy ¯’vqxfv‡e Bsj¨v‡Û emevm K‡ib| Zuvi
m¤ú~Y© bvg Thomas Stearns Eliot. wZwb wQ‡jb GKvav‡i GKRb Kwe, cÖvewÜK, bvU¨Kvi, cÖKvkK I
mvwnZ¨mgv‡jvPK| wZwb 1914 mv‡j Bsj¨v‡Û Av‡mb Ges 1927 mv‡j weªwUk bvMwiKZ¡ MÖnY K‡ib| Zuvi D‡jøL‡hvM¨
mvwnZ¨Kg© - ‘The Waste Land’ , The Love Song of J.Alfork Ges Gerontion . D‡jøL¨ wZwb ‘The
Waste Land’ KweZvi Rb¨ 1948 mv‡j †bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi jvf K‡ib|
5. What was the real name of the great American short writer, O’ Henry?
a. Samuel L. Clemens b. William Sydney Porter
c. Fits- James O Brien d. William Huntington Wright Ans- b
Explanation: William Sydney Porter Av‡gwiKvi GKRb weL¨vZ †QvUMí iPwqZv| Zvi QÙbvg
(pseudonym) n‡jv O’ Henry Ges G bv‡gB wZwb AwaK cwiwPZ wQ‡jb KviY wZwb Zuvi cwiPq †Mvcb †i‡L
Mí wiL‡Zb| ‘The Gift of the Magi’ Zuvi weL¨vZ †QvUMí|
1. ‘Paradise lost’ attempted to-

a. Justify the ways of man to God
b. Justify the ways of God to man
c. Show that the Satan and God have equal power
d. Explain why good and evil are necessary Ans- b
Explanation: ‘Paradise lost’ n‡jv Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï weL¨vZ gnvKwe John Milton Gi gy³ Q‡›` iwPZ
GKwU gnvKve¨| GB gnvKv‡eï g~j welq ev Theme n‡jv Justify the ways of God to man (gvby‡li cÖwZ
¯ªóvi `„wófw½ cÖKvk Kiv)| GLv‡b gvby‡li mv‡_ Ck^‡ii wewfbœ w`K Zz‡j aiv n‡q‡Q| wZwb ivRZ‡š¿i `ytmn e¨_v
wb‡q wewa weavb‡K ¯§iY K‡i‡Qb| myZivs mwVK DËi (b)|
2. What is the full name of the great American short story writer O’ Henry?
a. Walt Whitman b. William Sydney Porter
c. Marjorie Kinnam Rawlings d. Mark Twain Ans- b
Explanation: William Sydney Porter Av‡gwiKvi GKRb weL¨vZ †QvUMí iPwqZv hvi QÙbvg n‡jv O’
Henry| Zvi QÙbvg (pseudonym) O’ Henry bv‡gB wZwb AwaK cwiwPZ wQ‡jb KviY wZwb Zuvi cwiPq †Mvcb
†i‡L Mí wiL‡Zb| ‘The Gift of the Magi’ Zuvi iwPZ GKwU weL¨vZ †QvUMí| Pjyb Av‡iv wKQz weL¨vZ
mvwnwZ¨K‡ì mswÿß bvg I c~Y© bvg †`‡L †bqv hvK|
Short Names Elaboration of the Names
D.H. Lawrence *** David Herbert Lawrence
E.M. Forster Edward Morgan Forster
G.B. Shaw George Bernard Shaw
J.K. Rowling ** Joanne Kathleen Rowling
J.M. Synge ** John Millington Synge
O’ Neill *** Eugene O’Neill
P.B. Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley
S.T.Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge
T.S. Eliot *** Thomas Stearns Eliot
1. Which of the following ages in literary history is the latest?

a. The Augustan Age b. The Victorian Age
c. The Georgian Age d. The Restoration Age Ans- c
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ Ackb¸‡jvi g‡a¨ The Georgian Age n‡jv AvaywbK hy‡Mi AšÍM©Z me©‡kl hyM|
hy‡Mi bvg mgqKvj
Augustan Age (1700-1745)
Victorian Age (1832-1901)
Georgian Age (1910-1936)
Restoration Age (1660-1700)
2. The first English Dictionary was complied by-
a. Izaak Walton b. Samuel Johnson
c. Samuel Butler d. Sir Thomas Browne Ans- b
Explanation: Izaak Walton (1593-1683) GKRb Bs‡iR ‡jLK| Zvui weL¨vZ MÖ‡š’i bvg ‘The
Compleat Anger’ Ges Ô Waltoniana’.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784 ) GKRb Bs‡iR †jLK, m¤úv`K I mgv‡jvPK| wZwb bq eQi
mvabv K‡i 1755 mv‡j ‘A Dictionary of the English Language’ bv‡g me©cÖ_g GKwU Dictionary
msKjb K‡ib|
Zuvi weL¨vZ mvwnZ¨Kg©:
Dictionary  A dictionary of the English Language (1755)
Play (Tragedy)  Irene (1726)
Famous Poem  The Vanity of Human Wishes (1740)
Essays  A preface to Shakespeare (1765)
 Lives of the Poet (1779 )
 Life of Milton (1779)
 Life of Cowley (1779)
Samuel Butler (1832-1902) Gi weL¨vZ `ywU iPbv n‡jv Ô The Way of All Flesh’
(Autobiography) Ges Erewhon (satirical novel) . GQvov wZwb n‡jb ‘ The Illiad’ Ges ‘The
Odyssey’ - Gi Abyev`K|
Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) wQ‡jb GKRb wewPÎag©x Bs‡iR †jLK| Zuvi D‡jøL‡hvM¨ iPbv¸‡jv
n‡jv ‘Religio Medici’ (1643) , ‘The Garden of Cyrus’ (1658) , ‘ A Letter to a Friend’ (1656)
, ‘Christian Morals’ (1670).
3. The ‘Poet Laureate’ is-
a. the best poet of the century b. a winner of the Nobel prize in poetry
c. the Court poet of England d. a classical poet Ans- c
Explanation: Poet Laureate n‡jv Bsj¨v‡Ûi ivRKwe hvi Ab¨ bvg Court Poet of English. ‡MÖU weª‡U‡b,
†h mKj Kwe‡ì ivR m¤§vbbv †Ìqv n‡Zv A_©vr, ivRv wKsev ivwb KZ…©K wbhy³ ivR m¤§vwbZ Kwe‡ì Court Poets
of England ejv n‡Zv| Zuviv RvZxq Rxe‡b we‡kl ¸iæZ¡c~Y© w`b D`&hvc‡bi Rb¨ KweZv iPbv K‡ib| weª‡U‡bi ivR
Kwe‡ì gv‡S Ab¨Zg n‡jb - Ben Jonson , John Dryden,Thomas Gray, Robert Southey, William
Wordsworth , Lord Alfred Tennyson , John Masefield cÖgyL|
4. Which of the following school of literary writings is connected with a medical theory?
a. Comedy of manners b. Theatre of the absurd
c. Heroic Tragedy d. Comedy of Humours Ans- d
Explanation: Comedy of Humours GK ai‡bi mvwnZ¨Kg© †hLv‡b medical theory’i mv‡_ Zzjbv K‡i
gvby‡li AvPvi-AvPiY Av‡jvPbv Kiv nq| Ben Jonson ‡K “Comedy of Humours” Gi RbK ejv nq|
“Comedy of Humours” gvbe †`‡ni Af¨šÍixY A½cÖZ‡½i mv‡_ m¤úwK©Z| GLv‡b nvm¨ iwmKZv wb‡q mvwnZ¨
K‡g©i K_v ejv n‡q‡Q| M‡elYvq †`Lv †M‡Q †h, A_©c~Y© nvwm Avgv‡ì kixi I g‡bi ¯^v¯’¨‡K iÿv K‡i|
5. Who of the following was both a poet and painter?
a. Keats b. Donne
c. Blake d. Spenser Ans- c
Explanation: Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Z¨ †ivgvw›UK Kwe William Blake whwb Poet I Painter wn‡m‡e mgfv‡e
cwiwPZ| William Blake wQ‡jb g~jZ wc-‡ivgvw›UK hy‡Mi poet and painter. wZwb wQ‡jb Precursor of
the Romanticism.
Zvui weL¨vZ `ywU MÖš’ n‡jv:
i. Songs of Innocence
ii. Songs of Experience.
wb‡P Ab¨ K‡qKRb Kwei Dcvwa †Ìqv n‡jvt
Poet Title of the poet Belong to---age
William Blake Poet and painter Pre-Roamntic Age

D.G. Rossetti Poet and painter Victorian Age
John Keats Poet of beauty Roamntic Age
John Donne Metaphysical poet /Poet of love The Jacobean Age
Spenser Poet of poets /Child of Elizabethan Age
Renaissance
6. Who wrote ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’?
a. Shakespeare b. Wordsworth
c. Keats d. Eliot Ans- c
Explanation: Poet of beauty bv‡g L¨vZ Kwe John Keats Zvi MxwZKweZv ‘Ode on a Grecian
Urn’ Gi †kl¯Íe‡K Av‡jvP¨ Dw³wU K‡i‡Qb|
John Keats Gi weL¨vZ Dw³
Source (Drm) Quotation (Dw³)
Ode on a Grecian Urn ➢ “Heard melodies are sweet ; those unheard are
sweeter.”
(‡kvbv myi e‡ovB gayi wKš‘ bv †kvbv myi gayiZi/hvi nv‡Zi ivbœv LvBwb,
†m eo ivuaywb ; hv‡K Kfz †`wLwb, †m eo my›`wi / gvbyl ARvbv‡K Rvb‡Z
Pvq)
Endymion,” Book I ➢ “A thing of beauty is a joy forever:”
(my›ì wRwbm wPiKvjB Avb›``vqK / Avb‡›ì)
Ode to a Nightingale ➢ “My heart aches and a drowsy numbness pains. My
sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk.” (‡e`bv KvZi
ü`q Avgvi, wSwg‡q co‡Q Amvo ‡e`bvq, fvwe ‡hb PygyK w`‡qwQ
‡ngj‡Ki ‡cqvjvq|)
To George and ➢ “Nothing ever becomes real ‘till it is experienced,”
Georgiana Keats (bv AvuPv‡j wek¦vm nq bv|)

1. Shakespeare is known mostly for his-
a. poetry b. novels
c. autobiography d. plays Ans- d
Explanation: Bsj¨v‡Ûi RvZxq Kwe William Shakespeare (1564-1616 ) Zvui bvU‡Ki (Play) Rb¨B
me©vwaK cwiwPZ| wZwb 37 wU bvUK, 154 wU m‡bU Ges 3 wU Narrative Poems iPbv K‡i‡Qb| wZwb †Kvb
Dcb¨vm wKsev AvZ¥Rxebx wj‡Lb bvB|
Quick Memory Tips
William Shakespeare Gi weL¨vZ 7wU Uª¨vRvwW g‡b ivLvi Dcvq:
RJ HAMKO
R Romeo & Juliet
J Julius Caesar
H Hamlet
A Antony and Cleopatra
M Macbeth
K King Lear
O Othello
2. A Person who writes about his own life writes-
a. chronicle b. an autobiography
c. a diary d. a biography Ans- b
Explanation: Autobiography k‡ãi A_© AvZ¥Rxebx / AvZ¥PwiZ| wb‡Ri Rxeb wb‡q wb‡R MÖš’ wjL‡j
autobiography Avi A‡bï Rxeb wb‡q ‡jLv MÖš’‡K biography e‡j| Chronicle – KvjvbyµwgK NUbvcwÄ,
diary – w`bwjwc|
3. A fantasy is-
a. an imaginary story b. a funny film
c. a history record d. a real-life event Ans- a
Explanation: Fantasy k‡ãi A_©-AjxK/KvíwbK Mí; cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ Ackb¸‡jvi g‡a¨ (a) an imaginary
story `¦viv †Kej- fantasy ‡K †evSvq| myZivs mwVK DËi (a).
Imaginary story KvíwbK Mí
Funny film gRv`vi Pjw”PÎ
History record BwZnvm msiÿY
Real-life event ev¯Íe Rxe‡bi NUbv|
4. In which century was the Victorian Period?

a. 17th century b. 18th century
th
c. 19 century d. 20th century Ans- c
Explanation: Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï Victorian Period kyiæ nq 1832 mv‡j| cy‡iv 1800 mvj‡K Ebwesk kZvãx
wn‡m‡e wPwýZ Kiv n‡q _v‡K| ZvB Victorian period (1832-1901) hv 19th century Gi AšÍM©Z| Queen
Victoria Gi bvgvbymv‡i G hy‡Mi bvgKiY Kiv nq Victorian period|
5. Which of the following is a correct proverb?
a. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
b. Fools rush in where an angel fears to tread.
c. A fool rushes in where an angel fears to tread.
d. Fools rush in where the angels fear to tread. Ans- c
Explanation: GLv‡b DwjøwLZ proverb wU n‡jv Neo-classical hy‡Mi weL¨vZ Alexander Pope Gi|
Dw³wU cÖ_g wZwb K‡iwQ‡jb Zuvi weL¨vZ KweZv An Essay on Criticism (1711) G| cÖev`wUi A_© n‡jvt
“Inexperienced or rash people attempting things that more experienced people avoid. Gi
cieZ©x mgq †_‡K kã¸”QwU Bs‡iwR Awfav‡b cÖev` evK¨ wn‡m‡e ¯’vb cvq|
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread- cÖev`wUi evsjv A_© - ÔnvwZ ‡Nvov †Mj Zj, wcucov e‡j KZ
Rj ev Ávbx †h_v fq cvq g~L© †m_v Av‡M avq|
‡f‡½ †f‡½ A_© we‡kølYt
Fools rush in = ‡evKv †jv‡Kiv `ªæZ GwM‡q hvq; where angels fear to tread = †hLv‡b AwfÁ †jv‡Kiv
†h‡Z fq cvq, (tread = nuvUv; cv ivLv) A_©vr cy‡iv cÖev`wU nj: Ávbx †h_v fq cvq g~L© †m_v Av‡M avq|
Zuvi weL¨vZ Av‡iv wKQz Dw³i g‡a¨ Ab¨Zg n‡jv-
i. To err is human, to forgive is divine. (gvbyl gvÎB fz‡ji Aaxb; Avi ¶gv ¯^M©xq|)
ii. A little learning is a dangerous thing. (Aíwe`¨v fqsKix)
iii.Charms strike the sight but merit strikes the heart. (‡mŠ›`h© †PvL Ryovq, Ávb AvZ¥v‡K)
1. Browning was the composer of any of the followings poems-

a. Two Voices b. The Scholar gipsy
c. Andrea del Sarto d. Oenone Ans-c
Explanation: Robert Browning ( 1812-1889) wQ‡jb Victorian Age-Gi weL¨vZ Kwe| wZwb Bs‡iwR
mvwn‡Z¨ cÖ_g Dramatic Monologue -Gi mdjfv‡e cÖ‡qvM K‡iwQ‡jb e‡j Zuv‡K “Father of Dramatic
Monologue” ejv n‡q _v‡K| DwjøwLZ KweZv¸‡jvi g‡a¨ Andrea del Sarto (1855) KweZvwU Robert
Browning Gi GKwU Dramatic Monologue. Zuvi Ab¨vb¨ weL¨vZ KweZv¸‡jvi gv‡S i‡q‡Q - The Patriot
, My Last Duchess , Fra lippo Lippi Rabbi Ben Ezra, The Pied Piper of Hamelin , A
Grammarian’s Funeral.
2. Any one of the following pairs are literary collaborators-
a. Eliot and Pound b. Yeats and Eliot
c. People and Dryden d. Shelley and Keats Ans-a
Explanation: Collaborators kãwUi A_© n‡jv mn‡hvMx ev GK‡hv‡M Kg©Pvix| Avi literary collaborators
ev mvwnZ¨ mn‡hvMx ej‡Z †evSvq †mB mn‡hvMx‡ì hviv mvwnZ¨ iPbvi †ÿ‡Î GKRb Av‡iKRb‡K mvnvh¨ K‡I ev
cÖfvweZ nq| wU. Gm.Gwj‡qU (1888-1965) Ges GRiv cvDÛ (1885-1972) mgmvgwqK , mnKg©x I eÜz wQ‡jb|
Zvui weL¨vZ mvwnZ¨Kg© Cathay,The CantosPerfonac ,Usura, Hugh Selwyn Mauberly, The Spirit
of Romance. wU. Gm. Gwj‡qU Zuvi ÔThe Waste Land’ KweZvwU †jLvi mgq GRiv cvDÛ-Gi Øviv
e¨vcKfv‡e cÖfvweZ wQ‡jb| ZvQvov GRiv cvDÛ KweZvwU †ek KvUQvU I m¤úv`bv K‡ib| myZivs DwjøwLZ
Ackb¸‡jvi g‡a¨ Eliot and Pound DfqB literary collaborators. wb‡¤œ Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï D‡jøL‡hvM¨
mvwnZ¨ mn‡hvMx I Zuv‡ì mvwnZ¨Kg© †Ìqv n‡jv t
mvwnwZ¨K mn‡hvMx I Zuv‡ì mvwnZ¨Kg© (Literary Collaborators & their works)
Name of Collaborators Works
William Worsworth and Lyrical Ballads ***
S.T.Coleridge
T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound The Waste Land
Thomas Norton & Thoams Sacville Gorboduc ***
R.L.Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne The Wrong Box
Joseph Addison and Richard Steele The Spectator ***
Quick Tips: P. B. Shelley (1972-1822) and John keats (1795-1821) `yRbB mgmvgwqK wQ‡jb|
P. B. Shelley and John keats DfqB n‡jb †ivgvw›UK hy‡Mi mgmvgwqK Kwe Z‡e literary collaborators
bq|
[(18th -26th) BCS cixÿvq Bs‡iwR mvwnZ¨ Ask ‡_‡K †Kvb Questions nqwb|]
1. A person who writes about his own life writes-

a. A diary b. A biography
c. A chronicle d. An autobiography Ans-d
Explanation: Autobiography k‡ãi A_© AvZ¥Rxebx /AvZ¥PwiZ| wb‡Ri Rxeb wb‡q wb‡R MÖš’ wjL‡j
autobiography Avi A‡bï Rxeb wb‡q ‡jLv MÖš’‡K biography e‡j. Chronicle – KvjvbyµwgK NUbvcwÄ,
diary – w`bwjwc|
1. “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” These lines were written by-
a. Keats b. Frost
c. Eliot d. Shelley Ans-d
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ jvBbwU n‡jv P. B. Shelley Gi weL¨vZ Dw³| Dw³wU Zvi weL¨vZ KweZv Ode
to the West Wind †_‡K †bqv n‡q‡Q| GwUi A_©:
“If winter comes, can spring be far behind ?” (‡gN ‡`‡L ‡KD Kwim‡b fq Avov‡j Zvi
m~h© nv‡m| fvev_© : AÜKvi †K‡U wM‡q Av‡jvi c„w_ex f‡i DV‡eB )| Zuvi Ab¨vb¨ weL¨vZ Dw³¸‡jv n‡jvt
P.B. Shelley Gi weL¨vZ Dw³
Ode to the West Wind ➢ “Oh! Lift me as wave, a leaf, a cloud!
I fall upon the thorns of life” (In! Avgv‡K Zi½, GKwU cvZv,
GKwU †gN wn‡m‡e D‡Ëvjb Kiæb)
Ode To A Skylark ➢ “Our sweetest songs are those that tell of the saddest
thought.”(‡gv‡ì gayi m½xZ¸‡jvB Zv, hv †e`bvi K_v e‡j / wei‡ni
MvbB n‡jv gayi Mvb|
A Defence of Poetry ➢ “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world”
(KweMY n‡jb we‡kî A¯^xK…Z AvBb cª‡YZv)
➢ “Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is
distorted.” (Kve¨ n‡jv †mB `c©Y hv Amy›ì wRwbm‡K my›ìfv‡e Dc¯’vcb
K‡i)
2. Who did write first English Dictionary?
a. Boswell b. Ben Jonson
c. Samuel Johnson d. Milton Ans-c
Explanation: 15 Zg wewmG‡mi 2 bs Explanation ‡`Lyb|
3. ‘Animal Farm’ was written by-
a. George Orwell b. Stevenson
c. Swift d. Mark Twain Ans-a
Explanation: 10 Zg wewmG‡mi 1 bs Explanation ‡`Lyb|

1. Who wrote the plays, ‘‘The Tempest’ and ‘The Mid Summer Night’s Dream’?
a. Ben Johnson b. Christopher Marlowe
c. John Dryden d. William Shakespeare Ans-d
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ MÖš’ `ywUi iPwqZv n‡jb William Shakespeare| G `ywU MÖš’ n‡jv Zvui iwPZ
Comedy bvUK| ‘The Tempest’ Zuvi †kl bvUK| Zuvi iwPZ Ab¨vb¨ Comedy-¸‡jv n‡jvt
 As You Like it  Measure for Measure
 The Taming of the Shrew  All’s Well That Ends well
 The Merchant of Venice  Twelfth Night
 The Two Gentlemen of Verona  The Winter’s Tale
 Pericles, Prince of Tyre  Much Ado about Nothing
2. Who wrote the two famous novels, ‘David Copperfield’ and ‘A Tale of Two cities’?
a. Thomas Hardy b. Jane Austen
c. George Eliot d. Charles Dickens Ans-d
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ MÖš’ `ywUi iPwqZv n‡jb Charles Dickens| Zuvi Ab¨vb¨ MÖš’mg~n-
David Copperfield (1850-1851) The Battle of life (1846 )
Great Expectations (1860) A Tale of two Cities
The Bleak House (1852-53) The Sketches by Boz (1836)
The Pickwick Papers (1836) Oliver Twist (1837)
A Christmas Carol (1843 ) Hard Times (1854)
3. “To be or not to be, that is the-”
a. meaning b. question
c. answer d. issue Ans-b
Explanation: GB quotation wU Bs‡iR bvU¨Kvi William Shakespeare Gi Hamlet bvU‡Ki AšÍM©Z|
Dw³wU K‡i‡Qb bvU‡Ki cÖavb PwiÎ ( Protagonist) Hamlet. GB Dw³wU Øviv gvbe g‡bi wm×všÍnxbZv cÖKvk Kiv
n‡q‡Q|
4. “Into the — of death rode the six hundred.”
a. city b. tunnel
c. road d. valley Ans-d
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ jvBbwU Alfred Tennyson- Gi “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
KweZvi AšÍM©Z| Gi c~Y©v½ jvBbwU n‡jv ‘Into the valley of death rode the six hundred.’
5. “I have a — that one day this nation will live out the true meaning of its creed that all
men are created equal.”
a. desire b. hope
c. dream d. wish Ans-c
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ Dw³wU mv‡eK gvwK©b e¨vwÞó gš¿x Martin Luthur King Gi GKwU weL¨vZ e³…Zv
‘I have a Dream’ Gi AšÍM©Z| wZwb gvwK©b hy³iv‡óªi K„òv½‡ì AwaKvi Av`v‡qi Av‡›`vj‡bi †bZv wQ‡jb|
wZwb Dw³wU K‡iwQ‡jb 1963 mv‡ji 28 AvM÷ IqvwksUb wWwmi wjsKb †g‡gvwiqv‡j| myyZivs cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ k~Y¨¯’v‡b
kãwU n‡e dream|
1. A song embodying religious and sacred emotions.

a. Lyric b. Ode
c. Hymn d. Ballad Ans-c
Explanation:
kã Bs‡iwR †Wwdwbkbmn evsjv A_©
Lyric Lyric is a short poem expressing poet’s personal emotions and thoughts rather
than telling a story. (Lyric n‡jv GK ai‡bi †QvU KweZv ‡hLv‡b Mí I Kvwnbx eY©bvi †P‡q
Kwe g‡bi GKvšÍ Av‡eM, Abyf~wZ ev wPšÍvaviv e¨³ K‡ib|)
Ode An ode is a long and elaborate poem that begins with an address to someone
expressing grief or agony but ends with consolation. (Ode n‡jv cÖksmvg~jK
m‡¤^vabm~PK GK ai‡bi `xN© I m¤úªmvwiZ MxwZKweZv hv mvaviYZ K‡ói eY©bv w`‡q ïiæ nq wKš‘
mg‡e`bv w`‡q †kl nq|)
Hymn A religious song or poem in praise of God. (Ckî e›`bv / ¯ªóvi cÖwZ e›`bvm~PK KweZv|)
Ballad Ballad is a narrative poem that tells a grave story through dialogue and action.
(Ballad n‡jv †QvU eY©bvg~jK KweZv hv Mí I bvUKxqZvi gva¨‡g M¤¢xi M‡íi eY©bv K‡i|)
31st BCS Preliminary Test
1. ‘One day women will have what has so long been denied them — leisure, money and
room to themselves.’
a. Space b. Liberty
c. Office d. Capability Ans-b
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ Dw³wU wf‡±vwiqvb hy‡Mi weL¨vZ †jwLKv Virginia Woolf (1882- 1941) Gi
cªeÜ “A Room of One’s Own” (1929) Gi AšÍM©Z| Dw³wU†Z room kãwU Øviv bvixi Liberty
(¯^vaxbZv) ‡K †evSv‡bv n‡q‡Q|
2. A formal composition or speech expressing high praise of somebody —
a. elegy b. eulogy
c. caricature d. exaggeration Ans-b
Explanation:
kã (word ) Bs‡iwR †Wwdwbkbmn evsjv A_©
elegy A song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who
is dead. (g„Z e¨w³ ev †kvKven NUbvi ¯§i‡Y Kwei e¨w³MZ wejvcB Elegy wn‡m‡e
cwiwPZ|)
eulogy A formal composition or speech expressing high praise of somebody.
(e³…Zvq ev wjwLZfv‡e KviI D”P cÖksmv Kiv‡K eulogy e‡j|)
caricature A description of someone or something that is only partly true and makes
them seem silly. (e¨½wPÎ )
exaggeration A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
(AwZiÄb )
32nd BCS Preliminary Test
1. The sentence “Who would have thought Shylock was so unkind” expresses - .
a. hyperbole b. interrogation
c. command d. wonder Ans-d
Explanation: “Who would have thought Shylock was so unkind” ( ‡K †f‡ewQj †h Shylock
GZ wb`©q n‡e ) Dw³wU Øviv wonder ev we¯§q cÖKvk †c‡q‡Q| Shylock n‡jv William Shakespeare Gi
The Merchant of Venice bvU‡Ki g~j PwiÎ|
kã evsjv A_©
Hyperbole AwZiÄb
Interrogation cÖkœ
Command Av‡`k
Wonder we¯§q
33rd BCS Preliminary Test
1. If a part of speech or writing breaks the theme, it is called —

a. pomposity b. digression
c. exaggeration d. anti-climax Ans-b
Explanation:
kã Bs‡iwR †Wwdwbkbmn evsjv A_©
exaggeration A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really
is. (AwZiÄb )
digression An act or instance of digressing from a main subject in speech or
writing,( e³‡e¨ ev †jLvq g~j welqe¯‘ †_‡K (theme) wePy¨wZ NU‡j Zv‡K digression
e‡j| )
pomposity The quality of being pompous; ostentation; self-importance. (`vw¤¢KZv)
anti-climax Anticlimax or bathos is a figure of speech which consists in a sudden
fall from the lofty to a mean /trivial. (¸iæZ¡c~Y© ev gnr †Kvb wKQz †_‡K AvKw¯§K
cZb|)
1. Who is known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?

a. Sarojini Nadu b. Hellen Killer
c. Florence Nightingale d. Madam Teresa Ans-c
Explanation:
‡jL‡Ki bvg Dcvwa
Sarojini Nadu The Nightingale of India (fviZxq †KvwKj)
Florence Nightingale Lady of the Lamp
Madam Teresa Saint (Ck^‡ii `~Z)
William Shakespeare The Bard of Avon (G¨vf‡bi giwg Kwe)
Lord Byron Rebel Poet of English Literature
P.B. Shelley Revolutionary Romantic Poet

1. Who wrote the following lines : “all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden
daffodils”?
a. Wordsworth b. Herrick
c. Shelley d. Keats Ans-a
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ PiYwU “All at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils” Gi
iPwqZv n‡jb William Wordsworth| GB PiYwU Zuvi ‘I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud’(Daffodils)
KweZvi Z…Zxq I PZz_© PiY|
‡R‡b ivLv fv‡jvt 1798 mv‡j William Wordsworth Ges S.T. Coleridge Gi ÒLyrical Ballads cÖKv‡ki
gva¨‡g Romantic Age - Gi ïiæ nq|
2. Who among the following writers is not a Nobel Laureate?
a. T. S. Eliot b. Toni Morrison
c. Grahame Greene d. William Faulkner Ans-c
Explanation: DwjøwLZ ‡jLK‡ì g‡a¨ Grahame Greene KLbI †bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi cvbwb| Z‡e Ab¨vb¨ ‡jLKMY
†h mv‡j †bv‡ej cyi¯‹vicÖvß nb Zv wb‡¤œ Zz‡j aiv n‡jv-
‡jL‡Ki bvg ‡bv‡ej cªvwßi mvj weL¨vZ MÖš’
T. S. Eliot 1948 mvj The Waste Land
William Faulkner 1949 mvj The Sound and the Fury
Toni Morrison 1993 mvj The Bluest Eye
3. The play ‘Arms and the Man’ is by —
a. James Joyce b. Samuel Beckett
c. Arthur Miller d. George Bernard Shaw Ans-d
Explanation:hy× I ‡cÖg welqe¯‘ wb‡q iwPZ ‘Arms and the Man’ bvUKwU AvaywbK Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï/bvU‡Ki
RbK George Bernard Shaw 1894 mv‡j iPbv K‡ib| Zvi Ab¨vb¨ bvUKmg~‡ni g‡a¨ i‡q‡Q-
bvUKmg~n Dcb¨vmmg~n
Man and Superman (1902) Pygmalion (1912) Immaturity (1879 )
Arms and the Man (1894) You Never Can Tell (1887) The Unsocial socialist (1987)
Caesar and Cleopatra The man of Destiny (1897) Love among the Artist (1900)
(1998)
The Devil’s Disciple The Doctor’s The Irrational Knot (1905)
(1897) Dilemma(1906)
Candida ( 1898) The Apple Cart (1929) Saint Joan (1923 )
4.
The ‘climax’ of a plot is what happens —.
a. in the beginning b. at the end
c. at the height d. in the confrontation Ans-c
Explanation: Climax k‡ãi A_© P~ov ev †kl cÖvšÍ| ‡Kvb M‡íi m‡e©v”P Ae¯’v (at the height) ev M‡íi
turning point ‡K The Climax (msKU ev Avb‡›ì kxl©we›`y) ejv nq| A_©vr mvwn‡Z¨ ‡Kvb Mí, bvUK ev NUbvi
m‡ev©”P ¸iæZ¡c~Y© Ask‡KB ev gyn~Z©‡KB Climax e‡j| GB ch©v‡q M‡íi A¨vKkb (Action) †kl/Pig cwiYwZ‡Z
†cŠuQvq Ges Gi ciciB cZb (Fall) ïiæ nq|
5. Othello is a Shakespeare’s play about — .
a. A Jew b. A Roman
c. A Turk d. A Moor Ans-d
Explanation:William Shakespeare Gi tragedy bvUK Othello Gi cÖavb PwiÎ wQ‡jb I‡_‡jv| wZwb
wQ‡jb GKRb gyi (North African) Ges †fwb‡mi GKRb Moorish Captain|
bvqK Othello, bvwqKv Desdemona| Othello Desdemona †K Lye fvjevm‡Zv| GB fvjevmvi wb`k©b ev
Token of Love wn‡m‡e GKLvbv iægvj ev Handkerchief w`‡qwQj| wKš‘ villain Bqv‡Mv (Iago) GB AK…wÎg
fvjevmvi kÎæ n‡q ùvovj| NUbvµ‡g iægvjLvbv G‡m c‡o Bqv‡Mvi nv‡Z| GB my‡hv‡M †m Othello Gi Kv‡Q
Desdemona Gi weiæ‡× ciKxqvi Awf‡hvM Av‡b| AwZwi³ fvjevm‡Zv e‡j Othello GB Kó mn¨ Ki‡Z bv †c‡i
†m Zvi wcÖqZgv ¯¿x Desdemona †K nZ¨v K‡i| wKš‘ c‡i mZ¨ Rvb‡Z †c‡i ‡m wb‡RI AvZ¥nZ¨v K‡i|
6. The poem “Isle of Innisfree” is written by —
a. Dylan Thomas b. Ezra Pound
c. W. H. Auden d. W. B. Yeats Ans-d
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ “Isle of Innisfree” KweZvwUi iPwqZv n‡jb W. B. Yeats| GB KweZvwUi g~j
bvg n‡jv- ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’| Zvi D‡jøL‡hvM¨ KweZv I Kve¨¸‡jv n‡jv-
KweZvmg~n Kve¨mg~n
The Second Coming No Second Troy Responsibilities
Easter The Tower In the Seven Woods
A Prayer for my Daughter A full Moon on March The Resurrection
The Lake Isle of Innisfree The Cat and the Moon The Wanderings of Oisin
7. Riders to the Sea is —
a. an epic poem b. a theatrical adaptation of a poem
c. a one-act play d. a novella Ans-c
Explanation: ‘Riders to the Sea’ n‡jv AvBwik †jLK John Millington Synge Gi One-act play
(GK A¼wewkó we‡qvMvšÍK bvUK)| bvUKwU‡Z A¨vivb Øxcevmx †gŠwiqv cÖavb PwiÎ|
8. Which of the following writers belong to the Elizabethan period?
a. Christopher Marlowe b. Alexander Pope
c. John Dryden d. Samuel Beckett Ans-a
Explanation: (1558-1603) mgqKvj‡K Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï Elizabethan period ejv nq| Christopher
Marlowe (1564-1693) wQ‡jb Elizabethan period Ges GKB m‡½ University Wits Gi GKRb weL¨vZ
†jLK| GQvov cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ Ab¨vb¨ ‡jLKMY wQ‡jb-
‡jL‡Ki bvg mgqKvj
John Dryden (1631-1700) Restoration Age
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Augustian Age
Samuel Beckett (1911-1994) Post-modern Age
9. “To be, or not be, that is the question” –is a famous dialogue from —
a. Othello b. Romeo and Juliet
c. Hamlet d. Macbeth Ans-c
Explanation: “To be, or not be, that is the question” Dw³wU William Shakespeare Gi revenge
tragedy ‘Hamlet’ ‡_‡K †bIqv| GwU GKwU weL¨vZ Soliloquy hv Hamlet e‡jwQj| Hamlet bvU‡K †gvU 7
wU Soliloquy i‡q‡Q| bvUKwU‡Z Hamlet wb‡RB bvqK| fvjevmvi g‡ZvB ü`qevb bvqK wQ‡jb wZwb| bvwqKv
Ophelia-i cÖwZ fvjevmv Kg wQ‡jv bv| †Wbgv‡K©i hyeivR Hamlet wKš‘ wQj wcZ…nviv †Q‡j (Zvi PvPv Claudius
Zvi evev‡K nZ¨v K‡i ivR¨ `Lj K‡i Ges Zvi gv‡K we‡q K‡i †d‡j|) wK Avi PvB‡jI Z¨vMx †cÖwgK n‡Z cv‡i?
gv‡qi cÖwZ wei³ n‡q e‡jwQj " Frailty (noun), thy name is woman." me‡k‡l Ophelia cvwb‡Z Wz‡e,
Hamlet Gi gv Gertrude wel cv‡b, Claudius (PvPv) Hamlet Gi nv‡Z Ges Zvi wcÖqZgv Ophelia-i fvB
Laertes Gi nv‡Z wbnZ nb| ivRvi kVZvi Kvi‡Y Hamlet-Gi iwÿZ welcv‡b ivbx gviv hvq| Hamlet nZ¨v K‡i
ivRv Claudius ‡K| Gfv‡eB we‡qvMvšÍK cwiYwZ †b‡g Av‡m `ywU AwfRvZ cwiev‡i| GB KiæY Kvwnbx wek^‡K Rvbv‡Z
†eu‡P wQj ïay Horatio| “To be, or not be, that is the question” Dw³wU Øviv Hamlet- Gi wm×všÍnxbZvi
ewntcÖKvk N‡U‡Q|
Name of Famous Dialogue with Bengali Meaning
Tragedy
Othello She loved me for the dangers I had passed.” (‡m fv‡jv‡e‡m‡Q Avgvi
wec`msKzj w`b¸‡jv hv Avwg AwZµg K‡iwQjvg)
Romeo and Juliet “If love be blind, It best agrees with night.” (hw` fvjevmv nq AÜ, Z‡e
ivwÎi mv‡_ wgZvwjB me‡P‡q fvj)
Macbeth “Fair is foul, and Foul is Fair.” (me fv‡jv fv‡jv bq,Avevi Lvivc ‡_‡KI fv‡jv
wKQy nq|)
10. Class relations and societal conflict is the key understanding of —
a. Feminism b. Formalism
c. Structuralism d. Marxism Ans-d
Explanation: mgv‡R †kªwY wefvRb I mvgvwRK m¤úK© wb‡q Av‡jvPbv Kiv n‡q‡Q Marxism -G|
Feminism bvix cyiæ‡li mgvbvwaKvi Av‡›`vjb|
Formalism GwU n‡jv Ggb GKwU ‰kwíK /mvwnZ¨ welqK c×wZ hv A_© cÖKv‡ki †P‡q Gi AšÍM©Z wewfbœ
Dcv`v‡bi web¨¯ÍKi‡Y †ewk †Rvi w`‡q _v‡K|
Structuralism MVbev`| GwU n‡jv Ggb GKwU ZË¡ hv wµqvi †P‡q MVb‡K †ewk ¸iæZ¡c~Y© g‡b K‡i|
Marxism gvK©mev`| †kÖYxmsMÖvg wel‡q Kvj© gvK©‡mi ivR‰bwZK I A_©‰bwZK gZev`|
11. Find the odd-man-out —

a. George Eliot b. Thomas Hardy
c. Joseph Conrad d. James Joyce Ans-a
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ Ackbmg~‡ni g‡a¨ GKgvÎ George Eliot-B wQ‡jb wfbœ hy‡Mi ‡jLK wQ‡jb| wb‡¤œi
wPÎwU jÿ¨ Zz‡j aiv n‡jv-
‡jL‡Ki bvg mgqKvj
George Eliot (1819-1880) Victorian Age
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) Modern Age
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) Modern Age
James Joyce (1882-1941) Modern Age
12. Find the odd-man-out —
a. The Bluest Eye b. Sula
c. As I lay Dying d. A Mercy Ans-c
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ Ackbmg~‡ni g‡a¨ As I lay Dying Ab¨ Ackbmg~n †_‡K wfbœ| wb‡¤œ MÖ‡š’i bvg
I aibmn †jL‡Ki bvg Zz‡j aiv n‡jv-
MÖ‡š’i bvg I aib †jL‡Ki bvg
The Bluest Eye (Novel) Toni Morrison
Sula (Novel) Toni Morrison
A Mercy (Novel) Toni Morrison
As I lay Dying (Novel) William Faulkner

1. Which of the following books is written by Thomas Hardy?
a. Vanity Fair b. The Return of the Native
c. Pride and Prejudice d. Oliver Twist Ans-b
Explanation: D‡jøwLZ Ackb¸‡jvi g‡a¨ The Return of the Native n‡jv Thomas Hardy (1840-
1928 ) iwPZ GKwU weL¨vZ Dcb¨vm| wZwb wQ‡jb Victorian hy‡Mi Ab¨Zg cÖavb Jcb¨vwmK| Zuvi weL¨vZ GKwU
Dw³ “ The Greater the sinner, the greater the saint. ” (hZ eo cvcx, ZZ eo mbœ¨vmx)
Zuvi iwPZ Dcb¨v‡mi g‡a¨ D‡jøL‡hvM¨-
Dcb¨vmmg~n
The Return of the Native
Under the Green wood Tree
A pair of Blue Eyes
The Trumpet Major
Tess of the D’ Urbervilles
Avi cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ Ab¨vb¨ iPbvi iPwqZv n‡jbt-
eB‡qi bvg ‡jLK
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen (1775-1817 )
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens (1822-1870 )
2. ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’ is a famous dialogue from -
a. Christopher Marlowe b. John Webstar
c. W. Shakespeare d. T. S. Eliot Ans-c
Explanation: ‘Frailty, the name is woman’ Dw³wU William Shakespeare KZ©„K iwPZ tragedy
‘Hamlet’ Gi AšÍM©Z| gv‡qi cÖwZ wei³ n‡q bvU‡Ki bvqK Hamlet e‡jwQj ‘Frailty (noun), thy name is
woman’ (PvZyiZv, †Zvgvi Av‡iK bvg bvix|)
3. The Poem ‘The Solitary Reaper’ is written by —
a. W. H. Auden b. W. Wordsworth
c. W. B. Yeats d. Ezra Pound Ans-b
Explanation: ‘The Solitary Reaper’ (1815) n‡jv weL¨vZ Bs‡iR mvwnwZ¨K William Wordsworth
(1770-1850) Gi †jLv GKwU Ballad (Mv_v )| William Wordsworth Gi †jLbxi g~j welqe¯‘ wQj cÖK„wZ
ZvB Zvu‡K Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï cÖK…wZi Kwe (Poet of nature) ejv nq| G KweZvwU‡Z wZwb GK wbmtm½ cvnvwo †g‡qi
dmj KvUv I Mvb MvIqvi K_v AZ¨šÍ mvejxjfv‡e Dc¯’vcb K‡i‡Qb|
4. ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a Shakespearean play about —
a. a Jew b. a Moor
c. a Roman d. a Turk Ans-a
Explanation: ‘The Merchant of Venice’ n‡jv William Shakespeare Gi weL¨vZ K‡gwW bvUK|
GwU‡K UªvwR-K‡gwW (tragi-comedy) I ejv nq| bvU‡Ki cÖavb Pwi‡Îi bvg wQj Shylock, whwb wQ‡jb GKRb
Jewish (Bny`x) I my` eëmvwq, whwb D”P my‡` UvKv avi w`‡Zb|
bvU‡Ki Ab¨vb¨ PwiÎ¸‡jv n‡jv-
Pwi‡Îi bvg Pwi‡Îi fzwgKv
Shylock (mvBjK) bvU‡Ki cÖavb PwiÎ
Portia (‡cvwk©qv) bvU‡Ki bvwqKv
Antonio (A¨v›UwbI) Ab¨Zg PwiÎ Ges †cvwk©qvi †cÖwgK
Bassanio (evmvwbI) A¨v›UwbIi wcÖq eÜz
Jessica (‡RwmKv) mvBj‡Ki ‡g‡q
5. The play ‘Candida’ is by —
a. James Joyce b. Shakespeare
c. G. B. Shaw d. Arthur Miller Ans-c
Explanation: Candida (1898) n‡jv AvBwik weL¨vZ bvU¨Kvi George Barnard Shaw Gi GKwU
comedy bvUK| George Barnard Shaw ‡K Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï/bvU‡Ki RbK ejv nq| bvU‡Ki cÖavb PwiÎ
James Morell wQ‡jb GKRb cvw`ª, Zuvi ¯¿x Candida, Ges Kwe Eugene Marchbanks| bvU‡K ZiæY Kwe
BD‡Rb Candida Gi fvjevmv Rq Kivi †Póv K‡ib|
Zvui Ab¨vb¨ mvwnZ¨Kg©¸‡jv n‡jv:
 Arms and the Man  The Doctor’s Dilemma
 Man and the Superman  You Never Can Tell
 Caesar and Cleopatra  Joan of Arc
6. Which of the following writers belongs to the romantic period in English literature?
a. A. Tennyson b. Alexander Pope
c. John Dryden d. S. T. Coleridge Ans-d
Explanation:D‡jøwLZ Ackb¸‡jvi g‡a¨ S. T. Coleridge wQ‡jb Romantic Period Gi GKRb weL¨vZ
Kwe| Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Z¨ 1798-1832 mvj†K Romantic Period ejv nq|
7. London town is found a living being in the works of —

a. Thomas Hardy b. Charles Dickens
c. W. Congreve d. D.H. Lawrence Ans-b
Explanation: Charles Dickens- &Gi †jLv weL¨vZ Dcb¨vm “A Tale of Two Cities” ej‡Z jÛb I
c¨vwim‡K †evSv‡bv n‡q‡Q| Gi †ewki fvM Av‡jvPbv n‡q‡Q G `ywU kni‡K wb‡q|
8. The Climax of a plot is what happens —
a. in the beginning b. at the height
c. at the end d. in the confrontation Ans-b
Explanation:Climax k‡ãi A_© P~ov ev †kl cÖvšÍ| ‡Kvb M‡íi m‡e©v”P Ae¯’v (at the height) ev M‡íi turning
point ‡K The Climax (msKU ev Avb‡›ì kxl©we›`y) ejv nq| A_©vr mvwn‡Z¨ ‡Kvb Mí, bvUK ev NUbvi m‡ev©”P
¸iæZ¡c~Y© Ask‡KB ev gyn~Z©‡KB Climax e‡j| GB ch©v‡q M‡íi A¨vKkb (Action) †kl/Pig cwiYwZ‡Z †cŠuQvq
Ges Gi ciciB cZb (Fall) ïiæ nq|
9. ‘Child is the father of man’ is taken from the poem of —
a. W. Wordsworth b. S. T. Coleridge
c. P. B. Shelly d. A. C. Swindurne Ans-a
Explanation: ‘Child is the father of man’ (Nywg‡q Av‡Q wkïi wcZv me wkïiB AšÍ‡i) Dw³wU William
Wordsworth Gi †jLv ‘My Heart Leaps up when I behold’ KweZv †_‡K †bIqv n‡q‡Q|
William Wordsworth Gi weL¨vZ Dw³
The Daffodils ➢ “All at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils”.

Ten Thousand saw I at a glance tossing their heads In
sprightly dance. (Avwg GK bR‡i `k nvRvi dzj †`Ljvg)
N.B: It is an example of hyperbole.
Tintern Abbey ➢ “Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.”(cÖK…wZ‡K
fvjevm‡j cÖK…wZ KL‡bv wek^vmNvZKZv K‡i bv)
Preface to Lyrical ➢ “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful
Ballads feelings”.(KweZv n‡”Q cÖej Av‡e‡Mi ¯^Ztù~Z© ewntcÖKvk)
The Solitary Reaper ➢ “The Music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no
more.” (Avgvi ü`‡q †mB Avi `xN©w`b hver Avi kÖæZ nw”Qj bv )
Ode to Intimation ➢ “Our birth is but a sleep and forgetting.” (ÿ‡Y ÿ‡Y g„Zy¨ Avwg
Zvnv‡iB ewj)
10. Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for measure’ is a successful —
a. Tragedy b. Comedy
c. Tragi-comedy d. Melo-drama Ans-b
Explanation: ‘Measure for measure’ n‡jv William Shakespeare Gi GKwU weL¨vZ I mdj
Comedy bvUK| William Shakespeare ( 1564-1616) ‡K King without Crown (gyKzUwenxb m¤ªvU) ejv nq|
Zuvi ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’, ‘Measure for measure’ Ges ‘Troilus and Cressida’ ‡K
problem play ejv nq| wKQz wfbœZv _vKv m‡Ë¡I mvgwMÖK wePv‡i ‘Measure for measure’ bvUKwU‡K A`ëwa
tragi-comedy bvUK wn‡m‡eB we‡ePbv Kiv nq| Zuvi Ab¨vb¨ K‡gwW bvUK¸‡jv n‡jv t
 As You Like it  Love’s Labour’s Lost
 The Taming of the Shrew  All’s Well That Ends well
 The Merchant of Venice  Twelfth Night
 The Two Gentlemen of Verona  The Winter’s Tale
 Pericles, Prince of Tyre  The Tempest
 The Comedy of Errors  Much Ado About Nothing
11. David Copperfield is a/an — novel .

a. Victorian b. Elizabethan
c. Romantic d. Modern Ans-a
Explanation: Charles Dickens (1832-1910) iwPZ David Copperfield Dcb¨vmwU Victorian hy‡Mi
GKwU weL¨vZ Dcb¨vm| GwU Zuvi weL¨vZ AvZ¥Rxebxg~jK MÖš’| Zuvi Ab¨vb¨ mvwnZ¨Kg© n‡jv-
David Copperfield (1895) The Pickwick papers (1836)
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) Oliver Twist (1837)
Hard Times (1854) The Battle of life (1846)
Great Expectation (1860) A Christmas Carol (1843)
12. The Romantic age in English Literature began with the publication of —
a. Preface of Shakespeare b. Preface to Lyrical Ballads
c. Preface to Ancient Mariners d. Preface to Dr. Johnson Ans-b
Explanation: 1798 mv‡j William Wordsworth Gi Preface to Lyrical Ballads cÖKv‡ki gva¨‡g
Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï Romantic hy‡Mi ïiæ nq| D‡jøL¨, Rvg©vb mvwnwZ¨K Friedrich Schlegal (1772-1829)
me©cÖ_g Romantic kãwU eënvi K‡ib|
13. Who is known as ‘The poet of nature’ in English literature?
a. Lord Tennyson b. John Milton
c. William Wordsworth d. John Keats Ans-c
Explanation: Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Z¨ William Wordsworth (1770-1850) ‡K The poet of nature ev cÖK…wZi
Kwe ejv nq| wZwb wQ‡jb Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï GKRb Ab¨Zg Romantic Kwe| GQvov cÖ‡kœ DwjøwLZ Ab¨vb¨ Kwe‡ì
Dcvwa wb‡¤œ †Ìqv n‡jv t
Name of poet Title of the poet
Lord Tennyson Mock-heroic poet / Representative Poet
John Milton Epic Poet / Great Master of verse / Blind poet
John Keats Poet of beauty
14. ‘A Passage to India’ is written by — .
a. E.M. Forster b. Rudyard Kipling
c. Galls Worthy d. A. H. Auden Ans-a
Explanation: ‘A Passage to India’ (1924) Bs‡iR †jLK Edward Morgan Forster iwPZ GKwU weL¨vZ
Dcb¨vm| G Mªš’wU weªwUk ivR cwievi Ges 1920 mv‡j fviZxq ¯^vaxbZv Av‡›`vjb G Dci wfwË K‡i iwPZ|
Zvui Ab¨vb¨ weL¨vZ mvwnZ¨Kg©:
Novels  Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905)
 The Longest Journey (1907)
 A Room with a View (1908)
15. Who of the following writers was not a novelist?

a. Charles Dickens b. W. B. Yeats
c. James Joyce d. Jane Austen Ans-b
Explanation: D‡jøwLZ Ackb¸‡jvi g‡a¨ ïay W. B. Yeats-B Jcb¨vwmK bb| W. B. Yeats wQ‡jb GKRb
Irish poet, dramatist Ges critic. Charles Dickens n‡jb wf‡±vwiqvb hy‡Mi GKRb †kÖô Jcb¨vwmK|
James Joyce I Jane Austen wQ‡jb h_vµ‡g Modern Age Ges Victorian Age-Gi novelist ev
Jcb¨vwmK|
16. ‘Gitanjali’ of Rabindranath Tagore was translated by —
a. W. B. Yeats b. Robert Frost
c. John Keats d. Rudyard Kipling Ans-a
Explanation: iex›`ªbv_ VvKzi iwPZ ÔMxZvÄwjÕ Kve¨MÖš’wU 1910 mv‡j cÖKvwkZ nq| 1912 mv‡j iex›`ªbv_ VvKzi
wb‡RB Bs‡iwR‡Z Abyev` K‡ib Z‡e W. B. Yeats, translation Ki‡Z e¨vcK f‚wgKv †i‡LwQ‡jb| Abyev‡`
mnvqZvi cvkvcvwk W. B. Yeats MxZvÄwj Kve¨MÖ‡š’i KweZvi mv‡_ AviI wKQz KweZvi Bs‡iwR Abyev` msKjb
ÔSong Offerings’ Gi f‚wgKv wj‡Lb| G Kvi‡Y Zuvi bvgwU MxZvÄwj Kve¨MÖ‡š’i mv‡_ we‡klfv‡e m¤úwK©Z| W. B.
Yeats n‡jb Avqvij¨v‡Ûi RvZxq Kwe| wZwb GKRb ‘Nobel Laureate’ wQ‡jb| wZwb 1923 mv‡j mvwn‡Z¨
†bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi jvf K‡ib| Robert Frost wQ‡jb Av‡gwiKvi †kÖô Kwe I RvZxq Kwe‡ì g‡a¨ GKRb| Zuv‡K ejv
nq Nature Poet, Regional Poet. Zuvi D‡jøL‡hvM¨ KweZv¸‡jv n‡jv- The Road not Taken, Mending
Wall , Home Burial , Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening BZ¨vw`| John Keats GKRb
weL¨vZ ‡ivgvw›UK Kwe| Rudyard Kipling wQ‡jb GKRb weªwUk mvsevw`K| wkï mvwnwZ¨K wn‡m‡e wZwb my-L¨vwZ
†c‡qwQ‡jb| Zuvi weL¨vZ †QvUMí The Jungle Book (1894) MÖš’wUi Rb¨ wZwb 1907 mv‡j mvwn‡Z¨ †bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi jvf
K‡ib|
17. ‘Elegy written in a country churchyard’ is written by —
a. William Wordsworth b. Thomas Gray
c. John Keats c. W. B. Yeats Ans-b
Explanation: cÖwm× Bs‡iR Kwe Thomas Gray Gi Agi †kvKMv_v ‘Elegy Written in a
country churchyard’. Zvui weL¨vZ `yÕwU KweZv n‡jv t
1) Elegy Written in a country Churchyard (me‡P‡q weL¨vZ KweZv|) GwU wZwb Zvi c~e© cyiæl‡ì g„Zz¨‡Z
ev ÷d cW‡MR bvgK MÖv‡g kvwqZ‡ì Rb¨ iPbv K‡ib| GB †kvK m½x‡Zi Rb¨ wZwb Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Z¨ Agi n‡q
Av‡Qb|
2) Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat; (1742 mv‡j Nwbô eÜy Richard West-Gi g„Zz¨‡kv‡K
iwPZ| wZwb Graveyard Poet bv‡g cwiwPZ|
†R‡b ivLv fv‡jv t
1757 mv‡j wZwb Poet Laureate nIqvi cÖ¯Íve †c‡qI cÖZ¨vL¨vb K‡ib| 1768 mv‡j wZwb Cambridge wek^we`¨vj‡q
Aa¨vcK c‡` wbhy³ nb|

1. “Gerontion” is a poem by —
a. T. S. Eliot b. W. B. Yeats
c. Matthew Arnold d. Robert Browning Ans-a
Explanation: Gerontion weL¨vZ KweZvwU wj‡L‡Qb T.S.Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot, 1888-1965).
T.S.Eliot Av‡gwiKvb es‡kv™¢~Z GKRb Ab¨Zg AvaywbK Kwe| wZwb GKvav‡i Poet, Playwright, Literary
Critic, Essayist, Publisher wQ‡jb| Zvui †kªô iPbv ÒThe Waste Land Ó Gi Rb¨ wZwb 1948 mv‡j mvwn‡Z¨
†bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi jvf K‡ib| Zuvi D‡jøL‡qvM¨ KweZv¸‡jv n‡jv-
The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock (1915) Ash Wednesday
Journey of the Magi (wek^Kwe iex›`ªbv_ VvK†ii Four Quartets
ÒZx_©hvÎxÓKweZvwUi Av`‡j GwUi evsjv Abyev` K‡ib )
The Hollow Man The Sacred Wood
2. Who was written the poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”?
a. Thomas Gray b. P. B. Shelley
c. Robert Frost d. W. B. Yeats Ans-a
Explanation: cÖwm× Bs‡iR Kwe Thomas Gray Gi Agi †kvKMv_v ‘Elegy written in a country
churchyard’.
3. Who has written the play ‘Volpone’?
a. John Webster b. Ben Jonson
c. Christopher Marlowe d. William Shakespeare Ans-b
Explanation: Ben Jonson (1572-1637) Zvui e¨½ imvZ¥K bvU‡Ki Rb¨ Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Z¨ weL¨vZ n‡q Av‡Qb|
‘Volpone or the Fox ’K‡gwW bvUKwU Ben Jonson iPbv K‡i‡Qb| Zuvi D‡jøL‡hvM¨ mvwnZ¨Kg©:
Plays
A Tale of the Tub (1640) **
The Alchemist (1610)
Everyman out of His Humor (1600) **
Everyman in His Humor (1598)
The Saint Women (also known as Epicoene)
‡R‡b ivLv fv‡jv: 1704 mv‡j ‘A Tale of a Tub’ bv‡g we`ªycvZ¥K Dcb¨vm cÖKvk K‡ib Jonathan Swift.
4. Fill in the Blank. ‘ — ’ is Shakespeare last play.
a. As you Like It b. Macbeth
c. Tempest d. Othello Ans-c
Explanation: Bs‡iwR bvU‡Ki RbK Shakespeare me©‡gvU 37 wU bvUK iPbv K‡ib| D‡jøwLZ Ackb¸‡jvi
g‡a¨ me¸‡jvB Zuvi iwPZ| Gi g‡a¨ wZwb me©‡kl iPbv The Tempest (1610-1611) hv Swansong (bvU¨Kv‡ii
†kl Kg©) |
5. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?
a. Alliterative verse b. Sonnet form
c. Iambic pentameter d. Maetylic Haxameter Ans-c
Explanation: William Shakespeare Zuvi AwaKvsk bvUK Iambic pentameter (cuvP gvÎvi jvBb ev
`kgvwÎK PiYwewkó KweZv) AvKv‡i iPbv K‡ib|
6. The repetition of beginning consonant sound is known as —
a. personification b. onomatopoeia
c. alliteration d. rhyme Ans-c
Explanation: k‡ãi g‡a¨ A_ev `yB ev Z‡ZvwaK k‡ãi ïiæ‡Z e¨Äbe‡Y©i cybive„wË‡K alliteration ev AbycÖvm
e‡j| (The Repetition of a consonant sound especially at the beginning of two or more words
or within words. The words can be adjacent or can be separated by one or more words.) †hgb
1. Ruins seize thee, ruthless King! ( Gray)
2. World wide web ('W' is repeated at the beginning of three successive words)
3. Alone, alone,all,all alone,
Alone on a wide, wide sea! ( Coleridge)
4. iex›`ªbv†_i Ôel©g½jÕ KweZvq Av‡Q-
‡KZKx †Kk‡i †Kkcvk K‡iv myifx
ÿwY KwUZ‡U Muvw_ j‡q c‡iv Kiex|
Avevi,
I‡i wen½, I‡i wen½ †gvi,
GLb AÜ, eÜ K‡iv bv cvLv|
Personification mvwn‡Z¨ ‡Kvb wKQz†K gvbyl ev e¨w³iƒc `vb Kiv|
Onomatopoeia AbyKvi kã ev †Kvb wKQzi k‡ãi AbyKi‡Y kãMVb|
Rhyme k‡ãi ev KweZvi Pi‡Yi wgj|
7. What is a funny poem of five lines called?

a. Quartet b. Limerick
c. Sixtet d. Haiku Ans-b
Explanation: 5 jvB‡bi nvmïmvZ¥K KweZv‡K Limerick ejv nq|
Quartet PviRb †jv‡Ki GKwU msMxZ `j|
Sixtet Sixtet e‡j †Kvb kã ‡bB| Z‡e n‡jv Sestet (lU&K) m‡b‡Ui wØZxq fvM|
Haiku Rvcvwb wZb jvB‡bi GKwU KweZv, hv‡Z m‡ZiwU Aÿi _v‡K|
8. Othello gave Desdemona... as a token of love —

a. Ring b. Handkerchief
c. Pendant d. Bangles Ans-b
Explanation: Othello n‡jv William Shakespeare Gi GKwU Tragedy bvUK| Othello Zuvi mnawg©bx
Desdemona †K fvjevmvi wb`k©b¯îæc GKwU Handkerchief ev iægvj w`‡qwQj|
9. Who wrote ‘Biographia Literaria’?
a. Lord Byron b. P. B. Shelley
c. S. T. Coleridge c. Charles Lamp Ans-c
Explanation: cÖL¨vZ Bs‡iR mvwnwZ¨K Samuel Tailor Coleridge mvwnZ¨ welqK ‘Biographia
Literaria’ MÖš’wUi iPwqZv| wZwb n‡jb Poet of Supernaturalism (AwZcÖvK…‡Zi Kwe)| GQvovI Zv‡K
Opium Eater/Addicted to Opium (MuvRv‡Lvi Kwe) ejv nZ| Zuvi D‡jøL‡hvM¨ KweZv mg~n n‡jv-
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (G KweZvq Albatross cvwLi K_v ejv n‡q‡Q)
Kubla Khan
The Nightingale
Love and Hope
Dejection: An Ode
10. Robert Browning was a — poet. Fill in the gap with appropriate word.
a. Romantic b. Victorian
c. Modern d. Elizabethan Ans-b
Explanation: Robert Browning wQ‡jb Victorian Age (1832-1901) Gi GKRb ¸iæZ¡c~Y© mvwnwZ¨K|
cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï Ab¨vb¨ hy‡Mi mgqKvj wb‡¤œ †Ìqv n‡jv t
hy‡Mi bvg mgqKvj
Romantic Age 1798-1832
Modern Age 1901-1939
Elizabethan Age 1558-1603
11. P. B. Shelley’s ‘Adonais’ is and elegy on the death of —
a. John Milton b. S. T. Coleridge
c. John Keats d. Lord Byron Ans-c
Explanation:P. B. Shelley Gi †jLv weL¨vZ †kvK KweZv Adonais wZwb Zuvi wcÖq eÜz John Keats Gi
AKvj g„Zy¨‡Z e¨w_Z n‡q 1821 mv‡j iPbv K‡ib|
weL¨vZ GwjwR/‡kvKMv_v
Writers Elegy (‡kvKMv_v ) On the death of whom
Alfred Tennyson In Memoriam Arthur Henry Hallam
Edmund Spenser Astrophel Sir Philip Sydney (Bswjk Kwe)
John Milton Lycidas (Pastoral Elegy) Milton’s Friend Edward King
Mathew Arnold Thyrsis Friend Arthur Hugh Clough
Mathew Arnold Memorial Verses Wordsworth, Byron, Goethe
Thomas Gray Elegy Written in a Country Fore Fathers
(Graveyard Poet) Churchyard (1751)
P.B. Shelley Adonais John Keats
W.H. Auden In memory of W.B. Yeats W.B. Yeats
John Dryden Heroic Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell
12. The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as is known to be —
a. metaphor b. simile
c. alliteration d. personification Ans-b
Explanation: ‰ewkó¨ D†jøL K†i hLb †Kvb ev†K¨ `ywU wfbœ / ‰emv`…k¨ wRwb†mi gv†S mivmwi (Direct) Zyjbv
Kiv nq ZLb Zv‡K wmwgwj (simile) e‡j|
Simile- Gi c«avb ‰ewkó¨vewj:
1. `ywU wfbœ / weRvZxq wRwb‡mi gv‡S mivmwi (‰ewkó¨ D‡jøL K‡i) Zyjbv|
2. me©`vB as, as like as, as--as, as if, like, resemble, such. †hgb-
➢ My love is like a red rose.
➢ Youth like summer morn.
➢ I wandered lonely as a cloud
13. ‘Restoration period’ in English literature refers to —
a. 1560 b. 1660
c. 1760 d. 1866 Ans-b
Explanation: Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï BwZnv‡m Restoration period ïiæ nq 1660 mvj †_‡K| Restoration
period g~jZ Neo-Classical Period (1660-1798) ev Pseudo-classical Age Gi AšÍf‚©³| Neo-
Classical k‡ãi A_© beäªæc`x| G hyM‡K Avevi wZbwU †QvU hy‡M fvM Kiv n‡q‡Q-
1. The Restoration Period (1660-1700)
2. The Augustan Period (1700-1745)
3. The Age of Sensibility (1745-1798)
14. ‘The Sun Also Rises’ is a novel written by —
a. Charles Dickens b. Hermanne Melville
c. Ernest Hemingway d. Thomas Hardy Ans-c
Explanation: Av‡gwiKvi weL¨vZ Jcb¨vwmK I bvU¨Kvi Ernest Hemingway 1926 mv‡j ‘The Sun
Also Rises’ Dcb¨vmwU iPbv K‡ib| GB Dcb¨vmwU†Z cÖ_g wek^hy× cieZx© mvgvwRK Aeÿ‡qi wPÎ Zz‡j aiv
n‡q‡Q| Dcb¨vmwUi cÖavb PwiÎ wQ‡jb Jake Barnes|
15. Which of the following is not a poetic tradition?
a. The Epic b. The Comic
c. The Occult d. The Tragic Ans-c
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ Ackb¸‡jvi g‡a¨ Epic A_©- gnvKve¨| Comic n‡jv GK ai‡Yi imvZ¥K mvwnZ¨
| Tragic n‡jv welv`gq mvwnZ¨| ‡MÖU wMÖK `vk©wbK Aristotle KweZv‡K 3 wU fv‡M fvM K‡i‡Qb| h_v - Comedy,
tragedy Ges epic. myZivs, The Occult A_©- AwZcÖvK…Z ev Supernaturalism hv poetic tradition Gi
AšÍf©y³ bq|
1. Who is the author of ‘Man and Superman’?

a. G. B. Shaw b. Thomas Hardy
c. Ernest Hemingway d. Charles Dickens Ans-a
Explanation: 36Zg wewmGm Gi 5 bs cÖ‡kœi e¨vL¨v †`Lyb|
2. Which period is known as “The golden age of English Literature”?
a. The Victorian age b. The Elizabethan age
c. The Restoration age d. The Eighteenth century Ans-b
Explanation: The Elizabethan age ‡K “The golden age of English Literature” (Bs‡iwR
mvwn‡Zï ¯^Y©hyM) ejv nq| ivbx Elizabeth Gi bv‡g G hy‡Mi bvgKiY Kiv nq| G hy‡Mi 1558-1603 mvj e¨wßKvj
wQj|
3. ‘Jocobean Period’ of English Literature refers to —
a. 1558-1603 b. 1625-1649
c. 1603-1625 d. 1649-1660 Ans-c
Explanation: ¯‹Uj¨v‡Ûi ivRv James-IV ivbx GwjRv‡e‡_i g„Zyï c‡i James-I Dcvwa aviY K‡i Bsj¨v‡Ûi
wmsnvmb jvf K‡ib| wZwb 1603 †_‡K 1625 mvj ch©šÍ Bsj¨v‡Ûi ivRZ¡ K‡ib| Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Z¨ ‘Jocobean
Period’ ej‡Z g~jZ James-I Gi ivRZ¡Kvj‡K †evSvq| James Gi Latin iæc Jacobus| Avi GB Jacobus
†_‡K Jacobean G‡m‡Q| King James Gi bvg Abymv‡i G hy‡Mi bvgKiY Kiv nq ‘The Jocobean Period’.
4. Where do the following lines occur in? “Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide,
wide sea—”
a. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner b. Kubla Khan
c. The Nightingle d. The Dungeon Ans-a
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ jvBb `ywU Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï weL¨vZ Romantic Kwe Samuel Tailor Coleridge
Gi cÖL¨vZ Ballad ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ †_‡K †bqv n‡q‡Q| KweZvwU 1798 mv‡j cÖKvwkZ
KweZv msKjb †_‡K msM„wnZ|
5. ‘For God’s sake hold your tongue and let me love.’ This line is written by —
a. Emily Dickinson b. T. S. Eliot
c. Mathew Arnold d. John Donne Ans-d
Explanation: ‘For God’s sake hold your tongue and let me love.’ (‡`vnvB ‡Zvgv‡ì GKUzKz Pzc
Ki, fvjevwm‡Z `vI †gvi Aemi) D³ jvBbwUi iPwqZv Poet of love (fvjevmvi Kwe), John Donne| jvBbwU
Zuvi †jLv ÔThe Canonization’ KweZv †_‡K †bIqv n‡q‡Q| Zuv‡K Father/Leader of Metaphysical Poet
I ejv nq| Mathew Arnold ‡K ejv n‡q _v‡K Ô Melancholic / Elegiac Poet (`ytLev`x Kwe)|
6. The play ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ is written by —
a. Thomas Kyd b. Christopher Marlowe
c. Shakespeare d. Ben Johnson Ans-a
Explanation: English Revenge Tragedy Gi RbK Thomas Kyd 1585 mv‡j The Spanish
Tragedy bvUKwU iPbv K‡ib| GwU GKwU Revenge Tragedy| Thomas Kyd n‡jb University wits †ì
GKRb|
7. The most famous satirist in English Literature is —
a. Jonathan Swift b. Alexander Pope
c. Joseph Addison d. Richard Steel Ans-a
Explanation: weL¨vZ e¨v½vZ¥K Dcb¨vm ‘Gulliver’s Travels (1726)’ Gi iPwqZv Jonathan Swift wQ‡jb
Augustan Period Gi GKRb weL¨vZ e¨v½iPbvKvi (satirist), mvwnwZ¨K, cÖvewÜK I cv`ªx| Zuvi D‡jøL‡hvM¨
mvwnZ¨Kg©:
Gulliver’s Travels (1726) The Modest Proposal
A Tale of a Tub (1704) A Journal to Stella
8. Of the following authors, who wrote an epic?

a. John Milton b. Jane Mansfield
c. William Cowper d. William Shakespeare Ans-a
Explanation: Blind poet bv‡g L¨vZ John Milton (1608-1674) gnvKve¨ (Epic) iPbv K‡ib| Zuv‡K
Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Z¨ Epic Poet ejv nq| wZwb Zuvi weL¨vZ gnvKve¨ ‘Paradise Lost’ (1667) I ‘Paradise
Regained’(1671) Gi gva¨‡g Agi n‡q Av‡Qb|
9. Who is not a Victorian poet?
a. Mathew Arnold b. Alexander Pope
c. Robert Browning d. Alfred Tennyson Ans-b
Explanation: D‡jøwLZ KweM‡Yi g‡a¨ Alexander Pope e¨ZxZ mK‡jB Victorian hy‡Mi Kwe| Alexander
Pope n‡jb Neo-classical period (The Augustan Period) Gi weL¨vZ Kwe|
10. Who among the following Indian English writer is a famous novelist?
a. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak b. R. K. Narayan
c. Nissim Ezekiel d. Kamala Das Ans-b
Explanation: D‡jøwLZ KweM‡Yi g‡a¨ R. K. Narayan wQ‡jb Bs‡iwR fvlvq fviZxq Ab¨Zg Jcb¨vwmK|
Zuvi c~Y© bvgt Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (1906 –2001), commonly
known as R. K. Narayan . Zuvi D‡jøL‡hvM¨ mvwnZ¨Kg©¸‡jv n‡jv-
Swami and Friends (1935)
The Bachelor of Arts (1937)
Malgudi Days ( 19430
The Financial Expert (1952)
Waiting for the Mahatma (1955 )
11. The Literary term ‘Euphemism’ means —

a. vague idea b. inoffensive expression
c. a sonnet d. wise saying Ans-b
Explanation: Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Z¨ ‘euphemism’ k‡ãi A_© n‡jv myfvlY, †KvgjcÖKvk (inoffensive
expression) A_©vr A¯^vfvwefv‡e/K‡Vvi ev KK©k k‡ãi e`‡j †Kvgj, g„`y ev kÖæwZgayi k‡ãi eënvi| †hgb-
“kick the bucket” is a euphemism that describes the death of a person.
1. “To be, or not to be — that is the question,” — is a famous soliloquy from, —

a. Hamlet b. Macbeth
c. King Lear d. Othello Ans-a
Explanation: “To be, or not to be — that is the question,” Dw³wU William Shakespeare iwPZ
weL¨vZ Tragedy bvUK ‘Hamlet’ ‡_‡K †bIqv n‡q‡Q| GB Dw³wU Øviv gvbe g‡bi wm×všÍnxbZv cÖKvk Kiv
n‡q‡Q|
2. ‘A Christmas Carol’ is a — by Charles Dickens.
a. Ballad b. sketch story
c. historical novel d. short novel Ans-d
Explanation: Charles Dickens Gi weL¨vZ Short novel n‡jv ‘A Christmas Carol’| GwU 1843
mv‡j cÖKvwkZ nq|
3. A person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary is known as—
a. an extremist b. a militant
c. an anarchist a. a terrorist Ans-c
Explanation: A person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary is
known as - anarchist (‰bivRëv`x )| GwU Øviv Ggb e¨w³‡K †evSvq ‡h wek^vm K‡i AvBb Ges miKv‡ii
cÖ‡qvRb †bB| cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ Ackb¸‡jvi A_© n‡jv:
an extremist (Pigcš’x ),
a militant (hy×iZ ‰mwbK),
an anarchist (GKRb ‰bivRëv`x),
a terrorist (GKRb mš¿vmev`x)|
4. Love for the whole world is called —
a. misanthropy b. philanthropy
c. misogyny d. benevolence Ans-b
Explanation:
Given word Definition
Misanthropy A person who hates all mankind (gvbewe‡Ølx, bi‡Ølx)
philanthropy A person who loves mankind (wek^‡cÖwgK, ‡jvKwn‰Zlx e¨w³)
misogyny Misogyny is the hatred of women (bvixwe‡Øl)
benevolence The quality of being kind and helpful (`vbkxjZv, e`vb¨Zv )
5. When we want to mean a government by the richest class we use the term —
a. Oligarchy b. Plutocracy
c. Cryptocracy d. Aristocracy Ans-b
Explanation:
Oligarchy (‡Mvôxkvmb) A small group of people having control of a country.
Plutocracy (awbKZš¿) A government by the richest class.
Cryptocracy (¸ßkvmK), A government where the real leaders are hidden.
Aristocracy (AwfRvZZš¿) A Goverbnment by the royal blood / nobles.
1. ‘The Rape of the Lock’ by Alexander Pope is a/an –

a. epic b. ballad
c. mock-heroic poem d. elegy Ans-c
Explanation: Alexander Pope(1700-1745) wQ‡jb Augustan Period Gi GKRb cÖavb Kwe| wZwb
Mock-heroic poet wn‡m‡e L¨vZ| Alexander Pope Gi weL¨vZ Mock-heroic narrative poem ‘The
Rape of the Lock’| Epic gv‡b gnvKve¨| Avi Mock-heroic poem n‡jv gnvKv‡eï mKj êwkó¨ _vKv
m‡Ë¦I †hLv‡b Zz”Q welq‡K †K›`ª K‡i e¨½ ev nvmvnvwm Kiv nq Ggb wee„wZg~jK KweZv| ‡hgb G KweZvq bvwqKv
†ewjÛv Gi Pz‡ji †ebx †K‡U (w`‡q‡Q e¨viY bv‡gi GK hyev) ‡`qvi Kvwnbx wPwÎZ n‡q‡Q hv cvVK g‡b nvmï‡mi m„wó
K‡i|
‡R‡b ivLv fv‡jvt
Alexander Pope Gi GKwU weL¨vZ Dw³ “To err is human, to forgive is divine” A_©vr Ò gvbyl gvÎB
fz‡ji Aaxb Avi ÿgv ¯^M©xq|Ó
2. Which of the following is not an American poet?
a. Robert Frost b. W. B. Yeats
c. Emily Dickinson d. Langston Hughes Ans-b
Explanation: W. B. Yeats GKRb weL¨vZ Irish Poet & Dramatist. wZwb e¨ZxZ cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ Ack‡bi
evKx wZbRb KweB Av‡gwiKvb|
3. William Shakespeare was born in –
a. 1616 b. 1664
c. 1564 c. 1493 Ans-c
Explanation: me©Kv‡ji †kÖô bvU¨Kvi I Kwe William Shakespeare 1564 wLªt Gi 23†k GwcÖj Bsj¨v‡Ûi
Stratford-upon-avon kn‡i Rb¥MÖnY K‡ib| GRb¨ Zuv‡K “Bard of Avon” ejv nq| e¨w³Rxe‡b William
Shakespeare wZb mšÍv‡bi RbK wQ‡jb| Zuvi `yB †g‡qi bvg Susana Ges Judith. Zuvi †Q‡j mšÍv‡bi bvg
n¨vg‡jU| wZwb Bsj¨v‡Ûi RvZxq Kwe (National Poet).
4. Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’ is an elegy on the death of —
a. John Milton b. John Keats
c. Arthur Henry Hallam d. Sydney Smith Ans-c
Explanation: Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) wQ‡jb Victorian hy‡Mi GKRb Ab¨Zg Kwe| wZwb 1949
mv‡j Zuvi wcÖq eÜz Arthur Henry Hallam- Gi g„Zy¨‡Z ‘In Memoriam’(1850) elegy (†kvKMv_v) wU
wj‡Lb| ‘In Memoriam’ KweZvwUi c~Y© bvg n‡jv- ‘In Memoriam A.H.H’. GLv‡b A.H.H (Gi c~Y© iyc
n‡jv Ñ Arthur Henry Hallam.
GB KweZvwUi cÖK…Z wk‡ivbvg (Title) wQj: “The Way of the Soul”.
5. ‘Sweet Helen’ make me immortal with a kiss’ The sentence has been taken from the
play—
a. Romeo and Juliet b. Caesar and Cleopatra
c. Doctor Faustus c. Antony and Cleopatra Ans-c
Explanation: ‘Sweet Helen’ make me immortal with a kiss’ (my›ìx †n‡jb, Zzwg GK Pz¤^‡bi gva¨‡g
Avgv‡K AgiZ¡ `vb Ki|) Bs‡iwR Uªv‡RwWi RbK (Father of English Tragedy)
Christopher Marlowe Gi iwPZ weL¨vZ bvUK Doctor Faustus ‡_‡K Dw³wU ‡bIqv n‡q‡Q|Doctor
Faustus Uª¨vwRwWi c~Y© bvg n‡jv-The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus.
GwU AwgÎvÿi Q‡›` (Blank verse) †jLv| Christopher Marlowe wQ‡jb ‡k·wcq‡ii c~e©m~ix
(Predecessor). Zvu‡K Father of English Tragedy ejv n‡q _v‡K | bvU‡K wZwb (d÷vm) hv`ywe`¨v wkL‡Z
‡P‡q‡Qb Ges hv`ywe`¨v wk‡L wZwb we‡kî †kÖô my›ìx Helen Gi †`Lv cvb Ges Helen Zv‡K Kiss K‡i GUv †m
†`L‡Z cvq| ZLb wZwb Dw³wU K‡ib, ‘Sweet Helen’ make me immortal with a kiss.’
6. ‘What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by and other name Would smell as
sweet’- Who said this?
a. Juliet b. Romeo
c. Portia d. Rosalind Ans-a
Explanation: me©Kv‡ji †kÖô bvU¨Kvi William Shakespeare Gi weL¨vZ we‡qvMvšÍK (Love tragedy) bvUK
“Romeo and Juliet” Gi Act 2, Scene 2 †Z Juliet D×…Z Soliloquy K‡i‡Qb| cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ ev‡Kï
gva¨‡g Romeo Zuvi bvwqKv Juliet Gi iƒ‡ci cÖksmv K‡ib| GLv‡b ejv n‡q‡Q bv‡g Kx Av‡m hvq, †Mvjvc‡K Ab¨
bv‡g WvK‡jI †mwU myiwf Qov‡e|
7. “Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart, ‘This woman’s whole existence.’’ – This is
taken from the poem of —
a. P. B. Shelley b. Lord Byron
c. John Keats d. Edmund Spenser Ans-b
Explanation: “Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart, ‘This woman’s whole existence.’’
(‡cÖg cyiy‡li Kv‡Q Rxe‡bi GKwU Ask we‡kl Avi bvixi Kv‡Q mgMÖ Aw¯ÍZ¡ ) jvBbwU Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï we‡`ªvnx Kwe
(Rebel Poet) Lord Byron Gi iwPZ Don Juan KweZv †_‡K †bqv n‡q‡Q| GB KweZvi g~j Kvwnbx nj Elicit
love affair.
8. Who translated the ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khyam’ into English?
a. Thomas Carlyle b. Edward Fitzgerald
c. D. G. Rossetti d. William Thackeray Ans-b
Explanation: cvi‡mï Rxebev`x Kwe (1048-1131) Igi ˆLqvg iPbv K‡ib KweZv Ô iæevBÕ| wZwb GKvav‡i
MwYZwe`, †R¨vwZ©we`, `vk©wbK Ges Kwe| 1859 mv‡j Bs‡iR Kwe Edward Fitzgerald dviwm fvlv †_‡K
Bs‡iwR‡Z ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khyam’ wk‡ivbv‡g Abyev` K‡ib| cieZ©x‡Z 1959 mv‡j evsjv‡`‡ki RvZxq
Kwe KvRx bRiæj Bmjvg dviwm †_‡K evsjvq ÒiæevBqvZ-B Igi ‰LBqvg Ó bv‡g Abyev` K‡ib| ˆmq` gyRZev Avjx
Gi f~wgKv wj‡Lb|
9. ‘Ulysses’ is a novel written by-
a. Joseph Conrad b. Thomas Hardy
c. Charles Dickens d. James Joyce Ans-d
Explanation: ‘Ulysses’ novel wj‡L‡Qb James Joyce Avi Ab¨ w`‡K GKB bv‡g ‘Ulysses’ poem
wj‡L‡Qb Alfred Tennyson|
10. The Short story ‘The Diamond Necklace’ was written by –
a. Guy de Maupassant b. O Henry
c. Somerset Maugham d. George Orwell Ans-a
Explanation: Guy de Maupassant (wM `¨v †guvcvm 1850-1893 wLªt) GKRb divwm mvwnwZ¨K| wZwb
GKvav‡i †QvU MíKvi, Jcb¨vwmK Ges Kwe|
Zuvi D‡jøL‡hvM¨ mvwnZ¨Kg©:
The Diamond Necklace (1884), – Short Story, Suicides (1880), Useless Beauty ( 1890)
11. ‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’ – who said this?
a. Macbeth b. Lady Macbeth
c. Lady Macduff d. Macduff Ans-b
Explanation: cÖ‡kœ D‡jøwLZ jvBbwU William Shakespeare Gi iwPZ weL¨vZ Tragedy bvUK Macbeth
†_‡K †bIqv| Scottland Gi ivRv Duncan Gi Ab¨Zg †mbvcwZ wQ‡jv Macbeth| Zvi ¯¿x Lady Macbeth
hv‡K PZz_© WvBbx ejv nq| ivRv WvbKvb GKevi wbR B”Qvq AvwZ_¨ MÖnY K‡ib Macbeth Gi cÖvmv‡`| ‡mUv wQ‡jv
cÖPÛ `~‡h©v‡Mi ivZ| Gw`‡K wZb WvBbx Rvbvq †h, Macbeth B n‡e K‡Wv iv‡Rï ivRv| WvBbx‡ì GB fwel¨r evbx
Lady Macbeth Gi g‡a¨ D”PvKv•Lvi Rb¥ †bq| Macbeth Zuvi ¯¿xi cÖ‡ivPbvq gnvb ivRv WvbKvb‡K nZ¨v K‡i|
G Lei †c‡q WvbKv‡bi `yB cyÎ Malcon I Donal Bain cvwj‡q hvq †m iv‡ZB| Macbeth wmsnvm‡b Avmxb
n‡jb| Gfv‡e WvBwb‡ì 2q fwel¨r evYxI mwZ¨ nq| wKšÍy Lady Macbeth Zvi K…ZK‡g©i Aby‡kvPbv Ki‡Z Ki‡Z
gvbwmK fvimg¨ nvwi‡q ‡d‡j Ges memgq †`L‡Z cvq Zvi nvZ i‡³ jvj n‡q Av‡Q| ZvB g„Zz¨ mh¨vq Ny‡gi ‡gv‡n
e‡j D‡Vb- “Here is still the smell of blood. All the perfume of Arabia will not sweeten this
little hand”. (Avgvi nvZ GL‡bv i‡³ iwÄZ n‡q Av‡Q| Avi‡ei mg¯Í myMwÜI Avgvi †QvU nvZ‡K cweÎ Ki‡Z
cvi‡ebv|) GiB gv‡S cjvZK cyÎØq (Malcon & Donal Bain) wd‡i Av‡m Ges wdwdi AwacwZi mv‡_ wgwjZ
n‡q Macbeth ‡K Avµgb K‡i| Macduff Macbeth-‡K nZ¨v K‡i| Ae‡k‡l Malcon Zvi wcZvi wmsnvm‡b
AwawôZ nq| Avi Gfv‡eB Macbeth Gi D”PvKv•Lvi Rb¨ Macbeth wb‡Ri aŸsm e‡q Av‡b Ges UªvwRK wn‡iv‡Z
cwiYZ nq|
12. ‘Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy
music too.’- who wrote this?
a. William Wordsworth b. Robert Browning
c. John Keats d. Samuel Coleridge Ans-c
Explanation: D³ jvBbwU John Keats (1795-1821 ) Gi ‘To Autumn’KweZv †_‡K †bIqv n‡q‡Q| Zuv‡K
ejv nq Ò Poet of Beauty ” I “Poet of Sensuousness”.
Zvui D‡jøL¨‡hvM¨ Ab¨vb¨ mvwnZ¨Kg©:
Ode to a Nightingale Ode on Melancholy
Ode to Autumn Endymion
Ode on a Gracian Urn Hyperion
13. Who is the central character of ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Bronte?
a. Mr. Earnshaw b. Catherine
c. Heathcliff d. Hindley Earnshaw Ans-c
Explanation: Emily Bronte (Gwgwj eªw›U, 1818-1848 wLªt) wQ‡jb GKRb Bs‡iR Jcb¨vwmK| wZwb Zuvi
iwPZ †kÖô Dcb¨vm Wuthering Heights (1847) Gi Rb¨ mgwaK cwiwPZ| Dcb¨vmwU wZwb Ellis Bell QÙbv‡g
wj‡LwQ‡jb | Dcb¨vmwU BqK©kvqvi AÂ‡ji ce©Z Avi Rjvf~wgi cUf~wgKvq iwPZ| Dcb¨vmwUi †K›`ªxq (central
character) Heathcliff. Ab¨vb¨ Pwi‡Îi g‡a¨ i‡q‡Q- Catherine, Edger Linton Hareton
Earnshaw & Nelly Deam.
14. ‘The old order changeth, yielding place to new.’ – This line is extracted from
Tennyson’s poem –
a. The Lotos-Eaters b. Tithonus
c. Locksley Hall d. Morte d’ Arhtur Ans-d
Explanation: “The old order changeth, yielding place to new.” (G‡m‡Q bZzb wkï, Zv‡K †Q‡o
w`‡Z n‡e ¯’vb) jvBbwU Victorian hy‡Mi cÖavb Kwe Alfred Tennyson Gi KweZv ‘Morte d’Arhtur’ ‡_‡K
†bIqv n‡q‡Q|
15. Who wrote the poem ‘The Good-Morrow’?
a. George Herbert b. Andrew Marvell
c. John Donne d. Henry Vaughan Ans-c
Explanation: John Donne ‡K ejv nq Father of Metaphysical Poet. ‘The Good-Morrow’ Zuvi
GKwU weL¨vZ Metaphysical Poem. Zuv‡K “The Greatest Love Poet / Poet of Love” wn‡m‡eI AwfwnZ
Kiv nq| Zuvi Ab¨vb¨ D‡jøL‡hvM¨ mvwnZ¨K‡g©i g‡a¨ i‡q‡Q-
The Sun Rising, The Canonization, Twicknam Garden BZ¨vw`|
41st BCS Preliminary Test
1. Why, then, ‘tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking
makes it so.’ This extract is taken from the drama---
a) King Lear b) Macbeth
c) As You Like It d) Hamlet Ans- d
Explanation: cª`Ë Dw³wU Shakespeare-Gi weL¨vZ bvUK Hamlet ‡_‡K ‡bIqv n‡q‡Q| wcÖÝ n¨vg‡jU
Zvi ˆkk‡ei `yB eÜz Rosencrantz (‡ivRµ¨v›UR) Ges Guildenstern (wMj‡Wb÷vib) Gi mv‡_ K‡_vcK_‡bi
mgq Zv‡ì D‡Ïk¨ K‡i e‡jb hv‡ì ivRv †Mv‡q›`v wn‡m‡e cvwV‡qwQ‡jb| ZLb n¨vg‡jU Zv‡ì ivRv‡K ej‡Z e‡jb,
Zuvi Rxeb †_‡K mKj Avb›` nvwi‡q †M‡Q Ges GB c„w_exi †Kvb wKQz‡ZB (bvix wKsev cyiæl) Zvi AvMÖn †bB| wZwb
Awf‡hvM K‡i‡Qb ‡h wZwb Zuvi wb‡Ri ‡`k ‡WbgvK©‡K KvivMvi wn‡m‡e we‡ePbv Ki‡Qb| Zvi eÜyiv G‡Z GKgZ bb
Ges ZLb kvixwiK I gvbwmKfv‡e wech©¯Í n¨vg‡jU Gi cÖwZwµqvq Rvbvb “ Why, then, ‘tis none to you, for
there is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.”(‡WbgvK©, †m‡Zv †Zvgv‡ì Kv‡Q wKQz g‡b bvI
n‡Z cv‡i,KviY fv‡jv ev g›` ej‡Z c„w_ex‡Z wKQzB †bB, wPšÍvB †Kvb wKQz‡K fv‡jv ev g›` evbvq|)
2. “Made weak by time and date, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to
yield” is taken form the poem written by ---
a) Robert Browning b) Matthew Arnold
c) Alfred Tennyson d) Lord Byron Ans- c
Explanation: cª`Ë Dw³wU weL¨vZ wf‡±vwiqvb Kwe Alfred Tennyson Gi Ulysses bvgK KweZv ‡_‡K ‡bIqv
n‡q‡Q| ÒMade weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to
yield.”
(n‡q cwo `ye©j mgq Avi fv‡Mï Kv‡Q, wKš‘ B”Qvkw³ Av‡Q cÖej,
msMÖvg Kivi, AbymÜvb Kivi, Avwe®‹vi Kivi wKš‘ gv_v †bvqvevi bq|) (Ulysses: Alfred Tennyson).
GwU Ulysses KweZvi †kl `ywU PiY| ARvbv‡K Rvbvi AvKzjZv, cÖwZK‚jZvi weiæ‡× Rxeb msMÖv‡g †kl w`b ch©šÍ, ‡kl
Aa¨vq †`Lv Aewa GwM‡q qvIhvi `„p cÖZ¨q e¨³ n‡q‡Q Ulysses KweZvq|
wet `ªt GwU GKwU climax Gi D`vniY|
3. Who is not a romantic poet?
a) P. B. Shelley b) S.T Coleridge
c) John Keats d) T.S. Eliot Ans -d
Explanation: Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Z¨ Romantic period Gi mgqKvj n‡jv (1798-1832). Romantic period
Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Zï LyeB ¸iæZ¡c~Y© K‡qKwU hyM| G hyM‡K ‘The Golden Period of lyric’ I ejv n‡q _v‡K| cÖ‡kœ
D‡jøwLZ Kwe‡ì Rb¥ I g„Zÿi mvj D‡jøL Kiv n‡jv t
Kwei bvg RxebKvj
P. B. Shelley (1792-1834)
S.T Coleridge (1772-1834)
John Keats (1795-1821)
T.S. Eliot (1888 -1965)
Ackb¸‡jvi gv‡S T. S. Eliot Qvov mevB ‡ivgvw›UK hy‡Mi Kwe wZwb n‡jb Georgian period (1910 -1936)
Gi Kwe| myZivs mwVK DËi T. S. Eliot.
4. In Shakespeare's play, Hamlet was prince of ----
a) Norway b) Britain
c) Denmark d) France Ans- c
Explanation: Shakespeare Gi weL¨vZ U«v‡RwW ÔHamlet’. Hamlet Uªv‡RwWi c~Y© bvg t The Tragedy
of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark hv ms‡¶‡c n¨vg‡jU bv‡g eûj cwiwPZ| GwU Shakespeare iwPZ me‡P‡q
RbwcÖq I KvjRqx Uªv‡RwW¸‡jvi g‡a¨ Ab¨Zg| Hamlet Gi bvqK ev ‡Kw›`«q PwiÎ Hamlet wQ‡jb ‡Wbgv‡Ki©
ivRKygvi Ges King Hamlet Gi cyG| wZwb (Protagonist -bvqK) Rvg©vwbi D‡UbevM© wek^we`¨vj‡qi QvÎ wQ‡jb|
myZivs, Hamlet was prince of Denmark. GB Uªv‡RwW hv 1599 Ges 1601 mv‡ji gv‡S ‡Kvb GKmgq iwPZ
n‡qwQj| GwU 29,551 wU kã wb‡q ‡k·wcqi iwPZ me‡P‡q `xN©Zg bvUK| ‡WbgvK© mvgªv‡Rï cUf~wg‡Z iwPZ GB
bvUK hyeivR n¨vg‡jU I Zvi PvPv K¬wWqv‡mi weiæ‡× cªwZ‡kva ¯ú„nv‡K ‡K›`ª K‡i AvewZ©Z n‡q‡Q| whwb wmsnvmb
`L‡ji Rb¨ n¨vg‡j‡Ui wcZv‡K nZ¨v K‡iwQ‡jb Ges n¨vg‡j‡Ui Rb¥`vÎx gv‡K we‡q K‡iwQ‡jb|
Hamlet → Protagonist (bvqK) Rvg©vwbi D‡UbevM© wek^we`¨vj‡qi QvÎ wQ‡jb|
Ab¨vb¨ PwiÎt
Claudius → Hamlet- Gi PvPv| Claudius n‡jb G Uªv‡RwWi Antagonist.
Gertrude → Hamlet- Gi gv|
Ophelia → Ophelia n‡jv Hamlet-Gi †cÖwgKv|
Polonius → Claudius Gi Dc‡`óv Ges Ophelia I Laertes Gi evev |
5. Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore are characters from the novel ---
a) David Copperfield b) The Return of the Native
c) A Passage to India d) Adam Bede Ans-c
Explanation: A passage to India (1924) Bs‡iR ‡jLK E. M. Forster (Edward Morgan
Forster) KZ©…K wjwLZ GKwU Dcb¨vm ‡hwU weªwUk ivR Ges 1920 mv‡ji fviZxq ¯^vaxbZv Av‡›`vj‡bi
‡cª¶vc‡U iwPZ| Dcb¨vmwU‡Z weªwUk I fviZxq‡ì g‡a¨ m¤ú‡K©i Uvbv‡cv‡ob I weªwUk‡ì asmvZ¥K kvmb-
†kvl‡Yi wPÎ ewY©Z n‡q‡Q| di÷vi Zvi GB Dcb¨v‡mi wk‡ivbvg wb‡q‡Qb Iqvë ûBUg¨v‡bi Leaves of
Grass Kve¨Mª‡š’i Passage to India bv‡gi GKwU KweZv ‡_‡K Dcb¨v‡mi MíwU PviwU Pwi‡Îi gva¨‡g
AvewZ©Z nq t Wvt AvwRR, Zvi weªwUk eÜy wmwij wdwìs, wg‡mm gyi Ges wgm A¨v‡Wjv ‡Kv‡q‡÷W| Wvt
AvwRR G Dcb¨v‡mi cÖavb PwiÎ Ges GKRb ZiæY BwÛqvb wPwKrmK, whwb P›`ªcy‡i weªwUk nvmcvZv‡j KvR
K‡ib| wgm A¨v‡Wjv ‡Kv‡q‡÷W GKRb ZiæY weªwUk ¯‹yj wkw¶Kv| wg‡mm gyi eq¯‹v Ges wPšÍvkxj gwnjv| myZivs
Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore are characters from the novel A passage to India.
Dcb¨vmwUi D‡jøL‡hvM¨ Ab¨vb¨ PwiÎ- Cyril Fielding, Ronny Heaslop, Professor Godbole,
Hamidullah, Mahmoud Ali, Stella Moore cÖf…wZ|
6. ‘Shylock’ is a character in the play ---
a) Twelfth Night b) The Merchant of Venice
c) Romeo and Juliet d) Measure for Measure Ans -b
Explanation: `¨ gv‡P©›U Ae ‡fwbm (The Merchant of Venice) n‡jv ‡lvpk kZvãx‡Z DBwjqvg ‡k·wcqi
iwPZ GKwU Rbwcªq Uª¨vwR-K‡gwW bvUK| kvBjK bvU‡Ki GKRb Lj PwiÎ (Antagonist / Villain)| ‡m RvwZ‡Z
GKRb Bûw` (A Jew) Ges ‡ckvq my` eëmvqx| Zvi Kb¨v ‡RwmKv j‡i‡‡Äv| A¨v‡›UvwbI wQ‡jb AZ¨šÍ mr I
eÜzermj| †m Zuvi eÜz‡ì wec‡` mvnvh¨ KiZ| kvBjK A¨v‡›UvwbIi nv‡Z AmsL¨ evi AcgvwbZ nevi cªwZ‡kva ‡bevi
my‡hvM cvq hLb evmvwbI‡K mvnvh¨ Ki‡Z A¨v‡›UvwbI Zvi Kv‡Q UvKv avi Ki‡Z Av‡m| wKš‘ ‡cvwk©qvi eyw× A¨‡›UvwbI‡K
i¶v K‡i| wePv‡i kvBjK civwRZ nq Ges Zvi A‡a©K m¤úwË ev‡Rqvß Kiv nq| kvBj‡Ki PwiÎ we‡kølY Ki‡j ‡`Lv
hvq ‡m Cl©vcivhY I KyUeyw× m¤úbœ| kvBjK PwiÎwU bvUKwUi eûgvwÎKZv Zy‡j a‡i‡Q|
7. ‘Vanity Fair’ is a novel written by ---
a) D.H. Lawrence b) William Makepeace Thackeray
c) Joseph Conrad d) Virginia Woolf Ans- b
Explanation: DBwjqvg g¨vKwcm _¨vKvwi (William Makepeace Thackeray ; 18 RyjvB 1811 - 24
wW‡m¤î 1863) wQ‡jb GKRb weªwUk Jcb¨vwmK, mvwnwZ¨K I wPÎKi| wZwb fvi‡Z Rb¥MªnY K‡iwQ‡jb| Vanity
Fair n‡jv William Makepeace Thackeray Gi GKwU Dcb¨vm| wZwb Zuvi e¨½ag©x Kg©, we‡kl K‡i f¨vwbwU
‡dqvi (1848) Ges `¨ jvK Ae e¨vwi wjÛb (1844) Dcb¨v‡mi Rb¨ cªwm×| Zv‡K Pvj©m wW‡K‡Ýi ci wf‡±vixq
hy‡Mi wØZxq ‡miv cªwZfvai I eyw×`xß ‡jLK e‡j MY¨ Kiv nq| Vanity Fair Dcb¨vmwU‡Z †Kvb bvqK bvB|
Dcb¨vmwU‡Z ‡bcjxq hy× cieZ©x mg‡qi eÜy I cwiev‡ii gv‡S ‡ewK kvc© I A¨v‡gwjqv ‡mWwji Rxebhvc‡bi Mí wee„Z
n‡q‡Q| Dcb¨vmwU‡Z wfbœg‡Zi bvix ewK kvc© I A¨v‡gwjqv ‡mWwji fvM¨cwiµgv Z_v Zv‡ì Rxebhvc‡bi M‡íi
gva¨‡g Bsj¨vÛ mgv‡Ri ga¨weË †kÖwYi mgvReë¯’v‡K Zz‡j aiv n‡q‡Q|
8. ‘Pip’ is the protagonist in Charles Dickens' novel----
a) A Christmas Carol b) A Tale of Two Cities
c) Oliver Twist d) Great Expectations Ans-d
Explanation: Charles Dickens (1812-1870 ) Gi Dcb¨vm Great Expectations Gi ‡Kw›`ªq PwiÎ ev
bvqK Ges eY©bvKvix n‡jv Pip. wf‡±vwiqvb hy‡M BD‡iv‡ci mvwn‡Z¨ GK bZyb w`Kcv‡ji bvg Pvj©m wW‡KÝ| wZwb
GKvav‡i Jcb¨vwmK, mvsevw`K, m¤úv`K, mwPÎ cªwZ‡e`K Ges mgv‡jvPK wQ‡jb| Z‡e Pvj©m wW‡KÝ‡K BwZnvm g‡b
ivL‡e Zvi AmvaviY ‡jLbxi Rb¨| ÔAwjfvi UyB÷Õ, ÔA¨v wµ÷gvm K¨vijÕ, Ôwb‡Kvjvm wbKjweÕ, Ô‡WwfW KcviwdìÕ,
ÔA¨v ‡Uj Ad Uy wmwUmÕ Ges Ô‡MªU G·‡cK‡UkbÕ- Gi g‡Zv KvjRqx Dcb¨v‡mi iPwqZv wW‡KÝ‡K Ebwesk kZvãxi
me‡P‡q Rbwcªq ‡jLK wn‡m‡e ¯^xK…wZ ‡`qv nq| wdwjc wcwic , WvKbvg wcc GKRb Abv_ Ges `y`©všÍ cªZ¨vkvi bvqK
I eY©bvKvix| GKgvÎ †evb Qvov GB c„w_ex‡Z Zvi Avi †KD †bB| ‰kkeKv‡j, wcc Zvi mr fvB-‡evb, ‡Rv MviRvwii
g‡Zv Kvgvi nIqvi ¯^cœ ‡`‡LwQ‡jb| cieZ©x‡Z wc‡ci wbR¯^ cvwievwiK mËv I mgvR‡K Z¨vM K‡i eo‡jvK nIqvi †h
D”PvKv•Lv cÖKvk †c‡q‡Q , †mUv‡K †jLK e¨½ K‡i Ô‡MªU G·‡cK‡UkbÕ e‡j AwfwnZ K‡i‡Qb| GKw`b Jagger
bv‡gi GKRb AvBbRxex Pip Gi Rb¨ jÛ‡b fvM¨ Movi myLei wb‡q Avm‡jb Ges Rvbvb Pip Gi GKRb ïfvKv•Lx
Zv‡K mn‡hvwMZv Ki‡Z GwM‡q G‡m‡Qb| Pip †f‡ewQ‡jv Miss Havisham †mB ïfvKv•Lx| wKš‘ cieZ©x‡Z cÖKvwkZ
nq †mB cjvZK Avmvgx Magwitch B †mB ïfvKv•Lx †h Pip Gi mn‡hvwMZvi cÖwZ K…ZÁZv cÖKvk Ki‡Z †P‡qwQ‡jv|
bvU‡Ki †kl `„‡k¨ †`Lv hvq ¯^vgx Øviv wbh©vwZZ Estella ¯^vgxi g„Zzï ci Av‡iv bgbxq n‡q c‡owQ‡jv| †m mgq Zvi
Rxe‡b Pip Gi Dcw¯’wZ Zv‡ì m¤ú‡K©i ¯’vwq‡Z¡i w`‡K GwM‡q †h‡Z _v‡K|
9. Lady Chatterley's Lover ' written by the author of ----
a) Lord Jim b) The rainbow
c) Ulysses d) A Passage of India Ans- b
Explanation: D. H Lawrence wQ‡jb AvaywbK hy‡Mi GKRb weL¨vZ mvwnwZ¨K, Kwe I wPÎwkíx| Lady
Chatterley's Lover n‡jv D. H Lawrence Gi GKwU Dcb¨vm| D. H Lawrence Gi Av‡iv GKwU weL¨vZ
mvwnZ¨Kg© n‡jv The Rainbow. myZivs, Lady Chatterley’s Lover Gi ‡jLK D H Lawrence KZ©„K
The Rainbow iwPZ nq|
Zvui weL¨vZ mvwnZ¨Kg©:
Novels  The White Peacock (1911) (cÖ_g Dcb¨vm)

 The Trespasser (1912)
 Sons and Lovers (1913) (GwU Zuvi AvZ¥Rxebxg~jK MÖš’|)
 The Rainbow (1915)
(William wordsworth Gi GKwU weL¨vZ KweZvI The Rainbow bv‡g i‡q‡Q|)
 Women in Love (1920)
Short  The Virgin and the Gypsy
Stories  The Fox (1923)
 Mother and Daughter (1929)
10. The play ‘The Birthday Party’ is written by ---
a) Samuel Beckett b) Henry Livings
c) Harold Pinter d) Arthur Miller Ans-c
Explanation: Harold Pinter wQ‡jb GKRb Av‡gwiKvb Jcb¨vwmK, Kwe I wPÎbvU¨Kvi| wZwb 2005 mv‡j
mvwn‡Z¨ †bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi jvf K‡ib| The Birthday Party n‡jv Harold Pinter Gi GKwU weL¨vZ bvUK|
Samuel Beckett Gi wKQz weL¨vZ bvUK n‡jv Ñ Waiting for Godot, Works and Music, End Game,
Happy Days , Breathe BZ¨vw`| Henry Livings Gi wKQz weL¨vZ mvwnZ¨Kg© n‡jv Ñ Stop It, Whoever
You Are, Good Grief!, Reasons for Flying, Conciliation, Rough Side Of The Boards BZ¨vw`|
Arthur Miller Gi wKQz weL¨vZ bvUK n‡jv Ñ All My Sons , The Death of a Sales Man , A View
form the Bridge.
Harold Pinter Gi Ab¨vb¨ weL¨vZ mvwnZ¨Kg©:
Famous Books  No Man’s Land
 The Caretaker
 The Room
 The Dumb Waiter
 The Home coming
11. ‘Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.’ Those lines have been quoted from Dylan
Thomas' poem
a) The Flower b) Fern Hill
c) By Fire d) After the Funeral Ans- b
Explanation: Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
(A_©-ÔÔmgqB †gv‡i K‡iwQj hyev †di Kwij `v`v
c‡owQ Zvi euva‡b †hgb K‡i mvMi Avi Pvu` evav|)
DcwiD³ cO&w³wU Fern Hill Gi Dylan Thomas bvgK KweZv †_‡K D×…Z Kiv n‡q‡Q| Fern Hill wWjvb
Ugv‡mi (Dylan Thomas) GKwU m¥„wZPviYg~jK KweZv| KweZvwU‡Z Kwe ‰kke I ‰K‡kv‡ii bvbv m¥„wZ I Avb‡›Ì
K_v Zz‡j a‡i‡Qb|
GLv‡b Kwe Zuvi evj¨Kv‡ji AwfÁZv I gwngvwš^Z mg‡qi K_v e¨³ K‡i‡Qb| KweZvwU‡Z DBwjqvg ‡eø‡Ki (William
Blake) Innocence and Experience Gi cªfve j¶ Kiv hvq Avi DBwjqvg IqvW©mIqv_© (William
Wordsworth) Gi Double Consciousness bvgK wPšÍvKí Av‡ivc Kiv n‡q‡Q| ‰kke I ‰K‡kvi ¯§„wZ Kwe
wWjb Ugvm‡K e¨vKyjfv‡e ¯§„wZ ZvwoZ Ki‡Q| KweZvwU‡Z Kwe Zvui ‰kk‡ei w`MšÍ we¯Íi ‡Ljvi gvV, L‡oi Mv`v, Miæ-
evQy‡ii wcQy ‡QvUv, Loevnx Mvwo‡Z ‡P‡c emv, Gme welq‡K wbR ¯§„wZi i‡O ivwO‡q ¯^wcœj K‡i cwi‡ekb K‡i‡Qb|
dv‡g©i me MvQ, cïcvwL, Miæ- QvMj meB wQj Zvi †Ljvi mvw_| Kwe e‡j‡Qb mgq †hb `ªæZ P‡j †M‡Q ˆkke‡K †d‡j
†i‡L| Av‡Rv i‡q‡Q †mB dvg© ïay †bB †mB gvqvfiv ¯^M©xq mgq|
12. Was this the face that launch’d a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of
llium? -Who speaks the famous lines?
a) Caesar b) Antony
c) Faustus d) Romeo Ans- c
Explanation: D³ jvBb¸‡jv Elizabethan Period- Gi Kwe, bvU¨Kvi I Abyev`K Christopher
Marlowe- Gi ‘Doctor Faustus’ bvUK ‡_‡K †bIqv n‡q‡Q| Avi weL¨vZ jvBb¸‡jv e¨³ K‡i‡Qb †K›`xq PwiÎ
Faustus. Faustus GKRb Rvg©vb cwÛZ| ‡m Rvg©vwbi DB‡UbevM© BDfvwm©wU‡Z covïbv K‡i| ‡m †i‡bmuvi †PZbvq
AbycÖvwYZ e¨w³| Faustus Zuvi mxgvnxb ÿgZv jv‡fi Avkvq 24 eQ‡ii Rb¨ †m jywmdvi Gi mv‡_ wb‡Ri i³ w`‡q
Pzw³ K‡i| ‡m AvZ¥xq¯^Rb‡ì mnvqZv wb‡q ag©Z‡Ë¡ wc.GBP.wW AR©b K‡i| wKšÍy HwZn¨MZ Áv‡b wZwb mšÍó bq| ZvB
AwZ gvbexq ÿgZv AR©‡bi gva¨‡g ‡m cÖfvekvjx n‡q DV‡e| Faustus Zvi åg‡Yi mgq my›ìx †n‡j‡bi mvÿvr cvq|
Faustus Zvi †mŠ›`‡h©I w`‡K Aev&K `„wó‡Z ZvwK‡q †_‡K e‡jwQ‡jb eyS‡Z cvijvg †Kb jÿ jÿ gvbyl Zvi Rb¨
Uªqhy‡× wM‡qwQj| †m Zvi Dww³i 2q As‡k e‡jwQj Ò GB Kx †bB P›`ªe`b (†n‡jb) , hv Rb¨ Bwjqvg ( Uªq) bMix
hy‡× cy‡o QvB n‡q wM‡qwQj?Ó Awb›`¨ my›ìx Helen ‡K Av‡iv e‡j “Sweet Helen, make me immortal with
a kiss”.
13. The character ‘Alfred Doolittle’ is taken from Shaw's play titled ---
a) Pygmalion b) Man and Superman
c) The Doctors Dilemma d) Mrs. Warrens Profession Ans- a
Explanation: weL¨vZ AvBwik bvU¨Kvi I mgv‡jvPK George Bernard Shaw Gi GKwU bvUK
‘Pygmalion’. Avi G bvU‡Ki GKwU PwiÎ n‡jv Alfred Doolittle. G bvUKwUi Av‡iv D‡jøL‡hvM¨ wKQz
PwiÎ n‡jv: Eliza Doolittle, Henry Higgins, Clara Eynsford Hill, Freddy Eynsford Hill,
Colonel Hugh Pickering BZ¨vw`| ‘Pygmalion’ bvUKwUi Rb¨ 1939 mv‡j wZwb A¯‹vi cyi®‹vi jvf
K‡ib|
14. The poem 'The Love Song of J . Alfred Prufrock is written by---
a) W. B Yeats b) T. S. Eliot
c) Walter Scott d) Robert Browning Ans- b
Explanation: Av‡gwiKvb es‡kv™¢‚Z weªwUk Kwe T. S. Eliot Gi cÖ_g D‡jøL‡hvM¨ KweZv The Love Song of
J. Alfred Prufrock. GwU GKwU Dramatic Monologue (bvUKxq ¯^M‡Zvw³i) Gi Abb¨ D`vniY hv wU. Gm.
Gwj‡qU‡K wek^L¨vwZ G‡b †`q| 1948 mv‡j The Waste Land KweZvi Rb¨ †bv‡ej cyi¯‹v‡i f~wlZ nb|
Poetry  Gerontion (1920)
 The Waste Land (1922)
 The Hollow Men (1925)
 Poems (1909-1925)
 Ash Wednesday (1930)
 Four Quartets (1944)
Poems  The Dry Salvages (1941)
Plays  Murder in the Cathedral (‡kÖô bvUK)
 The Family Reunion (1939)
 The Cocktail Party (1949)
15. Who is the author of the first scientific romance ‘The Time Machine’?
a) H.G Wells b) Samuel Butler
c) Henry James d) George Moorse Ans- a
Explanation: H. G. Wells wQ‡jb cÖvYx we`¨vq BSC wWMÖx AR©bKvix GKRb Jcb¨vwmK| Zuvi c~Y©bvgt
Herbert George Wells. The Time Machine n‡jv H. G. Wells (1895) iwPZ GKwU mvBÝ wdKkb|
eBwU‡Z UvBg †gwkb ej‡Z Ggb GK h‡š¿i K_v ejv n‡q‡Q hvi mvnv‡h¨ AZxZ I fwel¨‡Z B‡”Qg‡Zv Ny‡i Avmv hvq|
Zuvi weL¨vZ mvwnZ¨K‡g©i g‡a¨ i‡q‡Q Ñ The War of the World, The Invisible Man, The Island of
Doctor Moreau, A Modern Utopia, Outline of History, The First Man in the Moon BZ¨vw`|
42nd BCS Preliminary Test
1. “A passage to India” is written by-

(a) E. M. Forster (b) Nirod C. Chowdhuri
(c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Walt Whitman Ans- a
Explanation: A passage to India (1924) Bs‡iR cÖvewÜK I Jcb¨vwmK E. M. Forster
(Edward Morgan Forster) KZ©…K wjwLZ GKwU Dcb¨vm ‡hwU weªwUk ivR Ges 1920 mv‡ji fviZxq
¯^vaxbZv Av‡›`vj‡bi ‡cª¶vc‡U iwPZ| Dcb¨vmwU‡Z weªwUk I fviZxq‡ì g‡a¨ m¤ú‡K©i Uvbv‡cv‡ob I
weªwUk‡ì asmvZ¥K kvmb- †kvl‡Yi wPÎ ewb©Z n‡q‡Q| di÷vi gyjZ BwÛqvq †h AwfÁZv AR©b K‡i‡Qb
Zvi wfwË‡Z Dcb¨vmwU iPbv K‡i‡Qb| di÷vi Zvi GB Dcb¨v‡mi wk‡ivbvg wb‡q‡Qb Iqvë ûBUg¨v‡bi
Leaves of Grass Kve¨Mª‡š’i Passage to India bv‡gi GKwU KweZv ‡_‡K Dcb¨v‡mi MíwU PviwU
Pwi‡Îi gva¨‡g AvewZ©Z nq t Wvt AvwRR, Zvi weªwUk eÜy wmwij wdwìs, wg‡mm gyi Ges wgm A¨v‡Wjv
‡Kv‡q‡÷W| Wvt AvwRR G Dcb¨v‡mi cÖavb PwiÎ Ges GKRb ZiæY BwÛqvb wPwKrmK, whwb P›`ªcy‡i weªwUk
nvmcvZv‡j KvR K‡ib| wgm A¨v‡Wjv ‡Kv‡q‡÷W GKRb ZiæY weªwUk ¯‹yj wkw¶Kv| wg‡mm gyi eq¯‹v Ges
wPšÍvkxj gwnjv| myZivs Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore are characters from the novel A
passage to India. Dcb¨vmwUi D‡jøL‡hvM¨ Ab¨vb¨ PwiÎ- Cyril Fielding, Ronny Heaslop,
Professor Godbole, Hamidullah, Mahmoud Ali, Stella Moore cÖf…wZ|
Nirad C. Chowdhuri (1897-1999): Nirad C. Chowdhuri wQ‡jb evsjv‡`wk es‡kv™¢‚Z
fviZxq ‡jLK| wZwb 1897 mv‡ji 23 b‡f¤î gqgbwms‡ni wK‡kviMÄ †Rjvq Rb¥MÖnY K‡ib| wZwb wQ‡jb
AvBbRxex D‡c›`ªbvivqY †PŠayixi 2q mšÍvb| 1951 mv‡j cÖKvwkZ ÔThe Autobiography of an
unknown Indian’ Gi Rb¨ wZwb weL¨vZ| Zuvi Av‡iv D‡jøL‡hvM¨ iPbv n‡jv t
➢ A Passage to England
➢ The Continent of Circe
➢ The Longest Journey
➢ Culture in the Vanity Bag
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936): Rudyard Kipling 1965 mv‡ji 30 wW‡m¤î †ev‡¤^‡Z Rb¥MÖnYKvix
weªwUk mvsevw`K| wkï mvwnwZ¨K wn‡m‡e wZwb my-L¨vwZ †c‡qwQ‡jb| 1907 mv‡j wZwb mvwn‡Z¨ ‡bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi jvf
K‡ib|
Novels  The Light that Failed (1891)
 Captains Courageous (1896)
 Kim (1901)
 Soldiers Three
Short  The Jungle Book (1894) GB MÖš’wUi Rb¨ wZwb 1907 mv‡j mvwn‡Z¨
Stories †bv‡ej cyi¯‹vi jvf K‡ib|
 The Second Jungle Book (1895)
 Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906)
 Debits and Credits (1926)
Walt Whitman ( 1819- 1892): Walt Whitman GKRb cÖL¨vZ gvwK©b Kwe, cÖvewÜK I mvsevw`K| Walt
Whitman me©vwaK cªfvekvjx gvwK©b Kwe‡ì Ab¨Zg| Walt Whitman n‡jb Bs‡iwR mvwn‡Z¨ gy³K Q‡›ì (Free Verse)
RbK| Walt Whitman, Robert Frost Ges Emily Dickinson- G wZbRb‡K Amrrican RvZxq Kwe wn‡m‡e MY¨ Kiv
nq| Zuv‡K MYZ‡š¿i KweI ejv nq| gvbeZvev`x Kwe Walt Whitman gvbeZvev`x Zuvi iPbvq Zzixqev` I ev¯ÍeZvev‡ì mw¤§jb
NwU‡qwQ‡jb| Zuvi iPbv ‡m hy‡M h‡_ó weZ‡K©i m„wó K‡i| we‡klZ K‡i Zuvi Kve¨msKjb Ô wjfm Ad Mªvm- Leaves of Grass
gvÎvwZwi³ AkøxjZvi `v‡q Awfhy³ nq|
Zuvi weL¨vZ mvwnZ¨Kg©:
Poems  Leaves of Grass

 O’ Captain, My Captain
 Song of Myself
 Franklin Evans
 I sing the Body Electric
2. Who wrote Dr. Zhivago?
(a) Maxim Gorky (b) Boris Pasternak
(c) Fyodor Dostoyevsky (d) Leo Tolstoy Ans- b
Explanation: Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) wQ‡jb ivwkqvi GKRb weL¨vZ Kwe, Jcb¨vwmK I
Abyev`K| Doctor Zhivago ewim cv‡¯Íb©vK iwPZ me‡P‡q RbwcÖq Dcb¨vm| Dcb¨vmwU‡Z 1905 mv‡ji iwkqvi
A‡±vei wecøe I wØZxq wek^hy× m¤ú‡K© ‡jLK Zvi g‡bi ¯^vaxb Ae¯’v ¯’vb ‡c‡q‡Q| 1955 mv‡j Dcb¨vmwU †jLv
m¤ú~Y© n‡jI ivwkqvi ivóªwPšÍv we‡ivax I ivwkqvi mgvR KvVv‡gvi cÖwZ AeÁv cÖ`k©‡bi Awf‡hvM G‡b ZrKvjxb
†mvwf‡qZ BDwbq‡b GwU cKvk Kiv cZ¨vL¨vb Kiv n‡qwQj| cieZ©x‡Z 1957 mv‡j GwU BZvwj‡Z cÖKvwkZ nq|
1958 mv‡j ewim cv‡¯Íb©vK Doctor Zhivago Dcb¨v‡mi Rb¨ †bv‡ej cyi¯‹v‡i f‚wlZ nb| wKš‘ †mvwf‡qZ
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Poetry  My Sister, Life (1922)
 Twin in the Clouds
 On Early Trains
 When the Weather Clears
Books of  Childhood
Prose  Second Birth
Novel  Doctor Zhivago (1957)
Maxim Gorky (1868-1936): Maxim Gorky Gi c~Y© bvg: Alexei Maximovich Peshkov
(Av‡jw· g¨vw·‡gvwfm †ckKf)| Zvi QÙbvg Gorkey. Zuv‡K ejv n‡q _v‡K The Father of Socialist Realism
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 My Childhood
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Novel  Crime and Punishment (1866)
 Demons (1872)
 The Idiot (1869)
 The Brothers Karamazov (1880)
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 Childhood (1st Novel)
 Resurrection (last Novel)
 The Kingdom of God is Within you
 The Devil
4. ‘For God's sake hold your tongue and let me love’ occurs in a novel by-
(a)Jane austen (b)Syed Waliullah
(c)Somerset maugham (d)Robindronath tagore Ans- b
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A Gateway to English Literature  S M Shamim Ahmed

1. Who is the author of ‘Animal Farm’?

11th BCS Preliminary Test

1. Who is the poet of the ‘Victorian Age’?

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1. ‘Paradise lost’ attempted to-

1. Which of the following ages in literary history is the latest?

William Blake Poet and painter Pre-Roamntic Age

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4. In which century was the Victorian Period?

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1. Browning was the composer of any of the followings poems-

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1. A person who writes about his own life writes-

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1. A song embodying religious and sacred emotions.

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1. If a part of speech or writing breaks the theme, it is called —

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1. Who is known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?

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11. Find the odd-man-out —

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2. ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’ is a famous dialogue from -

7. London town is found a living being in the works of —

Source (Drm) Quotation (Dw³)

The Daffodils ➢ “All at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils”.

11. David Copperfield is a/an — novel .

15. Who of the following writers was not a novelist?

37th BCS Preliminary Test

7. What is a funny poem of five lines called?

8. Othello gave Desdemona... as a token of love —

38th BCS Preliminary Test

1. Who is the author of ‘Man and Superman’?

8. Of the following authors, who wrote an epic?

11. The Literary term ‘Euphemism’ means —

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1. “To be, or not to be — that is the question,” — is a famous soliloquy from, —

40th BCS Preliminary Test

1. ‘The Rape of the Lock’ by Alexander Pope is a/an –

Novels  The White Peacock (1911) (cÖ_g Dcb¨vm)

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1. “A passage to India” is written by-

Poems  Leaves of Grass

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