TEACHERS RECRUITMENT BOARD (TRB)
PG ASSISTANTS EXAMINATION -2021-2022
TRB PG ASSISTANTS PREVIOUS YEAR EXAMINATION QUESTION-2002-03
ENGLISH
Exam Date : 18.02.2022 Batch : 14:00 to 17:00
1. The extract, 'Some books are to be tasted, others to be Swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested'
is from?
A: Of Truth B: Of Studies C : Of Revenge D : Of Adversity
2. Who has been happily called the "Poet's poet" ?
A : Bacon B: Sidney C: Chaucer D : Spenser
3. ______ sends the dragon to attack the knight.
A : Prince Arthur B : Duessa C: Orgoglio D: Jove
4. Who is "The lord of Palatye" in The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales?
A: An Arab B: A Pagan C : A Muslim D : A Christian
5. Bacon's "Of Adversity" cites Seneca's :
A: high and too high sayings B : high and low sayings
C : low and too low sayings D : too low and too high sayings
6. Spenser's prothalamion is a marriage celebration, honouring the
double weddings of the two daughters of: A: Spenser B:
Earl of Worcester C: Pluto D: Orpheus
7. Who warned Alexander Pope not to tamper the earlier version of 'The Rape of the Lock' ?
A: Dryden B: Steele C: Johnson D : Addison
8. Who was called as "The Great Cham" of literature by Smollett ?
A: Reynolds B: Johnson C: Gibbon D: Boswell
9. "Stand still, yet we will make him run" is the concluding line of which poem?
A : To Christina, Queen of Sweden B : Tom May's Death
C : Young Love D : To His Coy Mistress
10. Donne often borrows his images from which branch of subject ?
A: Old Astronomy B: Anatomy C : Philosophy D : Psychology
11. "My vegetable love should grow
vaster than empires and more slow" The above lines are from :
A: To His Coy Mistress B : The Mower Poems
C : The Garden D : The Definition of Love
12. "We would sit down, and think which way
To walk, and pass our long love's day
thou by the Indian ______ side."
Choose the Indian river mentioned in the poem.
A: Yamuna B: Kaveri C: Ganges D : Brahmaputra
13. The poem "The Rape of the Lock" was based on an actual event recounted to Pope by
A : Jonathan Swift B : Thomas Parnell C : John Caryll D: John Arbuthnot
14. In George Herbert's "The Pulley" the poet uses pulley as a conceit to depict
A : humanity's endless desire B : humanity's restless nature
C: humanity's endless labour D : machine life of mankinds
15. In his poems, Herbert reminds us that :
A : The Beauty of the world cannot last, decay and death are inevitable
B : Beauty is permanent, ever-lasting
C : Man is omnipotent, invincible
D : Supernatural forces can be conquered, if humans have the will
16. Samson in Milton's "Samson Agonistes" is visited by a number of persons. Who is the first visitor?
A : His wife Dalila B: His father Manoa C: Harapha D : A public officer
17. 'Or Stain her honour, or her, new brocade' - This line from Pope's. "The Rape of the Lock" is an example of:
A : Alliteration B : Sprung - Rhythm C: Oxymoron D : Zeugma
18. "The child is the father of the man" - in which poem of Wordsworth does this line occur?
A : The Solitary Reaper B : Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey
C : Daffodils D : Ode to Intimations of Immortality
19. Who said : "If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all" ?
A : Keats B : Coleridge C : Wordsworth D: Spenser
20. In the poem 'Tintern Abbey', with whom does Wordsworth take on a walk near the river Wye ?
A : His brother B : His sister C : His mother D : His father
21. William Hazlitt in his essay 'My First Acquaintance with poets' speaks about
A : Robert Browning B : Lord Tennyson C : Coleridge D: Mathew Arnold
22. What is the name of the great-grandmother referred in 'Dream Children : A Reverie ?'
A : Mary Field B: Bridget C: Margaret D: Sheeba
23. 'The Burial of the Dead', as a section centres around theme of
A : End B : Beginning C: Rebirth D : Reversal
24. 'Spring rhythm' and the word 'inscape' was used by in The Wreck of the Deutschland.
A : John Pick B : John Donne C : Philip Larkin D : Gerard Manley Hopkins
25. Brownings' "Andrea Del Sarto" is a with a obscure language.
A : Dramatic monologue B : Spring Rhythm C: Blank verse D: Pentameter
26. Who describes "death-in-life" as the basic theme of the poem "The Wasteland" ?
A : F.R. Leavis B : Charles Powell C : Frank Kermode D : James Miller
27. Which of the following poet is known as "War-poet" ?
A : W.H. Auden B : Stephen Spender C: Wilfred Owen D : Matthew Arnold
28. In the poem "Byzantium" the speaker talks about a miracle. What is it?
A : The super human image B : Death-in-life and Life-in-death
C : A golden bird on a golden tree D : Hades crow
29. "As you from crimes would pardoned be, Let your indulgence set me free" -
This final couplet in the Epilogue of the play "The Tempest" makes it clear that _____
A : forgiveness frees us B : we will be punished for our evil deeds
C : necromancy is a punishable sin D: eternal damnation awaits us
30. In how many days does the events in Macbeth take place ?
A : Fourteen days B: Seven days C : Nine days D : Eleven days
31. How many years prior was prospero ousted from his dukedom along with his daughter ?
A : Twelve years B: Ten years C : Fourteen years D: Fifteen years
32. "Remember I have done thee worthy service, Told thee no lies, made no mistakings, served without grudge or
grumblings" - whose words are these?
A: Caliban B: Sycorax C : Ariel D: Gonzalo
33. ... and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep... Identify the correct altitude of prospero with reference to the context.
A: Pained recognition B: Happy recognition C : Lazy recognition D: No recognition
34. Which witch announced :
'A drum, a drum! Macbeth doth come'.
A : First witch B : Second witch C : Third witch D : All the given options
35. What is the theme of Sylvia Plath's poem Daddy ?
A : Love, hatred and loss B : Love, marriage and child
C : Love, happiness and wealth D : Love, marriage and life
36. Sea symbolises in the poem out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking.
A : Fatherhood B: Motherhood C : Brotherhood D : Sisterhood
37. The Chariot in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" pauses before a "House." What is the House?
A : Tippet B: Tulle C: Tomb D: Death
38. My apple trees will never get across And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him ... are the lines from the
poem
A : West Brook Running B: Mending Wall C : Poison Tree D : Birches
39. Who is Joe DiMaggio who santiago thinks of in "The Old Man and The Sea" ?
A : Basketball player B : Baseball player C: Fellow Fisherman D. The Shark
40. Gitanjali' means :
A : offering of songs B : writing of songs C : appreciation of songs D : analysis of songs
41. Muktha Dhara' critiques :
A : Monarchy B : Wastage of water C : Salvation
D : destructive uses of science and nationalism
42. "I am here to sing the songs. In this hall of thine I have a comer seat." What 'mode of worship' does the poet
select here ?
A : Dance B: Music C : Meditation D: Yoga
43. The central idea of Sri Aurobindo's poem 'thought the paraclete' is
A : transformation in self B : transformation in earth
C : transformation of humans D : transformation of physique
44. What is the backdrop of Gurucharan Das's Larine Sahib ?
A : Sixteenth Century India B : Seventeenth Century India
C : Eighteenth Century India D : Nineteenth Century India
45. Who is the protagonist of 'A Handful of Rice' ?
A : Ravi B :Apu C: Jayamma D: Puttana
46. What is IPA?
A : International Phonetic Association B: International Phonetic Alphabet
C : International Pronunciation Association D : Indian Phonetic Association
47. Which play of Harold pintar follows the traditions of absurdism, realism, English comic revue and the grotesque
surrealism of franz kafka ?
A : The Birthday party B: The Room C : The Caretaker D : The Hothouse
48. Whose fiction has been associated with the narrative device called "stream of consciousness" ?
A : D.H. Lawrence B: James Joyce C : Thomas Hardy D : Rudyard Kipling
49. What is considered "a fundamental feature of Romantic poetry"?
A : The desire for freedom B : The faith in classical creed
C : The desire for restraint D : The respect for traditional poetic forms
50. Which of the following kinds of criticism owes more to Carl Jung ?
A: Cultural materialism B: Myth criticism C : Post-structuralism D: New criticism
51. 'The playboy of the western world' by J.M. Synge was published in the year.
A : 1905 B : 1907 C : 1910 D : 1912
52. Avestan language is also called ______
A: Bend B: Blend C: Rend D : Zend
53. The word "Vicar" comes to English language from __
A : Bengali B: Sanskrit C : French D : German
54. British English word 'scone' is called in American English.
A : Cookie B: Biscuit C : Cake D : Sweet
55. The Inda-European broke up into several different dialects mainly on
A : historical basis B : Social basis
C : Conquest basis D : geographical basis
56. The word 'poet' is a __
A : Shakesperean word B : Dutch Loan – word
C: French Loan-word D : Scandinavian Loan-word
57. 5Caitiff, from the Old French, had become part of the vocabulary of English soon after 1100, and meant :
A: lawyer B : prisoner C: clamour D: bridal
58. S.T. Coleridge's Biographia Literaria-CH-XVII takes up the issues of :
A : Nature and Function of poetry.
B : Poetic Diction and examines Wordsworth's views on poetry.
C : Wordsworth's analysis in the Lyrical Ballads, preface of Thomas gray's Sonnet 'on the death of Mr.
Richardwest.
D : Celebrated and vexed distinction between imagination and Fancy.
59. I.A. Richards calls the harmonised state, the balancing of conflicting impulses as
A : Pseudo-statements B: Synaesthesis C : Impulses D : Attitudes
60. By the unity of Time, Dryden refers to the time limit of
A: 6 hours B : 24 hours C : 12 hours D : 48 hours
61. Which of the following term is used by T.S. Eliot in his famous essay “The Metaphsical Poets”.
A : Objective-correlative B : Unification of Sensibility
C : Historical Sense D : Dissociation of Sensibility
62. Which one of the following is not one of the four kinds of meaning ?
A : Sense B : Feeling C : Tone D : Emotion
63. The term „Hamartia‟ refers to _______
A : Tragic Flaw B : Tragic waste C : Tragi-comedy D : Tragic – Hero
64. “Was this the face that launched thousand ships And burnt the topless lowers of Ilium ?”
A : Greece B : Troy C : London D : Rome
65. Prince of Parma was the leader of ________ forces occupying the Netherlands.
A : French B : American C : Roman D : Spanish
66. In „The Alchemist‟ ________ is the target of the crooks.
A : Lovelace B : Epicure C : Subtle D : Face
67. Who speaks the following in the play The Spanish Tragedy ?
“Fair worthy son, not conque‟d but betrayed”
A : Hieronimo B : Horatio C : Pedro D : Lorez
68. Identify the author who does not belong to The University units.
A : Congreve B : Christopher Marlowe C : Thomas Nash D : Thomas Kyd
69. Mr. Heathcliff appears in the novel of :
A : Charlotte Bronte B : Anne C : Emily Bronte D : Patrick Bronte
70. In the novel „Mansfield Park‟, Mansfield Park is the name of ___________
A : Park B : Garden C : School D : House
71. Whose reign does Shelley in his „A Defence of Petry‟ call a period of grossest degradation of the drama ?
A : Charles II B : Queen Elizabeth C : King James D : Charles I
72. Whose arrival did break the quiet life of Emma and Elizabeth who enjoy each other‟s company, with an
increasing affection ?
A : of their brother Robert and his “ill conceited wife”.
B : of their brother Robert and his “pert and conceited” wife
C : of their uncle John and his sister Elizabeth
D : of their brother and his wife
73. “Wuthering Heights is a novel of extraordinary power ….. But it is a book not to be read with pleasure. The first
picture of the heights is revolting from is brutal life, the wild stories and the rugged characters of Yorkshire seem
to be almost beyond the bounds of belief …” who said?
A : George Saintsbury B : Cathy C : Hugh Walker D : Emest Dimnet
74. Which one of the following novels is considered Jane Austen‟s best and brilliant work as the expression of an
artist at the height of her powers ?
A : Persuasion B : Sense and Sensibility C : Emma D : Northanger Abbey
75. „To The Lighthouse‟ is novel full of _____
A : Metaphysics B : Symbolism C : Philosophy D : Patriarchy
76. In „To The Lighthouse‟, Virginia Woolf uses __________
A : descriptive Technique B : narrative Technique
C : dramatic Monology D : interior Monologue Technique
77. The pig imagery in Hardy‟s Jude the Obscure is recurrent with reference to ________
A : Sue B : Jude C : Father Time D : Arabella
78. She had „the worn beauty of a hare‟s paw‟. Who is described here ?
A : Virginia Woolf B : Quentin C : Vanessa Bell D : George Eliot
79. What is the setting of the novel “Middle March” ?
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A : Provincial town of Middle March B : 19 century London
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C : Late 18 century London D : Early 18 century London
80. Which one of the following plays of Shakespeare projects the grim horrors of prison ?
A : Henry – IV Part I B : Antony and Cleopatra
C : Measure for Measure D : The Tempest
81. Shakespeare‟s „Measure for Measure‟ was composed and probably acted in the summer season of _________
A : 1613 B : 1673 C : 1604 D : 1644
82. Which expedition is proposed by the King at the end of “Henry IV Part I ?
A : Welsh ExpeditionB : English Expedition C : American Expedition D : Celtic Expedition
83. Who believed that “Measure for Measure” was the most painful play written by Shakespeare ?
A : T.S. Eliot B : Coleridge C : Wordsworth D : Dryden
84. Who uttered the following lines ?
“It is the stars,
The stars above us, govern our conditions”.
A : Edger B : King Lear C : Kent D : Fool
85. What does Linda assume happened when Willy returns home unexpectedly at the top of Act-I ?
A : He had an affair B : He forget the samples
C : He was fired D : He crashed the car
86. Death of a salesman had its first performance at ___________
A : The Locust street theatre B : Distant Drums theatre
C : Eh Joe theatre D : That time theatre
87. Who is “Old Cato” in Thoreau‟s Walden ?
A : Roman author, or treatise on farm management B : Roman author, of treatise on politics
C : Roman author, of treatise on philosophy D : Roman author, of treatise on civil life
88. When did Faulkner receive Noble Prize for Literature ?
A : 1849 B : 1859 C : 1949 D : 1759
89. Emerson‟s „The American Scholar‟ is _______
A : A Lecture B : A Poem C : A Journal D : A Novel
90. “The Hairy Ape” is a drama which labelled as ______
A : Realism B : Symbolism C : Transcendentalism D : Expressionism
91. How many stanzas are there in A.D. Hope‟s poem Australia ?
A:5 B:4 C:3 D:7
92. What is the message conveyed by E.J. Pratt in his poem “The Dying Eagle” ?
A : Progress in Science and Technology B : Futility of human life
C : Indifference of Nature D : Heroism of man
93. A.D. Hope represents “Australia” as a _________ nation in his poem.
A : Bleak B : Colourful C : Progressive D : Dependent
94. Baroka, the lion of the play “Lion And The Jewel” had ______ sons through Polygamy.
A : 63 B : 60 C : 50 D : 47
95. Lakunle, in The Lion and The Jewel, is a :
A : Student B : School Teacher C : Beggar D : Servant
96. “One is not born, but rather becomes a woman”, Whose statement is this ?
A : Luce Irigaray B : Simone de Beauvoir C : Julia Kristeva D : Helene Cixous
97. Who considered the English language “pre-eminent even among the languages of the west, and recommended it
as the language “best worth knowing” and “most useful to our native subjects” ?
A : Charles Grant B : Lord Macaulay C : Charles Wood D : Lord Curzon
98. In which novel of Rohinton mistry the theme of cultural hybridity (post-modern theory) is represented ?
A : Such a Long Journey B : A Fine Balance
C : Family Matters D : Tales from Firozsha Baag
99. Nancy Julia Chodorow, feminist sociologist and psychoanalyst born in :
A : New York city B : Delhi C : Russia D : Calcutta
100. „Reading White Noise : Floating Remarks‟ is written by the author :
A : Murray Siskind B : Noel King C : Jack Gladney D : De Lillo
101. Syntax and ______ are complementary and Constitute the principal part of what we are calling grammar.
A : inflection B : spelling C : tone D : stress
102. The subclassification of predicators in terms of the number and nature of their dependent units is called _______
A : fluency B : dependency C : diplomacy D : valency
103. How did Hockett call the code related morphemes to phonemes system ?
A : Structural system B : Phoneme system
C : Moneme system D : Morphophonemic system
104. Which combine to make larger phonological units ?
A : morphemes B : syllables C : words D : phonemes
105. Regular nouns that exhibit variations of plural morpheme are called ____________
A : Assimilation B : Allomorphs C : Underlying morphs D : Plural morphs
106. The seven types of Ambiguity by William Empson is a key text in the development of ______
A : Romanticism B : New Criticism C : Historicism D : Marxism
107. Which of the following technique is prescribed by Cleanth Brooks for reading a poem ?
A : Close textual reading B : Open textual reading
C : Half-close textual reading D : Half-open textual reading
108. A good poem, according to Allen Tate, incorporates both __________
A : the good and the bad B : the abstract and the concrete
C : the association and the disassociation D : the positivity and the negativity
109. According to Lionnel Trilling, Literature is ________ in the sense that it is necessarily aware of its past.
A : philosophical B : historical C : sociological D : psychological
110. Many poems that we ordinarily think of as good poetry – and some, besides that we neglect, for their sharper
apprehension, the name of a single quality”.
The above are the opening lines taken from _________
A : The Seventh Type of Ambiguity B : The Archetypes of Literature
C : Irony as a Principal of Structure D : Tension in Poetry
111. In Spearman‟s two factor theory „S‟ refers to ________
A : Special ability B : Specific ability C : General ability D : Social ability
112. The person having the capacity for adjustment, firm self confidence, proper intellectual and emotional growth,
proper interest and attitude is considered to have _________
A : good mental health B : good intellectual power C : good physical strength D : good morality
113. Conflict between two opposing motives is a major source of __________
A : fantasy B : fear C : hatred D : frustration
114. Which has greater importance for mental hygiene of a child ?
A : discipline B : emotional climate C : infrastructure D : sophistication
115. The task “develop – concepts necessary for everyday living” is a development task of the age _______
A : 6 – 12 years B : 12 – 18 years C : Birth to 6 years D : 18 to Adult
116. Human beings are innately good and that the principal goal of human effort is fulfilment, growth and happiness‟ –
Whose theory of need is based on this ?
A : Sigmund Freud B : Ausubel C : Abraham Maslow D : Roger
117. Personality is _________ combination of all the traits without a purpose on coherence.
A : dynamic B : simple C : group D : loose
118. Herbert Rice‟s Test is a standardised test for assessing _________?
A : aptitude B : attitude C : interest D : Intelligence
119. There is a ____________ between the child‟s I-Q and his ability to succeed in school.
A : negligible positive correlation B : negative correlation
C : no correlation D : significant positive correlation
120. ________ is the ability to adapt to new problems or situations.
A : attitude B : aptitude C : Intelligence D : Interest
121. A professor may accept only those assignment which may challenge his skills. It fulfills his _________.
A : need for self-respect B : physiological needs C : safety needs D : love needs
122. The response that is “emitted” by the unknown stimuli is called as __________.
A : Respondent behaviour B : Classical behaviour C : Operant behaviour D : Insightful behaviour
123. A child at home remove 7 eggs from a pot containing 12 and understands that there would be 5 left. This is called
_________ transfer of learning.
A : Horizontal B : Sequential C : Vertical D : Lateral
124. Jung divided all human beings into basically into basically two distinct types ___________
A : introvert and extravert B : Learner and disability in learning
C : positive attitude and negative attitude persons D : high interest persons and low interest person
125. At ________ stage, the child achieves high sociability.
A : Later childhood B : Infancy C : Adolescence D : Adulthood
126. A change from helplessness to a greatly increased capacity for self-help is a manifestation of __________
A : Emotional maturity B : Intellectual maturity C : Social maturity D : Physical maturity
127. _______________ are the most powerful motives at all levels of human.
A : Emotional forces B : Social forces C : Physiological forces D : Intelleclual foces
128. The ability to suffer in silence and inhibit the symptoms of fear is associated with _______________
A : emotional maturity B : emotional inheritance
C : emotional stability D : emotional development
129. Guidance is _____________
A : a continuous process in the life an individual B : a once for – all activity
C : self – activity D : group activity
130. Guidance – minded administrators understand well the value of __________ of their co-workers.
A : good will B : good intellect C : attention D : confidence
131. _________ theories belong to the school of behaviourism.
A : connectionist B : Cognitive C : behaviourist D : humanistic
132. Learning is a ____________
A : product B : process C : process and a product D : exercise
133. Father of behaviourism _____________
A : Eysenck B : Watson C : S.R. Maddi D : Allport
134. The task “Learning an appropriate masculine on feminine role is a developmental task of the age ____________
A : Birth to six years B : 6 -12 years C : 12 – 18 years D : Early Adult hood
135. Every organism is a distinct creation in itself. What is the principle referred to here ?
A : Principle of continuity B : Principle of individual difference
C : Principle of uniformity of pattern D : Principle of integration
136. The term __________ can be employed to describe the changes in all dimensions of one‟s personality.
A : development B : growth C : maturity D : attainment
137. The process by which a conceived organism is turned into a full – fledged being is called __________
A : maturation B : growth and development C : fertilization D : expansion
138. _________ is referred as the most complex act of thought.
A : Reasoning B : Thinking C : Judging D : Comparing
139. Attention is guided and controlled by ________
A : external factors B : internal factors
C : both external and internal D : neither external factors nor internal factors
140. The theory of achievement motivation was developed by ____________ his associates in 1951.
A : Meclelland B : Hallow C : E.L. Thorndike D : Berlyne
141. Poets who contributed to the corpus of Sangam poetry about __________ are women.
A : 80 B : 60 C : 30 D : 50
142. Which hills separates Vellore and Thiruvannamalai district ?
A : Kalvarayan hills B : Javadhu hills C : Servarayan hills D : Kanjamalai
143. Which part of the Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights ?
A : Part II B : Part III C : Part IV D : Part V
144. Horse gram is widely cultivated in the district of :
A : Nagapattinam and Thoothukudi B : Vellore and Kanyakumari
C : Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam D : Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri
145. Following were the cave temples of Pandyas, except :
A : Malaiyadikkurichi Temple B : Nellaiappar Temple
C : Tirumalpuram Temple D : Chokkampatti Temple
146. The only nation to have participated in every world cup football is __________
A : Canada B : Brazil C : Australia D : China
147. The National Highway 209, which connects the two cities :
A : Dindigul to Bangalore B : Nagapattinam to Gunlupet
C : Salem to Kanyakumari D : Chennai to Trichy
148. Name the organelle which control all activities of the cell.
A : Chloroplast B : Nucleus C : Mitochondria D : Ribosome
149. Which is true regarding atoms ?
A : Atoms of different elements have same size and mass
B : Atoms of different elements have same property.
C : Atoms can neither be created nor destroyed.
D : It is the biggest particle of matter.
150. Civil disobedience movement was started by _________
A : Gandhiji B : Nehru C : Patel D : Rajaji
