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1.

. .

Find

o

ut the word that

has got a

wrong

prefix.

A) Invincible

(C) Malnourished

2.

Fill

in

th

e

blank

s

with

a

suitable

a

rticle

.

B) Indeli

ble

~ n c c e s s

The value of - Euro i s d

eter

mined according to the conversion

rate

fixed by

eleven European countries in terms of their own currencies.

A) the

(B) an

~

D) no

article

3. Fill o

ut th

e blank with suitable preposition given below :

The book comprises seven lessons.

~ o preposition

D) in

A) of

(C) for

4.

Complete

the sentence

with

a sui table

qu

estion tag .

Please close

the

door, - - - -

\ k /

ill you?

(B)

will he

?

(C) can you? (D) should you?

5. Which

one

of the following t

ag qu

estions is incorrect?

(A) Anand

lik

es oranges doesnt

he?

(B)

t is raining, isnt it?

I am a teac

her

, a m not I?

(D)

He did not

break

the

window,

did he?

6. Choose the co

rre

ct

al t

ernative from the options given below :

He

u

se

d to visit us every week, ut now.

r e l y comes

(C)

ha

s rarely come

(B) was

rarely

coming

(D) had rar

ely

come

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7.

Read

the

sentence

to find

out

whether there

is

any

error.

f here

is

any

error, mark

h ~

p r t

A,

B, C or D

as

the case may be.

Most o the victims has

und

erwent first aid by

the

time

the

ambulance

van

reached the

A B C D

accident site.

A) A

~

C) C

D) D

8. Fill out

the

blank

with

the appropriate conditional :

You

had better

consult a doctor,

your

condition will become worse.

A) unless

~ t h r w i s

C)

provided

that

D)

in

case

9. Identify

the correct

sentence from

the four

options given below:

A) All that glitters are not gold

B)

All that glitter are

not

gold

C)

All that

glitter

was

not

gold

All

that

glitters

is

not gold

10.

Which

among

the

following words

cannot be

used

as

an

adverb?

Well, early, daily, lonely

A) well

C)

early

D)

daily

11. Find out the

odd

word from the list given below:

A) common

r n g e

C)

usual

D) regular

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12. Which one of

the

following compound-nouns is wrong?

Coat - of - mails

B)

Governors - general

(C)

Runn

e

rs

-

up D)

Grown - ups

13. Now drops

that

floated on

the

pool

Like

pearls,

and now a silver blade .

What

figure of speech

can

you find in

the underlined

part of

the

above lines?

A) Personification

B) Metonymy

Metaphor

(D)

Transferred

epithet

14.

Into the dreary desert

sand

of dead

habit

What

figure of speech can be identified

in the

aforesaid line from

the

poem, Where the Mind

is Without Fear ?

A)

Oxymoron

(B) Synecdoche

(C) Assonance

15. Identify the statement that best explains the use of metaphor

in

laugh till the game is

played; and be you merry,

my

friend .

A) laughter is compared to a merry-making game

(B) game is compared

t

a merry friendship

(C) life is

compared

to

laughter

a

nd merry making

life is compared to a game

16.

In

On the day of Sicilian July, with

Etna

smoking The reference to Sicilian July is

an

example of

A) Anaphora

(B) Metaphor

(C) Ellipsis u s o n

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17. n which pqem, do

you

find the following

lin

e?

Virgin rock

ta k

es form.

A) Migrant

Bird

(B) The Earth

Shilpi

(D)

To

a Millionaire

18. What does

Tagore

suggest

to

lead us to perfection in the

poem Where

tl;le mind is without

fear ?

i r e l e s s

striving

(B) Equality and harmony

(C) Religious

spirit

(D)

Political

dogm,

as

19. How

beautiful you

are, Earth,

and how

sublime

How

perfect your obedience to the

light and

how - noble is your submission to the

sun

What

is

the figure

of

speech used in the above lines?

Personification

(C)

Metonymy

(B)

Metaphor

(D)

Simile

20.

Which among the responses best explains the

o l l o ~ i n g

line

:

Day

light will be

on

the

switch

and

winter under rock .

A)

Daylight will restrict the damaging impact of winter

(B) Winter's

chillness

will

be

under the lock

of

the daylight's heat

(C) Daylight

will be

turned on when winter

is

kept under lock

h e r e

will be a

c o n t i n ~ o u s

switching over from day to night, and there will not

be

any

changing

seasons

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21. -- What

is

the name of the Commander whose forgiveness Abraham

Lin

coln so

ught

for b

ei

ng

rude to him?

Colonel Scott

C)

Colonel J ames

(B) Colonel .Henry

D) Colonel Wilson

22.

Ja

i Hindh - whose in

spiring word

s

of salutation are

these?

A)

Gokhale Subhash

Chandra

Bose

(C) Bala Gangadara Tilak D) Mahatma Gandhi

23.

Identify

the

per

son who fought for

th

e

preserv

a

tion

of many importa

nt

forests,

like the

Bharatpur,

Bird san

ctuary

and Silent Valley.

A) Medha Patkar

Dr

. Sa

lim

li

B)

Zai Whitaker

(D) Arundhathi Roy

24.

Pick

out the

st ate

ment

which

is

wrong

about

Mah

a

tma

Ga

ndhi.

A) Mahatma

Gandhi

was a ceaseless crusader of women s equality

(B)

Gandhi was

no advocate of blind a

dh

erence to tradition

(C) Be was

an

ex tr aordinary lover of truth

Gandhi considered

women to be

unfit

for any position

or

task

25. Why did Brutus kill Julius Caesar, according to Brutus own defense?

Because Caesar was ambitious .

(B) Because

Brutu

s love

d

Caesar less

C)

Because Brutus loved Rome less

(D) Because

Caesar

wa

s valiant

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26.

In

Os

car

Wildes The Model Millionaire why

did

Alan Trevor leave the studio ra few

minutes?

A) He had another appointment

(B)

He went

to see

his son

(C) He

went

to see a frame maker

D) He went to see a customer

27.

n Oscar Wildes The Selfish Giant , came

and

took the

giant

to Paradise.

Jesus

Christ

B)

An

angel

C)

An evil spirit

D)

The

giant s friend

28.

In

Oscar Wilde s The Model Millionaire , Alan Trevor was a good painter because

A)

he was

strict

\,-

t

Y he

had natura

l

talent

C)

he

was

popular

(D) he

was

friendly

29.

In

Oscar Wildes The Selfish Giant the

giant

saw something marvellous in his garden. He

saw

A) a silver

tree

with golden blossoms

B a golden

tree

with white blossoms

C)

a

pink tree

with yellow blossoms

D) a dull tree

with

no blossoms

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30.-

What

did the Last man in

in the

story Our .Loca l Team do and what was the umpire s

reaction?

A) The

La

st man hit a sixer and the umpired

raised

his indicating finger

(B)

The

Last man hit a

boundary

and the umpire levelled his hands on

both

sides

(C)

Th

e

Last man hi

t a

boundary

with his

pad and

was

given

L.

B.W

.

~ The Last man hit a boundary

with

his pad but the

umpire

maintained telling

Not Out

31. The life

of

a

student is

, co

mparatively

speaking, a sheltered li fe'

What does Gokhale

mean

by this?

Choose

the

one statement which is n p p r o p r ~ t

A) They are

protected

by their parents

(B)

They

have lesser r

esponsibilities

They

need

not discharge their

duties as

stdents

(D) They

hav

e

the

privilege of being helped by others

32. Count

your

blessin gs, not your troubles - Here the writer s emphasis is

o

- -

A)

Pessimi

sm

(B) Nihilism

Optimism

(D) Truism

33.

Wha

t

is

the

speciality of

the

'

Vimanams

'

of

th

e

Brihadeesvarar

temple?

A)

Built of

teak wood

B)

Built with a special kind

of

mortar

(C) Built

with

stones with bonding a

nd

notching

~

. . . . . -

u i l t

up

without

the

use

of

mortar

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34. In

the

idiom 'a storm

in

a

teacup

,

which of the

following is

used as

a

replacement fat. the

word

'storm' in

American

English?

35.

36 .

A) Cyclone

(C) Typhoon

~

Tempest

(D) Hurricane

Identify the

word pair which

is different

in

pronunciation in

British

English and American

English

usa

ge :

British

English American English

A)

cheque check

(B) metre

meter

.)e(

schedule schedule

D)

licence

license

Here

'tis,

most reverend

Doctor, here it is .

Who is

the

speaker and who is

the listener?

A) Bassanio to Duke

VC Shylock to

Portia

(B) Shylock to Duke

(D)

Portia to Shylock

37.

In

Oscar

Wilde's .

TheModefMillionaire Hughie cou

ld

.

marry Laura

provided

A)

he

l

ent

a thousand pounds to Laura's father

(B)

he

gifted

Laura

ten

thousand pounds

vr

he

~ m e

into

possession

of

ten thousand

pounds

(D)

he

borrowed

ten

thousand

pounds

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Which of the following poem

is written

by David Roth?

A)

Be

Glad

Your Nose

is on

Your

Face

Nine Gold Medals

(C) Manliness

(D) Is

Life

But

a

Dream

39.

Match the poems with the

p

oets

:

(a) Earth 1. D.H. Lawrence

(b)

Snake

2. H W. Longfellow

c)

A

Psalm of

life

3.

Khilil

Gibran

(d)

Be

Glad

Your Nose is on Your Face

4.

Jack Prelutsky

(a) (b)

c) (d)

\

2 4

(B)

1 3 4 2

C) 2 3 4

(D)

4

3

2 1

40. Who among the following is

the

author of the story, The Wooden Bowl ?

. .

Ar Leo Tolstoy

B)

Oscar Wilde

C)

Guy

de

Mauppasant

(D) R.K. Narayan

41. The

highest

result of education is tolerance. Who made this sb,itement

A)

Rabindranath

Tagore

(B) A.P.J. Abdul

Kalam

\. .C) Helen Keller

(D) Oscar

Wilde

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42. .. though he

had

no

hand

in his

death

, Shall receive the benefit of

hi

s dying, a place nthe

commonwealth.

Who is spe

aking

about whom in the above

pas

sage from

Juliu

s Caesar

A) .

Antony

about Brutus

Brutus about

Antony

C)

First

Citizen about Brutus

(D) Octavious

about

Antony

43.. Which of the following is the title of a poem written by Berton Braley?

A) Prayer for My daughter

'

{Bf Prayer of a sport.sman

(C)

Where

the

mind is

without

fear

(D) Silent

Prayer

44. What is

th

e nationality of Robert Frost

A) British

(B)

Canadian

American

D) French

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4fr. n Julius

Caesar, Antony speaks

the following line :

This was the most unkindest cut of all .

The 'cut' in the above line refers to the stab of

(A)

Casca

(B) Cassius

.

~ Brutus

(D) Pompey

46.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

n every land

is

common life

That

all can recognize

and

understand

These lines are taken from the poem

A) With

a friend

B)

No

men are

foreign

(C) My

native

land

(D)

To India

47.

Many of Pearl S.

Buck's

books

h ve

background.

A) American

> Chinese

C)

Scottish

(D)

Burmese

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48.

Man is born

free

but is everywhere in chains . Who made this

famous

statement?

A) Voltaire

f Jacques Rousseau

C)

Descartes

D) Napoleon

49. Identify

the work

which is not written by Oscar Wilde?

A)

The

Selfish Giant

B) The Happy

Prince

C)

-

The

lmportan_e of

Being Earnest

Snake

50. Identify the work

known

for its nationalist theme.

A)

The Model Millionaire

B) Keep Your Spirits High

C)

Our

Local Team

~ I f Where the mind is without fear

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51.

'M:atch the words and phrases given in Column A

with

their meanings in

Column

B:

Column A Column B

(a)

Power to insp ire 1 Composure

(b) Calm manner 2

Sneer

(c)

Contemptuous smile 3. Charisma

(d)

Range of

skills

4. Versatality

(a) (b) c) (d)

A)

3

1

4

2

~

3 1 2 4

4 3 2 1

D)

2

1 4 3

52.

Find

out

the

synonym for

the underlined

word from

the

options given.

But he b

ecame nothing,

a delightful,

ineffectual young

man

with

a

perfect

profile

and no

profession.

A)

useful

(C)

intelligent

r

less

D) clever

53. Choose the appropriate

antonym

of the underlined word from the options given :

This

strict

court of

Venice

must needs give

sent

e

nce

against

the merchant

there .

A) rigid

(C) s

tern

(B) magnanimous

54. Choose the

option which is

opposite in meaning to the

underlined word

.

o

The creature seemed to be tottering with

fear.

(A) dancing

(C) )Umpmg

~ t

D)

runnmg

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55. Pick

out fue sentence which is

in active voice.

A) He is

lov

ed

by

all

B) The

field

is

plough

ed

C)

Th

e thief was

caught

\jP f The man cut down the

tree

56. Fill

out the blank

with the suitable option

given

below :

I went there

A) to examine personally

the situation

to examine the situation personally

C) personally examining the situation

D) examining personally the situation

57. Pick out the sentence which is grammatically

rrect

and ~ n i n g u l

A) Do not altar the course of action

B)

The

Carpenter

cut

off a large bow of timber

C) The

landsca

pe was

bear

_ . . . . h e

site

of our college building

is very beautiful

58. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable word from the options

She held the - - in her hand

A) reigns

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e

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D) ra1gns

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59. The right .plural form for the word underlined

in

the following

sentence

s

John speaks

without

basis.

A) basises

C) basal

B)

basics

~ b s ~ s

60. Choose the complex

sentence out

of the four

sentences

given below :

A)

Failing

prompt

payment, the goods

must

be returned by you

B) He was a mere boy but

he

offered to fight the

giant

C) He must have done his d u ~ y for he is a conscientiow;; man

\J}i1f

He

succeeded

although his

success

was not

expected

61. Identify

the

sentence pattern

Brutus is an honourable man

SVC

C) SVIO

B) svo

D)

SVDO

62.

Identify

the

sentence

which is

n

the superlative degree.

A)

All his colleagues are

senior

to him

h e nearest railway station

is

two

kilometers

from

here

C)

My

knife

is sharper than yours

D)

Of the

two evils, choose

the

less

63. Cull out the word formed by combining adjective

and

verb

from the following options :

A) school boy

C) outrun

o

\, -B)

dry

clean

D) radioactive

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64. Match the poetic lines under column A with t he figures of speech under column Band

the

correct

answer

from

the

codes given below :

Column A

Column B

(a) You

are the mouth and lips

of

eternity

l

Alliteration

(b) About

the

fun

of

flying 2.

Onomatoepia

c)

In

the

boom of

the

tingling

strings

3. Metaphor

(d)

The

ship h as weather'd every

rack.

.

4.

Personifica.tion

(a)

(b) (c) (d)

A)

2 1

3

4

(B)

2 3 4

\JiY5 4

1

2

3

D) 1

4

3 2

65. I

care

not

where

the

skies begin .

Find out the option

closest in

meaning

to

the

above line.

A) The migrant birds have many limitations

(B) The birds have

got

a

juri

sdiction in

the

sky

(C) The birds have got boundaries within which they

can

fly

\jfl The

birds can

have limitless jurisdiction and

abundant

freedom

66. In

the

poem, The Solitary

Reaper

, Wordsworth

addresses this

song to one 'Solitary

Highland

Lass'. What does,

the

poet

mean

by

the

word, 'Highland'?

A) England

S c o t l a n d

(B)

Ireland

(D) Iceland

67. I f you can '

meet

with

triumph

and disaster;

And treat those

two

impostor s just

the

same:-

Find out the word nearest opposite

in meaning to

'Impostor' from the options.

A) Pretender

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(D) Sham

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68. Name the. poem in which the following lines appear:

No hightingale did ever

chaunt

More welcome notes to weary bands .

A) A Psalm

of

life

(C) Ode to a nightingale

B) Going for water

~ h e

Solitary Reaper

69. Identify the poet

who wrote

the following lines :

We ran

as i

o meet

the

moon

That slowly

dawned behind

the

trees

.

A)

Norman Nicholson B) Jack Prelutsky

o b e r t Frost

D) Ralph Waldo Emerson

70. And so, I missed my chance

with

one of the lords of life.

And I have something to expiate;

A Pettiness

These lines appear in

A)

A Noisel

ess Patient

Spider

~ Y

Snake

(C)

A Panoramic View

(D)

The

Man he Killed

71. What is

the

name of the episode on

Abraham

Lincoln in the book

The

war

years Volume III ?

A)

The comforts you have

is

the one you live

(B) The mon

ey

you spend is

the

one you live

(C)

The

happiness you

have

is the one you live

The legacy you leave

is

the one you live

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72 . Identify the

play in

which the following

lines

appear.

Ambition should be made

of.Sterner

stuff .

(A)

An

tony a nd Cl

eopatra

\flJ)

Julius

Caesar

(C)

The

Merchant of Venice (D) Macbeth

. 73. Choose

the in

co

rrect

option.

The court

scene

in The

M

erchant of

Venice is

about

A) Antonios pleading for justice

CB

Portias

argument

in

favour of Shylock

(C) Shylock's claim of a pound of

Christian

i s ~

(D)

Portias

argument aga

inst Sh

ylock's claim of a

pound

of

flesh

74. .

Which is

the

native town

of

Portia

of The Merchant of

Veni

ce ?

A) Venice l m o n t

(C) Sicily

(D) Rome

75. Who makes the fo

ll

owing statement

in Sh

akespear

e s

Julius

Caesar:

Not that I loved

Caesar

less,

but

th

at

I lov

ed

Rome more .

rutus

(C) First citizen

(B) Antony

(D)

Octavius

76. In O

scar

Wilde

s

'The Selfish Gia

nt ,

the

giant

returned

to his castle

after seven

years

because

A) he

had urgent

bus

in

e

ss at

home

his busine

ss

with h

is

friend was

over

(C). his friend w

as

sick

(D) he was not well

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77. As

in the

conce

ntration camp

a

nd

t he

eve

ning

of

9/11,

the artistes are

t

he ones who mi

g

ht

be able to he

lp

us

with our internal, invisible li

ves .

Which

are the two

countri

es associated with concentration camp and . 9/11 tragedy

respectiv

ely?

Choose

the right

option

from the

following :

(A)

Russia

a

nd

Germany

Germany and

Ame

ric

a

B) Germany and

It

aly

D) Iraq and

America

78. At

high

sc

hool

Paulnack

scored

good grades

n

. ..

Aj

Scienc

e and Maths

(B) Science

and

Arts

(C) Sc

ienc

e a

nd

Humaniti

es

D)

Arts

and

Crafts

79

.

The first Asian

compo

se r to score a symphony for

the Roy

al Philharmonic Orchestra

s

A)

Naushad

(B) Ustad Bade

Ali Kh

an

(C) A.R. Rehman

~ Ilaiyaraaj

a

80. I m not

going

to be a scientist

( )

Or some one who read

s

th

e

new

s

on

TV.

No, a

million bird

s

will

fly

through me

.

I m

going

to

be a

tree

What

do

es th

e p

oet

wa

nt to

become

wh

en h

e/s

he g

row

s

up

?

Choo

se th

e

best

option from th

e following :

(A)

Scienti

s t

(C)

Animal

species

(B) Na

turali

st

d of

n ature

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1

In

the lesson Yaanai Malai , the lessonwriter Manohar Devadoss says, Sometimes

landscapes can speak to us . This expression is purely

(A) a b

ase

less

illu

sion

(B) an

exaggerate

d b ybe rbola

a subjective

impr

ess

ion

(D) an objective interpretation

82.

Mahema

, the wife of the lesson writer , Manohar Devadoss, was suffering from the disease

Paralysis

(C) Varicose veins

(B)

Back pain

(D) Spondylitis

83.

Am

e

rican

English equivalent for 'puncture' is -

(A) flat-out B) blast out

C)

blow-out (D)

crash out

84. 'Window shade'

in Am

eri

ca

n English is

in Briti

sh English.

(A)

wind

screen

B)

window

blind

D) wind

85.

Id

ent

ify

th

e

in

cor

rect

pair

of

British

English

and

American English

expressions

~ bonnet - cover

(B) goods train - fre

ight

train

(C) dustbin -

trash

can

(D) chips - french fries

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6. ' The line 'A slender tinkling fall

that

made contains -

A)

Allusion

81

...

Onomatopneia

(C) Ellipsis

D) Repetition

87. Dust thou art,

to

dust

return

es t,

Was not spoken of

th

e soul'.

Which of the following options best

explains

tlw above lines?

A)

We are born from the

dust and

we return to dust

(B) Human life is

not immortal

yC

f

The qu

e

stion

of

mortality

does not apply to

soul

D) The soul-

is

dead when the body is dead

88.

Steady

throb

'

Th

en staccato rhythm

Harmonic cacophony to oblivious ears .

What

is the meaning of the underlined word?

A)

Mellifluous

music

B)

R?wing

notes

;

~ Y Melodious but noisy music

D) Irregular and

jarring

note&

(J)

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89. What ~ s the title given to the

Maratha

Ruler?

(A) Badshah

-

jP) Peshwa .

(B)

D)

Mir

Alam

a h a r a ~

. 90. The poet, Khalil Gibran

was

born

n

Fill in

the

blank

by choosing

the

right option given befow.

. A) Greece

,,.

\J-B

Lebanon

(C)

Syria (D) Egypt

91. When do we celebrate World Environment Day?

A)

5th May

(C) 5th June

B)

5th July

(D) 5th August

92. We believe

that

as

a

nation

and

as

people we

need

to

shed our

cynicism

and initiate

concrete

action

to

realise the

second vision.

Choose the correct synonym for

the

underlined word.

A)

stop

(C) install

B) instruct

(D) ,. begin

93. Choose

the

correct answer from the options given below :

Who

is here

so

base that

would

be

a

bondman

These words are spoken by

Brutus

(C) Portia

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(D) Antony

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4. In which of the following

state is Ottan Koothu

performed?

A) Tamil

Nadu

(C) Kerala

(B) Andhra

Pradesh

(D) Karnataka

95.

In which

ofthe following does Ivan Dmitritch

appear?

A) The

Selfish

Giant

(B)

The La

st

Leaf

(C) The

Lottery Ticket

(D) The Open Window

9 . Match the following:

Story Character

(a) Two

Friends

1. Mr. Nuttel

(b) The Open

Window 2. Colonel

Dumoulin

-

(c)

The Last Leaf 3.

Ivan

Dmitritch

(d)

The

Lottery

Ticket 4. Behrman

(a)

(b)

c)

(d)

A) 2

3

4

1

\,

r

2

1 4 3

(C) 2

1 3

4

(D)

2 3

1 4

97 . A

Psalm

of Life

appeared in

the collection of poems

title

-

A) Wayside Inn

(1855)

(B)

Evangeline

(184

7)

(C)

()))

Miles Standish (1858)

Voices of the Night (1839)

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98.

Choose

the work whi

ch is not

wr

itten by Pearl S Buck.

A) The

Good Ear

th

B)

My

Several

Worlds

(C)

The

Child

who

ne

ver

Grew

D)

P

yg

malion

99. In Julius

Caesar

;

Antony

says,

Th

e evil

that

men do liv

es

aft

er them

;

Th

e good is oft inte

rred

with their bones;

This means

A) The evil that men do

is

forgotten

after

their d

ea th

The

evil that men do

is

remembered after

their

death

(C)

The

good that men do is bala nced with the evil they do

D)

The good that men do is reme

mb

ered after their death

100

.

Hon

esty and Truthare

interrelated

Honesty is basically an expression

of

truth.

Thi

s is .

sai

d

by

A)

Kiran Bedi

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Dale Carnegie

(D) Hope Spencer

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