CUET-PG SERIES English
History Of English And Indian Literatures
17 previous year questions.
Volume: 17 Ques
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2024 Chapter Questions 17 MCQs
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Match the Jane Austen novels (List I) with their primary female character (List II):
| List I (Jane Austen Novels) | List II (Primary Female Character) |
| A. Pride and Prejudice | I. Catherine Morland |
| B. Persuasion | IV. Anne Elliot |
| C. Northanger Abbey | I. Catherine Morland |
| D. Mansfield Park | III. Fanny Price |
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(A)- (II), (B)- (III), (C)- (IV), (D)- (I)
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(A)- (II), (B)- (IV), (C)- (I), (D)- (III)
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(A)- (IV), (B)- (I), (C)- (III), (D)- (II)
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(A)- (I), (B)- (II), (C)- (IV), (D)- (III)
02
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Which of the following works is attributed to Ben Jonson?
(A) To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author Mr. William Shakespeare: And What He Hath Left
(B) The Changeling
(C) The Sun Rising
(D) The Duchess of Malfi
(A) To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author Mr. William Shakespeare: And What He Hath Left
(B) The Changeling
(C) The Sun Rising
(D) The Duchess of Malfi
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(A) only
2
(A) and (B) only
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(B) and (D) only
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(A) and (C) only
03
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Which of the following is a part of Anthony Burgess’ Malayan trilogy?
(A) A Clockwork Orange
(B) Time for a Tiger
(C) The Enemy in the Blanket
(D) Beds in the East
(A) A Clockwork Orange
(B) Time for a Tiger
(C) The Enemy in the Blanket
(D) Beds in the East
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(A), (B), and (C) only
2
(A), (B), and (D) only
3
(B), (C), and (D) only
4
(A), (C), and (D) only
04
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Match the Text (List-I) to the Genre/Type:
| List I | Name of the Text | List II: Genre/Type |
| A | Paradise Lost | (I) Dramatic Monologue |
| B | Porphyria's Lover | (II) Satire |
| C | King Lear | (III) Epic |
| D | The Dunciad | (IV) Tragedy |
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(A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
2
(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
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(A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
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(A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)
05
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Arrange these Comedies of William Shakespeare in their chronological order (oldest first)
1.The Tempest
2. As You Like It
3. The Taming of the Shrew
4. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1.The Tempest
2. As You Like It
3. The Taming of the Shrew
4. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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(B), (C), (D)
2
(D), (A), (C), (B)
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(B), (D), (A), (C)
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(C), (D), (B), (A)
06
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Identify the text that employs the allegorical mode:
1
The Mill on the Floss (1860) by George Eliot
2
Emma (1816) by Jane Austen
3
Absalom and Achitophel (1681) by John Dryden
4
The Rover (1677–1681) by Aphra Behn
07
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What is the common characteristic shared by the following texts? Pamela, The Castle of Otranto, Humphry Clinker
1
They are all examples of Gothic Literature.
2
They were all published in the same decade.
3
All of them are in the epistolary mode.
4
They are all written in a quixotic mode.
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The picaresque novel is characterized by the adventures and travels of a roguish but appealing character. Which of the following texts can be cited as an example of the picaresque novel?
(A) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)
(B) Tom Jones (1749)
(C) Don Quixote (1605)
(D) Moll Flanders (1722)
(A) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)
(B) Tom Jones (1749)
(C) Don Quixote (1605)
(D) Moll Flanders (1722)
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(A), (B), and (D) only
2
(A), (B), and (C) only
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(A), (C), and (D) only
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(B), (C), and (D) only
09
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Place the famous fictional detectives in the order of their first literary appearance (oldest first):
(A) Byomkesh Bakshi
(B) Sherlock Holmes
(C) Hercule Poirot
(D) Dupin
(A) Byomkesh Bakshi
(B) Sherlock Holmes
(C) Hercule Poirot
(D) Dupin
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(A), (B), (D), (C)
2
(D), (B), (C), (A)
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(B), (C), (D), (A)
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(C), (D), (B), (A)
10
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Identify the author who is said to have produced the first bestseller in Hindi:
1
Harivansh Rai Bachchan
2
Devakinandan Khatri
3
Munshi Premchand
4
Bharatendu Harishchandra
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Arrange the following Gothic novels in ascending chronological order (oldest first):
(A) Bram Stoker’s Dracula
(B) Matthew Lewis’s The Monk
(C) Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho
(D) Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto
(A) Bram Stoker’s Dracula
(B) Matthew Lewis’s The Monk
(C) Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho
(D) Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto
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(D), (B), (C), (A)
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(C), (D), (B), (A)
3
(A), (C), (B), (D)
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(B), (C), (D), (A)
12
PYQ 2024
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The first Progressive Writers’ Conference was held in Lucknow on this date.
Identify the date:
Identify the date:
13
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Identify the writer(s) associated with the Harlem Renaissance:
(A) Claude McKay
(B) Zora Neale Hurston
(C) W.E.B. Du Bois
(D) Langston Hughes
(A) Claude McKay
(B) Zora Neale Hurston
(C) W.E.B. Du Bois
(D) Langston Hughes
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(A), (B), and (D) only
2
(B), (C), and (D) only
3
(C), (D) only
4
(A), (C), and (D) only
14
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Arrange the Shakespearean tragedies in the ascending order of the period in which they were published (oldest first):
(A) Julius Caesar
(B) Coriolanus
(C) Othello
(D) Titus Andronicus
(A) Julius Caesar
(B) Coriolanus
(C) Othello
(D) Titus Andronicus
15
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Which of the following D.H. Lawrence’s novels written in Italy and published in 1928 was banned in England for its sexual content?
1
The Rainbow
2
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
3
Sons and Lovers
4
Women in Love
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Match the book (List I) with its author (List II):
| List I (Book) | List II (Author) |
| A. My Antonia | I. Mary Shelley |
| B. The Garden Party and Other Stories | II. Katherine Mansfield |
| C. Frankenstein | III. James Joyce |
| D. Dubliners | IV. Willa Cather |
1
(A)- (IV), (B)- (III), (C)- (I), (D)- (II)
2
(A)- (III), (B)- (IV), (C)- (II), (D)- (I)
3
(A)- (IV), (B)- (II), (C)- (I), (D)- (III)
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(A)- (I), (B)- (IV), (C)- (III), (D)- (II)
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Arrange the following events in the order of their occurrence in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre:
(A) Jane meets Mr. Rochester.
(B) Jane’s studies at Lowood School.
(C) Mr. Briggs, a solicitor from London, arrives with a letter from Richard Mason about Bertha Mason.
(D) Jane takes up the role of governess for Misses Abbot and Bessie Lee.
(A) Jane meets Mr. Rochester.
(B) Jane’s studies at Lowood School.
(C) Mr. Briggs, a solicitor from London, arrives with a letter from Richard Mason about Bertha Mason.
(D) Jane takes up the role of governess for Misses Abbot and Bessie Lee.
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(B), (D), (A), (C)
2
(A), (C), (B), (D)
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(D), (B), (A), (C)
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(C), (A), (D), (B)