MCQ
8101. The word ‘to genuflect’ means-
to be genuine
to reflect
to bend the knee
to be flexible
8102. Identify the correct synonym of the word ‘magnanimous’.
unkind
generous
revengeful
friendly
8103. “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Who wrote this?
William Blake
S.T Coleridge
Lord Byron
P. B Shelley
8104. What is the adjective form of the word ‘people’?
populous
popular
popularity
popularize
8105. Which of the following novels is not written by an English writer?
A Passage of India
Sons and Lovers
One hundred Years of Solitude
Pride and Prejudice
8106. Fill in the blank: ‘She went to New Market __ ‘
on foot
on feet
by foot
by walking
8107. Where is the setting of the play ‘Hamlet’?
England
Italy
France
Denmark
8108. ‘Moby Disk’, a novel, was written by-
Herman Melville
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mark Twain
William Faulkner
8109. Who is the author of ‘Jane Eyre’?
Charlotte Brontë
Emily Brontë
Jane Austen
Mary Shelley
8110. Choose the right form of verb: It is high time we (act) on the matter.
are acting
acted
have acted
could act
8111. The most famous romantic poet of English literature is-
John Dryden
Alexander Pope
William Wordsworth
T.S Eliot
8112. O Henry was from –
Canada
America
England
Ireland
8113. What kind of play is ‘Julius Caesar’?
romantic
anti-romantic
comedy
historical
8114. A speech full of too many words is –
a big speech
maiden speech
a verbose speech (শব্দবহুল/বাগবহুল বক্তৃতা)
an unimportant speech
8115. Who is the author of the novel “The God of Small Things”?
Thomas Hardy
Jhumpa Lahiri
R.K. Narayan
Arundhati Roy
8116. ”He contemplated marrying his cousin.’ Here ‘marrying ‘is an/a-
present participle
gerund
verb
infinitive
8117. Fill in the gap: Birds fly ____ in the sky.
random
at large
at a stitch
are long
8118. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Ozymandias’?
P. B. Shelley
William Wordsworth
S.T Coleridge
John Keat
8119. Who is not the Modern poet?
W.B Yeats
W.H Auden
John Keats
T.S Eliot
8120. ‘No Second Troy’ is a-
short story
novel
poem
drama