PSC High School Assistant English Solved Paper 2015 – Part 2

PSC High School Assistant English Solved Paper 2015 – Part 2

Question 26:-Which poem of Sylvia Plath is rich with Holocaust imagery? A:-Lady Lazarus B:-Daddy C:-The Colossus D:-Crossing the Water Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 27:-In which anthology of Kamala Das the poem An Introduction appeared? A:-Summer In Calcutta B:-the Descendants C:-Ya Allah! D:-Only the Soul Knows how to Sing Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 28:-The predominant themes of Frost’s poem Home Burial are… A:-Death of a child and collapse of a marriage B:-First World War C:-Death and Rebirth D:-Politics and democracy Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 29:-Wole Soyinka is a ——————poet A:-South African B:-Kenyan C:-Latin American D:-Nigerian Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 30:-Who is the author of the poem This is a Photograph of Me? A:-Kamala Das B:-Emily Dickinson C:-Margaret Atwood D:-Sylvia Plath Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 31:-What instrument does Nora use to dance the tarantella? A:-Trumpet B:-Tambourine C:-Violin D:-Drums Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 32:-Maurya in Risers to the Sea tries to discourage ————, her last living son from going to Connemara country fair in the mainland. A:-Patch B:-Michael C:-Sheamus D:-Bartley Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 33:-The original subtitle of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is ——– A:-A Trivial Comedy for Subtle People B:-A Comedy in Three Acts C:-A Trivial Comedy for Serious People D:-A Severe Comedy of Manners Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 34:-The film version of Shaw’s Pygmalion is ————- A:-My Flower Lady B:-My Fair Lady C:-Cockney Dialect of Eliza Doolittle D:-Pygmalion: The Sculptor Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 35:-Snake is a character in ——– A:-The School for Scandal B:-The Importance of Being Earnest C:-The Critic D:-She Stoops to Conquer Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 36:-Who kills Macbeth in the battle at the end of the play? A:-Malcolm B:-Banquo C:-Fleance D:-Macduff Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 37:-Who becomes blind in the Second Act of Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot? A:-Lucky B:-Pozzo C:-Didi D:-Gogo Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 38:-What is the sweet that Nora has been forbidden to eat? A:-Candy Canes B:-Fruit Cakes C:-Macaroons D:-Nut Cakes Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 39:-Which character in Death of a Salesman says, “He had the wrong dreams. All, all wrong”? A:-Biff B:-Hap C:-Charley D:-Bernard Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 40:-Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie is interested in writing ——— A:-Fiction B:-Poetry C:-Journalistic Essays D:-Plays Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 41:-Who plays the villainous role in The God of Small Things? A:-Mammachi B:-Pappachi C:-Chacko D:-Baby Kochamma Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 42:-According to Dr. Radhakrishnan, the three obstacles that stand in the way of development are: A:-Ignorance, disease, and poverty B:-Unemployment, lack of skilled workmen, and poverty C:-Overpopulation, labour unrest and energy crisis D:-Corruption, communalism and terrorism Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 43:-In “Of Studies”, Bacon says that “Histories make man ———–“ A:-Witty B:-Wise C:-Subtle D:-Grave Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 44:-Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights was published in ——- A:-1845 B:-1846 C:-1847 D:-1848 Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 45:-In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, ———– is obsessed with white complexion. A:-Claudia B:-Pecola C:-Bertha D:-Cholly Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 46:-Who is Santiago’s only friend and companion in The Old Man and the Sea? A:-Manolin B:-Marlin C:-The Sea D:-The Fish Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 47:-Who is the sympathetic character in Orwell’s Animal Farm? A:-Snowball B:-Napoleon C:-Squealer D:-Boxer Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 48:-The essay ‘On Tolerance” is written by ——— A:-Steele B:-A. G. Gardiner C:-Francis Bacon D:-E. M. Forster Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 49:-Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things bagged the ——– for fiction in 1997. A:-Pulitzer Prize B:-Kerala Sahitya Academy Award C:-Booker Prize D:-Kendra Sahitya Academy Award Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 50:-Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights is a ———- novel. A:-Picaresque B:-Gothic C:-Epistolary D:-Stream of Consciousness Correct Answer:- Option-B PSC High School Assistant English Solved Paper 2015 – Part 1 PSC High School Assistant English Solved Paper 2015 – Part 2 PSC High School Assistant English Solved Paper 2015 – Part 3 PSC High School Assistant English Solved Paper 2015 – Part 4