PSC High School Assistant English Solved Paper 2015 – Part 3

PSC High School Assistant English Solved Paper 2015 – Part 3

Question 51:-Rasa in Sanskrit means: A:-Emotion B:-Balance C:-Essence D:-Anger Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 52:-Who is the author of Dhvanyaloka? A:-Anandavardhana B:-Abhinava Gupta C:-Valmiki D:-Vyasa Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 53:-What is meant by Peripeteia? A:-tragic flaw B:-Catharsis C:-plot D:-Reversal Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 54:-When was the Preface to Lyrical Ballads published? A:-1800 B:-1600 C:-1900 D:-1700 Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 55:-Who made the following remarks: “Good Sense is the Body of poetic genius, Fancy its Drapery, Motion its Life, and Imagination the Soul that is everywhere”. A:- Shelley B:-Wordsworth C:-Coleridge D:-Keats Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 56:-Tradition and Individual Talent was published first in A:-The Egoist B:-The Sacred Wood C:-the Waste Land D:-Selected Essays Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 57:-What does signifier mean according to Saussure? A:-Sign B:-shape C:-idea D:-concept Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 58:-Whose name is associated with the term gynocriticism? A:-Kamala Das B:-Showalter C:-Mathew Arnold D:-TS Eliot Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 59:-Who wrote the book The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge? A:-Jean- Francois Lyotard B:-Jacques Derrida C:-Noam Chomsky D:-Edward Said Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 60:-The Wretched of the Earth is penned by A:-Gayatri Spivak B:-Ben Okri C:-Franz Fanon D:-Chinua Achebe Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 61:-Smallest distinctive unit of sound in the sound system of language is called a ———- A:-Morpheme B:-Phoneme C:-Allomorph D:-Allophone Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 62:-Words like ‘Motel’, ‘Brunch’ and ‘Smog’ are formed in a special way and this process is known as ———— A:-Blending B:-Back-formation C:-Clipping D:-Autonomasia Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 63:-Immediate Constituent Analysis (ICA), essentially a structuralist tool for syntactic analysis, was first introduced by ———- A:-Chomsky B:-Saussure C:-Sapir D:-Bloomfield Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 64:-The native speaker’s knowledge of the structure of a language is his linguistic ———– A:-Performance B:-Parole C:-Competence D:-Style Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 65:- ————is the active articulator in the oral cavity. A:-Alveolar B:-Teeth C:-Palate D:-Tongue Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 66:-English RP has ———- pure vowels or monothongs. A:-12 B:-20 C:-24 D:-44 Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 67:-A phonemic transcription is also called ——— transcription. A:-Allophonic B:-Narrow C:-Convergent D:-Broad Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 68:-Statements are normally spoken in the ————–tone. A:-Rising B:-Falling C:-Fall-rise D:-None of these Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 69:-The study of meaning and its manifestation in language is referred to as ———- A:-Poetics B:-Rhetoric C:-Semantics D:-Semiology Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 70:-Germanic languages are also known by the term ————- A:-Teutonic B:-Latinate C:-Balto Slavonic D:-Celtic Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 71:-Correct the following sentence, where necessary :- It is high time he improves his behaviour. A:-It is high time he improved his behaviour. B:-It is high time he will improve his behaviour. C:-It was high time he improves his behaviour. D:-It was high time he will improve his behaviour. Correct Answer:- Option-A Question 72:-They _____________ at about one O’clock. A:-have usually lunch B:-lunch usually have C:-usually have lunch D:-usually lunch have Correct Answer:- Option-C Question 73:-He is the ________ to this estate. A:-Hair B:-Hier C:-Hare D:-Heir Correct Answer:- Option-D Question 74:-Which of the following idioms means “something which causes quarrel”? A:-At sixes and sevens B:-Apple of discord C:-At arm’s length D:-A cat and dog life Correct Answer:- Option-B Question 75:-The antonym of “adversity” is __________ A:-Scarcity B:-Forbearance C:-Deficiency D:-Prosperity Correct Answer:- Option-D 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