Uttarakhand LT Exam (English) Answer Key – 08 August 2021

Q61.”Full many a flower is born to blush unseen/ And waste its sweetness in the desert air.” These lines come from the pen of:
(A) Thomas Gray
(B) Keats
(C) Wordsworth
(D) William Blake

Q62.The expression, “a sleepless night” is an example of:
(A) Zeugma
(B) Transferred epithet
(C) Chiasmus
(D) Apostrophe

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Answer – B

Q63.A song or a poem that tells a story:
(A) Ballet
(B) Canard
(C) Ballad
(D) Cliffhanger

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Answer – C

Q64. The correct meaning or synonym of the word “Wrath” is :
(A) Jealousy
(B) Anger
(C) Hatred
(D) Cruelty

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Q66.Who is the writer of the book “The Global Economic Prospect” ?
(A) Mr. Lester R. Brown
(B) Mr. L.K. Jha
(C) Charles Darwin
(D) Anees Jung

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Q68. The rhyme-scheme of “Shakespearean Sonnet” is:
(A) abba abba cccc dd
(B) abab abab cdde ee
(C) aabb aabb cdcd ee
(D) abab cded efef gg

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Answer – D

Q69.As wordsworth is related to Coleridge, Addison is related to:
(A) Lamb
(B) Bacon
(C) Steele
(D) Hazlitt

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Answer – C

Q70.Who distinguishes the “Famous Men of Genius” in literature from the “Famous Men of Ability”?
(A) Thomas Carlyte
(B) John Ruskin
(C) J.S. Mill
(D) Matthew Arnold

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Answer – C

Q71.Who was the wisest man in the city in the light of the story “The Tale of Melon City” ?
(A) A doctor
(B) A very old man
(C) A teacher
(D) An astrologer

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Answer – B

Q72.Who is the writer of these famous lines? “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed. and some few to be chewed and digested.
(A) Francis Bacon
(B) William Hazlitt
(C) Charles Lamb
(D) Joseph Addison

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Q74. Wordsworth’s prelude was completed in:
(A) 1822 A.D.
(B) 1805 A.D.
(C) 1800 A.D.
(D) 1825 A.D.

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Answer – B

Q75.John Donne’s poetry noted for its :
(A) Wit
(B) Obscurity
(C) Humour
(D) All of the above

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Q77.”The Tale of Melon City” is composed by:
(A) Amitav Ghosh
(B) Vikram Seth
(C) A.J. Cronin
(D) William Saroyan

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Answer – B

Q78.My brother is ________ rich that he can help anybody.
(A) too
(B) much
(C) so
(D) very

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Answer – C

Q79.In whose memory did Tennyson write “In Memorium” ?
(A) Arthur Hallam
(B) Shelley
(C) Rossatti
(D) Wordsworth

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Answer – A

Q80.The appropriate verb which is an agreement with the subject will be: “The news _________ true”.
(A) is
(B) are
(C) have
(D) were

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Answer – A