LT Grade English MCQs Mock Test 18

Virginia Woolf wrote:

a. Mrs. Dalloway

b. Professor

C. Vanity Fair

d. None of these

Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Rainbow, Sons and Lovers, Kangroo and Women in Love are the novels of:

a. Dickens

b. Jane Austen

c. Trollope

d. D. H. Lawrence

12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States is a book.

A. sentimental

B. Emotional

C. Practical

D. photo-documentary

Who worked for the service in Switzerland and Russia before the October Revolution of 1917 in the Russian Empire?

A. W.H. Auden

B. W.B. Yeats

C. W.S. Maugham

D. Joseph Conrad

Who studied literature, philosophy and German at Heidelberg University, Germany?

A. W.H. Auden

B. W.B. Yeats

C. W.S. Maugham

D. Joseph Conrad

Maugham is reported to have a sexual affair with his 10 years senior person named-

A. John Ellingham Brooks

B. Jacy Fernandez

C. John Galsworthy

D. John Meredith

The wife and the girls kept Mr. Woodifield boxed up in the house every day of the week except which day?

A. Sunday

B. Monday

C. Tuesday

D. Wednesday

How many years was tha boss older than Mr. woodifield in THE FLY?

A. Five years

B. Six years

C. Seven years

D. Eight years

Where does Lydia spend the summer, and why?

A. Netherfield, to be near Darcy

B. London, because she enjoys the opera

C. Brighton, to be near the militia regiment

D. Barbados, for her health

What socially disastrous romantic decision does Lydia make?

A. She elopes with Wickham.

B. She marries Bingley.

C. She rejects Mr. Collins's proposal.

D. She runs away to France with a lover.

Who spearheads the search for Lydia after Mr. Bennet returns home in defeat?

A. Mr. Gardiner

B. Sir William Lucas

C. Charlotte Lucas

D. Mrs. Phillips

He had a large loving mind and the strongest sympathy with the poorer classes." Who said this about Dickens?

A. Robert Buchanan

B. Edmund Wilson

C. Queen Victoria

D. I.A. Richard

One of the greatest books ever written in the English language was called Little Dorrit, and as soon as Englishmen realized that Little Dorrit was true there would be a revolution. Little Dorrit is a more seditious book than Das Kapital." Who said this?

A. Robert Buchanan

B. Edmund Wilson

C. Bernard Shaw

D. I.A. Richard

"Dickens seems to have succeeded in attacking everybody and antagonizing nobody." Who said this?

A. Robert Buchanan

B. Edmund Wilson

C. Bernard Shaw

D. George Orwell

Where is Donald Farfrae originally from?

A. England

B. Scotland

C. France

D. Ireland

What is Henchard's occupation when he first moves to Casterbridge?

A. Mayor

B. Farm worker

C. Hay trusser

D. Milk man

What are animals everywhere doing in solidarity with the animals of Animal Farm?

A. Singing "Beasts of England"

B. Running their masters off their farms

C. Learning to read

D. Drinking whiskey

What Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick do to try to prevent animal rebellion on their own farms?

A. Cut their rations

B. Kill the most rebellious ones

C. Spread rumors about Animal Farm

D. Stop letting them out to graze

Where does Snowball learn strategies of warfare?

A. Watching TV through the window of Mr. Jones's farmhouse B. Moses's stories C. Classes in military history that he takes in town D. Military history books about Julius Caesar

What is "Samneric" (in LORD OF THE FLIES)?

A. An expression Piggy uses to describe sitting on a sandy log

B. A large red boulder that the kids are impressed with

C. The password that Jack's tribe members call out when approaching their camp at night

D. The nickname for the twin boys Sam and Eric

What are Piggy's chief characteristics?

A. Whiney, intelligent, innovative

B. Strong and a good leader

C. Spacey, difficult to understand, rude

D. Eloquent, cagey, impressive

How does the old man know immediately the size of the great marlin he has caught?

A. Soon after taking the bait, the fish jumps into the air, showing itself to the old man.

B. Santiago has encountered this fish before as a younger man.

C. He pulls and pulls on the line and nothing happens.

D. He doesn't know the size of the fish until after the sharks have attacked it.

The child was blind. (TGT 2011)

A. bom

B. borne

C. birth

D. none of the above

borne 24. If he I shall write to him. (TGT 2011)

A. writes

B. writing

C. write

D. wrote

Anil was a painter (A) whom we all thought (B) would get a contract (C)/ for that painting. (D) No error (E)

Anil was a painter (A)

whom we all thought (B)

would get a contract (C)/

for that painting. (D)

No error (E)

What does matter (A)/ most is the behaviour (B)/ and not (C)/ the polite conversation? (D)/ No error (E)

What does matter (A)/

most is the behaviour (B)/

and not (C)/

the polite conversation? (D)/

No error (E)

If all of you quarrel (A)/ among yourself (B)/ we shall not be able (C)/ to solve your problem. (D) No error (E)

If all of you quarrel (A)/

among yourself (B)/

we shall not be able (C)/

to solve your problem. (D)

No error (E)

The master (A)/ did not know (B) who of the servants (C)/ broke the jug. (D) No error (E)

The master (A)/

did not know (B)

who of the servants (C)/

broke the jug. (D)

No error (E)

One of them (A)/ forgot to take (B)/ their bag (C)/ from the school. (D) No error (E)

One of them (A)/

forgot to take (B)/

their bag (C)/

from the school. (D)

No error (E)

Choose the correct spelt word: ([KVS PGT 2013)

A. Etiquette

B. Etiquete

C. Millonaire

D.ar Millione

Choose the correct spelt word: ([KVS PGT 2013)

A. Millionaire

B. Millonare

C. Millonaire

D. Millionare

Which of the following words is mis-spelt? (PGT2000)

A. Creator

B, Career

C. Carrier

D. Center

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions (33-37) that follow: Until very recently, it was universally believed that men are congenitally more intelligent than women; even so enlightened a man as Spinoza decided against votes for women on this ground. Among white men, it is held that white men by nature are superior to men of other colours, and especially to black men; in Japan, on the contrary, it is thought that yellow is the best colour. In Haiti, when they make statues of Christ and Satan, they make Christ black and Satan white. Aristotle and Plato considered Greeks so innately superior to barbarians that slavery was justified so long as the master was Greek and the slave barbarian. (GIC LECTURER-2012) ........Question: 33: 'Congenitally' means

A. fantastically

B. innately

C. certainly

D. falsely

Spinoza decided against votes for women because-

A. They did not deserve to have votes.

B. They were less educated than men.

C. They were generally unintelligent.

D. They were naturally less gifted with intelligence.

In Haiti, Christ's statue is black and Satan's white because the people there believed that

A. black was good

B. Christ was evil

C. all white men are evil

D. Satan was good

Plato and Aristotle supported slavery because they thought

A. the barbarians to be superior to the Greeks.

B. the Greeks to be superior to barbarians.

C. slaves to be inferior.

D. that the barbarians belonged to Greece

The author believes that

A. colours have no relevance to superiority

B. colours vary from country to country

C. some colours are superior to other colours

D. some colours are inferior to other colours.

In which of the following sentences *Only' has been used as an Adverb:

A. It was his only chance.

B. He was only foolish.

C.Take what I have, only let me go.

D. None of these

In which of the following sentences 'neither' has been used as a Pronoun:

A. I am neither a liberal nor a conservative.

B. Neither side of the brain is dominant over the other.

C. Neither of us believes it.

D. None of these

In which of the following sentences 'Fast' has been used as NOUN:

A. He is my fast friend.

B. You walk very fast.

C. I fasted for a day and half and asked God to help me.

D. The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water

In which of the following sentences 'Near" has been used as PREPOSITION:

A. My mother loves to sit near the fire at night.

B. Bank interest rates are expected to rise in the near future.

C. She took a step nearer.

D. Soon the cab would be nearing Church Street.

In which of the following sentences 'No' has been used as a NOUN:

A. It is no joke.

B. He is no more..

C. I will not take a no.

D. None of these

Directions (42-43): Find the incorrect One Word for the explanation.

A. Murdering of a family: Familicide

B. Murdering of an infant: Infanticide

C. Murdering of Brother: Fratricide

D. Murdering of husband by his wife: Hariticide

Find the incorrect One Word for the explanation.

A. Killing of a race of people: Genocide

B. Killing of one's parents: Parricide

C. Killing of one's father: Fatricide

D. Killing of populations: Populicide

The phrases like "Best wishes, With love, Lots of love" etc. are found in -

A. Personal or informal letter

B. Formal letter

C. Business letters

D. Applications

In Business letters the salutation or greeting is generally followed by a in British style.

A. comma

B. Colon

C. Semi-colon

D. Full stop

. A business letter is a letter from -

A. One company to another, or such organizations

B. Company to (its) customers, clients, or other external parties.

C. Both 'A' & 'B'

D. None of these

Casket episode is mentioned in the Play-

(A) Hamlet

(B) King Lear

(C) The Tempest

(Ð) The Merchant of Venice

Essays of Elia is by

(A) Lamb

(B) Hazlitt

(C) Joseph Addison

(D) Bacon

Who makes the right choice of the leaden casket ?

(A) Shylock

(B) Bassanio

(C) Antonio

(D) Lorenzo

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