The most Important English literature questions and answers for BCS Exam
(*Bold option is the correct answer)
1.Shakespeare was famous for all but one of the following-
a. Comedies b. Bourgeois drama c. Tragedies d. Tragi-drama
2. Who is called a ‘Poet of Sensuousness?’
a. P. B. Shelley b. William Wordsworth c. Lord Byron d. John keats
3. Who wrote the plays “The Tempest” and “The Mid Summer night’s Dream?”
a. Ben Johnson b. Christopher c. John Dryden d. William Shakespeare
4. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote-
a. Canterbury Tales b. Piers Plowman c. Morte'd Arthur d. The maid’s Tragedy
5. The main feature of the Renaissance is-
a. Humanism b. Utopia c. Polyolbian d. opus Majas
6. Ernest Hemingway is the author of-
a. The Good Earth b. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner c. The old Man and the sea d. The Rainbow
7.All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players They have their exist and their entrance And each man in his time plays many parts. These lines are written by__.
a. Oliver Goldsmith b. Alfred Tennyson c. William Shakespeare d. D. H. Lawrence
8. Francis Bacon is a/an-
a. Novelist b. Dramatist c. Poet d. Essayist
9. Which one of the following is written by Robert Herrick?
a. Patriotism b. Bourgeois drama c. Tragedies d. To Daffodils
10. The author of ‘Songs of Innocence and of Experience’ is
a. John Lennon b. Richard Mark c. William Blake d. John Keats
11. Charles Dickens is not the novelist for one of the following-
a. A Tale of Two Cities b. Treasure Island c. David Copperfield d. Great Expectations
12. ‘Give me good mother, I will give you a good nation.’’ was the observation of-
a. Hitler b. Abraham Lincoln c. Napoleon d. Russell
13. The Birthday party is a play by-
a. James Joyce b. G. B. Shaw c. Harold Pinter d. Jane Austen
14. Find the odd-man out.
a. T. S. Eliot b. John Milton c. G. B. Shaw d. James Joyce
15. Who is the author of ‘Comedy of Errors’?
A. Ben Johnson B. G.B. Shaw C. T.S. Eliot D. William Shakespeare
16. Who is the most famous satirist in English literature ?
A. Alexander Pope B. Jonathan Swift C. William Wordsworth D. Butler
17. Shelley was called the — poet.
A. Lake B. Supernatural C. poet of Nature D. Revolutionary
18. A Tale of Two Cities’ is a novel by—
A. Dickens B. Thackeray C. Scott D. Fielding
19. Which word does not relate to literature?— Report?
A. epilogue B. monologue C. prologue D. demagogue
20. In the poem ‘Ozymandias’, ‘who calls ozymandias ‘King of kings’?
A. The Traveller B. The Speaker C. Other King D. Ozymandias himself
21. James Joyce’s famous novel is—
A. Roots B. Ulysses C. Tom jones D. Rebecca
22. Who said ‘An unexamined life is not worth living’?
A. Socrates B. Plato C. Aristotle D. Zeno
23. What is the meaning the word ‘Dirge’?
A. a kind of sonnet sequence B. a song expressing patriotic sentiment C. a long verse telling about an adventure D. a song expressing grief, lamentation and mourning
24. A Russian author who refused Nobel prize-
A. Maxim Gorky B. Ruskin C. Alexander Solzhenitsyn D. Boris Pasternak
25. Who wrote an epic ‘The Faerie Queen’?
A. Edmund Spenser B. T. S Eliot C. Robert Browning D. Alfred Tennyson
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