1. Who is known as the "Father of English Poetry"?
a) (A) William Shakespeare
b) (B) Geoffrey Chaucer
c) (C) John Milton
d) (D) William Wordsworth
Answer: (B) Geoffrey Chaucer
2. What is the synonym of the word "Pragmatic"?
a) (A) Theoretical
b) (B) Practical
c) (C) Idealistic
d) (D) Imaginative
Answer: (B) Practical
3. "To end in smoke" means—
a) (A) To create a fire
b) (B) To come to nothing
c) (C) To burn completely
d) (D) To produce results
Answer: (B) To come to nothing
4. Which of the following is a noun?
a) (A) Beautiful
b) (B) Beautify
c) (C) Beauty
d) (D) Beautifully
Answer: (C) Beauty
5. Identify the correct sentence:
a) (A) He is senior than me.
b) (B) He is senior to me.
c) (C) He is senior from me.
d) (D) He is more senior than me.
Answer: (B) He is senior to me.
6. Who wrote the famous play "Hamlet"?
a) (A) Christopher Marlowe
b) (B) William Shakespeare
c) (C) Ben Jonson
d) (D) George Bernard Shaw
Answer: (B) William Shakespeare
7. What is the antonym of "Miserly"?
a) (A) Generous
b) (B) Stingy
c) (C) Frugal
d) (D) Greedy
Answer: (A) Generous
8. The study of birds is called—
a) (A) Entomology
b) (B) Ornithology
c) (C) Zoology
d) (D) Anthropology
Answer: (B) Ornithology
9. Choose the correct passive form: "Shut the door."
a) (A) Let the door shut.
b) (B) Let the door be shut.
c) (C) You are ordered to shut the door.
d) (D) The door should be shut.
Answer: (B) Let the door be shut.
10. What is the plural form of "Louse"?
a) (A) Louses
b) (B) Lices
c) (C) Lice
d) (D) Leese
Answer: (C) Lice
