1. Who is the author of the famous play 'Hamlet'?
a) (a) William Wordsworth
b) (b) William Shakespeare
c) (c) John Milton
d) (d) George Bernard Shaw
Answer: (b) William Shakespeare
2. What is the antonym of the word 'Optimistic'?
a) (a) Pessimistic
b) (b) Hopeful
c) (c) Cheerful
d) (d) Positive
Answer: (a) Pessimistic
3. Choose the correct spelling:
a) (a) Achievement
b) (b) Acheivment
c) (c) Achivement
d) (d) Achievemant
Answer: (a) Achievement
4. "To cut a brilliant figure" means—
a) (a) To cut a good picture
b) (b) To shine or make a good impression
c) (c) To fail miserably
d) (d) To act rudely
Answer: (b) To shine or make a good impression
5. Identify the correct sentence:
a) (a) Each of the boys have done their work.
b) (b) Each of the boys has done his work.
c) (c) Each of the boys have done his work.
d) (d) Each of the boys has done their work.
Answer: (b) Each of the boys has done his work.
6. Who is known as the 'Poet of Nature' in English literature?
a) (a) Lord Byron
b) (b) John Keats
c) (c) William Wordsworth
d) (d) P. B. Shelley
Answer: (c) William Wordsworth
7. The synonym of 'Benevolent' is—
a) (a) Cruel
b) (b) Kind
c) (c) Greedy
d) (d) Hostile
Answer: (b) Kind
8. Fill in the blank: "He is senior _______ me by two years."
a) (a) than
b) (b) from
c) (c) to
d) (d) with
Answer: (c) to
9. What is the noun form of the word 'Beautiful'?
a) (a) Beautify
b) (b) Beauty
c) (c) Beautifully
d) (d) Beauteous
Answer: (b) Beauty
10. A person who writes poems is called a—
a) (a) Novelist
b) (b) Dramatist
c) (c) Poet
d) (d) Essayist
Answer: (c) Poet
11. What is the meaning of the idiom 'A bed of roses'?
a) A difficult situation
b) A pleasant and comfortable life
c) A garden of flowers
d) A dynamic character
Answer: A pleasant and comfortable life
12. Change the voice: "Who did this?"
a) (a) By whom was this done?
b) (b) By whom did this done?
c) (c) Who was this done by?
d) (d) By whom this was done?
Answer: (a) By whom was this done?
13. Fill in the blank: "Look _______ the word in the dictionary."
a) (a) for
b) (b) up
c) (c) after
d) (d) into
Answer: (b) up
14. What is the plural form of the word 'Ox'?
a) (a) Oxes
b) (b) Oxen
c) (c) Oxs
d) (d) Oxies
Answer: (b) Oxen
15. Who wrote the novel 'Gulliver's Travels'?
a) (a) Jonathan Swift
b) (b) Daniel Defoe
c) (c) Charles Dickens
d) (d) Thomas Hardy
Answer: (a) Jonathan Swift
16. The word 'Incredible' means—
a) (a) Unbelievable
b) (b) Very costly
c) (c) Interesting
d) (d) Common
Answer: (a) Unbelievable
17. A speech full of too many words is called a—
a) (a) Maidens speech
b) (b) Verbose speech
c) (c) Long speech
d) (d) Brief speech
Answer: (b) Verbose speech
18. Fill in the blank: "The tree has been blown _______ by the storm."
a) (a) away
b) (b) up
c) (c) out
d) (d) down
Answer: (d) down
19. What part of speech is the word 'Quickly'?
a) (a) Noun
b) (b) Adjective
c) (c) Adverb
d) (d) Verb
Answer: (c) Adverb
20. Which of the following is a romantic poet?
a) (a) Alexander Pope
b) (b) John Keats
c) (c) T. S. Eliot
d) (d) W. B. Yeats
Answer: (b) John Keats
