1. Who is known as the "Father of English Poetry"?
a) Geoffrey Chaucer
b) William Shakespeare
c) John Milton
d) William Wordsworth
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Who is regarded as the "Father of English Drama"?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) William Shakespeare
c) Ben Jonson
d) John Webster
Answer: William Shakespeare
3. Which period is called the "Golden Age of English Literature"?
a) The Elizabethan Period
b) The Romantic Period
c) The Victorian Period
d) The Modern Period
Answer: The Elizabethan Period
4. Who is the author of the famous epic "Paradise Lost"?
a) John Milton
b) John Keats
c) William Wordsworth
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: John Milton
5. "To be or not to be, that is the question"— This famous soliloquy is from which Shakespearean play?
a) Macbeth
b) King Lear
c) Hamlet
d) Othello
Answer: Hamlet
6. Who is known as the "Poet of Nature" in English literature?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Lord Byron
d) P. B. Shelley
Answer: William Wordsworth
7. Who wrote the famous romantic poem "Ode to a Nightingale"?
a) John Keats
b) William Wordsworth
c) Lord Byron
d) S. T. Coleridge
Answer: John Keats
8. Who is called the "Poet of Beauty"?
a) John Keats
b) P. B. Shelley
c) William Blake
d) Lord Tennyson
Answer: John Keats
9. Who wrote the novel "Pride and Prejudice"?
a) Jane Austen
b) Charlotte Bronte
c) George Eliot
d) Emily Bronte
Answer: Jane Austen
10. Who is the author of "David Copperfield" and "Great Expectations"?
a) Charles Dickens
b) Thomas Hardy
c) George Bernard Shaw
d) Oscar Wilde
Answer: Charles Dickens
11. Who wrote the famous play "Man and Superman" and "Arms and the Man"?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) William Shakespeare
c) Henrik Ibsen
d) Samuel Beckett
Answer: George Bernard Shaw
12. Who is known as the master of "Dramatic Monologue"?
a) Robert Browning
b) Alfred Tennyson
c) Matthew Arnold
d) Thomas Hardy
Answer: Robert Browning
13. Who wrote the famous poem "The Waste Land"?
a) T. S. Eliot
b) W. B. Yeats
c) W. H. Auden
d) Robert Frost
Answer: T. S. Eliot
14. Who is the author of the novel "Ulysses"?
a) James Joyce
b) Virginia Woolf
c) E. M. Forster
d) D. H. Lawrence
Answer: James Joyce
15. Who wrote the dystopian novel "1984" and "Animal Farm"?
a) George Orwell
b) Aldous Huxley
c) H. G. Wells
d) Franz Kafka
Answer: George Orwell
16. Who is the author of "The Old Man and the Sea"?
a) Ernest Hemingway
b) William Faulkner
c) F. Scott Fitzgerald
d) Mark Twain
Answer: Ernest Hemingway
17. Who wrote the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
a) S. T. Coleridge
b) William Wordsworth
c) John Keats
d) P. B. Shelley
Answer: S. T. Coleridge
18. What is the noun form of the word "Beautiful"?
a) Beauty
b) Beautify
c) Beautifully
d) Beauteous
Answer: Beauty
19. Identify the correct plural form of "Ox".
a) Oxes
b) Oxen
c) Oxs
d) Oxies
Answer: Oxen
20. What is the plural form of "Criterion"?
a) Criterions
b) Criteria
c) Criterias
d) Criteriones
Answer: Criteria
21. Which one is an abstract noun?
a) Team
b) Water
c) Kindness
d) Gold
Answer: Kindness
22. "The jury was divided in their opinions." — Here "jury" acts as a/an:
a) Collective Noun
b) Noun of Multitude
c) Common Noun
d) Abstract Noun
Answer: Noun of Multitude
23. What type of pronoun is "Who, Which, That" when they join sentences?
a) Relative Pronoun
b) Interrogative Pronoun
c) Demonstrative Pronoun
d) Reflexive Pronoun
Answer: Relative Pronoun
24. "He himself did the work." — Here "himself" is a/an:
a) Emphatic Pronoun
b) Reflexive Pronoun
c) Relative Pronoun
d) Possessive Pronoun
Answer: Emphatic Pronoun
25. What is the superlative degree of "Bad"?
a) Badder
b) Baddest
c) Worse
d) Worst
Answer: Worst
26. Choose the correct adjective form of the word "Moon".
a) Moony
b) Lunar
c) Solar
d) Moonlike
Answer: Lunar
27. "A rolling stone gathers no moss." — What is "rolling" here?
a) Gerund
b) Participle
c) Verbal Noun
d) Adverb
Answer: Participle
28. "Walking is a good exercise." — What is "walking" here?
a) Gerund
b) Participle
c) Infinitive
d) Verb
Answer: Gerund
29. What is the past participle form of the verb "Fly"?
a) Flew
b) Flied
c) Flown
d) Flyed
Answer: Flown
30. What is the past tense of "Hang" (when referring to executing a person)?
a) Hung
b) Hanged
c) Hanging
d) Hang
Answer: Hanged
31. Fill in the blank: "He is ______ M.A."
a) a
b) an
c) the
d) no article
Answer: an
32. Fill in the blank: "Jerry was deprived ______ motherly love."
a) of
b) from
c) with
d) at
Answer: of
33. "He died ______ overeating." — Choose the correct preposition.
a) of
b) by
c) from
d) for
Answer: from
34. What is the appropriate preposition for "Abide ______" (meaning to tolerate)?
a) by
b) with
c) in
d) at
Answer: with
35. "He is blind ______ his son's faults." — Fill in the blank.
a) of
b) to
c) with
d) at
Answer: to
36. Identify the correct sentence:
a) He is more taller than me.
b) He is taller than I.
c) He is taller than me.
d) He is most tall than I.
Answer: He is taller than I.
37. Choose the correct sentence:
a) Ten miles are a long distance.
b) Ten miles is a long distance.
c) Ten mile is a long distance.
d) Ten miles were a long distance.
Answer: Ten miles is a long distance.
38. "Many a man ______ present in the meeting." — Fill in the blank.
a) was
b) were
c) are
d) have been
Answer: was
39. "One of my friends ______ a doctor." — Fill in the blank.
a) is
b) are
c) were
d) have
Answer: is
40. "The Virtuous ______ always happy." — Fill in the blank.
a) is
b) are
c) was
d) has been
Answer: are
41. Choose the correct spelling:
a) Committee
b) Comittee
c) Commitee
d) Committe
Answer: Committee
42. Choose the correct spelling:
a) Lieutenant
b) Leutenant
c) Lieutenent
d) Lutenant
Answer: Lieutenant
43. Find the correctly spelled word:
a) Bureaucracy
b) Burocracy
c) Beurocracy
d) Bureacracy
Answer: Bureaucracy
44. Which one is the correct spelling?
a) Assassination
b) Asasination
c) Assasination
d) Assassinatione
Answer: Assassination
45. What is the synonym of the word "Cordial"?
a) Friendly
b) Hostile
c) Cold
d) Rude
Answer: Friendly
46. What is the synonym of "Incite"?
a) Instigate
b) Calm
c) Delay
d) Prohibit
Answer: Instigate
47. What is the antonym of "Fragile"?
a) Strong
b) Weak
c) Soft
d) Delicate
Answer: Strong
48. What is the antonym of "Honorary"?
a) Salaried
b) Official
c) Honest
d) Unpaid
Answer: Salaried
49. What is the meaning of the idiom "Blue blood"?
a) Aristocratic birth
b) Bad blood
c) Medical condition
d) Royal dye
Answer: Aristocratic birth
50. What is the meaning of the idiom "Burning question"?
a) An important issue
b) A fire hazard
c) A useless talk
d) An easy question
Answer: An important issue
51. "Maiden speech" means:
a) First speech
b) Last speech
c) Long speech
d) Short speech
Answer: First speech
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52. What does the expression "Achilles' heel" mean?
a) A weak point
b) A strong weapon
c) A fast runner
d) An expensive shoe
Answer: A weak point
53. Change the voice: "He teaches us English."
a) We are taught English by him.
b) English was taught us by him.
c) We were taught English by him.
d) We are teach English by him.
Answer: We are taught English by him.
54. Change the voice: "Panic seized the writer."
a) The writer was seized with panic.
b) The writer was seized by panic.
c) The writer had seized panic.
d) Panic was seized by the writer.
Answer: The writer was seized with panic.
55. Active voice of "Let the work be done":
a) Do the work.
b) You should do the work.
c) Let you do the work.
d) Done the work.
Answer: Do the work.
56. Change the narration: He said, "I am unwell."
a) He said that he was unwell.
b) He said that I am unwell.
c) He told that he is unwell.
d) He said that he had been unwell.
Answer: He said that he was unwell.
57. He said, "Thank you." — Indirect form is:
a) He thanked me.
b) He said thank you to me.
c) He told me thank you.
d) He was thanking me.
Answer: He thanked me.
58. What is the passive voice of "Who did this?"
a) By whom was this done?
b) By whom this was done?
c) Who was this done by?
d) By whom did this done?
Answer: By whom was this done?
59. "Look before you leap" — This is a:
a) Proverb
b) Idiom
c) Phrase
d) Metaphor
Answer: Proverb
60. What is the meaning of the proverb "Black sheep"?
a) A disgraced person
b) A dark animal
c) A useful servant
d) A rare object
Answer: A disgraced person
61. Identify the phrase "at daggers drawn":
a) On the verge of fighting
b) Friendly terms
c) Playing with knives
d) To draw a map
Answer: On the verge of fighting
62. Complete the sentence: "If it rains, we ______ not go out."
a) will
b) would
c) would have
d) should have
Answer: will
63. Complete the sentence: "If I were a king, I ______ help the poor."
a) would
b) will
c) shall
d) am going to
Answer: would
64. "Had I been a rich man, I ______ helped you." — Fill in the blank.
a) would have
b) will have
c) would
d) should
Answer: would have
65. "No sooner had he seen the police ______ he ran away."
a) than
b) then
c) when
d) before
Answer: than
66. "Scarcely had we reached the station ______ the train left."
a) when
b) than
c) then
d) before
Answer: when
67. What part of speech is the word "Hard" in "He works hard"?
a) Adverb
b) Adjective
c) Noun
d) Verb
Answer: Adverb
68. What part of speech is the word "Hard" in "It is a hard nut to crack"?
a) Adjective
b) Adverb
c) Noun
d) Pronoun
Answer: Adjective
69. What is the noun form of the verb "Propose"?
a) Proposal
b) Proposition
c) Proposing
d) Proposed
Answer: Proposal
70. "Call it a day" means:
a) To stop working on something
b) To start a new day
c) To name a day
d) To celebrate a birthday
Answer: To stop working on something
71. Who wrote the poem "The Daffodils"?
a) William Wordsworth
b) Robert Herrick
c) John Keats
d) P. B. Shelley
Answer: William Wordsworth
72. Who wrote the poem "To Daffodils"?
a) Robert Herrick
b) William Wordsworth
c) John Donne
d) Andrew Marvell
Answer: Robert Herrick
73. Who is known as the "Poet of Love" or "Metaphysical Poet"?
a) John Donne
b) George Herbert
c) Andrew Marvell
d) John Milton
Answer: John Donne
74. Who wrote the line: "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink"?
a) S. T. Coleridge
b) William Wordsworth
c) Lord Byron
d) John Keats
Answer: S. T. Coleridge
75. "If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" — Who wrote this line?
a) P. B. Shelley
b) John Keats
c) Lord Byron
d) William Wordsworth
Answer: P. B. Shelley
76. Who is the author of "Gulliver's Travels"?
a) Jonathan Swift
b) Daniel Defoe
c) Alexander Pope
d) Henry Fielding
Answer: Jonathan Swift
77. Who wrote the famous novel "Robinson Crusoe"?
a) Daniel Defoe
b) Jonathan Swift
c) Samuel Richardson
d) Henry Fielding
Answer: Daniel Defoe
78. Who is the creator of the famous detective character "Sherlock Holmes"?
a) Arthur Conan Doyle
b) Agatha Christie
c) Edgar Allan Poe
d) Charles Dickens
Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle
79. Who is known as the "Lady of the Lamp"?
a) Florence Nightingale
b) Queen Elizabeth I
c) Jane Austen
d) Emily Dickinson
Answer: Florence Nightingale
80. What is the meaning of the word "Euphemism"?
a) Inoffensive expression
b) Harsh sound
c) Vague statement
d) Wise saying
Answer: Inoffensive expression
81. What is the meaning of "Post Meridiem" (P.M.)?
a) Afternoon
b) Before noon
c) Midnight
d) Dawn
Answer: Afternoon
82. What is the antonym of the word "Pessimist"?
a) Optimist
b) Realist
c) Idealist
d) Cynic
Answer: Optimist
83. "A person who writes dictionaries" is called a:
a) Lexicographer
b) Cartographer
c) Biographer
d) Philologist
Answer: Lexicographer
84. What is the synonym of "Competent"?
a) Capable
b) Incapable
c) Lazy
d) Inept
Answer: Capable
85. Fill in the blank: "He came home yesterday after the sun ______."
a) had set
b) has set
c) set
d) sets
Answer: had set
86. "I saw him ______ to school." — Fill in the blank.
a) going
b) go
c) gone
d) to going
Answer: going
87. "It has been raining ______ Monday last." — Choose the correct word.
a) since
b) for
c) from
d) in
Answer: since
88. "He has been living here ______ five years." — Choose the correct word.
a) for
b) since
c) from
d) during
Answer: for
89. What is the feminine gender of "Fox"?
a) Vixen
b) Bitch
c) Ewe
d) Mare
Answer: Vixen
90. What is the singular form of "Data"?
a) Datum
b) Datas
c) Datumi
d) Datae
Answer: Datum
91. Which one is a singular noun?
a) Physics
b) Feet
c) Mice
d) Teeth
Answer: Physics
92. Choose the correct spelling:
a) Dysentery
b) Disentery
c) Dysantary
d) Dysentary
Answer: Dysentery
93. Choose the correct spelling:
a) Maintenance
b) Maintainance
c) Maintenence
d) Maintenans
Answer: Maintenance
94. What is the meaning of the idiom "Gift of the gab"?
a) Talent for speaking
b) A costly gift
c) Silent nature
d) Writing ability
Answer: Talent for speaking
95. "By hook or by crook" means:
a) By any means available
b) By using a tool
c) In an honest way
d) To trap someone
Answer: By any means available
96. Change the voice: "Do not insult the poor."
a) Let not the poor be insulted.
b) Let the poor not insulted.
c) The poor should not insulted.
d) Let not the poor insult.
Answer: Let not the poor be insulted.
97. Choose the correct tag question: "I am a student, ______?"
a) aren't I
b) am not I
c) don't I
d) isn't I
Answer: aren't I
98. Choose the correct sentence:
a) Each of the boys gets a prize.
b) Each of the boys get a prize.
c) Each of the boy get a prize.
d) Each of the boy gets a prize.
Answer: Each of the boys gets a prize.
99. "Look after" means:
a) To take care of
b) To search for
c) To resemble
d) To despise
Answer: To take care of
100. Who is the author of the famous romantic poem "The Cloud"?
a) P. B. Shelley
b) John Keats
c) William Wordsworth
d) William Blake
Answer: P. B. Shelley
