| Post Name | Higher Secondary School Teacher English (Junior) - Kerala Higher Secondary Education Department |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 008/2024/OL |
| Category Code | 143/2023 |
| Date of Test | 12 January 2024 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | Online Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
How does the image of the dove contribute to thematic elements in John Donne's "The Canonization"?
Answer
A. It enhances the theme of love and tranquility
2
Which of the following lines is the epitaph written by Gray for himself in the "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"?
Answer
B. "Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown"
3
Why did Alexander Pope write The Rape of the Lock?
Answer
B. As a response to a request from his friend to reconcile two families
4
What is a major theme of William Blake's "The Tyger"?
Answer
B. The representation of contraries in the human soul
5
What role do the classical Muses play in Milton's "Lycidas," and how do they contribute to the elegy's structure and themes?
Answer
B. The Muses symbolize divine inspiration, guiding the poet's lament
6
After Grendel's defeat, what further threat arises in Beowulf that Beowulf must confront?
Answer
B. Grendel's mother
7
What specific physical features contribute to the identification of the Wife of Bath in Chaucer's "General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales?
Answer
C. Her deafness and wide-set teeth
8
What was the overarching purpose of Spenser's "Epithalamion"?
Answer
C. To celebrate and commemorate the poet's marriage to Elizabeth Boyle
9
In what ways does Henry Fielding's Tom Jones exemplify the characteristics of a traditional bildungsroman?
Answer
B. The novel follows Tom Jones from his youth to maturity, chronicling his moral and emotional development
10
How does Andrew Marvell's choice of the carpe diem motif in "To His Coy Mistress" align with the classical tradition of Latin love elegy?
Answer
A. The crape diem motif emphasizes the speaker's urgency and impatience in pursuing his beloved
11
What is the significance of the subtitle given to Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" - A vision in a Dream, A Fragment"?
Answer
B. The subtitle highlights the dreamlike and fragmentary nature of the poetic vision
12
How does Shelley's use of personification contribute to the dual aspects of the West Wind as both Destroyer and Preserver?
Answer
D. The personification creates a nuanced portrayal of the West Wind, embodying both destructive and preservative forces in nature
13
How does Andrea del Sarto's relationship with his wife Lucrezia contribute to the poem's exploration of art and life?
Answer
B. The poem portrays a strained relationship, highlighting the tension between artistic pursuits and domestic responsibilities
14
What is the significance of the title "Dream Children" in relation to the themes explored by Charles Lamb in the essay?
Answer
B. It emphasizes the unreality and ephemeral nature of the characters
15
What role does Lady Bracknell play in the social satire presented in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest?
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C. Lady Bracknell embodies societal prejudices and represents the rigid class structure
16
Why does Wordsworth argue for the adoption of the language of common people in the Preface to The Lyrical Ballads?
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D. Because these individuals are in constant communication with the best objects
17
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is set in the moorlands of Yorkshire. How does the novel utilize the setting to enhance its themes?
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B. The moors represent a wild and untamed backdrop for intense emotions
18
What alternative title was used for the Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist during its initial publicaton?
Answer
B. The Parish Boy's Progress
19
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is subtitled "The Modern Prometheus". What does this alternative title suggest about the novel's themes and connections to classical mythology?
Answer
C. The subtitle underscores the parallel between the protagonist and the mythological figure Prometheus
20
In Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, what historical event, mentioned in the novel, serves as a backdrop to Tess's story, reflecting the social changes of the time?
Answer
B. The Industrial Revolution
21
Balram Halwai narrates his life in a letter addressed to _____________.
Answer
B. Wen Jiabao
22
"____________ advertised itself as the first cinema Hall in Kerala with a 70mm CinemaScope screen".
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C. Abhilash Talkies
23
In the mock trial Benare is accused of the crime of
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D. infanticide
24
The preface to the novel Untouchable was written by __________
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A. E.M, Forster
25
Ramanujan's essay "Is There an Indian way of Thinking" is "inspired by" and "dedicated to" __________.
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A. his father
26
Which of these characters in "Waiting for Godot" is referred to as Didi?
Answer
A. Vladimir
27
In the essay "Tradition and Individual Talent" Eliot mentions all but one of the following substances while explaining the process of depresonalisation. Identify the one.
Answer
B. Sulphuric acid
28
What does the speaker in Larkin's poem "Church Going" take off "in awkward reverence".
Answer
D. cycle clips
29
"Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry". Name the person referred to in this line.
Answer
B. W.B. Yeats
30
Which among the following is not a section in "The Waste Land"?
Answer
A. A Game of Dice
31
Which among the following things was not carried away by the river in Ramanujan's poem "A River"?
Answer
B. a bridge
32
"Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads!. Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut? Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee!" Which song in Gitanjali are these lines from?
Answer
C. Song 11
33
In Nagamandala, Kurudavva's son is named ____________.
Answer
B. Kappanna
34
In Ezekiel's poem "Background Casually" the Major tells the stories of ____________ war.
Answer
A. Boer war
35
Harvest discusses the theme of _____________.
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C. Organ selling
36
According to F.R. Leavis, the great English novelists are _________
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A. Jane Austen, Henry James, George Eliot and Joseph Conrad
37
What are Kurtz's last words?
Answer
B. The horror! the horror
38
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is ___________".
Answer
A. Strength
39
Stephen Dedalus has romantic dreams about the fictional character _____________.
Answer
C. Mercedes
40
Mrs. Dalloway examines the life of ___________.
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D. Clarissa Dalloway
41
What is the "play of shadows twining and twisting as if they were alive" in the poem 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking' described as?
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C. Mystic
42
Choose the rhyme pattern of E.A. Poe's poem 'The Raven'.
Answer
A. abcbbb
43
What was the original title of the play Emperor Jones?
Answer
D. The Silver Bullet
44
Who is the narrator in The Glass Menagerie?
Answer
B. Tom Wingfield
45
"So small the window frames the whole of it." What does 'it' signify here?
Answer
B. A little graveyard
46
According to R.W. Emerson what do Moses, Plato and Milton have in common?
Answer
D. Disregarded books and traditions, and spoke what they truly thought
47
The Old Man and the Sea was published for the first time in
Answer
A. Life
48
Who described The Scarlet Letter as "the most consistently gloomy of English novels"?
Answer
C. Henry James
49
Which novel has been described as "a psychological study of revenge and monomania-a dramatization of madness charged with direct and indirect allusions to Shakespeare"?
Answer
C. Moby Dick
50
Psycholinguisthics examines
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A. how competence is employed in performance
51
The non-literal use of a linguistic form, designed to draw attention to a perceived resemblance is known as
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C. Metaphor
52
What is intonation?
Answer
B. the distinctive use of patterns of pitch
53
What do you call the underlying structure of sentences as represented by phrase structure rules?
Answer
D. Deep structure
54
Which of the following best represents Ferdinand de Saussure's contribution to linguistics?
Answer
A. Proposing the concept of the linguistic sign as consisting of a signifier and a signified
55
What are liquid consonants?
Answer
C. consonants involving the blade or tip of the tongue in their production
56
Which among the following factors does not directly affect mother tongue influence in foreign language teaching?
Answer
D. intelligence
57
Which method of teaching bases its techniques on the centrality of the spoken language?
Answer
D. Direct Method
58
Which learning theory builds on the occurrence of cognitive conflict?
Answer
C. Constructivism
59
Language learning anxiety is an example of _________ factor which affects the language learning process.
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B. Affective
60
Which error has occurred in the sentence, "I drinks juice in the morning".
Answer
A. overgeneralization error
61
What, according to Aristotle, are the three differences which distinguish artistic imitation?
Answer
C. The medium, the objects and the manner
62
The four models of difference presently used by theories of women's writing, as identified by Elaine Showalter are :
Answer
B. biological, linguistic, psychoanalytic and cultural
63
The three aspects of any cultural process are
Answer
D. traditions, institutions and formations
64
How can art be said to approach the condition of science?
Answer
D. through depersonalization
65
What are the principal methodological devices for studying authorities of Orientalism, according to Edward W. Said?
Answer
A. strategic location and strategic formation
66
Which of the following statements are true about cultural industry? i. The customer is the king, its subject ii. The masses are not the measure but the ideology of the culture industry iii. The culture industry could scarcely exist without adapting to the masses iv. Culture industry is a culture that arises spontaneously from the mass themselves
Answer
A. ii, iii and iv
67
What are the three methods of 'reading' the signs conveyed by media?
Answer
C. dominant, negotiated and oppositional
68
What is the radical weapon proposed by Laura Mulvey?
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C. destruction of pleasure
69
Who proposed that the female body ought to be the situation and instrumentality of women's freedom, not a defining and limiting essence?
Answer
B. Simone de Beauvoir
70
Who commented "Pop in the broadest sense was the context in which a notion of the postmodern first took shape"?
Answer
A. Andreas Huyssen
71
____________ is grounded in practical outcomes among participants in the surrounding social system.
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C. Action research
72
Ex post facto research determines the influence of
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C. the independent variable that is not controlled/manipulated, on dependent variable
73
The initial stage in research is to ______________ a problem.
Answer
B. identify
74
Which of the following is not true? A research problem should ensure
Answer
B. application of statistics
75
Falsification in research publication is of ethical concern. It involves
Answer
C. Manipulation of process, data and results
76
Which of these does not contribute to good research findings?
Answer
C. personal opinion
77
Citation manipulation does not mean excessive citations.
Answer
A. of references that contribute to the publication
78
A child's maturation and language are related to
Answer
A. Personal learner characteristics
79
Outcome Based Evaluation assesses the
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A. programme of study
80
Kahoot, Google Classroom and Edmodo are
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C. Technological tools
81
Which of the following state is an example for bicameral legislative system?
Answer
A. Karnataka
82
Article 270 is repealled from Indian Constitution on
Answer
B. August 5, 2019
83
Father of preamble of Indian Constitution is
Answer
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
84
The regional languages of India added in
Answer
B. 8th Schedule of constitution
85
Which of the following statement is/are correct about Indian constitution i. The concept of federalism have been taken from French constitution ii. The concept of fundamental rights have been taken from American constitution iii. Idea of residuary powers have been taken from Japanese constitution iv. The idea of concurrent list have been taken from Australian Constitution
Answer
D. Only (ii and iv)
86
The symbol of Indian constitution is
Answer
D. Elephant
87
Who caligraphed the original preamble of Indian Constitution
Answer
C. Prem Bihari Narain Raizada
88
How many female members were present in the constitutional assembly
Answer
B. 15
89
Which amendment provides 1/3 reservation for women in Loksabha and state assemblies
Answer
A. 106th Amendment
90
Council of states is also known as
Answer
B. Rajya sabha
91
Film director who won life time achievement award of the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala in 2022
Answer
C. Bela Tarr
92
Which of the following novels are written by P Valsala i. Arakkillam ii. Koomankolly iii. Oorukaval iv. Gauthaman
Answer
C. only (i, ii and iv)
93
Which of the following statement is/are correct about the Travancore. i. Pandarapattam proclamation was in 1867 ii. Formation of legislative council was in 1888 iii. Department of agriculture was organised in 1910 iv. Establishment of Travancore university was in 1937
Answer
D. only (ii and iv)
94
Which of the following organizations were not started by Pandit Karuppan i. Kalyanadayini Sabha ii. Samasta Kerala Araya Mahajana Yogam iii. Valasamudhaya Parishkarani Sabha iv. Araya Vamsa paripalana yogam
Answer
C. only (ii and iv)
95
Match column I with column II and select the correct option Column I Column II a. Kerala Patrika 1. C.P. Govindan Nair b. Kerala Sanchari 2. T.K. Madhavan c. Gajakesari 3. C.Kunjirama Menon d. Desabhimani 4. Murkoth Kumaran
Answer
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
96
Which of the following statement is/are correct i. The special conference of the S.N.D.P Yogam held at Changanacherry passed the resolution in support of abstention ii. The meeting of Ezhava Youth league at Karunagapally in 1933 was under the presidentship of C. Keshavan iii. Shivagiri Mutt was established at Varkalai in 1903 iv. Treatment of Tiyyas in Trvancore was written by M Govindan
Answer
D. only (i and iii)
97
Which of the following statement is/are correct i. Vaikam Satyagraha was to get approach road to Vaikam temple opened for the Avarnas ii. Suchindram temple Satyagraha was to get the temple opened to all Hindus iii. Guruvayur Satyagraha started to get Guruvayoor temple open to all Hindus iv. Paliyam Satyagraha was to get the road in front of main residence of the Paliat Achan open to Avarnas
Answer
B. only (i and iii)
98
Which among the following is correct? i. Annie Mascarene under took train journey across Travancore state causing embarrassment to the government in September 1938 ii. Accamma Cheriyan led the state congress demonstration in Thiruvananthapuram on 23rd October 1938 iii. Elizabeth Kuruvilla was the fifth acting president of state congress in 1938 iv. A. V. Kuttimalu Amma was associated with Khadi pracharana sangh at Calicut.
Answer
A. only (ii, iii and iv)
99
Match column 1 with column 2 and select the correct option Column 1 Column 2 a. Kalyaninatakam 1. Kunhikuttan Thampuran b. Chandrika 2. Kandhathil Varghese Mappila c. Lakshmi Kalyanam 3. Kochunni Thampuran d. Ebraikutty 4. KC Kesava Pillai
Answer
D. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
100
Which of the following statement is/are correct? i. Rev. J Dawson made the first Shanar converts around Nagercoil ii. Rev. Charles Mead was responsible for getting the right for Shanar Christian women to cover their breat with a distinctive jacket iii. LMS missionaries compaign for the abolition of slavery in Travancore started in 1847 iv. The first government vernacular school in Trivandrum was opened in August 1866
Answer
B. only (ii, iii and iv)
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