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| 401. |
.......................... wrote his autobiography Apologia (1865–66). |
| A. | John Henry Newman |
| B. | Dickens, |
| C. | Trollope, |
| D. | Thackeray |
| Answer» B. Dickens, | |
| 402. |
Matthew Arnold is one of the great social voices of the ...................era. |
| A. | Victorian |
| B. | Tudor |
| C. | Stuart |
| D. | Windsor |
| Answer» B. Tudor | |
| 403. |
..................... justified the mass murder of the Jewish people during World War II aspurging inferior genetics. |
| A. | Adolf Hitler |
| B. | Stalin |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Mussolini |
| Answer» B. Stalin | |
| 404. |
......................coined the phrase “survival of the fittest,” and this was the essence ofhis thought on society. |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Dickens, |
| D. | Thackeray |
| Answer» B. Charles Darwin | |
| 405. |
Social Darwinism was the name given to the theories of......................, an elitistphilosopher. |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Dickens, |
| D. | Thackeray |
| Answer» B. Charles Darwin | |
| 406. |
The phrase Social Darwinism was first used in.............................. |
| A. | 1856 |
| B. | 1865 |
| C. | 1882 |
| D. | 1887 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 407. |
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from20 June 1837 until her death, on 22 January........................ |
| A. | 1801 |
| B. | 1876 |
| C. | 1897 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 408. |
The leader of the Reformation Movement in Scotland was: |
| A. | john calvin |
| B. | john knox |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | martin luther |
| Answer» C. henry viii | |
| 409. |
The founder of the Tudor Monarchy was: |
| A. | henry vii |
| B. | henry viii |
| C. | edward vii |
| D. | james i |
| Answer» B. henry viii | |
| 410. |
Name the document that mentions about the origin of feudalism: |
| A. | magna carta |
| B. | domesday book |
| C. | magnum concilium |
| D. | curia regis |
| Answer» C. magnum concilium | |
| 411. |
Point out the kingdom ruled by Alfred, the Great. |
| A. | essex |
| B. | kent |
| C. | north umbria |
| D. | wessex |
| Answer» E. | |
| 412. |
Who preached in his poetry “the human perceptibility and emancipation of the spirit”? |
| A. | wordsworth |
| B. | s.t. coleridge |
| C. | john keats |
| D. | p.b. shelley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 413. |
The Necessity of Atheism, an extra-ordinary pamphlet caused whom to be expelled fromOxford? |
| A. | william hazlitt |
| B. | william godwin |
| C. | percy bysshe shelley |
| D. | lord byron |
| Answer» D. lord byron | |
| 414. |
Lord Byron wrote all his plays in ………. |
| A. | miltonic metre |
| B. | prosaic metre |
| C. | the blank verse |
| D. | trachoic metre |
| Answer» D. trachoic metre | |
| 415. |
S.T. Coleridge, while residing in the Lake District, in 1809 started the magazine …….. |
| A. | the friend |
| B. | the morning post |
| C. | the watchman |
| D. | table talk |
| Answer» B. the morning post | |
| 416. |
Which of the following works of Wordsworth was completed on 1805 but not published until1850? |
| A. | the old cumberland beggar |
| B. | peter bell |
| C. | the prelude |
| D. | michael |
| Answer» D. michael | |
| 417. |
In 1789, the year of the French Revolution, William Blake issued his ………. |
| A. | songs of experience |
| B. | political sketches |
| C. | songs of innocence |
| D. | tiriel |
| Answer» D. tiriel | |
| 418. |
Which term Alexander Pope used for a literary technique of Romanticists? |
| A. | “nature sensitized” |
| B. | “nature exploited” |
| C. | “nature methodised” |
| D. | “nature naturalized” |
| Answer» D. “nature naturalized” | |
| 419. |
Who is characteristically known as a Realistic Romanticist? |
| A. | walter scott |
| B. | alexander pope |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | lord byron |
| Answer» B. alexander pope | |
| 420. |
‘The Spectator’ discussed moral and social questions, whereas ‘The Tatler’ discussed ………. |
| A. | the gossip, news and literary essays |
| B. | the political scandals exclusively |
| C. | the scientific achievements, philosophical discussions in the clubs |
| D. | the matters of daily human life. |
| Answer» B. the political scandals exclusively | |
| 421. |
‘Decline and fall of the Roman Empire’ is written by …….. |
| A. | dr. gibson |
| B. | orlando gibbons |
| C. | edward gibbon |
| D. | grinling gibbon |
| Answer» D. grinling gibbon | |
| 422. |
Which of the following is Oliver Goldsmith’s first poem? |
| A. | the deserted village |
| B. | the traveller |
| C. | the hermit |
| D. | elegy on the death of a mad dog |
| Answer» C. the hermit | |
| 423. |
Dr. Johnson’s claim to be called a first-rate writer rests on his………. |
| A. | epics |
| B. | dramas |
| C. | poetry |
| D. | prose works |
| Answer» E. | |
| 424. |
Who is best known as the founder of the Tatler and the Spectator? |
| A. | joseph addison |
| B. | sir richard steele |
| C. | sir roger de coverely |
| D. | daniel defoe. |
| Answer» C. sir roger de coverely | |
| 425. |
The Age of Pope is known as …….. |
| A. | the age of tolerance, moderation, and common sense. |
| B. | the age of scholarship, vain-gloriousness and shrewed political activity. |
| C. | the age of fever, unrest, and intellectual barrenness. |
| D. | the age of chaos, confusion and conduciveness. |
| Answer» B. the age of scholarship, vain-gloriousness and shrewed political activity. | |
| 426. |
The Act of Settlement was passed in 1701 during the reign of …… |
| A. | mary ii |
| B. | queen anne |
| C. | james ii |
| D. | george i |
| Answer» C. james ii | |
| 427. |
Who described Restoration Comedy as “artificial”? |
| A. | dr. johnson |
| B. | charles lamb |
| C. | mathew arnold |
| D. | t.s. eliot |
| Answer» C. mathew arnold | |
| 428. |
Who inspired John Milton to portray the rebel in his epic Paradise Lost? |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | charles ii |
| C. | oliver cromwell |
| D. | queen anne |
| Answer» D. queen anne | |
| 429. |
Who held the post in Government Administration during The Commonwealth? |
| A. | dr. johnson |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | william congreve |
| Answer» C. john dryden | |
| 430. |
In whose favour the Parliament voted to restore the Monarchy after Cromwell’s death in1658? |
| A. | george i |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | charles ii |
| D. | george ii |
| Answer» D. george ii | |
| 431. |
Oliver Cromwell under an adopted constitution assumed the title of ………. |
| A. | lord protector of england |
| B. | lord protector of italy |
| C. | king of england and ireland |
| D. | duke of england |
| Answer» B. lord protector of italy | |
| 432. |
The Restoration Period was less rich in tragedy than in …….. |
| A. | tragi-comedy |
| B. | comedy |
| C. | melodrama |
| D. | tragical histories |
| Answer» C. melodrama | |
| 433. |
John Dryden’s ‘The Indian Emperor’ appeared in 1665 is a ……. |
| A. | the blank verse tragedy |
| B. | the first tragi-comedy |
| C. | the heroic play |
| D. | an allegory |
| Answer» D. an allegory | |
| 434. |
Which is the last rhyming tragedy written by John Dryden? |
| A. | the rival lady |
| B. | the wild galant |
| C. | tyrannick love |
| D. | aureng-zebe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 435. |
Which is Dryden’s first play? |
| A. | the wild gallant |
| B. | tyrannick love |
| C. | aureng-zebe |
| D. | the conquest of granada |
| Answer» B. tyrannick love | |
| 436. |
The Dryden’s School of Poetry is also called as……… |
| A. | the “correct” school |
| B. | tthe “irresponsive” school |
| C. | the “resurrection” school |
| D. | the non-productive” school |
| Answer» B. tthe “irresponsive” school | |
| 437. |
Elizabethan Romanticism had all but spent itself by the year…… |
| A. | 1619 |
| B. | 1590 |
| C. | 1630 |
| D. | 1660 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 438. |
Dryden’s Religio Laici is ……… |
| A. | an allegorical defence of the roman catholic faith. |
| B. | a thesis in support of the english church. |
| C. | a violent attack on shadwell. |
| D. | a dogmatic assertion and tedious argument of church. |
| Answer» C. a violent attack on shadwell. | |
| 439. |
Dryden wrote which of the following in celebration of Charles II’s return ……….. |
| A. | the medal |
| B. | religio laici |
| C. | astraea |
| D. | annus mirabilis |
| Answer» D. annus mirabilis | |
| 440. |
In Dryden’s famous satirical allegory Absalom and Achitophel…… Absalom is …….. |
| A. | the duck of monmouth |
| B. | the counsellor shaftsbury |
| C. | the biblical character |
| D. | oliver cromwell |
| Answer» B. the counsellor shaftsbury | |
| 441. |
On the accession of James II in 1685, Dryden changed his faith and political persuasion andbecame ………. |
| A. | a roman protestant |
| B. | a roman catholic |
| C. | a reformer of churches. |
| D. | a court advisor |
| Answer» C. a reformer of churches. | |
| 442. |
Who applied first the epithet “Augustan”? |
| A. | john donne |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | dr. samuel johnson |
| Answer» E. | |
| 443. |
John Milton wrote ‘Paradise Lost’ …….. |
| A. | immediately after shakespeare’s death |
| B. | after king charles ii’s restoration* |
| C. | during commonwealth period |
| D. | before the commonwealth |
| Answer» C. during commonwealth period | |
| 444. |
In whose favour the Parliament voted to restore the Monarchy after Cromwell’s death in1658…….. |
| A. | george i |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | charles ii |
| D. | charles iii |
| Answer» D. charles iii | |
| 445. |
Oliver Cromwell under an adopted written constitution assumed the title of |
| A. | lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland |
| B. | lord protector of scotland |
| C. | king of england and ireland |
| D. | duke of england |
| Answer» B. lord protector of scotland | |
| 446. |
The Royalists in the Age of Milton are also called as …….. |
| A. | reformists |
| B. | cavaliers |
| C. | intellectualists |
| D. | brilliant buds |
| Answer» C. intellectualists | |
| 447. |
King Charles I dissolved the Parliament in 1640 is known as ….. |
| A. | long parliament |
| B. | dissolute parliament |
| C. | irresolute parliament |
| D. | short parliament |
| Answer» E. | |
| 448. |
Queen Elizabeth belonged to ………. |
| A. | lancastrian dynasty |
| B. | tudor dynasty |
| C. | hanoverian dynasty |
| D. | stuart |
| Answer» C. hanoverian dynasty | |
| 449. |
During the Age of Milton, Drama was ……….. |
| A. | refused by the people |
| B. | developed to the peak |
| C. | declined |
| D. | making gradual progress to enrich the standards. |
| Answer» D. making gradual progress to enrich the standards. | |
| 450. |
The age of Milton has been called …….. |
| A. | “the golden age of the english pulpit” |
| B. | the era of mythological lyrics |
| C. | the age of lyrics |
| D. | the era of pastoral poetry |
| Answer» B. the era of mythological lyrics | |