List of top English Questions asked in CUET (PG)

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I (Literary Genre)} & \textbf{List-II (Text)} \\ \hline \text{(A). Fiction} & \text{(I). Prometheus Unbound} \\ \hline \text{(B). Poetry} & \text{(II). Moll Flanders} \\ \hline \text{(C). Drama} & \text{(III). On the Subjection of Women} \\ \hline \text{(D). Non-fiction} & \text{(IV). Intimations of Immortality} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Who first used the term 'Negative Capability'?

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Which of the following is an ancient book of grammar?

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \text{Writer} & \text{Nationality} \\ \hline \hline \text{(A). Arvind Adiga} & \text{(I). Canada} \\ \hline \text{(B). R. K. Narayan} & \text{(II). USA} \\ \hline \text{(C). Rohinton Mistry} & \text{(III). Australia} \\ \hline \text{(D). Jhumpa Lahiri} & \text{(IV). India} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Who is considered the 'compiler' of the Vedas?

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I (Actual Name)} & \textbf{List-II (Pen name/Pseudonym)} \\ \hline \text{(A) J. K. Rowling} & \text{(I) Currer Bell} \\ \hline \text{(B) Mary Ann Evans} & \text{(II) Robert Galbraith} \\ \hline \text{(C) Agatha Christie} & \text{(III) George Eliot} \\ \hline \text{(D) Charlotte Brontë} & \text{(IV) Mary Westmacott} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \text{Genre} & \text{Definition} \\ \hline \hline \text{(A). Sonnet} & \text{(I). A long verse narrative on a serious subject} \\ \hline \text{(B). Lyric} & \text{(II). A formal and sustained lament in verse} \\ \hline \text{(C). Epic} & \text{(III). A poem uttered by a single speaker who expresses his thoughts or emotions} \\ \hline \text{(D). Elegy} & \text{(IV). A poem of fourteen lines} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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'Poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings and emotions recollected in tranquility', as a poetic philosophy is ascribed to:

What is the antonym of warily?

Which of the following literary terms refer to a play on words where a word has two or more meanings, or words that sound similar but have different meanings?
(A). Alliteration
(B). Pun
(C). Symbolism
(D). Allusion

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Which of the following statements are correct in the context of Coleridge's understanding of the terms 'Fancy' and 'Imagination'?
(A). Fancy is a mechanical faculty of the human mind.
(B). Imagination is an organic faculty of the human mind that dissolves dialectical oppositions.
(C). Fancy is Mimetic, and Imagination is creative.
(D). Fancy is the real poetic creativity.
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Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct option out of the given ones as per the reading of the passage:
Prose as a medium of literary appreciation ...

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \text{Genre} & \text{Definition} \\ \hline \hline \text{(A). Sonnet} & \text{(I). A long verse narrative on a serious subject} \\ \hline \text{(B). Lyric} & \text{(II). A formal and sustained lament in verse} \\ \hline \text{(C). Epic} & \text{(III). A poem uttered by a single speaker who expresses his thoughts or emotions} \\ \hline \text{(D). Elegy} & \text{(IV). A poem of fourteen lines} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Which of the following statements are true with respect to Aristotle's classic analysis of Tragedy in his Poetics?
(A). Tragedy is mimesis.
(B). Tragedy intends to accomplish the catharsis of emotions like pity and fear.
(C). The tragic hero is an everyday person with ordinary moral worth.
(D). It is hamartia, which often leads the tragic hero into a state of suffering.
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Ecocriticism?

"Sethe", he says, "me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some more kind of tomorrow."
Which figure of speech is used here? Choose the most appropriate answer.

What was the 'only' thing that prevented the writer from losing her sanity?

Which of the following elements of drama was termed as mythos by Aristotle ?

Which of the following is NOT an autobiography?

Which figure of speech is used in the opening line of Spenser's sonnet LVII (57) - 'Sweet Warrior! When Shall I Have Peace with Thee?'

What was worse than the illness?

Which term applies the best to the given passage?

The given passage may be characterised as -

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I (Humour)} & \textbf{List-II (Characteristic)} \\ \hline \text{(A) Sanguine} & \text{(I) Anger} \\ \hline \text{(B) Melancholic} & \text{(II) Apathy} \\ \hline \text{(C) Phlegmatic} & \text{(III) Sadness} \\ \hline \text{(D) Choleric} & \text{(IV) Happiness} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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