List of top English Questions asked in CUET (PG)

What is the synonym of eradicate?

What phrase means "the argument is unsound"?

What is the antonym of eradicate?

What is the term for a small business owner?

What is the one-word synonym for connotation?

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

Blank verse is:

Which of the following is an ancient book of grammar?

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

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

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\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \text{Genre} & \text{Definition} \\ \hline \hline \text{(A). Sonnet} & \text{(I). A long verse narrative on a serious subject} \\ \hline \text{(B). Lyric} & \text{(II). A formal and sustained lament in verse} \\ \hline \text{(C). Epic} & \text{(III). A poem uttered by a single speaker who expresses his thoughts or emotions} \\ \hline \text{(D). Elegy} & \text{(IV). A poem of fourteen lines} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Which of the following 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 term applies the best to the given passage?

What are the characteristics of good prose? Choose the most appropriate answer
(A). Use of bombastic words.
(B). Matching the requirements of the targeted readership.
(C). Ease of expression.
(D). Economy of words.
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"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 worse than the illness?

The given passage may be characterised as -

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\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I (Humour)} & \textbf{List-II (Characteristic)} \\ \hline \text{(A) Sanguine} & \text{(I) Anger} \\ \hline \text{(B) Melancholic} & \text{(II) Apathy} \\ \hline \text{(C) Phlegmatic} & \text{(III) Sadness} \\ \hline \text{(D) Choleric} & \text{(IV) Happiness} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Ecocriticism?

Which of the following is NOT an autobiography?