List of top English Questions asked in CUET (PG)

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Which of the following books relate to the Partition of India?
(A) The Broken Mirror
(B) Coolie
(C) Midnight's Furies
(D) Ice Candy Man
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Arrange the following texts in the order they were written, from the earliest to the latest.
(A). The Inheritance of Loss
(B). The Guide
(C). Swami and Friends
(D). The Shadow Lines
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Which of the following is NOT a work by R. K. Narayan?

Who among the following is a science fiction writer?

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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Arrange these Indian writers in chronological order with reference to their year of birth, starting with the earliest:
(A). Ismat Chugtai
(B). Gurdial Singh Rahi
(C). Harivansh Rai Bachchan
(D). Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
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Who among the following were known as the University Wits?
(A). John Lyly
(B). Ben Jonson
(C). Thomas Nashe
(D). Thomas Middleton
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What is Intentional Fallacy?

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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'Hamartia' refers to a trait in the protagonist in plays, that are:

According to the speaker, what stops one from going crazy?

Arrange the following in the correct chronological order of the year of their birth, beginning with the earliest.
(A). Toru Dutt
(B). Jhumpa Lahiri
(C). R.K. Narayan
(D). Anita Desai
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Which ONE of the following authors is not from the Caribbean region?

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I (Movie Adaptation)} & \textbf{List-II (Text)} \\ \hline \text{(A) Omkara} & \text{(I) Mricchkatikam} \\ \hline \text{(B) Maqbool} & \text{(II) Othello} \\ \hline \text{(C) Utsav} & \text{(III) White Nights} \\ \hline \text{(D) Saawariya} & \text{(IV) Macbeth} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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What was the 'only' thing that prevented the writer from losing her sanity?

Arrange the following Nobel Prize winners in chronological order of they being awarded, beginning with the earliest.
(A) Doris Lessing
(B) William Golding
(C) J. M. Coetzee
(D) Wole Soyinka
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What was worse than the illness?

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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Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I (Quote from the Play)} & \textbf{List-II (Name of the Play)} \\ \hline \text{(A) Brevity is the soul of wit} & \text{(I) The Tempest} \\ \hline \text{(B) All the world's a stage} & \text{(II) Hamlet} \\ \hline \text{(C) We are such stuff as dreams are made of} & \text{(III) Macbeth} \\ \hline \text{(D) Out, out brief candle} & \text{(IV) As You Like It} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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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 elements of drama was termed as mythos by Aristotle ?

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?'

"Shimmering snow on the southern slope of the Simla hills," is an example of:

"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.