subject specialist (english) test was conducted on june 25,2010.paper was comprised of 50 mcqs (35 mcqs of literature n 15 mcqs of language)

1) in the times of Chaucer 'hundred year war' was fought between?
a)england and france b)england and germany
c)germany and france d)france and japan

2)which country was supported by 'joan of arck' in hundred year war?
a)england b)france
c)japan d)germany

3)which term means a specific type of literature
a)genome b)kind
c)genre d)all of these

4)'importance of being earnest' was written by
a)oscar wilde b)keats
c)ibsen d)brecht

5)'adonias' was written on the death of
a)shelley b)keats
c)wordsworth d)blake

6)'preface to shakespeare' is a treatise by
a)caryle b)dr. johnsn
c)arnold d)none of these

7)'on liberty' is a treatise by
a)j.s mills b)ruskin
c)keats d)shelley

8)maggie is protagonist in which novel
a)mill on the floss b)pamela
c)tale of two cities d)david copperfield

9)'prospero' is protagonist in
a)as you like it b)tempest
c)mid summer night dream d)none of these

10)period of 'university wits' continued for
a)10 years b)5 years
c)7 years d)15 years

11)'black death' named famine came in which king's reign?
a)edward lll b)henry viii
c)edward l d)none of thes

12)keats died of
a)leprosy b)consumption
c)cardiac arrest d)stroke

13)marlowe was murdered in
a)1526 b)1593
c)1601 d)1564

Infact the paper was more on history than what is being taken as "literature-syllabus"

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. a
8. I think it was "b" not sure though
9. b
10. c (not sure)
11. a
12. b
13. b

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