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Name of the University : Vikrama Simhapuri University
Exam : Post Graduate Common Entrance Test- PGCET 2017
Subject : English
Year : 2016
Document Type : Previous Question Papers
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Post Graduate Common Entrance Test English Question Paper :

Subject : English

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Section – A :
1. Who is the Greek Playwright mentioned by the poet in the poem “Dover Beach”?
(a) Sophocles
(b)Aeschylus
(c) Euripedes
(d)Plato

2. The poet and his wife are looking at the coastline of which country?
(a) France
(b) England
(c) Italy
(d) Germany

3. What country was Wilfred Owen born in?
(a) America
(b) Germany
(c) France
(d) Russia

4. In the poem insensibility, the poet speaks about?
(a) Doctors
(b) Lawyers
(c) Engineers
(d) Soldiers

5. Who is the only Indian poet to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
(a) A.K.Rama Iljan
(b) Nissim Ezekiel
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Parthasarathy

6. In Poem 36′, the poet asks God for what?
(a) Strength
(b) Courage
(c) Belief
(d) Hope

7. What is the native language of the poet in the poem Home coming?
(a) Kannada
(b) Tamil
(c) Malayalam
(d) Telugu

8. Which poet speaks about rich Dravidian Heritage?
(a) A.K. Rarianujan
(b) Parthasarathy
(c) Nissim Ezekiel
(d) Tagore

9. According to ( B.Shaw’s spoken English and broken English good English means
(a) Oxford English
(b) Correct English
(c) Local English
(d) Presentable English

10. G.B.Shaw belongs to
(a) Ireland
(b) Scotland
(c) Wales
(d) America

11. When the conurer performs tricks for audience the quick man comments that all the things that the conjurer produced must have been up his
(a) sleeve
(b) hat
(c) collar
(d) kerchief

12. In Conjurer’s Revenge, the conjurer was a skilled
(a) Doctor
(b) Magician
(c) Engineer
(d) Lawyer

13. According to ‘Frospects of Democracy’ everything is organized on what basis?
(a) Poverty
(b) Wealth
(c) Caste
(d) Education

14. Dr.B.R. Ambedkar is popularly known as
(a) Bapuji
(b) Baba Saheb
(c) Chacha
(d) Pandit

15. “I have a dream is a
(a) novel
(b) letter
(c) poem
(d) public speech

16. Who is Martin Luther King?
a. American civil rights activist
b. American poet
c. African leader
d. African writer

17. In “How far is the River’, between the boy and the river stood a
a. tree
b. mountain
c. hill
d. house

18. On his way to the River who gave the information to the boy that the river is just round the hill and straight down
a. a wood cutter
b. the village boy
c. a girl
d. a lady

19. Leo Tolstoy was a great writer, He was
a. An American
b. German
c. Russian
d. Indian

20. In “Little girls are wiser than men’, the two little girls are playing in
a. swimming fool
b. a large puddle
c. house
d. School

21. At the time of Tagore’s writing, India was under
British rule
French rule
Dutch rule
US rule

22. Who is Aparna in Sacrifice?
Queen
Beggar girl
Maid
Priestess

23. In Merchant of Venice, Portia enters the court in disguise as a
Doctor
Teacher
Lawyer
Magician

24. Choose the correct one of the following
(a) I have been waiting for the bus for 15 minutes
(b) I has been waiting for the bus for 15 minutes
(c) I was waiting for the bus for 15 minutes
(d) I am waiting for the bus for 15 minutes

27. Which one of the following meanings is correct to the word delicate?
(a) Dull
(b) Fragile
(c) Hard
(d) Rough

28. Choose the correct synonym of obese
(a) old
(b) sensitive
(c) fat
(d) lean

29, Choose the correct antonym of “Quiet”?
(a) calm
(b) slow
(c) nice
(d) noise

30. The antonym of ‘wealth’ is
(a) poverty
(b) rich
(c) fat
(d) weak