WB SLST 2025 Important MCQ with Answer
By PKG SIR
1. The central theme of “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is:
A) The cruelty of nature
B) The beauty and immortality of love
C) The pain of war
D) The glory of fame
✅ Answer: B) The beauty and immortality of love
2. In “The Good-Morrow”, the speaker compares love to:
A) A battlefield
B) A journey across oceans
C) An awakening into a new world
D) A sunset
✅ Answer: C) An awakening into a new world
3. “Virtue” presents the idea that:
A) Beauty is eternal
B) Only the soul lives forever
C) Love fades with time
D) Spring never ends
✅ Answer: B) Only the soul lives forever
4. “The Rape of the Lock” is best described as a:
A) Romantic sonnet
B) Religious allegory
C) Mock-epic poem
D) Pastoral elegy
✅ Answer: C) Mock-epic poem
5. In “The Tyger”, the burning question revolves around:
A) Nature’s peace
B) God's role as a creator of both beauty and terror
C) The fall of man
D) The innocence of childhood
✅ Answer: B) God's role as a creator of both beauty and terror
6. “Tintern Abbey” reflects the poet’s:
A) Criticism of urban life
B) Political beliefs
C) Return to a sacred natural landscape and memory
D) Hatred for industrialization
✅ Answer: C) Return to a sacred natural landscape and memory
7. “Kubla Khan” is often considered a:
A) Complete narrative poem
B) Fragment of a dream vision
C) Religious hymn
D) Scientific allegory
✅ Answer: B) Fragment of a dream vision
8. The speaker in “Ode to the West Wind” appeals to the wind for:
A) Destruction of the world
B) Death and rebirth of the soul
C) Spreading his thoughts like falling leaves
D) Eternal silence
✅ Answer: C) Spreading his thoughts like falling leaves
9. “To Autumn” is primarily a poem of:
A) Joy and celebration of nature’s richness
B) Deep sorrow
C) Political rebellion
D) Mythical creation
✅ Answer: A) Joy and celebration of nature’s richness
10. “The Hollow Men” explores themes of:
A) Joyful faith
B) Heroic courage
C) Spiritual emptiness and despair
D) Natural harmony
✅ Answer: C) Spiritual emptiness and despair
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✅ Drama, Novel & Short Story MCQs (Not Author-Centric)
11. In Macbeth, the tragic flaw of the protagonist is:
A) Cowardice
B) Overconfidence
C) Ambition
D) Ignorance
✅ Answer: C) Ambition
12. In She Stoops to Conquer, the comic confusion is created by:
A) Mistaken identities
B) War
C) Political intrigue
D) Financial scams
✅ Answer: A) Mistaken identities
13. The central theme of Arms and the Man is a satire on:
A) Romance and education
B) War and romantic ideals
C) Politics and religion
D) Science and logic
✅ Answer: B) War and romantic ideals
14. In Riders to the Sea, the sea symbolizes:
A) Freedom
B) Eternal beauty
C) Destiny and destruction
D) Joy and abundance
✅ Answer: C) Destiny and destruction
15. In Pride and Prejudice, the title reflects:
A) The themes of justice and law
B) The main characters’ key flaws
C) The setting of the novel
D) The political conflict of the era
✅ Answer: B) The main characters’ key flaws
16. “The Lagoon” centers around themes of:
A) Childhood and memory
B) Justice and revenge
C) Conflict between love and duty
D) Time and timelessness
✅ Answer: C) Conflict between love and duty
17. “Araby” deals with:
A) A child’s experience of war
B) A spiritual journey
C) Disillusionment of romantic ideals
D) Religious conflict
✅ Answer: C) Disillusionment of romantic ideals
18. “The Fly” symbolically represents:
A) Happiness
B) Power of art
C) Meaninglessness of life and death
D) Beauty of nature
✅ Answer: C) Meaninglessness of life and death
19. In “Dream Children: A Reverie”, the children:
A) Are imaginary
B) Die in the end
C) Represent a lost generation
D) Travel far from home
✅ Answer: A) Are imaginary
20. The main theme of “Of Studies” is:
A) Human rights
B) Uses and abuses of books and knowledge
C) Nationalism
D) Social class
✅ Answer: B) Uses and abuses of books and knowledge
21. “One day I wrote her name upon the strand” expresses the poet’s desire to:
A) Forget a lost love
B) Immortalize love through poetry
C) Escape to nature
D) Marry a rich lady
✅ Answer: B) Immortalize love through poetry
22. In “The Lamb”, the speaker addresses:
A) The innocence of childhood
B) The dangers of pride
C) Nature’s fury
D) War and its horrors
✅ Answer: A) The innocence of childhood
23. “Ode to a Nightingale” is filled with images of:
A) Political rebellion
B) Immortal beauty and death
C) Childhood memories
D) Mythical beasts
✅ Answer: B) Immortal beauty and death
24. “To a Skylark” celebrates the bird as a symbol of:
A) War and conquest
B) Love and jealousy
C) Pure joy and poetic inspiration
D) Industrial growth
✅ Answer: C) Pure joy and poetic inspiration
25. The Wild Swans at Coole reflect:
A) The destructive power of nature
B) A soldier’s regret
C) Aging and longing for youth
D) Religious symbolism
✅ Answer: C) Aging and longing for youth
26. “Christabel” creates a mood of:
A) Humor and satire
B) Mystery and supernatural suspense
C) Joy and celebration
D) Anger and rebellion
✅ Answer: B) Mystery and supernatural suspense
27. The speaker in “To Autumn” sees the season as:
A) A threat to summer
B) The beginning of decay
C) A time of natural fulfillment and peace
D) A stormy period
✅ Answer: C) A time of natural fulfillment and peace
28. “Strange Meeting” is set in:
A) A peaceful garden
B) A battlefield in a dreamlike underworld
C) A battlefield hospital
D) A church
✅ Answer: B) A battlefield in a dreamlike underworld
29. “The Rape of the Lock” turns a petty quarrel into:
A) A moral lesson
B) A political debate
C) An epic battle
D) A tragic war
✅ Answer: C) An epic battle
30. The metaphysical poets often use:
A) Strict classical forms
B) Realistic rural images
C) Witty comparisons and complex metaphors
D) Haiku style
✅ Answer: C) Witty comparisons and complex metaphors
31. The term “metaphysical conceit” refers to:
A) A poetic form used in romanticism
B) A complex and surprising metaphor
C) A historical reference
D) A kind of tragedy
✅ Answer: B) A complex and surprising metaphor
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✅ Drama & Novel MCQs (36–45)
36. In Macbeth, the witches represent:
A) Justice and reason
B) Order and balance
C) Fate and supernatural influence
D) Religion
✅ Answer: C) Fate and supernatural influence
37. “She Stoops to Conquer” is best classified as a:
A) Tragic comedy
B) Romantic tragedy
C) Comedy of manners
D) Gothic drama
✅ Answer: C) Comedy of manners
38. In Arms and the Man, chocolate is a symbol of:
A) Love
B) Cowardice
C) Realism in war
D) Death
✅ Answer: C) Realism in war
39. In Riders to the Sea, the mother loses:
A) Her cattle
B) Her voice
C) All her sons to the sea
D) Her eyesight
✅ Answer: C) All her sons to the sea
40. The plot of Pride and Prejudice is based on:
A) Political upheaval
B) Class conflict and personal misunderstanding
C) Religious debate
D) Colonial trade
✅ Answer: B) Class conflict and personal misunderstanding
41. “David Copperfield” is narrated in:
A) Third-person limited
B) Third-person omniscient
C) First-person autobiographical form
D) Second person
✅ Answer: C) First-person autobiographical form
42. The central idea of the 18th-century novel was to:
A) Provide only entertainment
B) Spread scientific discoveries
C) Reflect individual life and moral choices
D) Teach Latin grammar
✅ Answer: C) Reflect individual life and moral choices
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✅ Short Story & Essay MCQs (46–50)
46. In “The Fly”, the fly’s repeated struggle suggests:
A) Helplessness of humans against fate
B) Strength in unity
C) War’s glory
D) Power of education
✅ Answer: A) Helplessness of humans against fate
47. “The Lagoon” ends with a:
A) Celebration of heroism
B) Confession of guilt and betrayal
C) Comedic twist
D) Discovery of treasure
✅ Answer: B) Confession of guilt and betrayal
48. “The Lotos Eaters” portrays the theme of:
A) Political freedom
B) Escape from reality and human responsibilities
C) Worship and prayer
D) Adventure and war
✅ Answer: B) Escape from reality and human responsibilities
49. In “Dream Children: A Reverie”, the tone is:
A) Aggressive and satirical
B) Joyful and romantic
C) Reflective and melancholic
D) Comic and fast-paced
✅ Answer: C) Reflective and melancholic
50. The main idea in “Of Studies” is to:
A) Reject bookish knowledge
B) Celebrate storytelling
C) Show how reading shapes character and mind
D) Praise kings and leaders
✅ Answer: C) Show how reading shapes character and mind
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