MODEL MCQ QUESTION PAPER Bankura University – 4th Semester AEC (English)

MODEL MCQ QUESTION PAPER

Bankura University – 4th Semester AEC (English)

By PKG Sir

Full Marks – 40 | Time – 1 Hr

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Unit I – Critical Reading (20 MCQs)

Francis Bacon – Of Travel

1. Who wrote the essay Of Travel?

(a) Addison (b) Bacon (c) Lamb (d) Steele

2. Travel in the younger sort is a part of—

(a) Experience (b) Education (c) Wealth (d) Wisdom

3. According to Bacon, travel in the elder is a part of—

(a) Knowledge (b) Experience (c) Business (d) Luxury

4. Bacon suggests young men should travel with—

(a) Friends (b) Tutor (c) Servant (d) Alone

5. Bacon advises travellers to keep—

(a) A diary (b) A guidebook (c) A map (d) A novel

6. “Houses of great men” should be—

(a) Visited (b) Avoided (c) Ignored (d) Destroyed

7. Which literary form is Of Travel?

(a) Essay (b) Novel (c) Drama (d) Poem

8. Bacon’s essays are also called—

(a) Sermons (b) Counsels civil and moral (c) Tales (d) Stories

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Virginia Woolf – Professions for Women

9. Who wrote Professions for Women?

(a) Virginia Woolf (b) Jane Austen (c) George Eliot (d) Mary Shelley

10. Professions for Women was originally delivered as a—

(a) Lecture (b) Essay (c) Story (d) Novel

11. The “Angel in the House” represents—

(a) Obedient wife (b) Rebellious woman (c) Politician (d) Nurse

12. Woolf identifies writing as her—

(a) Hobby (b) Profession (c) Passion (d) Both (b) & (c)

13. Woolf says women faced obstacles in—

(a) Education (b) Employment (c) Marriage (d) All of these

14. The “Angel in the House” was killed by—

(a) Society (b) Woolf herself (c) Her teacher (d) Her husband

15. Woolf was a major figure in—

(a) Romanticism (b) Modernism (c) Classicism (d) Realism

16. The main theme of Professions for Women is—

(a) Feminism (b) Colonialism (c) Capitalism (d) Patriotism

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Frigyes Karinthy – Refund

17. Who is the central character of Refund?

(a) Headmaster (b) Wasserkopf (c) Teacher (d) Inspector

18. The play Refund is originally written in—

(a) German (b) Hungarian (c) English (d) French

19. Wasserkopf demands a refund of his—

(a) Fees (b) Scholarship (c) Salary (d) Prize

20. The teachers in Refund plan to—

(a) Fail him (b) Pass him (c) Punish him (d) Expel him

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Unit II – Language & Communication (10 MCQs)

21. Communication within one’s own mind is—

(a) Interpersonal (b) Intrapersonal (c) Group (d) Mass

22. Communication between two people is called—

(a) Interpersonal (b) Intrapersonal (c) Group (d) Formal

23. Communication in classroom is—

(a) Intrapersonal (b) Group (c) Mass (d) Interpersonal

24. Introducing others is a part of—

(a) Social etiquette (b) Grammar (c) Language structure (d) Travel

25. Saying “Good morning, Sir” is an example of—

(a) Greeting (b) Invitation (c) Leave-taking (d) Refusal

26. Formal communication is usually—

(a) Official (b) Private (c) Emotional (d) Family-based

27. Informal conversation is often used with—

(a) Boss (b) Teacher (c) Friends (d) Judge

28. Accepting an invitation politely means saying—

(a) No (b) Yes, with pleasure (c) Maybe later (d) Ignore

29. Declining an invitation politely should include—

(a) Excuse (b) Rudeness (c) Anger (d) Silence

30. “See you tomorrow, take care” is an example of—

(a) Greeting (b) Taking leave (c) Invitation (d) Self-talk

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Unit III – Structure of English (10 MCQs)

31. The first word of a sentence begins with—

(a) Comma (b) Capital letter (c) Full stop (d) Small letter

32. The symbol “?” is used for—

(a) Statement (b) Question (c) Command (d) Exclamation

33. Which punctuation shows strong emotion?

(a) Full stop (b) Comma (c) Exclamation mark (d) Apostrophe

34. “Delhi is the capital of India.” – The full stop shows—

(a) Pause (b) End of statement (c) Surprise (d) Shout

35. Opposite of “legal” by prefix is—

(a) Illegal (b) Alegal (c) Relegal (d) Mislegal

36. Adding “-ness” to “kind” makes—

(a) Kindly (b) Kindness (c) Kindful (d) Kindlyness

37. “Sun + rise” forms the compound—

(a) Sunsrise (b) Sunrise (c) Sunerise (d) Sunraise

38. Conversion of noun “hand” to verb means—

(a) To handshake (b) To handle (c) To hand over (d) To handy

39. Prefix of “happy” is—

(a) Inhappy (b) Unhappy (c) Rehappy (d) Mis-happy

40. Suffix of “teach” to form noun is—

(a) Teachful (b) Teachness (c) Teacher (d) Teachable