PPSC Lecturer English Preparation Test No 2 Posted on February 1, 2022 by AsadJavaid Welcome to your PPSC Lecturer English Preparation Test No 2 He was laughing at------------ Poor poors the poor 2. The sounds that make vocal folds vibrate are called Consonants vowels voiced diphthongs 3. What would be the best suitable antonym of Graceful Obscene abnormal archaic grotesque 4. Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, and Henry Vaughan are best described as_________ Critics of English Period Best Dramatists Metaphysical Poets Realist poets 5. Thomas Kyd and Marlowe were both influenced by__________ Chaucer Machiavelli Seneca Boccaccio 6. constriction that causes air flow turbulently and creates a noisy sound are called A. Plosives B Fricatives C Articulation D Allophones 7. Normal phonological deviation that children make when producing sounds and words are referred to as A. Speech Errors B Jargon C Phonological Process D Phonetics 8. There was a great hue and cry against Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess and Jude the Obscure because of ________ in them. A. Obscenity B. Violence C. Abnormality D. Heresy 9. Restoration period saw the rise of A. Heroic Tragedy B. Classical Tragedy C. Domestic Tragedy D. Shakespearean Tragedy 10. Most of the novels of R K Narayan are set in_______ A. Madras B. Malgudi C. Trivandrum D. Mano Majra 11. In the 'Preface to Lyrical Ballads' Wordsworth propounds his theory of: A) Fancy B) Imagination C) Prose D) Poetic Diction 12. What is the most common poetic quality in Keats and Tennyson? A) Miltonism B) Dramatic quality C) Pictoral element D) Elegiac nature 13. When the baby is three months old s/he can produce velar sounds like /k/, /g/ ad vowels /i/ and /u/. This stage is known as A Babbling B Holophrastic C Cooing D Telegraphic 14. How many plays did William Shakespeare write? A 36 B 37 C 38 D 39 15. Who was the main contributor to the linguistic period? A Batlett B Piaget C Hermann Paul D Chomsky 16. Close Shave means Hair's breadth By the skin of one’s teeth Narrow Escape To apply economy 17. Lord Byron belongs to............age Romantic Victorian Transition Edwardian 18. “Marlowe simply prepared the way for the master who was to follow” Who is the master referred to in this remark? A) Ben Jonson B) Shakespeare C) John Webster D) Thomas Middleton 19. Two words with very closely related meanings: Antonyms Homonyms Synonyms Hyponymy 20. Arubindo Ghose Savitri is an epic of the? Universe Soul Mind Heaven 21. In which novel of his, Lawrence dealt with the psychological phenomenon known as 'Oedipus Complex'? A) Lady Chatterly's Lover B) Sons and Lovers C) The Trespasser D) The Boy in the Bush 22. What is meant by etymology? The study of names given to insects The study of the origins of words and how they have changes over time The study of language politeness The study of words which sound similar to one another 23. Bacon's essays are regarded as compendium of: A Worldly wisdom B Diplomatic Matters C State Affairs D General Knowledge 24. The 'Old Wives' Tale' is a novel by: A) Hardy B) Henry James C) Arnold Bennett D) John Galsworthy 25. “His verse is sensuous and passionate and at its best simple, thus according with Milton's famous definition”. About whom has this been said? A) Emerson B) Oliver Wendell Holmes C) Fennimer Cooper D) Walt Whitman 26. Who wrote "Milton thou should be living at this hour" A Dryden B Grey C Pope D Wordsworth 27. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled A) Jane Eyre B) Shirley C) Wuthering Heights D) Agnes Grey 28. The Faerie Queen is a/an poem Satirical Narrative Allegorical Descriptive 29. George Eliot is the pen name of Bilfor Evans Mary Ann Evans T.S. Eliot Emily Dickinson 30. The sound made with air, passing through nose, and making the “ng” sound of "sing" is called Nasal Uvula Bilabial Velum 31. Intellectually amusing utterance calculated to delight and surprise is called verisimilitude Wit Tract Irony 32. which is the hottest city of Pakistan? Balochistan Jacobabad Sibbi Sakkar There is a charge of misanthropy upon A) Swift B) Bacon C) Heny D) None of these Thomas Hardy is believed to be a A. Pragmatist B. Pessimist C. Both a and b D. None of these Barchester Tower is one of the important novel of A. Hardy B. George Eliot C. Trollope D. None of these Who is called the child of Golden Day? A. Blake B. Frost C. James D. Emily Dickenson Ibsen is the father of A. Modern Drama B. Modern Poetry C. Modern Criticism D. None of these The line '' she dwells with Beauty, Beauty that must be'' occurs in Keat' s: A. Ode to a Grecian Urn B. Ode on Melancholy C. Laima D. Endymion Who wrote '' The Pilgrim's Progress''? A. Daniel Defoe B. Dryden C. Jhon Bunyan D. None of these Mood is related to illocutionary force moods are…… A. Speaker oriented B. Subject oriented C. Epistemic D. All of these Consonant that is produced with a strict is called…. A. Plosives or stops B. Articulations C. Allophonic variations D. None of these When a pidgin becomes a lingua-franca, it is called…. A. Dialect B. Creole C. Idiolect D. Diglossia Another name for Grammar Translation Method is…. A. Oral Method B. Classical Method C. Parole D. Le language Lexical unit in which two or more lexical morphemes are juxtaposed are called… A. Clause B. Word C. Idiom D. Compound Pure Poet is title given to.. A. Wordsworth B. Keats C. Shelley D. Coleridge Who considers Hamlet to be an Artistic Failure? A. Bradley B. Johnson C. Eliot D. Dover Wilson 'Child is the father of man' is said by? A. Shelley B. Coleridge C. Byron D. Wordsworth Bard-Avon term is used for A. Shakespeare B. Marlow C. Spencer D. Milton The Rape of Lock first published in A. 1718 B. 1714 C. 1712 D. 1720 Milton's Lycidas by theme is A. Ode B. Sonnet C. Farce D. Elegy Time's up
