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 None 2. The sounds that make vocal folds vibrate are called Consonants vowels voiced diphthongs None 3. What would be the best suitable antonym of Graceful Obscene abnormal archaic grotesque None 4. Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, and Henry Vaughan are best described as_________ Critics of English Period Best Dramatists Metaphysical Poets Realist poets None 5. Thomas Kyd and Marlowe were both influenced by__________ Chaucer Machiavelli Seneca Boccaccio None 6. constriction that causes air flow turbulently and creates a noisy sound are called A. Plosives B Fricatives C Articulation D Allophones None 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 None 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 None 9. Restoration period saw the rise of A. Heroic Tragedy B. Classical Tragedy C. Domestic Tragedy D. Shakespearean Tragedy None 10. Most of the novels of R K Narayan are set in_______ A. Madras B. Malgudi C. Trivandrum D. Mano Majra None 11. In the 'Preface to Lyrical Ballads' Wordsworth propounds his theory of: A) Fancy B) Imagination C) Prose D) Poetic Diction None 12. What is the most common poetic quality in Keats and Tennyson? A) Miltonism B) Dramatic quality C) Pictoral element D) Elegiac nature None 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 None 14. How many plays did William Shakespeare write? A 36 B 37 C 38 D 39 None 15. Who was the main contributor to the linguistic period? A Batlett B Piaget C Hermann Paul D Chomsky None 16. Close Shave means Hair's breadth By the skin of one’s teeth Narrow Escape To apply economy None 17. Lord Byron belongs to............age Romantic Victorian Transition Edwardian None 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 None 19. Two words with very closely related meanings: Antonyms Homonyms Synonyms Hyponymy None 20. Arubindo Ghose Savitri is an epic of the? Universe Soul Mind Heaven None 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 None 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 None 23. Bacon's essays are regarded as compendium of: A Worldly wisdom B Diplomatic Matters C State Affairs D General Knowledge None 24. The 'Old Wives' Tale' is a novel by: A) Hardy B) Henry James C) Arnold Bennett D) John Galsworthy None 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 None 26. Who wrote "Milton thou should be living at this hour" A Dryden B Grey C Pope D Wordsworth None 27. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled A) Jane Eyre B) Shirley C) Wuthering Heights D) Agnes Grey None 28. The Faerie Queen is a/an poem Satirical Narrative Allegorical Descriptive None 29. George Eliot is the pen name of Bilfor Evans Mary Ann Evans T.S. Eliot Emily Dickinson None 30. The sound made with air, passing through nose, and making the “ng” sound of "sing" is called Nasal Uvula Bilabial Velum None 31. Intellectually amusing utterance calculated to delight and surprise is called verisimilitude Wit Tract Irony None 32. which is the hottest city of Pakistan? Balochistan Jacobabad Sibbi Sakkar None There is a charge of misanthropy upon A) Swift B) Bacon C) Heny D) None of these None Thomas Hardy is believed to be a A. Pragmatist B. Pessimist C. Both a and b D. None of these None Barchester Tower is one of the important novel of A. Hardy B. George Eliot C. Trollope D. None of these None Who is called the child of Golden Day? A. Blake B. Frost C. James D. Emily Dickenson None Ibsen is the father of A. Modern Drama B. Modern Poetry C. Modern Criticism D. None of these None 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 None Who wrote '' The Pilgrim's Progress''? A. Daniel Defoe B. Dryden C. Jhon Bunyan D. None of these None Mood is related to illocutionary force moods are…… A. Speaker oriented B. Subject oriented C. Epistemic D. All of these None Consonant that is produced with a strict is called…. A. Plosives or stops B. Articulations C. Allophonic variations D. None of these None When a pidgin becomes a lingua-franca, it is called…. A. Dialect B. Creole C. Idiolect D. Diglossia None Another name for Grammar Translation Method is…. A. Oral Method B. Classical Method C. Parole D. Le language None Lexical unit in which two or more lexical morphemes are juxtaposed are called… A. Clause B. Word C. Idiom D. Compound None Pure Poet is title given to.. A. Wordsworth B. Keats C. Shelley D. Coleridge None Who considers Hamlet to be an Artistic Failure? A. Bradley B. Johnson C. Eliot D. Dover Wilson None 'Child is the father of man' is said by? A. Shelley B. Coleridge C. Byron D. Wordsworth None Bard-Avon term is used for A. Shakespeare B. Marlow C. Spencer D. Milton None The Rape of Lock first published in A. 1718 B. 1714 C. 1712 D. 1720 None Milton's Lycidas by theme is A. Ode B. Sonnet C. Farce D. Elegy None None Time's upTime is Up!
