Tuesday, August 30, 2016

I CIA QB rough for I BA English 2016

CORE II:  PROSE – I
This is a rough copy for I CIA alone.
Unit I
Bacon:  Of Studies
1. According to Bacon who condemns studies?
a. crafty men             b.  simple men           c. wise men          d.  ready men
2. Bacon suggests that the general counsels come best from those that are :
a.  Experienced          b.  Professionals          c.  Learned         d.  Businessmen
3. To use studies too much for Ornament is _______
           a. affection                b. adornment  c.  affectation      d.  none
4. To Bacon to spend too much time in studies is:
          (a)  Affection         (b)  Affectation 
          (c)  Studious         (d)  Sloth
5. According to Bacon what maketh an exact man?
          (a)  sleeping (b)  eating 
          (c)  chatting                    (d)  reading
6. Bacon suggests that if a man’s wit be wandering let him study:
          (a)  History  (b)  Mathematics
          (c)  Philosophy      (d)  Logic
7. According to Bacon what makes men wise?
          (A)  Physics           (B)  Mathematics 
          (C)  Philosophy     (D)  History
8. According to Bacon gentle walking is good for
          (a)  eyes                          (b)  stomach
          (c)  brain     (d)  lungs
9. According to Bacon the chief use of study is:
       (a)  Ability                                          (b)  Ornament 
       (c)  Delight                                        (d)  Adornent
10. Bacon suggests that if a man’s wit be wandering let him study:
       (a)  Mathematics                               (b)  History
       (c)  Philosophy                                   (d)  Logic
11. Bacon’s style is known for:
       (a)  pathos                                          (b)  humour 
       (c)  paradox                                        (d)  aphorisms
12. According to Bacon philosophy makes men:
       (a)  wise                                             (b)  witty
       (c)  subtle                                           (d)  grave

Unit III
J.B. Priestley        :  Lectures
1. Priestley has probably ______________ a hundred readers every time he gives a lecture
          (a)  gained   (b)  lost
          (c)  added    (d)  none
2. Just as the young ____________ falls into an ecstasy at the sound of flagons, the successful lecturer thrills with the pleasure of his voice
          (a)  Margantua      (b)  Gargantua
          (c)  Targantua       (d)  None
3. According to Priestley what is more foolish than going to hear a lecture?
          (a)  learning from a lecture       (b)  giving a lecture
          (c)  preparing a lecture   (d)  not giving a lecture
4. To Priestley there is no glory, no fun and no money in _____
          a)  writing   b)  giving a lecture
          c)  acting     d)  none
5. Priestley is basically a good ________
          a)  singer     b)  lecturer
          c)  writer                                           d)  dancer
6. According to Priestley a successful lecturer takes a delight in his ________
          (a)  dress     (b)  audience
          (c)  voice     (d)  mannerisms
7. When he gives a lecture, Priestley ______ the town, the hall, the audience and himself.
          (a)  adores   (b)  loves
          (c)  despises          (d)  likes
8. If Priestley went on an American tour there would be men waiting with_____ outside the hall.
          (a)  garlands         (b)  cash prize
          (c)  guns      (d)  none
9. Priestley, when he writes he feels that he is addressing a company of ____________ persons
       (a)  bored persons                              (b)  pleasant persons
          (c)  pedants                                        (d)  none
10. According to Priestley what is more foolish than going to hear a lecture?
       (a)  learning from a lecture                 (b)  giving a lecture
       (c)  preparing a lecture                       (d)  not giving a lecture
11. Priestley is greatly in demand as a lecturer.
       a)  true                                               b)  false
       c)  not much                                      d)  none
12. If Priestley is given a pile of sheets, a fountain-pen or a type writer he will do his __________
       (a)  worst                                            (b)  best
       (c)  will not care                                 (d)  none
13. According to Priestley to-er-is human, to ________ divine
       (a)  refuse                                          (b)  forgive
       (c)  forget                                            (d)  none

Unit IV
Robert Lynd    :      In Praise of Mistakes
1. The true error-hunter is a man who searches for error as men search for______
          (a)  Iron       (b)  Gold
          (c)  Diamond         (d)  Copper
2. According to Lynd, in the history of the world the man who makes mistakes has never been ________
          (a)  rewarded         (b)  appreciated
          (c)  censured         (d)  none
3. To Lynd, the only fatal error in a writer is to be________
          (a)  accurate (b)  uninteresting
          (c)  interesting      (d)  none
4. Dr.Johnson endeared himself to posterity by his _________ in his dictionary.
          (a)  blunders         (b)  accurate definitions
          (c)  interesting details     (d)  none
5. To Lynd, all comedy arises from other people’s _________
          (a)  mistakes        (b)  jokes
          (c)  foolishness      (d)  none
6. According to Lynd, the poet uses the word “chrysoberyl” for the _________
          (a)  sound ` (b)  sense
          (c)  precious stone (d)  none
7. What according to Lynd is the chief value of error?
          (a)  makes the reader superior         (b)  confuses the readers
          (c)  makes the reader laugh      (d)  none
8. According to Lynd, there has been a heavy shower of letters in _______ about the mistakes made by famous novelists:
          (a)  The Times      (b)  The Morning Star
          (c)  The Saturday Review         (d)  None
9. ____________ blundered in Chronology and geography
       (a)  Hazlitt                                          (b)  Milton
       (c)  Shakespeare                                (d)  Scot
10. Robert Lynd remarks as one grows older no doubt, one cares less for the rarer kind of  jewellery  in ____________
    (a) article   (b) prose   (c) drama         (d) poetry
11. The inaccuracies of the historian ________ have been laughed at.
(a)  Dryden   (b)  Aristotle   (c)  Froude    (d)  Plato
12. Why does Lynd awakes out of dream at night and breaks into a sweat of fear?(a)  bad dream (b)  is anxious  if he had made a mistake (c)  suffers from sleeplessness (d)  none

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