I BA English - Prose - I Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions

Department of English

Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli

I BA English - Prose - I

Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions

Course Code: U16EG102

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Charles Lamb

26. Who is Elia?

a)      Charles Lamb       b) George Dyer              c) Mary Lamb                     d) Clerk

27.  Who was the child of London?

a)      George Dyer        b) Charles Lamb           c) Dr. Johnson                    d) E.V. Lucas

28.  He spent __________ years working as a clerk in the East India House

a)       43                             b)  23                        c)  33                                    d) 13

29. Lamb was renowned for his warm sense of ________ and legendary social gatherings

a)       Tragedy                    b) Wits                          c)  irony                           d) humour

30. In 1807, Charles Lamb and Mary Anne Lamb was published ____________

a)      Tale from Shakespeare b)   Tale from Bible  c) Tale of Two cities     d) Tale of Canterbury.

31. Charles Lamb died in______.

a)               1833                     b)  1834                           c) 1835                       d) 1836

32. Essays of Elia was published in ____.

a) 1803                             b) 1813                             c)  1823                      d) 1823

33. Oxford in the Vacation was first published in the London Magazine on _______.

a)  Jul 1860                       b)    Aug 1860                  c) Sep. 1860                d) Oct. 1860

34. Oxford in the vacation is written by one who never was at ­­­_______ as a student.

a) Oxford                       b) Cambridge                    c) Kingston                 d) New college

35. Lamb used to spend his annual holidays in the ______ and other part of the Oxford

a) Ground                      b) library                           c)    Dining hall         d) Campus

36. Lamb use to write under the pen-name of ______.

a) Charles                     b)    Anne                          c)  Elia                         d) Dyer

37. Elia tried to amuse the reader with an account of a clerks working in the_____.

a) East Sea House        b) North Sea House    c) South Sea House    d) West Sea House

38. Elia used to look forward for holidays to spend times in ________ at Oxford libraries.

a) Sleeping                   b) Chatting                       c) Surfing net          d) reading books

39.  _______ feels as if he inhaling learning while in them

a) Lamb                   b)  Dyer                         c)  Some Menials                 d) Mary

40. Dyer was busy with ______ manuscript at Oriel

a)  ancient                b) modern                    c)  postmodern                     d) new

41. Who himself look like an old book badly needing a new cover?

a) Charles Lamb      b) George Dyer           c) George Eliot                    d) G.B. Shaw

42. Dyer doing research concerning the past _________ of the two universities.

a)  Civil                  b)  geography                 c)   history                           d) record

43. Lamb cares more for Oxford and Cambridge than he does for fashionable resorts as_____

a) New York           b)  Northampton              c) Sussex                              d) Bath

44. Whose picture was hung in his uneasy posture?

a)       St. Peter           b)  St. Thomas                c) St. Mathew                         d) St.Paul

45. Where “it seems as though all the souls of all the writers”?

a)       In  oxford              b) In old library       c) In new library                     d) In Oxford campus

46. What is “quis sculpsit”?

a) Who was the engraver? a) Who was the painter? a) Who was the singer? a) Who was the writer?

47. Who is Bartholomew?

a) Apostles of Jesus b) Scholar in Oxford c) Professor in Oxford d) Elia

48. Who is Spagnoletti?

a) Spanish artist b) Elia c) A famous cook d) Apollo

49. Who is Marsyas?

a) Musician b) Lamb c) Player d) A student from Oxford.

50. Who challenged Apollo to a contest of music?

a) Simper b) Marsyas c) Timeous d) David

E.V.Lucas

86. Bores thrive because of people’s ____________.

a. astuteness      b. eccentricity       c. cunningness           d. cowardice

87. E.V.Lucas often contributed articles to a journal called ____________.

a. Tatler                 b. Spectator                 c. Punch         d. The Hindu

88. The essay “Bores” is taken from the collection titled _____________.

a. Listener’s Lure     b. Cricket all his Life      c. Events and Embroideries       d. all the above

89. Bores are always known for their _______________.

         a. cowardice                 b. indolence           c. egotism                d. ingeniousness

90. The one who has a fixed idea to impart is called a ___________.

a. flatterer          b. philanthrop          c. idiosyncratic    d. bore

91. A true bore is one who is always unconscious of his _________________

a. foolishness                  b. borishness                     c.prudishness                    d. none of the above

92. According to Lucas, _____________ people are seldom bores.

a. busy                         b. simple                      c.kind                          d. poor

93. The saying ‘live and let live’ is attributed to the writer _____________.

a. Schiller             b. Immanuel Kant             c. William Henley            d. Father Newman

94. The most repellent specimen of all the bores is called a ___________ bore

a. blissful         b. eccentric            c. buttonholing               d. notorious

95. Bores thrive because of people’s ____________.

a.       astuteness      b. eccentricity       c. cunningness           d. cowardice

96. The essay “Bores” is taken from the collection titled _____________.

a. Listener’s Lure     b. Cricket all his Life      c. Events and Embroideries       d. all the above

97. A true bore is one who is always unconscious of his _________________

a. foolishness                  b. borishness                     c. prudishness                   d. silliness

98. Bores come out successful in life because they find a number of ready ________.

a)      Listeners               b) Speakers                 c) Preachers                     d) lecturer

99. No one is courageous enough to tell the bores that their company is _________.

a)      Friendly               b) tedious                     c) familiar                        d) gifted

100. Buttonholing bore is ‘the man who spreads ________ all over you’.

a)       Rejoices            b)  Sticky                       c)  birdlime                      d) Aroma

101. Lucas father used to say “__________”.

a)       Do or die          b) fair is foul                  c)  to be or not to be         d) Live and let live

102. The only way to get rid of a bore is to tell him frankly that he is a _________.

a)      Nuisance           b) Good companion       c) Fellow traveller            d) Saviour

103. ________ cannot be shaken off just by gestures or indirect hints

a)      Preacher            b)  Bores                        c) Lucas                           d) A fellow traveller

104. Unless these weekly papers stop publication, bores are bound to___________.

a)      Fade                 b)  demolish                    c) flourish                       d) cherish

105. Few men are strong enough to say, ‘For Heaven’s sake, go away, you _________ me.’

a)       Cheat              b)   love                           c)    trust                          d) weary

106. In 1889 Lucas joined the staff of the__________.

a)      Wessex Daily News b) Sussex Daily News  c) Punch                       d) Methuen & Co

107. _______ is word used by the Gileadites as atest to detect the fleeing Ephraimites.

  a. Bores  b. Shibboleth  c. button-holding  d. stigma

108. The word “axle-tree” means _______

         a. rod  b. stick  c. coat  d. carriage

109. Before the First World War Lucas was for a while interested in the ­­­________ .

a) Theatre                    b)  Prose                    c) Poetry                          d) Fiction

110.  “It requires a sense of superiority, assurance and ___________ to write about bores at all

a) Selflessness           b)self Motive                c) self confidence           d) selfishness

111. _________ is a bore’s foundation stone

a) Socialism              b) Humour                   c) Idealism                       d) Egotism

A.G Gardiner

136. “Alpha of the Plough” is the pseudonym of ________

         (a)  Robert Lynd                                              (b)  Francis Bacon

         (c)  A.G Gardiner                                          (d)  J.B Priestley

137. A.G Gardiner’s fellow-traveller was a ________

         (a)  bird                                                            (b)  man

         (c)  dog                                                            (d)  mosquito

         138. A.G Gardiner accused his fellow- traveller as _________

         (a)  a vagrant                                                    (b)  a public nuisance

         (c)  travelling without a ticket                         (d)  all the above

         139. A.G Gardiner travelled in a ______

         (a)  bicycle                                                       (b)  train

         (c)  bus                                                             (d)  none

         140. A.G Gardiner and his fellow- traveller knew about each other’s journey.

         (a)  true                                                            (b)  false

         (c)  to some extent                                           (d)  none

         141. Name the writers who continually misquoted the poets they loved.

         (a)  Pope and Dryden                                      (b)  Bacon and Lamb

         (c)  Hazlitt and Swift                                      (d)  Lamb and Hazlitt

         142. A.G Gardiner’s fellow-traveller was a ________

         (a)  bird                                                            (b)  man

         (c)  dog                                                            (d)  mosquito

         143. According to Priestley to-er-is human, to ________ divine

         (a)  refuse                                                        (b)  forgive

         (c)  forget                                                         (d)  none

144. Gardiner feels that he has interested in his fellow traveller and in return he has _________ him.

(a) insulted  (b) pleased (c) entertained (d) worried

145. How does Gardiner describe his sense of freedom?

                  (a) pleasant (b) uneasy (c) boring (d) none of the above

146. How does Gardiner describe his sense of freedom?

                  (a) pleasant (b) uneasy (c) boring (d) none of the above

147. When one is alone in the carriage what can he do?

(a) sing and dance (b) open and close window (c) play golf and even stand on head       (d) all the above

148. How did the author responded to the behaviour of his fellow traveller?

                  (a) kissed him   (b) flicked him off (c) prayed with him (d) danced and sung with      

                    him

149.How many times the author warns his fellow traveller?

                  (a) dozen of times (b) a score of time (c) twice (d) often

150. Gardiner refers his fellow traveller as a __________

          (a) genius (b) almighty (c) vagrant (d) all the above

151. After attacking his fellow traveller with a blow what did the author do?

         (a) lunged him (b) jumped on the seat (c) adopted tactics of feline cunning (d) all   

               the above

152. According to A.G. Gardiner  what are the noblest attributes of man?

         (a) pride and prejudice (b) anger and rage (c) magnanimity and mercy (d) fear and        

              dilemma

153. Gardiner feels that __________ has made them  fellow travelers

            (a) misfortune    (b) fortune  (c) fate  (d) all the above

154. Gardiner feels that he cannot kill his fellow traveller but ____________ him.

            (a) reprieve (b) discharge (c) dismantle  (d) none of the above

155. Gardiner was feeling ______________ to his fellow creature

            (a) equal (b) inferior (c) superior (d) guilty

156. Gardiner refers whom to have called the non-human beings a as brother?

  (a) St. Francis   (b) St.Augutus (c) St.Thomas   (d) none of the above

157. Gardiner feels that he has interested in his fellow traveller and in return he has _________ him.

(a) insulted  (b) pleased (c) entertained (d) worried

158. Gardiner heard a friendly voice in the window who is it?

  (a) Station master (b) engine driver (c) guard  (d) friendly porter

159.  A G Gardiner fully refers as

(a) Alwin Godwin Gardiner  (b) Abel Gonsalvez Gardiner (c) Alfred George Gardiner (d) none of the above

 150. How did the fellow traveller behave with the author?

          (a) Made a menace (b) Spoke well and behaved gently (c) Ignored the author    (d) Sang and slept

III UG WRITING FOR THE MASS MEDIA MCQ UNIT V

Department of English

Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli

III UG WRITING FOR THE MASS MEDIA MCQ UNIT V 

 

PROOF-READING SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

1. The mistakes in the text and denote the corrections in the margin indicate_______.

          a)       Newspaper Language     b)       Proof-reading                 c)       Jargon        d)           Cliche

2.       What is the marginal mark to’ begin a new paragraph’?

     a) w.f                        b)       Trs                                 c)       N.P                                 d)           Rom

3.       The marginal mark Trs means________ in the proof-reading marks.

     a) Invert type  b)       Insert space          c)       Delete                             d)       Transpose

4.       What is the Textual mark for the instruction of ‘change to roman type’?

     a) Linking characters                                      b)       Encircle characters to be altered

c)           Under characters to be altered          d)       Under characters to remain

5.       What is the marginal mark of the instruction ‘Leave as printed’?

     a) Ital              b)       Caps                               c)       Stet                                 d)       Bold

6.       ABC refers_________ in Journalism.

     a) Advertisement                                             b)       Audit Bureau of Circulation

c)           Additions of a news story                 

d)          Advertising disguised as editorial material

7.   Reference to setting of copy in black or bold faces, which is heavier and darker than regular type is ______.

     a) Bill              b)       Beat                               c)       BI                                             d)           Bleed

8.       What does use as a light source to create the type image in a photo setter?

          a)       Cursor        b)       CRT                                c)       Cub                                d)           Cursive

9.       What does EPD refer in Journalism?

     a) Electronic Picture desk                      b)       Electronic light ‘pen’ on VDU screen

c)           Editorial                                                               d)       None of the above

10. _________ the abbreviation for ‘more to follow’.

     a) MFL            b)       MF                                 c)       MS                                 d)       NUJ

11. What is the marginal mark for the close up or delete space between characters?

          a)                      b)                                         c)       #                                              d) 

12. _______ is the marginal mark for ‘reduce space between words’.

     a) Rom            b)       Less #                                      c)       EQ #                               d)       13. Id

13. Identify the marginal mark for Insert Comma________ .

     a)                          b)       #                                              c)       _ o___                                       d)        

14. ________ is the Textual mark for the Insert space.

     a) l.c                         b)       h                                              c)       Trs                                 d)           N.P

15. What is ‘NS’?

          a)       The newsroom                                            b)       Newspapers on  sale

c)           Newspaper society                                       d)       National union of Journalists

Advertisements: Origins And Development Of Advertising

16. The purpose of _________ is to convey visual or oral messages to the public thus influencing them to buy goods.

     a) Report                            b)       Edit                      c)       Media                             d)           Advertisement

17. Advertising is a _________ where the advertiser is clearly identified.

          a)       Publicity     b) Propaganda    c) Commercial transaction  d) None of the above

18. Why does the advertisement need repetition?

          a)       To buy goods                  b)       To spread the message to different sections of people

c)           To instill ideas      d)       To act favourably towards ideas

19. Advertisement is an informative and_________ force that aids the consumer to form judgment on what to buy.

          a)       Visual                                      b)       Commercial          c)       Educative              d)           Essential

20. How does the advertisement help for the salesmen?

     a) To buy the new product                              b)       To remove the doubts

c)           To create an image and goodwill       d)       To get employment.

21. _______ is the main purpose of advertising.

          a)       Customer                       b)       Communication    c)       Product       d)       Goodwill

22. Advertisement is a link between the ________ and the consumer.

     a) Advertiser             b)       Salesman              c)       Manufacturer                 d)       None of the above

23. The advertiser places his advertisements in the ________ language newspapers.

     a) International        b)       Regional               c)       Vernacular            d)       None of the above

24. The reason for advertising is to create and maintain a________ image.

          a)       Self             b)       Manufacturer                 c)       Brand                                      d)           Advertiser

25. The purpose of advertising is to increases the sale of the product reducing the_______ of production and distribution.

          a)       Value                    b)       Image                                       c)       Cost                                d)       None of the above

TYPES OF ADVERTISING

26. Successful national newspapers devote anything between _______ of the total space in an edition for advertisements.

          a)       60 and 80 percent                                       b)       20 and 40 percent 

c)           40 and 60 percent                                       d)       80 and 90 percent

27. Identify the display advertisement.

          a)       Job advertisements                                     b)       Service advertisements

c)           Matrimonial advertisements              d)       Government advertisements

28. What are the deciding factors for any advertiser to place an advertisement?

     a) Editorial matter and the news content                 b)       Progress and prosperity

c)           The standard of the newspaper and its circulation  

d)          advertising and price policy

29. ________ is the print advertising.

          a)       Bill board            b)       Kiosk                  c)       Television                       d)           Brochure

30. Kiosk refers________

     a) Moveable book                                            b)       Display advertisement

c)           A small handbill                                         d)       A magazine

31. __________ is a very popular advertising medium that constitutes several branches like television, radio or the internet.

          a)       Outdoor advertising                                    b)       Print advertising

c)           Broadcast advertising                        d)       Covert advertising

32. How does the covert advertising display to the public?

a)           Advertising indirectly                                  b)       Advertising in movies

c)           Advertising for social causes              d)       None of the above

33. _________ advertising is prominently seen in cases where advertising a particular product is banned by law.

          a)       Public service advertising                  b)       Covert advertising

c)           Surrogate advertising                        d)       Outdoor advertising

34. ________ is the example for public service advertising.

          a)       To display the brand Nokia               b)       Political integrity

c)           The use of Cadillac cars                     d)       Tom Crusie’s phone

35. Fliers means_______.

     a) A small open –fronted hut       b)       A large board used to display

c)           A small handbill                                d)       Information about a product in a magazine

NATURE AND ROLE OF ADVERTISING

36. Advertisers assume that the basic human needs are_________, safety, love esteem and self-actualization.

     a) Psychological                 b) Sociological      c)       Geographical        d)       Physiological

37. AIDCA formula is derived from the initial letters of the words: Attention, interest, _______ conviction and attention.

     a) Determination      b)       Dedication c)       Desire                             d)       Dynamic

38. How does the advertisement to make more attractive in all big firms?

          a)       Admixture of pictures and photographs

b)          Admixture of language and emotion

c)           Admixture of conviction and action   d)       Admixture of interest and attention

40. ___________ is the chief source of income to the newspapers.

a)           Language              b)       Reputation           c)       Communication    d)           Advertisement

41. An organization that prepares and designs advertisements for clients, and buys advertising space is_______.

       a)         Ad rule                 b)       Ad dummy            c)       Advertising agency  d)   Advertorial

KEY

PROOF-READING SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

1. b) Proof-reading

2. c) N.P

3. d) Transpose

4. b) Encircle characters to be altered

5. c) Stet

6. b) Audit Bureau of Circulation

7. c) BI       

8. b) CRT

9. a) Electronic Picture Desk

10. b) MF

11. b)

12. b) Less#

13. c)    o

14. b) h

15.c) Newspaper society

ADVERTISEMENT: ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVERTISING

16. d) Advertisement

17. c) Commercial transaction

18. b) To spread the message to different sections of people

19. c) Educative

20. d) to get employment

21. b) Communication

22. c) Manufacturer

23. b) Regional

24. c) Brand

25. c) Cost

TYPES OF ADVERTISING

26. c) 40 and60 percent

27. d) Government advertisement 

28. c) The standard of the newspaper and its circulation

29.d) Brochures 

30. a) Movable booth 

31. c) Broadcast advertising

32. b) Advertising in movies

33. c) Surrogate advertising

34. b) Political integrity

35. c) A small handbill

NATURE AND ROLE OF ADVERTISING

36. d) Physiological

37. c) desire

38. a) admixture of  pictures and photographs

40. d) Advertisement

41. c) Advertising agency