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Kanthapura by Raja Rao — Exam Preparation MCQs Section 1: Literary Context, Style & Narrative Structure Q1. What narrative style does Raja Rao adopt in Kanthapura to capture the traditional Indian oral storytelling technique? (A) Epistolary narrative (B) Sthala-Purana (Village Legend) (C) Stream of consciousness (D) Third-person omniscient view Correct Answer: (B) Sthala-Purana (Village Legend) Explanation: In the foreword to the novel, Raja Rao explicitly states that Kanthapura is modeled after a Sthala-Purana , a traditional local legend that weaves together history, geography, community folklore, and religious mythology. Q2. Who acts as the primary narrator of the novel Kanthapura ? (A) Moorthy (B) Rangamma (C) Achakka (D) Ratna Correct Answer: (C) Achakka Explanation: Achakka is an elderly Brahmin widow in Kanthapura who recounts the village's socio-political transformation in a fluid, conversational, gossip-style oral tone. Q3. In which year was R...

BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER/ Semester Exam S.No. 2601 23ELGE3 (For candidates admitted from 2023-2024 onwards ) U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2025 Part II- English GENERAL ENGLISH Time: Three hours Maxinsum: 75 marks SECTION A-(20 marks) Answer ALL the questions. I. (A) Choose the correct answer: (5x1=5) 1. What does Della sell to raise additional money? (a) Her locket (b) Her long hair (c) Her mother's wedding ring (d) Their wedding chain 2. Which colour mentioned in the passport in Telephone Conversation? (a) Brown (b) Red (c) White (d) West African Sepia 3. How can we live a better life according to WH Davies? (a) Money (b) Hard work (c) Leisure (d) Relationship 4. What is the meaning of the idiom "fish out of water"? (a) sorrow (b) death (c) loyalty (d) pain 5. What is the past participle for "speak"? (a) speak (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke (B) Fill in the blanks: (5 x 1 = 5) 6. ________ is a master skill for personal and professio...

Q&A ON THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT / JEAN PIAGET/ CHILDHOOD PSYCHOLOGY/UGTRB/PGTRB/UGCNET/PGTRB/TNSET/TNTET/BEO EXAM CHILDHOOD PSYCHOLOGY Q&A ON THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 1.      Who proposed the theory of Cognitive development? Ans: Jean Piaget. 2.      Who is Jean Piaget? Ans: Swiss psychologist. 3.      Jean Piaget was born and died in the year of ----------------. Ans: (1896 - 1980). 4.      When did he developed the theory of cognitive development? Ans: 1920s. 5.      Theory of cognitive development was first published in the year of ----------------. Ans: 1936. 6.      Theory of cognitive development was published in the work of ---------------. Ans:  The Origin of Intelligence in Children. 7.      What is Schema? Ans: Mental representation of images created by brain using a...

Q & A on PARADISE LOST BOOK - IX by John Milton ( PART - II)  "OF MAN'S FIRST DISOBEDIENCE AND THE FRUIT OF THAT FORBIDDEN TREE, WHOSE MORTAL TASTE BROUGHT DEATH INTO THE WORLD,                                                                 - JOHN MILTON 26) Who is 'Enemie of Mankind'?  Ans: Satan.  27) Write down praising words of Satan to Eve while introducing himself ?  Ans: ~ Sovvran, Mistress ~ Fairest resemblance of thy maker faire ~ Thy celestial Beautie adore ~ "A Goddess among God's, ador'd and serv'd  By Angels numberless, thy daily Train" 28) Who said these lines,  "What may this mean? Language of Man pronounc't By Tongue of Brute, and human sense exprest?" Ans: Eve when first met Satan.  29) What is the colour of forbidden fruit has mentioned by Satan?  Ans: Ruddie and Gold...

TNSET - MARCH 2024 / ENGLISH PAPER II -  MCQ ON TNSET ENGLISH LITERATURE QUESTION PAPER   1 __________ suggests the content : series of twelve eclogues. One for each month of the year. A : The Ruins of Time B : Mother Hubberd's Tale C : The Shepheards Calendar D : Colin Clouts Come home again 2 __________ was a biting satire on the Puritans, was modelled upon the adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. A : Don Juan B : Hudibras C : Mac Flecknoe D : Namby-Pamby 3 "Supposes," the First prose comedy published in 1566 was the basis of Shakespeare's __________. A : All's well that Ends well. B : The Two Gentlemen of Verona C : Taming of the Shrew D : Love's Labour's Lost. 4 __________, Sir Thomas Browne's confession of faith, is a curious mixture of religious faith and scientific scepticism. A : The Garden of Cyprus B : Pseudodoxia Epidemica C : Religio Medici D : Hydriotaphia : Urne Buriall t 5 Emerson calls two of the following writers : one as his re...

Q & A on PARADISE LOST BOOK - IX by John Milton ( PART - I)  1) Who is mentioned as  Angel Guest in paradise lost IX?  Ans: Raphael.  2) Who is mentioned as sin and her shadow?  Ans: Death and Misery.  3) Who is mentioned as 'Celestial Patroness' by Milton himself?  Ans: Urania.  4) Name the muse invoked by Milton in paradise lost?  Ans: Urania.  5) Mention the number of books; muse Urania was invoked in paradise lost?  Ans: Book 1,Book 7 and Book 9. 6) Urania is a muse of ____________. Ans: Muse of Astronomy.  7) Paradise lost was written in the form of _____________. Ans: unpremeditated verse.  8) What does unpremeditated verse meant?  Ans: Heroic verse without rhyme.  9) Name the meter used in paradise Lost?  Ans: Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter.  10) Name the star mentioned in paradise lost while Satan entered the Garden.  Ans: Hesperus Star.  11) Who is Guardian Angel of Eden?...