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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'HSST ENGLISH KERALA HSE' And exam conducted in the year 2018. And Question paper code was '035/2018'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
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Kentish, Mexican, Northumbrian etc are dialects.
(മ) Middle English (8) Standard English
(ಲ) Modern English (D) Old English
The Language variety unique to a single speaker of a language is called
(ಹ) வன (8) syntax (~) phonetics (D) idiolect
Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” is an example of dialect.
(മ) German (B) Middle English (ಲ) Old English (D) Pidgin English
The classical words found a way to the English language since the
(മ) Renaissance (3) Norman Conquest
(9) Industrial Revolution (D) Romantic Revival
Name the author of the poem Poet, Lover, Bird Watcher.
(ಹಿ) Tagore (B) AX. Ramanujan
(ಲ) Nissim Ezekiel (D) Dilip Chithre
Which tree is immortalized by Toru Dutt in her autobiographical poem ?
(ಹ) Neermathala (B) Casuarina (C) Pepal Tree (D) Neem
Who is the third occupant in the Carriage described in Emily Dickinson’s poem Because I
could not Stop for Death ?
(ಹ) Death (B) Childhood (ಲ) Poet (D) Immortality
Kamaladas’s concept of language in the poem Introduction.
(മ) Writes inthree (B) Speak two (C) Knowsthree (D) Dream in one
Which Road did the traveller choose in Robert Frost’s poem Road Not Taken ?
(മ) The less travelled road (B) The one covered with leaves
(ಲ) The neatly paved one (D) The grassy pathway.
The heads of Devadatta and were interchanged in Girish Karnad's Heyavadans.
(A) Bhagavanta (B) Hayavadana (ಲ) Kapila (D) Padmini
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