Kerala PSC Previous Years Question Paper & Answer

Title : HSST ENGLISH JUNIOR
Question Code : A

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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 JUNIOR' And exam conducted in the year 2015. And Question paper code was '030/2015/OL'. 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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Excerpt of Question Code: 030/2015/OL

Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question56:-Which of the following notions does Bernard Shaw seem to support in Pygmalion?
A:-Women must be independent
B:-Money is more important than beauty
C:-Knowledge is power
D:-Correct pronunciation is necessary for social success
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question57:-Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot was first published in
A:-English
B:-Spanish
C:-Russian
D:-French
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question58:-The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man can be described as
A:-An epistolary novel
B:-A picaresque novel
C:-A kunstlerroman
D:-Docufiction
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question59:-Graham Greene's Heart of the Matter is set in
A:-India
B:-Sierra Leone
C:-Nigeria
D:-Scotland
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question60:-Allan Sillitoe, author of the novel The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner has been described as
A:-A proletarian fictionist
B:-A formalist in fiction.
C:-A satirist
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question61:-Who brought forth the 'Rasa-Dhwani Siddhanta' ?
A:-Bharata
B:-Manu
:-Vamana
D:-Abhinavagupta
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question62:-Aristotle defined poetry as:
A:-Pleasure
B:-Medium of imitation
:-Emotion
D:-Spontaneous overflow
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question63:-Which of the following is a 'Vice of Style' opposed to the 'Sublime' according to Longinus?
A:-Grandeur of thought
B:-Dignified expression
C:-Vigorous treatment of the passions
D:-Affectation
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question64:-Who is called ‘The Father of English Criticism' by Dr. Johnson?
A:-John Dryden
-Philip Sidney
C:-Wordsworth
D:-Arnold
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question65:-Who stated that "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" ?
A:-Coleridge
B:-Arnold
C:-Byron

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