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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 - SR FOR SC/ST' And exam conducted in the year 032. And Question paper code was '032//2016/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.
C:-Miriam
D:-Clara Dawes
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question87:-For the Elizabethan audience, the Duchess of Malfi marrying her steward, Antonio, was a triple offence. Which
of the following is not one ?
A:-She was a widow marrying a second time
-She married on her own outside the Church
C:-She married beneath her status in disregard of 'degree'
D:-She married against the wishes of her brothers who almost acted like her guardians
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question88:-Where does young Catherine leave Thrushcross Grange for the first time to ?
A:-Wuthering Heights
B:-The nearby village
C:-The fairy caves at Penistone Crags
D:-London
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question89:-How does John Donne describe the death of virtuous people in "A Valediction : Forbidding Mourning" ?
-Painful
:-Silent
C:-Clamorous
D:-Slow
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question90:-What was the preliminary version of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man known as ?
A:-Stephen Hero
Bloom's Blunder
C:-A Day in the life of Stephen Dedalus
D:-The Dead
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question91:-Who is the author of the two major works An Introduction to Language and Language ?
A:-Leonard Bloomfield
B:-Bernard Bloch
C:-Noam Chomsky
D:-Ferdinand de Saussure
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question92:-Where does The Glass Menagerie take place ?
A:-Cleveland
B:-New York
C:-Mississippi
D:-St. Louis
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question93:-The meaning of the term 'episteme' is
A:-Knowledge
B:-Archive
C:-Theology
D:-Scholarship
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question94:-Which of the following is not a form of new Historicist criticism ?
A:-Genealogy of Patriarchal Discourse
B:-Archaeology of Social Constructs
C:-Poststructural recovery of authorial intent
D:-Cultural Materialism
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question95:-According to Ralph Emerson, what do great works of art teach us ?
A:-Truly great works of art inspire everyone
B:-There are few true geniuses in the world
C:-Art is a matter of personal taste
D:-Obey your spontaneous impression
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question96:-Who called Francis Bacon, "the wisest, the brightest and the meanest of mankind" ?