The condition of most slum dwellers is so miserable that it cannot be described in words. – Which is the best phrase for the underlined expression?
Correct answer(s):
- beggars description
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Trying unitedly we were able to have our project approved against strong oppositions. – Which of the following says nearly the same as ‘against’?
Correct answer(s):
- in the teeth of
Not many people can commit such a heinous crime in cold blood. – What does the italicized idiom above mean?
Correct answer(s):
- in cool brain and calculated thought
William Shakespeare was a famous ____ century English Playwright.
Correct answer(s):
- sixteenth
The invention of computer has turned over a new leaf in the history of modern technology. – Which of the following is nearest in meaning to the underlined idiom above?
Correct answer(s):
- opened a new chapter
‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a drama by ____
Correct answer(s):
- William Shakespeare
In what year did Shakespeare die?
Correct answer(s):
- 1616 AD
William Shakespeare is a famous ____
Correct answer(s):
- dramatist
Who wrote ‘Patriotism’?
Correct answer(s):
- Sir Walter Scott
London town is found a living being in the work of ____
Correct answer(s):
- Charles Dickens
‘David Copperfield’ is a / an ____ novel.
Correct answer(s):
- Victorian
Who is William Hazlitt?
Correct answer(s):
- Essayist
‘The waves beside them danced'(from ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’) is an example of ____
Correct answer(s):
- personification
The central idea of ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ is that _____
Correct answer(s):
- we can find solace in nature
Who is known as the father of English drama?
Correct answer(s):
- William Shakespeare
Who of the following was both a poet and painter?
Correct answer(s):
- William Blake
Who was a ‘poet laureate’?
Correct answer(s):
- William Wordsworth
Who is known as ‘the poet of nature in English literature’?
Correct answer(s):
- William Wordsworth
‘Poet are unacknowledged legislators of the world’, Who told it?
Correct answer(s):
- P. B. Shelley
Who has written?
‘He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things great and small’.
Correct answer(s):
- Coleridge