SPSC English Lecturer Paper 2020

SPSC English Lecturer Paper 2020 MCQs for SPSC English Lecturer test preparation online.

SPSC English Lecturer Paper 2020 MCQs

What is the antonym of “Grotesque”?

1. Archaic
2. Graceful
3. Whimsical
4. None of the above

In the “Preface to Lyrical Balladas,” Wordsworth propounded his theory of:

1. Fancy
2. Imagination
3. Prose
4. Poetic Diction

What is the most common poetic quality in Keats and Tennyson?

1. Miltonism
2. Dramatic quality
3. pictorial element
4. elegiac nature

Aurobindo Ghose`s Savitri is an epic of the:

1. Universe
2. Soul
3. Mind
4. Heaven

What is meant by “etymology”?

1. The study of the names given to insects
2. The study of the origins of words and how they have changed over time
3. The study of language politeness
4. The study of words which sound similar to one another

Bacon`s essays are regarded as compendiums of:

1. Worldly wisdom
2. Diplomatic Matters
3. State Affairs
4. General Knowledge

Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled:

1. Jane Eyre
2. Shirley
3. Wuthering Heights
4. Agnes Grey

The Faerie Queene is a/an ___________ poem.

1. Satirical
2. Narrative
3. Allegorical
4. Descriptive

George Eliot is the pen-name of:

1. Bilfor Evans
2. Mary Ann Evans
3. T.S. Eliot
4. Emily Dickinson

Edgar Allen Poe wrote reviews for a year for the magazine:

1. South Literary Messenger
2. Evening Post
3. South American Review
4. The Autobiography

Holly Sonnets was written by:

1. Marlowe
2. Donne
3. spencer
4. Johnson