Literary Genres and Subgenres - Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression - English Previous Year Questions

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2022 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2022

Which of the following novel-author combination(s) is/are correct?

A

Where Shall We Go This Summer-Jane Austen

B

A Passage to England- Nirad C Chaudhuri

C

The Mayor of Casterbridge-Thomas Hardy

D

Pride and Prejudice- Anita Desai

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2022 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2022

What is common among the following novels?
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

A

These are examples of Utopian fiction.

B

These are examples of Dystopian fiction.

C

They present an idealistic picture of the world.

D

They abound in pleasant descriptions of landscapes, peoples and places.

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2023 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2023

Which of the following writers are associated with the Theatre of the Absurd?

A

Harold Pinter

B

Edward Albee

C

John Osborne

D

Eugene O’Neill

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2023 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2023

Which of the following is the forerunner of the autobiography?

A

St. Augustine’s Confessions

B

James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

C

William Wordsworth’s The Prelude

D

Izaak Walton’s Lives

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2023 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2023

Choose from the following options the type of drama that is intended by the author to be read rather than to be performed:

A

Kitchen Sink Drama

B

Closet Drama

C

Poetic Drama

D

Folk Drama

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2023 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2023

Which of the following works may be described as novels in verse?

A

Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

B

The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth

C

Pamela by Samuel Richardson

D

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot

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2023 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2023

Two examples of magic realist fiction include:

A

Midnight’s Children

B

The Tin Drum

C

The English Teacher

D

Tom Jones

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2024 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2024

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a/an __________ .

A

ode

B

dramatic monologue

C

haiku

D

Villanelle

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2024 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2024

Which one of the following is a famous detective character created by Edgar Allan Poe?

A

Maigret

B

Miss Marple

C

Auguste Dupin

D

Arsene Lupin

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2024 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2024

On the basis of genre, which of the following does NOT belong in this group?

A

Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan

B

Tara by Mahesh Dattani

C

Sakharam Binder by Vijay Tendulkar

D

Ravan and Eddie by Kiran Nagarkar

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2024 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2024

Agatha Christie broke a fundamental rule of detective fiction in ______ .

A

Murder on the Orient Express

B

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

C

Death on the Nile

D

Three Act Tragedy

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2024 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2024

Which of the following options is NOT the title of a play?

A

The Spanish Tragedy

B

A Doll's House

C

Mother Courage and her Children

D

Scenes from Clerical Life

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2024 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2024

Match the excerpts with the texts they have been taken from:

A

ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv

B

i, b-ii, c-iv, d-iii

C

ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv

D

i, b-iv, c-iii, d-ii

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2024 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2024

Which of the following statements is true of Magic Realism?

A

It has its origins in the speech of the Oracle of Delphi.

B

It was created by J R R Tolkien.

C

It reveals the extraordinary in the heart of the ordinary.

D

It is a subset of Socialist Realism.

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2025 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2025

The medieval fabliau is a ________________.

A

short comic or satiric tale in verse

B

faculty of the mind distinguished from reason

C

rough, heavy-footed, and jerky versification

D

mode of freewheeling narrative

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2025 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2025

Which of the following characteristic(s) is/are associated with the epic?

A

High seriousness

B

Description of athletic contests or games

C

Beginning the story in the beginning of the action

D

Brief and easy journeys made by the hero

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2025 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences-English (XH-C2) 2025

Which is/are the special skill(s) associated with Harry Potter in J. K. Rowling’s novel series?

A

Wizardry

B

Rugby

C

Quidditch

D

Bridge

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2026 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences - English (XH-C2) 2026

Which novel by Margaret Atwood is often studied for its feminist themes and dystopian setting?

A

The Bell Jar

B

Frankenstein

C

The Handmaid's Tale

D

To Kill a Mockingbird

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2026 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences - English (XH-C2) 2026

To which of the following does the term "pastoral elegy" apply?

A

"Lycidas"

B

Adonais

C

In Memoriam

D

"The Deserted Village"

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2026 · English · Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres

Humanities & Social Sciences - English (XH-C2) 2026

Which of the following is/are (an) epistolary novel/s?

A

Pamela

B

The Vicar of Wakefield

C

Clarissa

D

Wuthering Heights

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