What are the three genders when describing a word. Masculine, Feminine and... ?
Neuter or Common gender.
100
Who is the writer who considered her book to be a simple love story but is now considered by all of us as a triumph of English Literature?
a)Ayn Rand
b)Harper Lee
c)Anne Frank
d)Charlotte Bronte
Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird
100
A great example we can see for 'Justice being fished out of popular mood' and about the truth about Truth, is in which novel? It is also an award winning film starring Gregory Peck.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
100
Which is one of the greatest and longest poems which was written long long ago and plays out the story of a great hero who faces death everyday?
The Odyssey
200
What is the meaning of the word - Juxtaposition
Place two objects or ideas close together.
200
What is a preposition?
A preposition is one of small groups of words that can be used with nouns and verbs. Prepositions give information about position or movement. Ex: On, Over, At, In
200
Arrange the following authors chronologically, i.e by their date of birth
a) Jane Austen
b) Charlotte Bronte
c) Mrs. Aphra Ben
d) Emily Bronte
1. c) Mrs. Aphra Ben
2. a) Jane Austen
3. b) Charlotte Bronte
4. d) Emily Bronte
200
According to John Green in 'Looking For Alaska' what is the only way out of the labyrinth of suffering?
The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.
200
Name the poem (and the writer) which, in 3 - 4 stanzas explains all we need to become virtuous human beings.
'If' - Rudyard Kipling
300
What is the meaning of the word 'Contemptible'
Deserving to be hated or despised.
300
"He will have gone home"-Which tense is this in?
Future Perfect Tense.
300
3 of the following authors lived to read their own obituaries in the newspaper. One even telling a journalist- The reports of my death are highly exaggerated. Who is the exception?
(Extra 100 points for naming the author who said that.)
a) Ernest Hemingway
b) Mark Twain
c) Bertrand Russell
d) Dylan Thomas
The answer is d) Dylan Thomas.
Extra points answer - Mark Twain said that.
300
The John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize was awarded to Ruskin Bond in 1957 for which book?
The Room On The Roof
300
The rain is raining all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.
This is written by which poet?
Robert Louis Stevenson
400
What is the meaning of the word 'Raucous'
Loud and Harsh
400
"I wandered lonely as a cloud" What is the figure of speech used here?
Here, the cloud is compared to myself. So it is a simile. If only the last four words are taken into consideration, then and only then is it personification.
400
Of the following authors, name the authors who suffered from insanity -
a) Guy De Maupassant
b) George Bernard Shaw
c) Arthur Conan Doyle
d) Jonathan Swift
a) Guy De Maupassant and d) Jonathan Swift
400
Name the book (and the author) that had an incident of a person who disappeared, but came back to attend his own funeral and see all the people who had thought he was dead
Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
400
There is nothing to hurry him on,
No road he must take,
No place he must go to,
No time when he must come home.
This excerpt is from the famous poem Vocation by which poet?
Rabindranath Tagore
500
What is the meaning of the word 'Surreptitious'
Something that is done in secret without permission.
500
What are reflexive pronouns?
Reflexive pronouns are used to describe the position of an object when it is an action that the subject performs on the subject. Ex: I cut 'MYSELF' with the knife
500
Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2015?
Svetlana Alexievich
500
'The Namesake' was written by which Indian author?
Jhumpa Lahiri
500
All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above -
Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.
Who wrote this?