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Friday, April 2, 2010

English Literature

Dear Friends,
Here you can ask for the updates of English Literature and Grammar. I'll also share the latest information about UP PGT English, NET and other competitive exams.
Welcome.
Ranjeet Singh
Assistant Professor in English
Government Degree College,
Sitapur, U.P.
Mob. No. 9453379998

19 comments:

  1. Here we can discuss the UPSESSB PGT (English) 2011 Exam held on 22nd May 2011.

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  2. The expected cut-off of PGT English (UPSESSB) written exam is as follows:

    General 100 Correct answers
    OBC 95 Correct Answers
    Sc 80 Correct Answers

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  3. The final selection is expected
    Gen 105 and above + highest possible marks in Interview.
    OBC 97 Answers and above + highest possible marks in Interview.
    Sc 90 and above + highest possible marks in Interview.

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  4. Interview of PGT Exams is expected to be conducted by the end of September or in Octover.

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  5. If there is any doubt in PGT English paper 2011 held on 22nd May, you can give me a call in the evening after 6pm.
    You are most welcome.

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  6. To,
    The Chairman
    Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Service Selection Board,
    Allahabad.
    Subject:- Corrections in Answer Key - TGT – 01/2013 English Exam held on 25th January, 2015 (As Per Test Paper Series – D; Subject Code – TG - 04)
    Dear Sir,
    It’s to bring to your kind notice that the following TEN answers need to be reviewed and corrected.
    Q. No. 13 :- Find out the mistake in the sentence given below.
    She has told me/ that she saw my Uncle/ at the fare/ on last Friday.
    Your Key/ Answer: - (D) – on Last Friday.
    Correct Answers: - (C ) at the fare – at the fair (D) On last Friday – last Friday
    Note:- Both C & D options should be considered correct.
    Q.No. 15:- Choose the name of the Roman General who conquered England in 43 B.C.?
    (A) Julius Caesar (B) Claudius (C ) Antony (D) None of these

    Your Key/ Answer:- (B) Claudius
    Correct Answer:- Your question is wrong. England was conquered by Emperor Claudius in 43 AD. (Hence there should be general marking)

    Reference:- The Roman conquest of Britain was a gradual process, beginning effectively in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius, whose general Aulus lautius served as first governor of Roman Britain.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain
    Q. No. 30:- what kind of work is Samson Agonistes?
    (A) Verse-play (B) Epic (C ) Lyrical Drama (D) Short story
    Your Key/ Answer:- (A) Verse-play
    Correct Answers-:- (A) & (C ).

    Reference:- 1- ‘lyrical drama’ is the genre of poems including John Milton's Samson Agonistes.

    http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781405188104_chunk_g978140518810415_ss1-15

    2- Milton’s ‘Samson Agonistes is a Lyrical Drama.’
    The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature: A - G., Volume 1
    Edited by: Frederick Burwick
    eISBN: 9781405188104
    Print publication date: 2012
    (WILEY BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD, WEST SUSSEX U.K.)
    https://books.google.co.in/books?id=CDuCchT6PE0C&pg=PA820&lpg=PA820&dq=Samson+agonistes+as+a+lyrical+drama&source=bl&ots=1FLjLBFuMF&sig=CXB5FN0iQ1dqzKm9v0cp4bHwlDs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=efzNVKSQAYek8AXLmoHoCQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Samson%20agonistes%20as%20a%20lyrical%20drama&f=false

    Q. No. 31: - Shakespeare has written …………. Historical plays.
    (A) 4 (B) 6 (C ) 7 (D) 8
    Your Key/ Answer: - ( B) 6 plays
    Correct Answer:- Shakespeare has written the following History plays-
    (1) Henry IV, part 1 (2) Henry IV, part 2 (3) Henry V (4) Henry VI, part 1 (5) Henry VI, part 2 (6) Henry VI, part 3 (7) Henry VIII (8) King John (9) Richard II (10) Richard III

    Note: - Hence none of the given options is correct.

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  7. Q.No. 36:- What could be the ‘Tragic-Flaw’ in Hamlet?

    (A) Noble (B) Oedipus Complex (C ) Vaulting Ambition (D ) None of these

    Your Key/ Answer: - (C ) Vaulting Ambition

    Correct Answer:- Noble Inaction.

    NOTE:- Hence (A) & (D) options are correct. (The students were confused at option A. They considered it a misprint and incomplete. So they chose it)

    Q.No. 57 :- Select the correct option.
    There was ……………………
    (A) A fly in milk (B) fly in the milk (C ) fly in milk (D) a fly in the milk
    (B)
    Your Key/ Answer: - (D) a fly in the milk
    Correct Answer:- (A) a fly in milk

    Note:- Article ‘the’ is not used before Material Noun. Milk is a material noun. (Hence A option is correct)

    Q.No. 70:- In which year, Galsworthy refused the offer of a knighthood?
    (A) 1917 (B) 1918 (C ) 1919 (D) 1920
    Your Key/ Answer: - (C) 1919
    Correct Answer:- Confusion – 1917/1918/1919. There is no authentic answer.
    References:-
    1- Galsworthy refused knighthood in 1919 from Prime Minister Lloyd George on principle, saying that writing was in itself its own reward.
    http://www.online-literature.com/john-galsworthy/

    2- Galsworthy chose to refuse knighthood in 1917 because he believed that writers should not accept titles. (Ronald Bruce Meyer)
    http://freethoughtalmanac.com/?p=2902

    3- Galsworthy refused a Knighthood in 1918.
    Galsworthy Five Plays: Strife; Justice; Eldest Son; Skin Game; Loyalties (Bloomsbury Publishing)
    https://books.google.co.in/books?id=pmV7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=galsworthy+refused+knighthood&source=bl&ots=VNRg0-ohN6&sig=0q7emFsth1fMECX_uMk-uQj3VC0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GwrOVMG6ENLx8gXh84GgCg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=galsworthy%20refused%20knighthood&f=false

    Q.No. 81:- Where was Wordsworth born?
    (A) Cokerpate (B) Cockermouth (C) Cockerhill (D) Cockervalley
    Your Key/ Answer: -(D) Cockervalley
    Correct Answer:- (B) Cockermouth
    Reference:- William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Wordsworth House in Cockermouth, Cumberland.
    Note:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth

    Q.No. 84:- Who considered romanticism “liberalism in literature”?
    (A) Wordsworth (B) Plato (C) Theodore Watts – Dunton (D) Pater
    Your Key/ Answer: - (C) Theodore Watts – Dunton
    Correct Answer:- Victor Hugo
    Note:- None of the given answers is correct. Hence there should be general marking.
    Q.No.116 :- Complete the sentence.
    The reversal of Fortune of a tragic hero is called ………….
    (A) Catharsis (B) Peripeteia (C ) Epistle (D) Poesis
    Your Key/ Answer: -(D) Poesis
    Correct Answer:- (B) Peripeteia
    Reference:- Peripeteia is a reversal of circumstances, fortune or turning point.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripeteia
    Yours Sincerely
    Preeti Singh (TGT Applicant – English)
    W/o Dr. Ranjeet Singh (Assistant Prof. in English – Govt. degree College Sitapur)

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  9. Good morning sir! Getting you here I am very pleased. Since you are a professor, I would like you to be with me in my affliction of studies. Problems often impede while I study.
    It would be your Highness if you put your feet forward to assist me.

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