English Literature For BCS Preparation part-1

English language and literature is essential for BCS preliminary examination. Out of 200 marks, you will be given 35 marks question from English Language and literature. So try hard and soul to cut a good figure in the BCS preliminary test

1. 'David Copperfield' is a/ an----- novel.  (Victorian)
2. 'Elegy Written In a Country Churchyard' is written by---  ( Thomas Gray)
3. Shakespeare's 'Measures for Measures' is a successful-------.  ( comedy)
4. 'Frailty thy name is woman'- is famous dialogue from ------ ( William Shakespeare)
5. 'Heart of Darkness' is a novel written by-------.  (Joseph Conrad)
6. "Much Ado About Nothing"-is written by-----   ( William Shakespeare)
7. "The God of Small Things" is written by ----- (Arundhati Roy)
8. Shakespeare is known mostly for his --------. (Plays)
9. Writer of 'Macbeth' is ------- .  (Shakespeare)
10. 'Paradise Regained' is written by ------ . (John Milton)
11. 'Paradise Lost' attempted to ------.  ( Justify the way of God to man)
12. Catastrophe means------.   (The tragic end of dramatic events)
13. A face that can't smile is never good--- (Martial)
14. Help thyself and God will help thee. - (George Herbert)
15. No man can be wise on empty stomach. ---- ( George Elliot)
16. "Success makes success as money makes money"- who said this ? ( Chamfort)
17. Elizabethan literature was inspired by--------. ( Renaissance spirit)
18. The most famous contemporary playwright of Shakepeare is --------. ( Christopher Marlowe)
19. Who refused the Nobel Prize in literature? (Jea-Paul-Sartre)
20. Antagonist means----. ( villainous character)
21. The two cities in 'A Tale of Two Cities'- are------- .(London and Paris)
22. The father of modern English poetry-----.  ( Geoffrey Chaucer)
23. 'The Merchant of Venice' is written by-----. ( William Shakespeare)
24. Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' is a ---------. ( Tragedy)
25. The author of 'The Taming of the Shrew' is ------- (Shakespeare)
26. The Solitary Reaper is a -------.  ( romantic poem)
27. Wordsworth was inspired by--------.  (the french revolution)
28. The rebel poet in English literature is----.  ( Lord Byron)
29. 'Vanity Fair' is novel by------. ( Thackeray)
30. Charles Dickens is a great---------. ( Novelist)
31. Who created the detective ' Sherlock Holmes'?   (Sir A Conan Doyle)
32. The author of  the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'-------.  ( Jules Verne)
33. The author of the book 'Asian Drama'- ------(Gunnar Myrdal)
34. George Bernard Shaw is a ------- (Playwright)
35. T.S Eliot is a -------- poet.     (modern)
36. Author of 'The Time Machine'- is --------.  ( H.G.Wells)
37. The Daffodils is a poem written by ---------. ( William Wordsworth)
38. Keats belongs to --------. ( Nineteenth Century)
39. 'The Good Earth' deals with-------. (Chinese Life)
40. Famous Irish poet and dramatist is----.(W.B Yeats)
41. Protagonist indicates ------. ( the leading character of actor in a play)