GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) English (XH-C2): Questions 516 - 519 of 2433

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Question 516

Appeared in Year: 2015

Question MCQ▾

Trying to capture the upbeat mood of 1964 - 65, the poet Thom Gunn said: “They stood for a great optimism, barriers seemed to be coming down all over, it was as if World War II had finally drawn to close, there was an openness and high-spiritedness and relaxation of mood” . Who were “they” ? (June Paper II)

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

The New Left

b.

The Arts Council folks

c.

The Beatles

d.

The Rolling Stones

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Question 517

Appeared in Year: 2015

Question MCQ▾

The ascension of King James I in ________ inaugurated the Jacobean age. (June Paper II)

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

1603

b.

1600

c.

1609

d.

1601

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Question 518

Appeared in Year: 2015

Question MCQ▾

Margaret Atwood has tried a revisionist writing of a crucial scene in Hamlet called “Gertrude Talks Back” . The scene in Atwood opens with a reference to the name of an implied listener. Who is this implied listener? (June Paper II)

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Ophelia

b.

Polonius

c.

Claudius

d.

Hamlet

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Question 519

Appeared in Year: 2015

Question MCQ▾

Who among the following poets compared human tears to “love՚s wine” ? (June Paper II)

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Ben Jonson

b.

Andrew Marvell

c.

John Donne

d.

John Suckling

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