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 | |
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a. | The New Left | |
b. | The Arts Council folks | |
c. | The Beatles | |
d. | The Rolling Stones |
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 | |
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a. | 1603 | |
b. | 1600 | |
c. | 1609 | |
d. | 1601 |
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 | |
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a. | Ophelia | |
b. | Polonius | |
c. | Claudius | |
d. | Hamlet |
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 | |
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a. | Ben Jonson | |
b. | Andrew Marvell | |
c. | John Donne | |
d. | John Suckling |