1.The concept of “eugenics” finds its illustration predominantly in the writings of:
[A] John Osborne
[B] George Bernard Shaw
[C] Eugene O’Neil
[D] Harold Pinter
[E] Arthur miller
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
[1] Aand B only
[3] B and C only
[2] Aand C only
[4] D and E only
Answer:3
2.Who among the following wrote an immensely powerful play about the
remapping of Irish places with new British names?
(1) J.M. Synge
(2) Seamus Heaney
(3) Brian Friel
(4) G.B. Shaw
Answer: 3
3.Which of the following plays of Bernard Shaw attacks Darwinism?
(1) You Never Can Tell
(2) Man and Superman
(3) St. Joan
(4) Back to Methuselah
Answer: 4
4.Who of the following playwrights rejects the Aristotelian concept of
tragic play as imitation of reality ?
(A) G.B. Shaw
(B) Arthur Miller
(C) Bertolt Brecht
(D) John Galsworthy
Answer: C
5.The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is a short comedy by
(1) Bernard Shaw
(2) W.B. Yeats
(3) J.M. Synge
(4) John Osborne
Answer: 1
6. The Plough and the Stars was written by :
(A) G.B. Shaw
(B) J.M. Synge
(C) Sean O’casey
(D) Lady Gregory
Answer: C
7.Who among the following were associated with the Irish Dramatic
Movement ?
(A) Lady Gregory, W.B. Yeats, J.M. Synge
(B) Jonathan Swift, R.B. Sheridan, G.B. Shaw
(C) W.B. Yeats, J.M. Synge, G.B. Shaw
(D) W.B. Yeats, Patrick J. Kavanagh, Seamus Heaney
Answer: A
8.Widowers’ Houses was written by
(A) Oscar Wilde
(B) T.S. Eliot
(C) John Galsworthy
(D) G.B. Shaw
Answer: D
9.Two examples of closet drama are
I. Byron’s Manfred
II. Shelley’s Cenci
III. Marlowe’s Edward II
IV. Shaw’s Widower’s Houses
The right combination according to the code is
(1) I and II
(2) I and III
(3) II and III
(4) II and IV
Answer: 1
10.Which of the following can be best described as : (i) the first statement of
Bernard Shaw’s idea of Life Force; (ii) a play dealing with a woman’s pursuit
of her mate; and (iii) a play whose third act called “Don Juan in Hell” is both
unconventional and hilarious ?
(A) The Devil’s Disciple
(B) Man and Superman
(C) Candida
(D) Arms and the Man
Answer: B
11. Match the following plays with their authors according to the code given
below :
(Plays)
i. Heartbreak House
ii. Loyalties
iii. In the Jungle of Cities
iv. The Family Reunion
(Authors)
1. John Galsworthy
2. Bertolt Brecht
3. T.S. Eliot
4. George Bernard Shaw
Codes :
i ii iii iv
(A) 3 4 2 1
(B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 4 1 2 3
Answer: D
13. Which we of the Shaw particularly productive in the disciplinary
practwofarul Studies ”
(A) Laura Mulvey, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”
(B) Viktor Shklovsky, :Art as Technique”
(C) Sigmund Freud, “The Uncanny”
(D) Stuart Hall, “Encoding/decoding”
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. A and B only b. B and C only
c. A and D only d. A and C only17. Which we of the Shaw particularly productive in the disciplinary
practwofarul Studies ”
(A) Laura Mulvey, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”
(B) Viktor Shklovsky, :Art as Technique”
(C) Sigmund Freud, “The Uncanny”
(D) Stuart Hall, “Encoding/decoding”
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
a.A and B only b. B and C only
c. A and D only d. A and C only
Answer: C
14.Who is the author of the short play. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets?
a. Ben Jonson b. George Bernard Shaw
c. Oscar Wilde d. Oliver Goldsmith
Answer:B