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UP LT Grade Question Paper 2018 [Previous Year Questions]
LT Grade – 2018 Question Paper (Subject – English)
No. of question: 120
1- Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
His speech was disappointing: it_______all the major issues.
a- projected b- revealed
c- skirted d- analyzed
2- Fill in the blank with suitable option:
Do you ever send__________for things rather than buying them in shops?
a- up b- out
c- off d- through
3- point out the Active voice of the following sentence.
I would like him to be assisted.
a- I would like that he may be assisted.
b- I would wish that you should assist him.
c- I would wish he should be assisted.
d- I would like you to assist him.
4- Transform the following sentence into compound sentence:
In spite of being unwell, he kept on working.
a- He was unwell though kept on working.
b- He was unwell and kept on working.
c- He was unwell, but he kept on working.
d- He was unwell yet kept on working.
5- Transform the following sentence into Assertive sentence:
What is better than milk for one’s health?
a- Anything is better than milk for one’s health.
b- Everything is better than milk for one’s health.
c- Something is better than milk for one’s health.
d- Nothing is better than milk for one’s health.
6- Synthesize the following set of sentences into one simple sentence:
Homer was a great poet. He was born somewhere nobody knows where.
a- Homer was a great poet, born anywhere.
b- Nobody knows the birthplace of the great poet, Homer.
c- Homer, a great poet, was born somewhere.
d-Who knows the birth place of Homer that was a great poet.
7- Change the following sentence into passive voice:
Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.
a- My shoes were cleaned and my suit brushed.
b- My shoes have been cleaned and my suit brushed by somebody.
c- My shoes have been cleaned and my suit brushed by somebody.
d- My shoes had been cleaned and my suit brushed.
8- Choose the correct sentence.
a- When I went to school we had to learn latin.
b- When I went to school we must have been learning latin.
c- When I had gone to school we would be learing latin.
d- When I had to go to school we might learnt latin.
9- Choose the correct sentence.
a- When I grow up I would be an astronaut.
b- When I grow up then I’ll be an astronaut.
c- When I shall grow up I’ll be an astronaut.
d- When I grow up I’m going to be an astronaut.
10- Choose the correct sentence.
a- I am obliged of you this good turn.
b- I am obliged to you for this good turn.
c- I am obliged with you for this good turn.
d- I am obliged to you by this good turn.
11- Choose the correct sentence.
a- She entered into the room without knocking at the door.
b- She entered in the room without knocking at the door.
c- She entered the room without knocking on the door.
d- She entered into the room without knocking on the door.
12- Choose the correct sentence.
a- Because he is clever therefore, he gets good marks.
b- Because he is clever so he gets goods marks.
c- Because he is clever, he gets good marks.
d- because he is clever so that he gets good marks.
13- Give the correct meaning of the idiom “in camera”.
a- A small bulb in a camera. b- A film in a camera.
c- In a darkroom. d- At a secret or private place to.
14- Give the correct meaning of the idiom “Once in a blue moon”
a- Once in a decade. b- Once in a year.
c- very rarely. d- very commonly.
15-Give the correct meaning of the idiom “To accept the gauntlet”.
a- To accept defeat. b- To accept a challenge.
c- To suffer humiliation. d- To accept an honour.
16- fill blanks with correct idiom/phrase:
If you disturb me, I shall _______ of my story.
a- put up with. b- waste one’s breath.
c- lose the thread. d- move with items.
17- Give the synonym of the word “Candid”.
a- Apparent b- Explicit
c- Frank d- Bright
18- Give the antonym of the word “disparage”.
a- Please b- Praise
c- Belittle d- Denigrate
19- Change into indirect Narration:
Good morning Vijay,” said Ramesh. “Are you going to the market?”
a- Ramesh wished vijay good morning and asked whether he was going to the market.
b- Ramesh said good morning to vijay and asked was he going to the market?
c- Ramesh wished good morning to vijay and asked he was going to the market.
d- Ramesh told good morning to vijay and asked that whether he was going to the market.
20- Change into Direct Narration:
Moti asked Gangu whether the latter was in his senses.
a- “Hey Gangu, are you in your senses now?” asked Moti.
b- “Gangu, have you lost your senses?” asked Moti.
c- “Gangu, are you in your senses?” asked Moti.
d- “Are you senseless, Gangu?” asked Moti.
21- Change into Indirect Narration:
Sohan said to me, “I have always been your friend.”
a- Sohan told me that he has always been my friend.
b- Sohan told me that I had always been your friend.
c- Sohan told me that I had always been your friend.
d- Sohan told me that he had always been my friend.
22- Change into Indirect Narration:
He said to her, “what a cold day!”
a- He told her that it was a cold day.
b- He exclaimed that it was a cold day.
c- He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold day.
d- He exclaimed that it was a very cold day.
23- Punctuate the following sentences correctly:
Men may come and men may go but I go on forever.
a-Men may come and men may go, but I go on forever.
b- Men may come, and men may go, but I go on forever.
c- Men may come, and men, may go, but I go on forever.
d- Men may come and men may go, I go on forever.
24- Punctuate the following sentences correctly:
I therefore request to grant me leave.
a-I, therefore, request to grant me leave.
b- I therefore, request to grant me leave.
c- I therefore request, to grant me leave.
d- I therefore request to grant, me leave.
25- Punctuate the following sentences correctly:
I like all things good and bad beautiful and ugly dark and bright.
a-I like all things good and bad, beautiful and ugly; dark and bright.
b- I like all things good and bad, beautiful and ugly, dark and bright.
c- I like all things good and bad; beautiful and ugly, dark and bright.
d- I like all things, good and bad; beautiful and ugly; dark and bright.
26- which of the following is correctly spelt?
a-Incredible b-Uncredible
c-Encredible d-Discredible
27- which of the following is correctly spelt?
a-Conoisseur b-Connoiseur
c-Connoisseur d-Connoissur
28- which of the following is correctly spelt?
a-Restorent b-Restaurent
c-Restarent d-Restaurant
29- Choose Present Continuous Tense sentence.
a-My uncle will be making a speech on Tuesday.
b- My uncle has been making a speech on Tuesday.
c- My uncle is making a speech on Tuesday.
d- My uncle shall be making a speech on Tuesday.
30- Change the word ‘Grass’ into verb.
a-Grassland b-Grasshopper
c-Grass d-Graze
31- Which of the following is a noun of ‘Condemn’?
a-Condemned b-Condemning
c-Condemningly d-Condemnation
32- Which of the following is the verb of ‘Internal’?
a-Internally b-Internalize
b-Intervention d-Inter
33- Choose the correct Plural form the following.
a-Manservants b-Menservant
c-Menservants d-Man’s servant
34- Which of the following Tenses refers to a completed action?
a-Simple Present b-Present Progressive
c-Present perfect d-Present Perfect Continuous
35- Which of the following sentences is in Present Perfect Continuous Tense?
a-I was making cakes b-I have been making cakes
c-I had been making cakes d-I will be making cakes
36- Match list-1 with list-2 and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List- 1 List- 2
A-Euphemism 1- A striking opposition or contrast
of words or sentiments made in the
same sentence.
B-Antithesis 2- Description of disagreeable
thing by an agreeable name.
C-Epigram 3- A statement that is made
emphatic by over statement.
D-Hyperbola 4- A brief pointed saying frequently
introducing antithetical ideas
which excite surprise and arrest
attention.
Codes:
a- A B C D b- A B C D
1 4 3 2 3 2 1 4
c- A B C D d- A B C D
4 3 2 1 2 1 4 3
37- ‘Litotes’ means
a-A change of life b-Opposite of hyperbole
c-Abstract notions d-Concrete irony
38- Imagism as a literary movement is associated with.
a-T. S. Eliot b-D. H. Lawrence
c-E. E. cummings d-T. E. Hulme
39 – A sonnet having three quatrains and a couplet, with rhyming scheme- abab, cdcd, efef, gg- is called.
a – Miltonic sonnet b – Petrarchan sonnet
c – Shakespearean sonnet d – Italian sonnet
40 – Who introduced ‘Ottava Rima’ into English?
a-Chaucer b-Byron
c-Wyatt d-Milton
41 – The Pindaric Ode consists of
a-strophe, epode, antipode b-strophe, antistrophe, epode
c-epode, antipode, strophe d-strophe, antipode, epode
42 – What is blank verse?
a-It has a meter but no rhyme. b-It has no meter and no rhyme.
c-It has a rhyme but no meter. d-None of the above.
43 – The greatest poet of dramatic monologue in English is.
a-Shakespeare b-John Donne
c-Tennyson d-Robert Browning
44 – The opening lines of Paradise lost are a good example of.
a-Heroic couplet b-Miltonic inversion
c-Sprung rhythm d-Hyperbole
45 – Who is the Old Man in ‘The Old Man and the Sea’.
a-Sebastian b-Santiago
c-Antonio d-Ferdinand
46- Robert Frost was.
a-a British poet settled in America.
b-an American poet settled in England.
c-a Canadian poet settled in America.
d-an American poet settled in New England.
47- ‘A game of chess’, the second section in ‘The waste Land’ is also the title of a play to which T. S. Eliot refers in his ‘Notes’. That play was written by
a-Ben Jonson b-Marlowe
c-Thomas Kyd d-Thomas Middleton
48- Which Upanishad does T. S. Eliot allude to in his monumental work, The waste Land?
a-Mundaka b-Brihadaranyaka
c-Taittiriya d-Chhandogya
49- The Waste Land concludes with a/an___word.
a-English b-French
c-Sanskrit d-German
50- “Happiness is but an occasional episode in the general drama of pain.”
The above statement occurs in
a-Joseph Andrews b-Lord of the flies
c-The Mayor of Casterbridge d-Animal farm
51- Whom did Henchard arrange to hire as his business manager before meeting farfrae in The Mayor of Casterbridge?
a-Christopher Coney b-Solomon Longways
c-Nance Mockridge d-Joshua Jopp
52- The name of Ulysses son is
a-Timothy b-Tithonus
c-Telemachus d-Andronicus
53- Which of the following characteristics describes the tone of Dover Beach best?
a-Enthusiastic b-Hopeful
c-Pessimistic d-Tranquil
54- Who is Pip’s tutor in London in Dickens Great Expectations?
a-Harold Pocket b-Walter Pocket
c-Herbert Pocket d-Matthew Pocket
55- Who said’ “poets are the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity cast upon the present”?
a-P. B. Shelley b-Robert Browning
c-W. H. Auden d-Lord Tennyson
56- The word ‘Elia’ is associated with
a-Thomas De Quincey b-William Hazlitt
c-Charles Lamb d-Francis Bacon
57- What term does Keats use for the Grecian Urn?
a-Doctor b-Sociologist
c-Artist d-Historian
58- The sleep-walking scene occurs in
a-King Lear b-Macbeth
c-Othello d-The Merchant of Venice
59- Who is sick of ‘Self Love’ in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night?
a-Malvolio b-Sir Toby Belch
c-Sir Andrew Aguecheek d-Olivia
60- Stanley Webber in The Birthday Party predends to be a one-time
a-Flute Player b-Guitarist
c-Drummer d-Pianist
61- The four humors in Ben Jonson’s time were
a-love, hate, laughter and sorrow b-choler, yellow bile, melancholy and black bile
c-tear, blood, bile and saliva d-blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile
62- Where does the third act in ‘Arms and the Man’ take place?
a-Library b-Garden
c-Army Camp d-Battlefield
63- Choose the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets:
In is very pleasant [wake] up and [hear] the rain [beat] on the windows.
a-waking, hearing, beat b-wake, hearing, beat
c-to wake, hear, beating d-to wake, to hear, beat
64- Dryden’s ‘All for Love’ is a retelling of Shakespeare’s
a-Antony and Cleopatra b-The Merchant of Venice
c-Macbeth d-Twelfth Night
65- Dryden’s ‘All for Love’ is written in
a-free verse b-blank verse
c-rhyme d-heroic couplet
66- Who has described Bacon as “the wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind”?
a-Macaulay b-Alexander Pope
c-Dr. Johnson d-Hugh Walker
67- Who is the essayist who called his essay’s dispersed meditations?
a-A. G. Gardiner b-Bertrand Russell
c-Joseph d-Francis Bacon
68-Who wrote under the Pseudonym ‘Alpha of the plough’?
a-Charles Lamb b-Francis Bacon
c-R. L. Stevenson d-A. G. Gardiner
69- How much money does the narrator of the short story, “The Luncheon” have when the story opens?
a-Sixty Francs b-Eighty Francs
c-Seventy Francs d-Ninety Francs
70- Who is credited for pioneering the historical novel?
a-Laurence Sterne b-Jane Austen
c-Walter Scott d-Henry Fielding
71- The phase “Two inches of ivory” is used for the plots of
a-Thomas Hardy b-Charles Dickens
c-Virginia Woolf d-Jane Austen
72- Fielding’s Joseph Andrews Parodies
a-Gulliver Travels b-Tess
c-Pamela d-Oliver Twist
73- Mrs. Dalloway describes the events of
a-Four days b-Two days
c-One day d-Three days
74- Mr. Behrman in ‘The Last Leaf is’
a-Johnsy’s art teacher b-a neighbor living downstairs
c-a surgeon d-Sue’s boyfriend
75- The Bennet family in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ lives in the_________estate.
a-Long bourn b-Pemberley
c-Rosings d-Greenfield
76- The statement “all animals are equal but some are more equal than other” occurs in
a-Panchatantra b-Lord of the flies
c-Animals Farm d-The fly
77- ‘Lord of the flies’ is a literal translation of
a-Beelzebub b-Satan
c-Lucifer d-Mephistophilis
78- ‘Unoka’ is associated with the novel
a-The Bachelor of Arts b-Things fall Apart
c-A Grain of Wheat d-The Petals of Blood
79- Choose the best alternative which expresses the meaning of the underline phrase:
What egged you onto become a social worker?
a-dampened b-urged
c-hindered d-discouraged
80- Rangamma in Kanthapura organizes the women and calls this group
a-Gram Sevika b-Mahila Sangha
c-Mahila Sevika d-Sevika Sangha
81- Point out the salutation in an informal letter.
a-Dear Mother b-Sir
c-Dear Madam d-Dear Gentlemen
82- An informal letter has the following Parts:
a-salutation, body and signature b-salutation, matter and subscription
c-salutation, body, subscription and signature d-none of the above
83- ‘With love’ is used in which part of an informal letter?
a-heading b-opening
c-closing d-body
84- In order to have a desired effect on the recipient, a formal letter should.
a-in a proper format b-to the point and relevant
c-grammatically correct d-all of the above
85- Which among the following is a sonnet?
a-Break, Break, Break b-Ozymandias
c-The Canonization d-Tintern Abbey
86-Which of the following is not elegy?
a-Elegy written in a country churchyard b-Adonais
c-Tintern Abbey d-Rugby Chapel
87- The Reformation Movement was led by
a-Ptolemaic b-Martin Luther
c-Roman Catholic Church d-Mahatma Gandhi
88- Who said, “Donne affects the metaphysics not only in his satires but also in the amorous verses”?
a-John Dryden b-Samuel Johnson
c-T. S. Eliot d-Matthew Arnold
89- Ben Jonson wrote_________comedies.
a-romantic b-classical
c-absurd d-Farcical
90- John Bunyan’s ‘The Pilgrim’s progress’ is
a-an allegory b-a satire
c-a comedy d-a romance
91- Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey is
a-an autobiography b-a biography
c-a memoir d-a travelogue
92- Who among the following is not associated with the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood?
a-D. G. Rossetti b-Dylan Thomas
c-W. H. Hunt d-J. E. Millais
93- Expressionism as a movement originated in the early 20th century in
a-France b-England
c-Germany d-Italy
94- Who among the following is the movement poet?
a-Ted Hughes b-T. S. Eliot
c-W. H. Auden d-Philip Larkin
95- Who said, “A thought to Donne was an experience. It modified his sensibility
a-Dr. Johnson b-T. S. Eliot
c-I. A. Richards d-F. R. Leavis
96- The term ‘Conciet’ has relevance in
a-Elizabethan Poetry b-Restoration poetry
c-Eighteenth Century Poetry d-Metaphysical poetry
97- The ‘Coffeehouse’ culture flourished in
a-The early eighteenth century b-The nineteenth century
c-The sixteenth century d-The twentieth century
98- The phrase ‘stamped face’ in Donne’s poem, the canonization refers to
a-a postal stamp b-a coin
c-the face that has been struck d-the face that has suppressed a rebellion
99- Identify the most suitable salutation for business letter.
a-Dear Sirs b-Dear friends
c-Dear Sir d-My Dear sir
100- What was the leading principle in the age of Pope?
a-Good sense b-Romantic thought
c-Loose morals d-All of the above
101- What is the real name of Belinda in Pope’s ‘The Rape of the Lock’?
a-Cynthia Fermor b-Lucy Fermor
c-Arabella Fermor d-Maria Fermor
102- Who narrates the poem, My Last Duchess?
a-Robert Browning b-An Omniscient speaker
c-The Duke d-The Visitor
103- Complete the following line of W. B. Yeats:
Turning and Turning in the widening _____
a-gyre b-grey
c-circle d-street
104- W. B. Yeats used ‘Byzantium’ as a symbol of
a-Romantic decadence b-Physical well-being
c-Material progress d-Artistic Perfection
105- In which poem does the title of Achebe’s novel, things fall apart occurs.
a-Ulysses b-Dover Beach
c-Wants d-The second coming
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
True it is the function of the army to maintain law and order in abnormal times. But in normal times there is another force that compels citizens to obey the laws and to act with due regards to the rights of others. The force also protects the lives and the properties of law-ability men. Laws are made to secure the personal safety of its subjects and to prevent murder and crimes of violence. They are made to secure the property of citizens against theft and damage to protect the rights of communities and castes to carry out their customs and ceremonies, so long as they do not conflict with the rights of others. Now the good citizen, of his own free will, obeys these laws and he takes regard to the rights and well-being of others. But the bad citizens only restrained from breaking these laws by fear of the consequence of his actions. And the necessary steps to compel the bad citizen to act as a good citizen are taken by this force. The supreme control of law and order in a state is in the hands of a minister who is responsible to the state assembly and acts through and through the Inspector general of Police.
106- The expression ‘Customs and Ceremonies’ means
a-fairs and festivals b-habits and traditions
c-usual practices and religious rites d-superstitions and formalities
107- A suitable title for the given passage would be
a-The function of the army b-Laws and the people’s rights
c-The fear of the law and Citizens security d-The functions of the police
108- According to the writer, which one of the following is not the responsibility of the police?
a-To protect the privileges of all citizens
b-To check violent activities of citizens
c-To ensure peace among citizens by safe guarding individual rights
d-To maintain peace during extra ordinary circumstances
109- Which of the following reflects the main thrust if the passage?
a-it deals with the importance of the army in maintaining law and order.
b-it highlights the role of the police as superior to that of the army.
c-it discuss the roles of the army and the police in different circumstances.
d-it points to the responsibility of the minister and the Inspector General of police.
110- Out of the following, which one has the opposite meaning to the word ‘restrained’ in the passage?
a-Promoted b-Accelerated
c-Intruded d-Inhibited
Read the following poems and answer the questions:
Riches I hold in light esteem,
And Love I laugh to scorn;
And Lust of fame was but a dream,
That vanished with the morn;
And if I pray, the only prayer
That moves my lips for me
Is, “Leaves the heart that now bears,
And give me liberty!”
– What does ‘Riches’ mean here?
a-Laxmi goddess b-Material gains
c-Name of a girl d-Money
112- What does the poet say about ‘lust of fame’, The poet says that it is
a-Passion b-Craze
c-Transitory d-Ecstasy
113- What is the condition of the poet? The poet is/has
a-dissatisfied with the present b-satisfied with the present
c- love for future d-love for past
114- What does the poet pray for?
a-Escape from the earth b-Break of heart
c-Liberty of soul d-prestige
115- Translate the following sentence into English:
ओस चाटने से प्यास नहीं बुझती ।
a-By licking dew thirst cannot be quenched.
b-Much cry, little try.
c-Great thirst, little dew.
d-Fog cannot be dispelled by a fan.
116- Translate the following sentence into English:
जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस।
a-Might is right.
b-The buffalo belongs to the person who holds a stick.
c-Whose stick, his buffalo.
d-The buffalo will come to the person who guides it with a stick.
117- Translate the following sentence into English:
अंत भला तो सब भला।
a-All is well that ends well.
b-if end is good, everything is good.
c-if end is well, everything is well.
d-All is good that ends good.
118- Translate the following sentence into Hindi:
Several villages were burst down.
a- कई गांव जला दिए गए।
b-गाँवों को जला दिया गया।
c-कई गांव जल गए।
d-गाँवों को जला डाला गया।
119- Translate the following sentence into Hindi:
I should not mind a little more tea.
a-मुझे थोड़ी चाय और चल जाएगी।
b-मुझे थोड़ी चाय और दे दीजिये।
c-मैं और चाय के लिए त्यार हूँ।
d-मैं थोड़ी और चाय ले लूंगा।
120- Translate the following sentence into Hindi:
Were I to be elected again, I would solve these problems.
a-क्या मैं पुनः निर्वाचित होने के लिए इन समस्यायों को हल कर दूँ।
b-यदि मैं दुबारा चुना जाऊं तो इन समस्याओं को हल कर दूंगा।
c-क्या मैं फिर से निर्वाचित होने के लिए इन समस्याओं को हल कर दूंगा।
d-यदि मैं दुबारा चुना गया तो समस्याएं ही नहीं रहेंगी।
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