List of top Questions asked in GATE XH-C2

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true of Queer Theory?
Which of the following characteristic(s) is/are associated with Renaissance Humanism?
Alexander Pope produced an edition of Shakespeare in 1725, for which, he was vehemently criticized by the Shakespearean scholars of his time. One of the scholars exposed Pope’s mistakes in his Shakespeare Restored (1726). Pope retaliated by making this scholar the occupant of the throne of dullness in his The Dunciad. Who among the following is/are NOT the Shakespearean scholar(s) alluded to?
Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about “The Republic of Orissa: A Page from the Annals of the Twentieth Century,” one of the earliest narrative texts written in English by an Indian?
Which among the following work(s) was/were accused of portraying obscenity?
Who is considered the father of modern English essay writing?
Which of the following works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is regarded as a masterpiece of magical realism?
“I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power, of craven terror—of an intense and hopeless despair. . . . He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision—he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath: ‘The horror! The horror!’” Which political and existential condition can be inferred from the above passage in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness?
“Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,/Is the immediate jewel of their souls/Who steals my purse steals trash; ‘tis something, nothing;/‘Twas mine, ‘tis his, and has been slave to thousands.” These lines are from ________
Which prestigious literary prize has historical ties to a colonial business enterprise subsequently associated with engineering, shipping, and rum marketing?

Match the following estimates of Shakespeare with their authors: 


 

Which of these works is/are NOT written by Dryden?
Which of the following is/are the pre-romantic current(s) that contributed to the evolution of Romanticism?
Who among these colonial administrators is/are Orientalist(s)?
Which of the following work(s) may be described as Lad Lit?
Which of the following work(s) is/are NOT written by Anita Desai?
Which is/are the special skill(s) associated with Harry Potter in J. K. Rowling’s novel series?
Who among the following is/are NOT connected with the ‘race turn’ in the USA?
Which among the following is/are synonymous with vibhāva (determinant) in the rasa theory?
Which of the following narrative(s) has/have an intrusive narrator?
Who of the following were suffragettes?
Which of the following line(s) has/have been excerpted from W. B. Yeats’ writings?
Who among the following were the Cavalier Poets?

Which one of the following options correctly matches the texts with their authors? 


 

The medieval fabliau is a ________