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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 55

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Match the following excerpts with their authors:

(P) “He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said: somewhat alarmed at his own temerity: ‘Please, Sir, I want some more’.”

(Q) “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.”

(R) “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”

(S) “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”

Author
(i)Ralph Waldo Emerson
(ii)George Orwell
(iii)Charles Dickens
(iv)Francis Bacon
  1. (P)-(iii), (Q)-(iv), (R)-(i), (S)-(ii)
  2. (P)-(iv), (Q)-(iii), (R)-(ii), (S)-(i)
  3. (P)-(iii), (Q)-(ii), (R)-(i), (S)-(iv)
  4. (P)-(i), (Q)-(iv), (R)-(ii), (S)-(iii)

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Correct answer: (A) (P)-(iii), (Q)-(iv), (R)-(i), (S)-(ii)

Explanation

(P) is Oliver Twist (Dickens), (Q) is Bacon's essay “Of Studies”, (R) is Emerson's “Self-Reliance”, and (S) is the opening of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.