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GATE 2026 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 Column I with Column II:

Column IColumn II
iThe Elizabethan AgeaDryden
iiThe Puritan AgebShakespeare
iiiThe Restoration AgecWordsworth
ivThe Romantic AgedMilton
  1. i – d, ii – a, iii – c, iv – b
  2. i – a, ii – c, iii – b, iv – d
  3. i – b, ii – c, iii – a, iv – d
  4. i – b, ii – d, iii – a, iv – c

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Correct answer: (D) i – b, ii – d, iii – a, iv – c

Explanation

Shakespeare belongs to the Elizabethan age, Milton to the Puritan age, Dryden to the Restoration and Wordsworth to the Romantic age. So i – b, ii – d, iii – a, iv – c.