Karnatak University 2007 - English - Question Paper

(C) The President of America
(D) The President of the 4th National.

23. The poet in the poem ‘Anikethana’ speaks of the ideals which make one
(A) enter into spiritual bondage
(B) happy and attain spiritual upliftment
(C) philosophical
(D) free from material world.

24. William Wordsworth is hailed as
(A) the lake poet (B) metaphysical poet
(C) the high priest of nature (D) the romantic poet.

25. But that enormous barrier binds it fast. Here the italicized words refer to
(A) green mountains (B) rocky mountains
(C) precipice mountains (D) rocks and stones.

26. Sohrab showed Rustum the sign of
(A) a giraffe on his arm (B) an imaginary animal
(C) a lion’s body (D) a griffin.

27. “The Autumn” is a beautiful season of fruitfulness of
(A) fume of poppies (B) songs of birds
(C) mists and mellows (D) bosom friends.

28. Clouds bloom in the soft-dying day. Here the italicized words refer to
(A) the setting sun (B) the sun
(C) the day is dying (D) the day is soft and dying.

29. “I know the lie of the land,” suggests that
(A) the tiger king knew the natural features of the enemy’s territory
(B) the tiger king knew that the people of the land were liars
(C) the tiger king had a clear picture of the situation
(D) the tiger king knew where the land lay.

30. The tiger king was back with
(A) a green patch on his eye
(B) a blue patch on his eye
(C) a black patch on his eye
(D) a black and blue patch on his eye.

31. According to Emily Dickinson death is
(A) cruel (B) unjust
(C) inevitable (D) leveller.

32. We passed the setting sun. The italicized words ‘setting sun’ symbolise
(A) God’s creation (B) the setting of the sun
(C) the old age (D) the last stage of man.

33. The narrator of the poem “The Crutches” was cured by

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