1. Who wrote the following motivational poem, 'You can't be that, No, You can't be that'?
2. 'Good luck is round the corner' : What does this line suggest in the poem 'Keep your spirits High'?
3. What is the name of the porter who accompanied Ahtushi Deshpande?
4. 'A dominant landmark of the north- eastern outskirts of Madurai is Yaanai Malai'
Choose the inappropriate statement from the following
5. Match the following British/ American expressions in Column A with Column B and select
the correct answer from the options given below
Column A Column B
(a) trash 1. faucet
(b) cookie 2. candy
(c) sweets 3. rubbish
(d) tap 4. biscuit
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6. 'Car park' in British English is________in American English.
7. Find out the British English equivalent of 'fall'
8. 'The present seems all dreary'
The future very grim.
The underlined words mean________ and________ respectively.
9. Match the poems under Column 'A' with the authors under Column B and select the correct code.
Column A Column B
(a) A Psalm of Life 1. Lewis Carroll
(b) Is Life But a Dream 2. H.W. Longfellow
(c) Going for water 3. Kamala Das
(d) Punishment in Kindergarten 4. Robert Frost
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10. Which of the following is not a poem?