RPSC 1st Grade English Answer Key 2026 PDF Download in Hindi, Complete Solved Question Paper

Q.1 Fill in the blank with correct preposition –
The road goes……. a tunnel.

(1) beyond
(2) through
(3) across
(4) on
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) through

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Q.2 You ……………… make two copies, one will do. (absence of obligation)

(1) need
(2) must not
(3) need not
(4) cannot
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) need not

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Q.3 Find out the pattern of both the underlined clauses –
France was one of the Western Allies whereas Austria was one of the Axis Powers.

(1) SVO, SVO
(2) SVA, SVA
(3) SVC, SVC
(4) SVC, SVA
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) SVC, SVA

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Q.4 Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their antonyms in Column ‘B’ and then choose the correct code –

Column ‘A’	Column ‘B’
(A) Frugal	(i) Perpetual
(B) Ephemeral	(ii) Non-hazardous
(C) Revere	(iii) Extravagant
(D) Perilous	(iv) Disrespect

(1) (A)-(iii), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(i)
(2) (A)-(iv), (B)-(iii), (C)-(ii), (D)-(i)
(3) (A)-(i), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iii), (D)-(iv)
(4) (A)-(iii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(ii)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) (A)-(iii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(ii)

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Q.5 Fill in the blank with the correct option –
One in ten ….. drugs.

(1) does take
(2) take
(3) takes
(4) has taken
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) takes

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Q.6 Transform the following sentence into Interrogative without change of meaning –
We could have done nothing without your help.

(1) What could we do without your help?
(2) Can we have not done anything without your help?
(3) Could we have done nothing without your help?
(4) What could we have done without your help?
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) What could we have done without your help?

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Q.7 Fill in the blank with correct phrasal verb –
You cannot always ….. appearance.

(1) go through
(2) go upon
(3) go by
(4) go off
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) go by

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Q.8 Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom –
The suit-case has stood me in good stead in my travels.

(1) Made actions ineffective
(2) Very useful
(3) Under control
(4) Proved useful
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Proved useful

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Q.9 Find out the pattern of the underlined clause –
The students felt good about their results.

(1) SVAO
(2) SVCA
(3) SVAC
(4) SVOA
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) SVCA

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Q.10 Fill in the blanks with suitable articles (a, an, the, zero article) –
I saw a man and a woman in the park. ….. man was fat and short and ….. woman was slim and tall.

(1) A, A
(2) The, The
(3) A, The
(4) Zero article, Zero article
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) The, The

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Q.11 Fill in the blank with suitable article –
We have ….. breakfast at eight.

(1) the
(2) an
(3) zero article
(4) a
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) zero article

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Q.12 Choose the incorrect conditional sentence –

(1) If I had had time, I would have visited the exhibition.
(2) If I had time, I would have visited the exhibition.
(3) If I had had time, I should have visited the exhibition.
(4) If I had had time, I could have visited the exhibition.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) If I had time, I would have visited the exhibition.

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Q.13 Change the sentence from compound to complex –
Do as I tell you, or you will regret it.

(1) You will regret, if you do not do what I say.
(2) If you do not do as I am telling you, you will regret.
(3) You should do, as I tell you.
(4) Unless you do as I tell you, you will regret it.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Unless you do as I tell you, you will regret it.

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Q.14 Choose the correct option –
Send rays of light or heat

(1) Circulate
(2) Reflect
(3) Horology
(4) Radiate
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Radiate

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Q.15 Mark the primary stress in the word ‘absent’ as a verb –

(1) ab’sent
(2) ‘absent
(3) a’bsent
(4) abse’nt
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) ab’sent

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Q.16 Find out the pattern of the underlined clause –
I kept the files organized before the audit team came.

(1) SVOA
(2) SVCA
(3) SVAO
(4) SVOC
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) SVOC

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Q.17 The bank won’t accept the guarantee of a man of straw. Choose the nearest meaning of the underlined idiom –

(1) Constantly insulting the bank employees
(2) Farmer involved in straw making
(3) As thin as a straw
(4) A man of no substance
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) A man of no substance

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Q.18 “Let’s shop on Friday. The supermarket will be very crowded on Saturday,” she said. (Change into indirect speech).

(1) She suggested to shop on Friday, pointed out that the supermarket would be very crowded on Saturday.
(2) Pointing out shopping on Friday, she suggested that the supermarket would be very crowded on Saturday.
(3) She pointed out to shop on Friday, suggesting, that the supermarket would be very crowded on Saturday.
(4) She suggested shopping on Friday, pointing out that the supermarket would be very crowded on Saturday.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) She suggested shopping on Friday, pointing out that the supermarket would be very crowded on Saturday.

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Q.19 Identify the sentence pattern of the given sentence –
I shaved myself with my own razor.

(1) SVOA
(2) SVAO
(3) SVCA
(4) SVA
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) SVOA

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Q.20 If I had known that you were coming, I ….. met you at the airport.

(1) would have
(2) would be
(3) would
(4) could be
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) would have

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Q.21 Choose the correct compound sentence of the following complex sentence –
I am certain you have made a mistake.

(1) You did make a mistake, and I’m certain.
(2) I am certain that you did make a mistake.
(3) You have made a mistake, and of this I am certain.
(4) Mistake you have made and I am certain.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) You have made a mistake, and of this I am certain.

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Q.22 Choose the correct meaning of the idiom –
“As cross as two sticks”

(1) to be very friendly
(2) to be physically strong
(3) to be extremely irritated
(4) to be very talkative
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) to be extremely irritated

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Q.23 Fill in the blank with correct preposition –
In the 2020s, people all over the world were afflicted ….. COVID.

(1) with
(2) of
(3) by
(4) from
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) with

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Q.24 The vendor shall maintain the equipment in good repair. What meaning is expressed by the underlined modal auxiliary in the above sentence?

(1) Permission
(2) Intention
(3) Legal injunction
(4) Willingness
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Legal injunction

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Q.25 Fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb –
The police could not control the mob so troops were …..

(1) called on
(2) called at
(3) call off
(4) called out
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) called out

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Q.26 Which of the following is a synonym of “Transient”?

(1) Fleeting
(2) Flared
(3) Frugal
(4) Flourishing
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Fleeting

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Q.27 Fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb –
….. what you have written before handing it to the examiner.

(1) Look on
(2) Look over
(3) Look into
(4) Look after
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Look over

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Q.28 Use the correct form of the verb –
He always ….. (complain).

(1) complained
(2) to complain
(3) complain
(4) complaining
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) complaining

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Q.29 Fill in the blank with appropriate verb in agreement with its subject –
Many a man ….. done so.

(1) has
(2) having
(3) have
(4) had
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) has

Q.30 Choose the correct option –
You could get a better job, ….. you use a computer.

(1) if you never
(2) if you can
(3) if you could
(4) unless you
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) if you can

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Q.31 People said that he was jealous of her. (Transform into passive voice)

(1) He was said to be jealous of her.
(2) It was said that he is jealous of her.
(3) I said that he was jealous of her.
(4) Both (1) and (2)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) He was said to be jealous of her.

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Q.32 Choose the correct synonym of ‘Grandeur’ –

(1) Extravagance
(2) Magnanimity
(3) Magnificence
(4) Insignificance
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Magnificence

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Q.33 Use the correct form of the verb –
Sheela often ….. (arrive) late at school.

(1) arrives
(2) is arriving
(3) has arrived
(4) had arrived
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) arrives

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Q.34 Choose one of the options to fill in the blank with the correct ‘Determiner’ –
….. of Philosophy is concerned with questions that have no answers.

(1) A few
(2) Several
(3) Many
(4) Much
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Much

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Q.35 Choose the correct option –
The act of violating the sanctity of a place

(1) Sacrilege
(2) Stoic
(3) Sinecure
(4) Soliloquy
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Sacrilege

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Q.36 Transform into indirect speech –
He said, “Be quiet and listen to my words.”

(1) He exclaimed to them to listen and not shout.
(2) He asked them to listen to his words.
(3) He shouted at them angrily to listen to his words.
(4) He urged them to be quiet and listen to his words.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) He urged them to be quiet and listen to his words.

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Q.37 Choose the correct phonetic transcription of the word ‘International’ –

(1) /ɪntə’næʃənl/
(2) /ɪntə’næʃənəl/
(3) /ɪn’tɜːnæʃənl/
(4) /ɪntɜː’næʃənəl/
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) /ɪntə’næʃənl/

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Q.38 He is greater than me. (Transform into negative sentence)

(1) I am not so great as him.
(2) I am not great than he.
(3) I am not great as he is.
(4) I am not greater as he is.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) I am not so great as him.

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Q.39 Identify the pattern of the given sentence and choose the correct option –
She’s made the job a success.

(1) SVAC
(2) SVOC
(3) SVCO
(4) SVCA
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) SVOC

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Q.40 Identify the pattern in the following sentence –
The children tried to sing.

(1) S + V + C
(2) S + A + V + O
(3) S + V + O
(4) S + V + O + C
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) S + V + C

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Q.41 The driver jumped ….. the car.

(1) of
(2) out of
(3) from
(4) in
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) out of

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Q.42 Fill in the blank with the correct option –
You ….. use a dictionary. I am tired of correcting your spelling mistakes.

(1) must
(2) may
(3) can
(4) will
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) must

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Q.43 The phonetic transcription of the word ‘ambition’ is –

(1) /æm’bɪʃən/
(2) /əm’bɪʃn/
(3) /eim’bɪʃən/
(4) /æm’biːʃən/
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) /əm’bɪʃn/

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Q.44 Transform to Passive Voice, choosing one of the options –
The bicycle needs oiling.

(1) Oiling is needed by the bicycle.
(2) The bicycle needs to be oiled.
(3) The bicycle is needed to oil.
(4) We needed to oil the bicycle.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) The bicycle needs to be oiled.

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Q.45 Choose the complex sentence from the set of sentences given below –

(1) Listen carefully and take notes.
(2) His courage won him honour.
(3) I went because I was invited.
(4) He tried hard, but did not succeed.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) I went because I was invited.

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow – (46-50)

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Q.46 Name two objects of comforts or conveniences with which a gentleman is compared to –

(1) slander and gossip
(2) jar or a jolt
(3) cold and fatigue
(4) an easy chair or a good fire
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) an easy chair or a good fire

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Q.47 Find the word from the passage which means ‘An expression of a general truth’ –

(1) Opinion
(2) Maxim
(3) Assumption
(4) Motive
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Maxim

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Q.48 Which one of the following statements is not correct about the description of a gentleman as given in the passage?

(1) He disagrees with the movements of those around him.
(2) He removes the obstacles which hinder the free action of those about him.
(3) He does not take the initiative himself.
(4) He never afflicts pain.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) He disagrees with the movements of those around him.

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Q.49 Find antonym of the word from the passage which means ‘Goodwill’ –

(1) Patient
(2) Malice
(3) Slander
(4) Indulgence
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Malice

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Q.50 Find the word from the passage which means ‘the quality of being open and honest’ –

(1) Prudence
(2) Forbearing
(3) Candour
(4) Unseasonable
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Candour

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Q.51 In As You Like It, Rosalind disguises herself as Ganymede. Ganymede was –

(1) a Roman hero described in The Aeneid.
(2) a heroic king of Ithaca described in The Odyssey.
(3) a Greek hero, described in The Iliad.
(4) a divine Trojan hero, described in The Iliad.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) a divine Trojan hero, described in The Iliad.

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Q.52 Which one of the following statements is not correct about the popular ballad?

(1) It is dramatic.
(2) It is impersonal.
(3) It begins with the climactic episode.
(4) It is personal.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) It is personal.

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Q.53 The novelists Richardson, Trollope, Henry James, D.H. Lawrence and E.M. Forster are primarily identified with which literary tradition?

(1) Romanticism
(2) Gothic
(3) Realism
(4) Symbolism
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Realism

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Q.54 In ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day,’ the following lines primarily serve to –
“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”

(1) Resolve the tension between natural mutability & poetic permanence by asserting verse as medium of immortality.
(2) Reinforce the seasonal imagery of the octave through a return to descriptions of summer’s instability.
(3) Undermine the earliest praise by acknowledging that memory inevitably fades with time.
(4) Introduce a volta that shifts the focus from the beloved’s beauty to the poet’s self artistry.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Resolve the tension between natural mutability & poetic permanence by asserting verse as medium of immortality.

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Q.55 Which statement does not apply to the modernist works?

(1) They establish traditional status and authority.
(2) These works are complex in nature.
(3) They present a vision of a fractured society.
(4) They are innovative and experimental in form.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) They establish traditional status and authority.

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Q.56 What is the term given to the poetry that falls between 1660 and end of the eighteenth century?

(1) Puritan poetry
(2) Victorian poetry
(3) Romantic poetry
(4) Neoclassical poetry
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Neoclassical poetry

Q.57 What did Orlando receive as a gift by Rosalind after he won the wrestling match? (William Shakespeare’s As You Like It)

(1) A ring
(2) A neck-chain
(3) A gold coin
(4) A wrist band
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) A wrist band

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Q.58 Match the following as expressed in Bacon’s “Of Truth” –

| (A) inquiry of truth | (i) enjoying of it |
| (B) knowledge of truth | (ii) illumination of spirit |
| (C) belief of truth | (iii) love making |
| (D) presence of it | (iv) sabbath work |

(1) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)
(2) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
(3) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)
(4) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)

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Q.59 Match Column (I) with Column (II) and select the correct option –

Column (I)	Column (II)
(A) Francis Bacon	(i) Elia
(B) Richard Steele	(ii) Objective Correlative
(C) Charles Lamb	(iii) Periodical Essay
(D) T.S. Eliot	(iv) Novum Organum

(1) (A)-(iv), (B)-(i), (C)-(iii), (D)-(ii)
(2) (A)-(iv), (B)-(iii), (C)-(i), (D)-(ii)
(3) (A)-(i), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(iii)
(4) (A)-(iv), (B)-(iii), (C)-(ii), (D)-(i)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) (A)-(iv), (B)-(iii), (C)-(i), (D)-(ii)

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Q.60 What is the sequence of chapters (name) in “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens?
(i) I Have a Change
(ii) I Observe
(iii) I Am Born
(iv) I Fall Into Disgrace

(1) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(2) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(3) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(4) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)

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Q.61 Bishop Thomas Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry consisting of old heroic ballads was published in the year –

(1) 1771
(2) 1760
(3) 1765
(4) 1781
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) 1765

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Q.62 When two people speaking two different languages, combine and make up the language, which has vocabulary items from each language with mutual abandonment of grammatical complexities is called –

(1) Creole
(2) Code-Switch
(3) Pidgin
(4) Dialect
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Pidgin

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Q.63 Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option –
Alternation where a fluent bilingual talking to another fluent bilingual changes language without any change in the situation, it is called …..

(1) Code-mixing
(2) Metaphorical code-mixing
(3) Code-switching
(4) Situational code-mixing
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Code-switching

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Q.64 ‘He perishes – well, let him die. His wife henceforth shall be mine own! Can that thought deep imbedded lie Within thy heart’s most secret zone! Search well and see! one brother takes His kingdom – one would take his wife! A fair partition! But it makes Me shudder, and abhor my life.’ Who said these words to whom in the poem ‘Laxman’ by Toru Dutt?

(1) Sita to Ram
(2) Laxman to Sita
(3) Laxman to Ram
(4) Sita to Laxman
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Sita to Ram

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Q.65 The Invisible Man (1897), The War of the Worlds (1898) and The Time Machine (1895) are famous works written by –

(1) H.G. Wells
(2) William Watson
(3) G.B. Shaw
(4) Rudyard Kipling
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) H.G. Wells

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Q.66 Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct options –
The Petrarchan sonnet treats its theme in ….. parts. The ….. states a problem, asks a question or expresses an emotional tension. The ….. resolves the problem, answers the question, or relieves the tension. The ….. is rhymed ….. and the ….. may be rhymed …..

(1) four parts, octave, sestet, octave, abbaabba, sestet, cdccdc
(2) two parts, quatrain, sestet, quatrain, abababab, sestet, cdedce
(3) two parts, octave, sestet, octave, abbaabba, sestet, cdecde
(4) three parts, octave, sestet, octave, abcdabcd, sestet, cdbcdb
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) two parts, octave, sestet, octave, abbaabba, sestet, cdecde

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Q.67 According to the Speaker in the poem ‘Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.’, when she was asked to do something –

(1) She asks ‘Why?’
(2) She says, ‘I am busy.’
(3) She asks for payment.
(4) She says, ‘Just now only I will do it.’
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) She says, ‘Just now only I will do it.’

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Q.68 Which of the following is not correct according to Bacon’s essay “Of Truth”?

(1) A man who lies is coward towards God and brave towards men.
(2) A mixture of lie adds to pleasure.
(3) Poets use lie to create pleasure.
(4) Truth may come to the price of a pearl.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Truth may come to the price of a pearl.

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Q.69 Choose the correct option –
The unique language variety of a speaker is called –

(1) Sociolect
(2) Regional Dialect
(3) Idiolect
(4) Ethnolect
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Idiolect

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Q.70 In the context of Wordsworth’s ‘Tintern Abbey’, the phrase ‘half-extinguished thought’ refers to –

(1) The memory that is completely gone
(2) Fading memories that are dim but not completely forgotten
(3) The fire is partly lit
(4) Deleted memories
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Fading memories that are dim but not completely forgotten

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Q.71 The ending of As You Like It is described as provisional. Which of the following best explains what this means in the context of Rosalind and Orlando’s relationship?

(1) The play emphasises that their marriage is only the beginning of knowing each other, not the end of their challenges.
(2) The lovers’ union immediately resolves all their emotional and personal conflicts.
(3) Rosalind’s disguise has no impact on the outcome of the relationship.
(4) Marriage in the play is depicted as an ultimate and permanent solution to human desire.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) The play emphasises that their marriage is only the beginning of knowing each other, not the end of their challenges.

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Q.72 Who amongst the following is not a member of the Pre-Raphaelite group?

(1) Thomas Woolner
(2) William Holman Hunt
(3) James Collinson
(4) Harley Granville
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Harley Granville

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Q.73 Which figure of speech has been employed in the quote given below from William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice?
“If gods should play some heavenly match, And on the wager lay two earthly women, And Portia one, there must be something else Pawn’d with the other, for the poor rude world Hath not her fellow.”

(1) Metaphor
(2) Allegory
(3) Hyperbole
(4) Alliteration
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Hyperbole

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Q.74 How does That Long Silence end?

(1) Jaya decides to break her silence, regardless of whether Mohan returns or not.
(2) Mohan is arrested and Jaya returns to her parents.
(3) Jaya leaves Mohan to live alone.
(4) Jaya commits suicide like Kusum.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Jaya decides to break her silence, regardless of whether Mohan returns or not.

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Q.75 Which of the following critical observations help explain the structural logic of Tughlaq?
(a) The play progresses through episodic scenes reflecting political instability.
(b) The dramatic movement is shaped by paradoxes such as idealism versus pragmatism.
(c) Structural contrasts between faith and politics generate thematic cohesion.
(d) The play follows a linear heroic arc culminating in triumphant restoration.

(1) (a), (c) and (d)
(2) (a), (b) and (d)
(3) (a), (b) and (c)
(4) (c) and (d)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) (a), (b) and (c)

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Q.76 ‘Crossing Brooklyn Ferry’ by Walt Whitman was first published in …… (year) in …… (publication/collection) and was previously named as ……

(1) 1856, Leaves of Grass, ‘Sun-Down Poem’
(2) 1865, Leaves of Grass, ‘When Lilacs Last’
(3) 1856, Long Anthology of Poetry, ‘Song of Myself’
(4) 1865, Drum-Taps, ‘Sun-Down Poem’
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) 1856, Leaves of Grass, ‘Sun-Down Poem’

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Q.77 Which of the following statement/s is/are correct in the context of Absalom and Achitophel?
(A) It is a historical and political allegory.
(B) It is an allegory of ideas.
(C) It is not satirical in nature.

(1) Only (A) is correct
(2) (B) and (C) are correct
(3) (A) and (B) are correct
(4) (A), (B) and (C) are correct
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) (A) and (B) are correct

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Q.78 A sentence like, “Sabko apne – apne tasks timely complete karne hain”, is an example of –

(1) Pidgin
(2) Code-Switching
(3) Code-Mixing
(4) Dialect
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Code-Mixing

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Q.79 Which among the following statement(s) is/are true regarding William Shakespeare’s As You Like It?
(i) It is a quintessential Elizabethan pastoral comedy.
(ii) Its subtitle is What You Will.
(iii) It explores the themes of love, disguise and gender roles.
(iv) It is influenced by Thomas Lodge’s Romance ‘Rosalynde’.

(1) (i) and (ii) are correct
(2) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(3) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
(4) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct

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Q.80 With reference to “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot, consider the following statements and identify the correct answer –
(a) The poem reflects post-World War I spiritual desolation and cultural fragmentation.
(b) The refrain “This is the way the world ends” presents an apocalyptic climax marked by dramatic violence.
(c) The poem incorporates intertextual echoes from Heart of Darkness and the Gunpowder Plot rhyme.
(d) The hollow men are portrayed as figures trapped between action and paralysis.

(1) (b), (c) & (d)
(2) (a), (b) & (d)
(3) (a), (c) & (d)
(4) (a), (b) & (c)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) (a), (c) & (d)

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Q.81 According to the Speaker in the poem Dover Beach what does the world seem to be and what it actually is?

(1) It seems new, and is really full of hope.
(2) It seems like a land of dreams, but has no joy or peace.
(3) It seems dangerous, but is actually safe.
(4) It seems dark, but is actually full of light.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) It seems like a land of dreams, but has no joy or peace.

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Q.82 Fill in the blank in the following extract from Gandhi’s “What is Swaraj” chapter 4 from Hind Swaraj.
When a ….. changes his nature, Englishmen will change theirs.

(1) chameleon
(2) lion
(3) tiger
(4) crocodile
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) tiger

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Q.83 What aspect of Dickens’ writing in “David Copperfield” reflects his humanitarian concern?

(1) Highlighting the cruelty and exploitation faced by children like David.
(2) Emphasising adventure and fantasy over social realities.
(3) Romanticising childhood and family life.
(4) Promoting strict obedience to authority.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Highlighting the cruelty and exploitation faced by children like David.

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Q.84 “Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.” These lines have been written by the poet –

(1) P.B. Shelley
(2) S.T. Coleridge
(3) John Keats
(4) William Wordsworth
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) S.T. Coleridge

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Q.85 Which of the following statements about the play Tughlaq are correct?
(i) Karnad’s treatment of the theme is not historical.
(ii) Karnad makes use of the prayer in the play to show that life is corrupted at its very source.
(iii) The whole play is structured on the binaries like the divine aspiration and the deft intrigue.

(1) (i) and (iii) only
(2) (ii) and (iii) only
(3) (i) and (ii) only
(4) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) (i), (ii) and (iii)

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Q.86 Which one of the following is not a pastoral elegy?

(1) Milton’s ‘Lycidas’
(2) Shelley’s ‘Adonais’
(3) Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’
(4) Arnold’s ‘Thyrsis’
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’

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Q.87 A ….. is a reduced language that results from extended contact between groups of people with no language in common; it evolves when they need some means of verbal communication, perhaps for trade.

(1) Dialect
(2) Pidgin
(3) Register
(4) Creole
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Pidgin

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Q.88 In the poem ‘Alexander’s Feast’, whom does the phrase ‘Ghastly Band’ refer to?

(1) The Rapt Audience
(2) The Persian Demons
(3) The Choir/Chorus
(4) The Slain Soldiers
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) The Slain Soldiers

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Q.89 Identify the use of three distinct literary devices used by Gray in the line “How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!”

(1) Personification, Hyperbole, Pun
(2) Personification, Transferred Epithet, Alliteration
(3) Personification, Oxymoron, Alliteration
(4) Transferred Epithet, Alliteration, Hyperbole
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Personification, Transferred Epithet, Alliteration

Q.90 Which of the following term is used in the study of Creole languages to refer to a standard variety?

(1) Mesolect
(2) Basilect
(3) Verbal repertoire
(4) Acrolect
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Acrolect

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Q.91 The play Tughlaq is often read as a political allegory for which era in modern Indian history?

(1) The Nehruvian Era and the disillusionment of the 1960s
(2) The Emergency (1975)
(3) The Partition (1947)
(4) The 1857 Mutiny
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) The Nehruvian Era and the disillusionment of the 1960s

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Q.92 Which of the following options related to the novel That Long Silence are correct?
(a) Jaya – Psychoanalytic Criticism – her internal conflict and emotional repression.
(b) Mohan’s mother – Feminist Criticism – representing patriarchal expectations from women.
(c) Jaya – Feminist Criticism – economic class struggles only.
(d) Minor female characters – Reader-Response Theory – showing only reader’s interpretations.

(1) (b) & (c)
(2) (a), (b) & (c)
(3) (a) & (b)
(4) (a) & (c)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) (a) & (b)

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Q.93 Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option from the ones given below –
Initially, Register applied to ….. from ….. to …..

(1) neutral style, informal written language, formal spoken language
(2) range of styles, informal written language, formal spoken language
(3) range of styles, formal written language, informal spoken language
(4) limited styles, formal spoken language, informal written language
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) range of styles, formal written language, informal spoken language

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Q.94 Which one is incorrect about Code-switching and Code-mixing?

(1) It happens at micro level.
(2) They decrease the functionality of the languages.
(3) They need competent bilinguals.
(4) They are used for communicative and social goals.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) They decrease the functionality of the languages.

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Q.95 Which of the following statement/s is/are correct in the context of ‘Tradition and Individual Talent’ by T.S. Eliot?
(i) Tradition is a blind adherence to the past.
(ii) Tradition is a dynamic and active force.
(iii) Tradition can be inherited statically.

(1) Only (ii) is correct
(2) Only (i) is correct
(3) Both (ii) and (iii) are correct
(4) Both (i) and (ii) are correct
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Only (ii) is correct

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Q.96 John Keats’ house near which the Nightingale of his poem “Ode to a Nightingale” had nested, was in –

(1) Hupton
(2) Hammerwood
(3) Halstead
(4) Hampstead
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Hampstead

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Q.97 Lucrezia in “Andrea del Sarto” is not mentioned as –

(1) My everybody’s moon
(2) The fowler’s pipe
(3) A twilight piece
(4) Serpentining beauty
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) My everybody’s moon

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Q.98 Who speaks to whom the following lines in As You Like It?
“O, I know where you are: Nay, ‘t is true: there was never anything so sudden, but the fight of two rams and Caesar’s thrasonical brag of ‘I came, saw, and overcame.'”

(1) Rosalind to Celia
(2) Rosalind to Oliver
(3) Rosalind to Orlando
(4) Celia to Oliver
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Rosalind to Orlando

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Q.99 Stevenson wrote his essay “Walking Tours” in response to –

(1) William Hazlitt’s “On Going a Journey”
(2) Thomas De Quincey’s “Lake Reminiscences”
(3) Robert Southey’s “Journal of a Tour in Scotland in 1819”
(4) S.T. Coleridge’s “Fears in Solitude”
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) William Hazlitt’s “On Going a Journey”

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Q.100 In the poem ‘The Pilgrim of the Night’, what happens to the “Voice of the celestial Friend”?

(1) It guides him step by step.
(2) It comes no more (it is silent).
(3) It becomes louder and clearer.
(4) It turns into a song of victory.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) It comes no more (it is silent).

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Q.101 The Dorian and the Horatian are the types of –

(1) Elegy
(2) Epic
(3) Lyric
(4) Ode
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Ode

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Q.102 Which of the following best illustrates the use of animal imagery in Tughlaq’s speech?

(1) “I look at the Pleiades and I think of Ibn-ul-Mottazz…”
(2) “Dur-rumma who thought it was a swallow.”
(3) “History is ours to play with – ours now!”
(4) “I pray to the Almighty to save me from sleep.”
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) “Dur-rumma who thought it was a swallow.”

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Q.103 Performance poetry is associated with which literary period?

(1) Neoclassical Period
(2) Metaphysical
(3) Renaissance
(4) Post-modern Period
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Post-modern Period

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Q.104 In the third stanza of the poem ‘Because I could not stop for Death’, the carriage passes ‘the School where Children strove / At Recess – in the Ring’. What does the specific image of the ‘Ring’ symbolize in the context of the life cycle?

(1) It symbolises the cyclical nature of life and eternity, contrasting the beginning of life (childhood) with the speaker’s end.
(2) It represents vulnerability to enemy attacks.
(3) It suggests that life is a competitive wrestling match that one must ‘strive’ to win.
(4) It represents the trapped nature of humanity within the cycle of sin.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) It symbolises the cyclical nature of life and eternity, contrasting the beginning of life (childhood) with the speaker’s end.

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Q.105 Read the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below and select the correct option –
Assertion (A): Robert Louis Stevenson’s tone in “Walking Tours” is light-hearted and reflective.
Reason (R): He celebrates the beauty of nature and the simple pleasures of walking in the countryside.

(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Only Assertion (A) is correct.
(3) Only Reason (R) is correct.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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Q.106 Which of the following poets are collectively known as the ‘Lakers’ by the Scottish magazine reviewers?

(1) William Blake, Thomas Gray and Goldsmith
(2) William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge, Robert Southey
(3) John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron
(4) S.T. Coleridge, William Blake, John Keats
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge, Robert Southey

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Q.107 Which is the debut novel of Shashi Deshpande?

(1) That Long Silence
(2) Roots and Shadows
(3) The Dark Holds No Terror
(4) The Binding Vine
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Roots and Shadows

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Q.108 What specific criticism does Kamat offer regarding the stories Jaya writes under a pseudonym?

(1) They lack proper grammatical structure.
(2) They are devoid of genuine emotions and embrace reticence behind a façade of ‘womanly’ decency.
(3) They are too radical and feminist for the Indian market.
(4) They expose the raw truth of the human experience.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) They are devoid of genuine emotions and embrace reticence behind a façade of ‘womanly’ decency.

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Q.109 “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”, is an example of –

(1) Simile
(2) Paradox
(3) Alliteration
(4) Hyperbole
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Paradox

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Q.110 Guy Mannering, The Antiquary and The Bride of Lammermoor are books of historical background written by –

(1) Charles Lamb
(2) Leigh Hunt
(3) William Corbett
(4) Walter Scott
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Walter Scott

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Q.111 Match the authors with their works and select the correct option –

Author	Work
(A) Rabindra Nath Tagore	(i) Savitri
(B) Syed Amanuddin	(ii) Summer Requiem
(C) Vikram Seth	(iii) Gitanjali
(D) Sir Aurobindo	(iv) Gems and Germs

(1) (A)-(iv), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iii), (D)-(i)
(2) (A)-(iii), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(i)
(3) (A)-(ii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(iii)
(4) (A)-(iii), (B)-(iv), (C)-(ii), (D)-(i)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) (A)-(iii), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(i)

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Q.112 “Girding up his loins, the chairman plowed through the mountainous agenda”, is an example of –

(1) Simile
(2) Paradox
(3) Elegy
(4) Mixed Metaphor
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Mixed Metaphor

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Q.113 Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Vikram Seth’s “The Tale of Melon City”?
(i) The story in the poem highlights the misuse of power.
(ii) The king orders the construction of a palace.
(iii) The Melon symbolizes the absurdity of arbitrary authority.
(iv) It is a satirical poem by Vikram Seth that uses irony and humour to critique blind adherence to rules.

(1) Only (iv)
(2) Only (ii)
(3) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(4) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) (i), (iii) and (iv)

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Q.114 What extended metaphor (conceit) does Donne use to describe his soul in the first half of the poem ‘Batter my heart’?

(1) A lost sheep
(2) A crumbling statue
(3) A storm-tossed ship
(4) A usurped town
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) A usurped town

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Q.115 In Paradise Lost by John Milton, ‘Pandemonium’ refers to –

(1) The high capital (the palace) of Satan and his peers.
(2) The city of the Cherubim.
(3) The fire and sufferings of Hell.
(4) The beauty and glamour of Heaven.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) The high capital (the palace) of Satan and his peers.

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Q.116 ‘Pre-Raphaelitism’, ‘Spasmodic Poetry’, ‘Non-Sense Verse’, ‘Ghost Story’ are literary developments of which period?

(1) Victorian
(2) Romantic
(3) Jacobean
(4) Metaphysical
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Victorian

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Q.117 Fictional works of Arnold Bennett’s The Old Wives’ Tale, Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth, George Eliot’s Middlemarch belong to which of the following movements?

(1) Gothic
(2) Realism
(3) Existentialism
(4) Romanticism
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Realism

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Q.118 In the play As You Like It, Phebe quotes “Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?” To whom is this line an allusion?

(1) Thomas Lodge
(2) Robert Greene
(3) Christopher Marlowe
(4) Thomas Kyd
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Christopher Marlowe

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Q.119 Who among the following suggested Dickens to use first-person point-of-view narration in “David Copperfield”?

(1) Simon Callow
(2) W.M. Thackeray
(3) John Forster
(4) William Giles
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) John Forster

Q.120 “Give me your hand boy! A man must have a firm handshake if he wants to get anywhere in the world.” (David Copperfield) Who said these words to whom?

(1) Mr. Micawber to David
(2) Peggotty to David
(3) Mr. Murdstone to David
(4) Mr. Wickfield to David
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Mr. Murdstone to David

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Q.121 Which out of the following is not a trait of post-modernist writer?

(1) an awareness of a complex relationship with Britain
(2) experimental form of writing
(3) stress on textual nature of events
(4) refusal to distinguish between surface and depth
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) an awareness of a complex relationship with Britain

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Q.122 Which of the following statement/s best define/s standard variety dialect?
(A) The variety of a language based on the speech and writing of educated native speakers of that language.
(B) Informal vocabulary used by a particular age group.
(C) A variety of language which is uniformly used by people belonging to a particular similar social group.

(1) Only (C) is correct
(2) Only (A) is correct
(3) (A) and (C) are correct
(4) (A) and (B) are correct
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Only (A) is correct

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Q.123 Which of the following texts is not written by Søren Kierkegaard?

(1) Existence et Objectivité
(2) The Concept of Dread
(3) Sickness Unto Death
(4) Fear and Trembling
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Existence et Objectivité

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Q.124 The ‘sages’ of the third stanza are related to the figures in the mosaic frieze in …….. (“Sailing to Byzantium”).

(1) Sant’Apollinare in Ravenna
(2) The Church of St. George, Madaba
(3) Park Guell, Barcelona
(4) Basilica of San Vitale
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Sant’Apollinare in Ravenna

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Q.125 Which out of the following does not belong to the category of Gothic novels?

(1) Ambrosio
(2) Frankenstein
(3) The Castle of Otranto
(4) The Lustful Turk
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) The Lustful Turk

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Q.126 The Bride’s Prelude, Sister Helen, A Last Confession are literary works written by –

(1) A.C. Swinburne
(2) William Morris
(3) Robert Buchanan
(4) D.G. Rossetti
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) D.G. Rossetti

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Q.127 “Stable Grammar, Nativization, Expanded Vocabulary, Complex Sentence Structure” are all characteristics of –

(1) Code-mixing
(2) Dialect
(3) Pidgin
(4) Creole
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Creole

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Q.128 Fill in the blank choosing the most appropriate option –
In 1946, ….. founded the review, a medium for existentialist writings.

(1) Patrick Hamilton, Rope
(2) Maxwell Anderson, The Bad Seed
(3) Jean-Paul Sartre, Les Temps modernes
(4) Bloom, Analysis
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Jean-Paul Sartre, Les Temps modernes

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Q.129 Which one of the following is not primarily associated with existentialism?

(1) Søren Kierkegaard
(2) Jean-Paul Sartre
(3) Immanuel Kant
(4) Simone de Beauvoir
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Immanuel Kant

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Q.130 In the novel That Long Silence Vanitamami’s comment, “a husband is like a sheltering tree” expresses her –

(1) love for her husband
(2) respect for her husband
(3) logical mindset
(4) stereotypical mindset
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) stereotypical mindset

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Q.131 Which one of the following is not correct?

(1) Aziz took advantage of Sultan’s visionary schemes.
(2) Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq is projected by Karnad as a complex personality full of curious contradictions.
(3) The play Tughlaq emerges as a tragedy.
(4) Barani and Najib seem to represent two opposite selves of Tughlaq.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Aziz took advantage of Sultan’s visionary schemes.

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Q.132 Identify the literary term in the following lines –
“The wolf with its belly, stitched full of big pebbles; Nibelung wolves barbed like black pine forest. Against a red sky, over blue snow…”

(1) Ode
(2) Personification
(3) Metaphor
(4) Simile
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Simile

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Q.133 Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct in the context of the main aspects of Epic convention?
(A) The centrality of a Hero of military or national importance.
(B) Limited and confined geographical setting.
(C) Extensive or cosmic geographical setting.

(1) (A) and (C) are correct
(2) Only (A) is correct
(3) (A) and (B) are correct
(4) Only (C) is correct
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) (A) and (C) are correct

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Q.134 Which one of the following concepts of Eliot about ‘tradition’ and ‘poetry’ is not correct?

(1) True art comes from the artist’s ability to synthesize.
(2) He asserts that historical sense implies not only the ‘pastness of past’ but the ‘presence’ of past as well.
(3) His ‘impersonal poet’ has links with Keats’ figure of ‘the chameleon poet’.
(4) He asserts that the past should not be altered by the present.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) He asserts that the past should not be altered by the present.

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Q.135 Who introduced Blank Verse in English Meter, through his translations of Books 2 and 4 of Virgil’s The Aeneid?

(1) Earl of Surrey
(2) Petrarch
(3) William Shakespeare
(4) Thomas Wyatt
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Earl of Surrey

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Q.136 Identify the correct pair of Gothic novel and novelist –

Novel	Novelist
(1) The Monk	William Beckford
(2) Vathek	Horace Walpole
(3) The Castle of Otranto	Matthew Gregory Lewis
(4) The Mysteries of Udolpho	Ann Radcliffe

(1) (1)
(2) (2)
(3) (3)
(4) (4)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) (4) The Mysteries of Udolpho – Ann Radcliffe

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Q.137 What is the figure of speech in the following line by Syed Amanuddin in his poem?
‘Don’t call me Indo-Anglian’, “I damn all hyphenated minds”

(1) Synecdoche
(2) Personification
(3) Consonance
(4) Pathetic fallacy
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Pathetic fallacy

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Q.138 Whose eyes looked “like two red suns”? (David Copperfield)

(1) Uriah Heep
(2) Mr. Micawber
(3) Mr. Wickfield
(4) Mr. Murdstone
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Mr. Murdstone

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Q.139 Which one of the following statements about Captain Sentry in ‘The Spectator Club’ is not correct?

(1) He does not have an estate of his own.
(2) He is next heir to Sir Roger.
(3) He sits next to Sir Andrew in the club room.
(4) He is a man of invincible modesty.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) He does not have an estate of his own.

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Q.140 Pick the incorrect combination from Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” –

(1) Love – Flood
(2) Accept – Conversion of the Jews
(3) Indian Ganges – Rubies
(4) Tide of Humber – Complain
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) Tide of Humber – Complain

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Q.141 Which one of the following is a basic characteristic of traditional ICTs that differentiates it from modern ICTs?

(1) It has combination of media.
(2) It is combination of hardware and software.
(3) It is a single technology.
(4) It has combined delivery system.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) It is a single technology.

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Q.142 Considering the advantages of co-operative learning, which one of the following is categorized into psychological health and social competence?

(1) Greater problem solving
(2) More time on task
(3) Higher self-esteem
(4) Higher level of reasoning
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Higher self-esteem

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Q.143 Which one of the following is the instructional effect of Group Investigation Model?

(1) Independence as learners
(2) Discipline of collaborative inquiry
(3) Respect for dignity of all
(4) Real inquiry as a way of life
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) Discipline of collaborative inquiry

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Q.144 Kartikeya always speaks to his employees with respect and only what is needed. His communication is senseful and to the point. Which effective communication skills are used by Kartikeya under 7Cs?
(a) Concise
(b) Concrete
(c) Correct
(d) Coherent
(e) Courteous

(1) (a), (d) and (e)
(2) (c) and (d)
(3) (b) and (d)
(4) (a), (b) and (e)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) (a), (b) and (e)

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Q.145 Which of the following dimensions of the learner need to be understood for using ICT?
(a) Demographic
(b) Cognitive and prior knowledge
(c) Affective

(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (b) and (c) but not (a)
(3) (a) and (c) but not (b)
(4) (a) and (b) but not (c)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) (a), (b) and (c)

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Q.146 Which one of the following is an advantage of e-learning?

(1) Schools are not ready to use e-learning.
(2) e-learning can cater to different learning styles and promote collaboration among students.
(3) Lack of knowledge and skills on Internet and Web Technology.
(4) The feeling of isolation experienced by users of e-learning.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (2) e-learning can cater to different learning styles and promote collaboration among students.

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Q.147 In the process of occurrence, information as a precursor in Information Communication Technology happens by –

(1) Data preceding information.
(2) Wisdom preceding information.
(3) Wisdom preceding knowledge.
(4) Information preceding data.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Data preceding information.

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Q.148 Below some phrases are given as per Bruce Joyce and others where each one deliberates the basic purpose of specific model.
(a) Learning from presentation
(b) The art of enhancing creative thought
(c) The learner at the centre
(d) The art of making inferences
Which one of the above four links to Advance Organiser Model?

(1) (b)
(2) (a)
(3) (c)
(4) (d)
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (4) (d)

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Q.149 Which of the following statement is incorrect in relation to Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience?

(1) Dramatic participation is less effective than contrived experiences.
(2) Exhibitions are more effective than visual symbols.
(3) Motion pictures are less effective than recordings.
(4) Direct purposeful experience is the most effective experience.
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (1) Dramatic participation is less effective than contrived experiences.

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Q.150 Which one of the following is not an exclusive Virtual Learning Environment?

(1) Personal Learning Environment
(2) Immersive Virtual Learning Environment
(3) Blended Instruction
(4) Learning Management System
(5) Question not attempted

Ans. (3) Blended Instruction