Top 50 English Language Literature Interview Questions You Must Prepare 27.Jul.2024

Q1. What Is Verse Essay ?

This is a type of poem that provokes thought on a topic of interest.

Q2. Who Is The Author Of The Remark, The Difference Between Journalism And Literature Is That Journalism Is Unreadable And Literature Is Not Read ?

Oscar wilde.

Q3. By What Persian Name Is The Essential Oil Of Flowers Used In Perfumery Known ?

Attar - a word with the persian derived from arabic.

Q4. Who Is The First Indian To Win Nobel Prize ?

Ravindranath Tagore.

Q5. What Is Trliteration ?

It is way of writing or speeling a word using the alphabet of another language.

Q6. Shakespear Of India ?

Kalidasa 

Q7. What Does Victorian English Mean ?

The english language used during the period of queen Victoria.

Q8. What Is Epigram ?

An epigram is a short poem. It does not exceed more than six lines. It express a witty climax.

Q9. What Is Coinage ?

Coinage is used for a word or expression invented.

Q10. Who Ever The Three Sisters Who Became Famous English Novelists ?

The Bronte sisters.

Q11. Which Book Helped To Start A Civil War ?

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Q12. Which Is The Most Widely Used Dictionary Of American Language ?

Webster’s Dictionary.

Q13. Which Country Has More Daily Newspapers ?

United States of America.

Q14. Who Wrote The Just So Stories ?

Rudyard Kipling.

Q15. In The English Language What Does The Linguistic Term Hybrid Mean ?

A word that is composed of parts from two or more languages. Eg automobile

Q16. What Is Dramatic Poetry ?

Some dramas contain much poetry as in the dramas of shakespeare. Such a method of writing poetry is dramatic poetry.

Q17. Which Ancient Dravidean Language In India Is Still Used ?

Tamil

Q18. What Is Epic ?

Epic is a long narrative poem.

Q19. What Is Postscript ?

It is a part added to a letter after the signature.

Q20. In A Play Or Story, What Is Peripeteia ?

A sudden change of fortune, unexpected reversal of circumstances, eg., the down fall of antonio in ‘ The merchant of venice ’ .

Q21. Which Foreign Poet Is So Far The Only Honorary Fellow Of The Sahitya Academy ?

Leopold Segar Senghor.

Q22. What Is Heroic Couplet ?

Lines rhyming in pairs and are the iambic pentametre lines are termed by this word.

Q23. What Is Gobbledygook ?

The use of long, involved and complicated word where simple ones would do eg. using the word “ terminological inexactitude ” where the simple wordlie would surface.

Q24. What Is The Biggest Dictionary In The World ?

“ Britanica of english language ”.

Q25. The Author Of Ashtadhyayi ?

Panini

Q26. What Is Slang ?

Slang is an informal use of language and it is short - lived. It is generally a use of language related to some work, way of life etc.. In slang, words are coined and new meanings are given to words.

Q27. What Is The German Word For Germany ?

Deutschland.

Q28. What Is Epic Narrative ?

Some poems which seem to be epic in style and narration are epic narratives .

Q29. Which English Dramatist And Poet Was Born At Stratford - Upon - Avon In 1564 ?

William Shakespeare.

Q30. Which Country Has The Most Languages ?

India

Q31. What Is A Dictionary ?

A dictionary is a book of alphabetically listed words in a language with etymologies, pronunciations, definitions etc.

Q32. What Is The Concluding Part Of A Liberary Work Called ?

An Epilogue

Q33. Who Is Lexicographer ?

A person who writes dictionaries is a lexicographer.

Q34. Which Is The Mother Language Of Malayalam ?

Tamil

Q35. Who Is A Grammarian ?

A grammarian is a specialist or expert in grammar.

Q36. What Is Onomatopoeia ?

It me making a word by using a sound that suggests the object.

Q37. Arundhati Roy Won Booker Prize For Her First Book. Which Is That Book ?

The god of small things.

Q38. Who Is A Ghost - Writer ?

A person who writes a book, speech or an article on behalf of another. The credit is being given to the person for whom it is written.

Q39. Which Literary Work Of Salman Rushdhi Recently Provoked The Leaders Of Muslim Sect In Iran ?

MSatanic Verses.

Q40. What Is Known As English Sonnet ?

Shakespearean sonnet is called english sonnet.

Q41. Who Won The Prestigious Onassis Award Of Greece For One Of Her Plays ?

Manjula Padmanabha.

Q42. What Is Op Art ?

It is a form abstract art, which tries to produce optical illusions.

Q43. What Is An Ode ?

It is a long poem written on a public occasion. The expression will be as addressing some person or personified thing.

Q44. Who Is Known As The Father Of English Poetry ?

Geoffrey Chaucer.

Q45. What Is The Length Of The Forth And Fifth Words Compared To The Longest One ?

28 letters and 27 letters respectively.

Q46. In Printing The Right Hand Page Of A Book Is Called Recto. What Is The Left - Hand Page Called ?

Verso.

Q47. Which British Prime Minister Won Nobel Prize For Literature ?

Winston Churchill

Q48. Who Is The Author Of Malgudi Days ?

R.K.Narayan

Q49. Which Composer Wrote Rhapsody In Blue ?

George Gershwin

Q50. What Is A Parenthesis ?

A word or a pharse inserted into a sentence, usually within bracket or between commas or hypens. It adds to the information of description but without it the sentence would still get grammatically complete.