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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The figurines of grandmother's gods are made up with_______ |
| A. | Gold |
| B. | Silver |
| C. | Brass |
| D. | Iron |
| Answer» D. Iron | |
| 2. |
“the times they are a changing was first performed in the year ______ |
| A. | 1964 |
| B. | 2016 |
| C. | 1988 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» B. 2016 | |
| 3. |
Which among the following is an autobiographical work of Roald Dahl? |
| A. | Someone Like You |
| B. | Fantastic Mr fox |
| C. | Going Solo |
| D. | BFG |
| Answer» D. BFG | |
| 4. |
Find the figure of speech in the expression 'colourless cracks '? |
| A. | Metaphor |
| B. | Alliteration |
| C. | Oxymoron |
| D. | Hyperbole |
| Answer» C. Oxymoron | |
| 5. |
Which among the following is the first published work of Roald Dahl? |
| A. | Kiss Kis |
| B. | Going Solo |
| C. | James and the Giant Peach |
| D. | A Piece of Cake |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
The voice of the farmer in A Roadside Stand is rendered in which form |
| A. | Interior monologue |
| B. | monologue |
| C. | dialogue |
| D. | dramatic monologue |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
What glistens in the corners of the Old folk’s mouth? |
| A. | Teeth |
| B. | Saliva |
| C. | sweets |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. sweets | |
| 8. |
The style of E.V Lucas is described as |
| A. | harsh |
| B. | witty |
| C. | ironical. |
| D. | satirical |
| Answer» C. ironical. | |
| 9. |
The laps of the Old folks are filled with _______ |
| A. | Memorie |
| B. | Money |
| C. | Sweets |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Money | |
| 10. |
Bob Dylan got his inspiration to write the song from ______ |
| A. | Beat writer |
| B. | ballads |
| C. | folk songs |
| D. | all of the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
The most repellant specimen of all the bores is |
| A. | buttonholing bore |
| B. | humourous bore |
| C. | funny bore |
| D. | eccentric bore |
| Answer» B. humourous bore | |
| 12. |
Bob Dylan wrote the song as an attempt to bring a ______. |
| A. | Change |
| B. | fun |
| C. | inspire |
| D. | both a & c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Who is the author of the story ‘It Used to be Green Once’. |
| A. | Raymond William |
| B. | Pat Gloria |
| C. | Patricia Grace |
| D. | E.V Lucas |
| Answer» D. E.V Lucas | |
| 14. |
Who wrote Worlds in collision |
| A. | Spiro T Agnew |
| B. | Immanuel Velikovsky |
| C. | Robert Fulton |
| D. | Charles Markay |
| Answer» C. Robert Fulton | |
| 15. |
SETI means |
| A. | space educational technology information |
| B. | search for extra - terrestrial intelligence |
| C. | stock exchange technology information |
| D. | search engine tech intelligence |
| Answer» C. stock exchange technology information | |
| 16. |
In the third stanza of “Ode to Autumn” the poet is being nostalgic about |
| A. | rain |
| B. | snow |
| C. | spring |
| D. | warm days |
| Answer» D. warm days | |
| 17. |
Who said “as close to perfect as any shorter poem in the English Language” about ‘ Ode toAutumn’ |
| A. | F.R Leavi |
| B. | Harold Bloom |
| C. | Matthew Arnold |
| D. | Leigh Hunt |
| Answer» C. Matthew Arnold | |
| 18. |
Lamb to the Slaughter means |
| A. | In a fierce manner |
| B. | in an unconcerned manner |
| C. | in an awful manner |
| D. | in a disgusting manner |
| Answer» C. in an awful manner | |
| 19. |
What is the name of the society club in ‘Something Unspoken’ |
| A. | Confederation of Women |
| B. | Daughters of the Confederation |
| C. | Society of daughters |
| D. | Confederation Club |
| Answer» C. Society of daughters | |
| 20. |
What is rosy hue? |
| A. | the autumnal sun casts its light on the clouds turning it rosy. |
| B. | autumn is the season of colours |
| C. | it is the end of the day |
| D. | the reaper’s cheeks are rosy |
| Answer» B. autumn is the season of colours | |
| 21. |
How many autobiographies were written by Maya Angelou? |
| A. | Seven |
| B. | One |
| C. | Three |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. One | |
| 22. |
Dilip Chitre 's most famous translation is of the celebrated 17th century Marathi Bhakti poet ____________ |
| A. | Tukaram |
| B. | Tulsidas |
| C. | Kabirdas |
| D. | Guru Nanak |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
Which of the following is not a tragedy by Shakespeare? |
| A. | Hamlet |
| B. | Macbeth |
| C. | Othello |
| D. | Merchant of Venice |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Miss Cornelia wants to become the ______of the Society Club |
| A. | Regent |
| B. | Member |
| C. | manager |
| D. | Secretary |
| Answer» B. Member | |
| 25. |
Which among the following is Frost's volume of poetry? |
| A. | Further Range |
| B. | Phenomenal Woman |
| C. | Mountain Interval |
| D. | The Power and Glory |
| Answer» D. The Power and Glory | |
| 26. |
“ I want to unlearn all those ………… things” |
| A. | Meaningles |
| B. | Muting |
| C. | Learned |
| D. | Unwanted |
| Answer» C. Learned | |
| 27. |
Which of the following is a work by Okara? |
| A. | Othello |
| B. | A Further Range |
| C. | The Fisherman’s Invocation |
| D. | Waiariki |
| Answer» D. Waiariki | |
| 28. |
What does the poet mean the waters around you have grown? |
| A. | Flood around. |
| B. | growing injustice |
| C. | people must go in search of water |
| D. | rain |
| Answer» C. people must go in search of water | |
| 29. |
“Outcaste state” is a reference to which fellow playwright? |
| A. | Robert Greene |
| B. | Marlowe |
| C. | Thomas Kyd |
| D. | George Peele |
| Answer» B. Marlowe | |
| 30. |
The figure of speech in which we use a part for the whole is termed.. |
| A. | Simile |
| B. | transferred epithet |
| C. | oxymoron |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Who wrote the book Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds. |
| A. | Alexander of Abonutichu |
| B. | Lamar Keene |
| C. | Charles Markay |
| D. | Harry Houdini |
| Answer» D. Harry Houdini | |
| 32. |
‘Ode to Autumn’ was written on |
| A. | 19 September 1819 |
| B. | 19 September 1795 |
| C. | 17 October 1820 |
| D. | 17 October 1819 |
| Answer» B. 19 September 1795 | |
| 33. |
Dilip Chitre, bilingual writer, who wrote in ____________ |
| A. | Marathi and english |
| B. | english and Bengali |
| C. | english and Gujarati |
| D. | english and Punjabi |
| Answer» B. english and Bengali | |
| 34. |
In the poem "Old folks laugh" Large parts of the poem are written in short lines using__________. |
| A. | enjambment |
| B. | Caesura |
| C. | Epigram |
| D. | Villanelle |
| Answer» B. Caesura | |
| 35. |
Maya Angelou's most famous autobiography, _____________. |
| A. | Still I Rise |
| B. | phenomenal Women |
| C. | I know why the caged birds sing |
| D. | The heart of a woman |
| Answer» D. The heart of a woman | |
| 36. |
Who is called the Nigerian Negritudist? |
| A. | Soyinka |
| B. | Achebe |
| C. | Okara |
| D. | Fanon |
| Answer» D. Fanon | |
| 37. |
Pakeha is the Maori term for ___________ |
| A. | Rice |
| B. | White bread |
| C. | European white settler |
| D. | hospitality |
| Answer» D. hospitality | |
| 38. |
The preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. |
| A. | precognitive experience |
| B. | post-judice |
| C. | prejudice |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 39. |
Who left the elderly infant to explore the rooms of age in the poem "The house of my childhood " |
| A. | family member |
| B. | Grandmother |
| C. | season |
| D. | sons and daughters |
| Answer» D. sons and daughters | |
| 40. |
Cosmos :A personal voyage is written by __________ |
| A. | Dilip Chitre |
| B. | EV Lucas |
| C. | Roald Dahl |
| D. | Carl Sagan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
'A Wanderer in Venice' is one of the notable woks of E.V Lucas. It belongs to the category of |
| A. | novel |
| B. | shortstory |
| C. | travelogue |
| D. | fiction |
| Answer» D. fiction | |
| 42. |
The poem "old folks laugh” is in___________ |
| A. | blank verse |
| B. | free verse |
| C. | Cinquains |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Cinquains | |
| 43. |
“ripeness to the core” shows |
| A. | growth and maturity |
| B. | richness and abundance |
| C. | the seed |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
What is Bob Dylan’s nationality? |
| A. | American |
| B. | British |
| C. | Canadian |
| D. | Asian |
| Answer» B. British | |
| 45. |
Harry Houdini was an American ______________ |
| A. | Scientist |
| B. | Doctor |
| C. | spiritualist |
| D. | Magician |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
One of the most striking apparent instances of extrasensory perception is the _______. |
| A. | precognitive experience |
| B. | post-judice |
| C. | prejudice |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. post-judice | |
| 47. |
Who is the author of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ |
| A. | Maya Angelou |
| B. | Tennessee Williams |
| C. | G.B Shaw |
| D. | Gabriel Okara |
| Answer» C. G.B Shaw | |
| 48. |
Who is Mr.Hadley? |
| A. | the European teacher |
| B. | neighbour |
| C. | uncle |
| D. | relative. |
| Answer» B. neighbour | |
| 49. |
Curtain : Drapery |
| A. | Cockroach : Insect |
| B. | Bedsheet : Bed |
| C. | Pillow : Cushion |
| D. | Mat : Floor |
| Answer» B. Bedsheet : Bed | |
| 50. |
Teeth : Chew |
| A. | Mind : Think |
| B. | Sweater : Heat |
| C. | Food : Taste |
| D. | Eyes : Flicker |
| Answer» B. Sweater : Heat | |