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This section includes 118 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Logical and Verbal Reasoning knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
When Old folks laugh, what are they actually doing? |
| A. | They free the world |
| B. | They make fun of the world |
| C. | They enjoy the world |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. They make fun of the world | |
| 2. |
Old folks laugh is compared to which musical instrument? |
| A. | Drum |
| B. | Flute |
| C. | Violin |
| D. | Tambourine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
The contrast between what is said and meant,thought and known and what happens in contrast towhat is expected is known as |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | simile |
| C. | metaphor |
| D. | irony |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Mum’s new car was a _________ |
| A. | Packard |
| B. | Chevrolet |
| C. | Buick |
| D. | De soto |
| Answer» C. Buick | |
| 5. |
Lamb to the Slaughter was published in |
| A. | Daily mirror |
| B. | Holinshed's magazine |
| C. | Monthly gazette |
| D. | Harper's magazine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
The rising or lifting of a person or thing in the air by supernatural means is called ____________ |
| A. | Levitation |
| B. | Bamboozles |
| C. | Seances |
| D. | Arcane |
| Answer» B. Bamboozles | |
| 7. |
Who discovered a small patch of congealed blood on the dead man's head? |
| A. | O'Malley |
| B. | Charlie |
| C. | Jack Noonan |
| D. | Mrs Maloney |
| Answer» D. Mrs Maloney | |
| 8. |
How many years did Grace work for Miss Cornelia? |
| A. | 18 year |
| B. | 20 years |
| C. | 15 years |
| D. | 5 years |
| Answer» D. 5 years | |
| 9. |
What was the peculiarity of Mum’s Car? |
| A. | It had no brake |
| B. | It had no top |
| C. | It was a convertible once |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
What were some of the posh lunches children used to carry? |
| A. | apple sauce and cream pudding |
| B. | holey fruits |
| C. | sandwiches cut in triangle and yellow bananas |
| D. | potatoes and white bread |
| Answer» D. potatoes and white bread | |
| 11. |
E.v lucas was commissioned to write the biography of |
| A. | Bernard bertha |
| B. | Bernard Beatle |
| C. | Bernard Barton |
| D. | Bernard Pater |
| Answer» D. Bernard Pater | |
| 12. |
Keats belong to the ___________period in English Literature. |
| A. | romantic |
| B. | modern |
| C. | Victorian |
| D. | Shakespearean |
| Answer» B. modern | |
| 13. |
Universal spiritualist association, an association of spiritualist churches and clergy founded in 1956by ____________. |
| A. | Clifford Bia |
| B. | Lamar Keene |
| C. | Charles Markay |
| D. | Carl Sagan |
| Answer» B. Lamar Keene | |
| 14. |
To whom does he say ‘keep your eyes wide’ |
| A. | People |
| B. | parents |
| C. | students |
| D. | writers and critic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Who killed Mr. Maloney? |
| A. | Betty Maloney |
| B. | Beatrice Maloney |
| C. | Mary Maloney |
| D. | Maureen Maloney |
| Answer» D. Maureen Maloney | |
| 16. |
A true bore is unconscious of his |
| A. | attitude |
| B. | love |
| C. | borishness |
| D. | emotions |
| Answer» D. emotions | |
| 17. |
Who supported the view that Mrs.Maloney was not at home when Mr.Maloney was killed |
| A. | The watchman |
| B. | The house keeper |
| C. | The grocer |
| D. | The maid |
| Answer» D. The maid | |
| 18. |
“They shake their hands without ………..” |
| A. | Eye |
| B. | Hearts |
| C. | Mouth |
| D. | Brain |
| Answer» C. Mouth | |
| 19. |
Which landscape did Robert frost frequently employ as setting of his poems? |
| A. | New France |
| B. | New Atlantis |
| C. | New Africa |
| D. | New England |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
One of the common themes found in Keats’ poems are |
| A. | art versus life |
| B. | innocence versus experience |
| C. | God versus Man |
| D. | comedy versus tragedy |
| Answer» B. innocence versus experience | |
| 21. |
Why do the bees “ think warm days will never cease”. |
| A. | bees are tired |
| B. | bees are hungry |
| C. | the flowers are blooming even in autumn |
| D. | the flowers smell sweet |
| Answer» D. the flowers smell sweet | |
| 22. |
Who toddled around the empty house in the poem "The house of my childhood "? |
| A. | Poet |
| B. | Grandmother |
| C. | child |
| D. | father |
| Answer» B. Grandmother | |
| 23. |
Whose voice shivers on a bare branch in the poem " The house of my childhood "? |
| A. | Poet' |
| B. | Grandmother's |
| C. | Families |
| D. | Birds' |
| Answer» C. Families | |
| 24. |
The story is about _______. |
| A. | The girl’s school |
| B. | Dad’s tractor |
| C. | Mum’s Car |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 25. |
Who was the first black woman poet to read her poem at the inauguration of President BillClinton? |
| A. | Toni Morrison |
| B. | Alice walker |
| C. | Maya Angelou |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» D. None of them | |
| 26. |
Autumn is compared to a |
| A. | gleaner |
| B. | winnower |
| C. | reaper |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
E.V Lucas was associated with the humour magazine called |
| A. | Phantom Journal |
| B. | Punch |
| C. | The Globe |
| D. | The Academy |
| Answer» C. The Globe | |
| 28. |
Who is the ‘bosom friend of the maturing sun’ |
| A. | Summer |
| B. | Winter |
| C. | Spring |
| D. | Autumn |
| Answer» D. Autumn | |
| 29. |
The serpent of Alexander of Abonutichus was bought from ________. |
| A. | Greece |
| B. | Macedonia |
| C. | France |
| D. | Tampa |
| Answer» C. France | |
| 30. |
The day mentioned in the chapter Lamb to the Slaughter is |
| A. | Monday |
| B. | Tuesday |
| C. | Wednesday |
| D. | Thursday |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
' The polished traffic passed with a mind ahead'.The figure of speech employed here is |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | transferred epithet |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metaphor |
| Answer» C. synecdoche | |
| 32. |
What is Miss Grace Scott’s profession |
| A. | Nurse |
| B. | Governess |
| C. | Attender |
| D. | Secretary |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Patricia Grace is a _______writer in English. |
| A. | Indian |
| B. | Australian |
| C. | African |
| D. | Maori |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
The weapon used for killing Mr.Maloney was |
| A. | the fried leg of lamb |
| B. | the frozen leg of the lamb |
| C. | the boiled leg of the lamb |
| D. | the dried leg of the lamb |
| Answer» C. the boiled leg of the lamb | |
| 35. |
E.V Lucas is recognized as the editor and biographer of which writer |
| A. | John Keat |
| B. | Shelley |
| C. | Charles Lamb |
| D. | Bernard Barto |
| Answer» D. Bernard Barto | |
| 36. |
What gift does Cornelia present to her secretary? |
| A. | a pack of chocolate |
| B. | roses |
| C. | a diamond ring |
| D. | a portrait |
| Answer» C. a diamond ring | |
| 37. |
scientists are, of course, ___________ |
| A. | superheroe |
| B. | human |
| C. | holy man |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. holy man | |
| 38. |
Alexander of Abonutichus lived during the reign of the Roman Emperor ________. |
| A. | Marcus Aureliu |
| B. | Publius Helvius Pertinax |
| C. | Augustus |
| D. | Lucius Aurelius Verus |
| Answer» B. Publius Helvius Pertinax | |
| 39. |
Which of the poem was read by Maya Angelou on the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in1993? |
| A. | Still I Rise |
| B. | Phenomenal Women |
| C. | Old flocks laugh |
| D. | On the Pulse of Morning |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
The only accident that Mum’s car met was |
| A. | she hit a tree |
| B. | the car got into the shop |
| C. | Uncle Peta was knocked down when shew threw a mutton side. |
| D. | shopping items used to fell off from the car. |
| Answer» D. shopping items used to fell off from the car. | |
| 41. |
Who is Charlie? |
| A. | Mr.Maloney |
| B. | The doctor |
| C. | The brother of Mrs. Maloney |
| D. | Policeman |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
What is meant by ‘the wheel’s still in spin’ |
| A. | Time is not constant |
| B. | porters wheel |
| C. | a wheel is in motion |
| D. | the world is spinning. |
| Answer» B. porters wheel | |
| 43. |
________ distribute their silence Among intricately clustered glyphs |
| A. | song |
| B. | gifts |
| C. | symbols |
| D. | words |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
John Keats was an ______________ before he turned to writing. |
| A. | teacher |
| B. | soldier |
| C. | pardoner |
| D. | apothecary |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
The poem "Still I Rise" is written by _____________ |
| A. | John Keat |
| B. | Gabriel Okara |
| C. | Maya Angelou |
| D. | Dilip Chitre |
| Answer» D. Dilip Chitre | |
| 46. |
Whose poems "begin in delight and end in wisdom" |
| A. | Robert Frost |
| B. | Graham Greene |
| C. | John Keats |
| D. | Gabriel Okara |
| Answer» B. Graham Greene | |
| 47. |
Dad won a lottery of ________ |
| A. | ten thousand dollar |
| B. | fifty thousand dollars |
| C. | ten pounds |
| D. | ten thousand pounds |
| Answer» C. ten pounds | |
| 48. |
What favour did Mrs. Maloney ask the policemen? |
| A. | Eating the lamb |
| B. | Helping her to get up |
| C. | Finish the investigation |
| D. | Leaving her alone |
| Answer» B. Helping her to get up | |
| 49. |
The gifting of roses in ‘Something Unspoken’ indicates Cornelia’s attempt to |
| A. | break the wall of silence |
| B. | show her pomposity |
| C. | show her affection |
| D. | celebrate her birthday |
| Answer» B. show her pomposity | |
| 50. |
The colour of the car which Uncle Raz gave to Dad was_______. |
| A. | Red |
| B. | green |
| C. | blue |
| D. | white |
| Answer» B. green | |