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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 | |