Practice Test


Q1) The tone of the given lines is : Show Answer


Q2) Read the statements A and B given below, and choose the option that correctly evaluates these statements.
Statement -A : The figure 'I' imagines a less than realistic view of being an orphan.
Statement B : The figure 'I' does not like the speaker. Show Answer


Q3) The golden silence is contrasted with the ___. Show Answer


Q4) The rhyme scheme 'aaa' in the above extract is followed in all other stanzas of the poem that are written in parenthesis, i.e., () . Why ?
Read the reasons given below and choose the option that lists the most accurate reasoning :
(I) It shows the simplicity of the child's thoughts.
(ii) It reflects the harmony and rhythm of the child's inner world.
(iii) It mirrors a child's expression.
(iv) It highlights the poet's aesthetic sensibility. Show Answer


Q5) Pick the option that lists the usage of the word 'pattern', as in the extract above. Show Answer


Q6) Which option completes the popular adage given below ?
___ silence is gold. Show Answer


Q7) A transferred epithet is a literary device where the modifier or epithet is transferred from the noun it is meant to describe to another noun in the sentence.
Based on the given definition of 'transferred epithet', choose the option that lists an example of transferred epithet. Show Answer


Q8) The purpose of the speaker's words in the given extract is to : Show Answer


Q9) Alliteration is a literary device used in the extract.
Which of the following option DOES NOT include example of this literary device ? Show Answer


Q10) What does the repetition of 'Amanda!' at the end of each line reflect ? Show Answer


Q11) Select the option that fits with the following :
slouching : straight :: ___ : ___ Show Answer


Q12) Who do these lines refers to ? Show Answer


Q13) Why is the stanza given within brackets ? Show Answer


Q14) Give the word from the stanza which means "free flowing act of going with motion and force". Show Answer


Q15) Why does Amanda want to be sole inhabitant of sea ? Show Answer


Q16) Which poetic device is used in line-1? Show Answer