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Question 1 |
“Forgetting ” is a humorous essay written by
Robert Frost | |
Robert Lynd | |
William Henry | |
William Wordsworth |
Question 2 |
In the easy, “Forgetting” the author analysis the fundamental reason for
Anger in human | |
Negative thoughts | |
Forgetfulness in humans | |
Memory power |
Question 3 |
In the easy, “Forgetting” the articles lost by railway travellers have been published by
American railway station | |
London railway station | |
Germany railway station | |
Rome railway station |
Question 4 |
“The articles lost by the railway travellers on sale were published.”
- The above line clearly indicates
Absent mindedness | |
One’s value for things | |
Economy of one country | |
Waste products |
Question 5 |
- “It is the efficiency rather than the inefficiency of human memory”
- What is the efficiency rather than inefficiency?
Memory power | |
Social responsibility | |
Absent mindedness | |
Education |
Question 6 |
- “_________remembers even telephone numbers. He remembers the addresses of his friends”
- Who remembers all the above things?
Old stone age man | |
Modern man | |
New stone man | |
Copper age man |
Question 7 |
_______ is a wine of high quality produced in a particular year.
Red wine | |
Vintage | |
Dry grape wine | |
Barley wine |
Question 8 |
“His memory is crowded with the names of actors and actresses and cricketers and footballers and murderers”
- Whose memory is referred by the author?
Village man | |
Vintage man | |
Modern man | |
Future man |
Question 9 |
“In his ordinary life, again, he remembers almost everything that he is expected to remember”
- Whose life is mentioned here?
Life of vintage man | |
Life of village man | |
Life of business man | |
Life of modern man |
Question 10 |
Which is the easiest thing to remember as per the author?
Eating food | |
Jogging | |
Taking medicine | |
Playing with friends |
Question 11 |
“Who can always remember to take the medicine his doctor has prescribed for him.”
- In the above line the type of man referred by the author is
Vintage man | |
Methodical man | |
Village man | |
Business man |
Question 12 |
- “As a rule, it is supposed to be taken before during, or after meals and the meal itself should be a reminder of it.”
- What should be taken before or after meals?
Water | |
Medicine | |
Snacks | |
Dessert |
Question 13 |
- “As a rule, it is supposed to be taken before during, or after meals and the meal itself should be a reminder of it.”
- The food acts a reminder for
Medicine | |
Water | |
Ice-cream | |
Energy management |
Question 14 |
As per psychologists why we forget certain things?
Lack of memory | |
Brain capacity | |
We like to forget | |
Diversion |
Question 15 |
- “______ tell us that we forget things because we wish to forget them”
- Who told the above lines to us?
Doctors | |
Scientist | |
Psychologists | |
Business man |
Question 16 |
- “As a rule, it is supposed to be taken before during, or after meals and the meal itself should be a reminder of it.”
- Why certain methodical men forget to take medicine?
Antipathy to pills | |
Lack of memory | |
Side effects | |
Nausea |
Question 17 |
“If I have the stuff in my pockets, I forget about it as soon as the hour approaches at which I ought to swallow it.”
- In the above line from the essay “Forgetting”, ‘I’ refer to
The author | |
Modern man | |
London return’s | |
Business man |
Question 18 |
In the essay “Forgetting”, the author mention whom as a “life-long devotee of medicines”.
Himself | |
His mother | |
His wife | |
His son |
Question 19 |
Who make their fortunes out of the medicines people forget to take?
Doctor | |
Chemist | |
Phrygian | |
Psychologist |
Question 20 |
As per the author which is the commonest form of forgetfulness?
Forgetting to post letters | |
Forgetting to take medicine | |
Forgetting to take tickets | |
Forgetting to take purse |
Question 21 |
The author of the essay “Forgetting” always reluctant to trust
Himself | |
His mother | |
His friends | |
Departing visitors |
Question 22 |
The author of the essay “Forgetting”, never ask the departing visitors to
Buy medicine | |
Post letter | |
Buy newspaper | |
Buy stamp |
Question 23 |
“So little do I rely on his memory that I put him on his oath before handing the letter to him”
- Who should take an oath before posting the letter of the author?
Post master | |
Departing visitors | |
His son | |
Post office manager |
Question 24 |
As per the author who have a poor judge of character?
A person who depends on others | |
A person who assign the author to post the letters | |
A person who smoke | |
A person who sleeps always |
Question 25 |
- “Weary of holding it in my hand, I then put it for safety into one of my pockets and forget all about it”
- If the author put ________ in his pocket he forgets about it completely.
The letter | |
Coins | |
Postal stamp | |
Cigarette packet |
Question 26 |
- “I am no great delinquent in such matters.”
- The above line indicates that the author of the essay is not great delinquent in
Talking with friends | |
Leaving articles in train and taxi | |
Stealing others money | |
Posting letters |
Question 27 |
The author of the essay remember to keep everything except
Walking stick | |
Books | |
Medicine | |
Letter card |
Question 28 |
- “I have an old-fashioned taste for them, and I buy them frequently but no-sooner do I pay a visit to a friend’s house or go a journey in a train”
- In the above the article/thing mentioned by the author is
Walking stick | |
Lenses | |
Shawl | |
Boots |
Question 29 |
According to the author who have worse memory than the ordinary man
Doctors | |
Sports person | |
Media people | |
Business man |
Question 30 |
“As they recall their exploits or their errors. They are abstracted from the world outside them”
- The type of person mentioned by the author ion the above line is
Doctors | |
Sports person | |
Media people | |
Business man |
Question 31 |
As per the author whose mind is filled with matter more glorious?
Poets | |
Business man | |
Home maker | |
Sports person |
Question 32 |
As per the author who extraordinarily bad memories?
Business man | |
Sports person | |
States man | |
Home maker |
Question 33 |
Human memory begins to work when the foetus is just _______old in the mother’s womb.
Ten days old | |
Twenty weeks old | |
Five weeks old | |
Seven weeks old |
Question 34 |
According to the Robert Lynd what kinds of person have exceptional powers of memory?
Composers | |
Writers | |
Stockbrokers | |
All the above |
Question 35 |
Robert Wilson Lynd is a
American writer | |
Irish writer | |
Canadian writer | |
French writer |
Question 36 |
Robert Wilson Lynd is the great essayist of
20th century | |
18th century | |
21st century | |
19th century |
Question 37 |
Pseudonym of Robert Wilson Lynd is
Saki | |
Y.Y. | |
Yogi | |
R.W. |
Question 38 |
Robert Wilson Lynd started his career as
Editor | |
Painter | |
Story writer | |
Journalist |
Question 39 |
Whose essays cover a wide range of simple and interesting topics?
Robert brown | |
Robert Lynd | |
C.V.Burges | |
Ruskin Bond |
Question 40 |
Which university awarded honorary literary Doctorate to Robert Lynd in 1947?
Oxford | |
Cambridge | |
Queen’s university | |
Royal University |
Question 41 |
Royal Society of Literature honoured Robert Lynd with
Silver medal | |
Gold medal | |
Bronze medal | |
Cash prize |
Question 42 |
The Sunday times honoured Robert Lynd with _______ for his work, “Belles Letters”
Silver medal | |
Gold medal | |
Bronze medal | |
Cash prize |
Question 43 |
In which of his essay Robert Lynd takes a humorous look at the nature and effects of forgetfulness.
Belles letters | |
Forgetting | |
Binding together | |
Memory power |
Question 44 |
Who is the author of the poem Lines written in early spring?
Robert frost | |
Robert brown | |
William Wordsworth | |
H.W. Longfellow |
Question 45 |
In the poem Lines written in early spring the poet express
His love towards God | |
His love towards Nature | |
His love towards his mother | |
His love for his friends |
Question 46 |
- “I heard a thousand blended notes”
- In the poem, Lines written in early spring who heard the blended notes
Robert frost | |
Robert brown | |
William Wordsworth | |
H.W. Longfellow |
Question 47 |
“While in a grove I sate reclined,”
- What do you mean by grove?
A small house | |
Old building | |
a small area of land with a group of trees | |
a thick forest |
Question 48 |
- “Their thoughts I cannot measure”
- Whose thought cannot be measure by the author?
Human | |
Trees | |
Birds | |
Flowers |
Question 49 |
- But the least motion which they made
- It seem’d a thrill of pleasure.
- In the above sentence they refer to
Trees | |
Birds | |
Fish | |
Flowers |
Question 50 |
“If this belief from heaven be sent,”
- What does ‘heaven’ refers to?
God | |
Nature | |
Water | |
Flowers |
Question 51 |
- “And ‘tis my faith that every flower
- Enjoys the air it breathes.”
- Whose faith in mentioned in the above line?
The poet | |
Fish | |
God | |
Nature mother |
Question 52 |
- “________ spread out their fan
- To catch the breezy air”
- Fill in the blank
Flowers | |
Leaves | |
Budding twigs | |
Birds |
Question 53 |
- “Have I not reason to lament
- What Man has made of Man?”
- In the above line Lament means?
to express sorrow | |
happiness | |
emptiness | |
excitement |
Question 54 |
In the poem “Lines written in early spring” the thoughts of author is
Pleasant | |
Sad | |
Pleasant and sad | |
None of the above |
Question 55 |
- “Through primrose tufts ,in that sweet bower,”
- In the above sentence primrose is the wild plant that gives
White flowers | |
Yellow flowers | |
Purple fruits | |
Red flowers |
Question 56 |
In the poem, “Lines written in the early spring” whose soul made the author to feel bad?
God’s soul | |
Human’s soul | |
Nature’s soul | |
Flower’s soul |
Question 57 |
In the poem “Lines written in the early spring” the poet is in
Grove | |
Garden | |
Park | |
Village |
Question 58 |
In the poem “Lines written in the early spring” the poet expresses sadness because
the blended notes are jarring | |
he is worried about the destruction caused to Nature | |
Natural calamities occur frequently | |
Nature is filled with negativity |
Question 59 |
In the poem “Lines written in the early spring” the poet speaks
Man’s plan to shape destiny | |
Man seeking pleasure and riches | |
Man indulging in wars and acts of destruction | |
Man’s fear of Nature |
Question 60 |
- “To her fair works did Nature link”
- Mention the figure of speech in the above line
Simile | |
Metaphor | |
Personification | |
Irony |
Question 61 |
- “The human soul that through me ran”
- Mention the figure of speech in the above line
Simile | |
Metaphor | |
Alliteration | |
Irony |
Question 62 |
- The budding twigs spread out their fan
- To catch the breezy air;
- And I must think, do all I can,
- That there was pleasure there
- Write down the rhyme scheme of the above stanza
Aabb | |
Abcd | |
Abab | |
Abbb |
Question 63 |
- “And ‘tis my faith that every flower”
- Mention the figure of speech in the above line
Simile | |
Metaphor | |
Alliteration | |
Irony |
Question 64 |
- If this belief from heaven be sent,
- If such be Nature’s holy plan,
- Have I not reason to lament
- What Man has made of Man?
- Pick out the rhyming words
Sent – plan | |
Plan- man | |
Sent-lament | |
Man-sent |
Question 65 |
William Wordsworth belongs to
Modern era | |
Shakespeare period | |
Romantic era | |
Victoria era |
Question 66 |
William Wordsworth was known as
War poet | |
People poet | |
Nature poet | |
Romantic poet |
Question 67 |
Along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth launched the publication named
Lyrical Ballads | |
King of writings | |
Life publication | |
Lyrical words |
Question 68 |
Wordsworth was Britain’s poet Laureate from ______ until his death.
1843 | |
1856 | |
1895 | |
1867 |
Question 69 |
Among the following find the work of William Wordsworth
Daffodils | |
Solitary reaper | |
To the cuckoo | |
All the above |
Question 70 |
Among the following find the work of William Wordsworth
The tables turned | |
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey | |
To the cuckoo | |
All the above |
Question 71 |
Who is the author of the play “The First Patient”?
Robert Lynd | |
C.V. Burgess | |
Robert Brown | |
Ruskin Bond |
Question 72 |
“The First Patient” is a
Sentimental play | |
Humours play | |
Detective play | |
Romantic play |
Question 73 |
The background of the play “The First Patient” is
Church | |
Hospital | |
College | |
School |
Question 74 |
The ________ who is going to treat the patient in the play “The First Patient” is
Dentist | |
Dermatologist | |
cardiologist | |
General physician |
Question 75 |
In the play “The First Patient”, all the characters were seated in
Dentist waiting room | |
Surgery room | |
Emergency ward | |
General ward |
Question 76 |
Throughout the play, “The First Patient” who concentrates on showing her photographs?
Women 1 | |
Women 2 | |
Women 3 | |
Women 5 |
Question 77 |
The characters that belongs to the play “The First Patient” is
Men: 1 to 8 in member | |
Women: 1 to 8 in member | |
Little girl and little boy | |
All the above |
Question 78 |
“But I’ll show you some of my holiday photographs to pass the time.”
- The above line is the dialogue of which character?
Women 1 | |
Women 2 | |
Women 3 | |
Women 5 |
Question 79 |
The time period mentioned in the play “The First Patient” is
Morning | |
Evening | |
Afternoon | |
Night |
Question 80 |
Which character mentioned that it was dreadful to visit the Dentist in the morning?
Women 1 | |
Women 2 | |
Women 3 | |
Women 6 |
Question 81 |
Among the following which character belongs to the play “The First Patient”
Nurse | |
Ward boy | |
Care taker | |
Compounder |
Question 82 |
In the play, “The First Patient” all the characters were waiting for the arrival of
Dentist | |
Business man | |
Minister | |
Judge |
Question 83 |
Name the character that carried a little girl to visit the dentist?
Women 1 | |
Women 2 | |
Women 7 | |
Women 6 |
Question 84 |
What is the name of the little girl in the play, “The First Patient”?
Dolly | |
Dorothea | |
Naini | |
Mouny |
Question 85 |
- “I don’t want to see the dentist. I won’t! I won’t!”
- Name the character that refused to visit the dentist?
Little boy | |
Little girl | |
Women 4 | |
Men 6 |
Question 86 |
In the play “The First Patient” who dragged The Little Girl to her seat?
Women 6 | |
Women 7 | |
Women 8 | |
Women 3 |
Question 87 |
Who is the mother of the little girl Dorothea?
Women 6 | |
Women 7 | |
Women 8 | |
Women 2 |
Question 88 |
In the play “The First Patient” who has a rough bandage tied round the jaw?
Man 2 | |
Man 3 | |
Man 4 | |
Man 6 |
Question 89 |
“And this is one of the boarding houses at Waddling-on-sea. Our boarding house. Those are the steps I fell up. We nearly died laughing”
- Identify the character who always busy in showing her photographs?
Women 6 | |
Women 5 | |
Women 8 | |
Women 2 |
Question 90 |
In the play “The First Patient” who is holding the bandage and groaning?
Man 2 | |
Man 3 | |
Man 4 | |
Man 6 |
Question 91 |
In the play, “The First Patient” who is the first patient to went inside the surgery room to consult the dentist?
Joe | |
John | |
Dorothea | |
Dolly |
Question 92 |
In the play, “The First Patient” who accompanied Joe?
Women 6 | |
Women 1 | |
Women 8 | |
Women 2 |
Question 93 |
In the play, “The First Patient” how many women were sitting in the waiting room of the dentist?
Eight | |
Seven | |
Five | |
Four |
Question 94 |
“Could I have the first patient, please?”
- Who is the first patient to visit the dentist?
Joe | |
Women 1 | |
Dorothea | |
Women 5 |
Question 95 |
- “Now, make sure he pulls out the right one, Joe”
- Identify the character who advices the Joe?
Women 1 | |
Women 2 | |
Women 5 | |
Women 6 |
Question 96 |
In the play, “The First Patient” name the character that entered the waiting room with small boy
Women 2 | |
Women 4 | |
Women 8 | |
Women 6 |
Question 97 |
What is the name of the little boy in the play, “The First Patient”?
Johnston | |
Maurice | |
Saltpen | |
Smith |
Question 98 |
- “Good-bye, Joe, I’ll wait for you.” Who is waiting for the Joe in the waiting room?
Women 2 | |
Women 1 | |
Women 6 | |
Women 8 |
Question 99 |
- “There is no need to treat me like a baby. I’m not afraid of a dentist.”
Joe | |
Maurice | |
Dorothea | |
Dolly |
Question 100 |
- “I’m going to ask for gas. I’ll never forget the last time.”
- Identify the character who is going to take gas to get rid of pain?
Man 4 | |
Man 5 | |
Man 8 | |
Man 6 |
Question 101 |
- “I’m going to ask for gas. I’ll never forget the last time”
- What do you mean by gas?
Anaesthesia | |
Helium gas | |
Carbon di oxide | |
Oxygen |
Question 102 |
According to which character of the play it is unnatural to use gas or any other drugs.
Man 3 | |
Man 4 | |
Man 5 | |
Man 6 |
Question 103 |
- “Give me old fashioned method”
- Identify the character that needs old fashioned method
Man 3 | |
Man 4 | |
Man 5 | |
Man 6 |
Question 104 |
- “It’s one of me riding a donkey along the sands.”
- Name the character that showed her photograph of raiding a donkey.
Joe | |
Women 1 | |
Dorothea | |
Women 5 |
Question 105 |
In the play, “The First Patient” who is carrying a large hammer and goes into the hammer.
Nurse | |
Joe | |
Ward boy | |
Compounder |
Question 106 |
In the play, “The First Patient” who mentioned that Dentist can use some strange tools for surgery?
Man 3 | |
Man 5 | |
Man 7 | |
Man 4 |
Question 107 |
- “Well, if it wasn’t a hammer, I should be attending an eye specialist and not a dentist”
Man 3 | |
Man 7 | |
Man 6 | |
Man 4 |
Question 108 |
In the play, “The First Patient” the sound of hammering is heard from
Waiting room | |
Surgery room | |
Ward room | |
Intensive care unit |
Question 109 |
Why the women 1 cried in the waiting room?
She got tooth ache | |
She was beaten by women 5 | |
She thought that dentist is hitting Joe’s teeth with hammer | |
She was confused |
Question 110 |
- “I don’t like the sound of that.”
- In the above line “the sound” mentioned is
Sound of hammering | |
Sound of singing | |
Sound of crying | |
Sound of television |
Question 111 |
- “I wish you wouldn’t talk like that, with my poor Joe in there, may be writhing in agony”
- In the play “The Fist Patient” which character is worrying for Joe?
Women 2 | |
Women 1 | |
Women 4 | |
Women 5 |
Question 112 |
In the play “The First Patient” who carried a large pair of pliers and went inside the surgery.
Nurse | |
Ward boy | |
Carpenter | |
Compounder |
Question 113 |
In the play “The First Patient” who forces women 1 back into her seat?
Women 3 | |
Women 4 | |
Women 2 | |
Women 5 |
Question 114 |
- “Nothing to what they used in the old days. I heard of a chap once the roots of whose teeth were wrapped round his jaw-bone. He was five hours in the chair”
- In the play “The First Patient” who always talks about the natural way of healing used in dental?
Man 6 | |
Man 2 | |
Women 1 | |
Man 4 |
Question 115 |
The Small Boy and _______at the table start a fight about a magazine they both want.
The little girl | |
Women 8 | |
Man 7 | |
Women 6 |
Question 116 |
In the play “The First Patient” who is women 7?
Mother of the little girl | |
Mother of the little boy | |
Wife of Joe | |
Wife of man 5 |
Question 117 |
- “There should be a special waiting-room for children”
- How many children were there in the play “The First Patient”?
Three | |
Two | |
Four | |
Five |
Question 118 |
“I’ll tell you, little boy. That noise was a man having a tooth out. That’s how it’s going to sound when you have yours out, only much, much louder, because then it’ll be inside your head.”
- Who frightened the little boy about the sound of surgery room?
Man 4 | |
Man 5 | |
Man 7 | |
Man 8 |
Question 119 |
“Oh, Mummy, Mummy, take me to school! Quick, take me to school!”
- Who pleaded the mother take him/her to school?
The little boy | |
The small boy | |
Joe | |
Dolly |
Question 120 |
“I haven’t got toothache at all. I was only joking. I just wanted to get off school. Take me to school. Mummy, please.”
- Identify the speaker/character that belongs to the play “The First Patient”?
The little boy | |
The small girl | |
Joe | |
Nurse |
Question 121 |
In the play “The First Patient” who exit from the waiting room with the little boy?
Women 5 | |
Women 8 | |
Women 6 | |
Women 2 |
Question 122 |
“Do hurry, Nurse or we’ll never get this thing shift”
- Identify the speaker/character that belongs to the play “The First Patient”?
Dentist | |
The small girl | |
Joe | |
Nurse |
Question 123 |
- “Nonsense, Dorothea, you know your tooth is as black as the kitchen range. You’re only trying to get out of it”
- Who is the mother of Dorothea?
Women 5 | |
Women 6 | |
Women 7 | |
Women 8 |
Question 124 |
After hearing the howling of the Dorothea who exited from the waiting room?
Man 6 | |
Man 2 | |
Man 3 | |
Both (b) and (c) |
Question 125 |
“Surely it’s against the law for a dentist to use a saw like that.”
- In the play “The First Patient” who carried the saw and entered into the surgery room?
Nurse | |
Ward boy | |
Carpenter | |
Engineer |
Question 126 |
“So do I. Me too. Those pliers would never fit my mouth, anyway. It’s better than being murdered, anyway”
- Identify the speaker/character that belongs to the play “The First Patient”?
Women 4 | |
Women 5 | |
Joe | |
Nurse |
Question 127 |
“Don’t you want to see any more of my holiday photos?”
- In the play “The First Patient” who always shows her holiday photos?
Women 4 | |
Women 5 | |
Women 7 | |
Women 8 |
Question 128 |
“I’m fed up with this. I’m off to get someone who knows something about the job”
- Who is fed up?
Dentist | |
Nurse | |
Man 6 | |
Women 7 |
Question 129 |
After looking the Dentist’s reaction everyone left the waiting room except
Women 5 | |
Women 1 | |
Women 6 | |
Both (a) and (b) |
Question 130 |
“I tell you what, dear, you need cheering up. Here, you just have a look at my holiday photos. They’re ever so cheerful.”
- Who sat beside the women 1 and starts to cheer her?
Women 5 | |
Women 6 | |
Women 8 | |
Women 2 |
Question 131 |
In the play “The First Patient” picks out the name of women1, who worried about the Joe?
Dolly | |
Dorothea | |
Emily | |
Sweetie |
Question 132 |
In the play “The First Patient” who is Joe?
Husband of women 1 | |
Husband of women 4 | |
Father of the little boy | |
Father of the small girl |
Question 133 |
In the play “The First Patient” How did Woman 5 spend her time in the waiting hall?
Singing a song | |
Listening to the music | |
Showing her holiday photographs | |
Talking continuously with others |
Question 134 |
In the play “The First Patient” who carried the strange instruments to the surgery room?
Dentist | |
Ward boy | |
Nurse | |
Carpenter |
Question 135 |
Why the nurse carried all the strange instruments to the surgery room?
To heal the tooth of patient | |
To pick out the teeth | |
To open the cabinet of Dentist | |
To repair the fridge |
Question 136 |
In the play “The First Patient” who was more panic than the others?
Women 1 | |
Women 2 | |
Women 5 | |
Women 6 |
Question 137 |
“Not a thing and I can’t wait any longer this morning. I’ve made an appointment with him for this evening instead. The nurse gave me some pills to deaden the pain in the meantime”
- Who made an appointment in the evening to meet the Dentist?
Women 5 | |
Joe | |
Dorothea | |
Dolly |
Question 138 |
“I found it. Believe it or not, but it was under the telephone directory. What an awful waste of time!”
- In the above line –it refers to?
Keys | |
Medicine | |
Chain | |
Medical kit |
Question 139 |
In the play “The First Patient” finally who was the first patient to enter into the surgery room?
Women 5 | |
Man 4 | |
Man 2 | |
Women 6 |
Question 140 |
- “Dear me, that long queue did move quickly, didn’t it?”
- Who entered first into the dentist surgery room?
Women 3 | |
Women 6 | |
Women 5 | |
Women 7 |
Question 141 |
Christopher Victor Burgess is a
Detective play writer | |
Humorous play writer | |
Horror story writer | |
Moral story writer |
Question 142 |
Whose plays usually accommodate a number of characters?
Robert Lynd | |
C.V. Burgess | |
Robert Brown | |
Ruskin Bond |
Question 143 |
Whose plays usually accommodate a number of characters?
Robert Lynd | |
C.V. Burgess | |
Robert Brown | |
Ruskin Bond |
Question 144 |
Among the following find out the play written by Christopher Victor Burgess
Short Plays for Large Classes | |
Teach yourself Speech Training | |
Classroom Playhouse | |
All the above |
Question 145 |
So common is it that I am always reluctant to trust a departing visitor.
- Find the meaning of the underlined word/phrase
Damage | |
Willing | |
Unwilling | |
Expensive |
Question 146 |
Memories prevent them from remembering to do such small prosaic things
- Find the meaning of the underlined word/phrase
Small | |
Expensive | |
Dull | |
Attractive |
Question 147 |
A young person who is regularly involved in wrong doing.
- Substitute the above sentence with the single word
Reluctant | |
Delinquent | |
Fallible | |
Vexation |
Question 148 |
What was her vexation, however, when just before lunch her husband came
- Find the meaning of the underlined word/phrase
Worries | |
Irritation | |
Short tempered | |
Shouting loudly |
Question 149 |
A person who is tending to act strangely is know as
Eccentric | |
Delinquent | |
Fallible | |
Reluctant |
Question 150 |
he has a memory like a sieve
- Find the meaning of the underlined word/phrase
bold | |
filter | |
daring | |
shivering |
Question 151 |
_______ are two or more words with the same sound but with different spellings and meanings.
Homophones | |
Heteronyms | |
Heterophones | |
Clipped word |
Question 152 |
Nobody can say _______ there will be an improvement in the ________.
- Fill in the blanks with suitable option.
Weather, whether | |
Whether, weather | |
Both (a) and (b) | |
None of the above |
Question 153 |
_______ Words are words that are formed by dropping one or more syllables from longer words without changing the meaning.
Homophones | |
Heteronyms | |
Heterophones | |
Clipped word |
Question 154 |
The clipped word of “demarcate” is
Demo | |
Mark | |
Crate | |
Demon |
Question 155 |
‘Certain psychologists tell us that we forget things because we wish to forget them.’ Who is a psychologist?
One who studies memory power | |
One who studies the human heart | |
One who studies the human brain | |
One who studies the human mind |
Question 156 |
My brother buys a load of books at the book fair every year. He is a great lover of books and has a huge collection at home.
- He is a _________
Bibliophile | |
Psychologist | |
Pathologist | |
Linguist |
Question 157 |
The Chair person of our company keeps travelling all over the world to attend conferences and we call her a __________.
Bibliophile | |
Psychologist | |
globetrotter | |
Linguist |
Question 158 |
A person who studies the matter that constitutes the Earth is known as
Seismologist | |
Geologist | |
Linguist | |
Meteorologist |
Question 159 |
Tharini serves as interpreter at meetings between statesmen from different countries. She is also a much sought-after tour guide, as she is well versed and fluent in multiple languages.
- Tharini is a ________.
Thespian | |
Polyglot | |
Linguist | |
Optimist |
Question 160 |
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
- The above quote is said by
Robert Wilson | |
Robert brown | |
Francis Bacon | |
Francis boron |
Question 161 |
________ the allonym of the Tamil author S. Rangarajan.
Kalki | |
Sujatha | |
Ravivarma | |
Rajendra |
Question 162 |
Name the robotic dog which appeared in Sujatha’s science fiction novel “En Iniya Iyandhira”
Chitty | |
Jeno | |
Dolly | |
Sweetie |
Question 163 |
Who set the trend in sci-fi stories?
Sujatha | |
Kalki | |
Saki | |
Munro |
Question 164 |
Who played a crucial role as a playwright for various Tamil movies which have fascinated movie lovers?
Kalki | |
Sujatha | |
Ravivarma | |
Rajendra |
Question 165 |
one who specializes in lung problems is known as
dermatologist | |
neurologist | |
pulmonologist | |
cardiologist |
Question 166 |
______ is the study of fish.
Ichthyology | |
Cynology | |
Ornithology | |
Zoology |
Question 167 |
Charles Willis and E.G. O’Brien is the pen of which writer.
Charles Henry Wills | |
Peter beret hook | |
Arthur C. Clarke | |
Henry peter |
Question 168 |
An award given by UNESCO for popularising science
Kalinga prize | |
Asoka prize | |
Science excellence | |
Grammy award |
Question 169 |
Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov – these three are known as
‘Big Three’ of Science Fiction | |
The crater of science | |
The three creators of science | |
All the above |
Question 170 |
Highest Civil Honour of Sri Lanka is
Bharta lanka | |
Lankamanya | |
Srilakshana | |
Sri Lankabhimanya |
Question 171 |
The first novel of R.K.Narayan is
Malgudi Days | |
The Cherry tree | |
Swami and friends | |
The calculator |
Question 172 |
R.K. Narayan wrote the prose for which epic
Ramayana | |
Mahabharata | |
Sillapatikaram | |
Both (a) and (b) |
Question 173 |
Arthur C. Clarke is the science fiction writer of
America | |
British | |
Canada | |
France |
Question 174 |
Find the error statement
The girl and her sisters watch television everyday | |
Ravi don’t like sports | |
My classmates studies before a test | |
One of the cookies is missing |
Question 175 |
Find the error statement
A lady with ten cats lives in that big house | |
Measles is very serious | |
The committee decide when to adjourn | |
Our team is the best |
Question 176 |
The pilot flew the airplane to Bengaluru.
- Change the voice of the above statement
The airplane were flown to Bengaluru by the pilot | |
The airplane had been flown to Bengaluru by the pilot | |
The airplane was flown to Bengaluru by the pilot | |
None of the above |
Question 177 |
The monkeys ate the bananas
- Change the voice of the above statement
The bananas were eaten by the monkey | |
The bananas was eaten by the monkey | |
The bananas ate by the monkey | |
The bananas were ate by the monkey |
Question 178 |
The chain that I presented to my sister was not made of gold; it was just _______. I am suffering from a sense of _______.
Guilt, gilt | |
Gilt, guilt | |
Galt, guilt | |
Guilt, galt |
Question 179 |
Richard Burton was a gifted theatre artist. He donned several roles with ease and is especially famous for the Shakespearean parts he played on stage. Mr. Burton is a born __________.
Thespian | |
Sadist | |
Polyglot | |
Optimist |
Question 180 |
The Chairman of this concern seems to derive pleasure from inflicting pain on others. He humiliates and hurts his subordinates for no reason. He is a real __________.
sadist | |
Sadist | |
Polyglot | |
Optimist |
Question 181 |
Antony has the amazing ability to use both his hands, equally well. He can write, draw and perform various other tasks with equal speed and efficiency with his left as well as his right hand. Antony is ___________.
sadist | |
Polyglot | |
Ambidextrous | |
Optimist |
Question 182 |
Who is the author of the poem “To Autumn”?
William Wordsworth | |
William Blake | |
Robert Frost | |
Robert Brown |
Question 183 |
Who is the author of the poem “Summer Sun”?
William Wordsworth | |
Robert Louis Stevenson | |
Robert Frost | |
Robert Brown |
Question 184 |
I wish you wouldn’t talk like that, with my poor Joe in there, may be writhing in agony.
- Find the meaning of the underlined word
twisting the body from side to side | |
a very funny thing | |
severe pain | |
being sad and silent |
Question 185 |
one who treats diseases and disorders of the nervous system
dermatologist | |
neurologist | |
pulmonologist | |
cardiologist |
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