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Prose: The portrait of a lady

1) Who is the author of the short story “The portrait of a lady”?

a) Rudyard Kipling

b) Ruskin bond

c) Savitha raj

d) Khushwant Singh

2) In the short story, “The portrait of a lady” who was portrayed by the author?

a) His mother

b) His grandmother

c) His friend

d) Hi cousin

3) The short story “The portrait of a lady” brings out the bond between the author and his

a) Mother

b) Father

c) Grandmother

d) Sister

4) Who is the narrator of the story “The portrait of a lady”?

a) Khushwant Singh

b) Grandmother

c) Little sparrow

d) Military officer

5) How many years Khushwant Singh noticed that her grandmother looked old and wrinkled?

a) Ten years

b) Fifteen years

c) Twenty years

d) Thirty years

6) In the story “The portrait of a lady” who was pretty in her young age

a) The author

b) Grandmother

c) Mother

d) School teacher

7) Which is hard to believe for the author?

a) Her grandmother is educated

b) Her grandmother cooks well

c) Her grandmother had a husband

d) Her grandmother knows dancing

8) The portrait of Khushwant Singh’s grandfather was hung in

a) Dressing room

b) Prayer room

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c) Kitchen

d) Drawing room

9) Whose portrait was hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room?

a) Father

b) Grandmother

c) Grandfather

d) Mother

10) In the short story “The portrait of a lady” who wore big turban and loose fitting clothes?

a) Grandfather

b) Father

c) School principal

d) Author’s friend

11) In the story “The portrait of a lady” whose white beard covered the part of the chest?

a) Father

b) Police officer

c) Grandfather

d) The author

12) In the portrait the author’s grandfather looked at least ______

a) 50 years old

b) 70 years old

c) 85 years old

d) 100 years old

13) Find out the correct statement which matches the look of author’s grandfather

a) He looks like person who had wife

b) He looks like person who had lots of friends

c) He looks like person who had children

d) He looks like person who have lots of grandchildren

14) What thought was revolting around the author in his childhood?

a) How to get first mark

b) Cycling in the hilly side

c) Once Grandmother had been young and pretty

d) Collecting stamps

15) “She often told us of the games she used to play as a child”

Who used to tell this to author?

a) Mother

b) Grandmother

c) Sister

d) Teacher

16) What seems like fables of the prophets to the author?

a) School lecture

b) Listening story of his mother




c) Grandmother narrating the games she used to play in her childhood

d) Advice of his father

17) Find the below statement which express the appearance of author’s grandmother

a) Fat, short and slightly bent

b) Thin, short and straight

c) Fat, tall and slightly bent

d) Fat, tall and straight

18) In the short story “The portrait of a lady” who has never grown older?

a) Author

b) Grandfather

c) Grandmother

d) Sister

19) In the short story “The portrait of a lady” who had stayed at same age for twenty years?

a) Grandmother

b) Grandfather

c) Mother

d) Father

20) As per Khushwant Singh, the author of “The portrait of a lady” who is always beautiful?

a) His mother

b) His sister

c) His wife

d) His grandmother

21) What coloured dress was worn by author’s grandmother?

a) Black

b) Pink

c) White

d) Red

22) The author of the story “The portrait of a lady” had a good friendship with

a) His mother

b) His classmate

c) His grandmother

d) His father

23) The parents of Khushwant Singh left him with his grandmother and went to

a) Himalayas

b) Malaysia

c) City

d) Village

24) Who is used to hobble around the home of Khushwant Singh?

a) Friends

b) Birds

c) His grandmother




d) His mother

25) Why author’s grandmother constantly moves her lips?

a) Due to aging problem

b) She sings a song in low tune

c) She talk with herself

d) She recites inaudible prayer

26) As per Khushwant Singh which was like the winter landscape in the mountain?

a) His grandmother

b) Snow lake

c) Top of the hill

d) Ice-cream

27) Who used to make the author get ready for the school?

a) His mother

b) His maid

c) His elder sister

d) His grandmother

28) Who used to sing a morning prayer in a monotonous sing-song voice?

a) The author

b) Grandmother

c) Grandfather

d) Mother

29) Who used to wash the wooden slate of the author?

a) The author

b) Grandmother

c) Grandfather

d) Mother

30) Grandmother used to give ________ to author for breakfast.

a) Idly

b) Dosa

c) Sandwich

d) Chapatti

31) Describe the texture of Chapatti prepared by Khushwant Singh’s grandmother.

a) Thick and stale

b) Thin and soft

c) Thick and fluffy

d) Thin and moist

32) Why grandmother used to carry chapattis with her?

a) She give chapattis to poor

b) She give chapattis to author’s friends

c) She carry for her need

d) She carry for street dogs




33) Why grandmother did go to school with the author?

a) She loves to walk

b) Her friend’s home is near to school

c) Temple is attached to school

d) Library in nearer to school

34) Grandmother always has _____ in her hand.

a) Keys

b) Mobile phone

c) Book

d) rosary

35) Who taught the alphabets and the Morning Prayer to the author?

a) Grandmother

b) Priest

c) Mother

d) School teacher

36) “I loved her voice but never bothered to learn it”

Whose voice is loved by Khushwant Singh the author of the story, “The portrait of a lady”?

a) Father

b) Grandmother

c) Mother

d) Sister

37) Grandmother of Khushwant Singh used to throw Chapattis to

a) Birds

b) Sparrow

c) Village dogs

d) Linnet

38) Which is the turning point in the friendship of author and his grandmother?

a) Accident occurred to author

b) Both shifted to a city where the parents settled

c) Author went to abroad

d) Author admitted to residential school

39) Who no longer came to the school of author?

a) Grandmother

b) Father

c) Sister

d) Bother

40) Khushwant Singh used to go to school in

a) Motor cycle

b) Motor bus

c) Motor car

d) By walk




41) In the city author’s grandmother used to feed

a) Dogs

b) Cats

c) Sparrows

d) Crows

42) What made grandmother unhappy?

a) She couldn’t help the author with his lessons

b) No temple in city

c) She hated the flat

d) Culture of the city

43) Who shares the room of the author?

a) His brother

b) His friend

c) His grandmother

d) His cousin

44) When the author was given with separate room?

a) After his schooling

b) During his education in university

c) After the death of his grandmother

d) After his fight with grandmother

45) “The common link of friendship was snapped”

The author’s friendship with whom was snapped

a) His mother

b) His friend

c) His grandmother

d) His father

46) How the grandmother relaxed herself in the afternoon?

a) By having a deep sleep

b) By Feeding the sparrow

c) By reciting the prayers

d) By doing yoga

47) “She smiled but never shooed them away”

The grandmother never shooed the

a) Author

b) Dogs

c) Cats

d) Birds

48) What was the happiest time of the day for grandmother?

a) Visiting the temple

b) Evening walk

c) Watering the plants




d) Feeding the sparrows

49) What was the reaction of the grandmother, the moment author went to abroad for studies?

a) She cried

b) She refused to take food

c) She did not showed any emotion

d) She felt ill

50) Grandmother came to _______ to leave the author

a) Airport

b) Railway station

c) Bus junction

d) Harbour

51) In the short story “The portrait of a lady” who accepted the isolation with resignation?

a) Father

b) Mother

c) Grandfather

d) Grandmother

52) “Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary”

The above line describes which character

a) The author

b) Author’s grandmother

c) Author’s father

d) Author’s mother

53) After how many years author came to his home town?

a) Six years

b) Five years

c) Seven years

d) Eight years

54) “I left I cherished the moist imprint as perhaps the last sign of physical contact between us”

The above implies the last physical contact between the author and his?

a) Mother

b) Sister

c) Grandmother

d) Father

55) Author’s grandmother collected the neighbourhood women and sing the song of

a) Lord Krishna

b) Meera bai

c) Home coming warriors

d) Lord Shiva

56) “I came back home and was met by her at the station. She did not look a day older. “

Who doesn’t look a day older?

a) The author




b) Father

c) Mother

d) Grandmother

57) What was the happiest moment for grandmother after the arrival of author?

a) Talking with the author

b) Preparing food for the author

c) Feeding the sparrows

d) Telling stories to the author

58) What is the sudden change spotted in the grandmother’s routine?

a) She stopped feeding to sparrows

b) She went to temple

c) She did not pray

d) She collected the flowers

59) The grandmother collected the women of the neighbourhood _______

a) Started a cookery class

b) Played veena

c) She started to sing a song by playing the drum

d) She went to temple

60) Which act overstrained the grandmother of the author?

a) Talking for a long time

b) Praying continuously

c) Started to sing by playing drum

d) Went to temple by walk in rain

61) “But my grandmother thought differently.”

What was the grandmother’s thought?

a) She want to collect old coins

b) She thought her end was near

c) She had a thought of going to pilgrimage

d) She thought of preparing food for all

62) What felt from the lifeless fingers of the grandmother?

a) Money

b) Old coins

c) Gold chain

d) Rosary

63) “We protested. But she ignored our protests.”

Who ignored the protest of the author’s family?

a) Father

b) Grandmother

c) An army officer

d) Neighbourhood lady

64) Who came to the funeral of author’s grandmother?




a) Street dogs

b) Priest

c) Cats

d) Sparrows

65) In the short story, “The portrait of a lady” whose corpse was covered with red colour shroud?

a) Mother

b) Father

c) Grandmother

d) Grandfather

66) Who feed little crumbs to the sparrows after the death of grandmother?

a) The author

b) Author’s mother

c) Author’s father

d) Neighbourhood lady

67) “When we carried my grandmother’s corpse off, they flew away quietly.”

Who flew away quietly?

a) Parrot

b) Sparrows

c) Crows

d) Doves

68) Who played a vital role in formative years of the author Khushwant Singh?

a) Father

b) Grandmother

c) School friends

d) Cousin

69) Nationality of Khushwant Singh

a) Indian

b) American

c) Pakistani

d) Srilanka

70) Khushwant Singh was a

a) Doctor

b) Lawyer

c) News paper editor

d) Teacher

71) Khushwant Singh did his higher studies in

a) America

b) London

c) Japan

d) China

72) Khushwant Singh joined in




a) Indian Army

b) Indian Navy

c) Indian Foreign Service

d) Indian Forest Service

73) Which year Khushwant Singh joined in Indian Foreign Service?

a) 1967

b) 1956

c) 1947

d) 1952

74) Which year Khushwant Singh was awarded with Padma Bhusan?

a) 1953

b) 1974

c) 1980

d) 1986

75) Khushwant Singh was

a) Padma Bhusan awardee

b) Padma Shri awardee

c) Padma Shri and Padma Bhusan awardee

d) Padma Bhusan and Padma Vibhusan awardee

76) Among the following find the works of Khushwant Singh

a) We Indians

b) Death at my doorstep

c) A history of Sikhs

d) All the above

77) Khushwant Singh received fellowship of

a) Sahitya academy

b) Kalashatra

c) University of madras

d) Indian forest service

78) “The Mark of Vishnu” was the renowned work of

a) Savitha raj

b) Khushwant Singh

c) Tamer shah

d) Ruskin bond

79) “The train to Pakistan “ was the renowned work of

a) Savitha raj

b) Khushwant Singh

c) Tamer shah

d) Ruskin bond

80) As a writer Khushwant Singh was well known for his

a) Secularism




b) Sarcasm

c) Love for poetry

d) All the above

Poem: Once Upon a Time

81) Who is the author of the poem

a) Barrack Obama

b) Nelson Mandela

c) Gabriel Okara

d) Robert Frost

82) What kind of poem is “Once upon a Time”?

a) Descriptive dialogue

b) Narrative monologue

c) Narrative dialogue

d) Rhythmic orientation

83) What is the mind-set of poet of the poem “Once upon a Time”?

a) Happy

b) Painful

c) Jealous

d) Confuses state

84) In the poem “Once upon a Time” the poet condemns

a) Racial discrimination

b) Failure of farmers

c) Duplicity displayed the adults

d) Unequal opportunity

85) As per the author of the poem “Once upon a Time” negative changes that creeps into

a) Society

b) Nation

c) Behaviour of humans

d) Growth of the nation

86) In the poem “Once upon a Time” who laments the negative changes that creeps into the attitude

a) Father

b) Teacher

c) Mother

d) Friend

87) When people laugh their honesty reflected in their

a) Eyes

b) Mouth

c) Speech

d) Mannerism

88) As per the author of the poem the laugh of modern people is

a) Genuine




b) Superficial

c) Breathtaking

d) Appreciable

89) In the poem “Once upon a Time” who warns the son that people are not trust-worthy?

a) Father

b) Mother

c) Teacher

d) Friend

90) As per author of the poem “Once upon a Time” _______ words comes only from the tip of the

tongue.

a) Welcome

b) Bad

c) Selfish

d) Encouraging

91) The author of the poem ” Once upon a Time” mentioned the art learned by human is

a) Art of being happy

b) Art of learning laughing therapy

c) Art of handling the situation

d) At of changing the facial expression

92) In the poem “Once upon a Time” who wear mask and exhibit multiple faces?

a) The poet

b) Humans

c) Animals

d) Witch

93) In the poem “Once upon a Time” the author wants to became

a) Birds

b) Beautiful linnet

c) Child

d) Old man

94) “But now they only laugh with their teeth”

Who are ‘they’?

a) Olden days man

b) Modern man

c) Child

d) Witch

95) “They used to laugh with their hearts

And laugh with their eyes:”

Who laugh with their hearts and eyes?

a) Modern man

b) Man in olden days

c) Child




d) God

96) “But now they only laugh with their teeth

While their ice-block-cold eyes”

Explain the phrase ice-block-cold eyes

a) Eye lacking a feel of warmth

b) Eyes covered with snow

c) Eyes of an Negros

d) Eyes of the newly born baby

97) “While their ice-block-cold eyes”

Find the figure of speech

a) Metaphor

b) Personification

c) Simile

d) Irony

98) “But that’s gone, son

Now they shake hands without hearts”

Who are ‘they ‘refer to?

a) Olden days man

b) Modern man

c) Child

d) Witch

99) “While their left hands search

My empty pockets”

Whose hands search the empty pocket of the author?

a) Olden days man

b) Modern man

c) Child

d) Witch

100) “While their left hands search

My empty pockets”

The above sentence implies

a) Modern man evaluates one’s worth

b) Olden days man spend lots of money

c) Son of the poet searches for money

d) The poet have lots of money in the pocket

101) “For then I find doors shut on me.”

Who shut down the door?

a) Olden days man

b) Modern man

c) Child

d) Witch




102) In the poem “Once upon a time” who learned to wear faces like dress?

a) The speaker

b) The son

c) Modern man

d) Olden days man

103) “Cocktail face, with all their conforming smiles”

What do you mean by cocktail face?

a) face showing mixed emotions

b) face lack of emotion

c) face of a person in bar

d) face of a drunken person

104) “with all their conforming smiles

Like a fixed portrait smile”

What do you mean by portrait smile?

a) Fixed smile for all occasion

b) Energetic smile

c) Attractive smile

d) Smiling for photo shoot

105) “And I have learned too

To laugh with only my teeth”

Who had learned to laugh only with teeth?

a) The speaker of the poem

b) Modern man

c) Child

d) God

106) “Like dresses – home face

Office face, street face, host face”

Mention the figure of speech in the above sentence

a) Metaphor

b) Simile

c) Personification

d) Alliteration

107) “Like a fixed portrait smile”


a) Metaphor

b) Simile

c) Personification

d) Alliteration

108) “And shake hands without my heart”


a) Metaphor




b) Simile

c) Personification

d) Alliteration

109) In the poem “Once upon a time” the speaker addresses

a) World

b) His son

c) God

d) Water

110) “Shows only my teeth like a snake’s bare fangs!”


a) Metaphor

b) Simile

c) Personification

d) Alliteration

111) In the poem “Once upon a time” the speaker was like whom in once upon a time?

a) His mother

b) His son

c) His friend

d) His father

112) I have also learned to say “Goodbye”

When I mean “Good-riddance”:

What do you mean by good radiance?

a) expression of relief

b) bright face

c) a face with confidence

d) matured thinking

113) At home, once, twice

There will be no thrice –

Find the rhyming word in the above line

a) Twice-thrice

b) Once-thrice

c) Once-twice

d) None of the above

114) Shows only my teeth like a snake’s bare fangs!

What do you mean by fangs?

a) Teeth of venomous snake

b) Skin of snake

c) Head of a snake

d) Poison secreted by snake

115) “Shows only my teeth like a snake’s bare fangs!”

Who is decided to show the teeth just like snake?




a) The speaker

b) The son

c) The god

d) The witch

116) In the poem “once upon a time” what is the relationship between the narrator and the

listener?

a) Father and son

b) Mother and daughter

c) Father and daughter

d) Strangers

117) Gabriel Okara born in which year

a) 1920

b) 1921

c) 1922

d) 1934

118) Nationality of Gabriel Okara is

a) American

b) Nigerian

c) South African

d) Asian

119) Which poem of Gabriel Okara had won the best award for Literature at the Nigerian

Festival of Arts in 1953?

a) Once upon a time

b) We are born to win

c) The Call of the River Nun


120) Which year Gabriel Okara established himself as accomplished writer?

a) 1950

b) 1960

c) 1977

d) 1980

121) The first novel of Gabriel Okara is

a) Once upon a time


c) The call of the River Nun

d) The voice

122) Name the work of Gabriel Okara which includes his poem collection

a) The Fisherman’s Invocation

b) Once upon a time

c) We are born to win

d) The call of the River Nun




123) Name the child story book written by Gabriel Okara?

a) Once upon a time


c) The call of the River Nun

d) Little Snake and Little Frog

124) An Adventure to Juju Island is the book of Gabriel Okara published in which year

a) 1990

b) 1991

c) 1992

d) 1993

125) Whose poems were published in the influential periodical Black Orpheus?

a) Ruskin Bond

b) Gabriel Okara

c) Nelson Mandela

d) Rudyard Kipling

126) Gabriel Okara honoured with ______ award.

a) American society

b) Writer of the decade

c) Common wealth poetry

d) Knighthood

127) In the poem “Once upon a time” what is the reaction of the modern people if someone

knocked the door thrice?

a) They welcome the guest

b) They shut the door

c) They became happy

d) They won’t talk

128) In the poem “once upon a time” the speaker wants to learn _____ from his son

a) How to be happy

b) How to laugh

c) How to do maths

d) How to control mind

129) Which year Gabriel Okara collection of poem was published?

a) 1956

b) 1978

c) 1989

d) 1990

130) In the poem “Once upon a time” the author wants to relearn?

a) How to laugh

b) How to earn money

c) How to be happy

d) How to be genuine




131) In the poem “Once upon a time” who wants to shed falsehood and regain true ways as a

child.

a) A father

b) A framer

c) A teacher

d) God

Supplementary: After twenty years

132) Who is the writer of story “After twenty years”?

a) O. Henry

b) Tagore

c) Ruskin Bond

d) Rudyard Kipling

133) The story “After twenty years” is about.

a) A couple

b) Two friends

c) Army officers

d) Forced labour

134) In the short story of O. Henry how many years ago two friends fixed an appointment.

a) Ten years

b) Twenty years

c) Thirty years

d) Fifteen years

135) The short story “After twenty years” was set out in which city

a) New York

b) France

c) Rome

d) Russia

136) Nationality of the short story “After twenty years” is

a) America

b) Britain

c) China

d) India

137) Who is the narrator of the story “After twenty years”?

a) O. Henry

b) Jimmy Wells

c) Bob

d) The policeman

138) In the short story “After twenty years” who made an impressive move on the beat?

a) Bob

b) O. Henry




c) The policeman

d) An Army officer

139) In the short story “After twenty years” the incident occurred at ______

a) 10 o’ clock

b) 12 o’ clock

c) 6 o’ clock

d) 7 o’ clock

140) Mention time period of occurrence of the incident in the short story “After twenty years”

a) Moring

b) Evening

c) Noon

d) Night

141) “The impressiveness was habitual and not for show”

Whose impressiveness is habitual?

a) O. Henry

b) Bob

c) The policeman

d) An Army officer

142) “Made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace”

The above line describes whom?

a) The policeman

b) Bob

c) An Army officer

d) O. Henry

143) Which blocked the Policeman suddenly in midway to slow down his walk?

a) The sewage

b) An attractive clock shop

c) An car accident

d) A man leaned on a store

144) The man noticed by the policeman leaned on _____ store.

a) Cigar store

b) Clock store

c) Hardware store

d) Electrical store

145) “A man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth”

From the above line find out the character who belongs to the short story “After twenty years”

a) Bob

b) Jimmy Wells

c) The policeman

d) An army officer

146) “As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly”




Name the man who spoke up when the policeman walked towards him.

a) Bob

b) Jimmy wells

c) O. Henry

d) An army officer

147) In the short story “After twenty years”, who is waiting for the friend in hardware store?

a) Bob

b) Jimmy wells

c) O. Henry

d) An army officer

148) “It’s an appointment made twenty years ago.”

In the above line an appointment was made by

a) Two friends

b) A couple

c) An army officer

d) A group of business people

149) Once there was a ________ is situated in the place of hardware store.

a) Bar

b) Club

c) Hotel

d) Restaurant

150) In the short story “After Twenty years” two friends made an appointment in

a) The Temple

b) The church

c) Coffee shop

d) The restaurant

151) Name the restaurant where two friends were made an appointment?

a) Big Joe’ Brady’s restaurant

b) John’s coffee house

c) McDowell’s house

d) Victoria inn

152) In the short story “After twenty years” the appointment fixed by two friends is

a) To meet each other after twenty years in the same place and at the same time

b) To meet each other after twenty years in the same place with lots of money

c) To meet each other after twenty years in the same place with varies novels and books

d) To meet each other after twenty years in the same place and at the same time with the money

earned by both.

153) “The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar.”

Identify the character that belongs to the short story “After twenty years”.

a) Bob

b) Jimmy wells




c) O. Henry

d) An army officer

154) In the short story “After twenty years” identify the character that have a little white scar

near his right eyebrow.

a) Jimmy wells

b) O. Henry

c) Bob

d) The policeman

155) In the short story “After twenty years” the scarf pin of Bob was made up of

a) Pearl

b) Gold

c) Diamond

d) Platinum

156) In the short story “After twenty years” who narrated the appearance of Bob?

a) The policeman

b) An army officer

c) The shop owner

d) Cigar shop employee

157) “I dined here at Big Joe Brady’s with Jimmy Wells”

Who dined with Jimmy Wells in Big Joe Brady’s restaurant before twenty years?

a) Bob

b) The police man’

c) An army officer

d) Cigar shop owner

158) In the short story “After twenty years” two friends were raised together in

a) London

b) Marry land

c) New York

d) Spain

159) ______ was eighteen years old when they had their last meeting in Big Joe Brady’s

restaurant.

a) Jimmy

b) Bob

c) O. Henry

d) An army officer

160) Jimmy was ______ years old before the two friends decided to move apart.

a) Sixteen

b) Twenty

c) Seventeen

d) Twenty two




161) In the short story “After twenty years” who went to western side to look after his live

hood?

a) Jimmy

b) Bob

c) O. Henry

d) An army officer

162) “He thought it was the only place on earth”

In the above line ‘He’ refers to whom?

a) Bob

b) Jimmy

c) An army officer

d) Cigar shop owner

163) “He thought it was the only place on earth.”

In the above sentence from the short story “After twenty years” – ‘it’ refers to which place on earth.

a) London

b) Japan

c) Western countries

d) New York

164) “It sounds pretty interesting,”

Identify the character which belongs to short story “After Twenty years”

a) Bob

b) The policeman

c) An army officer

d) Cigar shop owner

165) According to Bob which is the big proposition?

a) North

b) South

c) East

d) West

166) In the shirt story “After twenty years” who came from thousand miles to meet Jimmy?

a) Bob

b) The policeman

c) An army officer

d) Cigar shop owner

167) “The waiting man pulled out a handsome watch”

Who is the waiting man referred in the above sentence.

a) Bob

b) Jimmy

c) The policeman

d) An army officer

168) In the short story “After twenty years” two friends were parted exactly at what time?




a) 9o’ clock

b) 10o’ clock

c) 11o’ clock

d) 12’o clock

169) “Three minutes to ten”

Who announced the time?

a) Bob

b) The policeman

c) An army officer

d) Cigar shop owner

170) “I’ll give him half an hour at least”

Bob decided to give hour an hour for whose arrival?

a) Jimmy

b) The policeman

c) An army officer

d) Cigar shop owner

171) “If ______ is alive on earth he’ll be here by that time”

Fill in the blank with the character that belongs to the short story “After twenty years”.

a) Jimmy

b) Bob

c) The policeman

d) An army officer

172) In the short story “After twenty years”, who is the man from west?

a) Bob

b) Jimmy Wells

c) The policeman

d) An army officer

173) “Oh, I grew a bit after I was twenty”


a) Bob

b) Jimmy wells

c) The tall man

d) An army officer

174) Who told to Bob that he have one position in city apartment?

a) Jimmy Wells

b) The tall man

c) The policeman

d) An army officer

175) “The man from the West, his egotism enlarged by success”

Whose egotism was enlarged by success?

a) Bob




b) Jimmy

c) The tall man

d) An army officer

176) “Time cannot change a man’s nose from Roman to pug”

The above sentence is taken from the short story

a) Two leaf

b) After twenty years

c) Gift of magi

d) Two friends

177) “It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one”


a) Bob

b) Jimmy wells

c) The tall man

d) An army officer

178) Who arrested bob?

a) The tall man

b) The policeman

c) An army officer

d) Cigar shop owner

179) In the short story “After twenty years” Jimmy Wells was actually

a) The Tall man

b) The Policeman

c) The Army officer

d) Cigar shop owner

180) In the short story “After twenty years” from where a telegraphic message dropped about

Bob?

a) Canada

b) Chicago

c) Marry land

d) New jersey

181) Who gave a piece of little paper to Bob?

a) The tall man

b) An army officer

c) A cigar shop owner


182) In the short story “After twenty years” who is the patrolman?

a) Jimmy wells

b) Bob


d) The tall man




183) Who is the best friend of Bob?

a) Jimmy wells

b) Bob


d) The tall man

184) In the short story “After twenty years” who arrested Bob by sending a tall man?

a) Jimmy wells

b) An army officer

c) Hardware store owner

d) A cigar shop owner

185) Nationality of O. Henry is

a) America

b) Russia

c) France

d) Britain

186) The original name of O. Henry

a) William Sydney Porter

b) William Peter

c) Jimmy Wells

d) Sydney Walker

187) How many short stories were written by O. Henry?

a) 250

b) 260

c) 382

d) 381

188) Whose short story always have unexpected twist in the end?

a) Ruskin Bond

b) Rudyard Kipling

c) James wells

d) O. Henry

189) The short story “After twenty years” was first published in

a) New time magazine

b) New York world

c) Times now

d) Sunday times

190) From the following find the work of O. Henry

a) The Gift of the Magi

b) A Retrieved Reformation

c) The Third Ingredient.

d) All the above

191) Find out the meaning of the phrase that belongs to the short story “After twenty years”.




On the beat

a) moving around hitting every one with a stick

b) on duty walking around the assigned area

c) marching with his heart beating fast

d) dancing for the song


A guardian of peace

a) Watch man

b) An Officer

c) A Policeman

d) A holy man


Arm in arm

a) with arms linked together

b) with weapons in hands

c) with handcuffs on wrists

d) with diamond watch on waist


Plainclothes man

a) a man who wears simple clothes for grand occasions

b) a policeman in civilian clothes while on duty

c) a cine artist in ordinary costumes

d) a man with simple costumes

195) The story “The Ransom of Red Chief” is written by

a) O. Henry

b) Saki

c) William Henry

d) Charles Wilson

196) In which anthology the short story “After twenty years” was included

a) The hundred dollar

b) Stories for all

c) The four million

d) End point

197) The works of William Sydney Porter romanticized the life of ordinary people in

______ City.

a) Burma

b) New York

c) Spain

d) Melbourne

198) For _____ magazine O .Henry wrote a story almost over a year.

a) The New York world Sunday Magazine




b) The New York world for all

c) The world Sunday Magazine

d) The times now Sunday Magazine

199) In which years prolific writing of O. Henry was began

a) 1902

b) 1904

c) 1905

d) 1906

200) ‘ The Third intelligent’ was the story written by

a) O. Henry

b) Saki

c) William Henry

d) Charles Wilson

Grammar:

201) Choose the correct antonyms for the given word.

Moist

a) Marshy

b) Arid

c) Slimy

d) Sultry

202) Find the suitable word to form a compound word.

Mantle

a) Piece

b) Proof

c) Knob

d) Hive

203) Whom she fed longer and with frivolous rebukes.

Find the suitable meaning for the underlined word.

a) Interest

b) Work

c) Scolding

d) Pain

204) Dilapidated drum and sang of the homecoming of warriors

Find the suitable meaning for the underlined word.

a) Damaged

b) Hard

c) New

d) Heavy

205) She hobbled about the house in spotless white

Find the meaning of the underlined word.




a) Running

b) Walked steadily

c) Walked unsteadily

d) Walked in a zigzag manner

206) Find the suitable word to form a compound word.

Bee

a) Hive

b) House

c) Free

d) Proof

207) Words that are derived or formed from the base word by adding prefixes and suffixes are

called _______.

a) Additive

b) Derivatives

c) Substitutes

d) Immersive

208) Turtles should be ___________ in a healthy environment.

Fill in blank with suitable homophones.

a) Bread

b) Bred

c) Waist

d) Waste

209) These medicines will ___________ your pain.

Finally, the manager learnt ___________ the hard way.

Fill in the blanks with suitable homophones

a) Lesson, lessen

b) Lessen, lesson

c) Less, more

d) Less, lesson

210) The child looks very sick and___________.

I need a ___________ of water to wash these cups.

Fill in the blanks with suitable homophones

a) Pail, pale

b) Pale, pail

c) Tan, pail

d) Pail, tan

211) Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners.

They came early but there was____________ work to do.

a) Little

b) A little

c) None




d) All

212) Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners.

The teacher gave __________student a separate topic for the assignment.

a) All

b) Every

c) That

d) One

213) Who is the author of the poem “Rock me sleep”?

a) Elizabeth Beret Browning

b) Elizabeth Akers Allen

c) Annie Louisa Walker

d) Ruskin Bond

214) In the poem “Rock me sleep” who longs to become a child once again

a) Women

b) Men

c) Father

d) Grandmother

215) Choose the correct antonym for the given word.

Monotonous

a) Interesting

b) Tiresome

c) Fragrant

d) Satisfying

216) Name the American writer whose novel is titled as “The portrait of a lady”.

a) Henry Walt

b) Henry James

c) James Wilson

d) Robert Brown

217) Laughter yoga is also known as

a) Astra yoga

b) Vayu yoga

c) Hasya yoga


218) ________ is an excellent way to reduce stress in our lives.

a) Laughing

b) Eating

c) Reading books

d) Running

219) _______ is the practise involving prolonged voluntary laughter.

a) Laughter yoga

b) Laughter exercise




c) Laughter method

d) Laughing happily

220) Laughter yoga is made as exercise routine by

a) Madhan Kumar

b) James Priyan

c) Madan Kataria

d) Vasudev

221) Who is Madan Kataria?

a) Indian chemist

b) Indian physician

c) Indian scientist

d) Indian novelist

222) ‘Laugh for no reason’ a book on laughter therapy is written by

a) Madhan Kumar

b) James Priyan

c) Madan Kataria

d) Vasudev

223) Which year the book ‘Laugh for no reason’ was written?

a) 2001

b) 2002

c) 2003

d) 2004

224) The poem ’Father’ was written by

a) Robert Brown

b) Edger Albert Guest

c) Robert Frost

d) William words worth

225) The soldiers had to pass______ a dark tunnel.

Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition.

a) To

b) In

c) Through

d) Away

226) The officer, with his stalwart form.


a) Tall and smart

b) Very attractive

c) Short person

d) Physically strong

227) A man gets in a groove in New York.





a) House

b) Old building

c) Dull routine

d) Small box

228) Fill in the blanks with suitable option.

The ______ was covered with a shroud.

a) Corps

b) Corpse

c) Water

d) Tree

229) Many intricate and artful movements.

Find the meaning of the underlined word or phrase.

a) Fast

b) Slow

c) Complicate

d) Attractive

230) He was a kind of plodder.

What do you mean by plodder?

a) one who toils slowly but steadily

b) walk in a confident way

c) one who loves to help other

d) one who always busy with his business


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