English Part-II Graduation (Senior Teacher) MCQ Practice

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1A speaker says, "How generous the storm has been: it has returned every roof to the sky." The surrounding poem describes a flood that has destroyed a village. Which appreciation best explains the dominant device?

A Verbal irony, because the apparent compliment to the storm is contradicted by the destructive context.

B Pathetic fallacy, because the storm is literally given a human legal identity.

C Objective narration, because the line avoids figurative language and reports only visible facts.

D Pastoral idealisation, because rural life is represented as harmonious and protected.

2Read the passage and answer the question: The speaker began with a firm complaint about careless reading. Yet, instead of scolding the class, she showed how a single misplaced comma could change the tone of a sentence. By the end, even reluctant students were marking punctuation with interest. What is the central idea of the passage?

A Students learn punctuation only when they are punished for mistakes.

B A concrete example can turn a dry language point into an engaging lesson.

C Punctuation is less important than the general tone of a classroom.

D A lecture on grammar must begin with praise rather than complaint.

3Which sentence below has as its constituent parts - SVOC ?

A No one can consider her pretty.

B The police chased the thief all afternoon.

C Have they paid you the money ?

D I need at least two weeks to finish the job.

4The lines 'The weary wind went wandering westward' chiefly illustrate which device?

A Alliteration

B Irony

C Metonymy

D Hyperbole

5Which feature is most suitable for identifying Jacobean drama in an introductory period question?

A Strict heroic couplets and polished verse satire

B A darker tragic mood, revenge plots and dramatists such as John Webster

C The pastoral celebration of childhood innocence

D Fragmented stream-of-consciousness narration in the novel

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