Directions (Q1-4): Read the given poem and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.
A Coffin- is a small Domain,
Yet able to contain
A Citizen of Paradise
In its diminished Plane.
A Grave- is a restricted Breadth- Line5
Yet ampler than the Sun-
And all the Seas He populates
And Lands He looks upon
To Him who on its small Repose
Bestows a single Friend- Line 10
Circumference without Relief-
Or Estimate- or End-
– Emily Dickinson
Q1. The main opposition in the poem is between the
(a) Bounded and the limitless
(b) Religious and the secular
(c) Past and the present
(d) Mind and the body
Q2. The stanzas exemplify
(a) Litotes
(b) Paradox
(c) Apostrophe
(d) Synesthesia
Q3. In line ‘9’, “Him” refers to
(a) A Citizen of Paradise
(b) The Sun
(c) One whose friend has died
(d) God
Q4. The word “Breadth” is
(a) Adjective
(b) Noun
(c) Verbs
(d) Preposition
Directions (Q5-7): Choose the correct alternative and fill in the blank in the following sentences.
Q5. They ___________ asked to give opinion in their own words.
(a) may be
(b) could be
(c) might
(d) have being
Q6. The telephone _____ several times before I answered it.
(a) was ringing
(b) has rung
(c) had rung
(d) would ring
Q7. He’s not happy because his brother_____ his computer.
(a) Using
(b) Doesn’t use
(c) Has used
(d) Will use
Q8. Correct the bold word.
The small child does whatever his father WAS DONE.
(a) has done
(b) did
(c) does
(d) had done
Q9. Past tense of the word STRIKE is
(a) Striked
(b) Struck
(c) Stroke
(d) None of these
Q10. “She has been singing.”- The tense of the verb of this sentence is
(a) Present continuous
(b) Present perfect
(c) Present perfect continuous
(d) Present indefinite
Solutions
S1.Ans.(a)
Sol.
S2.Ans.(a)
Sol.
S3.Ans.(d)
Sol.
S4.Ans.(b)
Sol.
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol.
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol.
S7.Ans. (c)
Sol.
S8. Ans.(d)
Sol.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol.
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