Question Booklet No.

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CCS2E/2024
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Register Number

2024
GENERAL ENGLISH
(SSLC Standard)
Test – 12
Duration : Three Hours] [Total Marks: 300
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பகுதி – அ ⎯ ப ொது ஆங்கிலம் (பத்தாம் வகுப்பு தரம்)
Part A ⎯ General English (SSLC Std)
வினாக்கள் : 1–200 மமாத்த மதிப்மபண்கள் : 300
Test 12
Questions : 1–200 Total Marks : 300

1. Find out the words in alliteration in the below line?

‘And heaven a surer heritage’
A) Surer, Heritage B) Heaven, heritage
C) Heritage, heritage D) And, heritage
E) Answer not known

2. “Speak gently-let not harsh word mar

The good we might do here!”
The poet’s appeal is not to speak __________ words
A) Impolite B) Polite
C) Perplexing D) Clear
E) Answer not known

3. “And ever again, in the wink of an eye,

Painted stations whistle by”
‘Wink of an eye’ in the above lines means
A) Very neat B) Very smooth
C) Very smart D) Very Quick
E) Answer not known

4. “You Sang, Sir, you say?

Go then, “Says the ant” , and dance the winter away”
To whom does the ant say this?
A) To the fly B) To the cricket
C) To the spider D) To the bird
E) Answer not known

5. Robert Frost received _____ Pulitzer Prizes.

A) 4 B) 6
C) 8 D) 5
E) Answer not known

6. The poet John Masefield was appointed by Queen Elizabeth as

A) Minister for Human Resources B) Poet Laureate
C) Bard of Avon D) Speaker of English Parliament
E) Answer not known

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7. Fill in the blanks:
Anthropomorphism means_____
A) Human character
B) Non-human character
C) Non-human character with Human traits
D) Human traits with Human character
E) Answer not known

8. “Through the following and foliage glancing

Like a child at play”.
Mention the figure of speech used in the above lines.
A) Imagery B) Simile
C) Epithet D) Metaphor
E) Answer not known

9. “All of the sights of the hill and plain

Fly as thick as driving rain;”
The figure of speech used in the above line is
A) Simile B) Oxymoron
C) Repetition D) Metaphor
E) Answer not known

10. “Speak gently to the earring-know,

They may have toiled in vain;”
Find out the meaning of the word “toiled” from the given poetic lines
A) Emphasise B) Worried
C) Worked hard D) Rough
E) Answer not known

11. “So I had to call in a doctor, double quick.”

Which of the following poetic device is used in the given line?
A) Simile B) Metaphor
C) Alliteration D) Hyperbole
E) Answer not known

12. ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’

The above line is written by
A) John Keats
B) John Kennedy
C) John Smith
D) William Wordsworth
E) Answer not known

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13. “Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign
Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
… ………………………
Of air that is everywhere our own,
Remember, no men are foreign, no countries strange.”
What literary device is used here?
A) Metaphor B) Repetition
C) Epithet D) Simile
E) Answer not known

14. “Summer comes

in a blaze of heat
with sunny smiles
and dusty feet.”
Name the season mentioned in the above lines
A) Winter B) Spring
C) Rainy D) Summer
E) Answer not known

15. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”

is a short piece taken from the poem ____
A) Endymion B) The Solitary Reaper
C) Ode to the West Wind D) Kubla Khan
E) Answer not known

16. The poem “On Killing a Tree” is written by

A) Norman Littleford B) Caroline Ann Bowles
C) Edgar Albert Guest D) Gieve Patel
E) Answer not known

17. Complete the following poetic line by choosing the

correct option given below
“We can Print and Plough and weave and ____”
A) fly and dive B) read and write
C) weight and size D) heat and light
E) Answer not known

18. “My computer has always been so brainy and smart

It seems to know mountains of information by heart”
The figure of speech used in the above lines is
A) Simile B) Hyperbole
C) Repetition D) Anaphora
E) Answer not known

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19. “O’er the yellow pebbles dancing”
Identify the figure of speech
A) Oxymoron B) Onomatopoeia
C) Imagery D) Anaphora
E) Answer not known

20. My heart was so light

That I sang day and Night
For all nature looked gay
“You sang, sir, you say”?
Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines
A) a a b c B) a a b b
C) a b b a D) a b b b
E) Answer not known

21. “Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from your eyes,
It will vanish and the stars will shine again,
Because, for all our power and weight and size,
We are nothing more than children of your brain!”
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
A) a a b b B) a b a b
C) a b a a D) a b c d
E) Answer not known

22. “It’s the stick-together family that wins the joys of earth,”
Who wins the joys of the earth?
A) Nuclear family B) Traditional family
C) Orthodox family D) The family that stays together
E) Answer not known

23. “If one should come too close to earth

The atmosphere will shake,
With shockwave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake”.
Mention the rhyme scheme of the stanza.
A) a a b b B) a b a b
C) a b c b D) a b b b
E) Answer not known

24. “It forgets to ‘Save’ my work, and store it away

And instead, makes it vanish in the most dreadful way”
Mention the title of the poem for the above lines
A) Special Hero B) My Computer Needs a Break
C) Lessons in Life D) A Thing of Beauty
E) Answer not known

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25. “I respect you and you respect
I think of you and you think of me”
The above lines are written by
A) John Keats
B) George Eliot
C) Shanthini Govindan
D) Bridgette Bryant & Daniel Ho
E) Answer not known

26. “Broad and deep, and still as time;

Seeming still, yet still in motion”
The given lines are taken from the poem
A) The Comet
B) A Poison Tree
C) The River
D) Stopping by woods on a snowy evening
E) Answer not known

27. Shanthini Govindan is an author of

A) Crime Stories
B) Historical Sketches
C) Children’s Literature
D) Religious Stories
E) Answer not known

28. “We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine.”
Who does “We” refer to?
A) Human beings B) ore- bed
C) Mine D) Machines
E) Answer not known

29. “That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;”
Identify the figures of speech used here.
A) Metaphor B) Personification
C) Imagery D) Onomatopoeia
E) Answer not known

30. “Twisting, withering

And then it is done”.
Choose the right answer:
Death of the tree is ____.
A) Painful B) Difficult
C) Joyful D) Fast
E) Answer not known.

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31. “At last by starvation and famine made bold.”
What is the meaning of the word “famine”?
A) Hurriedly B) Mouthful of grain
C) Miserly D) Extreme scarcity of food
E) Answer not known

32. “Oh, no, no”, said the little fly.

What figure of speech is used here?
A) Paradox B) Alliteration
C) Anaphora D) Repetition
E) Answer not known

33. Pick out the words in alliteration in the below line:

"With forward face and unreluctant soul";
A) with, forward B) forward, face
C) unreluctant, soul D) with, soul
E) Answer not known

34. With the green world they live in; and clear rills,
That for themselves a cooling covert make.
Pick out the alliterated words.
A) clear - rills B) covert - make
C) green - world D) cooling – covert
E) Answer not known

35. “River, river, little river !

Bright you sparkle on your way”
Identify the figure of speech :
A) Epithet B) Simile
C) Rhyming D) None
E) Answer not known

36. Which one of the given options is a Metaphor?

A) Life is like a Chocolate box
B) Raj is like his twin brother
C) His words are Pearls of wisdom
D) The bus is slow as a snail
E) Answer not known

37. “And though his efforts never slack

And though he twist, and twirl, and tack”
Pick out the rhyming words in the above lines
A) slack, tack B) efforts, twist
C) though, twist D) twirl, tack
E) Answer not known

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38. “Are fed by peaceful harvest, by war’s long winter starv'd”
Identify the figure of speech employed in the above line
A) Metaphor
B) Transferred epithet
C) Personification
D) Simile
E) Answer not known

39. “I drive past the house almost every day.

The house seems to be a bit brighter.”
Who does 'I' refer to?
A) The house B) The tree
C) The poet D) The Ghost
E) Answer not known

40. Strong is she in her faith and beliefs.

"Persistence is the key to everything'' says she.
Who does "She" refer to here?
A) The poet B) Today’s woman
C) Mother D) Daughter
E) Answer not known

41. “The story of my experiments with truth” is the autobiography of ______________

A) Nelson Mandela B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhash Chandra bose D) Mahatma Gandhi
E) Answer not known

42. "And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow - rover"
Bring out the meaning of the word "rover"
A) Jumping B) Running
C) Wandering D) Breaking
E) Answer not known

43. "Let us learn to walk with a smile and a song.

No matter if things do sometimes go wrong''
What does the poet expect everyone to learn?
A) To be sad B) To be cheerful
C) To be courageous D) To be mournful
E) Answer not known

44. What kind of creatures does this planet earth also belong to?
A) Longest B) Tallest
C) Highest D) Tiniest
E) Answer not known

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45. The poet yearns to go by a -----to the lonely sea.
A) a long boat B) a big boat
C) a tall ship D) an aeroplane
E) Answer not known

46. Choose the best option :

"Speak gently to the little child!
Its love be sure to gain"
These lines are from David Bates' poem ________________.
A) Team Work B) Your Space
C) Special Hero D) A Tragic Story
E) Answer not known

47. "Our love is overlasting .

I just wanted you to know
That you're my special hero
and I wanted to tell you so" .
These lines are taken from the poem______________.
A) The Spider and the Fly
B) The Ant and the Cricket
C) No Men are Foreign
D) Special Hero
E) Answer not known

48. “She's a lioness, don't mess with her

She'll not spare you if you're a prankster”
Identify the poet who wrote the lines given above.
A) John Keats B) Rakhi Nariani Shirke
C) Henry Van Dyke D) Rudyard Kipling
E) Answer not known

49. Match the poems with the poets :

a) No Men Are Foreign 1. Rudyard Kipling
b) I am every woman 2. Nadia Bush
c) The secret of the machines 3. James Falconer Kirkup
d) The House on Elm Street 4. Rakhi Nariani Shirke
Codes:
a b c d
A) 2 4 3 1
B) 4 3 2 1
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 2 1 4 3
E) Answer not known

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50. “But of late, my computer has been behaving badly too,
It so absent minded, that I don't know what to do.”
What is the figure of speech used in these lines?
A) Simile B) Metaphor
C) Personification D) Anaphora
E) Answer not known

51. “Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal

Not mourning for the things that disappear”
The figure of speech used in the above lines is _______________.
A) Hyperbole B) Metaphor
C) Simile D) Anaphora
E) Answer not known

52. “Speak gently to the little child !

Its love be sure to gain ;
Teach it in accents soft and mild :
It may not long remain.”
Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines
A) abbb B) aabb
C) abab D) abba
E) Answer not known

53. “Not a crumb to be found

On the snow covered ground;
Not a flower could he see,
Not a leaf on tree.”
Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines.
A) abab B) aabb
C) abba D) abaa
E) Answer not known

54. The best novel of William Makepeace Thackeray is

A) The citadel B) Vanity fair
C) David copper field D) Malgudi days
E) Answer not known

55. "Let me but live my life from year to year with forward face and unreluctant soul".
What does the word "Unreluctant" refer to?
A) Feeling joy
B) Understand
C) Willing to do something
D) Expressing sad
E) Answer not known

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56. "O'er the rough or smooth, the journey will be joy".
Pick out the contrasting words in the given line.
A) journey and joy B) rough and smooth
C) O’er and will D) Rough and joy
E) Answer not known

57. “One bit of courage

for the darkening sky;”
Which quality is need for the darkening sky?
A) grace B) courage
C) faith D) brave
E) Answer not known

58. The collection of fables from Ancient Greece is called __________

A) Aristotle's fables
B) Aesop's fables
C) Shakespeare's fables
D) Greek fables
E) Answer not known

59. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever Its loveliness increases, it will never Pass into
nothingness"
The phrase."pass into nothingness" means that beautiful things never
__________
A) create unpleasantness between friends
B) fadeaway
C) bring happiness
D) give us peace
E) Answer not known

60. Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes

Like ours, the land our brothers walk upon
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.
From which 'Poem' these lines are taken?
A) No Men Are Foreign
B) The House on Elm Street
C) The Spider and The Fly
D) The Stick-together Families
E) Answer not known

61. "Each a Glimpse and gone forever!"

This line is taken from the poem _________
A) Team work B) Indian seasons
C) A tragic story D) From arailway carriage
E) Answer not known

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62. "So hack and chop
But this alone won't do it
Not so much pain will do it".
Killing a tree cannot be done merely by _________
A) Pulling B) Chopping
C) Choking D) Jabbing
E) Answer not known

63. ''The woods are lovely, dark and deep

But I have promises to keep"
These lines are taken from the poem
A) A Poison Tree
B) Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening
C) On Killing a Tree
D) The River
E) Answer not known

64. When Watson returns with Mrs. Hudson to Holmes apartment, he sees
_________________________.
A) Holmes had died
B) Savage had escaped
C) Holmes was sitting up in bed
D) Smith was already there
E) Answer not known

65. Choose the correct answer:

One day the author was standing on the line which separates the ………………
desert from the valley of the Nile in Egypt.
A) Sahara B) Libyan
C) Thar D) Gobi
E) Answer not known

66. Which game is mentioned in this lesson "Learning the Game"?

A) Foot ball B) Basket ball
C) Kabbadi D) Cricket
E) Answer not known

67. Match Column A with Column B

Column A Column B
a) Aunt Polly 1. Eyeing the Teaspoon Greedily
b) Peter 2. Stopped coming to school
c) Tom 3. Water treatment
d) Becky Thatcher 4. Incurable experimenter

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Codes :
a b c d
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 4 1 3 2
C) 4 3 2 1
D) 3 2 1 4
E) Answer not known

68. The common link between Ramkant Achrekar and Sachin Tendulkar was both
started playing cricket at the age of
A) 12 B) 17
C) 11 D) 10
E) Answer not known

69. When did Ramayya's wife notice the jewel in the story "The Nose Jewel"?
A) While sweeping the floor
B) While washing the floor
C) While dusting the floor
D) While mopping the floor
E) Answer not known

70. What was the expected arrival time of the train in the story The Woman on
Platform 8?
A) One o'clock B) Twelve o'clock
C) Two o'clock D) Eleven o'clock
E) Answer not known

71. Choose the correct answer

"Good-bye, little one, and may you grow up into a brave soldier in India's service."
Here "little one" refers to
A) Young-Lakshmi Bai B) Joan of Arc
C) Young Indira D) Young Natchiyar
E) Answer not known

72. Sherlock Holmes is a detective who features in the fiction of

A) Nathaniel Hawthorne B) Arthur Conan Doyle
C) Ruskin Bond D) Mark Twain
E) Answer not known

73. Choose the correct synonyms for the underlined word

Ramayya's heart was in a Flutter
A) Stay B) Flab
C) Lull D) Calm
E) Answer not known

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74. What game did Ferdinand play with Miranda in the Island?
A) Carrom B) Hide and Seek
C) Cards D) Chess
E) Answer not known

75. The lesson "His First Flight" is about a

A) Pilot B) Seagull
C) Parrot D) Pigeon
E) Answer not known

76. Peter stopped the water by

A) Keeping the mud over the hole
B) Keeping his finger in the hole
C) Keeping a stone in the hole
D) Keeping wooden piece in the hole
E) Answer not known

77. Match the name of the characters in Column A with their characteristics in
Column B.
Column A Column B
a) M. Hamel 1. Student
b) Franz 2. Teacher
c) Hauser 3. Blacksmith
d) Wachter 4. Old man
a b c d
A) 2 1 4 3
B) 1 4 2 3
C) 4 1 3 2
D) 2 3 4 1
E) Answer not known

78. Choose the correct answer:

William Temple Hornaday was an American ……………..
A) Zoologist B) Conservationist
C) Taxidermist D) All the above
E) Answer not known

79. Ruskin Bond was honoured with ………………. for his contribution to Indian
literature.
A) Bharat Ratna B) Sahitya Ratna
C) Sahitya Bharat D) Sahitya Akademi
E) Answer not known

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80. "This Bengal sky-full of light,
This South Breeze- This flow of the river..."
Which river is mentioned here in Tagore's reminiscence?
A) Brahmaputra B) Damodar
C) Cauveri D) Ganges
E) Answer not known

81. Nathaniel Hawthorne was …………….. writer

A) A Turkish B) An English
C) An Irish D) An American
E) Answer not known

82. Who is Polly to Tom Sawyer?

A) Granny B) Nanny
C) Mother D) Aunt
E) Answer not known

83. Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography was ………………

Fill up the blank with suitable answer
A) My experiment with truth
B) I dare
C) Playing it my way
D) Autobiography of unknown Indian
E) Answer not known

84. The village people suspected that the diamond nose jewel must have been stolen
by______________.
A) Kuppayi
B) Ramayya
C) Ramayya's Wife
D) Meenakshi Ammal
E) Answer not known

85. Sycorax was ……………..to Ariel in the lesson, "The Tempest".

A) an old enemy B) a friend
C) a brother D) the master
E) Answer not known

86. The story "The little hero of Holland' is written by …………….

A) Satyajit Ray B) Jules Verne
C) Mary Mapes Dodge D) Mark twain
E) Answer not known

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87. Name the districts that fell into the hands to the Prussians during the France -
Prussian war in "The Last Lesson".
A) Abidjan and Lorain
B) Andaman and Prussia
C) Alsace and Lorraine
D) Franz and Prussia
E) Answer not known

88. Miranda is the beautiful daughter of ……………..in William Shakespeare's "The

tempest'.
A) Sycorax B) Prospero
C) Caliban D) Antonio
E) Answer not known

89. Some rainy afternoons Tagore spent in a veritable frenzy, singing away
……………..to his own tunes.
A) Patriotic Songs B) School Songs
C) Old Vaishnava Songs D) National Anthem
E) Answer not known

90. Fill in the blank.

The following words are uttered by Isaac Newton.
I seem to myself like a ……………..
A) Philosopher B) Innocent
C) Small Baby D) Child
E) Answer not known

91. …………….. is the servant woman in C. Rajagopalachari's "The Nose Jewel'.

A) Ramayi B) Meenakshi
C) Kuppayi D) Chandra
E) Answer not known

92. Where is the Bear's Nursery situated?

A) India B) America
C) New York D) England
E) Answer not known

93. Little cyclone was rescued by the ……………

A) Members of the blue cross
B) Friendly hands of the zoological society
C) Members of the national zoo
D) Volunteers from New York
E) Answer not known

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94. What is "Cheering Sight" according to Sir.C.V.Raman?
A) Rainfed tanks with full of water
B) Tanks without water
C) River
D) Lake
E) Answer not known

95. In Lesson, "Learning the Game" which school gave importance to Cricket?
A) Shardhasram Vidhya Mandir
B) Sharadhambal Vidhya Mandir
C) Shakthi Sharadha Vidyalaya
D) Sri Vidyalaya
E) Answer not known

96. The Cat Peter sprang a couple of yards in the air as

A) He had a teaspoon of the pain killer
B) His tail was caught in the mousetrap
C) Tom threw him out of the window
D) Aunt gave him a push
E) Answer not known

97. The young sea gull's parents threaten him in such a way if he didn't flew away
A) to starve him
B) to never talk to him
C) to punish him
D) to abandon him
E) Answer not known

Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
(98 – 102)
Man has through the ages sought in vain for an imaginary elixir of life, the divine
Amrita, a draught of which was thought to confer immortality. But the true elixir
of life lies near our hands; for it is the commonest of all liquids, plain water! I
remember one day standing on the line which separates the Libyan Desert from
the valley of the Nile in Egypt. On one side was visible a sea of billowing sand
without a speck of green or a single living thing anywhere on it. On the other
side lay one of the greatest, most fertile and densely populated areas to be found
anywhere on the earth, teeming with life and vegetation. What made this
wonderful difference? Why, it is the water of the river Nile flowing down from its
sources a couple of thousands of miles away. Geologists tell us that the entire
soil of the Nile valley is the creation of the river itself. Egypt, infact, was made by
its river. Its ancient civilization was created and is sustained by the life-giving
waters.

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98. The meaning of the word elixir is …………..
A) A supplementary
B) A substance believed to cure all ills
C) Essential part of life
D) All the above
E) Answer not known

99. The true elixir of life is ………………..

A) the commonest of all liquids B) lies near our hands
C) the plain water D) all the above
E) Answer not known

100. The river Nile is in ……………..

A) Libyan Desert B) Greece
C) Egypt D) None of the above
E) Answer not known

101. The river Nile flows down to the Mediterranean ………………..miles away
A) a couple of thousands of B) thousands of
C) hundreds of D) none of the above
E) Answer not known

102. The passage is about

A) the importance of river B) the flow of river
C) the source of water D) the real elixir of life-water
E) Answer not known

103. Sir Issac Newton died at the age of

A) 75 B) 90
C) 85 D) 80
E) Answer not known

104. Choose the correct answer:

In "The Nose Jewel" - The Diamond jewel belonged to
A) Ramayya's wife
B) Kuppayi
C) Meenakshi Ammal
D) Meenakshi Ammal's daughter
E) Answer not known

105. The phrase written by the French master on the black board before dismissing
the class in Alphonse Daudet's The Last Lesson is
A) Vive La France B) In Cognito
C) Bon voyage D) In Toto
E) Answer not known

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106. In the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer the character of Tom is full of
____________
A) Mischief B) knowledge
C) Dreams D) Discipline
E) Answer not known

107. Why did the seagull fail to fly?

A) Don’t know to fly B) Don’t know to swim
C) Due to fear D) Due to over eating
E) Answer not known

108. “No girl” , answered the father. who is the girl here?
A) Miranda B) Angelene
C) Ariel D) Portio
E) Answer not known

109. The author of “The Dying Detective” is ___________

A) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle B) Mr. Holmes
C) Mrs. Hudson D) Mr. Watson
E) Answer not known

110. The Duke of Milan was ___________

A) Ferdinand B) Prospero
C) Ariel D) Gonzalo
E) Answer not known

111. How many years had M. Hamel been in the village?

A) twenty five years B) forty years
C) forty five years D) twenty four years
E) Answer not known

112. “Holland shall not be drowned while I am here”.

These are the words of ___________
A) Peter
B) Little Franz
C) Peter‟s mother
D) A man from the village
E) Answer not known

113. The true elixir of life is ____________

A) shelter B) education
C) water D) dress
E) Answer not known

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114. Little Cyclone is a grizzly cub is from _________
A) China B) Alaska
C) India D) Europe
E) Answer not known

115. Rabindranath Tagore got Nobel Prize in __________

A) Science B) Literature
C) Peace D) Maths
E) Answer not known

116. Who among the following is not a character in the story “The woman on Platform-8.”
A) Arun B) Satish
C) Satish’s mother D) Arun’s mother
E) Answer not known

117. Another family lined in Ramayya’s house in the story “the Nose Jewel” is --------
A) a sparrow’s family B) a cat’s family
C) a crow’s family D) a dog’s family
E) Answer not known

118. Bapuji is in prison, but the magic of his message has stolen the hearts of India’s
millions. Who is referred as “Bapuji” here?
A) Nehru B) Gandhiji
C) Nethaji D) Nelson Mandela
E) Answer not known

119. The character “Ariel” in the tempest is ____________

A) a witch B) a human
C) a good spirit D) an ugly monster
E) Answer not known

120. ‘Don’t waste your time playing is same games with these kids, cricket is waiting
for you at the nets, practice hard and see what magic can transpire’ – who gave
this advise to Sachin?
A) His coach B) His father
C) His brother D) His friends
E) Answer not known

121. “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” – says
_______________.
A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Mother Theresa
C) Neil Armstrong D) Guru Nanak
E) Answer not known

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122. Who wrote the book “GLIMPSES OF WORLD HISTORY”
A) Indira Gandhi B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Gandhi
E) Answer not known

123. Which of the poetic lines given below was on the desk of Jawaharlal Nehru?
A) and hope the road’s last turn will be the best.
B) let me care for the ones who are near.
C) and miles to go before I sleep.
D) remember, no men are foreign, and no countries strange.
E) Answer not known

124. Identify the slogan that was not uttered by Mandela

A) "A winner is a dreamer who never gives up"
B) "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the
world"
C) I am the captain of my fate; I am the master of my soul"
D) "The brave man is not the who does not feel afraid, but he who conquer that
fear"
E) Answer not known

125. What was the name of the short story written by Keller in 1891?
A) "The World I Live In" B) "Uncle Sam is Calling"
C) "The Story of My Life" D) The Frost King"
E) Answer not known

126. Nehru's family began to call him by the name given by the crowd,…………
A) 'Chacha Nehru'
B) 'Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru'
C) 'Pandit Nehru'
D) 'Jewel of India'
E) Answer not known

127. Choose the correct answer :

____________ is celebrated as "National Science Day".
A) January 28 B) March 28
C) May 28 D) February 28
E) Answer not known

128. Holmes sickness was ___________

A) a deceitful, intentional trick B) an alias
C) a clever alibi D) a prank
E) Answer not known

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129. When was Helen Keller born?
A) July 27, 1881 B) August 27, 1890
C) June 27, 1880 D) December 16, 1880
E) Answer not known

130. Mahatma Gandhiji was inspired and influenced by

A) Tolstoy's "Civil disobedience"
B) John Ruskin's "Unto this Last"
C) Thoreau's "The Kingdom of God"
D) John's "The Struggle"
E) Answer not known

131. "The Discovery of India' is written by Nehru in the prison of ___________

A) Central Prison, Nainital
B) Bareilly District Jail
C) Almora Jail
D) Ahmednagar Fort Prison
E) Answer not known

132. Who was the President of United States of America from the year 1861 to 1865?
A) Franklin
B) John. F. Kennady
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) George Bush
E) Answer not known

133. Dr. Salim Ali was introduced to the serious study of birds by
A) W.S. Millard B) EHA
C) Norman Boyd Kinnear D) Amiruddin
E) Answer not known

134. Kalpana Chawla died on

A) Feb 3, 2003, Space Shuttle India Disaster
B) Feb 1, 2005, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
C) Feb 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
D) Feb 4, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
E) Answer not known

135. The first book of Helen Keller was translated into how many languages?
A) 5 B) 15
C) 30 D) 50
E) Answer not known

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136. __________________ bird was named after Dr. Salim ali as Zoothera salimalii.
A) Western reef heron B) Black rumped flameback
C) Himalayan forest thrush D) Zitting cisticola
E) Answer not known

137. “The fall of a sparrow” is the autobiography of __________________.

A) Abraham Lincoln B) Dr. Salim Ali
C) Kalpana chawla D) Helen Keller
E) Answer not known

138. Statement 1 : Dr. Salim Ali was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1985
Statement 2: His autobiography was published in the year 1985.
Codes :
A) Both Statements are correct
B) Both statements are incorrect
C) Statement 1 only correct
D) Statement 2 only correct
E) Answer not known

139. Kalpana chawla went on to pursue her Bachelor of Science Degree in

______________ through Punjab Engineering College.
A) Aerospace engineering
B) Astronautical engineering
C) Aeronautical engineering
D) Physics
E) Answer not known

140. What was the position assigned to Kalpana Chawla in the Mission STS-87
Columbia ?
A) Mission scientist B) Mission specialist
C) Research scientist D) Mission director
E) Answer not known

141. STS 107 was launched on ________________, 2003

A) February 1st B) January 1st
C) January 16 th D) February 16th
E) Answer not known

142. How many crew members were there in the 28th space mission of Columbia?
A) 6 B) 7
C) 12 D) 8
E) Answer not known

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143. Kalpana chawla award by the Government of Tamilnadu is given to a woman for
her ___________________.
A) Courage and daring enterprise
B) Achievements in Science
C) Contribution in space technology
D) Working towards women empowerment
E) Answer not known

144. Kalpana chawla was posthumously awarded ___________________

A) Congress space medal of honour
B) Congress space medal of service
C) Congressional space medal of honour
D) Congressional space medal of service
E) Answer not known

145. The book of Indian birds is written by ______________

A) Dr. Sarojini naidu B) Dr. Salim ali
C) Dr. Subbulakshmi D) Dr. Khan
E) Answer not known

146. _________________ was the first deaf, blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts
degree.
A) Stephen Hawking B) Alexander Graham bell
C) Helen Keller D) Anne Sullivan
E) Answer not known

147. “Follow your dreams” is a motto of

A) R L Stevenson B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Kalpana chawla D) Jawaharlal Nehru
E) Answer not known

148. Match the following personalities with their birth dates

a) Salim Ali 1. 14 November 1889
b) Kalpana Chawla 2. 17 March 1962
c) Rani lakshmi bai 3. 19 November 1835
d) Jawaharlal Nehru 4. 12 November 1896
Codes :
a b c d
A) 4 2 3 1
B) 1 2 3 4
C) 4 3 2 1
D) 2 1 3 4
E) Answer not known

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149. Statement 1 : Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January,1886

in Cuttack, Orissa.
Statement 2 : Government of India has decided to celebrate his birthday on
the 23rd day of January every year as “PARAKRAM DIWAS”
A) Statement 1 & 2 are correct
B) Statement 1 is correct
C) Statement 2 is correct
D) Both statement are incorrect
E) Answer not known

150. Who accompanied kalpana chawla to the flight school?

A) Father B) Brother
C) Husband D) Friend
E) Answer not known

151. ______________ was the star student of perkin’s school for the visually impaired
children in America.
A) Louis Braille B) Helen Keller
C) Alexander Graham Bell D) Anne Sullivan
E) Answer not known

152. “The story of my experiments with truth” was written in ____________ language.
A) Tamil B) Hindi
C) English D) Gujarati
E) Answer not known

153. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”.
Who uttered this slogan?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Nelson Mandela D) Helen keller
E) Answer not known

154. Which award was given to Nelson Mandela by India?

A) Arjuna award B) Padma shri
C) Padma Bhushan D) Bharat ratna
E) Answer not known

155. How and when did Lincoln die?

A) Was shot, 14 April, 1865
B) Was shot, 14 November, 1885
C) Natural death, 18 June, 1858
D) Accident, 1 June 1968
E) Answer not known

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156. The awards won by Dr. Salim Ali are:
I. Padma Shri
II. Padma Bhushan
III. Padma Vibhushan
IV. Bharat ratna
A) I and IV B) II only
C) II and III D) I, II and III
E) Answer not known

157. Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural history(SACON) was established at
_______________
A) Coimbatore B) Bangalore
C) Pondicherry D) Bombay
E) Answer not known

158. What was the first word Helen Keller learned?

A) Life B) Water
C) Tree D) Mother
E) Answer not known

159. ________________ was the only soldier statesman India has produced during the
freedom struggle.
A) Bhagwan das B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Subhash Chandra bose D) Rani of Jhansi
E) Answer not known

160. Kalpana chawla said, “the path from dreams to success does exist”
From the above line she became inspiration for ______________
A) The people of the world
B) Indian youth
C) Indian children
D) The youth of global community
E) Answer not known

161. William Shakespeare’s birth place was ______________

A) Stratford upon avon B) Yorkshire
C) London D) Durban
E) Answer not known

162. When Peter thrust his finger into the tiny hole _______________.
A) The flowing of water stopped
B) He heard a splashing noise
C) Water started flowing more
D) The dike broke into pieces
E) Answer not known

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163. Read the statement carefully what does it try to prove here?
A) A brave fears no evil
B) A brave fears no happy
C) A calmness brings a victory
D) A fearless ends in vain
E) Answer not known

164. Assertion [A] : At Tokyo conference, a 34 point resolution was passed

Reason [R] : INA was made subordinate to the Indian Independence League.
A) [A] true, [R] false
B) [A] false, [R] true
C) [A] true,[R] true, but [R] is not the correct explanation for [A]
D) [A] true,[R] true and [R] is the correct explanation for [A]
E) Answer not known

165. “My profession did not fill me with a whole hearted enthusiasm”
Who said this?
A) Gandhi B) Nehru
C) Subhash Chandra bose D) Abraham Lincoln
E) Answer not known

166. During the last year of the war, Abraham Lincoln become ______________
A) ‘Fellow man’ B) ‘Father Abraham’
C) ‘Abraham the great’ D) ‘The Great man’
E) Answer not known

167. Mention Abraham Lincoln’s father’s profession

A) Dentist B) Cobbler
C) Carpenter D) Teacher
E) Answer not known

168. According to the doctrine of lapse, the British could take over the kingdom from
an Indian ruler who
A) Lost the war
B) Died without a natural heir
C) Indulged in corruption
D) Died because of terrible disease
E) Answer not known

169. When was Nelson Mandela born?

A) December 18, 1920
B) December 14, 1918
C) July 18, 1918
D) June 18, 1920
E) Answer not known

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170. On 4, July 1943 ___________ took leadership of the INA (Indian national army)
A) Rash behari bose
B) Nehru
C) Subhash Chandra bose
D) Patel
E) Answer not known

171. “He ate something eagerly and in large amounts, so that nothing is left in the
table” – substantiate to one word.
A) Devour B) Nibble
C) Gobble D) Epicure
E) Answer not known

172. Her hair is always a rat’s nest in the morning

Identify the figure of speech in the given line.
A) Simile B) Metaphor
C) Personification D) Repetition
E) Answer not known

173. Tending onward to the ocean just kie mortal prime

“mortal prime” in the above line refers to a ____________.
A) Matured man B) Reckless youth
C) Dead animal D) Curious woman
E) Answer not known

174. So let the way wind up the hill or down

Pick out the alliterated word
A) way, wind B) hill, way
C) way, hill D) wind, down
E) Answer not known

175. "Let me but live my life from year to year with forward face and unreluctant soul".
Whom does the word “me” refer to?
A) Human B) Poet
C) Poet friends D) None
E) Answer not known

176. Match the following

a) persistence 1. Risk
b) moans 2. Inborn
c) stake 3. Determination
d) innate 4. Grieves

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Codes :
a b c d
A) 2 4 3 1
B) 4 3 2 1
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 2 1 4 3
E) Answer not known

177. “Began to complain when he found that, at home,

His cupboard was empty, and winter was come.”
Who does “he” refers to ?
A) Ant B) Cricket
C) Poet D) Friend of Cricket
E) Answer not known

178. They, too, aware of sun and air and water,

Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d
What is common for all of us?
A) Sun B) Air
C) Water D) Above all
E) Answer not known

179. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

A) Indiana B) Alabama
C) Kentucky D) Arizona
E) Answer not known

180. But remember, please, the Law by which we live,

We are not built to comprehend a lie,
We can neither love nor pity nor forgive,
If you make a slip in handling us you die!
Identify the rhyming scheme ?
A) aabb B) abba
C) abab D) abcd
E) Answer not known

181. “The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,

But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep,
and miles to go before I sleep.”
Identify the literary device ?
A) Simile B) Metaphor
C) Personification D) Repetition
E) Answer not known

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182. A flowery band to bind us to the earth

Pick out the alliterated words ?
A) band, earth B) flowery, earth
C) band, bind D) bind, flowery
E) Answer not known

183. “My computer has always been so brainy and smart

It seems to know mountains of information by heart.
If I type in a question, and give my mouse a click,
My computer always gives me the answer really quick!”
Identify the rhyming scheme.
A) aabb B) abab
C) aaab D) abbc
E) Answer not known

184. “There is something special

about a father's love”
Identify the alliteration in the given lines.
A) Something, love B) Father, love
C) Something, special D) Something, father
E) Answer not known

185. The poet wants to lead a life at sea like __________________.

A) the gulls and whales B) the penguins and sharks
C) the pelicans and dolphins D) the fishes and whales
E) Answer not known

186. ____________________ was a ceaseless crusader of women’s equality.

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Sarojini Naidu D) Indira Gandhi
E) Answer Not known

187. When Sir Hugh Rose and his army entered Jhansi’s fort, Lakshmi bai escaped
with Damodar to ______________.
A) Kalpi B) Varanasi
C) Gwalior D) Delhi
E) Answer not known

188. “My suggestion is that women can play a very important role in establishing
peace”. Who said this?
A) Kalpana chawla B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Rani lakshmi bai D) Jawaharlal Nehru
E) Answer not known

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189. Nelson Mandela was/is_________________

A) South African president
B) Anti apartheid activist
C) Author of long walk to freedom
D) All the above
E) Answer not known

190. Choose the correct option that has the same relationship as the pair on the left.
Nelson Mandela : African national congress :: __________________
A) Nehru: Indian national congress
B) Abraham Lincoln: Republican party
C) Abraham Lincoln : Whig party
D) Mahatma Gandhi : Indian national congress
E) Answer not known

191. Who was called “‘Chhabili’ – the sweet one” by everyone ?

A) Rani lakshmi bai B) Kalpana chawla
C) Kasturba D) Nehru
E) Answer not known

192. What is the meaning of ‘Preening’

A) cleaning feathers with beak
B) shedding feathers
C) Bite or chew repeatedly
D) making a gesture to follow
E) Answer not known

193. Match the personalities with their birth years:

Column A Column B
a) Salim Ali 1. 1896
b) Abraham Lincoln 2. 1897
c) Subhash Chandra Bose 3. 1809
Codes:
a b c
A) 1 2 3
B) 3 2 1
C) 1 3 2
D) 2 3 1
E) Answer not known

194. Which of the following are the works of Gandhiji?

A) Hind swaraj B) Gokhale: my political guru
C) The good boatman D) Both A and B
E) Answer not known

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195. At which place was Gandhiji arrested for the first time by the British Government
for sedition?
A) Bombay B) Pune
C) Calcutta D) Ahmedabad
E) Answer not known

196. Which island was renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose island in 2018?
A) Havelock Island B) Ross Island
C) Neil Island D) Swaraj Dweep Island
E) Answer not known

197. Subhash Chandra Bose was a nationalist leader who was famously called
__________________ by Gandhi.
A) ‘Prince among Patriots’ B) ‘Prince of martyrs’
C) ‘Mahamana’ D) ‘Prince of youths’
E) Answer not known

198. Who was the political guru of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose?
A) Gokhale B) C.R.Das
C) Tilak D) Vivekananda
E) Answer not known

199. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at
the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us” who
said this?
A) Helen keller B) John F kennedy
C) Salim ali D) Stephen king
E) Answer not known

200. Match the following

a) Subhash Chandra bose 1. National Herald
b) Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Swaraj
c) Mahatma Gandhi 3. Indian opinion
Codes:
a b c
A) 1 2 3
B) 3 2 1
C) 2 1 3
D) 1 3 2
E) Answer not known

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