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This section includes 27 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English Comprehensive knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
What inspired Captain Gregory? |
| A. | The idea of starting a bakery |
| B. | He wanted to think of a new name for doughnuts |
| C. | The idea of cutting a hole into the center of the doughnut |
| D. | The idea that he could put filling in the doughnut |
| Answer» D. The idea that he could put filling in the doughnut | |
| 2. |
Which of the following was NOT a nickname for doughnuts as described by Captain Gregory? |
| A. | Olykoeks |
| B. | Fried cakes |
| C. | Greasy sinkers |
| D. | Twisters |
| Answer» B. Fried cakes | |
| 3. |
Doughnuts were originally made with nuts in the center to: |
| A. | Make the doughnuts easier to fry. |
| B. | Make sure the center was fully cooked. |
| C. | Make the doughnuts tasteless doughy. |
| D. | Make the doughnuts less oily. |
| Answer» C. Make the doughnuts tasteless doughy. | |
| 4. |
Which of the following items was not introduced by the Dutch? |
| A. | Cookies |
| B. | Ice Cream |
| C. | Cobbler |
| D. | Cream Pies |
| Answer» C. Cobbler | |
| 5. |
Which of the following is definitely TRUE about doughnut holes? |
| A. | The doughnut hole was invented inside a pepperbox. |
| B. | The doughnut hole was invented by a sailor. |
| C. | The doughnut hole was invented as a result of a bad storm at sea. |
| D. | The doughnut hole was invented to make it taste better. |
| Answer» C. The doughnut hole was invented as a result of a bad storm at sea. | |
| 6. |
What could be a title for this passage? |
| A. | The First Bakery |
| B. | Donuts Around the World |
| C. | How the Donut Changed Over Time |
| D. | Nicknames for Donuts |
| Answer» D. Nicknames for Donuts | |
| 7. |
What does the word cardboard denote in the poem? |
| A. | A Photo frame |
| B. | A Photograph |
| C. | A Camera |
| D. | A Book |
| Answer» C. A Camera | |
| 8. |
What has the camera captured? |
| A. | Poet s happy moment from his childhood. |
| B. | A happy moment of poet and his mother. |
| C. | A happy moment of poet s father and mother. |
| D. | A happy moment from the childhood of the poet s mother. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
What has not changed over the years? |
| A. | Poet s feelings |
| B. | Sea in the photograph |
| C. | Poet s mother in the photograph |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Poet s mother in the photograph | |
| 10. |
What is the meaning of the line Both wry with the labored ease of loss ? |
| A. | Poet s laugh has gone now. |
| B. | Poet s mother is no more now. |
| C. | Poet s holiday is a past now. |
| D. | Poet s mother has stopped laughing now. |
| Answer» C. Poet s holiday is a past now. | |
| 11. |
What does this circumstance refer to? |
| A. | The pain that is going to come in the future to the poet on her mother s death. |
| B. | Past situation of the poet of feeling pain on her mother s death. |
| C. | Present situation of the poet of feeling pain on her mother s death. |
| D. | Present situation of the poet s happiness. |
| Answer» D. Present situation of the poet s happiness. | |
| 12. |
The poet s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate? |
| A. | Being Sarcastic |
| B. | Being Nostalgic |
| C. | Being Tragic |
| D. | Being Unhappy |
| Answer» C. Being Tragic | |
| 13. |
The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they? |
| A. | Three different phases of poet s mother life. |
| B. | Three different phases of poet s life. |
| C. | Three different phases of poet s father life. |
| D. | Three different phases of poet s friend life. |
| Answer» B. Three different phases of poet s life. | |
| 14. |
According to the passage, in a country economic development is driven by: |
| A. | Human Labor |
| B. | Capital |
| C. | Infrastructure |
| D. | Knowledge and Innovations |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The antonym for the word, cognitive is: |
| A. | Intellectual |
| B. | Illogical |
| C. | Rational |
| D. | Mental |
| Answer» C. Rational | |
| 16. |
The synonym for the word, endowed is |
| A. | Condemned |
| B. | Bestowed |
| C. | Denied |
| D. | Disapproved |
| Answer» C. Denied | |
| 17. |
According to the passage, democracy cannot be sustained in a country without: |
| A. | Economic Development |
| B. | Education and Skill Development |
| C. | Rural and Urban Development |
| D. | Technological Development |
| Answer» C. Rural and Urban Development | |
| 18. |
The following is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage? |
| A. | In old days boys at young age were sent to teacher s house |
| B. | But for bedroom conversation, Prabhakaran would not have killed the teacher |
| C. | Prabhakaran was the best student in the class |
| D. | The teacher s wife was of the view that Prabhakaran might run away |
| Answer» B. But for bedroom conversation, Prabhakaran would not have killed the teacher | |
| 19. |
The following is TRUE in the context of the passage? |
| A. | The Gurukula system of education was forced on Prabhakaran |
| B. | The teacher assaulted the student mercilessly |
| C. | The teacher s wife was astonished at the behavior of Prabhakaran |
| D. | Prabhakaran did not have guilt feeling even after hearing the conversation |
| Answer» C. The teacher s wife was astonished at the behavior of Prabhakaran | |
| 20. |
What was Prabhakaran s reaction to hearing the conversation in his teacher s bedroom? |
| A. | should wait for the couple to sleep and kill them both |
| B. | how wrong am I to kill such a nice teacher |
| C. | I should jump onto the bed of the couple from roof top |
| D. | Alas! I should not have heard the conversation |
| Answer» C. I should jump onto the bed of the couple from roof top | |
| 21. |
In the opinion of the teacher s wife, Prabhakaran was .. |
| A. | most dishonest, insincere boy |
| B. | the best student in the class |
| C. | a student who deserved much more punishment |
| D. | a short tempered sensitive boy |
| Answer» C. a student who deserved much more punishment | |
| 22. |
Which behavior irritated the teacher most? |
| A. | Going to roof top with granite stone |
| B. | Listening to the bedroom conversation |
| C. | Indulging into the conversation with other boys during class |
| D. | The weeping of Prabhakaran |
| Answer» D. The weeping of Prabhakaran | |
| 23. |
The purpose of the teacher to punish the boy was |
| A. | to reform him as he was bad in studies |
| B. | to teach him as he was not paying attention |
| C. | to send message to the class to improve their behavior |
| D. | to make the boy vindictive |
| Answer» C. to send message to the class to improve their behavior | |
| 24. |
Why did the teacher not show affection to Prabhakaran? |
| A. | He developed hatred towards him |
| B. | He knew that Prabhakaran was a potential killer |
| C. | Prabhakaran did not have sympathy towards teacher s wife |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
In which system of education was Prabhakaran studying? |
| A. | The system of read and recite |
| B. | The system of day and night school |
| C. | Staying in teacher s house and work for him |
| D. | The Gurukula system of learning Sanskrit |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
What was the plan of the student to take revenge? |
| A. | To create a situation so that the teacher becomes helpless. |
| B. | To kill the wife of the teacher |
| C. | To peep into his bedroom from the roof top |
| D. | To crush the teacher s head with a stone at night |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Why did the student decide to remain on the roof the whole night? |
| A. | He felt so guilty that he did not have courage to come down. |
| B. | He waited for the teacher to sleep |
| C. | He waited to hear the conversation in the teacher s room |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |