Poem - From a Railway Carriage – Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson TNPSC Group 2 2A Questions

General English - Unit VII: Literary Works - Figures of Speech, Appreciation and Analysis of Poetry, Lines of Significance (15 Q)

Poem - From a Railway Carriage – Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson MCQ Questions


13.
Identify the onomatopoeic word in the following line:
"Painted stations whistle by":
A.
Painted
B.
Stations
C.
Whistle
D.
By
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ANSWER :
C. Whistle
14.
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Which figure of speech is used in the above lines
A.
Anaphora
B.
Simile
C.
Onomatopoeia
D.
Metaphor
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ANSWER :
A. Anaphora
15.
Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle,
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
What is the rhyming scheme of this stanza?
A.
ABAB
B.
AABB
C.
ABCA
D.
None of the above
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ANSWER :
B. AABB
16.
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.
What is the rhyming scheme of this stanza?
A.
ABCA
B.
ABAB
C.
AABB
D.
None of the above
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ANSWER :
C. AABB
17.
Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And there is the green for stringing the daisies!
What is the rhyming scheme of this stanza?
A.
BBCC
B.
BCBC
C.
BCCC
D.
None of the above
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ANSWER :
A. BBCC
18.

Match the following :

List I List II
a) Fly as thick as driving rain 1.) Personification
b) Painted stations whistle by 2.) Simile
c) Faster than fairies, faster than witches 3.) Onomatopoeia
d) Lumping along with man and load 4.) Alliteration
A.

a-3,b-4,c-1,d-2

B.

a-2,b-3,c-1,d-4

C.

a-2,b-3,c-4,d-1

D.

a-2,b-1,c-3,d-4

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ANSWER :

C. a-2,b-3,c-4,d-1