2012 I Questions & Answers: part13



2012 I QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part13 : 1 to 5

Following Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you as a free online coaching for your TRB SSC CGL written exam preparation for 2017. These are useful study materials collected from previous year question papers. :

1.What figure of speech is used in the expression 'the brother of sleep'?

Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Irony

2.What happens to man after he becomes dust ?

he disappears from the world for ever
he appears in the form of man again
he becomes all pervasive as dust
he often snakes into hermetically sealed chambers

3.Which of the following statement is true ?

The rising sun told Tagore who he was
The rising sun did not tell Tagore who he was
The rising sun advised Tagore to ask no questions
The rising sun told Tagore that he would become dust

4.What,according to the passage,happens to a person's soul after death ?

the soul also dies with the body
the soul continues to live after the body is dead
the soul certainly becomes dust after death
it is dangerous to guess

5.Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives. "Nobody knows my name" is the title of one of James Baldwin's celebrated books.Who knows the name of the old man sitting amidst ruins pondering over his hubble-bubble? we do not.It does not matter.He is there like the North Pole,the Everest and the Alps but with one difference.The North Pole,the Everest and the Alps will be there when he is not there any more.Can we really say this?"Dust thou act to dust returneth" was not spoken of the soul.We do not know whether the old man's soul will go marching on like John Brown's.While his body lies mouldering in the grave or becomes ash driven by the wind or is immersed in water,such speculation is hazardous.A soul's trip can take one to the treacherrous shoals of metaphysics where there is no "yes" or "no"."who am I ?" asked Tagore of the rising sun in the first dawn of his life,he received no answer."Who am I ?" he asked the setting sun in the last twilight of his life.He received no answer. We are no more on solid ground with dust which we can feel in our hands,scatter to the wind and wet with water to turn it into mud.For this much is sure,that in the end,when life's ceaseless labour grinds to a halt and man meets death,the brother of sleep,his body buried or burnt,becomes dust.In the form of dust he lives,inanimate yet in contact with the animate.He settles on files in endless government almirahs,on manuscripts written and not published on all shelves,on faces and hands.He becomes ubiquitous all pervasive,sometimes sneaking even into hermetically sealed chambers. What is the difference between the old man and the North Pole,the Everest and the Alps ?

he ponders over his hubble-bubble while they don't
they are know to all while he is known to none
they remain while he will soon become dust
they are not as old as he

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