Simple General English Questions for CTET and REET Exam
Which one of the following is not a poetic device?
(A) Imagery
(B) Morpheme
(C) Metaphor
(D) Alliteration
Correct Answer : B
The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.
Point out the figure of speech in the above lines.
(A) Simile
(B) Metaphor
(C) Personification
(D) Apostrophe
Correct Answer : A
A sonnet usually contains
(A) eight lines
(B) twelve lines
(C) six lines
(D) fourteen lines
Correct Answer : D
You must not park your cycles here. 'must not' expresses
(A) prohibition
(B) permission
(C) inability
(D) probability
Correct Answer : A
May I enter your office?
In the above sentence 'may' has the meaning of-
(A) permission
(B) possibility
(C) probability
(D) order
Correct Answer : A
Now he _____ his father's business.
(A) looks into
(B) looks after
(C) looks out
(D) looks back
Correct Answer : B
Shall we play indoors ______sweating out in the Sun?
(A) instead of
(B) other than
(C) but for
(D) because of
Correct Answer : A
A sonnet contains
(A) 16 lines
(B) 14 lines
(C) 12 lines
(D) 10 lines
Correct Answer : B
Either those children or my own son________picked all the flowers.
(A) were
(B) has
(C) have
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer : B