Literature MCQ Quiz in मल्याळम - Objective Question with Answer for Literature - സൗജന്യ PDF ഡൗൺലോഡ് ചെയ്യുക

The correct answer is 'Personification'.

Key Points

• A figure of speech is a word or phrase that possesses a separate meaning from its literal definition.
• 'Personification' has been used in line 'The wind lies asleep in the arms of dawn'.
• 'Personification' gives human qualities to non living things or ideas. 'Personification' is used to endow human qualities into inanimate objects.
• For example:
  • The thunder grumbled.
• According to the above explanation 'Personification' is a figure of speech that has been used in lines 'The wind lies asleep in the arms of dawn'.
• The quality 'asleep' has been used for wind.
• Thus, option 3 will be the correct answer.

Additional Information Let's look at the meanings and examples of other given options:

• Metaphor: it makes a comparison between two unlike things or ideas.
• For example:
  • Heart of stone.
• Hyperbole: it uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
• For example:
  • I could do this forever.
• Oxymoron: an oxymoron is two contradictory terms used together.
• For example:
  • Peace force.

The correct answer is "I would have secured a seat."

Key Points

• The correct answer is option 2: "I would have secured a seat."
• This is because the statement "If I had applied a bit earlier, I would have secured a seat" is in the past conditional tense, which implies that the action (securing a seat) did not actually happen, hence option 2 is correct because it is also in past conditional tense and it matches the statement.
• Option 1 "I secure a seat" is incorrect because it is in present tense, which implies that the action (securing AIR 1) is currently happening, which contradicts the conditional statement.
• Option 3 "I will secured a seat" is incorrect because it is in the future tense and it contradicts the conditional statement.
• Option 4 "I would secured a seat" is incorrect because it is in the past tense and it contradicts the conditional statement.

Correct Sentence: "If I had applied for the ticket a bit earlier, I would have secured a seat"

The correct answer is ‘Diana.’

Key Points

• The trio of the mythological figures that appear in The Tempest are Ceres, Iris and Juno.
• Ceres: The Goddess of agriculture.
• Iris: The Goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of Gods.
• Juno: The Queen of Gods
• These mythical figures appear in a masque organized by Prospero to celebrate Miranda and Ferdinand’s betrothal.
• They give a poetic speech emphasizing the joys of marriage.
• Thus, it is clear that the mythological figure who is not part of The Tempest is ‘Diana.’

Thus, Option 4 is the correct answer.

The correct answer is 'Personification'.

Key Points

•  Personification: Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human.
• Here, in the above sentence personification has been used as sunflowers are said to have heads.
• Thus, the correct answer is option 4.

Additional Information

• Alliteration: Alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words, even those spelt differently.
• Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things.
• Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them.

The correct answer is option 4, "have completed".

Key Points

• The tense used in this sentence is the future perfect tense. Future perfect tense depicts a situation where the task shall have been completed at a particular point in time in the future.
• The complete sentence is: by the next month we shall have completed the project.
• The Future Perfect Tense is used a) to indicate that an action will have been completed at some point in the future.
• The structure of the sentence is: will/shall + have/has + past participle of the verb.

So the correct option is "have completed".

The correct answer is Hyperbole.

Key Points

• In the given sentence: 'mile was a mile wide' is Hyperbole.
• 'Hyperbole' uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
• In the given sentence, smile is said to be a mile wide, therefore the figure of speech here is a 'Hyperbole'.

Additional Information

• Oxymoron: a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings. Eg: Calm noise
• Personification:  a literary device that gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects. Eg: The stars looked at me.
• Paradox: a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics. Eg: Drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.

The correct answer is option 4), i.e. Metaphor.

Key Points

• A metaphor is a figure of speech which is used to describe a person or an object by directly mentioning another thing or object.
• In the given sentence 'the camel' is described as 'the ship of desert' as it is believed that the camel and the ship have some similar characteristics. So, it is a metaphor.

Important Points

• Pun: A humorous use of words to suggest several meanings of the word or other words which sound alike but have different meanings.
• Personification: When an animal or an inanimate object is given human nature it is called personification.
• Apostrophe: An apostrophe is a figure of speech in which someone is addressed something which is not present.

The correct answer is Metaphor.

Key Points

• Metaphor is a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar.
• Here, a person, is said to be in the spring of his life i.e. at a young age.
• Thus, the sentence is an example of Metaphor.

Additional Information 

• Personification is ​the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. Example: My heat leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky.​
• ​Simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Example: The face of the child is as soft as the petals of a rose.

The correct answer is 'Simile'.

Key Points

• The word 'as' gives us a hint that the sentence is a simile.
• Simile means- a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ). The use of similes is a method of comparison.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

Important Points
Let's understand the difference between these:

The correct answer is Simile.

Key Points

• A simile is a device used to compare two things using "as" or "like".
• Let us take a look at line, 'The reddest flower would, look as pale as snow'
• The poet says the reddest flower is pale like snow.
• He compares flower with snow.
• Thus, the line contains simile.

Additional Information

• Allusion: Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from an unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly.
  • Example: Herculean effort (alluding to the strength of Hercules)
• Anaphora: Anaphora is the repetition of words or phrases in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines.
• Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line in quick succession.
  • Example: The sound of /w/ is repeated in "A place where woman never smiled or wept"