11th class English unit 10 MCQs
Q2. Choose the correct meaning of underlined word.
1. Old Stephen yelled at the house boy:
a. Talked
b. Called
c. Amused
d. Screamed
2. Piles of wood and grass had been prepared:
a. Beds
b. Huts
c. Heaps
d. Bridges
3. All the trees were queer and still:
a. Strange
b. Fresh
c. Clear
d. Strong
4. Can hardly dwell here or cross:
a. Enjoy
b. Sling
c. Sleep
d. Live
5. The new mealies were just showing.
a. Maize
b. Clouds
c. Stars
d. Colors
6. Locusts were going to be like bad weather, always imminent.
a. Impending
b. Abundance
c. Dangerous
d. Bad
7. The countryside was devastated and mingled:
a. Ploughed
b. Cultivated
c. Thronged
d. Damaged
8. The old man said emphatically:
a. Angrily
b. Sadly
c. Forcefully
d. Happily
9. They beat the ploughshare at the time of crisis.
a. Harvest
b. Emergency
c. Marriage
d. Success
10. The farm was ringing with the clamour of the gong.
a. Silence
b. Song
c. Uproar
d. Music
11. The farm was ringing with the clamour of the gong.
a. Virgin
b. Musician
c. Cowboy
d. Bell
12. The farmers were throwing wet leaves on the fire to make it acrid.
a. Lovely
b. Bitter
c. Sweet
d. Blaze
13. The smoke was rising from myriads of fire.
a. Ashes
b. Piles
c. Countless
d. Wood
14. The darkness was like the darkness of a veldt fire.
a. Burning
b. Grassland
c. Dim
d. Blaze
15. The sunlight was coming down distorted.
a. Tampered
b. Lovely
c. shiny
d. Fierce
16. The sunlight was oppressive with heaviness of storm.
a. Lovely
b. Fresh
c. Light
d. Stuffy
17. The sun was blotted out with a fresh onrush of locusts.
a. Appeared
b. Shone brightly
c. Obscured
d. Looked lovely
18. The sun was blotted out with a fresh onrush of locusts.
a. Dose
b. Retreat
c. Attack
d. Smell
19. The sunlight was perverted.
a. Lovely
b. Diverted
c. Burning
d. Fierce
20. A branch of tree snapped off.
a. Shot
b. Rose upward
c. Broke
d. Swayed
21. The countryside was devastated and mangled.
a. Planted
b. Beautified
c. Fertile
d. Ruined
22. The countryside was devastated and mangled.
a. Built
b. Ploughed
c. Deformed
d. Planted
23. Men ate their dinner with good appetite.
a. Hatred
b. Dose
c. Disgust
d. Taste
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