WEST BENGAL 2nd SLST MOCK TEST 2025
Sub : English in IX-X Category,
👉 60 MCQS
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✔️Section A: Poetry :
1. In "The World is Too Much With Us", Wordsworth condemns mankind’s:
A) Religious indifference
B) War-like tendencies
C) Materialism
D) Political views
2. "To a Skylark" by Shelley portrays the bird as:
A) A symbol of love
B) A night predator
C) A spiritual inspirer
D) A common bird
3. "Ode to the West Wind" ends with a hope for:
A) Destruction
B) Immortality
C) Rebirth
D) Silence
4. Which season is personified in "Ode to Autumn"?
A) Winter
B) Autumn
C) Summer
D) Spring
5. The dominant theme of "Ulysses" is:
A) Domestic joy
B) Heroic restlessness
C) Romantic love
D) Social criticism
6. Browning's "The Last Ride Together" is a blend of:
A) Comedy and satire
B) Tragedy and revenge
C) Passion and philosophy
D) Religion and myth
7. In "The Darkling Thrush", the thrush is a symbol of:
A) Old age
B) Death
C) Hope
D) Futility
8. "The Wild Swans at Coole" reveals Yeats’s:
A) Political views
B) Religious belief
C) Poetic rivalry
D) Emotional aging
9. Wilfred Owen's "Strange Meeting" is set in:
A) A battlefield hospital
B) A dreamlike underworld
C) A churchyard
D) A prison
10. “The Listeners” by Walter de la Mare evokes:
A) Joyful mood
B) Mystery and silence
C) Romantic celebration
D) Allegorical fantasy
11. Wordsworth’s Lucy Poems often represent:
A) Revolutionary thoughts
B) Idealized rural simplicity
C) Political satire
D) Urban chaos
12. “To a Skylark” is a/an:
A) Satire
B) Sonnet
C) Narrative
D) Lyrical apostrophe
13. “Ulysses” ends with the resolve to:
A) Die in peace
B) Continue striving
C) Return to Penelope
D) Settle in Ithaca
14. Shelley invokes the West Wind as:
A) A destroyer and preserver
B) A gentle breeze
C) A healing force
D) A seasonal poem
15. In “Strange Meeting”, Owen uses:
A) Allegory
B) Dramatic monologue
C) Elegy
D) Satire
16. “The Wild Swans at Coole” represents:
A) Political debate
B) Personal loss and aging
C) Satirical tone
D) Comic relief
17. In "The Darkling Thrush", the landscape is depicted as:
A) Lush and thriving
B) Joyous and lively
C) Bleak and wintry
D) Festive and warm
18. Which poetic device is most used in "To a Skylark"?
A) Oxymoron
B) Apostrophe
C) Hyperbole
D) Paradox
19. “The Last Ride Together” reflects:
A) Political ambition
B) Stoic acceptance
C) Mystical denial
D) Marital bliss
20. In “The Listeners,” the Traveller is:
A) Welcomed
B) Banished
C) Ignored
D) Attacked
✔️Section B: Drama :
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21. Who disguises herself in "She Stoops to Conquer"?
A) Mrs. Hardcastle
B) Miss Neville
C) Kate Hardcastle
D) Lady Marlow
22. "Arms and the Man" critiques:
A) British monarchy
B) Romantic ideals of war
C) Courtly manners
D) Education system
23. Raina’s chocolate-cream soldier is actually a:
A) Spy
B) Cook
C) Professional soldier
D) Serbian officer
24. In "Justice", the central issue is:
A) Police brutality
B) Judicial cruelty
C) Prison reform and mercy
D) Political corruption
25. Bluntschli is contrasted with:
A) Catherine
B) Petkoff
C) Sergius
D) Louka
26. In “Justice”, the playwright criticizes:
A) Poverty
B) Hypocrisy
C) Legal system’s inhumanity
D) Democracy
27. “She Stoops to Conquer” is an example of:
A) Romantic drama
B) Farcical comedy
C) Melodrama
D) History play
28. Sergius is often described as:
A) A brave realist
B) A coward
C) A pompous romantic
D) A servant in disguise
29. Galworthy’s tone in "Justice" can be best described as:
A) Sarcastic
B) Melancholic
C) Sympathetic
D) Ironic
30. The subplot in "She Stoops to Conquer" involves:
A) A duel
B) Tony and Miss Neville
C) Kate’s marriage to Hastings
D) Marlow’s father
✔️Section C: Short Story and Essay :
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31. The central theme of “The Gift of the Magi” is:
A) Irony and sacrifice
B) Inheritance
C) Greed and punishment
D) Religion
32. In “The Ox”, the protagonist is:
A) A nursemaid with suppressed anger
B) A bold teacher
C) An abusive aunt
D) A lazy stepmother
33. "The Lotos Eater" by Maugham deals with:
A) British imperialism
B) A man escaping responsibility
C) Greek mythology
D) Drug abuse
34. Conrad’s “Lagoon” is set in:
A) Africa
B) India
C) Malay jungle
D) Pacific islands
35. The narrator in “The Ox” is:
A) The woman’s husband
B) Her child
C) Her employer
D) A neighbor
36. Arsat in "Lagoon" tells the story of:
A) His love and guilt
B) His escape from war
C) British colonizers
D) His merchant life
37. “Dream Children” reflects:
A) Satirical style
B) Humorous commentary
C) Deep personal sorrow
D) Political turmoil
38. In “The Lotos Eater”, the protagonist’s choice leads to:
A) Fame
B) Madness and poverty
C) Redemption
D) Employment
39. O. Henry’s famous style includes:
A) Poetic devices
B) Dramatic endings
C) Twist in the tale
D) Mythical allegory
40. “The Ox” can be seen as:
A) An allegory
B) A horror story
C) A comic tale
D) A psychological study
41. Lamb’s “Dream Children” is:
A) A dramatic monologue
B) A fantasy memoir
C) A satirical parody
D) A travelogue
42. Arsat’s brother dies because:
A) He is betrayed
B) He is old
C) He is greedy
D) He helps Arsat escape
43. “The Gift of the Magi” is set during:
A) Summer
B) Christmas
C) Easter
D) Autumn
44. “The Lotos Eater” originally refers to:
A) Roman myth
B) Irish folklore
C) Homer’s Odyssey
D) Dante’s Inferno
45. In “The Ox”, the woman is likened to:
A) A witch
B) An ox
C) A snake
D) A queen
✔️Section D: Grammar and Usage :
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46. Identify the correct sentence:
A) She don’t like coffee.
B) She doesn’t likes coffee.
C) She doesn’t like coffee.
D) She don’t likes coffee.
47. Choose the correct form: “Each of the boys ___ given a book.”
A) were
B) have
C) has
D) are
48. Identify the relative clause:
A) He runs fast.
B) I met a man who knew you.
C) It rained heavily.
D) She sang loudly.
49. Choose the sentence with correct use of articles:
A) He is an honest man.
B) He is a honest man.
C) He is the honest man.
D) He is honest man.
50. “He said, ‘I am going now.’” Change into indirect speech:
A) He said he is going now.
B) He said he was going then.
C) He said I am going now.
D) He says he went then.
51. Choose the complex sentence:
A) He ran fast and won.
B) Although he was late, he attended the class.
C) He wrote a letter.
D) He came, he saw.
52. Which is a simple sentence?
A) She cooked and he cleaned.
B) Although he was ill, he worked.
C) He laughed.
D) When she came, I was eating.
53. Identify the correct narration:
A) He asked what is my name.
B) He asked what was my name.
C) He asked what my name was.
D) He asked what my name is.
54. Choose the grammatically correct sentence:
A) She sing well.
B) She sings well.
C) She singing well.
D) She sangs well.
55. Identify the sentence with a mood of suggestion:
A) Go and study now.
B) You might do better.
C) I wish I were rich.
D) Let’s go out.
56. "He is taller than ___ in the class." Choose the correct pronoun.
A) any
B) all
C) everyone
D) anyone else
57. Combine: “He failed. He worked hard.”
A) Although he worked hard, he failed.
B) He failed and worked hard.
C) He failed when he worked hard.
D) He failed as he worked hard.
58. Direct to indirect: “She said, ‘Do it now.’”
A) She told me to do it then.
B) She said me do it now.
C) She asked me did it then.
D) She says do it now.
59. Choose the correct voice:
A) The song sung by her.
B) The song was sung by her.
C) The song were sung by her.
D) The song was sing by her.
60. Choose the sentence in passive voice:
A) They completed the task.
B) The task was completed.
C) She is cooking.
D) He sings.
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Answer Key:
1. C 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B
11. B 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. B 17. C 18. B 19. B 20. C
21. C 22. B 23. C 24. C 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. B
31. A 32. A 33. B 34. C 35. C 36. A 37. C 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. B 42. D 43. B 44. C 45. B
46. C 47. C 48. B 49. A 50. B 51. B 52. C 53. C 54. B 55. D
56. D 57. A 58. A 59. B 60. B
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