Q. 156. Which figure of speech is evident in “a huge smelly stain stubbornly remained”?
(A) Alliteration
(B) Personification
(C) Oxymoron
(D) Synecdoche
Answer:
(B) Personification
Explanation:
Describing a stain as “stubbornly remaining” attributes the human quality of stubbornness to an inanimate object, which represents personification.
Q. 157. But they ___ be away. I saw them this morning.
(A) Shouldn’t
(B) Can’t
(C) Don’t have to
(D) Mustn’t
Answer:
(B) Can’t
Explanation:
Since the speaker saw them this morning, it is logically impossible that they are away right now; ‘can’t be away’ conveys this impossibility.
Q. 158. I wish he ___ so rude to people when we go out.
(A) Hadn’t be
(B) Didn’t be
(C) Wouldn’t be
(D) Won’t be
Answer:
(C) Wouldn’t be
Explanation:
The phrase ‘I wish he wouldn’t be’ is correctly used to express a strong desire or preference for someone’s future behavior to change.
Q. 159. I _____ been hit by a car, but luckily I managed to get away.
(A) Must have
(B) Should have
(C) Can have
(D) Could have
Answer:
(D) Could have
Explanation:
The modal phrase ‘Could have’ indicates a past possibility that was near to happening but did not actually occur.
Q. 160. Could you tell me, ________?
(A) Where the bus stop is?
(B) Where is the bus stop?
(C) The bus where stops?
(D) The bus stop is where?
Answer:
(A) Where the bus stop is?
Explanation:
In an embedded or indirect question, the word order is subject-verb (‘Where the bus stop is’), not verb-subject.
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