SSC English Mock Test 2

1. Who is Maenad? Why does Shelly compare her with clouds in Ode to the West Wind? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………

2. “One too like thee” – Write the source of the line. Bring out the point of comparison. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. “O Wind If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” – Bring out the inner significance of the above lines. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. How is the Skylark addressed in the opening stanza of the poem? Why? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. “Till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not.” – What are the hopes and fears? Why did not the world heed them? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

6. “Thy skill to the poet were, thou scorner of the ground.” – Who is the “scorner of the ground”? Why does the poet describe him likewise? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. Change the narration:

 i) Father said, “We ought to go.”

ii) Mother said to me, “Will you not go to school?” ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

8. Change the voice:

i) The poems of Jibananda Das interest me.

ii) Binoy makes us laugh. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

9. Correct the sentences:

i) I am learning the French. Ans: ………………………………………………………………………………

ii) I am comparatively not better today. Ans: …………………………………………………………………..

10. i) Soyabeans are at least as nutrious as meat. ( Use comparative degree)

      ii) We started as soon as the rain stoipped. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….  ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….