King Lear by William Shakespeare, Exam Based Questions

William Shakespeare’s

King Lear

1. Who is King Lear’s youngest daughter? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)

A) a) Regan

B) b) Cordelia

C) c) Goneril

D) d) Helena

Ans: Answer: b) Cordelia

2. Who is the illegitimate son of Gloucester? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB)

A) a) Edgar

B) b) Edmund

C) c) Oswald

D) d) Kent

Ans: Answer: b) Edmund

3. Which daughter of King Lear poisons her sister? (PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB)

A) a) Goneril

B) b) Regan

C) c) Cordelia

D) d) Desdemona

Ans: Answer: a) Goneril

4. Who disguises himself as “Poor Tom”? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) Kent

B) b) Edgar

C) c) Albany

D) d) Cornwall

Ans: Answer: b) Edgar

5. What is the fate of Cordelia at the end of the play? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)

A) a) She becomes queen

B) b) She is exiled

C) c) She is hanged

D) d) She kills herself

Ans: Answer: c) She is hanged

6. Which character remains loyal to Lear despite being banished? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) Gloucester

B) b) Albany

C) c) Kent

D) d) Oswald

Ans: Answer: c) Kent

7. What natural event mirrors Lear’s madness? (PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB)

A) a) Earthquake

B) b) Storm

C) c) Flood

D) d) Eclipse

Ans: Answer: b) Storm

8. Who kills Cornwall? (PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) A servant

B) b) Albany

C) c) Kent

D) d) Edmund

Ans: Answer: a) A servant

9. What does Gloucester attempt after being blinded? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) Revenge

B) b) Suicide

C) c) Killing Edmund

D) d) Finding Lear

Ans: Answer: b) Suicide

10. Which sister marries the Duke of Albany? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) Goneril

B) b) Regan

C) c) Cordelia

D) d) Helena

Ans: Answer: a) Goneril

11. Who kills Edmund? (PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB)

A) a) Albany

B) b) Edgar

C) c) Kent

D) d) Lear

Ans: Answer: b) Edgar

12. Who serves as Lear’s jester and offers him truth through riddles? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, CUET)

A) a) Fool

B) b) Oswald

C) c) Kent

D) d) Gloucester

Ans: Answer: a) Fool

13. Which nobleman helps Cordelia rescue her father? (PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) Albany

B) b) Kent

C) c) Burgundy

D) d) France

Ans: Answer: d) France

14. Why does Burgundy refuse to marry Cordelia? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) She is exiled

B) b) She has no dowry

C) c) She refuses him

D) d) She is in love with another

Ans: Answer: b) She has no dowry

15. Which daughter professes her love most extravagantly at the start? (PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB)

A) a) Cordelia

B) b) Regan

C) c) Goneril

D) d) None

Ans: Answer: c) Goneril

16. Who kills Oswald? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) Edgar

B) b) Lear

C) c) Kent

D) d) Albany

Ans: Answer: a) Edgar

17. What title does Edmund seek? (PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) Duke of Cornwall

B) b) Duke of Albany

C) c) Earl of Gloucester

D) d) King

Ans: Answer: c) Earl of Gloucester

18. Which character dies of grief after learning of Edmund’s treachery? (UPSC, PGTRB)

A) a) Albany

B) b) Regan

C) c) Goneril

D) d) Gloucester

Ans: Answer: d) Gloucester

19. Who utters the line “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child”? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)

A) a) Lear

B) b) Gloucester

C) c) Kent

D) d) Albany

Ans: Answer: a) Lear

20. Where is Lear reunited with Cordelia? (PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) In the palace

B) b) In a field

C) c) In a camp

D) d) In prison

Ans: Answer: c) In a camp

21. Which sister is poisoned by her sibling? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) Cordelia

B) b) Regan

C) c) Goneril

D) d) Helena

Ans: Answer: b) Regan

22. Who leads the French army in support of Lear? (PGTRB, TNPSC)

A) a) Kent

B) b) Albany

C) c) Cordelia

D) d) Edgar

Ans: Answer: c) Cordelia

23. What happens to Lear at the very end of the play? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)

A) a) He flees

B) b) He dies holding Cordelia

C) c) He is crowned again

D) d) He is banished

Ans: Answer: b) He dies holding Cordelia