Figures of Speech – Exam Based MCQs
1. A figure of speech is a form of expression that uses words in a: (TRB English 2024)
A) strictly literal sense only
B) non-literal or imaginative way
C) grammatical error
D) random order
Ans: B) non-literal or imaginative way
2. Which of the following is a figure of speech? (TNTET 2022)
A) noun
B) simile
C) tense
D) article
Ans: B) simile
3. A simile is a comparison using: (PGTRB)
A) only repetition
B) like or as
C) opposite words
D) sound words
Ans: B) like or as
4. “He is as brave as a lion” is an example of: (SET)
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) irony
D) pun
Ans: B) simile
5. “Her face is like the moon” is an example of: (UGC NET English)
A) hyperbole
B) simile
C) oxymoron
D) metonymy
Ans: B) simile
6. A metaphor is a comparison made: (TRB English 2024)
A) without using like or as
B) using only as
C) with sound imitation
D) by contradiction only
Ans: A) without using like or as
7. “Time is a thief” is an example of: (TNTET 2022)
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) apostrophe
D) alliteration
Ans: B) metaphor
8. “The classroom was a zoo” is an example of: (PGTRB)
A) irony
B) metaphor
C) synecdoche
D) euphemism
Ans: B) metaphor
9. Personification gives: (SET)
A) animal qualities to humans
B) human qualities to non-human things
C) opposite meanings to words
D) sounds to letters
Ans: B) human qualities to non-human things
10. “The wind whispered through the trees” is an example of: (UGC NET English)
A) pun
B) personification
C) metonymy
D) climax
Ans: B) personification
11. “Opportunity knocked at my door” is an example of: (TRB English 2024)
A) personification
B) irony
C) pun
D) antithesis
Ans: A) personification
12. Hyperbole means: (TNTET 2022)
A) understatement
B) deliberate exaggeration
C) comparison using like
D) arrangement in order
Ans: B) deliberate exaggeration
13. “I have told you a million times” is an example of: (PGTRB)
A) hyperbole
B) simile
C) irony
D) oxymoron
Ans: A) hyperbole
14. “He cried a river” is an example of: (SET)
A) metaphor
B) hyperbole
C) pun
D) allusion
Ans: B) hyperbole
15. Alliteration is the repetition of: (UGC NET English)
A) vowel meaning
B) initial consonant sounds
C) sentence endings only
D) opposite ideas
Ans: B) initial consonant sounds
16. “She sells sea shells on the sea shore” is an example of: (TRB English 2024)
A) alliteration
B) irony
C) apostrophe
D) climax
Ans: A) alliteration
17. “Wild winds whisked away the white clouds” is an example of: (TNTET 2022)
A) metonymy
B) alliteration
C) pun
D) euphemism
Ans: B) alliteration
18. Onomatopoeia is the use of words that: (PGTRB)
A) compare things
B) imitate sounds
C) exaggerate meaning
D) hide direct meaning
Ans: B) imitate sounds
19. “The bees buzzed around the hive” contains: (SET)
A) oxymoron
B) onomatopoeia
C) pun
D) climax
Ans: B) onomatopoeia
20. “The clock tick-tocked through the night” contains: (UGC NET English)
A) irony
B) onomatopoeia
C) synecdoche
D) euphemism
Ans: B) onomatopoeia
21. Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which: (TRB English 2024)
A) a word is repeated
B) two opposite terms are joined
C) a sound is imitated
D) a direct comparison is made with as
Ans: B) two opposite terms are joined
22. “Sweet sorrow” is an example of: (TNTET 2022)
A) irony
B) oxymoron
C) pun
D) allusion
Ans: B) oxymoron
23. “Deafening silence” is an example of: (PGTRB)
A) hyperbole
B) oxymoron
C) metonymy
D) simile
Ans: B) oxymoron
24. Irony occurs when: (SET)
A) words mean exactly what they say
B) there is a contrast between expectation and reality
C) two words rhyme
D) a sound is imitated
Ans: B) there is a contrast between expectation and reality
25. Saying “What lovely weather!” during a storm is an example of: (UGC NET English)
A) irony
B) personification
C) simile
D) euphemism
Ans: A) irony
26. Apostrophe is a figure of speech in which the speaker addresses: (TRB English 2024)
A) a punctuation mark
B) an absent person, abstract idea, or inanimate thing
C) only a living friend
D) a direct object
Ans: B) an absent person, abstract idea, or inanimate thing
27. “O Death, where is thy sting?” is an example of: (TNTET 2022)
A) apostrophe
B) pun
C) metaphor
D) metonymy
Ans: A) apostrophe
28. A pun is based on: (PGTRB)
A) sound and double meaning
B) direct comparison with as
C) repetition of vowels
D) exaggeration only
Ans: A) sound and double meaning
29. “A boiled egg is hard to beat” is an example of: (SET)
A) pun
B) irony
C) apostrophe
D) synecdoche
Ans: A) pun
30. Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one thing is referred to by: (UGC NET English)
A) its exact duplicate
B) the name of something closely associated with it
C) its opposite
D) its sound effect
Ans: B) the name of something closely associated with it
31. “The pen is mightier than the sword” contains: (TRB English 2024)
A) metonymy
B) oxymoron
C) alliteration
D) climax
Ans: A) metonymy
32. “The White House announced a new policy” contains: (TNTET 2022)
A) simile
B) metonymy
C) pun
D) apostrophe
Ans: B) metonymy
33. Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which: (PGTRB)
A) the whole stands for a part or a part stands for the whole
B) words imitate sounds
C) two opposite words are joined
D) there is understatement
Ans: A) the whole stands for a part or a part stands for the whole
34. “All hands on deck” is an example of: (SET)
A) synecdoche
B) pun
C) irony
D) euphemism
Ans: A) synecdoche
35. Euphemism is the use of: (UGC NET English)
A) harsh words for pleasant ideas
B) mild or pleasant words for unpleasant ideas
C) impossible exaggeration
D) repeated sounds
Ans: B) mild or pleasant words for unpleasant ideas
36. “He passed away” for “he died” is an example of: (TRB English 2024)
A) irony
B) euphemism
C) simile
D) climax
Ans: B) euphemism
37. Antithesis is a figure of speech in which: (TNTET 2022)
A) similar ideas are combined
B) contrasting ideas are placed side by side
C) sound words are used
D) non-human things are humanized
Ans: B) contrasting ideas are placed side by side
38. “Man proposes, God disposes” is an example of: (PGTRB)
A) antithesis
B) pun
C) metaphor
D) oxymoron
Ans: A) antithesis
39. Climax is an arrangement of ideas in: (SET)
A) descending order of importance
B) ascending order of importance
C) random order
D) reverse meaning
Ans: B) ascending order of importance
40. “He came, he saw, he conquered” is an example of: (UGC NET English)
A) climax
B) pun
C) metonymy
D) apostrophe
Ans: A) climax
41. Allusion is a figure of speech that makes: (TRB English 2024)
A) a brief reference to a known person, place, event, or text
B) direct imitation of sound
C) an overstatement
D) a contradiction in terms
Ans: A) a brief reference to a known person, place, event, or text
42. “He met his Waterloo” contains: (TNTET 2022)
A) simile
B) allusion
C) onomatopoeia
D) irony
Ans: B) allusion
43. Which figure of speech is found in “Life is but a dream”? (PGTRB)
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) pun
D) apostrophe
Ans: A) metaphor
44. Which figure of speech is found in “As busy as a bee”? (SET)
A) irony
B) simile
C) metonymy
D) euphemism
Ans: B) simile
45. Which figure of speech is found in “The stars danced in the sky”? (UGC NET English)
A) personification
B) pun
C) antithesis
D) climax
Ans: A) personification
46. Which figure of speech is found in “Busy as a bee, blind as a bat”? (TRB English 2024)
A) simile
B) irony
C) euphemism
D) metonymy
Ans: A) simile
47. Which figure of speech is found in “The leaves danced in the breeze”? (TNTET 2022)
A) personification
B) oxymoron
C) pun
D) synecdoche
Ans: A) personification
48. Which figure of speech is found in “He has a heart of stone”? (PGTRB)
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) irony
D) alliteration
Ans: B) metaphor
49. Which figure of speech is found in “The snakes hissed in the grass”? (SET)
A) hyperbole
B) onomatopoeia
C) apostrophe
D) metonymy
Ans: B) onomatopoeia
50. The best summary is that figures of speech make language more: (UGC NET English)
A) dull and literal
B) mechanical
C) vivid, expressive, and imaginative
D) silent
Ans: C) vivid, expressive, and imaginative
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