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Q341.Book Back Question
What visual communications gadget connects Francis Bennett to his wife in Paris?
A
The Phonotelephote
B
A telegraph wire
C
A postal letter
D
A television
Q342.Book Back Question
What figure of speech is prevalent throughout 'The Secret of the Machines' where inanimate metal speaks with a human voice?
A
Hyperbole
B
Personification
C
Oxymoron
D
Simile
Q343.Vocabulary
What does the medical term 'prosthetics' mean?
A
Speech devices
B
Artificial body parts substituted for missing or disabled limbs
C
Hearing aids
D
Magnifying spectacles
Q344.Book Back Question
Expand the contraction in: 'She'd finished her homework before dinner.'
A
She would
B
She had
C
She did
D
She could
Q345.Book Back Question
What is the formal expansion of the contraction 'won't'?
A
would not
B
will not
C
were not
D
was not
Q346.Book Back Question
What type of pronouns are 'each other' and 'one another'?
A
Relative Pronouns
B
Reciprocal Pronouns
C
Emphatic Pronouns
D
Interrogative Pronouns
Q347.Book Back Question
What category of pronoun do 'this', 'that', 'these', and 'those' belong to?
A
Demonstrative Pronouns
B
Personal Pronouns
C
Indefinite Pronouns
D
Reciprocal Pronouns
Q348.Book Back Question
Fill in with an appropriate pronoun: '_____ of these two students can solve this challenging problem.'
A
Either
B
Many
C
Few
D
Those
Q349.Book Back Question
What type of pronoun are 'myself', 'himself', and 'herself' when reflecting an action back to the subject?
A
Demonstrative Pronoun
B
Reflexive Pronoun
C
Interrogative Pronoun
D
Relative Pronoun
Q350.Book Back Question
How was advertising displayed to the general public in the year 2889?
A
Printed in paper flyers
B
Projected on giant clouds across the sky
C
Sent through letters
D
Painted on walls
Q351.Book Back Question
What futuristic transport connects continents through undersea pneumatic tubes?
A
Submarines
B
Aero-trains / Pneumatic tubes
C
Flying carpets
D
Electric ships
Q352.Book Back Question
What was the name of the central newspaper managing editor depicted in the story?
A
Francis Bennett
B
Phileas Fogg
C
Captain Nemo
D
Professor Aronnax
Q353.Book Back Question
Who wrote the futuristic science fiction tale 'A Day in 2889 of an American Journalist'?
A
H. G. Wells
B
Jules Verne
C
Isaac Asimov
D
Arthur C. Clarke
Q354.Book Back Question
What ultimate reality do machines acknowledge at the poem's conclusion?
A
They are immortal gods
B
They are nothing more than the children of the human brain
C
They will destroy humanity
D
They can live without power
Q355.Book Back Question
What warning do the machines give if a person mishandles them?
A
They will go on strike
B
If you make a slip in handling us you die
C
They will weep
D
They will complain
Q356.Book Back Question
What law do machines live by, as declared in the poem?
A
Law of the Jungle
B
Law of Compassion
C
Law of the physics of machines that permits no lie
D
Law of Monarchs
Q357.Book Back Question
From where were the ores taken to make the machines in Kipling's poem?
A
From the sky and forest
B
From the ore-bed and the mine
C
From sea water
D
From desert dunes
Q358.Book Back Question
Who is the poet of 'The Secret of the Machines'?
A
Rudyard Kipling
B
Robert Frost
C
William Blake
D
Walt Whitman
Q359.Book Back Question
What is the expansion of 'ISRO'?
A
Indian Satellite Research Operation
B
Indian Space Research Organisation
C
International Space Radiation Office
D
Indian Science Resource Order
Q360.Book Back Question
Expand the computer acronym 'RAM':
A
Read Access Memory
B
Random Access Memory
C
Rapid Action Memory
D
Remote Active Module
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