Direction: Read the poem given below and answer the following question accordingly.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
What is the main theme of the given poem?
‘That kept so many warm’. Which part of speech is the word ‘So’, in the given line of the poem?
What does the word ‘crumb’ mean in the given poem?
Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question accordingly.
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” - Marcus Aurelius. He was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli), and the last emperor of the Pax Romana (27 BC to 180 AD), an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161. Marcus was born during the reign of Hadrian to the emperor's nephew, the praetor Marcus Annius Verus, and the heiress Domitia Calvilla. His father died when he was three, and his mother and grandfather raised Marcus. After Hadrian's adoptive son, Aelius Caesar, died in 138, the emperor adopted Marcus' uncle Antoninus Pius as his new heir. In turn, Antoninus adopted Marcus and Lucius, the son of Aelius. Hadrian died that year and Antoninus became emperor. Now heir to the throne, Marcus studied Greek and Latin under tutors such as Herodes Atticus and Marcus Cornelius Fronto. Marcus married Antoninus' daughter Faustina in 145. After Antoninus died in 161, Marcus acceded to the throne alongside his adoptive brother, who reigned under the name Lucius Verus.
Under Marcus' rule, the Roman Empire witnessed military conflict. In the East, the Romans fought successfully with a revitalized Parthian Empire and the rebel Kingdom of Armenia. Marcus defeated the Marcomanni, Quadi, and Sarmatian Iazyges in the Marcomannic Wars; however, these and other Germanic people began to represent a troubling reality for the Empire. He modified the silver purity of the Roman currency, the denarius. The persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire appears to have increased during Marcus' reign, but his involvement in this is unknown. The Antonine Plague broke out in 165 or 166 and devastated the population of the Roman Empire, causing the deaths of five million people. Lucius Verus may have died from the plague in 169. Unlike some of his predecessors, Marcus chose not to adopt an heir. His children included Lucilla, who married Lucius, and Commodus, whose succession after Marcus has been a subject of debate among both contemporary and modern historians. The Column and Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius still stand in Rome, where they were erected in celebration of his military victories. Meditations, the writings of "the philosopher" – as contemporary biographers called Marcus, are a significant source of the modern understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy.
According to the given passage, what is ‘denarius’?
Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question accordingly. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” - Marcus Aurelius. He was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli), and the last emperor of the Pax Romana (27 BC to 180 AD), an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161. Marcus was born during the reign of Hadrian to the emperor's nephew, the praetor Marcus Annius Verus, and the heiress Domitia Calvilla. His father died when he was three, and his mother and grandfather raised Marcus. After Hadrian's adoptive son, Aelius Caesar, died in 138, the emperor adopted Marcus' uncle Antoninus Pius as his new heir. In turn, Antoninus adopted Marcus and Lucius, the son of Aelius. Hadrian died that year and Antoninus became emperor. Now heir to the throne, Marcus studied Greek and Latin under tutors such as Herodes Atticus and Marcus Cornelius Fronto. Marcus married Antoninus' daughter Faustina in 145. After Antoninus died in 161, Marcus acceded to the throne alongside his adoptive brother, who reigned under the name Lucius Verus.
According to the given passage, who among the following may have died from the plague?
Find the correct option which is nearest in meaning to the given word.
Devastate
Find the correct option which is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Accede
‘Germanic people began to represent a troubling reality for the Empire’. Which part of speech is the word ‘troubling’ in the given sentence?
Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question accordingly. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” - Marcus Aurelius. He was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli), and the last emperor of the Pax Romana (27 BC to 180 AD), an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161. Marcus was born during the reign of Hadrian to the emperor's nephew, the praetor Marcus Annius Verus, and the heiress Domitia Calvilla. His father died when he was three, and his mother and grandfather raised Marcus. After Hadrian's adoptive son, Aelius Caesar, died in 138, the emperor adopted Marcus' uncle Antoninus Pius as his new heir. In turn, Antoninus adopted Marcus and Lucius, the son of Aelius. Hadrian died that year and Antoninus became emperor. Now the heir to the throne, Marcus studied Greek and Latin under tutors such as Herodes Atticus and Marcus Cornelius Fronto. Marcus married Antoninus' daughter Faustina in 145. After Antoninus died in 161, Marcus acceded to the throne alongside his adoptive brother, who reigned under the name Lucius Verus.
What does the word ‘contemporary’ mean in the given passage?
According to the passage, who among the following, was the last emperor of the Pax Romana?
What does the word ‘erect’ mean in the given passage?
What was the name of the person, whose daughter was married to Marcus Aurelius?
During whose reign, Marcus Aurelius was born?
Find out the sentence which is framed in the past perfect tense.
Adept
Prefer
Find the correct option for the given blank space.
He started his working life as an engineer but ________________ became a teacher.
They started building the house ________________ January.
Which part of the given sentence contains an error?
Why were you all talking so loudly in the class yesterday?
‘There are many different types of air pollutants’. Which part of speech is the word ‘different’, in the given sentence?
What kinds of word active vocabulary consists?
I've no intention of ____________ my plans just to fit in with his.
Find out the correct option for the given blank space.
Lincoln is remembered as a _____________ and hero of the U.S.A.
Which of the following sentences has a modal verb?
He _______________ heal the war-torn nation through reconciliation at that time.
Impartial
According to Emile, the noblest work in education is to make a/an -
‘Pedagogy’ is the study of which of the following?
Which part of speech is the word ‘Neutral’?
Jerome Bruner identified three stages of cognitive representation. Which of the following stages is not one of them?
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