Identify the word that is masculine in some meanings and feminine in others:
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 103
What is the antonym of ‘ابتدا’?
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Correct answer: (B) انتہا
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Question 104
What is the masculine form of ‘پارسا’?
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Correct answer: (A) پارسی
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Question 105
What is the feminine of ‘سنار’?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 106
How many kinds of verbs are there under the past tense?
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Correct answer: (B) Three
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Question 107
Which kind of verb appears in: ‘Read quickly. Write in this way, recite the lesson.’
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Correct answer: (B) Imperative verb
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Question 108
What grammatical person/number is ‘ہم آئے’?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 109
What does ‘ڈینگ ہانکنا’ mean?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 110
Which rhetorical device is used in the following couplet? ‘Where are all those forms, once manifest among tulips and flowers? What forms must lie hidden in the dust?’
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Correct answer: (A) حسنِ تعلیل
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Question 111
In the sentence ‘Hamid and Saeed went to Delhi’, what is ‘and’?
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Correct answer: (B) Conjunction
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Question 112
In grammar, what are all letters other than alif, wāw and yā called?
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Correct answer: (C) Consonant letters
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Question 113
What is the best couplet in a ghazal called?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 114
What is the wāw in ‘خواب’ and ‘خوشی’ called?
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Correct answer: (C) واوِ معدولہ
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Question 115
In poetic terminology, what are repeated words following the rhyme called?
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Correct answer: (C) ردیف
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Question 116
‘The hunter did not even ask this: who remained, who passed away.’ Which poetic device is used in this couplet?
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Correct answer: (A) تجنیس
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Question 117
What is the thing to which something is likened called?
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Correct answer: (B) مشبہ بہ
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Question 118
‘Existence is like a bubble; this display is like a mirage.’ In this couplet, to what is existence likened?
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Correct answer: (C) Bubble
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Question 119
Which term in rhetoric is used for the English word ‘Simile’?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 120
What is meant by ‘مکتوب الیہ’?
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Correct answer: (C) The person to whom a letter is written
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Question 121
What is the plural of ‘مکتوب’?
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Correct answer: (B) مکاتیب
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Question 122
What is the antonym of ‘قریب’?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 123
What is the plural of ‘مجلس’?
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Correct answer: (B) مجالس
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Question 124
Identify the idiom among the following:
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Correct answer: (C) پاٹ پلینا
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Question 125
What does the idiom ‘کھچڑی پکانا’ mean?
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Correct answer: (A) To conspire or consult secretly
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Question 126
‘تشبیب’ is a part of which genre?
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Correct answer: (C) Qasida
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Question 127
Identify the prefix among the following:
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 128
What is a poem called whose every stanza consists of three lines?
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Correct answer: (B) مثلث
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Question 129
What is a noun denoting a tool or weapon called?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 130
How many sun letters are there?
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Correct answer: (C) Fourteen
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Question 131
Identify the past perfect tense among the following sentences:
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Correct answer: (B) احمد آیا تھا
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Question 132
Identify the contradictory sentence among the following:
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 133
In ‘O camel, which of your parts is straight?’, what is ‘کون سی’?
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Correct answer: (B) Interrogative pronoun
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Question 134
What is ‘blank verse’ called in Urdu?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 135
Which statement(s) about the rubā‘ī are correct?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 136
What is the first Urdu mas̱navī?
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Correct answer: (A) کدم راؤ پدم راؤ
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Question 137
Whom did Muhammad Husain Azad describe as a landmark in Urdu poetry?
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Correct answer: (C) Wali
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Question 138
Who held the view that Urdu originated in Punjab?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 139
Whose poetry collection is ‘Bang-e-Dara’?
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Correct answer: (C) Iqbal
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Question 140
Who was the first to write novels in Urdu?
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Correct answer: (A) Maulvi Nazir Ahmad
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Question 141
What is ‘Yādgār-e-Ghālib’?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 142
What is the name of Salim’s friend in the play ‘Anarkali’?
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Correct answer: (B) Bakhtiyar
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Question 143
Who among the following is a novelist?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 144
At whose request did Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali write ‘Musaddas-e-Madd-o-Jazr-e-Islam’?
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Correct answer: (C) Sir Syed
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Question 145
Which Urdu poet was called ‘Khudā-e-Sukhan’?
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Correct answer: (B) Mir Taqi Mir
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Question 146
To which region did Syed Sulaiman Nadvi attribute the origin of the Urdu language?
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Correct answer: (C) Sindh
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Question 147
What is ‘Godān’?
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Correct answer: (B) Novel
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Question 148
Whose mas̱navī is ‘Sehr-ul-Bayān’?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 149
Which of the following was associated with the Progressive Writers’ Movement?