Rhetorical Question

Rhetorical Questions Examples
From Board Exam 1998 to 2017


 O.1998.Copying the west is not the answer to our problem.
(frame a rhetorical question)

 Is copying the West the answer to our problem?

2. I cannot use your telephone without your permission.

 (Frame a rhetorical question)

  How can I use your telephone without your permission?

 3.There is no room for secrecy or hiding under Bapuji's leadership.

(Frame a rhetorical question)

Is there any room for secrecy or hiding under Bapuji's leadership ?

4. Is that fair? (Rewrite the rhetorical question as a statement)


That is not fair.

5. It is true that a player does much for the country.
(Rewrite using a rhetorical question)
 
Isn't it true that a player does much for the country?

6. Is he then to be denied opportunities to educate himself ?
(Make it assertive)
He is then not to be denied opportunities to educate himself.

7.It was an immediate sensation.

(Make it a rhetorical ques.)

Ans:Was't it an immediate sensation ?

8. Have they brought about much of a change in our social thinking and in our living?

(Remove the rhetorical question)

Ans:They have not brought about much of a change in our social thinking and in our living.

M.2007. 9. Is it wise to quarrel on the festive day ?

(Make it assertive)

Ans:It is not wise to quarrel on the festive day.

M.2008. 10. It was their stronghold.

(Make it rhetorical question)

 Ans:Wasn't it their stronghold ?

M.2009. 11. Shouldn't we be just as worried by the low grade food ?

(Make it assertive)

Ans:We should be just as worried by the low grade food.

12.Have we become mute witness to a taciturn Tamasha.

 (Rewrite it as an assertive sentence)

Ans: We have not become mute witnesses to a taciturn tamash.

 0.2009. 13. The poor chap was always sulking.

(Make it rhetorical question)

Ans:Wasn't the poor chap always sulking ?

 M.2011. 14. How could he give a flat no to a boy like Dave ?

(Makeit assertive))

 Ans:He could not give a flat no to a boy like Dave.

M.2012.  15. Kolhapur is a gourmet's paradise.
(Make it rhetorical question)

 Isn't Kolhapur gourmet's paradise ? 

0.2012. 16.  The engagement with a scientific problem is the most meaningful aspect of a scientist.

(Rewrite as a rhetorical question)

Ans:Isn't the engagement with a scientific problem the most meaningful aspect of a scientist?

 M.2014. 17. Telephones were a rarity.

(Make it a rhetorical question.)

  Ans-Weren't telephones a rarity ?

M.2014. 18. Why do normal people feel that they are 'full' and others like Chaitanya are half or incomplete ?

(Change it in a assertive sentence)

Ans: Normal people should not feel that they are "full" and the others like Chaitanya are half or incomplete.

 0.2014. 19. She felt terrible about this tendency.
 (Rewrite it as a rhetorical question)

Ans:Didn't she feel terrible about this tendency ?

F.2016. 20. I didn't stick at anything for long.

(Rewrite the sentence as a rhetorical question)
 Ans:Did I stick at anything for long ?

2016. 21.  It   is extensive.
(Make it Rhetorical question)
Ans: Isn't it extensive ?

F.2017. 22. He was delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom.
(Make it a rhetorical question.)

 Ans: Wasn't he delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom ?