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 ?
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 ?
