Elephants ________ when they perceive danger.
- (a)trumpet
- (b)frolic
- (c)whine
- (d)sing
Answer
A
Why
Correct — A, trumpet. 'Trumpet' is the specific verb for the loud, resonant call an elephant makes, especially when alarmed or threatened, which matches 'when they perceive danger'.
Why the others are wrong
- (b)frolic — To 'frolic' is to play happily — the opposite of a danger response.
- (c)whine — To 'whine' is a high-pitched complaining sound (of dogs or people), not the call elephants make in alarm.
- (d)sing — 'Sing' is used of birds and people, not of an elephant reacting to danger.
Concept
Animal-sound vocabulary: elephants 'trumpet' — choosing the verb specific to the animal named.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Wolves ______ at the moon.
- (a)trumpet
- (b)howl
- (c)bleat
- (d)neigh
Answer(b) howl — the specific verb for the long, mournful call of wolves.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The verb used for the sound a horse makes is to ______.
- (a)bark
- (b)neigh
- (c)croak
- (d)hoot
Answer(b) neigh — the characteristic sound of a horse.