50+ MCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration

1. What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
a) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
b) AABBCCDDEEFFGG
c) ABBAABBACDCDCD
d) ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

2. Which of the following is an example of a couplet rhyme scheme?
a) ABAB
b) AABB
c) ABBA
d) ABCB

3. In a limerick, what is the rhyme scheme of the first, second, and fifth lines?
a) AABBA
b) AABB
c) ABAB
d) ABCB

4. What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet’s octave?
a) ABBAABBACDCDCD
b) ABABCDCDEFEFGGMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
c) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
d) AABBCCDDEEFFGG

5. Which of the following is an example of a terza rima rhyme scheme?
a) ABAB
b) AABB
c) ABA
d) ABA BCB CDC DED

6. What is the rhyme scheme of a Spenserian sonnet?
a) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
b) AABBCCDDEEFFGG
c) ABBAABBACDCDCD
d) ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

7. In a villanelle, how many lines are there and what is the rhyme scheme?
a) 14 lines, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
b) 19 lines, ABA ABAAABAABAAABAABAA
c) 14 lines, ABBACCDDCFFEFF
d) 19 lines, ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

8. What is the rhyme scheme of a ballad stanza?
a) AABB
b) ABAB
c) ABBA
d) ABCB

9. Which of the following is NOT a common rhyme scheme?
a) ABAB
b) AABB
c) ABCD
d) ABBA

10. What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet’s final quatrain?
a) AABB
b) ABAB
c) CDCD
d) EFEF

11. In an ode, which rhyme scheme is typically used?
a) ABAB
b) AABB
c) ABBA
d) ABCABCDEFDEF

12. What is the rhyme scheme of a heroic couplet?
a) AABB
b) ABAB
c) ABBA
d) AA BB CC DD EE FF GG

13. Which of the following is an example of a tercet?
a) ABAB
b) AABB
c) ABA
d) ABBA

14. What is the rhyme scheme of a Rubaiyat stanza?
a) AAAA
b) AABB
c) ABBA
d) ABABMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 

15. Which of the following is NOT a type of quatrain rhyme scheme?
a) AABB
b) ABBA
c) ABABMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
d) AAAA

16. What is the rhyme scheme of a pantoum?
a) ABAB
b) AABB
c) ABA
d) ABCB

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17. In a Shakespearean sonnet, what is the rhyme scheme of the first 12 lines?
a) ABAB CDCD EFEF
b) ABBA ABBA
c) ABAB BCBC CDCD
d) ABAB BCBC CDCD EE

18. What is the rhyme scheme of a Sestina?
a) ABCDEF FAEBDC CFDABE ECBFAD DEACFB BDFECA
b) ABAB
c) ABA
d) AABBCC

19. Which of the following is NOT a rhyme scheme found in a sonnet?
a) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
b) ABBA ABBA CDECDE
c) AABB
d) ABABCDCDEFEFGG

20. What is the rhyme scheme of a ghazal?
a) AAAA
b) AABB
c) ABAA
d) AABA

21. In a villanelle, what is the repeated refrain’s rhyme scheme?
a) A
b) AB
c) ABA
d) ABB

22. What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick’s third and fourth lines?
a) AABBA
b) AABB
c) ABAB
d) ABCB

23. In a Petrarchan sonnet, what is the rhyme scheme of the sestet?
a) ABBAABBACDCDCD
b) ABABCDCDEFEFGGMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
c) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
d) AABBCCDDEEFFGG

24. What is the rhyme scheme of a terza rima?
a) ABAB
b) AABB
c) ABA
d) ABA BCB CDC DED

25. Which of the following is NOT a type of rhyme scheme?
a) ABAB
b) AABBCC
c) ABBA
d) ABCCBA

26. What is the rhyme scheme of a villanelle?
a) ABA BCB CDC DED
b) ABBACCDDCFFEFF
c) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
d) ABABCDCDEFEFGG

27. Which of the following is NOT a common rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean sonnet’s final couplet?
a) GG
b) AA
c) CC
d) EE

28. What is the rhyme scheme of a haiku?
a) AAA
b) AABB
c) ABAB
d) ABC

29. In a ballad stanza, what is the rhyme scheme of the first and third lines?
a) ABAB
b) AABB
c) ABBAMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
d) ABCB

30. What is the rhyme scheme of a rondel?
a) ABABBAAB
b) ABA BABMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
c) AABB
d) ABCABCDD

31. Which of the following is NOT a common rhyme scheme in a sestina?
a) ABCDEF FAEBDC CFDABE ECBFAD DEACFB BDFECA
b) ABCABC
c) ABABAB
d) ABCDEF

32. What is the rhyme scheme of a chant royal?
a) AABBA
b) ABABCCDD
c) ABABBCC
d) AABAABAAB

33. In a triolet, what is the rhyme scheme?
a) A
b) AB

c) ABA
d) ABB

34. What is the rhyme scheme of a kyrielle?
a) AABB
b) AABBA
c) ABABCDCDEFEFGG
d) ABABCC

35. Which of the following is NOT a common rhyme scheme in a sonnet?
a) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
b) ABBAABBA
c) ABABCDCDEFEFGG
d) AABBCCDD

36. What is the rhyme scheme of a triolet?
a) A
b) AB
c) ABA
d) ABB

37. In a Petrarchan sonnet, what is the rhyme scheme of the octave?
a) ABBAABBACDCDCD
b) ABABCDCDEFEFGG
c) ABAB CDCD EFEF GGMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
d) AABBCCDDEEFFGG

38. What is the rhyme scheme of a chant royal?
a) AABBAMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
b) ABABCCDD
c) ABABBCC
d) AABAABAAB

39. In a ballad stanza, what is the rhyme scheme of the second and fourth lines?
a) ABAB
b) AABB
c) ABBAMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
d) ABCB

40. What is the rhyme scheme of a kyrielle?
a) AABB
b) AABBA
c) ABABCDCDEFEFGG
d) ABABCC

41. In a Shakespearean sonnet, what is the rhyme scheme of the first quatrain?
a) AABB
b) ABAB
c) CDCD
d) EFEFMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 

42. What is the rhyme scheme of a pantoum?
a) ABAB
b) AABB
c) ABAMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
d) ABCB

43. Which of the following is NOT a common rhyme scheme for a limerick?
a) AABBA
b) ABAB
c) ABCB
d) AABB

44. What is the rhyme scheme of a triolet?
a) A
b) AB
c) ABA
d) ABB

45. In a Shakespearean sonnet, what is the rhyme scheme of the final couplet?
a) GG
b) AA
c) CC
d) EE

46. What is the rhyme scheme of a chant royal?
a) AABBA
b) ABABCCDD
c) ABABBCC
d) AABAABAAB

47. Which of the following is NOT a common rhyme scheme for a sonnet?
a) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
b) ABBAABBA
c) ABABCDCDEFEFGG
d) AABBCCDD

48. What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick?
a) AABBA
b) ABAB
c) ABCB
d) AABB

49. In a tercet, what is the rhyme scheme?
a) A
b) ABMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
c) ABA
d) ABB

50. What is the rhyme scheme of a triolet?
a) A
b) AB
c) ABA
d) ABB

Answer

1. d) ABBA CDDC EFFE GG
2. a) ABAB
3. a) AABBA
4. b) ABABCDCDEFEFGGMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
5. d) ABA BCB CDC DED
6. c) ABAB BCBC CDCD
7. a) 14 lines, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
8. a) AABB
9. c) ABCD
10. d) EFEF
11. d) ABCABCDEFDEF
12. d) AA BB CC DD EE FF GG
13. c) ABA
14. c) ABBA
15. d) AAAA
16. d) ABCB
17. a) ABAB CDCD EFEF
18. a) ABCDEF FAEBDC CFDABE ECBFAD DEACFB BDFECA
19. d) ABABCDCDEFEFGG
20. c) ABAA
21. c) ABA
22. d) ABCB
23. a) ABBAABBACDCDCD
24. d) ABA BCB CDC DED
25. b) AABBCC
26. a) ABA BCB CDC DED
27. c) CC
28. d) ABC
29. a) ABAB
30. a) ABABBAAB
31. c) ABABAB
32. b) ABABCCDD
33. c) ABA
34. c) ABABCDCDEFEFGG
35. d) AABBCCDD
36. c) ABA
37. b) ABABCDCDEFEFGG
38. b) ABABCCDDMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
39. b) AABB
40. d) ABABCC
41. b) ABAB
42. d) ABCBMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
43. b) ABAB
44. c) ABA
45. a) GG
46. b) ABABCCDD
47. c) ABABCDCDEFEFGG
48. a) AABBA
49. c) ABAMCQs on Types of Rhyme Schemes 
50. c) ABA