QUIZ 47 ENGLISH EXTRACTS PART 17

"Nervous I yet would ask Deeming it my task," a. Who was nervous?

• The poet
• The minister
• The king
• The police

"Querulous. I said: Is there no song that I can sing of you?What is the meaning of Querulous?

• joyful

• 'dissatisfied'

• happy

• celebration

"On which she sat and wrote the book of the Morrow" What does “ book of Morrow' mean here?

• The minister
• the future of the person.
• the future of the country.
• The police

"It was clear dawn like a nightmare fled the night"Who felt that it was a clear dawn?

• The minister

• The mother India

• The police

• The poet

"Shall I sing Of your clear dawn with pure gold streaks" Who is the speaker addressing to?

• The mother India
• The minister
• The landlords
• The police

"Sing of the filth and dirt That foul my sylvan retreats." Why do you think she wants him to sing of the 'filth and dirt'?

• The temples have carvings which depict many of our stories and legends.
• We should not ignore the things which are not right.
• ‘The children' refers to the soldiers who fought for the country.
• It refers to the old people, the illiterate people of the country.

"Shall I sing Of your rock cut temples, epics in stone."Why does he call the temples 'epics in stone?

• ‘The children' refers to the soldiers who fought for the country.
• We should not ignore the things which are not right.
• The temples have carvings which depict many of our stories and legends.
• It refers to the old people, the illiterate people of the country.

"Of your children that died to call you their own." a. Who were these children?

• It refers to the old people, the illiterate people of the country.
• We should not ignore the things which are not right.
• The temples have carvings which depict many of our stories and legends.
• ‘The children' refers to the soldiers who fought for the country.

"Sing of the wrinkled face Indexing ignorance,"What does ‘Wrinkled face indexing ignorance' mean?

• It refers to the old people, the illiterate people of the country.
• We should not ignore the things which are not right.
• The temples have carvings which depict many of our stories and legends.
• ‘The children' refers to the soldiers who fought for the country.

Who wrote the poem 'The song of India'?

• K V Puttappa
• V k Gokak
• John keats
• Ruskin Bond