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LITERATURE

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the poem speak about?

a)

A) the necessity to be happy

b)

B) the necessity to introspect , understand and have feelings of brotherhood

c)

C) the necessity to work quietly

d)

D) none

2.

According to the poet what creates barriers?

a)

interaction

b)

reaction

c)

language

d)

fight

3.

How is keeping quiet related to life and can change attitude?

a)

it helps to think and search soul

b)

helps to search one's soul

c)

helps to develop new thinking process

d)

All these

4.

Which images in the poem show that the poet condemns or hate violence?

a)

fishermen not harming whales

b)

wars leaving behind no survivors to celebrate

c)

poet's refusal to deal with death

d)

All these

5.

How will silence benefit the man and nature?

a)

man will stop hurting nature and both will heal themselves

b)

both will be friends

c)

man will be healthy

d)

man will know nature better

6.

Why is the moment of silence called Exotic?

a)

because of the beautiful scenery around

b)

because of perfect peace and harmony

c)

because of large gathering

d)

because of the gathering

7.

What is always alive even when everything seems to be dead or still?

a)

mountains and earth

b)

Earth and nature are always alive

c)

rivers and nature

d)

Sun and earth

8.

What can be a cure or an antidote to violent actions?

a)

Practice of silence

b)

polished language

c)

wise words

d)

speaking practice

9.

Not move our arms' what does this expression refer to?

a)

sit quietly

b)

sitting still without any movement

c)

to be inactive

d)

stand quietly

10.

What does number 12 represent?

a)

clock, zodiac signs and months in a year

b)

hours of the day and months of a year

c)

cricket players

d)

earth

11.

Sudden strangeness is one of the following poetic devices:

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

repetition

12.

Have no truck with death’ means-

a)

remove poverty and illiteracy

b)

will not drive a truck

c)

have no association or deal with death

d)

will not die of the truck accident

13.

The poet appeals to the readers to keep quiet as he counts till...

a)

20

b)

10

c)

15

d)

12

14.

The poet advises the people not to speak

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

Any language

d)

English

15.

Where would they be walking?

a)

In the park

b)

Along the river

c)

In the shade

d)

On the road

16.

What according to the poet would interrupt the sadness of man's life?

a)

Great laughter

b)

Huge silence

c)

Arguments

d)

Fights

17.

We can learn a lesson from...

a)

The trees

b)

Nature

c)

Animals

d)

The earth

18.

The poet of 'Keeping Quiet' is...

a)

P.B Shelley

b)

Vikram Seth

c)

Pablo neruda

d)

Kamala Das

19.

Who is the author of Lost Spring?

a)

Willliam Douglas

b)

Anees Jung

c)

Selma Lageriof

d)

Louis Fischer

20.

What does the author analyze in the story?

a)

Poor children and their exploitation

b)

Rich people

c)

garbage

d)

epidemic

21.

What is the central theme of the story Lost Spring?

a)

Saheb and Mukesh

b)

Spring Season

c)

Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood

d)

garbage

22.

What forces the children to live a life of exploitation?

a)

Extreme Poverty

b)

peers

c)

parents

d)

greed

23.

This story is an excerpt from which book of the author?

a)

Unveiling India

b)

Breaking the Silence

c)

The Song of India

d)

Lost Spring - Stories of stolen childhood

24.

Name the birth place of the author.

a)

U.S.A

b)

Callifornia

c)

Kochi

d)

Rourkela

25.

What does the title 'Lost Spring' symbolise?

a)

lost blooming childhood

b)

autumn season

c)

lost money

d)

lost age

26.

Saheb hailed from which place?

a)

Delhi

b)

Seemapuri

c)

Greenfields of Dhaka

d)

None

27.

Why did Saheb leave his house?

a)

Because storm swept away his house and field

b)

to enjoy a life of leisure

c)

to find friends

d)

to go to college

28.

What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker?

a)

hard work

b)

Destiny

c)

People arpund him

d)

Acute poverty

29.

Why did Saheb leave Dhaka?

a)

Because of lack of resources

b)

Because of lack of enough food

c)

Because of friends

d)

Because of parents

30.

Who are responsible for the poor condition of bangle makers in Firozabad?

a)

Parents

b)

Society

c)

Bureaucrats

d)

All

31.

What efforts can help Mukesh materialise his dream of becoming a car driver?

a)

Hard work

b)

going to garage

c)

guidance of his owner

d)

all of the above

32.

What are the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry?

a)

miserable life

b)

impaired vision

c)

Poor health

d)

All of the above

33.

Who employs the local families of Firozabad?

a)

The glass blowing industry

b)

Politicians

c)

Merchants

d)

Bureaucrats

34.

What is the function of glass blowing industry?

a)

to mould glass and make colorful bangles

b)

to mould glass

c)

to make doors

d)

to make windows

35.

What makes the working condition of the children worst in the glass industry?

a)

Dark dingy cells without light and air

b)

dazzling and sparking of welding light

c)

high temprature

d)

All of the above

36.

What excuse do the rag pickers give for not wearing chappals?

a)

mothers don't give

b)

no interest

c)

a tradition

d)

all of the above

37.

What compels the workers in bangle industry of Firozabad to poverty?

a)

cast and ancestral profession

b)

Karam theory and society

c)

Bureaucrats and politicians

d)

All of the above

38.

The poem My mother at sixty six is composed by:

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Emily Deckinson

c)

Kamala Das

d)

Vikram Seth

39.

The rhyme scheme of the poem is

a)

aabb

b)

abca

c)

aaab

d)

None of the above

40.

The mother's face is compared to

a)

to that of a flower

b)

to that of a corpse

c)

to that of a craggy face

d)

to that of snowy lanscape

41.

The word in the poem which means the same as 'come out with great energy' is

a)

smirking

b)

collect

c)

spilling

d)

agility

42.

Which fear does the poet talk about

a)

adulthood fear

b)

childhood fear

c)

old age fear

d)

uncanny fear

43.

Where is the poetess going?

a)

Cochin

b)

Ambala

c)

Hyderabad

d)

Chandigarh

44.

What does the poetess say, to her mother in the end of the poem

a)

Love you Amma

b)

Miss you Amma

c)

See you soon Amma

d)

Nice meeting you Amma

45.

"Her face ashen like that of a corpse" which literally device is used here

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Rhythm

d)

Metaphor

46.

Which fear does the poet talk about

a)

adulthood fear

b)

childhood fear

c)

old age fear

d)

uncanny fear