Some Multiple Choice Questions on the poems of Class XII

Some Multiple Choice Questions on the poems of Class XII

My Mother at Sixty-six by Kamala Das

Q1. To which place the poetess Kamala Das is going along with her mother in a car?

1.   Chennai

2.   Bengluru

3.   Cochin

4.   Trivendrum

Q2. From which poem the following lines have been taken?

“…see you soon,
Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and
smile.”

1.    Keeping Quiet

2.  Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

3.  The Roadside Stand

4.  My Mother at Sixty-six

Q3. What was the childhood fear that poetess Kamala Das talks about in her poem ‘My Mother at Sixty-six’?

1.   She had fear of punishment from her father.

2.   She had fear of being punished by her teacher.

3.   She had the fear of having nightmares at night.

4.   She had the fear of being separated from her mother.

Q4. How did the poetess Kamala Das discard her fear and worry after seeing deathlike paleness on her mother’s face?

1.   She looked outside the car.

2.   She started listening to music.

3.   She stopped the car and came out of it.

4.   She woke up her mother.

Q5. Who is the poet of the poem ‘My Mother at Sixty-six’?

1.   Pablo Neruda

2.   Stephen Spender

3.   Gabriel Okara

4.   Kamala Das

 Answers:   Q1. -3     Q2.-4     Q3.-4     Q4.-1     Q5-4