MCQ Class 11 English Poem 1 A Photograph Advertisement 1. Who is the poet of “A Photograph”?Kamala DasShirley ToulsonSarojini NaiduAdrienne RichQuestion 1 of 202. What does the cardboard represent in the poem?A school notebookA painting of the seaA photographA postcardQuestion 2 of 203. What were the two girl cousins doing in the photograph?Paddling in the seaRunning on the beachPlaying with a cameraCollecting shellsQuestion 3 of 204. How many girls were present in the photograph?TwoFourFiveThreeQuestion 4 of 205. Who was the big girl in the photograph?BettyThe poet’s motherDollyThe poetQuestion 5 of 206. Who took the photograph?The poet’s fatherThe poet’s motherThe uncleOne of the cousinsQuestion 6 of 207. How old was the poet’s mother approximately when the photograph was taken?Twelve yearsTwenty yearsThirty yearsSix yearsQuestion 7 of 208. What were the girls doing when they smiled at the camera?Holding flowersSitting on the sandWalking towards homeStanding stillQuestion 8 of 209. What does the poet admire about the sea?Its changing colourIts apparent lack of changeIts powerful wavesIts beautiful shellsQuestion 9 of 2010. Which word describes the feet of the girls in the poem?PermanentPowerfulTransientInvisibleQuestion 10 of 2011. What does the word “paddling” mean in the poem?Running quicklySwimming underwaterMoving the hands through the airWalking or playing in shallow waterQuestion 11 of 2012. What was the relationship between Betty and Dolly and the poet’s mother?They were her girl cousinsThey were her sistersThey were her daughtersThey were her school friendsQuestion 12 of 2013. What did the poet’s mother do when she saw the snapshot years later?She became angryShe laughedShe cried immediatelyShe threw it awayQuestion 13 of 2014. Approximately how many years later did the mother laugh at the snapshot?Five to ten yearsTen to fifteen yearsTwenty to thirty yearsForty to fifty yearsQuestion 14 of 2015. What did the poet’s mother remember about the beach holiday?How Betty and Dolly had been dressed for the beachThe name of the photographerThe cost of the holidayThe weather forecastQuestion 15 of 2016. What does the phrase “the sea holiday” refer to?A future journeyA school excursionA holiday spent in the mountainsThe mother’s childhood beach tripQuestion 16 of 2017. What does the poet mean by “Was her past, mine is her laughter”?Both women went on the same holidayThe holiday belonged to her mother’s past, while the mother’s laughter became the poet’s memoryThe poet disliked her mother’s laughterThe mother remembered the poet’s childhoodQuestion 17 of 2018. Which two experiences of loss are connected in the second stanza?Losing a photograph and losing a cameraLosing a holiday and losing a houseThe mother’s lost childhood and the poet’s awareness of passing timeLosing friends and losing moneyQuestion 18 of 2019. What is suggested by the word “wry” in the second stanza?A mixture of amusement and sadnessComplete happinessExtreme angerTotal confusionQuestion 19 of 2020. What does “the laboured ease of loss” suggest?Loss is always easy to forgetPeople never feel sad about the pastMemories completely remove sadnessPeople try to accept loss, although it remains emotionally difficultQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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