MCQ Class 12 English Poem 2 Keeping Quiet Flamingo

MCQ’s For All Poems – Flamingo Class 12th

1. The poet uses conversational style and personal pronouns as ‘you’, ‘we’ and `I’ because

(a) he wants to be intimate with mankind

(b) he tries to read out to the readers

(d) third person is ineffective

Question 1 of 30

2. The last line of the poem is

(a) and later proves to be alive

(b) life is what it is about

(d) and you keep quiet and I will go

Question 2 of 30

3. Man needs to learn a lesson from

(a) moon

(b) stars

(d) sun

Question 3 of 30

4. According to the poet wars that are fought have no

(a) soldiers

(b) weapons

(d) survivors

Question 4 of 30

5. ‘Cold sea’ is a poetic device

(a) personification

(b) transferred epithet

(d) alliteration

Question 5 of 30

6. Without rush, without engines’ refers to

(a) no noise

(b) no hurry to go to the office

(d) no holidaying

Question 6 of 30

7. The poet wants the entire humanity to

(a) keep talking

(b) keep running

(d) keep still

Question 7 of 30

8. ‘Have no truck with death’ means

(a) will not die of the truck accident

(b) remove poverty and illiteracy

(d) will not drive a truck

Question 8 of 30

9. The poet advocates the balance of nature to be

(a) maintained

(b) destroyed

(d) ignored

Question 9 of 30

10. What does man threaten himself with?

(a) death

(b) birth

(d) suicide

Question 10 of 30

11. Where would they be walking?

(a) in the park

(b) along the river

(d) on the road

Question 11 of 30

12. The types of wars the poet talks about are(a) green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire
(b) verbal wars
(c) technological warfare
(d) nuclear wars

(a) green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire

(b) verbal wars

(d) nuclear wars

Question 12 of 30

13. Fishermen in the cold sea would not harm

(a) seahorses

(b) mermaids

(d) tortoises

Question 13 of 30

14. What kind of a moment would it be when everyone is silent

(a) terrible

(b) painful

(d) unforgettable

Question 14 of 30

15. The poet appeals to the readers to keep quiet for

(a) twenty seconds

(b) 1 hour

(d) twelve seconds

Question 15 of 30

16. What can human beings learn from nature?

(a) beauty

(b) keeping quiet

(d) working with silence

Question 16 of 30

17. What symbol from nature the poet uses to prove that keeping quiet is not total inactivity?

(a) Sun

(b) Soil

(d) Nature and earth

Question 17 of 30

18. How will silence benefit the man and nature?

(a) both will be friends

(b) man will know nature better

(d) man will stop hurting nature and both will heal themselves

Question 18 of 30

19. While gathering salt, what will happen to the man if he keep silent for a moment?

(a) he will stop dropping it

(b) he will look at the ground

(d) he will think of the harm the salt is doing to his hands

Question 19 of 30

20. Why is the poet asking everyone not to speak any language?

(a) to avoid noise

(b) to avoid loud voices

(d) to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings

Question 20 of 30

21. What would everyone feel at that exotic moment?

(a) happy

(b) content

(d) strange blissful oneness

Question 21 of 30

22. What will happen if there are no engines and no crowd?

(a) noise will be lessened

(b) no crowd on roads

(d) it will create a perfect, happy moment

Question 22 of 30

23. What does the poet want people to do for one second?

(a) to sing

(b) to close eyes

(d) to be silent and motionless

Question 23 of 30

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

(a) mountains

(b) rivers

(d) Earth and nature are always alive

Question 24 of 30

25. What is the sadness in the poem that the poet speaks about ?

(a) violence because of unthoughtful ness of the people

(b) unnecessary movements

(d) fighting

Question 25 of 30

26. What should not be confused with total inactivity or death?

(a) no movement

(b) a statue

(d) Stillness and silence

Question 26 of 30

27. Not move our arms’ what does this expression refer to?

(a) sit quietly

(b) stand quietly

(d) sitting still without any movement

Question 27 of 30

28. What does number 12 represent?

(a) hours of the day and months of a year

(b) earth

(d) cricket players

Question 28 of 30

29. How will keeping quiet protect our environment?

(a) by creating peace and brotherhood feelings

(b) no noise will be there

(d) none

Question 29 of 30

30. What is the rhyming scheme used in the poem?

(a) enclosed rhyme

(b) Monorhyme

(d) Free verse

Question 30 of 30

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