MCQs For NCERT Class 12 English Chapter 1 My Mother at Sixty Six

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My Mother at Sixty Six Class 12 MCQ Questions with Answers

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Question. What question arises from the complexity of the situation in the poem?   
A) how to over come fears
B) how to do one’s duties
C)how to take care of the parents
D)How to strike a balance between duties and responsibilities

Question. How is the imagery of’ young trees and merry children a contrast to the mother?   
A) hope is a way of life
B) greenery and autumn
C) spring and autumn
D)Mother’s health-hopelessness and trees and merry children-youth fulness and hope

Question. What is the familiar ache?                   
A) her childhood fear of losing her mother
B) her mother’s weak health
C) her duties
D) her helplessness

Question. What do the running trees signify?       
A) fast moving appearance
B) speed of the moving car
C) fast moving change in human life from childhood to old age
D) none

Question. Who is the poet of this poem?       
A) John Keats
B) Rudyard Kipling
C) William Wordsworth
D) Kamala Das

Question. What is her work known for?         
A) for its originality, versatility and flavor of the soil
B) for its popularity
C) for its style
D) for the expressions used

Question. What does the narrative single sentence style of the poem highlight?     
A) Poet’s fearful mind
B) Poet’s in securities
C) poet’s thoughts
D)Conscience of the poet where one thought is leading to another

Question. What does the poem revolve around?       
A) poet’s fears
B) poet’s love for her mother
C) poet’s journey
D)Theme of advancing age and fears associated with it

Question. Quote an example of a simile used in the poem.       
A) familiar ache 
B) like that of a corpse
C) wan and pale
D) the merry children

Question. Quote an example of a metaphor used in the poem.       
A) as a late winter’s moon
B) childhood’s fears
C) Driving from my parent’s home
D) None

Question. Quote an example of an alliteration used in the poem.         
A) like ashen
B) smile ,smile and smile
C) Friday morning
D) None

Question. In which languages has KamlaDas written stories and novels?   
A) English and Tamil
B) English and Hindi
C) English and Urdu
D) English and Malayalam

Question. Name the poetic devices used in the poem.     
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) alliteration
D) all of these

Question. What is the significance of the title My Mother at Sixty Six?         
A) Poet’s fear of losing her old mother
B) Poet’s fear of moving fast
C) Poet’s inability to express her feelings
D) All of these

Question. What does the poet’s smile signify in the poem?       
A) Her assurance to mother and helplessness inside
B) she has a responsibility
C) she has to do her duty first
D) she is a loving daughter

Question. Why are the trees described as sprinting?     
A) their running appearance and to show fast moving change of human life
B) to show their running appearance
C) to tell how trees look from a running car
D) to show the speed of the car

Question. What do the running trees signify?     
A) fast moving appearance
B) speed of the moving car
C) fast moving change of human life from childhood to old age
D) none

Question. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?       
A) Losing her mother
B) heart attack
C) headache
D) children screaming at her

Question. Which poetic device is used in “Trees sprinting-” ?         
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) alliteration
D) Personification

Question. What is the distinctive feature of the poem?       
A) its metaphors
B) simile used
C) alliteration used
D) narrative style using a single sentence in a set of 14 lines

True False Question

Question. Kamala Das was born in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu.

Question. Kamala Das has written novels and short stories in English as well as Malayalam.

Question. The poem has been written in one single sentence. This is called enjambment.

Question. Kamala Das died in the year 2009.

Question. The mother’s mouth was open because she was dozing off in the car.

Question. “Trees sprinting” is an example of onomatopoeia in the poem.

Question. “Goodbye, Amma” were the parting words of the speaker.

Question. The poem depicts the helplessness and limitations of human beings.

Question. “Smile and smile and smile” is an example of transferred epithet.

Source Based Integrated Question

but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan,
pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
but all I said was, see you soon,
Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and
smile……

Question. Why did the poet look at her mother again?
A) because her face was pale and dull
B) because she was departing
C) because she never comes back
D) because of fear and insecurity

Question. Which Rhyming scheme is used in the poem?
A) coupled rhyme
B) heroic Couplet
C) Alternate rhyme
D) free verse

Question. Infer the two contrasting feelings of the poet in the last two lines
A) She was sad as looking at the pale face of her mother and wanted to be more careful
B) First, she was careless but later she was cheerful
C) She was sad but hid her feelings and tried to be optimistic
D) initially, she was in hurry, later she bids goodbye

Question. Which of the following points does the poem highlight?
1. acceptance of reality
2. regret and anger
3. poet’s intertwining thoughts about her feelings and insecurities
4. old age is pleasant
5. importance of optimism and hope
A) 1, 2 & 3
B) 1, 3 & 5
C) 2, 4 & 5
D) 1 & 3

-and
looked out at Young
Tress sprinting ,the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her,wan,pale
as a late winter’s moon-

Question. In what kind of mood was the poet in?
A) cheerful
B) romantic
C) melancholy
D) tense

Question. Which poetic device is used in ‘Young trees sprinting’?
A) personification
B) simile
C) allegory
D) oxymoron

Question. Which poetic device is used in ‘pale as a late winter’s moon’?
A) symbolism
B) simile
C) irony
D) contrast

Question. Why do the ‘Young Trees’ seems to be sprinting?
A) they are hoardings of tree conservation ads seen to pass by fast
B) they appear so since they are pictures seen from the inside of the vehicle.
C) real trees are running along with the vehicle
D) they appear so because the poet sees them from inside the vehicle.

True False Question

Question. Kamala Das was born in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu.

Question. Kamala Das has written novels and short stories in English as well as Malayalam.

Question. The poem has been written in one single sentence. This is called enjambment.

Question. Kamala Das died in the year 2009.

Question. The mother’s mouth was open because she was dozing off in the car.

Question. “Trees sprinting” is an example of onomatopoeia in the poem.

Question. “Goodbye, Amma” were the parting words of the speaker.

Question. The poem depicts the helplessness and limitations of human beings.

Question. “Smile and smile and smile” is an example of transferred epithet.

Source Based Integrated Question

but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan,
pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
but all I said was, see you soon,
Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and
smile……

Question. Why did the poet look at her mother again?
A) because her face was pale and dull
B) because she was departing
C) because she never comes back
D) because of fear and insecurity

Question. Which Rhyming scheme is used in the poem?
A) coupled rhyme
B) heroic Couplet
C) Alternate rhyme
D) free verse

Question. Infer the two contrasting feelings of the poet in the last two lines
A) She was sad as looking at the pale face of her mother and wanted to be more careful
B) First, she was careless but later she was cheerful
C) She was sad but hid her feelings and tried to be optimistic
D) initially, she was in hurry, later she bids goodbye

Question. Which of the following points does the poem highlight?
1. acceptance of reality
2. regret and anger
3. poet’s intertwining thoughts about her feelings and insecurities
4. old age is pleasant
5. importance of optimism and hope
A) 1, 2 & 3
B) 1, 3 & 5
C) 2, 4 & 5
D) 1 & 3

-and
looked out at Young
Tress sprinting ,the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her,wan,pale
as a late winter’s moon-

Question. In what kind of mood was the poet in?
A) cheerful
B) romantic
C) melancholy
D) tense

Question. Which poetic device is used in ‘Young trees sprinting’?
A) personification
B) simile
C) allegory
D) oxymoron

Question. Which poetic device is used in ‘pale as a late winter’s moon’?
A) symbolism
B) simile
C) irony
D) contrast

Question. Why do the ‘Young Trees’ seems to be sprinting?
A) they are hoardings of tree conservation ads seen to pass by fast
B) they appear so since they are pictures seen from the inside of the vehicle.
C) real trees are running along with the vehicle
D) they appear so because the poet sees them from inside the vehicle.