My Mother at Sixty Six MCQs with Answers NCERT Class 12 English Poem 1

My Mother at Sixty Six MCQs

“My Mother at Sixty Six” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 12 English Flamingo Book Poem 1

My Mother at Sixty Six MCQs of Class 12 English Poem 1, My Mother at Sixty Six by Kamala Das have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 12 can prepare the MCQs of Poem 1, My Mother at Sixty Six from NCERT Flamingo book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the MCQs of My Mother at Sixty Six. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.

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Class 12 English Flamingo My Mother at Sixty Six Poem 1 Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are a type of objective assessment in which a person is asked to choose one or more correct answers from a list of available options. An MCQ presents a question along with several possible answers.

 

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

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

3- 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

4- In which languages has Kamla Das written stories and novels?
A) English and Tamil
B) English and Hindi
C) English and Urdu
D) English and Malayalam

5- Name the poetic devices used in the poem.
A) metaphor
B) similie
C) alliteration
D) all of these

6- 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

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

8- 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

9- What does this narrative style of the poem signify?
A) differing thoughts
B) many thoughts
C) contrasting thoughts
D) a single thread of thought mixed with harsh realities

10- What is the main idea of the poem?
A) Painful old age
B) discolouration of skin
C) carelessness of a daughter
D) lack of strength

11- What did the poet realize with pain?
A) her mother’s appearance like a corpse
B) she is inconsiderate
C) old age is pleasant
D) she has duties

12- 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

13- 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

14- Winter’s moon’ is a reference to the mother’s
A) old age
B) illness
C) color of skin
D) young age

15- What does ‘ashen face ‘ signify?
A) colour of face
B) face is covered with ash
C) Pale and lifeless face of poet’s mother
D) to show ugly face

16- What does the poet notice outside the car ?
A) sprinting trees and running children
B) schools and roads
C) other vehicles
D) many people on the road

17- What do the parting words “See you soon Amma” signify?
A) her carelessness
B) Her optimistic farewell full of cheerfulness
C) she bids goodbye like this
D) she is in a hurry

18- 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

19- What is the universality of the theme of the poem?
A) death is a truth
B) Life is a reality
C) everyone is happy
D) to show old age

20- What worried the poet when she looked at her mother?
A) her face
B) her broken arm
C) her loving words
D) her declining age

21- Why did the poet look at her mother again?
A) because she was busy
B) because she was going away
C) because she wanted to stay back
D) because of fear and insecurity

22- Why has the poet used the imagery of merry children spilling out of their homes?
A) to show hope
B) to show happiness
C) to show youthfulness of her age
D) to show hope and happiness in children

23- Which Rhyming scheme is used in the poem?
A) coupled rhyme
B) monorhyme
C) Alternate rhyme
D) free verse

24- 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

25- Quote an example of a metaphor used in the poem.
A) as a late winter’s moon
B) ‘Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes’
C) Driving from my parent’s home
D) None

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

27- Quote an example of personification used in the poem.
A) sprinting trees
B) home to cochin
C) airport’s security check
D) All of these

28- Why does the poet feel scared?
A) Because of her duties and commitments
B) Because of her job
C) Bcause of her children
D) Because of her mother’s deteriorating health

29- Why does the poet feel parted, upset and sad?
A) because of her fears
B) because she was getting late
C) fear of missing her flight
D) because of her duty towards mother and her own needs

30- What is the tone of the poem towards the end?
A) sad
B) hopeless
C) cheerful
D) resignation with acceptance

31- What does the narrative single sentence style of the poem highlight?
A) Poet’s feelings
B) Poet’s insecurities
C) poet’s thoughts
D) poet’s intertwining thoughts

32- What does the poem revolve around?
A) poet’s fears
B) poet’s love for her mother
C) Theme of old age
D) All of these

33- What question arises from the complexity of the situation in the poem?
A) what to do in old age
B) how to take care of one’s skin
C) how to drive
D) How to strike a balance between duties and responsibilities

34- How is the imagery of ‘young trees and merry children’ a contrast to the mother?
A) mother is old in comparison to the trees and children
B) mother is like ash while the trees are green and children are happy
C) like spring and autumn season
D) Mother’s health-hopelessness and trees and merry children- youthfulness and hope

35- What does the expression smile, smile and smile signify?
A) poet was going home and was elated
B) poet was happy
C) poet was hopeless
D) poet’s desperate efforts to hide her fears

36- What was the expression of the poet’s face while parting from her mother?
A) satirical
B) funny
C) sad
D) smiling

37- Whose house the poet was leaving?
A) her friend’s house
B) in-law’s house
C) her husband’s house
D) her parents’ house

38- What was the poet’s childhood fear?
A) Parting from her husband
B) Parting from her friends
C) Parting from her siblings
D) losing her mother

39- What were the words she used while parting from her mother?
A) See you soon Ba
B) See you soon beeji
C) See you soon mata ji
D) See you soon, amma

40- What pangs did she feel when she looked at her mother?
A) Pangs of headache
B) Pangs of stomachache
C) Pangs of knee pain
D) Pangs of heartache

41- The childhood fear was the fear of
A) separation from mother
B) exams
C) medical check-up
D) dental treatment

42- She was going to
A) Goa
B) Mumbai
C) Cochin
D) Kolkata

43- The poet was driving towards the
A) railway station
B) bus-stand
C) airport
D) metro station

44- The person in the car, beside the poetess, was,
A) her aunt
B) her niece
C) her uncle
D) her mother

45- The mother of the poetess was
A) smiling
B) laughing
C) crying
D) dozing off

46- The poetess says her mother looked pale like a
A) corpse
B) ghost
C) malnourished child
D) anemic person

47- Kamala Das realized that her mother was very
A) young
B) energetic
C) old
D) ill

48- She soon put that thought out of her mind and
A) smiled
B) laughed heartily
C) cried bitterly
D) looked out of the window

49- The narrator also saw children running out of
A) their homes
B) schools
C) parks
D) football ground

50- ‘Children spilling out’ is
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) personification
D) transferred epithet

 

 

 

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ANSWER KEY

1 D 26 A
2 A 27 B
3 A 28 A
4 D 29 A
5 D 30 D
6 A 31 D
7 D 32 D
8 D 33 D
9 D 34 D
10 A 35 D
11 A 36 D
12 A 37 D
13 C 38 D
14 A 39 D
15 C 40 D
16 A 41 A
17 B 42 C
18 A 43 C
19 A 44 D
20 D 45 D
21 A 46 A
22 A 47 C
23 C 48 D
24 A 49 A
25 C 50 B

 

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