MCQs of Class 12 English Flamingo reader Poem 5 A Roadside Stand by Robert Frost. Students of Class 12 can prepare the MCQs of Poem 5 from the Flamingo reader published by NCERT. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of these MCQs of A Roadside Stand.
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Flamingo book Poem 5 A Roadside Stand
Q1- Who is the poet of A Roadside Stand? A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Q2- Who is Robert Frost? A) An American storyteller
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Q3- What does Frost’s poem deal with? A) human tragedies , fears and their solutions
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Q4- What does Frost present in the poem A Roadside Stand? A) the lives of poor deprived people with understanding and in a sympathatic way
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Q5- What does Frost describe in the poem? A) the feelings of the owners of a roadside shed
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Q6- What is a Roadside Stand in the poem? A) a bus stop
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Q7- Why was roadside stand built? A) so that people can wait there
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Q8- What do the flowers of cities in a roadside stand refer to? A) city people
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Q9- What is being sold on roadside stand? A) furniture
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Q10- What is the childish longing that the poet refers to? A) to travel the city malls
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Q11- Why was the childish longing in vain ? A) because it was useless
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Q12- Which words in the poem show that the poet was feeling hurt over the poor plight of rural folk? A) sometimes I feel I can hardly bear
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Q13- Who are the greedy Doers? A) the government
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Q14- Why are the city people called greedy? A) Because of their appearance
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Q15- What is the special quality of the city people or folk? A) They are connive
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Q16-Who are beasts of prey in the poem? A) the government officials
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Q17- Why are the city people called beasts of prey?
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Q18- How do city people harm the poor rural folk? A) by misguiding and depriving them of their sleep
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Q19- What news in the poem ‘A Roadside Stand’ is making rounds in the village? A) City people are connive
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Q20- What promise was the government making to relocate the villagers? A) to give them all the luxuries
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Q21- Why didn’t the polished traffic stop at the roadside stand? A) they didn’t like that place
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Q22- What does polished traffic refer to? A) city people
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Q23- Who will soothe the rural poor? A) Government and Social agencies
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Q24- What does ‘Out of their wit’ mean in the poem? A) by helping the poor people
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Q25- What does support the flow of cities? A) travelling
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Q26- What is the importance of cash flow for city people? A) they love it
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Q27- Why did a stopping car react? A) to point out at the wrongly marked N and S directions
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Q28- Which word in the poem means fading? A) quarts
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Q29- What is the poet’s call to the polished traffic passing ahead? A) he admiress this
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Q30- Who do selfish cars refer to? A) social agencies Correct Answer: D |
Q31- Why is the word pathetic used for roadside stand? A) for city people’s attitude
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Q32- Who made roadside stand and where? A) The sarpanch made in the village
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Q33- Who wanted to feel the money at hand and from whom? A) The rural folk from the government
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Q34- Who went and waited in the lines? A) The rural folk to hear the government’s declaration
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Q35- What was the news? A) City people will give money
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Q36- Who are the ‘pitiful kin’ in the poem? A) social agencies
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Q37- What would be the state of poor rural folk at new location ? A) tension free as their needs will be looked after
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Q38- What does I stand for in the poem? A) owner of the stand
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Q39- What does the speaker or narrator call the thought of the owner of the stand? A) A chidlike longing
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Q40- What is the open prayer from near the open window?
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ANSWER KEY
1 |
B |
11 |
C |
21 |
D |
31 |
D |
2 |
D |
12 |
D |
22 |
C |
32 |
D |
3 |
A |
13 |
D |
23 |
D |
33 |
D |
4 |
A |
14 |
D |
24 |
C |
34 |
D |
5 |
A |
15 |
D |
25 |
D |
35 |
C |
6 |
C |
16 |
C |
26 |
D |
36 |
D |
7 |
C |
17 |
A |
27 |
A |
37 |
A |
8 |
D |
18 |
A |
28 |
D |
38 |
C |
9 |
D |
19 |
B |
29 |
C |
39 |
D |
10 |
D |
20 |
C |
30 |
D |
40 |
D |
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