Updated on 30/07/2023
Poem-3 Keeping Quiet
1. Who is the poet of 'Keeping Quiet?
(A) Kamala Das
(B) Pablo Neruda
(C) John Keats
(D) Robert Frost
Answer
(B) Pablo Neruda
2. What is the law of nature ?
(A) activity
(B) inactivity
(C) without work
(D) all of the above
Answer
(A) activity
3. What would the fishermen not do ?
(A) to kill the birds
(B) to kill the animals
(C) to kill the whales
(D) to kill the crocodile
Answer
(C) to kill the whales
4. What is the theme of 'Keeping Quiet'?
(A) war
(B) victory
(C) fight
(D) anti-war
Answer
(D) anti-war
5. What will be a historical moment?
(A) the moment of war
(B) the moment of fight
(C) the moment of quietness
(D) all of the above
Answer
(C) the moment of quietness
6. What would the salt gatherer do?
(A) stop gathering whales
(B) stop gathering water
(C) stop gathering salt
(D) stop gathering stone
Answer
(C) stop gathering salt
7. What is action, according to the poet?
(A) hallmark of death
(B) hallmark of victory
(C) hallmark of business
(D) hallmark of life
Answer
(D) hallmark of life
8. What are green wars associated with?
(A) wars with gas
(B) wars with fire
(C) both (a) and (b)
(D) none
Answer
(C) both (a) and (b)
9. How many number did the poet ask us to count?
(A) upto eleven
(B) upto twelve
(C) upto thirteen
(D) upto fourteen
Answer
(B) upto twelve
10. What does the poet think about war?
(A) war is good
(B) war is important
(C) war is necessary
(D) war is meaningless
Answer
(D) war is meaningless
11. What does man threaten himself with?
(A) birth
(B) death
(C) robbery
(D) suicide
Answer
(B) death
12. Man learns a lesson from
(A) the sun
(B) the moon
(C) the stars
(D) the earth
Answer
(D) the earth
13. 'Cold sea' is a poetic device
(A) alliteration
(B) personification
(C) transferred epithet
(D) metaphor
Answer
(C) transferred epithet
14. What kind of a moment would it be when everyone is silent?
(A) very painful
(B) very romantic
(C) very terrible
(D) exotic
Answer
(D) exotic
15. What does number twelve represent?
(A) hours
(B) months
(C) both
(D) none