Updated on 24/11/2022
Poem-5 A Roadside Stand
1. Why was the roadside stand built?
(A) to earn some money
(B) to see the road
(C) to tell ways
(D) for time pass
Answer
(A) to earn some money
2. Who is the poet of 'A Roadside Stand?'
(A) William Wordsworth
(B) Robert Frost
(C) Kamala Das
(D) John Keats
Answer
(B) Robert Frost
3. How do the rich people feel when they see these shed?
(A) happy
(B) irritated
(C) both
(D) none
Answer
(B) irritated
4. What does the 'artless paint' do to the landscape?
(A) spoiled its beauty
(B) increased its beauty
(C) both
(D) none
Answer
(A) spoiled its beauty
5. What was offered for sale there?
(A) blackberry
(B) wild berries
(C) Wild apples
(D) none
Answer
(B) wild berries
6. Who are these pitiful kin?
(A) farmers
(B) politicians
(C) doctors
(D) lawyers
Answer
(A) farmers
7. What is meant by 'childish longing'?
(A) to have some books
(B) to have some toys
(C) to have some sweets
(D) to have some money
Answer
(B) to have some toys
8. What does the stall owner expect?
(A) people would stop and play with them
(B) people would stop and dance with them
(C) people would stop and buy things
(D) people would stop and give gold them
Answer
(C) people would stop and buy things
9. How many cars stop at the stand?
(A) one
(B) two
(C) three
(D) four
Answer
(C) three
10. Why did the first car stop?
(A) to use the yard in order to turn back
(B) to ask the way
(C) for gas
(D) to have some rest
Answer
(A) to use the yard in order to turn back
11. Why did the second car stop?
(A) to use the yard in order to turn back
(B) to ask the way
(C) for gas
(D) to have some rest
Answer
(B) to ask the way
12. Why did the third car stop?
(A) to use the yard in order to turn back
(B) to ask the way
(C) for gas
(D) to have some rest
Answer
(C) for gas
13. What is the speaker longing all day long?
(A) playing with someone
(B) stopping a car
(C) singing a song
(D) eating something special
Answer
(B) stopping a car
14. Who swarm over the poor peasants?
(A) beneficent beasts of prey
(B) greedy good-doers
(C) both (a) and (b)
(D) none
Answer
(C) both (a) and (b)
15. Who are 'All these pitiful kin'?
(A) poor doctors
(B) poor peasants
(C) poor lawyers
(D) poor students
Answer
(B) poor peasants
16. Where will the poor be settled mercifully?
(A) in foreign
(B) in big cities
(C) in small cities
(D) in villages near the city