Keeping Quiet MCQ on Class 12 English Poem Chapter 3 with Answers

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NCERT Chapters for Class 12 English Flamingo Poem

Q1.While gathering salt, what will happen to the man if he keep silent for a moment?

(i) he will stop dropping it
(ii) he will look at the ground
(iii) he will walk carefully
(iv) he will think of the harm the salt is doing to his hands

(iv) he will think of the harm the salt is doing to his hands

Q2. What is the original language of the poem ?

(i) English
(ii) French
(iii) Pali
(iv) Spanish

(iv) Spanish

Q3. What symbol from nature the poet uses to prove that keeping quiet is not total inactivity?

(i) Sun
(ii) Soil
(iii) earth
(iv) Nature and earth

(iv) Nature and earth

Q4. According to the poet what creates barriers?

(i) interactions
(ii) reactions
(iii) fighting
(iv) languages

(iv) languages

Q5. What can human beings learn from nature?

(i) beauty
(ii) keeping quiet
(iii) to be happy
(iv) working with silence

(iv) working with silence

Q6. What is the rhyming scheme used in the poem?

(i) enclosed rhyme
(ii) Monorhyme
(iii) sonnet
(iv) Free verse

(iv) Free verse

Q7. The poet appeals to the readers to keep quiet for

(i) twenty seconds
(ii) 1 hour
(iii) thirty seconds
(iv) twelve seconds

(iv) twelve seconds

Q8. What does number 12 represent?

(i) hours of the day and months of a year
(ii) earth
(iii) clock
(iv) cricket players

(i) hours of the day and months of a year

Q9. Fishermen in the cold sea would not harm

(i) seahorses
(ii) mermaids
(iii) whales
(iv) tortoises

(iii) whales

Q10. Not move our arms’ what does this expression refer to?

(i) sit quietly
(ii) stand quietly
(iii) to be inactive
(iv) sitting still without any movement

(iv) sitting still without any movement

Q11. Where would they be walking?

(i) in the park
(ii) along the river
(iii) in the shade
(iv) on the road

(iii) in the shade

Q12. What is the sadness in the poem that the poet speaks about ?

(i) violence because of unthoughtful ness of the people
(ii) unnecessary movements
(iii) speaking aloud
(iv) fighting

(i) violence because of unthoughtful ness of the people

Q13. What does man threaten himself with?

(i) death
(ii) birth
(iii) robbery
(iv) suicide

(i) death

Q14. What is always alive even when everything seems to be dead or still?

(i) mountains
(ii) rivers
(iii) Sun
(iv) Earth and nature are always alive

(iv) Earth and nature are always alive

Q15. The poet wants the entire humanity to

(i) keep talking
(ii) keep running
(iii) keep laughing
(iv) keep still

(iv) keep still

Q16. How does the poet perceive life?

(i) as stillness
(ii) as silence
(iii) a noisy place
(iv) a continuous evolution of nature

(iv) a continuous evolution of nature

Q17. Cold sea’ is a poetic device

(i) personification
(ii) transferred epithet
(iii) metaphor
(iv) alliteration

(ii) transferred epithet

Q18. What are the different kinds of wars mentioned in the poem?

(i) War against humanity
(ii) War against nature
(iii) War with gases and fire
(iv) All these

(iv) All these

Q19. According to the poet wars that are fought have no

(i) soldiers
(ii) weapons
(iii) fighter planes
(iv) survivors

(iv) survivors

Q20. Which images in the poem show that the poet condemns or hate violence?

(i) fishermen not harming whales
(ii) wars leaving behind no survivors to celebrate
(iii) poet’s refusal to deal with death
(iv) All these

(iv) All these

Q21. Man needs to learn a lesson from

(i) moon
(ii) stars
(iii) earth
(iv) sun

(iii) earth

Q22. What will happen if there are no engines and no crowd?

(i) noise will be lessened
(ii) no crowd on roads
(iii) no traffic rush
(iv) it will create a perfect, happy moment

(iv) it will create a perfect, happy moment

Q23. What is the poet expecting from fishermen?

(i) to find more fish
(ii) to go deeper into the sea
(iii) to think and stop harming the fish
(iv) none

(iii) to think and stop harming the fish

Q24. What does the style of the poem symbolise, that the poet used to write with?

(i) desires
(ii) happiness
(iii) hope
(iv) desire and hope

(iv) desire and hope

Q25. What does counting upto 12 signify and how will it help?

(i) hours of the day
(ii) months of a year
(iii) it will help to create peace and harmony
(iv) all

(iv) all

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