10. MY GRAND MOTHER’S HOUSE

1. Kamala Das was born in ……………….

(A) 1933 
(B) 1934 
(C) 1935 
D) 1936

Answer ⇒  B

2. Which figure of speech has been used in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?

(A) metaphore 
(B) personification 
(C) epic simile 
(D) simile

Answer ⇒  D

3. The speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is proud of-

(A) her parent’s house 
(B) her grandmother’s house 
(C) her uncle’s house 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  B

4. When did the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ live with her grandmother ?

(A) during her childhood 
(B) during her adolescence 
(C) during her youth 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  A

5. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ published in –

(A) 1963 
(B) 1964 
(C) 1965 
(D) 1966

Answer ⇒  C

6. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is —

(A) a sonnet 
(B) an ode 
(C) a ballad 
(D) a lyric

Answer ⇒  D

7. During her childhood the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ lived with her –

(A) grandmother 
(B) aunt 
(C) mother 
(D) None of house

Answer ⇒  A

8. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ published in-

(A) ‘Descendants
(B) ‘Summer in Calcutta
(C) The Old Playhouse and Other Poems 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  B

9. Who was composed the poem, ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?

(A) Kamala Das 
(B) A.K. Ramanujan 
(C) Sarojini Naidu 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  A

10. Who is the speaker in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?

(A) Toru Dutta 
(B) Kamala Das 
(C) S.K. Kumar 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  B

11. Kamala Das has written the poem –

(A) Snake 
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) My Grandmother’s House 
(D) The Soldier

Answer ⇒  C

12. Kamala Das is an …………. Poetess.

(A) American 
(B) Indian 
(C) African 
(D) Russian

Answer ⇒  B

13. Kamala Das is talking about her……….. who is dead now.

(A) father 
(B) mother 
(C) grand father 
(D) grand mother

Answer ⇒  D

14. Kamala Das remembers the happy days spent in the sweet company of her

(A) grand mother 
(B) grand father 
(C) father 
(D) mother

Answer ⇒  A

15. She noticed a ……………. behind the door of the bedroom.

(A) ox 
(B) cow 
(C) dog 
(D) cat

Answer ⇒  C

16. The house went into silence due to the death of the

(A) woman 
(B) man 
(C) girl 
(D) boy

Answer ⇒  A

17. ‘My Grand mother’s House’ is an …………….. poem by Kamala Das.

(A) biographical 
(B) auto biographical 
(C) bibiliographical 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  B

18. The poetess in ‘The Grand Mother’s House’ begs at ……………doors.

(A) friend’s 
(B) family’s 
(C) stranger’s 
(D) enemy’s

Answer ⇒  C

19. ‘There is a house now far away where once I received love’ ………… is from the poem

(A) Song of Myself 
(B) Ode to Autumn 
(C) My Grand mother’s House 
(D) Snake

Answer ⇒  C

20. ‘Behind my bedroom’s door like a brooding’ is written by

(A) Rupert Brooke 
(B) Kamala Das 
(C) Keki N. Daruwalla 
(D) T.S. Eliot

Answer ⇒  B