1. The term “Zoroastrain’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for-
(A) Hindu
(B) Muslim
(C) Christian
(D) Parsi
| Answer ⇒ D |
2. The nearest ‘Tower of Silence’ according to the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’ was ………… away.
(A) a thousand miles
(B) two thousand miles
(C) three thousand miles
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ A |
3. The speaker in the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’ swears-
(A) once
(B) twice
(C) thrice
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ B |
4. Who has composed the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn” ?
(A) K.N. Daruwalla
(B) Kamala Das
(C) J. Mahapatra
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ A |
5. K.N. Daruwalla received Sahitya Akademy Award in-
(A) 1983
(B) 1984
(C) 1985
(D) 1986
| Answer ⇒ B |
6. Daruwalla has been a well-known poet as well as a —
(A) dramatist
(B) novelist
(C) short-story-writer
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ C |
7. The theme of Daruwalla’s poety consist —
(A) love, death
(B) love, death, domination
(C) love, death, domination, cynicism
(D) love, death, domination, cynicism, plight of human society and violence
| Answer ⇒ D |
8. Daruwalla’s poetry is a totally…………recording to subjective responses’.
(A) impressionistic
(B) symbolistic
(C) idealistic
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ A |
9. ‘Fire-Hymn’ deals with …………ghar.
(A) bathing
(B) burning
(C) drinking
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ B |
10. The term ‘debauchery’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for-
(A) moral behaviour
(B) disgusting behaviour
(C) immoral behaviour
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ C |
11. Keki N. Daruwalla has written the poem-
(A) Song of Myself
(B) Snake
(C) Fire-Hymn
(D) The Soldier
| Answer ⇒ C |
12. Keki N. Daruwalla is an is all ………… poet.
(A) American
(B) Indo-Anglian
(C) African
(D) British
| Answer ⇒ B |
13. Keki N. Daruwalla was a ……………… by religion.
(A) Parsi
(B) Muslim
(C) Hindu
(D) Christian
| Answer ⇒ A |
14. It was the …………. of the poet aling with him, passing by the cremation ghat.
(A) mother
(B) father
(C) brother
(D) son
| Answer ⇒ B |
15. The ……………. forgets its dead because sometimes it leaves the dead body half burnt.
(A) man
(B) animal
(C) five
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ C |
16. The cremation of dead bodies in ……………… are somewhat different.
(A) Parsi
(B) Muslim
(C) Hindu
(D) Christian
| Answer ⇒ A |
17. The speaker in ‘Fire-Hymn’ belongs to Le-ayun delongs to ………….. religion.
(A) Indian
(B) African
(C) Zoroastrian
(D) Nigerian
| Answer ⇒ C |
18………..swears to save fire from the sin of forgetfullness.
(A) John Donne
(B) Keki N. Daruwalla
(C) John Keats
(D) T.S. Eliot
| Answer ⇒ B |
19. Keki N. Daruwalla consigned his new born ……………. to flames.
(A) son
(B) daughter
(C) brother
(D) sister
| Answer ⇒ A |
20. The ………………. child was consigned to the fire under compulsion.
(A) first born
(B) second born
(C) third born
(D) fourth born
| Answer ⇒ A |
21. ……….. belongs to Zoroastrian religion.
(A) Rupert Brooke
(B) Kamala Das
(C) John Donne
(D)Keki N. Daruwalla
| Answer ⇒ D |
22. The poet sees the red hot ……..
(A) iron
(B) face
(C) embers
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ C |
23. ‘We saw embers losing their cruel redness’ is taken from…………….
(A) Song of Myself
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) The Soldier
(D) Snake
| Answer ⇒ B |
24. ‘As I concigned my first-born to the flames’ is written by-
(A) Kamala Das
(B) Rupert Brooke
(C) Keki N. Daruwalla
(D) T.S. Eliot
| Answer ⇒ C |
