MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX Class 12 MCQs
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| My mother at sixty six class 12 MCQs CBSE term 1 exam |
Q1- Who is the poet of this poem?
A) John Keats
B) Rudyard Kipling
C) William Wordsworth
D) Kamala Das
Q2- What is her work known for?
A) for its originality, versatility and flavour of the soil
B) for its popularity
C) for its style
D) for the expressions used
Q3- What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
A) Losing her mother
B) heart attack
C) headache
D) children screaming at her
Q4- In which languages has Kamla Das written stories and novels?
A) English and Tamil
B) English and Hindi
C) English and Urdu
D) English and Malayalam
Q5- Name the poetic devices used in the poem.
A) metaphor
B) similie
C) alliteration
D) all of these
Q6- What is the significance of the title My Mother at Sixty Six?
A) Poet’s fear of losing her old mother
B) Poet’s fear of moving fast
C) Poet’s inability to express her feelings
D) All of these
Q7- Which poetic device is used in “Trees sprinting-” ?
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) alliteration
D) Personification
Q8- What is the distinctive feature of the poem?
A) its metaphors
B) simile used
C) alliteration used
D) narrative style using a single sentence in a set of 14 lines
Q9- What does this narrative style of the poem signify?
A) differing thoughts
B) many thoughts
C) contrasting thoughts
D) a single thread of thought mixed with harsh realities
Q10- What is the main idea of the poem?
A) Painful old age
B) discolouration of skin
C) carelessness of a daughter
D) lack of strength
Q11- What did the poet realize with pain?
A) her mother’s appearance like a corpse
B) she is inconsiderate
C) old age is pleasant
D) she has duties
Q12- What is the familiar ache?
A) her childhood fear of losing her mother
B) her mother’s weak health
C) her duties
D) her helplessness
Q13- What do the running trees signify?
A) fast moving appearance
B) speed of the moving car
C) fast moving change in human life from childhood to old age
D) none
Q14- Who lives at Cochin?
A) Poet
B) Her parents
C) Both A and B
D) None of them
Q15- What does ‘ashen face ‘ signify?
A) colour of face
B) face is covered with ash
C) Pale and lifeless face of poet’s mother
D) to show ugly face
Q16- What does the poet notice outside the car ?
A) sprinting trees and running children
B) schools and roads
C) other vehicles
D) many people on the road
Q17- What do the parting words "See you soon Amma" signify?
A) her carelessness
B) Her optimistic farewell full of cheerfulness
C) she bids goodbye like this
D) she is in a hurry
Q18- What does the poet’s smile signify in the poem?
A) Her assurance to mother and helplessness inside
B) she has a responsibility
C) she has to do her duty first
D) she is a loving daughter
Q19- What is the universality of the theme of the poem?
A) death is a truth
B) Life is a reality
C) everyone is happy
D) to show old age
Q20- What worried the poet when she looked at her mother?
A) her face
B) her broken arm
C) her loving words
D) her declining age
Q21- Why did the poet look at her mother again?
A) because she was busy
B) because she was going away
C) because she wanted to stay back
D) because of fear and insecurity
Q22- Why has the poet used the imagery of merry children spilling out of their homes?
A) to show hope
B) to show happiness
C) to show youthfulness of her age
D) to show hope and happiness in children
Q23- Which Rhyming scheme is used in the poem?
A) coupled rhyme
B) monorhyme
C) Alternate rhyme
D) free verse
Q24- Quote an example of a simile used in the poem.
A) familiar ache
B) like that of a corpse
C) wan and pale
D) the merry children
Q25- Quote an example of a metaphor used in the poem.
A) as a late winter’s moon
B) ‘Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes’
C) Driving from my parent’s home
D) None
Q26- Quote an example of alliteration used in the poem.
A) like ashen
B) smile, smile and smile
C) Friday morning
D) None of these
Q27- Quote an example of personification used in the poem.
A) sprinting trees
B) home to cochin
C) airport’s security check
D) All of these
Q28- Why does the poet feel scared?
A) Because of her duties and commitments
B) Because of her job
C) Bcause of her children
D) Because of her mother’s deteriorating health
Q29- Why does the poet feel parted, upset and sad?
A) because of her fears
B) because she was getting late
C) fear of missing her flight
D) because of her duty towards mother and her own needs
Q30- What is the tone of the poem towards the end?
A) sad
B) hopeless
C) cheerful
D) resignation with acceptance
Q31- What does the narrative single sentence style of the poem highlight?
A) Poet’s feelings
B) Poet’s insecurities
C) poet’s thoughts
D) poet’s intertwining thoughts
Q32- What does the poem revolve around?
A) poet’s fears
B) poet’s love for her mother
C) Theme of old age
D) All of these
Q33- What question arises from the complexity of the situation in the poem?
A) what to do in old age
B) how to take care of one’s skin
C) how to drive
D) How to strike a balance between duties and responsibilities
Q34- How is the imagery of ‘young trees and merry children’ a contrast to the mother?
A) mother is old in comparison to the trees and children
B) mother is like ash while the trees are green and children are happy
C) like spring and autumn season
D) Mother’s health-hopelessness and trees and merry children- youthfulness and hope
Q35- What does the expression smile, smile and smile signify?
A) poet was going home and was elated
B) poet was happy
C) poet was hopeless
D) poet’s desperate efforts to hide her fears
Q36- What was the expression of the poet’s face while parting from her mother?
A) satirical
B) funny
C) sad
D) smiling
Q37- Whose house the poet was leaving?
A) her friend’s house
B) in-law’s house
C) her husband’s house
D) her parents’ house
Q38- What was the poet’s childhood fear?
A) Parting from her husband
B) Parting from her friends
C) Parting from her siblings
D) losing her mother
Q39- What were the words she used while parting from her mother?
A) See you soon Ba
B) See you soon beeji
C) See you soon mata ji
D) See you soon, amma
Q40- What pangs did she feel when she looked at her mother?
A) Pangs of headache
B) Pangs of stomachache
C) Pangs of knee pain
D) Pangs of heartache
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
(A) I saw my mother beside me,
doze, open-mouthed, her face ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with pain that she was as old as she looked
but soon put that thought away.....
(i) What made the poetess look worried?
(a) She saw her mother dozing, aged and pale.
(b) The poetess was forced to return to her home.
(c) The poetess was late for her flight.
(d) The poetess had forgotten her precious thing at home.
(ii) The poetess was in pain as she realized that
(a) her mother was growing old and might depart in her absence.
(b) her mother was ill.
(c) her mother did not want her to go.
(d) her mother had not eaten anything since morning.
(iii) The expression, face ashen like that of a corpse is an example of
(a) pun.
(b) simile.
(c) parody.
(d) irony.
(iv) In the extract, ‘put that thought away.....’ suggests that the
(a) poetess was not willing to think about her mother.
(b) poetess did not wish to think about the fact that her mother was ageing.
(c) poetess was thinking about something else.
(d) poetess was planning for her next surprise visit to her mother.
(B) put that thought away, and
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport's
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
(i) What docs the expression — put that thought away — suggest?
(a) The poet stopped thinking about it immediately.
(b) The poet tried to dismiss her fears.
(c) The poet shared her thoughts with her mother.
(d) The poet was sick of her thoughts.
(ii) The “young tress” and “merry children” symbolise
(a) life moving towards old age.
(b) nature’s cycle.
(c) the contrast between old age and the exuberance outside.
(d) that life does not stop for anyone.
(iii) The expression “pale as a late winter’s moon” is an example of
(a) metaphor.
(b) irony.
(c) paradox.
(d) simile.
(iv) In the extract, “the old familiar ache” suggests the poet’s
(a) childhood fear of losing her mother.
(b) childhood fear of parting from her mother.
(c) childhood fear of dying.
(d) childhood fear of boarding a flight.
(C) Driving from my parent’s home to Cochin last Friday
morning, I saw my mother, beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that
of a corpse and realised with pain
that she thought away, and looked but soon
put that thought away, and looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
(i) The phrase ‘open mouthed’ means that the poet’s mother
(a) was surprised.
(b) was shocked.
(c) was sleeping.
(d) was filled with beauty.
(ii) The expression, ‘and looked out at young trees sprinting,’ shows
(a) the fast speed of the car.
(b) that trees are left behind.
(c) the interest to see the trees passing by.
(d) the rapid change of human’s life from childhood to old age.
(iii) The rhyme scheme of the above extract is
(a) aabb
(b) abab
(c) aaab
(d) free verse
(iv) The literary device used by the poet in the line is ‘Her face ashen like a corpse’ is
(a) personification.
(b) metaphor.
(c) simile.
(d) hyperbole.
(D) I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
but all I said was, see you soon, Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and smile......
(i) What does the statement, ‘all | did was smile and smile and smile...” suggest?
(a) She was trying to hide her sadness through her fake smile.
(b) She liked to spread joy.
(c) She liked to smile at her mother.
(d) It was her way of saying goodbye forever.
(ii) What does the simile, ‘as a late winter's moon’ reflect?
(a) For the poet, her mother is as distant as the moon.
(b) Her mother is cold by nature.
(c) Her mother’s face looks ashy and pale as the winter moon.
(d) Her mother’s face resembled the moon.
(iii) The expression, “...familiar ache, my childhood’s fear” refers to
(a) the fear of losing herself as she grows up.
(b) emotion pain and the fear of losing her mother.
(c) her inability to be with her mother.
(d) the old age, claiming her mother’s youthful days.
(iv) The poetic device used by the poet in the following line is ‘all I did was smile and smile and smile..."
(a) pun.
(b) metaphor.
(c) repetition.
(d) refrain.
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