NCERT Class 10 MCQ Quiz Hub

1. The mother’s old age and lack of energy is a depiction of
the poet’s helplessness in old age
joy and fun of old age
bonding of mother with family members
sickness and ill-health

2. The poem is made up of
twenty lines
a single sentence
ten stanzas
five stanzas

3. The image of merry children has been brought out by the narrator in order to
show energy and exuberance of young children
to show the children playing
to show the children playing pranks
to compare with herself

4. The narrator is only using her smile to
cover up her pain
make herself happy
to make her mother happy
to make her father happy

5. Smile and smile and smile is
alliteration
repetition
simile
metaphor

6. She said to her mother
goodbye
au revoir
good morning go
see you soon, Amma

7. When the narrator looked at her mother again she felt a pang of
her familiar ache
guilt
heartache
a headache

8. The narrator again compared her mother too
summer’s sun
rain clouds
late winter’s moon
trees and plants

9. ‘Children spilling out’ is an
simile
metaphor
personification
transferred epithet

10. ‘Trees sprinting’ is a poetic device. It is
(a) personification
alliteration
repetition
simile

11. She soon put that thought out of her mind and
smiled
laughed heartily
cried bitterly
ooked out of the window

12. The poetess says her mother looked pale like a
corpse
ghost
malnourished child
anaemic person

13. The person in the car, beside the poetess, was,
her aunt
her niece
her uncle
her mother

14. She was going to
Goa
Mumbai
Cochin
Kolkata

15. Kamala Das was an
Bengali
Punjabi
Keralite
Gujarati

16. What were the words she used while parting from her mother?
See you soon Ba
See you soon beeji
See you soon mata ji
See you soon, amma

17. Quote an example of a metaphor used in the poem.
as a late winter’s moon
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes’ (c)
Driving from my parent’s home
None

18. What do the parting words “See you soon Amma” signify?
her carelessness
Her optimistic farewell full of cheerfulness
she bids goodbye like this
she is in a hurry

19. What does ‘ashen face ‘ signify?
colour of face
face is covered with ash
Pale and lifeless face of poet’s mother
to show ugly face

20. Which poetic device is used in “Trees sprinting-” ?
metaphor
simile
alliteration
Personification

21. What pangs did she feel when she looked at her mother?
Pangs of headache (b) P (c) (d)
Pangs of stomachache
Pangs of knee pain
Pangs of heartache

22. What was the poet’s childhood fear?
Parting from her husband
Parting from her friends
Parting from her siblings
losing her mother

23. What was the expression of the poet’s face while parting from her mother?
satirical
funny
sad
smiling

24. How is the imagery of ‘young trees and merry children’ a contrast to the mother?
mother is old in comparison to the trees and children
mother is like ash while the trees are green and children are happy
like spring and autumn season
Mother’s health-hopelessness and trees and merry children- youthfulness and hope