MCQ Question For Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 1 My Mother at Sixty- Six

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Extract Based Questions:

Extract: 1
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 was as old as she looked…..

Choose the most appropriate option and answer any FOUR (04) of the following:
(a) Who is ‘I’in the given extract?
(i) Kamala Das
(ii) An elderly lady
(iii) Kmala Das’s mother
(iv) None of the above

(b) Where was the poet coming from?
(i) from Cochin
(ii) from abroad
(iii)from her parent’s home
(iv) from hospital

(c) Whose house was the poet leaving?
(i) her friend’s house
(ii) in-law’s house
(iii) her husband’s house
(iv) her parents’ house

(d) What does ‘ashen face ‘ signify?
(i) poet’s fears.
(ii) to tell that ageing is painful.
(iii) pale and lifeless face of the poet’s mother.
(iv) to show illness.

(e) What did the poet realize with pain?
(i) her mother’s appearance like a corpse with growing age
(ii) she is helpless
(iii) old age is painful
(iv) she has duties

Extrat: 2
—–but soon put that thought away, and
Looked out at young
trees sprinting ,the merry children spilling
Out of their homes

(a) Name the poem and the poet
(i) My Mother at Sixty- Six, Kamala Das
(ii) A Thing of Beauty, John Keats
(iii) My Mother at Fifty Six, Kamala Dass
(iv) My Only Mother, Chetan Bhagat

(b) Which thought did the poet put away?
(i) The thought of her home coming
(ii) The thought of her death
(iii) The thought of her mother’s decaying health and approaching death
(iv) The thought of going back home

(c) Why did the poet put that thought away?
(i) She could no longer see her ageing mother.
(ii) She wanted to make plans for her journey.
(iii) She wanted a break from her daily life
(iv) She was in search of enjoyment.

(d) What did the poet see from the window of the car?
(i) Trees
(ii) Children
(iii) Houses
(iv) Both (i) & (ii)

(e) What do the ‘sprinting trees’ signify?
(i) Childhood and youth
(ii) Running trees
(iii) Powerful trees
(iv) Fading trees

Extract: 3
—–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——-

(a) Where was the poet standing?
(i) Cochin airport
(ii) Mumbai airport
(iii) Delhi airport
(iv) Kolkata airport

(b) Who does ‘her’ refer to here?
(i) Poet’s friend
(ii) A co-passenger
(iii) Poet’s mother
(iv) Poet’s aunt

(c) What did the poet do after the security check?
(i) She boarded the flight
(ii) She decided to cancel her flight
(iii) She looked at her mother’s face
(iv) She resolved her issues with the authorities.

(d) Why does the poet compare her mother to a late winter’s moon?
(i) The poet’s mother looked very beautiful
(ii) Her mother had lost her radiance, looked weak and dull.
(iii) The poet’s mother glowed like a late winter’s moon
(iv) Her mother showed signs of recovery

(e) Why did the poet look at her mother again after the security check?
(i) She wanted to wish her mother good bye before leaving
(ii) She waited for some instruction from her mother.
(iii) She wanted to reassure herself of her mother’s wellbeing.
(iv) Both (i) &(iii)

(To be answered in 30-40 words each)

1. Where was the poet driving to? Who was sitting beside her?
Ans: The poet was driving from her parent’s home to the Cochin airport. Her mother was sitting beside her.

2. What did the poet notice about her mother?
Ans: The poet looked at her mother and saw that her mother was dozing with her mouth open.. She noticed that her mother was looking pale and lifeless like a dead body.

3. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
Ans: When the poet sees the pale face of her mother, her old familiar childhood fear returns. Ageing is a natural process. The poet’s mother is old and will die soon. This thought makes the poet feel miserable.

4. Why has the mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?
Ans: The poet’s mother is sixty-six years old. She has lost her shine and strength of youth. Similarly the late winter’s moon looks hazy and dull. It too lacks shine and strength.

5. What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify?
Ans: The poet’s parting words and her smiles are intentional attempt to hide her real feelings. The parting words give an assurance to the old lady. Similarly, her repeated smiles are an attempt to overcome the pain and fear inside her heart.

QUESTIONS (MCQ)

1. In which languages has Kamla Das written stories and novels? HOTs)
(i) English and Malayalm
(ii) English and Hindi
(iii) English and Urdu
(iv) English and Tamil

2. Kamala Das’s work is known for (HOTs)
(i) for their originality, versatility and flavour of the soil
(ii) for their popularity
(iii) for their style
(iv) for the expressions used

3. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
(i) Fear of losing her mother
(ii) Heart attack
(iii) Children screaming at her
(iv) Motion sickness

4. The distinctive feature of the poem” My Mother at Sixty Six is
(i) The entire poem is a Metaphor
(ii) Simile used
(iii) Alliteration used
(iv) narrative style using a single sentence in a set of 14 lines

5. Name the poetic devices used in the poem.
(i) Metaphor
(ii) Simile
(iii) Alliteration
(iv) All of these

6. The title “My Mother at Sixty Six” suggests
(i) Poet’s fear of losing her old mother
(ii) Poet’s fear of moving fast
(iii) Poet’s inability to express her feelings
(iv) All of these

7. What does the narrative style of the poem signify? (HOTs)
(i) A single thread of thought mixed with harsh realities
(ii) Many thoughts
(iii) Contrasting thoughts
(iv) Differing thoughts

8. The mother’s old age and lack of energy is a depiction of
(i) helplessness in old age
(ii) joy and fun of old age
(iii) bonding of mother with family members
(iv) sickness and ill-health

9. What is the ‘familiar ache’?
(i) Her childhood fear of losing her mother
(ii) Her mother’s weak health
(iii) Her duties
(iv) Her helplessness

10. The image of merry children has been brought out by the narrator in order to
(i) show energy and exuberance of young children
(ii) to show the children playing
(iii)to show the children playing pranks
(iv) to compare with herself

11. The poet smiles repeatedly to
(i) cover up her pain
(ii) make herself happy
(iii) to make her mother happy
(iv) to make her father happy

12. Smile and smile and smile is an example of
(i) Alliteration
(ii) Repetition
(iii) Simile
(iv) Metaphor

13. Trees are described as “sprinting” because
(i) Their running appearance shows fast moving change of human life
(ii) They are running
(iii) trees look running backward from a speeding running car
(iv) Tress are far away from the car

14. The parting words of Kamala Das are
(i) See you soon amma
(ii) See you soon maa
(iii) See you soon mata ji
(iv) See you soon, baa

15. What does the poem “My Mother at Sixty Six” revolve around?
(i) Theme of advancing age and fears associated with it
(ii) poet’s love for her mother
(iii) poet’s journey
(iv) poet’s fears

16. The narrator compared her mother to
(i) summer’s sun
(ii) rain clouds
(iii) late winter’s moon
(iv) trees and plants

17. ‘Children spilling out’ is an
(i) simile
(ii) metaphor
(iii) personification
(iv) transferred epithet

18. The poet says her mother looked pale like a
(i) corpse
(ii) ghost
(iii) malnourished child
(iv) anaemic person

19. The lady in the car, beside the poet, was,
(i) her aunt
(ii) her niece
(iii) her uncle
(iv) her mother

20. Which airport was Kamala Das going?
(i) Goa
(ii) Mumbai
(iii) Cochin
(iv) Kolkata

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