MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Keeping Quiet Poem 3 Quiz 1 - MCQGeeks.com

The poet uses conversational style and personal pronouns as ‘you’, ‘we’ and `I’ because

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(a) he wants to be intimate with mankind
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(b) he tries to read out to the readers
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(c) he wants to establish contact easily
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(d) third person is ineffective

The last line of the poem is

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(a) and later proves to be alive
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(b) life is what it is about
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(c) I want no truck with death
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(d) and you keep quiet and I will go

Man needs to learn a lesson from

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(a) moon
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(b) stars
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(c) earth
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(d) sun

According to the poet wars that are fought have no

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(a) soldiers
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(b) weapons
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(c) fighter planes
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(d) survivors

‘Cold sea’ is a poetic device

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(a) personification
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(b) transferred epithet
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(c) metaphor
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(d) alliteration

Without rush, without engines’ refers to

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(a) no noise
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(b) no hurry to go to the office
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(c) no travelling
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(d) no holidaying

The poet wants the entire humanity to

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(a) keep talking
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(b) keep running
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(c) keep laughing
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(d) keep still

‘Have no truck with death’ means

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(a) will not die of the truck accident
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(b) remove poverty and illiteracy
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(c) have no association or deal with death
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(d) will not drive a truck

The poet advocates the balance of nature to be

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(a) maintained
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(b) destroyed
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(c) temporarily disturbed
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(d) ignored

What does man threaten himself with?

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(a) death
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(b) birth
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(c) robbery
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(d) suicide

Where would they be walking?

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(a) in the park
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(b) along the river
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(c) in the shade
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(d) on the road

The types of wars the poet talks about are(a) green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire (b) verbal wars (c) technological warfare (d) nuclear wars

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(a) green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire
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(b) verbal wars
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(c) technological warfare
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(d) nuclear wars

Fishermen in the cold sea would not harm

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(a) seahorses
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(b) mermaids
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(c) whales
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(d) tortoises

What kind of a moment would it be when everyone is silent

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(a) terrible
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(b) painful
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(c) exotic
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(d) unforgettable

The poet appeals to the readers to keep quiet for

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(a) twenty seconds
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(b) 1 hour
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(c) thirty seconds
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(d) twelve seconds

What can human beings learn from nature?

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(a) beauty
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(b) keeping quiet
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(c) to be happy
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(d) working with silence

What symbol from nature the poet uses to prove that keeping quiet is not total inactivity?

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(a) Sun
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(b) Soil
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(c) earth
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(d) Nature and earth

How will silence benefit the man and nature?

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(a) both will be friends
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(b) man will know nature better
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(c) man will be healthy
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(d) man will stop hurting nature and both will heal themselves

While gathering salt, what will happen to the man if he keep silent for a moment?

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(a) he will stop dropping it
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(b) he will look at the ground
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(c) he will walk carefully
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(d) he will think of the harm the salt is doing to his hands

Why is the poet asking everyone not to speak any language?

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(a) to avoid noise
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(b) to avoid loud voices
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(c) to avoid people
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(d) to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings

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