Class 12 English MCQ Chapter 12 Keeping Quiet

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Class 12 English MCQ Chapter 12 Keeping Quiet

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Keeping Quiet

Chapter: 12

POETRY

Choose The Correct Option:

1. Who is the poet of “Keeping Quiet”?

(i) Pablo Neruda.

(ii) William Blake.

(iii) Robert Frost.

(iv) T.S. Eliot.

Ans: (i) Pablo Neruda.

2. What does the poet want everyone to do?

(i) Keep speaking.

(ii) Keep moving.

(iii) Keep quiet and still.

(iv) Dance.

Ans: (iii) Keep quiet and still.

3. How long does the poet want everyone to keep still?

(i) 10 minutes.

(ii) 12 seconds.

(iii) 1 hour.

(iv) 5 minutes.

Ans: (ii)  12 seconds.

4. What is described as an “exotic moment”?

(i) A holiday.

(ii) A peaceful, still moment.

(iii) A busy moment.

(iv) A rush hour.

Ans: (ii)  A peaceful, still moment.

5. What would happen if people did not move their arms?

(i) They would become stiff.

(ii) It would create peace.

(iii) They would fall asleep.

(iv) They would feel tired.

Ans: (ii)  It would create peace.

6. What does the poet say about “fishermen in the cold sea”?

(i) They will stop fishing.

(ii) They will harm whales.

(iii) They will fish peacefully.

(iv) They will sail away.

Ans: (iii) They will fish peacefully.

7. What would the man gathering salt do in the moment of quiet?

(i) Keep working.

(ii) Rest and look at his hands.

(iii) Talk to others.

(iv) Sleep.

Ans: (ii) Rest and look at his hands.

8. What does the poet want the people who prepare “green wars” to do?

(i) Continue with their work.

(ii) Wear clean clothes and walk with others in peace.

(iii) Fight until they win.

(iv) Celebrate their victory.

Ans: (ii) Wear clean clothes and walk with others in peace.

9. What is the poet’s view on “total inactivity”?

(i) It’s the same as keeping quiet.

(ii) It should be avoided.

(iii) It’s the same as keeping still.

(iv) It is important for survival.

Ans: (ii)  It should be avoided.

10. What does the poet hope will happen through quiet introspection?

(i) More wars.

(ii) Peaceful understanding.

(iii) Silence forever.

(iv) Destruction of everything.

Ans: (ii) Peaceful understanding.

11. What does the poet mean by “victory with no survivors”?

(i) A war with no casualties.

(ii) A peaceful victory.

(iii) A destructive war with no one left alive.

(iv) A metaphor for complete destruction.

Ans: (iii) A destructive war with no one left alive.

12. What is the “sadness” the poet refers to?

(i) The sadness of losing a loved one.

(ii) The sadness of not understanding ourselves.

(iii) The sadness of war.

(iv) The sadness of silence.

Ans: (ii) The sadness of not understanding ourselves.

13. What does the poet want to interrupt through silence?

(i) Wars.

(ii) Sadness and violence.

(iii) Hunger.

(iv) Destruction.

Ans: (ii) Sadness and violence.

14. What does the Earth teach, according to the poet?

(i) The importance of speech.

(ii) The value of movement.

(iii) Life can emerge even from apparent death.

(iv) Time to rest.

Ans: (iii)  Life can emerge even from apparent death.

15. What does the poet hope to achieve with the silence?

(i) More understanding.

(ii) More noise.

(iii) Political change.

(iv) Financial wealth.

Ans: (i) More understanding.