MY GRAND MOTHER’S HOUSE

1. Kamala Das was born in ……………….

(A) 1933
(B) 1934
(C) 1935
D) 1936

Answer ⇒{B}

2. Which figure of speech has been used in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?

(A) metaphore
(B) personification
(C) epic simile
(D) simile

Answer ⇒{D}

3. The speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is proud of-

(A) her parent’s house
(B) her grandmother’s house
(C) her uncle’s house
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{B}

4. When did the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ live with her grandmother ?

(A) during her childhood
(B) during her adolescence
(C) during her youth
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{A}

5. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ published in –

(A) 1963
(B) 1964
(C) 1965
(D) 1966

Answer ⇒{C}

6. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is —

(A) a sonnet
(B) an ode
(C) a ballad
(D) a lyric

Answer ⇒{D}

7. During her childhood the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ lived with her –

(A) grandmother
(B) aunt
(C) mother
(D) None of house

Answer ⇒{A}

8. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ published in-

(A) ‘Descendants
(B) ‘Summer in Calcutta
(C) The Old Playhouse and Other Poems
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{B}

9. Who was composed the poem, ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?

(A) Kamala Das
(B) A.K. Ramanujan
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{A}

10. Who is the speaker in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?

(A) Toru Dutta
(B) Kamala Das
(C) S.K. Kumar
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{B}

11. Kamala Das has written the poem –

(A) Snake
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) My Grandmother’s House
(D) The Soldier

Answer ⇒{C}

12. Kamala Das is an …………. Poetess.

(A) American
(B) Indian
(C) African
(D) Russian

Answer ⇒{B}

13. Kamala Das is talking about her……….. who is dead now.

(A) father
(B) mother
(C) grand father
(D) grand mother

Answer ⇒{D}

14. Kamala Das remembers the happy days spent in the sweet company of her

(A) grand mother
(B) grand father
(C) father
(D) mother

Answer ⇒{A}

15. She noticed a ……………. behind the door of the bedroom.

(A) ox
(B) cow
(C) dog
(D) cat

Answer ⇒{C}

16. The house went into silence due to the death of the

(A) woman
(B) man
(C) girl
(D) boy

Answer ⇒{A}

17. ‘My Grand mother’s House’ is an …………….. poem by Kamala Das.

(A) biographical
(B) auto biographical
(C) bibiliographical
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{B}

18. The poetess in ‘The Grand Mother’s House’ begs at ……………doors.

(A) friend’s
(B) family’s
(C) stranger’s
(D) enemy’s

Answer ⇒{C}

19. ‘There is a house now far away where once I received love’ ………… is from the poem

(A) Song of Myself
(B) Ode to Autumn
(C) My Grand mother’s House
(D) Snake

Answer ⇒{C}

20. ‘Behind my bedroom’s door like a brooding’ is written by

(A) Rupert Brooke
(B) Kamala Das
(C) Keki N. Daruwalla
(D) T.S. Eliot

Answer ⇒{B}