The Empty Heart Objectivre

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1. Who has written the poem. “The Empty Heart?

【A】 Durga Pd. Panda
【B】 Periasamy Thooran
【C】 Puran Singh
【D】 Vidyapati

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2. In the poem ‘The Empty Heart to whom did the man bid good bye ?

【A】 His Mother
【B】 His Mother, Wife and Children
【C】 His Children
【D】 His Wife

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3. Who has written the poem, “The Empty Heart”?

【A】 Vidyapati
【B】 Puran Singh
【C】 Periasamy Thooran
【D】 Amrita Pritam

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4. His prayer was granted …

【A】 Eight fold
【B】 Seven fold
【C】 Six fold
【D】 Five fold

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5. How many pots of gold were given to the man in the poem ‘The Empty Heart’?

【A】 Seven
【B】 Six
【C】 Five
【D】 Eight

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6. According to the poem “The Empty Heart’, which of the following statements is true ?

【A】 The man was given six pots
【B】 Periyasamy Thooran was a Bengali writer
【C】 The man was not satisfied because he was greedy
【D】 The poem “The Empty Heart’ has been translated by S. Swaminathan

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7. Greed is ………. but life is not.

【A】 Worthy
【B】 Bad
【C】 Good
【D】 Endless

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8. There was a ……..sowhich had tl power to grant wishes.

【A】 Snake
【B】 Pigeon
【C】 Tree
【D】 Temple

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9. Periasami Thooran was born in

【A】 1808
【B】 1908
【C】 1918
【D】 1928

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10. Periasami Thooran, the poet died in

【A】 1908
【B】 1938
【C】 1967
【D】 1987

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11. Each coin he could clutch by hook or …….

【A】 Shook
【B】 Look
【C】 Crook
【D】 Took

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12. This poem tells about the problems caused by

【A】 Sickness
【B】 Poverty
【C】 Overeating
【D】 Greed

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13. The tree gave the man seven …… full of gold coins.

【A】 Pots/Pitchers
【B】 Pans
【C】 Bags
【D】 Sacks

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14. Periasamy Thooran was a …..Writer.

【A】 Bengali
【B】 Marathi
【C】 Panjabi
【D】 Tamil

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15. The poem, “The Empty Heart is translated from

【A】 English
【B】 Tamil
【C】 Bengali
【D】 Oriya

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16. For as a gift to him was ….. eighth, a half-full pot.

【A】 Granted
【B】 Gifted
【C】 Offered
【D】 Given

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17. Because he did not eat, drink or sleep properly, his health

【A】 Became sound
【B】 Got down
【C】 Broke down
【D】 None of these

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18. The seven full …… he clean forgot.

【A】 Pots
【B】 Pitchers
【C】 Pictures
【D】 Vessels

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19. To fill this…… Was his thought.

【A】 Steadily
【B】 Quick
【C】 Sharply
【D】 Shortly

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20. The demon now made him mad.

【A】 Fire
【B】 Gold
【C】 Silver pot
【D】 Desire

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21. The man was rich, but.

【A】 Content
【B】 Not content
【C】 Innocent
【D】 Dishonest

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22. ‘The Empty Heart’ talks about the problems caused by

【A】 Gold
【B】 Pot
【C】 Gold coins
【D】 Greed

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23. Morning, noon and ……. he went on working.

【A】 Day
【B】 Afternoon
【C】 Night
【D】 Midnight

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24. The man’s prayer was granted

【A】 Quick
【B】 Late
【C】 Gold coins
【D】 Sevenfold

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25. What were in Pitchers?

【A】 Gold Coins
【B】 Silver Coins
【C】 Copper Coins
【D】 None of these

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26. The man tried all tricks to gather

【A】 Silver
【B】 Diamonds
【C】 Jewellery
【D】 Gold

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27. Periasamy Thooran first made his name as a writer of

【A】 Essay
【B】 Short stories and poems
【C】 Poem
【D】 Satire

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28. What did he dem id from the tree ?

【A】 A Pot of Gold
【B】 Pot of Silver
【C】 Pot of Bronze
【D】 Pot of Copper

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29. What is Kalpaka ?

【A】 A tree
【B】 A big tree
【C】 A golden tree
【D】 Wish-yielding tree

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30. Why was the man not content,although he was rich ?

【A】 Due to thirst of gold
【B】 Due to thirst of wealth
【C】 【A】 and 【B】 both
【D】 None of these

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31. The poem “The Empty Heart tells about the problems caused by …..

【A】 Anger
【B】 Content
【C】 Greed
【D】 Poverty

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32. What made him mad?

【A】His Greedy tendency
【B】 His tendency of getting more & more
【C】 Sudden shock
【D】 None of these

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33. What was the problem of the man?

【A】 He was very dissatisfied
【B】 He was very much in threat
【C】 He had a crisis of money
【D】 None of these

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34. What happened to his prayer ?

【A】 Prayers were not granted
【B】 Prayers were granted
【C】 Prayers were neither granted norrefused
【D】 None of these

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35. Why was the tree called unkind ?

【A】 Because it raised the thirst of the man for wealth
【B】 Because it gave the man a half-full pot
【C】 Because it gave the man agift more than demanded
【D】 None of these