Deck 4: Poetry on Environmental Awareness

Question 1

Which among the following is not a poem by Gieve Patel?

A)On Killing a Tree
B)Poison Tree
C)Nargol
D)Commerce

Answer 1

Poison Tree

Question 2

The message of the poem "On Killing a Tree" is

A)it tells us how to kill a tree
B)it is indifferent to killing of trees
C)it tells us we should never harm trees
D)none of the above

Answer 2

it tells us we should never harm trees

Question 3

It takes much time to kill a tree because

A)the tree is tall
B)the tree is rigid
C)a tree takes so many years to grow
D)none of the above

Answer 3

a tree takes so many years to grow

Question 4

What are the possible interpretations of the poem "On Killing A Tree"?

A)Deep roots are not easy to be pulled out , so we have to be well rooted in life
B)Nature has the spirit of resilience, no matter how much we harm it.
C)the poem is a metaphor for rooting out the evil that has taken deep roots.
D)All the above

Question 5

The poem "Factories are Eye-sores" was written by

A)Gieve Patel
B)Baldoon Dingnra
C)kamala Das
D)Nizzim Ezekiel

Question 6

Which among the following is not a collection of poem by Baldoon Dingra?

A)Symphony of love
B)Beauty's Sanctuary
C)Bird Sanctuary
D)Comes Ever the Dawn

Question 7

The Factories are eye-sores because

A)They cause eye-sores
B)Factories burn and tickles eyes
C)The black smoke emanating from the factories blackens the landscape
D)all the above

Question 8

'The iron lines against the sky standing to eastward' suggest

A)The iron gates of the factories
B)The smoke emanating from the chimneys
C)The machines
D)None of the above

Question 9

How do thing of ugliness turn bright according to Baldoon Dingra?

A)When the bright rays of the Sun touches the chimney shaft
B)with the help of imagination
C)when portrayed by fanciful painters
D)none of the above

Question 10

The labourers are weary and desperate because

A)They are working day and night
B)they are working in mines
C)they are lazy
D)the atmosphere of the factory is grim with smoke and soil

Question 11

The word 'scintillation' means

A)Oscillation
B)A flash or sparkle of light
C)Cancellation
D)Decoration

Question 12

Calude Monnet is a

A)Italian poet
B)French painter
C)German playwright
D)Greek Sculptor

Question 13

In which of the following poems does the allusion to Claude Monnet occur?

A)Factories are Eye-sores
B)On Killing a Tree
C)In the Sanatorium for Trees
D)None of the above

Question 14

The poem "In The Sanatorium for Trees" was written by------

A)Baldoon Dhingra
B)Veeran Kutty
C)K.M Sherrif
D)Gieve Patel

Question 15

Which among the following is not authored by Veerankutty?

A)Manassile Thee Matram
B)Manthrikam
C)Jalabhoopadam
D)Nalumanipookkal

Question 16

Who translated Veerankutty's "Marangalude Ashupathri" into English?

A)K.M. Sherrif
B)Sir William Jones
C)Narayana Menon
D)None of the above

Question 17

Who translated Ponkunnan Varkey's "Shabdhikkunna Kalappa" into English?

A)K.M. Sherrif
B)Sir. Villiam Jones
C)Narayana Menon
D)None of the above

Question 18

The word sanatorium means

A)a lunatic asylum
B)a bird sanctuary
C)an establishment for medical treatment of people suffering from chronic illness
D)a planetarium

Question 19

The word probation means

A)Proscription
B)Prescription
C)A process of testing or observing the character or abilities of a person who is new to a role
D)None of the above

Question 20

The treatment of cancer by the use of chemical substances like cytoxic and other drugs

A)Chemotherapy
B)Alchemy
C)Physiotherapy
D)None of the above

Question 21

"In The Sanatorium for Trees" shows a poignant awareness of -------

A)The impact of globalization
B)Killing of trees
C)The destruction of environment by human predator
D)None of the above

Question 22

A man can be at peace only when he ----------- himself to the life with nature.

A)Sentences
B)Convicts
C)Confirms
D)Warns

Question 23

In the poem "In the Sanatorium for Trees", the poet requests us to walk gently through-----

A)The wards
B)The forest
C)The vestibule
D)The narrow lane

Question 24

We can walk without fear in the sanatorium because

A)There is no one in the sanatorium
B)There are no wild animals in the sanatorium
C)The plants and the trees in the sanatorium paralyzed with the concoctions which the human predators have poured into them
D)The sanatorium is well protected

Question 25

--------------are on chemotherapy.

A)The pappayas
B)The pannagas
C)The jackfruit tree
D)The mallica plant

Question 26

The word concoction means

A)Connotation
B)Conviction
C)Confession
D)A mixture of various elements

Question 27

"You are sentenced to life with the Sun, the rain and the wind" where does this line occur?

A)In the Sanatorium for Trees
B)On Killing a Tree
C)Abhijnana Sakuntalam
D)The Talking Plough

Question 28

There is no return from the sanatorium because

A)Man can be at peace only when he sentences himself to life with nature
B)Man is undergoing a medical treatment.
C)Man is undergoing punishment.
D)None of the above

Question 29

What does the moon do in the Sanatorium for Trees?

A)Rubs its a balm on barren heads
B)Rehydrates parched desires
C)Decongests swollen memories
D)Rushes in with tincture and cotton wool

Question 30

What does the rain do in the Sanatorium for Trees?

A)Rubs it's balm on barren heads
B)Rehydrates parched desires
C)Decongests swollen memories
D)Rushes in with tincture and cotton wool

Question 31

What does the Sun do in the Sanatorium for Trees?

A)Rubs its balm on barren heads
B)Rehydrates parched desires
C)Decongests swollen memories
D)Rushes in with tincture and cotton wool

Question 32

What does the wind do in the Sanatorium for Trees?

A)Rubs its a balm on barren heads
B)Rehydrates parched desires
C)Decongests swollen memories
D)Rushes in with tincture and cotton wool

Question 33

"Abhijnanasakuntalam" of Kalidasa is -------

A)An epic
B)A myth
C)A legend
D)A drama

Question 34

Who among the following translated "Abhijnanasakuntalam" into English?

A)William Empson
B)William Jones
C)William Wordsworth
D)William Logan

Question 35

Who referred to Kalidasa as 'The Indian Shakespeare' ?

A)William Logan
B)William Wordsworth
C)William Empson
D)William Jones

Question 36

The story of the Play Abhijnanasakuntalam appears in the -------of The Mahabharatha.

A)The Adi parva
B)The Karna Parva
C)The Sthree Parva
D)The Drona Parva

Question 37

The story of "Abhijnanasakuntalam" is originally told in ---------

A)The Mahabharata
B)The Ramayana
C)The Panchathantra
D)None of the above

Question 38

Shakuntala is the daughter of -----

A)Viswamitra
B)Durvasav
C)Kanva
D)Dushyanta

Question 39

Which among the following epithet is apt for Durvasa?

A)Angry-prone
B)Adamant
C)Haughty
D)All the above

Question 40

The dominant rasa in the play "Abhijnanasakuntalam"

A)Haze
B)Sringara
C)Karuna
D)Soka

Question 41

Kanva is Shakuntala's -------

A)Father
B)Master
C)Teacher
D)Foster Father

Question 42

"Who would pour boiling water on the blossom of a tender Mallica?"What does boiling water stand for in the context?

A)Durvasa's curse
B)Dushyantya's forgetfulness
C)Viswamitra's negligence
D)Sakuntala's melancholy

Question 43

Who among the following gives the description of the rising of the Sun and the setting of the Moon at the same time in the play "Abhijnanasakuntalam"?

A)a pupil of Kanva
B)Dushyanta
C)Shakuntala
D)Anasooya

Question 44

The moral conveyed by the description of the rising of the Sun and the Setting of the Moon?

A)Men should be equally firm in prosperous and in adverse fortune.
B)Prosperity and adversity are natural like the rising and the setting of the Sun and the Moon
C)Prosperity and adversity are like the spokes of a wheel.
D)All the above

Question 45

Who are referred to in the play Abhijnanasakuntalam as 'Misracesi'?

A)Anasooya and Priyanvada
B)Sarngavara and Saradwata
C)both 'a' and 'b'
D)none of the above

Question 46

What leads to Dushyanta's forgetfulness of Shakuntala?

A)Dhushyantya's amorous life
B)His absent-mindedness
C)Durvasa's curse
D)mental illness

Question 47

The only cure for Dushyanta's forgetfulness is---

A)Nagacesara
B)Leading a pious life
C)The signet ring
D)Sleeping one night in the robe of a wise man

Question 48

The ring is lost when Shakuntala is-------

A)Sleeping
B)Collecting flowers in the garden
C)While crossing the river
D)Playing with her hand-maids

Question 49

The ring is discovered by-----

A)Gauthami
B)Anasooya
C)Priyamvade
D)The fisher man

Question 50

Act IV of Abhijnanasakuntalan brings home the truth that:

A)Separation is always melancholic
B)Adversity and prosperitiy in life are only natural
C)Man can be at peace only when he conforms himself to life with nature
D)All the above