Keeping Quiet MCQs Mock Test of 12th Class Flamingo Welcome to your Keeping Quiet MCQs Mock Test of 12th Class Flamingo Q11. What is poet's pen name? a. Neruda b. Pable C. Pablo d. Pablo Neruda None Q12. What does the style of the poem symbolise, that the poet used to write with? a. Desires b. Happiness c. Hope d. Desire and hope None Q13. What is the original language of the poem? a. English b. French c. Pali d. Spanish None Q14. What is the essence or message of the poor? a Introspection and retrospection to be more peaceful and be in harmony b. To prosper c To be happier d. To reach out more people None Q15. What does the poet feel is needed to be at peace? a Meeting with people b. Talking with people c Interaction with people d Soul searching None Q16. According to the poet what creates barriers? a Interactions b. Reactions c Fighting d. Languages None Q17. Why does the poet ask people not to speak? a Because it creates noise b. He doesn't like noise c. It makes things unpleasant d. Because it creates barriers or obstacles in the form of misunderstanding amongst people None Q18. What is the rhyming scheme used in the poem? a Enclosed rhyme b. Mono rhyme c Sonnet d. Free verse None Q19. How is keeping quiet related to life and change attitude a. It helps to think and search soul b Helps to scratch one's soul c Helps to develop new thinking process d. All of the above None Q20. How will keeping quiet protect our environment? a. By creating peace and brotherhood feelings b. No noise will be there c People will not fight d. None of the above None Q21. What is destroying the environment? a Unthoughtful actions b. Violent actions c Speaking without thinking d. All of the above None Q22. What does number 12 represent? a. Hours of the day and months of a year b. Earth c Clock d. Cricket players None Q.23. What does the poet want to do till he counts upto twelve? a To walk with brother b To go for fishing b. To gather salt d To keep quiet None Q24. What does not move our arms so much indicate? a Should not run fast b. Should stop physical activities c Should stop fishing d Should stop wars None Q25. What does the poem Keeping Quiet teach us? a How to maintain silence b. Not to make noise c. Speaking creates noise d. To be peaceful thoughtful and have feelings of brotherhood None Q26. Why is silence treated as a big issue? a. It helps to search our soul b. Helps us to analyse our actions c Helps us to be thoughtful and find our true self d. All of the above None Q27. What should not be confused with total inactivity or death? a. No movement b. A statue c Talking people d. Stillness and silence None Q28. What can be a cure or an antidote to violent actions? a. Speaking practice b. Wise words c Polished language d Practice of silence None Q29. What is the sadness in the poem that the poet speaks about? a. Violence because of unthoughtfulness of the people b. Unnecessary movements c Speaking aloud d. Fighting None Q30. What does the earth symbolise? a Perseverence and new beginning from seemingly stillness b. Stillness C. Greenery d Prosperity None Q 31. What is always alive even when everything seems to be dead or still? a. Mountains b. Rivers c Sun d Earth and nature are always alive None Q32. Why does the poet request people to keep quiet? a To maintain silence b. To avo noise c To be friendly d in the hope of becoming more thoughtful and peaceful None Q33. What does the poet want people to do for one second? A To sing B To close eyes c To stand quietly d. To be silent and motionless None Q34. How can the moments of no activity help people? a. They will be healthy b. They will be happy c They will work easily d To relax and be more thoughtful None Q35. What will happen if there are no engines and no crowd? a Noise will be lessened b. No crowd on roads c No traffic rush d. It will create a perfect and happy moment None Q36. Which will be an exotic moment? a. When people will wear clean clothes. b. When people will stand under the trees without doing anything c When universal silence will prevail. d. None of the above None Q37. Why is the moment of silence called Exotic? a. Because of the beautiful scenery around b. Because of the gathering c Because of large gathering d. Because of perfect peace and harmony None Q38. What would everyone feel at that exotic moment? a. Happy b. Content c. Dancing d. Strange blissful oneness None Q 39. How long is the poet expecting everyone to stay still? a. For 10 minutes b. For 12 minutesd. c. For 15 minutes d For 1 second till we count 12 None Q40. Why is the poet asking everyone not to speak any language? a. To avoid noise b. To avoid loud voices c. To avoid people d. To avoid conflicts and misunderstandings None Q 41. What is the poet expecting from fishermen? a. To find more fish b. To go deeper into the sea c. To think and stop harming the fish d. None of the above None Q 42. While gathering salt, what will happen to the man if he keep silent for a moment? a. He will stop dropping it. b. He will look at the ground, c. He will walk carefully. d. He will think of the harm the salt is doing to his hands. None Q 43. What does hurt hand refer to? a. Growing needs of the man b. Growing greed of man c Unfulfilled desires d Growing insensitivity of man to pain None Q 44. How will silence benefit the man and nature? a. Both will be friends b. Man will know nature better c Man will be healthy d. Man will stop hurting nature and both will heal themselves None Q 45. Which images in the poem show that the poet condemns or hate violence? a. Fisherman not harming whales b. Wars leaving behind no survivors to celebrate c. Poet's refusal to deal with death d. All of the above None Q 46. Who would put on clean clothes? a. The school children b. The people with dirty clothes c. Those who are involved in wars d. None of the above None Q47. What symbol from nature does the poet use to prove that keeping quiet is not total inactivity? a. Sun b. Soil c. Earth d. Nature and earth None Q48. What does 'let's not speak in any language' suggest? a. It will increases noise pollution b. Languages are difficult to understand C. Global silence d. None of the above None Q49. What type of victory' is referred to in the poem 'keeping quiet? a. Victory of one country over the other b. Victory of making weapons c. Victory without survivors d. None of the above None Q.50. What according to the poet 'should not be confused with? a. Keeping quiet with harming whales b. Keeping quiet with hurting hands c. Keeping quiet with total inactivity d. None of the above None Q51. How will doing nothing'help man? a. He will have ample of time at his disposal b. He may plan for a picnic with family. c. Huge silence will prevail for introspection d. None of the above None Q52. What 'sadness' is being referred to in the poem 'keeping quiet? a. Sadness of losing the dear ones in war b. Sadness of never understanding ourselves c. Sadness of losing in war d. None of the above None Q 53. Who according to the poet will teach us a lesson? a. Keeping quiet b. Green wars C. Nature d. None of these None Q54. What are the different kinds of wars mentioned in the poom? a. War against humanity b. War against nature c War with gases and fire d. All of these None Q55. What can human beings learn from nature? a. Beauty b. Keeping quiet c. To be happy d. Working with siling None Q56. How does the poet perceive life? a. As stillness b. As silence C A noisy place d. A continuous evolution of nature None Q57. What does the title of the poem suggest? a. Inactivity b. Noise c. Unhappiness d. Maintenance of silence None Q58. What does the poem speak about? a. The necessity to be happy b. The necesary to introspect, understand and have feelings of brotherhood c. The necessity to work quietly d. None of the above None Q59. What does counting upto 12 signify and how will it help? a. Hours of the day b. Months of a year c. It will help to create peace and harmony d. All of the above None Question 1. ‘Have no truck with death’ means (a) will not die of the truck accident (b) remove poverty and illiteracy (c) have no association or deal with death (d) will not drive a truck None Question 2. The poet advocates the balance of nature to be (a) maintained (b) destroyed (c) temporarily disturbed (d) ignored None Question 3. The poet uses conversational style and personal pronouns as ‘you’, ‘we’ and `I’ because (a) he wants to be intimate with mankind (b) he tries to read out to the readers (c) he wants to establish contact easily (d) third person is ineffective None Question 4. The last line of the poem is (a) and later proves to be alive (b) life is what it is about (c) I want no truck with death (d) and you keep quiet and I will go None Question 5. Man needs to learn a lesson from (a) moon (b) stars (c) earth (d) sun None Question 6. According to the poet wars that are fought have no (a) soldiers (b) weapons (c) fighter planes (d) survivors None Question 7. ‘Cold sea’ is a poetic device (a) personification (b) transferred epithet (c) metaphor (d) alliteration None Question 8. Without rush, without engines’ refers to (a) no noise (b) no hurry to go to the office (c) no travelling (d) no holidaying None Question 9. The poet wants the entire humanity to (a) keep talking (b) keep running (c) keep laughing (d) keep still None Question 10. What does man threaten himself with? (a) death (b) birth (c) robbery (d) suicide None Time's up
