Keeping Quiet MCQs Mock Test of 12th Class Flamingo Welcome to your Keeping Quiet MCQs Mock Test of 12th Class Flamingo 1. Q11. What is poet's pen name? a. Neruda b. Pable C. Pablo d. Pablo Neruda None 2. 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 3. Q13. What is the original language of the poem? a. English b. French c. Pali d. Spanish None 4. 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 5. 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 6. Q16. According to the poet what creates barriers? a Interactions b. Reactions c Fighting d. Languages None 7. 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 8. Q18. What is the rhyming scheme used in the poem? a Enclosed rhyme b. Mono rhyme c Sonnet d. Free verse None 9. 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 10. 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 11. Q21. What is destroying the environment? a Unthoughtful actions b. Violent actions c Speaking without thinking d. All of the above None 12. Q22. What does number 12 represent? a. Hours of the day and months of a year b. Earth c Clock d. Cricket players None 13. 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 14. 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 15. 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 16. 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 17. 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 18. 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 19. 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 20. Q30. What does the earth symbolise? a Perseverence and new beginning from seemingly stillness b. Stillness C. Greenery d Prosperity None 21. 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 22. 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 23. 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 24. 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 25. 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 26. 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 27. 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 28. Q38. What would everyone feel at that exotic moment? a. Happy b. Content c. Dancing d. Strange blissful oneness None 29. 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 30. 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 31. 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 32. 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 33. 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 34. 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 35. 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 36. 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 37. 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 38. 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 39. 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 40. 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 41. 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 42. 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 43. 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 44. 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 45. Q55. What can human beings learn from nature? a. Beauty b. Keeping quiet c. To be happy d. Working with siling None 46. Q56. How does the poet perceive life? a. As stillness b. As silence C A noisy place d. A continuous evolution of nature None 47. Q57. What does the title of the poem suggest? a. Inactivity b. Noise c. Unhappiness d. Maintenance of silence None 48. 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 49. 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 50. 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 51. Question 2. The poet advocates the balance of nature to be (a) maintained (b) destroyed (c) temporarily disturbed (d) ignored None 52. 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 53. 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 54. Question 5. Man needs to learn a lesson from (a) moon (b) stars (c) earth (d) sun None 55. Question 6. According to the poet wars that are fought have no (a) soldiers (b) weapons (c) fighter planes (d) survivors None 56. Question 7. ‘Cold sea’ is a poetic device (a) personification (b) transferred epithet (c) metaphor (d) alliteration None 57. 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 58. Question 9. The poet wants the entire humanity to (a) keep talking (b) keep running (c) keep laughing (d) keep still None 59. Question 10. What does man threaten himself with? (a) death (b) birth (c) robbery (d) suicide None Please fill in the comment box below. Time's up
