Bihar Board 12th English 100 Marks Objective Answers Poem 8 Fire-Hymn
Bihar Board 12th English 100 Marks Objective Answers Poem 8 Fire-Hymn
Question 1.
‘Fire-Hymn’ is written by-
(A) Walt Whitman
(B) Keki N. Daruwala
(C) W.H. Auden
(D) Kamala Das
Answer:
(B) Keki N. Daruwala
Question 2.
Keki N. Daruwala was born in-
(A) 1927
(B) 1935
(C) 1937
(D) 1965
Answer:
(C) 1937
Question 3.
The poem ‘Fire-Hymn’ is about a-
(A) Human society
(B) Violence
(C) Burning ghat
(D) War
Answer:
(C) Burning ghat
Question 4.
The speaker belongs to religion
(A) Hindu
(B) Muslim
(C) Sikh
(D) Zoroastrian
Answer:
(D) Zoroastrian
Question 5.
The poem describes the scene of a-
(A) Fire place
(B) Burning ghat
(C) Riot
(D) House under fire
Answer:
(B) Burning ghat
Question 6.
Sahitya Akademi Award was given to Keki N. Daruwala in-
(A) 1964
(B) 1974
(C) 1984
(D) 1978
Answer:
(C) 1984
Question 7.
Keki N. Daruwala is a well known writer of-
(A) Poetry
(B) Novel
(C) Short stories
(D) Comics
Answer:
(C) Short stories
Question 8.
The term ‘Zoroastrain’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for—
(A) Hindu
(B) Muslim
(C) Christian
(D) Parsi
Answer:
(D) Parsi
Question 9.
The nearest ‘Tower of Silence’ according to the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’ was …………. away.
(A) a thousand miles
(B) two thousand mileA
(C) three thousand miles
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) a thousand miles
Question 10.
The speaker in the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’ swears—
(A) once
(B) twice
(C) thrice
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) twice
Question 11.
Who has Composed the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’?
(A) K.N. Daruwalla
(B) Kamala Das
(C) J. Mahapatra
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) K.N. Daruwalla
Question 12.
K.N. Daruwalla received Sahitya Akademy Award in—
(A) 1983
(B) 1984
(C) 1985
(D) 1986
Answer:
(B) 1984
Question 13.
Daruwaila has been a well-known poet as well as a —
(A) dramatist
(B) novelist
(C) short-story-writer
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) short-story-writer
Question 14.
The theme of Daruwalla’s poety consist—
(A) love, death
(B) love, death, domination
(C) love, death, domination, cynicism
(D) love, death, domination, cynicism, plight of human society and violence
Answer:
(D) love, death, domination, cynicism, plight of human society and violence
Question 15.
Daruwalla’s poetry is ‘a totally …………… recording to subjective responses’.
(A) impressionistic
(B) symbolistic
(C) idealistic
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) impressionistic
Question 16.
‘Fire-Hymn’ deals with -ghat.
(A) bathing
(B) burning
(C) drinking
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) burning
Question 17.
The term ‘debauchery’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for—
(A) moral behaviour
(B) disgusting behaviour
(C) immoral behaviour
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) immoral behaviour
Question 18.
Keki N. Daruwalla has written the poem—
(A) Song of Myself
(B) Snake
(C) Fire-Hymn
(D) The Soldier
Answer:
(C) Fire-Hymn
Question 19.
Keki N. Daruwalla is an poet.
(A) American
(B) Indo-Anglian
(C) African
(D) British
Answer:
(B) Indo-Anglian
Question 20.
Keki N. Daruwalla was a by religion.
(A) Parsi
(B) Muslim
(C) Hindu
(D) Christian
Answer:
(A) Parsi
Question 21.
It was the …………. of the poet aling with him, passing by the cremation ghat.
(A) mother
(B) father
(C) brother
(D) son
Answer:
(B) father
Question 22.
The ………………. forgets its dead because sometimes it leaves the dead body half burnt.
(A) man
(B) animal
(C) five
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) five
Question 23.
The cremation of dead bodies in …………….. are somewhat different.
(A) Parsi
(B) Muslim
(C) Hindu
(D) Christian
Answer:
(A) Parsi
Question 24.
The speaker in ‘Fire-Hymn’ belongs to ……….. religion.
(A) Indian
(B) African
(C) Zoroastrian
(D) Nigerian
Answer:
(C) Zoroastrian
Question 25.
……………. swears to save fire from the sin of forgetfullness.
(A) John Donne
(B) Keki N. Daruwalla
(C) John Keats
(D) T.S. Eliot
Answer:
(B) Keki N. Daruwalla
Question 26.
Keki N. Daruwalla consigned his new born ………….. to flames.
(A) son
(B) daughter
(C) brother
(D) sister
Answer:
(A) son
Question 27.
The ……………… child was consigned to the fire under compulsion.
(A) first born
(B) second born
(C) third born
(D) fourth born
Answer:
(A) first born
Question 28.
………….. belongs to Zoroastrian religion.
(A) Rupert Brooke
(B) Kamala Das
(C) John Donne
(D) Keki N. Daruwalla
Answer:
(D) Keki N. Daruwalla
Question 29.
The poet sees the red hot ………….
(A) Iron
(B) face
(C) embers
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) embers
Question 30.
‘We saw embers losing their cruel redness is taken from ……………
(A) Song of Myself
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) The Soldier
(D) Snake
Answer:
(B) Fire-Hymn
Question 31.
‘As I concigned my first-born to the flames’ is written by—
(A) Kamala Das
(B) Rupert Brooke
(C) Keki N. Daruwalla
(D) T.S. Eliot
Answer:
(C) Keki N. Daruwalla
Question 32.
The poem ‘Fire-Hymn’ is about a-
(A) Human society
(B) Violence
(C) Burning ghat
(D) Man
Answer:
(C) Burning ghat
Question 33.
Keki N. Darawala as born in-
(A) 1947
(B) 1935
(C) 1937
(D) 1965
Answer:
(C) 1937
Question 34.
‘Fire Hymn’ is written by-
(A) Walter Whiteman
(B) Keki N. Daruwala
(C) W. H. Auden
(D) Kalamla Das
Answer:
(B) Keki N. Daruwala
Question 35.
Keki N. Daruwala is a well known writer of-
(A) Poetry
(B) Novel
(C) Short stories
(D) Comics
Answer:
(C) Short stories
Question 36.
Sahitya Akademi Award was given to Keki N. Darwais in-
(A) 1968
(B) 1974
(C) 1984
(D) 1978
Answer:
(C) 1984
Question 37.
The poem describes the scene of a-
(A) Fire place
(B) Burning ghat
(C) Riot
(D) River
Answer:
(B) Burning ghat
Question 38.
The speaker belongs to ………. religion-
(A) Hindu
(B) Muslim
(C) Sikh
(D) Zoroastrian
Answer:
(D) Zoroastrian