12th Class English An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum - Stephen Spender Question Bank

done MCQs - An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum Total Questions - 38

• question_answer1)

  Direction (1 - 4): Read the extract given below and answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

  Far far from gusty waves these children's faces.

  Like rootless weeds, the hair torn around their pallor:

  The tall girl with her weighed-down head. The paper

  seeming boy, with rat's eyes. The stunted, unlucky heir

  Of twisted bones, reciting a father's gnarled disease.

  His lesson, from the desk. At back of the dim class.

  One unnoted, sweet and young.

  The phrase 'weighed-down head' DOES NOT refer to being
  A)
  burdened by poverty. done clear
  B)
  ashamed at her plight. done clear
  C)
  distressed due to difficulties. done clear
  D)
  dizzy with a headache. done clear
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• question_answer2)
  Pick the option that matches the words / phrases with the literary device.

  	Word/phrase		Literature device
  1.	like rootless weeds	A	metaphor
  2.	paper-seeming boy	B.	Pun
  3.	Reciting	C.	synecdoche
  		D.	simile

  A)
  1-A, 2-D, 3-C done clear
  B)
  1-D, 2-B, 3-A done clear
  C)
  1-D, 2-A, 3-B done clear
  D)
  1-B, 2-A, 3-C done clear
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  Pick the option that enumerates the tone of the poet in this extract.

  1. apprehensive

  2. compassionate

  3. resentful

  4. thoughtful

  5. disillusioned

  6. woeful

  A)
  2, 4 and 6 done clear
  B)
  1, 4 and 5 done clear
  C)
  3, 5 and 6 done clear
  D)
  1, 3 and 6 done clear
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• question_answer4)
  The 'gusty waves', most likely, indicate
  A)
  survival and struggle. done clear
  B)
  verve and brightness. done clear
  C)
  drudgery and dullness. done clear
  D)
  animation and alertness. done clear
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  Direction (5 - 8): Read the extract given below and answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

  "On sour cream walls, donations.

  Shakespeare's head,

  Cloudless at dawn, civilised dome riding all cities.

  Belled, flowery, Tyrolese valley.

  Open-handed map

  Awarding the world its world."

  What does the expression "sour creams wall's" denote?
  A)
  Poverty of these children done clear
  B)
  Classroom not well-maintained done clear
  C)
  No proper ventillation done clear
  D)
  Classroom wall painted long ago done clear
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  How is Shakespeare's picture is of no use to these slum children?
  A)
  Children are not studying any thing done clear
  B)
  They do not know Shakespeare done clear
  C)
  They are more worried about diseases done clear
  D)
  Children want food not Shakespeare done clear
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  What is the significance of picture of Tyrolese valley?
  A)
  A beautiful place full of flowers done clear
  B)
  Children are unaware of this beauty done clear
  C)
  It is in contrast to sad condition of classrooms done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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• question_answer8)
  Which of the following lines clearly depicts the concept of class disparities?
  A)
  Civilised dome riding all cities done clear
  B)
  Awarding the world its world done clear
  C)
  Shakespeare's head done clear
  D)
  Open handed map done clear
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• question_answer9)

  Direction (9 - 12): Read the extract given below and answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

  This map becomes their windows and these windows

  That shut upon their lives like catacombs,

  Break O break open till they break the town

  And show the children to green fields, and make their world

  Run azure on gold sands, and let their tongues

  Run naked into books the white and green leaves open

  History theirs whose language is the Sun.

  Pick the option that is NOT TRUE according to this extract.
  A)
  The children should be allowed to read books and form their opinions. done clear
  B)
  Education without breaking the shackles of poverty, is meaningless. done clear
  C)
  The policy makers show the reality of the real world to the children. done clear
  D)
  The children see the world of poverty and misery through the windows. done clear
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• question_answer10)

  Pick the options that matches best with the phrase 'break o break open'.

  1. break free

  2. break silence

  3. break out

  4. break even

  5. break through

  6. break ground

  A)
  1, 3 and 5                      done clear
  B)
  2, 3 and 6 done clear
  C)
  1, 4 and 6                      done clear
  D)
  2, 3 and 5 done clear
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• question_answer11)

  Look at the given book covers. Pick the option that reflects the meaning of 'catacomb' in the extract.

  A)
  Option 1                        done clear
  B)
  Option 2 done clear
  C)
  Option 3                        done clear
  D)
  Option 4 done clear
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• question_answer12)

  On the basis of the extract, pick the opinion that is closest to that of the poet.

  A)
  Option 1                        done clear
  B)
  Option 2 done clear
  C)
  Option 3                        done clear
  D)
  Option 4 done clear
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• question_answer13)

  Based on the poem, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.

  Statement 1 The poet is in anguish at the plight of the children in slums and is sympathetic towards them.

  Statement 2 The poet presents an exaggerated version of the struggles of the slum children, to gamer sympathy.

  A)
  Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false. done clear
  B)
  Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true. done clear
  C)
  Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true. done clear
  D)
  Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred. done clear
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• question_answer14)
  Pick the quote that highlights the contrasting image portrayed in the poem.         
  A)
  The worst form of inequality is to try and make unequal things equal.' done clear
  B)
  'An imbalance between the rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.' done clear
  C)
  'We must work together to ensure equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity and power in our society.' done clear
  D)
  'No amount of artificial reinforcement can off set the natural inequalities of human individual.' done clear
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• question_answer15)
  What does the poet portray in the poem?
  A)
  Questions of young children done clear
  B)
  Curiosity of young children done clear
  C)
  Plight of young children in slums done clear
  D)
  Playfulness of the children done clear
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• question_answer16)

  Pick phrases that portray 'poverty and hopelessness' in the poem.

  1. slag heap

  2. spectacles of steel

  3. gusty waves

  4. run azure on gold sands

  5. mended glass

  6. squirrel's game

  7. language is the sun

  A)
  2, 4 and 7                      done clear
  B)
  1, 3 and 5 done clear
  C)
  3, 4 and 6                      done clear
  D)
  1, 2 and 5 done clear
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• question_answer17)
  A child in the slum experiencing the dreary life would have the least access to 
  A)
  shelter               done clear
  B)
  information done clear
  C)
  water                 done clear
  D)
  education done clear
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• question_answer18)

  Choose the correct option with respect to the statements given below:

  Statement 1 The poet gives a videographic view of the classroom located in the slum.

  Statement 2 The panoramic view embodies the act of emancipation of the poverty stricken.

  A)
  Statement 1 can be inferred from the poem but Statement 2 cannot be. done clear
  B)
  Statement 1 cannot be inferred from the poem but Statement 2 can be. done clear
  C)
  Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred. done clear
  D)
  Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred. done clear
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• question_answer19)

  Pick the option that best describes the word 'pallor' as used in the given lines.

  "The hair torn around their pallor.”

  1. health

  2. location

  3. environment

  4. education

  A)
  1 and 2            done clear
  B)
  3 and 4 done clear
  C)
  Only 4               done clear
  D)
  Only 1 done clear
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• question_answer20)
  The use of the phrase 'paper-seeming' in the poem for a boy implies that the boy is ....... .
  A)
  shy and secretive done clear
  B)
  short and lean done clear
  C)
  hungry and thin done clear
  D)
  sad and depressed done clear
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• question_answer21)
  "At back of the dim class ...." What is the word 'dim' signify here?
  A)
  Classrooms not properly lighted done clear
  B)
  Future of these children is bleak done clear
  C)
  Helplessness done clear
  D)
  All of the above done clear
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• question_answer22)
  The lines 'On sour cream wall's donations' suggest that
  A)
  the school is well-equipped done clear
  B)
  the school is small and dingy done clear
  C)
  The school works on donations done clear
  D)
  The school is not imparting proper education done clear
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• question_answer23)

  Choose the option that correctly describes a child who cannot be found in the elementary classroom described in the poem.

  A)
  Option 1                        done clear
  B)
  Option 2 done clear
  C)
  Option 3           done clear
  D)
  Option 4 done clear
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• question_answer24)
  Column A of the given table consists of the example of the literary devices used in the poem and Column B consists of its significance or what it shows.

  Match the phrase with its significance.
  	Column A		Column B
  A.	Rat's eyes education	1.	lack of
  B.	Shakespeare's head,	2.	vague future
  C.	A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky	3.	Hunger
  D.	Reciting a father's gnarled disease	4.	ill-health and poverty

  A)
  A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 done clear
  B)
  A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 done clear
  C)
  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 done clear
  D)
  A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 done clear
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• question_answer25)

  "His eyes live in a dream,

  Of squirrel's game, in tree room, other than this."

  In the poem, the poet had used commas at various places in a manner like the given lines. Why is the purpose of doing so?

  A)
  To maintain a rhythm in the poem done clear
  B)
  To give pauses between phrases done clear
  C)
  To present contrasting pictures done clear
  D)
  To allow the reader to think before moving to the next phrase. done clear
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• question_answer26)
  The expression 'Open handed map' shows
  A)
  the inability of the poor students to see the world. done clear
  B)
  the inability of the students to enter the world of the rich. done clear
  C)
  the distance between the world of the slum students and rich students. done clear
  D)
  the lack of means which allows the slum children to get out of slums. done clear
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• question_answer27)
  'Cloudless at dawn, civilized dome riding all cities'. The literary device used in the given lines is
  A)
  Imagery            done clear
  B)
  Alliteration done clear
  C)
  Simile                done clear
  D)
  Both [a] and [b] done clear
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• question_answer28)

  Pick out the words that can be closely associated with "Future painted with a fog".

  1. Dark

  2. Uncertain

  3. Bright

  4. Ambitious

  5. Hopeless

  6. Vague

   
  A)
  1, 2 and 5       done clear
  B)
  2, 3 and 6 done clear
  C)
  1, 2 and 4                      done clear
  D)
  2, 3 and 4 done clear
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• question_answer29)

  The image produced with the line 'A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky' is of

  1. Pollution

  2. Industrialisation

  3. Dinginess

  4. Congested nature of the locality

   
  A)
  1 and 4 done clear
  B)
  2 and 4 done clear
  C)
  1 and 3             done clear
  D)
  2 and 3 done clear
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• question_answer30)
  Pick the statement that DOES NOT use any literary device.
  A)
  From fog to endless night? done clear
  B)
  Far, Far from rivers, capes, and stars of words done clear
  C)
  Surely, Shakespeare is wicked done clear
  D)
  With, ships and sun and love tempting them to steal done clear
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• question_answer31)
  "For lives that slyly turn in their cramped holes'. What does the expression 'cramped holes' imply?
  A)
  Small holes in school walls done clear
  B)
  Very small houses done clear
  C)
  Dingy congested shacks done clear
  D)
  None of the above done clear
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• question_answer32)
  What does the image of mended glass like bottle bit's suggest?
  A)
  A state of ignorance done clear
  B)
  A state of hopelessness done clear
  C)
  Impoverished existence done clear
  D)
  Both [b] and [c] done clear
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• question_answer33)
  What does the poet mean by 'blot their' maps with slums?
  A)
  No promising future. done clear
  B)
  Future blotted with gloom and misery. done clear
  C)
  They are too deep rooted in poverty and gloom. done clear
  D)
  These slum children have no hope for a better future. done clear
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• question_answer34)
  "So blot their maps with slums as big as doom." Here, 'as big as doom' indicates
  A)
  Perpetuity                      done clear
  B)
  Temporality done clear
  C)
  Proliferation       done clear
  D)
  transience done clear
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• question_answer35)
  How does the poet feel for the authorities that could help the children?
  A)
  Despair              done clear
  B)
  Anger done clear
  C)
  Resentment       done clear
  D)
  Hopelessness done clear
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• question_answer36)
  'Run Azure on Gold Sand' in the poem refers to
  A)
  enjoying life in prosperity with the help of public figures done clear
  B)
  enriching with money and education which promotes upliftment done clear
  C)
  taking some time to enjoy nature that is away from slums done clear
  D)
  changing the world of misery into a pleasurable world done clear
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• question_answer37)
  'Run naked into books the white and green leaves open'. What do 'white and green leaves' suggest here?
  A)
  Different types of natural surroundings done clear
  B)
  A better world than foggy slums done clear
  C)
  Printed world as well as natural beauty done clear
  D)
  Inhaling fresh pure oxygen done clear
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• question_answer38)

  Based on the following statements, choose the correct option.

  Assertion "Stephen spender picturises the condition of the slum children to highlight social injustice and class disparity".

  Reason 1 The reference to "sour cream wall, lead sky, rootless weeds, unlucky heir etc." highlights social injustice.

  Reason 2 "Health, education, surrounding" along with many other fields reflect class disparity.

  A)
  Reason 1 and Reason 2 exemplify the Assertion done clear
  B)
  Reason 1 can be inferred but Reason 2 cannot be inferred from the assertion done clear
  C)
  Reason 1 cannot be inferred but Reason 2 can be inferred. done clear
  D)
  Reason 1 and Reason 2 both cannot be inferred. done clear
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