3. NOW THE LEAVES ARE FALLING FAST
1. In the second line of the poem, Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast’ ‘Nurse’ stands for —
(A) a plant
(B) a fruit
(C) a tree
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
2. In the poem, ‘Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast ‘Whispering neighbours’ stand for-
(A) agents of Life Insurance
(B) agents of State Bank of India
(C) agents of Sahara India
(D) agents of death
Answer ⇒ (D)
3. “Trolls’ mentioned in the poem, ‘Now The Leaves are Falling Fast’ are …….. mythological creatures.
(A) Scandinavian
(B) Indian
(C) Russian
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
4. ‘Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’ is ………… poem.
(A) a pessimistic
(B) optimistic
(C) a pessimistic-cum-optimistic
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
5. Who has composed the poem, Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast’ ?
(A) W.H. Auden
(B) Walter de la Mare
(C) D.H. Lawrence
(D) Rupert Brooke
Answer ⇒ (A)
6. Auden won the Pulitzer prize in-
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949
(D) 1950
Answer ⇒ (B)
7. For Auden poetry was-
(A) a light game
(B) an interesting game
(C) a serious game
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
8. Auden was –
(A) a poet
(B) a verse dramatist’
(C) a serious game
(D) All of these
Answer ⇒ (D)
9. ‘Now The Leaves are Falling’ is-
(A) a lyric
(B) an ode
(C) a sonnet
(D) an elegy
Answer ⇒ (A)
10. ‘Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast’ ………… the frustration inherent in human life.
(A) reacts
(B) enacts
(C) accepts
(D) protests
Answer ⇒ (B)
11. W.H. Auden has written the poem-
(A) John Keats
(B) Walt Whitman
(C) W.H. Auden
(D) T.S. Eliot
Answer ⇒ (C)
12. The prams are —
(A) running
(B) standing
(C) lying
(D) rolling
Answer ⇒ (D)
13. The travellers are we ………….. beings, moving towards our death.
(A) human
(B) animal
(C) urbon
(D) rural
Answer ⇒ (A)
14. Human life is no better than —
(A) life
(B) death
(C) journey
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
15. The leaves are falling —
(A) slow
(B) soon
(C) fast
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
16. Trees shed their leaves in –
(A) rain
(B) summer
(C) winter
(D) autumn
Answer ⇒ (D)
17. The ……………. has become dumb to see the leafless trees.
(A) hen
(B) sparrow
(C) nightingale
(D) peacock
Answer ⇒ (C)
18. ………….. waterfall could bless the travellers passing through that way.
(A) Yellow
(B) White
(C) Red
(D) Grey
Answer ⇒ (B)
19. The falling of …………….. refer to the speedy arrival of death.
(A) leaves
(B) stones
(C) snows
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
20. The ……………… of death are the whispering neighbour.
(A) messenger
(B) friends
(C) enemies
(D) God
Answer ⇒ (A)
21. ‘Whispering neighbours, left and right’ is a line from the poem—
(A) An Epitaph
(B) Song of Myself
(C) Now the Leaves Are falling Fast
(D) Snake
Answer ⇒ (C)
22. ‘Nurse’s flowers will not last’ is a line written by—
(A) John keats
(B) John Donne
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) W.H. Auden
Answer ⇒ (D)
| S.N | OBJECTIVE QUESTION ( PROSE SECTION ) |
| 1 | INDIAN CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE |
| 2 | BHARAT IS MY HOME |
| 3 | A PINCH OF SNUFF |
| 4 | I HAVE A DREAM |
| 5 | IDEAS THAT HAVE HELPED MANKIND |
| 6 | THE ARTIST |
| 7 | A CHILD IS BORN |
| 8 | HOW FREE IS THE PRESS |
| 9 | THE EARTH |
| 10 | INDIA TROUGH A TRAVELLERS EYES |
| 11 | A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL |
| S.N | OBJECTIVE QUESTION ( POETRY SECTION ) |
| 1 | SWEETEST LOVE, I DO NOT GOE |
| 2 | SONG OF MYSELF |
| 3 | NOW THE LEAVES ARE FALLING FAST |
| 4 | ODE TO AUTUMN |
| 5 | AN EPITAPH |
| 6 | THE SOLDIER |
| 7 | MACAVITY : THE MYSTERY CAT |
| 8 | FIRE- HYMN |
| 9 | SNAKE |
| 10 | MY GRAND MOTHER’S HOUSE |
| Story of english |