1. The term ‘Zoroastrian’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for—
(A) Hindu
(B) Muslim
(C) Christian
(D) Parsi
Answer:(D) Parsi
2. The ……………… child was consigned to the fire under compulsion.
(A) firstborn
(B) second born
(C) third born
(D) fourth born
Answer:(A) first born
3. ………….. belongs to the Zoroastrian religion.
(A) Rupert Brooke
(B) Kamala Das
(C) John Donne
(D) Keki N. Daruwalla
Answer:(D) Keki N. Daruwalla
4. The poet sees the red hot ………….
(A) Iron
(B) face
(C) embers
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) embers
5. ‘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
6. The nearest ‘Tower of Silence’ according to the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’ was …………. away.
(A) a thousand miles
(B) two thousand miles
(C) three thousand miles
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) a thousand miles
7. The speaker in the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’ swears—
(A) once
(B) twice
(C) thrice
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) twice
8. Who Composed the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’?
(A) K.N. Daruwalla
(B) Kamala Das
(C) J. Mahapatra
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) K.N. Daruwalla
9. ‘Fire-Hymn’ is written by-
(A) Walt Whitman
(B) Keki N. Daruwala
(C) W.H. Auden
(D) Kamala Das
Answer:(B) Keki N. Daruwala
10. Keki N. Daruwala was born in-
(A) 1927
(B) 1935
(C) 1937
(D) 1965
Answer:(C) 1937
11. The poem ‘Fire-Hymn’ is about a-
(A) Human society
(B) Violence
(C) Burning ghat
(D) War
Answer:(C) Burning ghat
12. The speaker belongs to a religion
(A) Hindu
(B) Muslim
(C) Sikh
(D) Zoroastrian
Answer:(D) Zoroastrian
13. The poem describes the scene of a-
(A) Fireplace
(B) Burning ghat
(C) Riot
(D) House under fire
Answer:(B) Burning ghat
14. Sahitya Akademi Award was given to Keki N. Daruwala in-
(A) 1964
(B) 1974
(C) 1984
(D) 1978
Answer:(C) 1984
15. Keki N. Daruwala is a well-known writer of-
(A) Poetry
(B) Novel
(C) Short stories
(D) Comics
Answer:(C) Short stories
16. Daruwalla’s poetry is a totally …………… recording of subjective responses.
(A) impressionistic
(B) symbolistic
(C) idealistic
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) impressionistic
17. ‘Fire-Hymn’ deals with -ghat.
(A) bathing
(B) burning
(C) drinking
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) burning
18. The term ‘debauchery’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for—
(A) moral behavior
(B) disgusting behavior
(C) immoral behavior
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) immoral behaviour
19. K.N. Daruwalla received Sahitya Akademy Award in—
(A) 1983
(B) 1984
(C) 1985
(D) 1986
Answer:(B) 1984
20. The speaker in ‘Fire-Hymn’ belongs to ……….. religion.
(A) Indian
(B) African
(C) Zoroastrian
(D) Nigerian
Answer:(B) Keki N. Daruwalla
21. ……………. swears to save fire from the sin of forgetfulness.
(A) John Donne
(B) Keki N. Daruwalla
(C) John Keats
(D) T.S. Eliot
Answer:(B) Keki N. Daruwalla
22. Keki N. Daruwalla consigned his newborn………….. to flames.
(A) son
(B) daughter
(C) brother
(D) sister
Answer:(A) son
23. ‘As I consigned 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
24. The poem ‘Fire-Hymn’ is about a-
(A) Human society
(B) Violence
(C) Burning ghat
(D) Man
Answer:(C) Burning ghat
25. Keki N. Darawala as born in-
(A) 1947
(B) 1935
(C) 1937
(D) 1965
Answer:(C) 1937
26. ‘Fire Hymn’ is written by-
(A) Walter Whiteman
(B) Keki N. Daruwala
(C) W. H. Auden
(D) Kalamla Das
Answer:(B) Keki N. Daruwala
27. Keki N. Daruwala is a well-known writer of-
(A) Poetry
(B) Novel
(C) Short stories
(D) Comics
Answer:(C) Short stories
28. Sahitya Akademi Award was given to Keki N. Darwais in-
(A) 1968
(B) 1974
(C) 1984
(D) 1978
Answer:(C) 1984
29. The poem describes the scene of a-
(A) Fireplace
(B) Burning ghat
(C) Riot
(D) River
Answer:(B) Burning ghat
30. The speaker belongs to ………. religion-
(A) Hindu
(B) Muslim
(C) Sikh
(D) Zoroastrian
Answer:(D) Zoroastrian
31. 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
32. Keki N. Daruwalla has written the poem—
(A) Song of Myself
(B) Snake
(C) Fire-Hymn
(D) The Soldier
Answer:(C) Fire-Hymn
33. Keki N. Daruwalla is an poet.
(A) American
(B) Indo-Anglian
(C) African
(D) British
Answer:(B) Indo-Anglian
34. Keki N. Daruwalla was a by religion.
(A) Parsi
(B) Muslim
(C) Hindu
(D) Christian
Answer:(A) Parsi
35. It was the …………. of the poet along with him, passing by the cremation ghat.
(A) mother
(B) father
(C) brother
(D) son
Answer:(B) father
36. 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
37. The cremation of dead bodies in …………….. are somewhat different.
(A) Parsi
(B) Muslim
(C) Hindu
(D) Christian
Answer:(A) Parsi