1. The poetess in ‘The Grand Mother’s House’ begs at …. doors.
(A) friend’s
(B) family’s
(C) stranger’s
(D) enemy’s
Answer:(C) stranger’s
2. ‘There is a house now far away where once I received love’ ……………… is from the poem—
(A) Song of Myself
(B) Ode to Autumn
(C) My Grand mother’s House
(D) Snake
Answer:(C) My Grand mother’s House
3.‘Behind my bedroom’s door like a brooding’ is written by—
(A) Rupert Brooke
(B) Kamala Das
(C) Keki N. Daruwalla
(D) T.S. Eliot
Answer:(B) Kamala Das
4. My Grandmother’s House is written by-
(A) D. H. Lawrence
(B) Kamala Das
(C) Keki N. Daruwala
(D) Walt Whitman
Answer:(B) Kamala Das
5. My Grandmother’s House is written by –
(A) D.H. Lawrence
(B) Kamala Das
(C) Keki N. Daruwala
(D) Walt Whitman
Answer:(B) Kamala Das
6. Kamala Das was born on-
(A) April 31, 1933
(B) April 31, 1934
(C) April 31, 1943
(D) April 31, 1984
Answer:(B) April 31, 1934
7. What moved freely in the silent house?
(A) Lizards
(B) Snakes
(C) Cockroaches
(D) Dogs
Answer:(B) Snakes
8. Who’s death the speaker says-
(A) Her husband
(B) Her grandmother
(C) Her grandfather
(D) Her brother
Answer:(B) Her grandmother
9. Kamala Das, poet, and short story writer has earned a respectable place in both English and-
(A) Hindi
(B) Telugu
(C) Malayalam
(D) Urdu
Answer:(C) Malayalam
10. She noticed a ……………….. behind the door of the bedroom.
(A) ox
(B) cow
(C) dog
(D) cat
Answer:(D) cat
11. The house went into silence due to the death of the …………..
(A) woman
(B) man
(C) girl
(D) boy
Answer:(A) woman
12. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is an ………….. poem by Kamala Das.
(A) biographical
(B) auto biographical
(C) bibliographical
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) autobiographical
13. Kamala Das was born on-
(A) April 31, 1933
(B) April 31, 1934
(C) April 31, 1935
(D) April 31, 1936
Answer:(B) April 31, 1934
14. Autobiography of Kamala Das was published in-
(A) 1976
(B) 1966
(C) 1986
(D) 1996
Answer:(A) 1976
15. The speaker where once was loved, the house belonged to her-
(A) Father
(B) Husband
(C) Friend
(D) Grandmother
Answer:(D) Grandmother
16. Kamala Das was born in …………….
(A) 1933
(B) 1934
(C) 1935
(D) 1936
Answer:(B) 1934
17. What moved freely in the silent house?
(A) Dogs
(B) Snakes
(C) Cockroaches
(D) Lizard
Answer:(B) Snakes
18. Autobiography of Kamala Das was published in-
(A) 1996
(B) 1966
(C) 1986
(D) 1976
Answer:(D) 1976
19. Who’s death the speaker says-
(A) Her son
(B) Her grandmother
(C) Her grandfather
(D) Her brother
Answer:(B) Her grandmother
20. The speaker where once was loved, the house belonged to her-
(A) Father
(B) Husband
(C) son
(D) Grandmother
Answer:(A) Father
21. Kamala Das, poet, and short story writer has earned a respectable place in both English and-
(A) Hindi
(B) Malayalam
(C) Telugu
(D) Urdu
Answer:(B) Malayalam
22. Which figure of speech has been used in ‘My Grandmother’s House’?
(A) metaphor
(B) personification
(C) epic simile
(D) simile
Answer:(D) simile
23. The speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House is proud of—
(A) her parent’s house
(B) her grandmother’s house
(C) her uncle’s house
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) her grandmother’s house
24. When did the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ live with her grandmother?
(A) during her childhood
(B) during her adolescence
(C) during her youth
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) during her childhood
25. Kamala Das is talking about her …………. who is dead now.
(A) father
(B) mother
(C) grandfather
(D) grandmother
Answer:(D) grandmother
26. Kamala Das remembers the happy days spent in her sweet company of her—
(A) grandmother
(B) grandfather
(C) father
(D) mother
Answer:(A) grandmother
27. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ published in —
(A) 1963
(B) 1964
(C) 1965
(D) 1966
Answer:(C) 1965
28. ‘My Grandmother’s House is —
(A) a sonnet
(B) an ode
(C) a ballad
(D) a lyric
Answer:(D) a lyric
29. During her childhood the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ lived with her —
(A) grandmother
(B) aunt
(C) mother
(D) None of the house
Answer:(A) grandmother
30. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ published in —
(A) ‘Descendants’
(B) ‘Summer in Calcutta’
(C) The Old Playhouse and Other Poems
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) ‘Summer in Calcutta’
31. Who composed the poem? ‘Mv Grandmother’s House’?
(A) Kamala Das
(B) A.K. Ramanujan
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) Kamala Das
32. Who is the speaker in ‘My Grandmother’s House’?
(A) Torn Dutta
(B) Kamala Das
(C) S.K. Kumar
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) Kamala Das
33. Kamala Das has written the poem —
(A) Snake
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) My Grandmother’s House
(D) The Soldier
Answer:(C) My Grandmother’s House
34. Kamala Das is an ………….. Poetess.
(A) American
(B) Indian
(C) African
(D) Russian
Answer:(B) Indian