My Grandmother’s House Objective Questions

1. “My Grand-mother’s House” is a poem, written/composed by-

(A) Kamala Das

(B) W.H. Auden

(C) T.S. Eliot

(D) Walt whitman

Ans : (A)

2. Kamala Das is an …….. poetess.

(A) Indian

(B) Australian

(C) Indo-American

(D) None

Ans : (A)

3. Kamala Das was born in ………. and died in………

(A) 1934, 2009

(B)1956, 2008

(C) 1947, 2009

(D)1955, 2005

Ans : (A)

4. Kamala Das described her ….. house.

(A) grand-mother’s

(B) father’s

(C) mother’s

(D) mother-in-law’s

Ans : (A)

5. Kamala Das used to write both in ……..

(A) English and Hindi

(B) Hindi and Urdu

(C) English and Malayalam

(D) None

Ans : (C)

6. “My grand-mother’s House” is ….. poem.

(A) A Biographical

(B) An Auto-biographical

(C) Historical

(D) None

Ans : (B)

7. Kamala Das remembers the house, love and company of her…..

(A) grand-daughter

(B) grand-father

(C) grand-mother

(D) None

Ans : (C)

8. ………. remembers the love of her grand-mother?

(A) Kamala Das

(B) Sarojni Naidu

(C) Sujata Bhatt

(D) None of these

Ans : (A)

9. Who says “My blood turned like the moon”?

(A) Kamala Das

(B) Sarojni Naidu

(C) Sujata Bhatt

(D) None of these

Ans : (A)

10. Who is proud of “that house”?

Or, ……… lived with her grand-mother?

(A) Kamala Das

(B) Sarojni Naidu

(C) Sujata Bhatt

(D) None of these

Ans : (A)

11. Who wants to go and have a look from the window?

(a) Kamala Das

(b) Sarojni Naidu

(c) Sujata Bhatt

(d) None of these

Ans : (A)

12. Who is known for sexual adventures in her writing?

(A) Kamala Das

(B) Sarojni Naidu

(C) Sujata Bhatt

(D) None of these

Ans : (A)

13. She says, “Behind my bedroom’s door like a …..”.

(A) brooding dog

(B) jumping lion

(C) crying wolf

(D) None

Ans : (A)

14. The house want into silence because that ……….died.

(A) boy

(B) girl

(C) woman/lady

(D) man

Ans : (C)

15. There will be complete ……. in the house.

(A) silence and drakness

(B) noises

(C) fun

(D) None

Ans : (A)

16. She says that she can’t receive such love at ………door.

(A) strangers’

(B) players’

(C) neighbours’

(D) None

Ans : (A)

17. She was listed for nobel prize in …….

(A) 1987

(B) 1992

(C) 1984

(D) 2002

Ans : (C)

18. Who says ……

(i) The house withdrew into silence

(ii) Snakes may be moving among books.

(iii) The lady (grand-mother) died.

(iv) Behind my bedroom’s door like a brooding Dog.

(v) My way and beg now at strangers’ doors to Receive love.

(A) Kamala Das

(B) K.N Daruwala

(C) D.H. Lawrence

(D) None

Ans : (A)

19. ‘Summer in Kolkata’ is a collections of peoms by:

(A) Kamala Das

(B) Keki N.Daruwala

(C) D.H.Lawrence

(D) John Keats

Ans : (A)

20. “There is a house now far away where once I received love”-

is from the poem

(A) Song o Myself

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) My Grandmother’s House

(D) Snake

Ans : (C)

21. Kamala Das has a respectable place in both English and …….

literature.

(A) Kannada

(B) Oriya

(C) Tamil

(D) Malayalam

Ans : (D)

22. The poetess in’The Grand-Mother’s House’ begs at …..doors.

(A)Friend’s

(B) Family’s

(C) stranger’s

(D) enemy’s

Ans : (C)

23. Snakes were seen among ……in ‘My Grand-Mother’s House’

(A) book

(B) books

(C) chairs

(D) tables

Ans : (B)