Objective Questions
1.Kamala Das was born in ……………….
(A) 1933
(B) 1934
(C) 1935
D) 1936
Answer ⇒ (B)
2. Which figure of speech has been used in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?
(A) metaphore
(B) personification
(C) epic simile
(D) simile
Answer ⇒ (D)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ published in –
(A) 1963
(B) 1964
(C) 1965
(D) 1966
Answer ⇒ (C)
6. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is —
(A) a sonnet
(B) an ode
(C) a ballad
(D) a lyric
Answer ⇒ (D)
7. During her childhood the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ lived with her –
(A) grandmother
(B) aunt
(C) mother
(D) None of house
Answer ⇒ (A)
8. ‘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)
9. Who was composed the poem, ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?
(A) Kamala Das
(B) A.K. Ramanujan
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
10. Who is the speaker in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?
(A) Toru Dutta
(B) Kamala Das
(C) S.K. Kumar
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
11. Kamala Das has written the poem –
(A) Snake
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) My Grandmother’s House
(D) The Soldier
Answer ⇒ (C)
12. Kamala Das is an …………. Poetess.
(A) American
(B) Indian
(C) African
(D) Russian
Answer ⇒ (B)
13. Kamala Das is talking about her……….. who is dead now.
(A) father
(B) mother
(C) grand father
(D) grand mother
Answer ⇒ (D)
14. Kamala Das remembers the happy days spent in the sweet company of her
(A) grand mother
(B) grand father
(C) father
(D) mother
Answer ⇒ (A)
15. She noticed a ……………. behind the door of the bedroom.
(A) ox
(B) cow
(C) dog
(D) cat
Answer ⇒ (C)
16. The house went into silence due to the death of the
(A) woman
(B) man
(C) girl
(D) boy
Answer ⇒ (A)
17. ‘My Grand mother’s House’ is an …………….. poem by Kamala Das.
(A) biographical
(B) auto biographical
(C) bibiliographical
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
18. 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)
19. ‘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)
20. ‘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)
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did the speaker often wish to go to that house?
Ans. She often wished to go there because the memories often haunted her. She wanted to peep into the house and experience its stillness.
2. Why was the speaker proud of living in that house?
Ans. She was proud of living in that house because she got a lot of love there from her grandmother.
3. Why does the speaker say that she has lost her way?
Ans. The speaker says she has lost her way because she yearns for love, and she does not know where she can find it.
4. It she speaker satisfied with her present life? If not, why?
Ans. She is not satisfied with her present life, because she feels there is a void in her heart. She asks even strangers for love like a beggar, but no one gives it to her even in small quantity.