CBSE Class 12 English HOTs Keeping Quiet

Stanza 1
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines,
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.

Question. Name the poem
(a) A Thing of beauty
(b) Keeping quiet
(c) My Mother at Sixty Six
(d) A Roadside Stand

Answer : B

Question. What does ‘It’ refers to?
(a) making a noise
(b) scolding men
(c) To be silent
(d) none of the above

Answer : C

Question. How can man achieve this exotic moment?
(a) by stopping all activities
(b) by making noises
(c) by keeping quiet
(d) both a & c

Answer : D

Question. Who is the poet speaking to?
(a) readers
(b) all human beings
(c) not known
(d) both a & b

Answer : D

Stanza 2
Those who prepare green was,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their
brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.

Question. Who are ‘those’ who prepare green wars?
(a) politicians
(b) scientists
(c) statesmen
(d) all of the above

Answer : D

Question. What do you mean by ‘green wars’?
(a) wars against environment
(b) wars against humanity
(c) wars against animals
(d)none of the above

Answer : A

Question. Name other wars mentioned in the stanza.
(a) nuclear wars
(b) chemical wars
(c) both a & b
(d) green wars

Answer : C

Question. Which poetic device is used in the line- ‘victory with no survivors’?
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) paradox
(d) oxymoron

Answer : C

Stanza 3
Perhaps the Earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I’ll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.

Question. Which poetic device is used in first line here?
(a) metaphor
(b) personification
(c) alliteration
(d) repetition

Answer : B

Question. What will the poet do now?
(a) count up to twelve
(b) count up to twenty
(c) will keep quiet
(d) not known

Answer : A

Question. What does the Earth teach us?
(a) to be noisy
(b) to be disturbed
(c) to be calm but active
(d) to be angry

Answer : C

Question. What does the poet mean to achieve by counting up to twelve?
(a) a little time for introspection
(b) a little time for discussion
(c) a little time for fighting
(d) a little time for spoiling environment

Answer : A