CBSE Class 11 English Childhood MCQs

Question. What does the poem 'Childhood' tell us about?
A. The poet's lost childhood
B. Childhood of every person
C. Childhood of poet's child
D. Poet's father’s childhood

Answer : A

Question. After what age did the poet realise that he had lost his childhood?
A. Twelve
B. Eleven
C. Ten
D. Thirteen

Answer : B

Question. Where could he see his childhood now?
A. In an infant's face
B. Only in his memories
C. Nowhere
D. In his feloow-beings

Answer : A

Question. What type of Rhyme Scheme is used in the poem 'Childhood'?
A. ABAB
B. ABBA
C. ABABCB
D. ABBCCD

Answer : D

Question. Which is the refrain (a literary device) used in the poem 'Childhood'?
A. When did my childhood go?
B. Hell and Heaven
C. Could not be found in Geography
D. That’s all I know

Answer : A

Question. Antihesis is where two opposite words are used together in a sentence in a poem, where did the poet use it?
A. Infant’s face
B. Forgotten place
C. Hell and Heaven
D. Preached of love

Answer : C

Question. What is the difference between an adult and a child?
A. An adult can tell the difference between reality and fantasy while the child cannot
B. There is difference in sense of intelligence
C. There is no difference
D.None of the Above

Answer : A

Question. What did the poet conclude about his lost childhood at the end of the poem?
A. It went to another dimension
B. It went to some forgotten place
C. It moved away with time
D. It shifted to his younger sibling

Answer : B

Question. What did the poet find out about Hell and Heaven?
A. They were in the sky
B. They wereinvisibleplaces
C. Theydidn’t exist
D. God alone knew about them

Answer : B

Question. What did the poet realise about adults?
A. That they are mature
B. That they have to work hard to earn money
C. That they are not what they seem to be
D. That they are cunning

Answer : C

Question. Why are the adults not what they seem to be?
A. They talk and preach of love but do not act so
B. They are very shrewd
C. They are manipulative
D. They are double-faced

Answer : A

Question. Who is the poet of the poem 'Childhood'?
A. Shirley Toulson
B. Walt Whitman
C. Marcus Natten
D. V S Naipaul

Answer : C

Question. What is the meaning of the word 'ceased'?
A. Starting of something
B. Came to an end
C. In the middle
D. To chase something

Answer : B

Question. What is the opposite of the word 'hidden'?
A. Open
B. Closed
C. Partial
D. Out

Answer : D

Question. What could the poet not find in Geography books?
A. Hell and Heaven
B. End of the sky
C. Islands
D. His country

Answer : A

Question. What did the poet realise about his mind when he lost his childhood?
A. that he can use it whatever way he wants
B. that he is very intelligent
C. that he is dumb
D. None of the Above

Answer : A

Question. According to the poet, adults are _______
A. Hypocrites
B. Smart
C. Lovable
D. Intelligent and Cunning

Answer : A

Question. What did the poet sense about himself when he realised he could use his own mind the way he wants?
A. He sensed that he is as intelligent as his friends
B. He sensed his own individuality and a separate identity
C. He sensed that he is very smart
D. He sensed that he could use his mind in creative work

Answer : B

Question. Why do adults talk and preach of love but do not act lovingly?
A. Because they are hypocrites
B. Because they are double-faced
C. Because they do not want to
D. Because they invest in only those whom they find interesting

Answer : A

Question. What is the most important thing about being an adult?
A. They have their own thoughts
B. They can earn money
C. They can talk to anyone they want
D. They preach love

Answer : A

Question. What is the poem 'Childhood' about?
A. poet's lost childhood
B. childhood of every person
C. childhood of poet's child
D. poet's father childhood

Answer :  A

Question. Why do adults talk and preach of love but do not act lovingly?
A. because they are hypocrites
B. because they are double-faced
C. because they do not want to
D. because they invest in only those whom they find interesting

Answer :  A

Question. After what age did the poet realise that he had lost his childhood?
A. twelve
B. eleven
C. ten
D. thirteen

Answer :  B

Question. According to the poet, adults are _______
A. Hypocrites
B. Smart
C. Lovable
D. Intelligent and Cunning

Answer :  A

Question. What the poet could not find in the Geography book?
A. Hell and Heaven
B. end to sky
C. island
D. country

Answer :  A

Question. What is the opposite of the word 'hidden'?
A. open
B. closed
C. partial
D. out

Answer :  D

Question. What did the poet find out about Hell and Heaven?
A. it was in sky
B. it was an imaginary place
C. it doesnt exist
D. it was with god

Answer :  B

Question. What did the poet sense about himself when he realised he could use his own mind the way he wants?
A. he sensed that he is as intelligent as his friends
B. he sensed his own individuality and a separate personality
C. he sensed that he is very smart
D. he sensed that he could use his mind in creative work

Answer :  B

Question. Why are the adults not what they seem to be?
A. they talk and preach of love but do not act so
B. they are very shrewd
C. they are manipulative
D. they are double-faced

Answer :  A

Question. What is the most important thing about being an adult?
A. they have their own thoughts
B. they can earn money
C. they can talk to anyone they want
D. they preach love

Answer :  A

Question. What did the poet realise about his mind when he lost his childhood?
A. that he can use it whatever way he wants
B. that he is very intelligent
C. that he is dumb
D. None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question. What refrain literary device is used in the poem 'Childhood'?
A. When did my childhood go?
B. Hell and Heaven
C. Could not be found in Geography
D. That’s all I know

Answer :  A

Question. What did the poet conclude about his lost childhood at the end of the poem?
A. it went to another dimension
B. It went to some forgotten place
C. it moved away with time
D. it shifted to his younger sibling

Answer :  B

Question. Antihesis is where two opposite words are used together in a sentence in a poem, where did the poet use it?
A. infant’s face
B. forgotten place
C. Hell and Heaven
D. preached of love

Answer :  C

Question. What did the poet realise about adults?
A. that they are mature
B. they have to earn money
C. they are not what they seem to be
D. they are cunning

Answer :  C

Question. What is the difference between an adult and a child?
A. they can tell the difference between reality and fantasy
B. there is difference in sense of intelligence
C. there is no difference
D.None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question. Where could he see his childhood now?
A. in an infant's face
B. only in his memories
C. Nowhere
D. in other kids

Answer :  A

Question. What is the meaning of the word 'ceased'?
A. starting of something
B. come to an end
C. in the middle
D. to chase something

Answer :  B

Question. What type of Rhyme Scheme is used in the poem 'Childhood'?
A. ABAB
B. ABBA
C. ABABCB
D. ABBCCD

Answer :  D