CBSE Class 12 English A Roadside Stand MCQs Set C

Question: ‘You have the money’. Who has the money?
a) City people
b) Rural people
c) Politicians
d) Teachers
Answer: a

Question: The roadside stand has been built
a) far from the city
b) close to the road
c) close to the village
d) along the river bank
Answer: b

Question: ‘Pathetically pled’ means
a) pleading profusely
b) miserably bleeding
c) safe and sound
d) unsafe from traffic
Answer: a

Question: Who are the ‘pitiful kin’?
a) Country cousins who are suffering
b) Relatives full of pity
c) Politicians who sympathize with country people
d) Relatives who are poor
Answer: a

Question: The flow of cash supports the
a) city life
b) rural life
c) children of slums
d) rich people
Answer: b

Question: The items that are on the roadside stand are
a) wild berries
b) mangoes
c) cherries
d) papayas
Answer: a

Question: Who are the greedy good doers according to the poet?
a) People who are helpful
b) People who seek only their selfish interests even when they help others
c) People who do good deeds
d) People who are conceited and arrogant
Answer: b

Question: Signs of the roadside show the direction of
a) North and South
b) West and East
c) South-West
d) South-East
Answer: a

Question: In the poem, Robert Frost depicts the miserable condition of the
a) urban people
b) rural people
c) slum areas
d) posh areas
Answer: b

Question: The little old house had a new shed and was situated
a) near the flyover
b) near the railway station
c) at the edge of the road
d) in the main city
Answer: c

Question: The golden squash for sale has
a) silver warts
b) golden warts
c) copper warts
d) aluminium warts
Answer: a

Question: ‘Hurt to the scenery’ is a reference to
a) the spoilt roadside
b) spoilt painting
c) spoilt landscape
d) ruins of the house
Answer: c

Question: What is marred with ‘artless paint’?
a) The house
b) The shed
c) The landscape
d) The car
Answer: c

Question: The poetic device used in ‘trusting sorrow’ is
a) personification
b) metaphor
c) simile
d) alliteration
Answer: a

Question: Who are the beneficient beasts of prey?
a) Lions
b) People who prey on the helplessness of simple and innocent people
c) Tigers
d) Wolves
Answer: b

Question: What is in the news which the poet mentions?
a) Deprived relatives should be taught a lesson
b) Underprivileged people should be gathered to live in villages next to the theatre and store
c) People will be forced to see movies
d) People will be given a lot of loans
Answer: b

Question: The party in power refers to the
a) ruling government
b) opposition
c) Tories
d) Ministers of Parliament
Answer: a

Question: ‘Benefits that are calculated to soothe them out of their wits’. This is a reference to
a) awards and rewards
b) the good acts are meant only for showing off
c) life insurance plans
d) life long provident plans
Answer: b

Question: ‘And by teaching them how to sleep’. Who is teaching and who is being taught?
a) The capitalists and politicians teach the county folk
b) The teacher teaches rural children
c) The professor teaches college students
d) The parents teach their young children
Answer: a

Question: Destroy their sleeping. Whose sleep is being talked about here?
a) The urban folk
b) The rural folk
c) The small babies
d) Old woman
Answer: b

Question: ‘Selfish cars’. The poetic device used is
a) alliteration
b) metaphor
c) simile
d) transferred epithet
Answer: d

Question: ‘Sometimes I feel myself’. Who is ‘I’ in this line?
a) The rural farmer
b) The city industrialist
c) The poet
d) The politician
Answer: c

Question: The poet shows the following emotion for the farmers
a) empathy
b) hatred
c) understanding
d) disgust
Answer: a

Question: ‘Childish longing’. What is the longing for?
a) Craving for something good to happen
b) Longing to sell wares
c) Longing to go to the city
d) Longing to be successful
Answer: b

Question: ‘Squeal of brakes’. The brakes belong to
a) a cycle
b) a speeding car
c) a motorbike
d) a racing car on the tracks
Answer: b

Question: The poet talks about a lot of cars. How many cars does he mention, metaphorically?
a) Hundred
b) Thousand
c) Two hundred
d) Two thousand
Answer: b

Question: Why are the cars selfish?
a) It is only a reference to selfish car owners
b) Cars which do not run fast
c) Cars which are not luxury cars
d) Cars that meet with accidents
Answer: a

Question: Who waits all day in open prayer?
a) The shopkeeper
b) The farmer at the roadside stand
c) The politicians
d) The city folk
Answer: a

Question: The sadness that lurks near the open window means
a) unhappiness when no customer turns up
b) misfortune about to come
c) the thief hiding behind the open window
d) the bad weather can be seen outside the window
Answer: b

Question: Why does the farmer expect the car to stop?
a) To ask the prices of the goods in the roadside stand
b) To have a glass of water
c) To ask for directions
d) To repair the brakes
Answer: a

Question: The only car that had stopped only to
a) ask for directions
b) turn back and turn around
c) mend the tyre
d) fill fuel in the tank
Answer: a

Question: The second car stopped in order to
a) ask for directions
b) rest for a while
c) unload the luggage
d) check the battery water
Answer: a

Question: The third car’s intention was to ask if the roadside stand had
a) a bottle of coke to sell
b) a gallon of gas
c) some fruit juice
d) some food to serve to passengers
Answer: b

Question: ‘They had none’. What does ‘none’ refer to?
a) A bottle of wine
b) A bottle of juice
c) A gallon of gas
d) A pint of water
Answer: c

Question: ‘In country money’ means
a) money spent for rural upliftment
b) money found in village banks
c) money belonging to country folks
d) money earned by only rural people
Answer: a

Question: ‘The requisite lift of spirit has never been found.’ This line means
a) the rural folks have never got any encouragement
b) the slums were never developed
c) the urban people continue to ill treat the lower strata of society
d) the free spirited people do not exist
Answer: a

Question: ‘Voice of the country seems to complain’ means the
a) voice of the rural people
b) voice of the politicians
c) voice of the urban elite
d) voice of the farmers only
Answer: a

Question: Who wants to put the under privileged people out of their pain?
a) The political leaders
b) The poet
c) The mayor of the city
d) The President of the country
Answer: a

Question: ‘As I come back into the sane’. By this the poet means
a) when he comes back from the mental asylum
b) when he views the situation calmly
c) when he realizes that he is mad
d) when he is able to understand mentally retarded people
Answer: b

Question: The poet wants to be put out of his pain
a) angrily
b) pitifully
c) gently
d) smilingly
Answer: c