The Bangle Sellers Mcqs

 

The Bangle Sellers McQs

1.Sarojini Naidu was known as 

1. The Nightingale of India

2. The Cuckoo of India 

3. The Queen of Poetry

4. The Bird of Freedom

2. The poem was first published in 

1. The Bangle of Time 

2. The Nightingale of Time 

3. The Bird of Time 

4. The Freedom of Time 

3. The ‘Bangle Sellers’ was first published in:

1. 1910

2. 1911

3. 1912

4. 1913

4.The central theme of The Bangle Sellers is 

1. Celebration of Fair 

2. Celebration of Womanhood

3. Celebration of Marriage

4. Celebration of Birth 

5. The bangles symbolize women's

1. Pride

2. Purity

3. Hope

4. Happiness

6. How many stages of a woman's life are represented through the bangles

1. One

2. Two

3. Four

4. Five 

7. The first stage of a woman's life is 

1. Maiden 

2. Bride

3. Housewife

4. Mother 

8. The rhyming scheme of the poem is

1. ABABCDCDEE

2. ABCDEF

3. ABCDEFGG

4. ABCDEE 

9. How many stanzas are there in the poem?

1. Two

2. Three

3. Four

4. Five 

10. Each stanza contains 

1. 3 lines 

2. 4 lines 

3. 5 lines 

4. 6 lines 

11. The Bangle Sellers has total ____ lines 

1. 20  

2. 22 

3. 24

4. 26

12. Through this poem Naidu represents 

1. The Indian woman's desire for Bangles 

2. The idea of Freedom 

3. The colours of India 

4. The culture of India 

13. The Bangle sellers bear their shining loads to the

1. Temple 

2. Fair 

3. Both A & B 

4. Shops

14. “shining loads” refer to 

1. Mountain mists

2. Streams 

3. Sunlit corn 

4. Colourful bangles 

15. The term “Rainbow-tinted” means 

1. Colourful

2. Bright

3. Luminous

4. All of the above

16. The word “Lustrous” is synonymous with 

1. Joyful

2. Shining

3. Fragile

4. Light

17. The figure of speech used in the line ‘Lustrous tokens of radiant lives’ is:

1. Simile

2. Metaphor

3. Alliteration

4. Assonance

 

18. “Our shining loads”... Here “Our” refers to 

1. Bangle-sellers 

2. Maidens 

3. Brides 

4. Women 

19. The word “tokens” mean 

1. Symbols

2. Signs

3. Emblems 

4. All of the above 

20. “Rainbow-tinted circles of light” refer to 

1. Marriage

2. Maidens 

3. Brides 

4. Colourful Bangles 

21. Who are the customers of the bangles? 

1. Daughters

2. Wives

3. Both A & B 

4. Mothers 

22. What adjective is used to describe the daughters and wives? 

1. Pure

2. Happy 

3. Joyful 

4. Hopeful 

23. Bangles are the tokens of 

1. Happiness

2. Radiant lives 

3. Circle of light 

4. All of the above

24. “Rainbow-tinted circles of light” is an example of

1. Simile

2. Symbol

3. Metaphor

4. Alliteration

25. “Some are meet for a maiden's wrist,”... “Some” refers to

1. Bangles

2. Maiden

3. Mountain mist 

4. Bride 

26. “Some are meet for a maiden's wrist,”... “meet” means

1. Suitable

2. Visit

3. Need

4. Important

27. The color of maiden's bangle is/ are 

1. Silver 

2. Blue 

3. Both A & B

4. Golden 

28. The color of maiden's bangles are compared to

1. mountain mist

2. buds that dream

3. bloom that cleaves

4. All of the above

29. “Silver and blue as the mountain mist,” … this line is an example of

1. Personification

2. Simile

3. Symbol

4. Metaphor

30. Some are _____like the buds that dream

1. flushed

2. aglow

3. cleave

4. luminous

31. The word ‘tranquil’ means

1. Calm 

2. Serene 

3. Tender

4. All of the above

32. Through where does the stream flow?

1. Mountain

2. Woodland

3. Hill

4. Valley

33. The buds dream on 

1. The mountain

2. The valley

3. The brow of a woodland stream

4. The hill

34. Some are _____wth the bloom that cleaves

1. aglow

2. flushed

3. cleave

4. luminous

35. The bloom cleaves to the 

1. Buds

2. Leaves

3. Stream

4. Woodland

36. The epithet used before the “leaves” is

1. new born

2. limpid

3. tranquil

4. transparent

37. “mountain mist” is an example of

1. Simile

2. Symbol

3. Metaphor

4. Alliteration

38. Which of the following words mean “transparent”? 

1. limpid

2. tranquil

3. cleave

4. luminous

39. Which of the following words mean “cling”?

1. limpid

2. tranquil

3. luminous

4. cleave

40. “Some are flushed like the buds that dream” is an example of 

1. Symbol

2. Metaphor

3. Alliteration

4. Simile

41. The term “flushed” is suggestive of 

1. The maiden's shyness 

2. The glow of the maiden 

3. The health of the maiden 

4. The beauty of the maiden

42. “ The buds that dream” is an example of

1. Alliteration

2. Personification

3. Metaphor 

4. Simile 

43. The glory of the newborn leaves is 

1. Transparent

2. Transience 

3. Limpid 

4. Limited

44. “Some are like fields of sunlit corn,” Here “some” refers to 

1. The bangles

2. The brides

3. The maidens

4. The mothers 

45. “Some are like fields of sunlit corn” is an example of

1. Simile 

2. Metaphor

3. Symbol 

4. Personification

46. “Some are like fields of sunlit corn,” Here “sunlit corn” refers to the colour

1. Silver

2. Purple 

3. Red

4. Golden yellow

47. “Meet for a bride on her bridal ____”

1. Eve

2. Night

3. Morn 

4. Day 

48. “Some, like the flame of her marriage fire,” Here “marriage fire” refers to the colour

1. Yellow

2. Red 

3. Purple 

4. Silver

49. “Or, rich with the hue of her heart's desire,” Here “heart's desire” refers to the colour

1. Yellow

2. Red 

3. Purple 

4. Silver

50.  “Or, rich with the hue of her heart's desire,”.The word ‘hue’ means 

1. light 

2. sound 

3. colour

4. fragrance

51. What is the hue of the heart's desire? 

1. Yellow

2. Red 

3. Purple 

4. Silver

52. Which of the following adjectives is/ are not used for the bangles in stanza 3 ? 

1. tinkling, luminous, 

2. tender

3. glorious

4. clear

53. The “bridal laughter” signifies

1. Commitment

2. New beginning

3. Rituals 

4. Separation from parental home

54. The “bridal tear” signifies

1. Commitment

2. New beginning

3. Rituals 

4. Separation from parental home

55. “Like her bridal laughter and bridal tears” is an example of

1. Symbol

2. Simile

3. Metaphor

4. Personification

56. “Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear” … . This line indicates 

1. The transition of a woman's life 

2. The transition of human life

3. The correspondence between nature and woman

4. The correspondence between nature and human

57. The fourth stanza talks about

1. The mother 

2. The wife 

3. Both A & B

4. The bride

58. The colours of the bangles mentioned in the fourth stanza are

i) Purple                 iii) Red 

ii) Silver Yellow      iv) Gold-flecked gray 

1. i & ii is correct 

2. iii & iv is correct

3. ii & iii is correct

4. i & iv is correct

59. The fourth stanza resonates the 

1. Beginning of a woman's life

2. The middle of a woman's life

3. The penultimate stage of a woman's life

4. The end of a woman's life

60. The hands of the woman in the fourth stanza

i. Loved                  iii. Cooked

ii. Cherished           iv. Blest

1. i & ii is correct 

2. iii & iv is correct

3. ii & iii is correct

4. ii & iv is correct 

61. “And ____fair sons”

1. loved                  

2. cherished

3. cradled

4. blest

62. The women cradled her sons on

1. Cradles 

2. Her breast 

3. Her lap

4. Her arms

63. The adjective uses for the breast is

1. Fair

2. Fruitful

3. Eternal

4. Faithful

64. The colours purple and gold flecked grey indicate 

1. Authority and Wisdom of the women

2. The content life of the women

3. The household chores and her experience

4. All of the above

65. The woman serves her household in 

1. Faithful pride 

2. Fruitful pride 

3. Fair pride 

4. Feminist pride 

66. “Fruitful pride” Stands for 

1. A woman's experience in household

2. A woman's motherhood and providing progeny to the family

3. A woman's unquestionable authority 

4. A woman's arrogance 

67. The term “fair sons” indicate 

1. The good and obedient sons 

2. The dominance and preference of male child during Naidu's time 

3. The duty bound sons 

4. The justified motherhood

68. The woman worship the God 

1. At her mother's side

2. At her mother-in-law's side 

3. At her Son's side

4. At her husband's side.

69. The last line indicates 

1. The spirituality of the woman 

2. The religious duty of the woman 

3. The household duty of the woman

4. The wifely duty of the woman

70. The last three lines have one thing in common. Identify it from the following options 

1. They all have the word faithful 

2. They begin with “And” 

3. They end with “pride” 

4. They are all the examples of simile 

71. The colour purple symbolizes 

1. An air of royalty and pride 

2. The matriarch of the household

3. The celebration of her womanhood at middle age 

4. All of the above

72. The word “gray” stands for 

1. Youth 

2. Bride 

3. Marriage

4. Agedness and maturity

73. The bangle sellers choose the temple fair to sell their bangles because:

1. The temple fair attracts a lot of women crowd 

2. The temple fair attracts a lot of girl children

3. The temple fair is a site for business

4. The temple fair is a marketplace for selling bangles 

74. What is the tone of the poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’? 

1. Melancholic

2. Reflective 

3. Spiritual

4. Joyous

75. The gray coloured bangles symbolize

1. The decay of a woman's life

2. The loss of her lustrous youth 

3. The maturity that comes with age 

4. Both B & C

76. The poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ is an example of 

1. An elegy

2. An ode

3. A mock-epic 

4. A lyric