Suggestion on Our Casuarina Tree by Toru Dutt

 Suggestion on Our Casuarina Tree by Toru Dutt

Important MCQ on Our Casuarina Tree by Toru Dutt

By PKG SIR

Important MCQ on Our Casuarina Tree by Toru Dutt

By PKG SIR

A. Multiple Choice Questions (1 Mark each)

1. Match the columns:

Column – A:

I. Like a Huge Python

II. Rugged trunk

III. Giant wears scarf

IV. Creeper climbs

Column – B:

(a) Hyperbole

(b) Simile

(c) Alliteration

(d) Personification

 

2. The poem Our Casuarina Tree is composed by –

(a) Aru Dutt

(b) Toru Dutt

(c) Sarojini Naidu

(d) John Keats

 

3. Which season does the poem begin with?

(a) Summer

(b) Winter

(c) Autumn

(d) Spring

 

4. The Casuarina tree in the poem is a symbol of –

(a) Strength and resilience

(b) Beauty and serenity

(c) Change and impermanence

(d) Loneliness and isolation

 

5. Who sits like a statue?

(a) A cow

(b) A python

(c) A baboon

(d) The Casuarina tree

 

6. “The water-lilies spring, like snow enmassed.” – Which figure of speech is used here?

(a) Simile

(b) Synecdoche

(c) Circumlocution

(d) None of them

 

7. The poetess imagines that the summit of the tree has reached near the –

(a) Cloud

(b) Rainbow

(c) Stars

(d) Horizon line

 

8. Flowers hang on the boughs –

(a) In incarnadine clusters

(b) In crimson clusters

(c) In yellow clusters

(d) In orchid clusters

 

9. Match the columns:

Column – A:

I. The Casuarina tree

II. The creeper on the tree

III. The poet's lost siblings

IV. The tree in the poet's memory

Column – B:

(a) Represents eternity with connection

(b) Symbol of memory and loss

(c) Described as a python winding round

(d) An image of strength and protection

 

10. “With deathless trees like those in Borrowdale.” Borrowdale refers to –

(a) A basketball ground in England

(b) A famous valley in England

(c) A lake in England

(d) A famous zoo in England

 

11. The speaker in Our Casuarina Tree expresses a feeling of –

(a) Fear and anger

(b) Contentment and joy

(c) Excitement and anticipation

(d) Longing and nostalgia

 

12. The water-lilies look like –

(a) Lotus

(b) White cloud

(c) Snow

(d) Queen

 

13. The tone of the poem Our Casuarina Tree is –

(a) Angry and resentful

(b) Sarcastic and mocking

(c) Bittersweet and nostalgic

(d) Playful and lighthearted

 

14. At night, the garden gets overflowed with –

(a) Buzzing of insects

(b) Smell of flowers

(c) Song of birds

(d) Roaring of animals

 

15. “May … defend thee from Oblivion's curse.” – Here the poet expresses –

(a) Love

(b) Affection

(c) Hatred

(d) None of them

 

16. The creeper that has wound round the tree, is compared to a –

(a) Crocodile

(b) Python

(c) Anaconda

(d) Giant

 

17. The baboon sits statue-like on the –

(a) Lower bough

(b) Middle bough

(c) Crest

(d) Main trunk

 

18. Which phrase best describes the Casuarina tree in the poem?

(a) "A giant wears the scarf"

(b) "A creeper climbs"

(c) "A gray baboon sits"

(d) "Water-lilies spring"

 

19. Match the columns:

Column – A:

I. Shingle

II. Water-wraith

III. Dirge

IV. Oblivion

Column – B:

(a) Mournful song

(b) State of forgetfulness

(c) Waves

(d) Full of rock or stone

 

20. First published in Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan, the year of publication was –

(a) 1982

(b) 1884

(c) 1881

(d) 1928

 

21. Match the columns:

Column – A (Who/What):

I. Cows

II. Baboon

III. Murmur

IV. Trunk of the tree

Column – B (Does/Feels what):

(a) Sea waves breaking

(b) Rugged

(c) Puny offspring plays

(d) Feels sleepy

 

22. The 'classic shore' reminds the poetess of the –

(a) England & France

(b) India

(c) Greece & Rome

(d) France and Italy

 

23. “The giant wears the scarf” – the 'giant' is –

(a) The tree

(b) A giant

(c) The creeper

(d) God

 

24. What sound does the tree make, according to the poem?

(a) A dirge-like murmur

(b) A sweet song

(c) The rustling of leaves

(d) The baboon's cry

 

25. 'Eerie speech' refers to the –

(a) Lament of the poetess

(b) Lament of the tree

(c) Lament of the python

(d) Lament of the sea

 

26. Pick out the correct alternative:

I. Poem of five stanzas.

II. Poem of 56 lines.

III. Rhyme scheme abba cddc eee.

IV. Each stanza has rhyming tercet.

 

27. The dirge-like murmur is actually –

(a) The lamentation of the tree

(b) The lamentation of the poetess

(c) Both

(d) None

 

28. The 'dirge-like murmur' resembles –

(a) An elegy

(b) Waves breaking on a pebble shore

(c) The song of kokilas

(d) None

 

29. Which natural element wraps around the Casuarina tree?

(a) Ivy

(b) Moss

(c) A creeper

(d) Vines

 

30. The kokilas welcome the –

(a) Season

(b) Birds

(c) Baboon

(d) Day

 

31. The poet compares the Casuarina tree to a giant wearing a –

(a) Crown

(b) Scarf

(c) Sword

(d) Robe

 

32. The 'scars' of the tree symbolically represent –

(a) Wounded childhood

(b) Impact of colonialism on Indian culture

(c) Wounded memories

(d) Vulnerability of the tree

 

33. The main theme explored in Our Casuarina Tree is –

(a) The power of nature

(b) The importance of tradition

(c) Cultural displacement

(d) Childhood memories & passage of time

 

34. Assertion (A): The Casuarina tree is dear to the poet’s soul.

Reason (R): It reminds her of childhood memories.

Options:

• A and R are both true and R is the correct explanation

• A and R are both true but R is not the correct explanation

• A is true, R is false

• A is false, R is true

 

35. Assertion (A): The Casuarina tree is a symbol of nostalgia.

Reason (R): Its endurance evokes childhood memories.

Options:

• A and R are both true and R is the correct explanation

• A and R are both true but R is not the correct explanation

• A is true, R is false

• A is false, R is true