Class 10th English Poetry VVI Objective Question
The Empty Heart
1. “The Empty Heart’ has been composed by –
(A) Periyasamy Thooran
(B) Keki N. Daurwalla
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Mahadevi Verma
Answer – A
2. According to the poem “The Empty Heart’, which of the following statements is true ?
(A) The man was given six pots
(B) Periyasamy Thooran was a Bengali writer.
(C) The man was not satisfied because he was greedy
(D) The poem ‘The Empty Hear’ has been translated by S. Swaminathan
Answer – C
3. Greed is ……… but life is not.
(A) worthy
(B) bad
(C) good
(D) Endness
Answer – D
4. What was the problem of man ?
(A) he was very dissatisfied
(B) he was very much in threat
(C) he had a crisis of money
(D) None of these
Answer – A
5. What did he demand from the tree ?
(A) Pot of Gold
(B) Pot of Silver
(C) Pot of Bronze
(D) Pot of Copper
Answer – A
6. What happened to his prayer ?
(A) Prayers were not granted
(B) Prayers were granted
(C) Prayers were neither granted nor refused
(D) None of these
Answer – B
7. What were in Pitchers ?
(A) Gold Coins
(B) Silver Coins
(C) Copper Coins
(D) None of these
Answer – A
8. The poem ‘The Empty Heart’ tells about the problem caused by-
(A) Sickness
(B) Poverty
(C) Over eating
(D) greed
Answer – D
9. There was a …………….. which had the flower to grant wishes.
(A) Snake
(B) Pigeon
(C) Tree
(D) Temple
Answer – C
10. The tree gave the man seven ………… full of gold coins.
(A) Pots/Pitchers
(B) Pans
(C) Bags
(D) Sacks
Answer – A
11. The man tried all tricks together –
(A) Silver
(B) Diamonds
(C) Jewellery
(D) Gold
Answer – D
12. What made him mad ?
(A) His Greedy tendency
(B) His tendency of getting more & more
(C) Sudden shock
(D) None of these
Answer – B
13. What do the silver pitchers symolise in the poem ?
(A) health
(B) wealth
(C) wisdom
(D) poverty
Answer – B
14. Periasamy Thooran was awarded –
(A) Bharat Ratna
(B) Padma Bhusan
(C) Padma Shri
(D) None of these
Answer – B
Class 10th English Poetry VVI Objective Question
