1.The poem тАЬThe Empty HeartтАЩ
tells about the problems cause (choose the correct option)
(A) anger
(B) content .
(C) greed.
(D) poverty
2. Who has written the poem, тАЬThe Empty HeartтАЭ?
(A) Vidyapati.
(B) Puran Singh
(C) Periasamy Thooran
(D) Amrita Pritam
3. What was the problem of the man?
A) he was very dissatisfied .
(B) he was very much in threat
(C) he had a crisis of money
(D) None of these
4. What did he demand from the tree ?
(A) Pot of Gold
(B) Pot of Silver
(C) Pot of Bronze.
(D) Pot of Copper
5. 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
6. What were in Pitchers?
(A) Gold Coins
(B) Silver Coins
(C) Copper Coins
(D) None of these
7. Greed is тАжтАжтАжтАжтАж.. but life is not.
(A) Worthy
(B) Bad
(C) Good
(D) Endless
8. This poem tells about the problems caused by
(A) Sickness
(B) Poverty
(C) Overeating
(D) Greed
9. There was a тАжтАжтАжтАжтАжтАж which had the power to grant
wishes.
(A) Snake
(B) Pigeon
(C) Tree
(D) Temple
10. The tree gave the man seven тАжтАжтАжтАжтАж. full of gold
coins. .
(A) Pots/Pitchers
(B) Pans
(C) Bags
(D) Sacks
11. The man tried all tricks to gather
(A) Silver
(B) Diamonds
(C) Jewellery
(D) Gold
12. What made him mad ?
(A) His Greedy tendency
(B) His tendency of getting more & more !
(C) Sudden shock
(D) None of these
13. Periasamy Thooran was a тАжтАжтАжтАж..writer.
(A) Bengali
(B) Marathi
(C) Panjabi
(D) Tamil
13. Periasamy Thooran was a тАжтАжтАжтАж..writer.
(A) Bengali
(B) Marathi
(C) Panjabi
(D) Tamil
15. Why was the tree called unkind ?
(A) because it raised the thirst of the man for wealth.
(B) because it gave the man a half-full pot.
(C) because it gave the man a gift more than demanded.
(D) none of these
16. What is Kalpaka ?
(A) a tree
(B) a big tree
(C) a golden tree .
(D) wish-yielding tree
17. The man was rich, but тАжтАж.
(A) content
(B) not content
(C) innocent
(D) dishonest
18. Morning, noon and тАжтАжтАжтАжтАжтАж he went.
(A) day
(B) afternoon
(C) night
(D) midnight
19. His prayer was grantedтАжтАж..
(A) eight fold
(B) seven fold
(C) six fofol
(D) five fold
20. For as a gift to him was тАжтАж.
(A) granted
(B) gifted
(C) offered
(D) given
21. To fill this тАжтАжтАж.was his thought.
(A) steadily
(B) quick
(C)sharply
(D) shortly
22. The seven full тАжтАжтАжтАжтАжтАж he clean forgot.
(A) pots.
(B) pitchers
(C) pictures
(D) vessels
23. Nothing is wrong with a half filled purse, тАЬTтАЩis is
the void in the heart тАжтАжтАжтАж
(A) that is the curse
(B) that is the purse
(C) that is the gold
(D) that is the wealth
24. The demon тАжтАжтАжтАжтАж.. now made him mad.
(A) fire
(B) gold
(C) silver pot
(D) Desire
25. Each coin he could clutch by hook or тАжтАжтАжтАжтАжтАж.
(A) shook
(B) look
(C) crook
(D) took
26. The poem, тАШThe Empty HeartтАЩ is translated from
(A) English
(B) Oriya
(C) Bengali
(D) Tamil
27. Periasami Thooran was born in
(A) 1708
(B) 1809
(C) 1908
(D) 1988
28. Periasami Thooran, the poet died in
(A) 1908
(B) 1988
(C) 1987
(D) 1897
29. Periasamy Thooran first made his name as a writer of
A) essay
(B) Short stories and poems
(C) Poem
(D) satire
30. тАШThe Empty Heart talks about the problems caused by
(A) gold
(B) pot
(C) gold coins
(D) greed
31. The manтАЩs prayer was granted
(A) quick
(B) late
(C) gold coins
(D) sevenfold
32. How many pitchers did the man get as a gift?
(A) One
(B) three
(C) Six
(D) Seven
33. Because he did not eat, drink or sleep properly, his
health
(A) became sound
(B) got down
(C) broke down
(D) None of these
35. Who has written the poem, тАЬThe Empty HeartтАЭ?
(A) Vidyapati.
(B) Puran Singh
(C) Periasamy Thooran
(D) Amrita Pritam
36. What was the problem of the man?
A) he was very dissatisfied .
(B) he was very much in threat
(C) he had a crisis of money
(D) None of these
37. What did he demand from the tree ?
(A) Pot of Gold
(B) Pot of Silver
(C) Pot of Bronze.
(D) Pot of Copper
38. 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
39. What were in Pitchers?
(A) Gold Coins
(B) Silver Coins
(C) Copper Coins
(D) None of these
40. Greed is тАжтАжтАжтАжтАж.. but life is not.
(A) Worthy
(B) Bad
(C) Good
(D) Endless
