5. THE EMPTY HEART OBJECTIVE QUESTION ANSWER

1. The poem " The Empty Heart" tells about the problems caused by ----------?

  (A). Anger   

 (B). Content 

  (C). Greed  

  (D). Poverty              

  Ans: C

2. Who has written the poem "The Empty Heart"?

(A). Vidyapati  

 (B). Puran Singh    

(C). Periasami Thooran   

 (D). Laxmi Prasad Devkota

Ans: C 

3. What was the problem of the man?

(A) He was very dissatisfied

(B) He was very much in treat

(C) He had a crisis of money.

(D) None of these 

Ans: A

4. What did he demand from the tree?

A. Pot of Gold

B. Pot of Silver

C. Pot of water

D. Pot of Copper

Ans: A

5. What happened to his prayer?

A.  Prayer was not granted

B.  Prayer was granted 

C. Prayer where neither granted nor refused 

D. None of these

Ans: B

6. What were in pitchers?

A. Gold coins

B. Silver coins

C. Copper Coins

D. Diomond

Ans: A

7. Greed is .....but life is not.

A. Worthy

B. Bad

C. Good

D. Endless

Ans: D

8. 'The Empty Heart ' tells about the problem caused by

A. Sickness

B. Poverty

C. Overeating

D. Greed

Ans: D

9. There was a.. ______..which had the power to grant wishes.

A. Snake

B. Tree

C. Saint 

D. Temple 

Ans: B

10. The tree gave the man seven ........ full of gold coins.

A. Pots/ pitchers

B. Pans

C. Bags

D. Sacks

Ans : C

11. The man tried all tricks to gather

A. Silver coin

B. Gold coins

C. Copper coins

D. Jewellery

Ans: B

12. What made him mad?

A. His greedy tendency

B. His tendency of getting more and more

C. Sudden shock

D. None of these

Ans: B

13. Periasami Thooran was a ....... Writter.

A. Bengali

B. Marathi

C. Panjabi

D. Tamil

Ans: D

14. Why was the man not content although he was rich?

A. Due to thirst of gold

B. Due to thirst of wealth

C. A and B both

D. None of these

Ans: C

15. What is Kalpaka?

A. A 🌲 tree

B. A saint

C. A golden temple

D. Wish yielding tree  🌴

Ans: D

16. the man is rich but ...............

A. Content

B. Not content

C. Innocent

D. Dishonest

Ans: A

17. Morning, noon and ....... He went.

A. Day

B. After noon

C. Night

D. Midnight

Ans: C

18. His prayer was granted......

A. Eight fold

B. Seven fold

C. Six fold

D. Five fold

Ans: B

19. For as a gift to him was-------

A. Granted

B. Gifted

C. Offered

D. Given

Ans: D

20. To fill this ...... was his thought.

A. Steadily

B. Quickly

C. Sharply

D. Shortly

Ans: B

21. The seven full ... He clean forget.

A. Pots

B. Pitchers

C. Picture

D. Vessels

Ans: D

22. Nothing is wrong with a half filled purse," This is the void in the heart........

A. That is the curse

B. That is in the purse

C. That is the gold

D. That is the wealth

Ans: A

23. The demon ------ now made him mad.

A. Fire

B. Gold

C. Silver pot

D. Desire

Ans: D

24. Each coin he could clutch by hook or ------

A. Shook

B. Look

C. Crook

D. Took

Ans: C

25. The poem, " The Empty Heart" is translated from

A. English

B. Oriya

C. Bengali

D. Tamil

Ans: D

26. Because he didn't eat , drink or sleep properly, his health

A. Become sound

B. Got down

C. Broke down

D. None of these

Ans: C

27. How many pitchers did the man gate as a gift?

A. One

B. Two

C. Six

D. Seven

Ans: D

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1. THE PACE FOR LIVING objective question answers

1. The Pace for Living' is written by
(A) Mahadevi Verma     (C) Humayun Kabir  (B) Satyajit Ray            (D) R.C. Hutchinson

2. Where did the writer of 'The Pace for Living' watch the play? 
(A) Dubai     (B) Dublin     (C) Delhi     (D) London 

3. R. C. Hutchinson was.................novalist..

(A) American (B) British (C) French (D) Italian

4. Where the author saw a play in which a corn-merchant was the chief character?
(A) Budapest (C) Dublin (B) Milan (D) London

5. Who had the fantastic notion of spending £ 10 on a holiday?
(A) Nephew (B) Daughter (C) Father (D) Wife

6. Who was cheating the corn-merchant?
(A) Nephew (B) Daughter (C) Father (D) Wife

7. Who did like fast travelling?
(A) Corn-merchant        (B) The wife of Corn-merchant (C) The Author (D) None of these

8. Who didn't dislike the rapid movement of life?
(A) Corn-merchant        (B) The wife of Corn-merchant (C) The Author (D) None of these

9. Which word in the passage stands for worship?
 (A) Adore (B) Esprit (C) Despair (D) Escapiert

10. Which tribe did the author belong?
(A) Fast thinkers           (B) Slow thinkers (C) Steady thinkers       (D) None of these

11. How many girls were in film?
(A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five

12. In The Pace for Living', the writer captures the agony of …...... man.
(A) Modern (B) Ancient (C) Future (D) Uncivilized

 13. The main character in the play which the author saw was a/an.................. corn -merchant.
(A) Elderly        (B) Handicapped          (C) Young         (D) Diabetic 

14. The author admits that quick travel does not give the traveller the real.................. of travel.
(A) Pains          (B) Pleasure        (C) Dreams       (D) Knowledge

 15. Slow thinkers have a disadvantage when earning a …………..

(A) Car (B) Factory (C) living (D) holiday 

16. Who was a man of many anxieties and had a dicky heart?
(A) R.C. Hutchinson      (B) Corn-merchant     (C) Both of above         (D) none of above

17. Who exhibits an exceptional flair for touching issues of the contemporary society?
 (A) William Cowper     (B) Joan Lexau (C) Walter de La Mare   (D) R.C. Hutchinson

 18. What was the most enchanting line in the play?
(A) Now that's too much           (B) Now that's too fast (C) is this the same girl?           (D) none of above  

19. The man's complaint was so gloriously irrelevant to his.
(A) Own character         (C) Own situation     (B) Own mind               (D) Own country

20. The speaker goes in a car at.
(A) nineteen miles an hour    (B) fourteen miles an hour (C) sixteen miles an hour  (D) ninety miles an hour

21. The speaker adores the machines that hurl one about at
(A) Dublin (C) New York (B) London  (D) Battersea

22. The chief character of the play was 'Weak-hearted' means same as 
(A) Quickly     (B) Freaky     (C) Dicky     (D) Despair

23. He is going to fall in love with girls in that Order.
  (A) A.B.C     (B) B.A.C     (C) C.B.A     (D) B.C.A

24. The elderly Corn-merchant lived in.
(A) Dublin           (B) A small Irish country town     (C) England    (D) A big Irish country town

25. Who was a man of many anxieties? 
(A) The narrator him-self     (B) The elderly Corn-merchant    (C) The Corn-merchant's nephew
(D) The Corn-merchant's wife