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THINNER THAN A CRESCENT Objective Type Questions

1. Vidyapati's poems are about Radha and …..
(a) Ram (b) Sita (c) Krishna (d) Vishnu

2. Lord Krishna had not met for some time.

(a) Radha (b) Sudama (c) Vidyapati (d) Yashoda

3. Radha's friends were ...... about her.

(a) angry (b) worried (c) happy (d) ecstatic/concerned

4. Radha's friend says that Radha has .... weight.

(a) gained (b) added (c) put (d) lost

5. Radha is growing ....... than the crescent.

(a) larger (c) thinner (b) stronger (d) weaker

6. Who is crying?

(a) Radha (b) Lord Krishna (e) The Poet (d) None of these

7. Who wrote the underwritten lines?
"Her tears carved a river,
And she broods, on its bank
Hart and confused."

(a) Puran Singh (b) Vidyapati (c) Durga Prasad Panda (d) Nirad C. Choudhary

8. Radha's tears have carved a

(a) river (b) statue (c) sea (d) hole

9. What do her friends do at last ?

(a) Drop the hope of Radha to meet Krishna
(b) Continued the hope of Radha to meet Krishna
(c) Gave consolation to Radha
(d) None of these

10. Who is Madhava?

a) Lord Krishna's friend
(b) The other name of Lord Krishna

11. Vidyapati is a …. Poet.

(a) Hindi

(b) English

(c) Maithili

(d) Bhojpuri talked about

12. Whose problems are in the poem "Thinner than a Crescent' ?

(a) Radha's

(b) Radha's friends

(c) Lord Krishna's

(d) Village folk's

13. Radha's tears in the poem "Thinner than a Crescent has created:

(a) a pool
(b) a sea
(c) a river
(d) a lake

14. "Thinner than a Crescent', has been composed by:

(a) Vidyadhar Pandit

(b) Kalidas

(d) Tulsidas

(e) Vidyapati

15. To whom does the friend make a report in the poem "Thinner than a Crescent' ?

(a) Lord Siddhartha

(b) Lord Krishna

(c) Lord Mahaveer

(d) None of these

16. Vidyapati was born in :

(a) Bhagalpur

(e) Darbhanga

(b) Motihari

(d) Bisapi, Madhubani

17. Her tears carved a river'-whose tears is the poet referring to?

(a) Radha

(b) Radha's friend

(c) Radha's sister

(d) Radha's mother

18. O Madhava,/I have run to call you.'-is from:

(a) Ode on Solitude

(b) The Empty Heart

(c) Thinner Than a Crescent

(d) Koel

19. Why is Radha hurt in 'Thinner Than a Crescent"?

(a) Due to the presence of Lord Krishna

(b) Due to the absence of Lord Krishna

(c) Due to the ignorance of Lord Krishna

(d) Due to the anger of Lord Krishna

20. Vidyapati is known for depicting the ...... of separation.

(a) society

(c) culture

(b) history

(d) pangs

21. How does Radha look like?

(a) Wider than the crescent

(b) Thinner than the crescent

(c) Fatter than the crescent

(d) Sharper than the crescent

1. The Polythene Bag melts down when a little...................is applied.

(A) Cold (B) Water (C) Milk (D) Warmth

2. Who is the poet of the poem "Polythene Bag"?
(A) Puran Singh (B) Vidyapati (C) Alexander Pope (D) Durga Prasad Panda

3. What do you mean by 'Hurt'?
(A) Luxurious (B) Painful (C) Comfortable (D) Troublesome

4. What happens when we touch a polythene bag?
(A) It becomes swallow (B) It makes a short and shrill noise
(C) It is decomposed (D) None of these

5. What happens when we burn it?

(A) It Turns Into Ash (B) It gives a poisonous smell
(C) It Becomes Volatile (D) None Of These

6. What happens when we leave a polythene bag on the earth?
(A) It degrades the soil (B) It pollutes the environment

(C) it improves the soil (D)None of these

7. What happens when it little gets heated?
(A) It melts down (B) It becomes solid (C) It vaporises (D) None of these

8. Where do germs of diseases keep on growing?
(A) In polythene (B) In soil (C) In garbage bin (D) None of these

9. The feeling of 'hurt has been compared to

(A) A garbage bin (B) The earth's crust (C) A polythene bag (D) The environment

10. If the polythene bag is left to itself, it................. the environment.

(A) Beautifies (B) Cleans (C) Changes (D) Pollutes

11. When human beings try to hide the feeling of other feelings of ‘ hurt’ inside other feelings of sadness sadness, it is not....

(A) Forgotten (B) Remembered (C) Recorded (D) Polluted

12. When does a polythene bag make a noise?
(A) when burnt (B) when touched (C) when smelled (D) when pressed

13. What does a polythene bag give out when it is burnt?
(A) gives fragrance (B) exudes a pungent smell (C) gives some noise (D) none of these

14. How does polythene bags affect environment?
(A) it pollutes (B) it breaks (C) both (A) and (B) (D) none

15. How does the germs of disease grow?
(A) when thrown away (B) when left in garbage bin
(C) when left untouched (D) none of these

16. Whose hurt melts down like polythene bag?
(B) women's (A) men's (C) poet's (D) none of these

17. What causes pain?
(A) hurt (B) learnt (C) smell (D) touch

18. What comes back again and again?
(A) pollution (B) pain (C) smell (D) nothing

19. Where is the polythene bag buried?
(A) inside the earth (B) inside the garbage bins (C) inside the water (D) none of these

20. Durga Prasad Panda occupies a prominent position in ....literature.
(A) Hindi (B) English (C) Oriya (D) Bengali

21. What type of noise does a polythene bag make?
(A) great (B) squeaky (C) smelling (D) none of these

22. What type of smell does a polythene bag exude when burnt?
(A) heavy (B) light (C) pungent (D) disgusting

23. What does not get dissolved into the earth's crust?
A) a stone (B) a hurt (C) a bag (D) a polythene bag

24. Who occupies a prominent position in Oriya literature?
(A) Durga Prasad Panda (B) Laxmi Prasad Devkota
C) Periasamy Thooran (D) None of these

25. Whose famous works are 'Sawarani' and 'Rays' ?
(A) Vidyapati (B) Laxmi Prasad Devkota (C) Durga Prasad Panda (D) Humayun Kabir

26. What is referred to as a mundane thing?
(A) pollution (B) politics (C) polythene bag (D) warmth

27. Which object never gets dissolved into the earth's crust?
(A) garbage. (B) bin (C) polythene bag (D) germs

28. What has been compared to a polythene bag in the poem?
(A) the feeling of groan (B) the feeling of hurt
(C) smell (D) dissolve

29. What grows far away from everyone's gaze?
(A) fear (B) love (C) polythene bag (D) germs

30. A polythene bag cannot be..
(A) made (C) destroyed (B) recycled (D) None of these

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