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Directions (1-6): In the following questions, read the poem carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
When did my childhood go?
Was it the day I ceased to be eleven.
Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven,
Could not be found in Geography,
And therefore could not be,
Was that the day!
When did my childhood go?
Was it the time I realised that adults were not
All they seemed to be,
They talked of love and preached of love,
But did not act so lovingly,
Was that the day!
When did my childhood go?
Was it when I found my mind was really mine,
To use whichever way I choose,
Producing thoughts that were not those of other people
But my own and mine alone
Was that the day!
Where did my childhood go?
It went to some forgotten place,
That is hidden in an infant’s face,
That’s all I know.
Q1. The central theme of the poem is
(a) childhood never comes back
(b) identifying the lost childhood
(c) childhood is a swift dream
Q2. Find out the figure of speech in the line ‘Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven’.
(a) Personification
(b) Hyperbole
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Alliteration
Q3. The poet ……………… when he lost his childhood.
(a) dumbfounded
(b) wonders
(c) shocked
(d) realized
Q4. The poet realised that he could form his own ……………… as he grew up.
(a) unique decision
(b) prejudiced opinions
(c) thoughts and experience
(d) reality of some other infant
Q5. What is the name of the poem?
(a) The Lost Childhood
(b) Child : A Dream
(c) Childhood
(d) None of these
Directions (6-10) :- In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no error. Your answer is (d) i.e., No error.
Q6. Each one of you (A)/ must make up their mind (B)/ as I did (C) / No error (D).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Q7. Sudoku was first designed in the 1970s (A)/ by a retired architect (B)/ and freelance puzzle constructor. (C)/ No error (D).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Q8. During the last few years (A)/the company works hard (B)/ to modernize its image. (C)/ No error (D).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Q9. This stamp is only one (A)/ of the design (B)/ ever printed. (C)/ No error (D).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Q10. After he had apologised to the magistrate profusely (A)/ for having broke the promise (B)/ the magistrate was happy to forgive him. (C)/ No error (D).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Solutions
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. As we go through the poem, we come to know that the poem is about identifying the lost childhood. So, the central theme of the poem would be option (b).
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The lines have the words ‘Hell’ and ‘Heaven’. IT – alliteration is used in it.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Wonders’ would be right word to fill the blank as the poet wonders when he lost his childhood.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Stanza 3 of the poem clearly states that the poet can make use of his mind to make his choices. So, option (a) would be used to fill in the blank.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. The name of the poem is Childhood.
S6. Ans.(b)
S7. Ans.(d)
S8. Ans.(b)
S9. Ans.(b)
S10. Ans.(b)
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