Vivekananda Coaching Centre: THE BENGLE SELLERS

VIVEKANANDA COACHING CENTRE

CLASS:- XI, SUB:- ENGLISH(B)

VERSE:- THE BENGLE SELLERS

POET:- SAROJINI NAIDU.

PREPARED BY :- SWAPAN KUMAR RAY (M.A)

A. Fill in the blanks :-

1.Our shining loads to the -----.[ (a) village fair (b) river fair (c) temple fair (d) monthly fair. ]

2. Some are meet for a maiden ------. [(a) hand (b) wrist (c) neck (d) ear. ]

3. Silevr and blue as the mountain ---- [(a) mist (b) sunlight (c) peak (d) color ]

4. Some are flushed like the buds that ---. --- [(a) bloom (b) glittering (c) sleep (d) dream.]

5. To the limpid ---- of a new born leaves. --- [(a) glory (b) sign (c) criticism (d) wealth. ]

6. Some are likes fields of sunlit ----. [(a) river (b) corn (c) temple (d) land. ]

7. Some like the ---- of her marriage fire. ---[(a) bright (b) violence (c) flame (d) soft ]

8.Some are flushed like the ---- that dream . --- [(a) child (b) maid (c) birds (d) buds .]

9. And worship the ---- at her husband's side. --- [(a) Gods (b) Goddess (c) beast (d) mankind ]

10. For she who journeyed through life ----. --- [(a) earlyway (b) midway (c) late (d) old age. ]

11. Whose ---- has blest. --- [(a) hate (b) activities (c) love (d) power]

12.Our ---- loads to the temple fair. [ (a) glittering (b) shining (c) glowing (d) bright ]

13. To the --- glory of a new born leaves. --- [(a) limpid (b) bright (c) dark (d) real . ]

14.Lustrous tokens of ---- lives . --- [(a) colorful (b) bright (c) dark (d) radiant . ]

15. Raindow tinted circles of ----. [(a) light (b) bright (c) power (d) radiant . ]

B. Choose the correct answer for each questions :-

16.Some are meet for a maiden wrist. --- here 'meet' means --- (a) visit (b) call (c) suitable (d) essential.

17. Sorojini Naidu is known as --- (a) Nightingle of India (b) Bharat Kokila (c) both of them (d) none of them.

18. ' Shining loads ' means --- (a) the busket (b) the bangle (c) the babies (d) the toys.

19.The purple and gold flecked grey colored bangles are suitable for --- (a) a woman who journeyed their life midway (b) a maid (c) a bride (d) an old Lady.

20.The silver and blue colored bangles are suitable for --- (a) a woman who journeyed their life midway (b) a maid (c) a bride (d) an old Lady.

21.'' The Bangle Seller'' is consisted of --- (a) 14 lines (b) 20 lines (c) 24 lines (d) 30 lines.

22.The rhyme scheme of each stanza of the poem is --- (a) ababab (b) abcabc (c) aabbcc (d) abccba.

23. Bangles are tokens of --- (a) normal life (b) radiant life (c) peaceful life (d) happy life.

24 .The meaning of ' Lustrous' is --- (a) bright (b) dazzling (c) shine (d) all of the above.

25.The meaning of ' tranquil ' is --- (a) honest (b) huge (c) calm (d) deep.

26.The meaning of ' Tender ' is --- (a) rough (b) soft (c) bright (d) hard.

27.The meaning of ' Luminous ' is --- (a) bright (b) glowing (c) shining (d) all of the above.

28.The meaning of ' Desire ' is --- (a) wish (b) soft (c) dislike (d) like.

29.The meaning of ' tokens ' is --- (a) symbols (b) sign (c) both of them (d) none of them.

30.The meaning of ' delicate ' is --- (a) soft (b) fine (c) bad (d) wish.

31. Silver and blue colored bangles are compared with --- (a) the mountain (b) the woodland (c) the river (d) the mountain mist.

32.Some are flushed like the buds that --- (a) bloom (b) dream (c) shining (d) soft.

33.The meaning of ' hue' is --- (a) discolor (b) color (c) colorless (d) none of the above.

34.The customers of the bangles are --- (a) children (b) sad daughters and sad wives (c) wives (d) happy daughters and happy wives.

35.The beauty of the new born leaves are --- (a) tranquil (b) limpid (c) flushed (d) calm.

36.The meaning of ' Aglow ' is --- (a) bright (b) shining (c) glowing (d) all of the above.

37.The figure of speech used in the ' buds that dream ' is --- (a) simile (b) personification (c) metaphor (d) none of the above.

38. The bangle sellers carried their shining loads to the --- (a) village fair (b) anandamela (c) river fair (d) temple fair.

39. The bangle of ' sunlit corn ' wears --- (a) a mother (b) a daughter (c) a bride (d) an old woman.

40. The phrase ' Rainbow tinted circles of light ' refers to --- (a) the bangle sellers (b) the toys (c) multi colored bangles (d) the foods.

41. How many stanzas are there in the poem ' The Bangle Sellers ' --- (a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four.

43.The yellow bangles are compared to --- (a) sunlit corn (b) green field (c) marriage fire (d) mountain mist.

44.The red bangles are compared to --- (a) sunlit corn (b) green field (c) marriage fire (d) mountain mist.

45.The bangles are presented for the women's --- (a) desire (b) happiness (c) sorrow (d) joy.

VIVEKANANDA COACHING CENTRE

TUTOR:- SWAPAN KUMAR RAY(M.A,B.ED)

VERSE:- THE BENGLE SELLERS

C. Match the column A with column B selecting the right option:-

(46)

(a) purple and gold flecked grey

(i) bride

(b) red and yellow

(ii) maid

(iii) radiant life

(d) Lustrous tokens

(iv) middle aged.

(a)(a)-(i) (b)-(ii ) (c)-(iii) (d)-(iv)

(b)(a)-(iii) (b)-(ii ) (c)-(iv) (d)-(i)

(d)(a)-(iv) (b)-(i) (c)-(ii) (d)-(iii)

Ans: -

(47)

(a) buds

(i ) limpid glory

(b) tranquil brow

(ii) woodland stream

(iii) dream.

(d) new born leaves

(iv) cleaves

(a)(a)-(i) (b)-(iv ) (c)-(iii) (d)-(ii)

(b)(a)-(iii) (b)-(ii ) (c)-(iv) (d)-(i)

(d)(a)-(iv) (b)-(iii) (c)-(i) (d)-(ii )

Ans:-

(48)

(a) tranquil

(i ) calm

(b) hue

(ii) color

(iii) river

(d) steam

(iv) fine

(a)(a)-(i) (b)-(ii ) (c)-(iii) (d)-(iv)

(b)(a)-(i) (b)-(ii ) (c)-(iv) (d)-(iii)

(d)(a)-(iv) (b)-(iii) (c)-(i) (d)-(ii )

Ans:-

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(a) desire

(i ) bright

(b) luminous

(ii) wish

(iii) sign

(d) tokens

(iv) soft

(a)(a)-(i) (b)-(ii ) (c)-(iii) (d)-(iv)

(b)(a)-(iii) (b)-(ii ) (c)-(iv) (d)-(i)

(d)(a)-(iv) (b)-(iii) (c)-(ii) (d)-(i)

Ans:-

D. Choose the correct option:-

(50) Assertion(A) :- Silver and blue color bangles are as the mountain mist.

Reason(R) :- This are meet for a maiden's wrist.

(a) both A and R are false.

(b) A is correct but R is false.