1. The poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ is written by-
(a) John Keats
(b) William Wordsworth
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) W.B. Yeats
Answer: (c) Sarojini Naidu
2. The poem was first published in the collection of poems named-
(a) Coromandel Fishers
(b) The Bird of Time
(c) The Songs of Time
(d) The Folktales of Bengal
Answer: (b) The Bird of Time
3. The year in which ‘The Bangle Sellers’ was first published was-
(a) 1904
(c) 1910
(b) 1908
(d) 1912
Answer: (d) 1912
4. The poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ has-
(a) three stanzas
(b) four stanzas
(c) five stanzas
(d) seven stanzas
Answer: (b) four stanzas
5. The poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ is written in-
(a) blank verse
(b) free verse
(c) haiku style
(d) rhyming couplet
Answer: (d) rhyming couplet
6. The poem here celebrates-
(a) childhood
(b) patriarchy
(c) manhood
(d) womanhood
Answer: (d) womanhood
7. The poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ describes
(a) The contribution of Bangle Sellers in Indian Society
(b) Different stages of a woman’s life
(c) The value of temple fairs in India
(d) The cultural and social significance of bangle sellers
Answer: (b) Different stages of a woman’s life
8. The speakers or the narrators of the poem are-
(a) the bangle sellers
(b) the people in the fair
(c) the organisers of the temple fair
(d) a few customers buying bangles
Answer: (a) the bangle sellers
9. The bangles sellers are advertising their bangles-
(a) at the bazaar
(b) at the temple fair
(c) beside a church
(d) none of these
Answer: (b) at the temple fair
10. The different stages of a woman’s life are described through-
(a) colours of bangles
(b) colours of caps
(c) voices of the women
(d) none of these
Answer: (a) colours of bangles
11. The kind of mood the bangle sellers expressed here –
(a) cheerless and dreary
(b) jovial and joyous
(c) annoyance and malice
(d) disdain and enmity
Answer: (b) jovial and joyous
12. The bangle sellers have bangles for-
(a) the young maidens and brides
(b) the mature wives and mothers
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)
13. “Our shining loads”-The phrase ‘shining loads’ refers to-
(a) the different colourful bright bangles
(b) baskets full of fresh fruits
(c) various colourful ornaments
(d) dazzling and delicately designed baskets
Answer: (a) the different colourful bright bangles
14. The word that describes the loads of the bangle sellers is-
(a) expensive
(c) rich coloured
(b) wide and various
(d) shining
Answer: (d) shining
15. The bangle sellers describe the bangles as-
(a) circles of hope
(b) circles of light
(c) circles of bright lives
(d) circles of pride
Answer: (b) circles of light
16. The bangles of the bangle sellers are described as lustrous tokens of-
(a) insipid lives
(c) burning lives
(b) exciting lives
(d) radiant lives
Answer: (d) radiant lives
17. The phrase ‘radiant lives’ refers to the lives of-
(a) bangle sellers
(b) young leaders
(c) young couples
(d) women
Answer: (d) women
18. How many number of stages in a woman’s life are mentioned in this poem?-
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) five
Answer: (b) three
19. The colours of bangles suitable for maidens are-
(a) silver and blue
(b) orange and purple
(c) golden and purple
(d) yellow and orange
Answer: (a) silver and blue
20. Silver and blue bangles are compared to
(a) mountain stream
(b) mountain mist
(c) fields of corn
(d) rainbow
Answer: (b) mountain mist
21. The silver and blue bangles symbolise-
(a) purity and freshness
(b) feelings of desire
(c) passionate feelings
(d) satisfaction
Answer: (a) purity and freshness
22. The word ‘flushed’ stands for-
(a) light yellow bangles
(b) light red bangles
(c) light saffron
(d) light blue bangles
Answer: (b) light red bangles
23. Flushed bangles are compared to-
(a) rainbow
(b) sky
(c) stream
(d) buds
Answer: (d) buds
24. “….the buds that dream”-This expression is suggestive of-
(a) maidens dreaming of marriage
(b) women dreaming of a prosperous life
(c) children longing for joyous sports
(d) mature wives’ desire for a supportive farmily
Answer: (a) maidens dreaming of marriage
25. The poem depicts that the dreaming buds are visible-
(a) by the sea-shore
(b) on the serene bank of a woodland-stream
(c) beside a forest spring
(d) just below the mountain peak
Answer: (b) on the serene bank of a woodland-stream
26. The expression ‘limpid glory of new born leaves’ refers to-
(a) the ruby coloured bangles
(b) the red bangles
(c) the light-green bangles
(d) purple coloured bangles
Answer: (c) the light-green bangles
27. “Some are like fields of sunlit corn”-Here fields of sunlit corn are compared to-
(a) red bangles
(b) blue bangles
(c) yellow bangles
(d) new bangles
Answer: (c) yellow bangles
28. The bangles which are like fields of sunlit corn are suitable for-
(a) students
(b) mothers
(c) brides
(d) young maidens
Answer: (c) brides
29. Yellow bangles are meant for brides on-
(a) her bridal evening
(b) her bridal morn
(c) her bridal night
(d) her bridal noon
Answer: (b) her bridal morn
30. The colour of bangles representing the ‘flame of marriage fire’ is-
(a) orange or red
(b) blue
(c) purple
(d) green
Answer: (a) orange or red
