Question Bank_BA I English (Optional)_Semester II

 (Developed by Dr N. A. Jarandikar)

QUESTION BANK

I Say Unto Waris Shah

1. The poem ‘I Say Unto Waris Shah’ is written by _____. (Amrita Pritam)

2. The poem ‘I Say Unto Waris Shah’ is originally written in _____. (Punjabi language)

3. Waris Shah is best known for his poem _____. (‘Heer Ranjha’)

4. Heer and Ranjha belonged to _____. (the Jat family)

5. The poet asks Waris Shah to turn a page of _____. (the Book of Love)

6. According to the poet, today _____ are weeping. (a million daughters)

7. According to the poet, the colour of the river _____ has turned crimson. (Chenab)

8. According to the poet, the poisonous wind has changed the bamboo-shoots into _____. (cobras)

9. The limbs of Punjab are turned _____. (bluish)

10. According to the poet, the brothers of Ranjha have forgotten the art of handling _____. (flute)

11. Today the princesses of the valley are weeping in _____. (graveyards)

12. The poem ‘I Say Unto Waris Shah’ has the background of _____. (the partition of India)

 

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When My Play was with Thee

1. The poem ‘When My Play was with Thee’ is written by _____. (Rabindranath Tagore)

2. The poet says when as a child he played with ‘Thee’, he had _____. (no fear and no shame)

3. God used to call the poet in his childhood so many times at _____. (dawn)

4. During the poet’s childhood, God was his _____. (playmate)

5. As a child, the poet used to run around God through _____. (woods and fields)

6. When the childhood games with God are over, the poet sees unmoving sky and _____. (the silent moon and sun)

7. When God used to sing songs to the poet, the poet’s heart ran _____. (riot)

8. When the poet as a child used to play with God, his life was _____. (riotous)

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Light, Oh, Where is the Light?

1. The poem ‘Light, Oh, Where is the Light?’ is written by _____. (Rabindranath Tagore)

2. The poet asks to ignite the light with _____. (the fire of longing)

3. According to the poet, there is a lamp but without _____. (flame)

4. According to the poet, the sky is crammed with _____. (clouds)

5. According to the poet, _____ makes the darkness thicker. (lightning)

6. According to the poet, the night is black as _____. (whetstone)

7. According to the poet, time passes, but _____ does not pass. (deep night)

8. “deep night black as a whetstone”. In this line, the figure of speech used is _____. (simile)   

 

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