Question Bank_English (Optional)

 (Dr N A Jarandikar)

QUESTION BANK

BA Part I (Semester II)

ENGLISH (Optional)

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. 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)

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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)

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‘The Dread Departure’

 

1. Bhaurao’s family lives in a ---------. –(Chawl)
2. The play ‘The Dread Departure’ is written by ------------. (Satish Alekar)
3. The play ‘The Dread Departure’ is originally written in ------ language. (Marathi)
4. The play ‘The Dread Departure’ is translated in English by ----------. (Gauri Deshpande)
5. The original tile of the play in Marathi is  ----------(Mahanirvan)
6. The play Dread Departure opens with the death of --------. (Bhaurao)
7. The corporation had provided a new ------------- crematorium. (electric)
8. Nana promises Bhaurao  to cremate him in old crematorium ground  after ---------- days. (Thirteen)
9. The watchman of old crematorium ground demands ---------- rupees to allow Nana for the funeral of Bhaurao. (two thousand)
10. Nana as the beneficiary gets ----------- rupees through Bhaurao’s Insurance policy. (ten thousand)

 

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