The Bangle Seller
WBCHSE Class XI English First Semester The Bangle Sellers MCQ Question Answer
1. In the poem, what are the bangles described as being made for?
a) Brides and mothers
b) Young girls
c) Old women
d) Babies
2. Which of the following colours is mentioned in the poem "Bangle Sellers"?
a) Green
b) Blue
c) Red
d) All of the above
3. What emotions do the bangles symbolize for young girls in the poem?
a) Joy and hope
b) Sadness and despair
c) Patience and endurance
d) Anger and frustration
4. What is the significance of the phrase "tinkling, shimmering" in the poem?
a) Describes the sound and beauty of the bangles
b) Refers to the busy marketplace
c) Describes the sellers' voices
d) Represents the smell of flowers
5. What does the poet associate with the colour blue in the poem?
a) The beauty of the sky
b) The calmness of old age
c) The vibrancy of youth
d) The sorrow of the heart
6. What do the bangles symbolize for the mothers in the poem?
a) Marriage and love
b) Spiritual fulfilment
c) The passage of time and maternal joy
d) Sadness and loss
7. What is the mood of the poem "Bangle Sellers"?
a) Sombre
b) Melancholic
c) Joyful and celebratory
d) Angry and resentful
8. Which of the following best describes the tone of the poem "Bangle Sellers"?
a) Despairing
b) Light-hearted and vibrant
c) Nostalgic
d) Pensive
9. In "Bangle Sellers," what do the bangles symbolize for the young girls?
a) Happiness
b) Youth and joy
c) The beginning of life
d) Both b and c
10. What do the bangle sellers do in the poem?
a) They sing songs
b) They sell colourful bangles to women
c) They dance in celebration
d) They beg for alms
11. According to the poem, which of the following seasons do the bangles represent for the young girls?
a) Summer
b) Spring
c) Autumn
d) Winter
12. What is the poet’s view of the relationship between bangles and the different stages of life?
a) Bangles are symbolic of love at all stages of life
b) Bangles represent only youth and marriage
c) Bangles symbolize the different phases of womanhood, from childhood to motherhood
d) Bangles represent sorrow in old age
13. In the poem, how are the bangles associated with the passing of time?
a) They are worn only for weddings
b) They symbolize the fleeting nature of time and youth
c) They are timeless
d) They are connected to rituals and religious ceremonies
14. What does the colour purple in the poem symbolize?
a) Peace
b) Love
c) The vigour of youth
d) The passing of time
15. What does the poet compare the bangles to in the poem?
a) Gems and jewels
b) Birds and flowers
c) The bright colours of life and emotion
d) The struggles of life
16. Which of the following best describes the imagery used in the poem?
a) Dark and grim
b) Bright and colourful
c) Mysterious and vague
d) Simple and plain
17. The bangle sellers in the poem are mainly selling to which group of people?
a) Children
b) Brides and mothers
c) Young boys
d) The elderly
a) Childhood and youth
b) Happiness and celebration
c) Old age and wisdom
d) All of the above
19. The line "Some are met with the tears of the heart" refers to the bangles symbolizing:
a) Happiness
b) Sorrow and unfulfilled desires
c) Marriage
d) Celebration
20. What does the reference to "the radiant beauty of the bride" in the poem suggest about the bangles?
a) They symbolize the beauty and joy of a new beginning in marriage
c) They are worn for daily use
d) They are only worn by the elderly
21. In the poem, which of the following does the colour green symbolize?
a) Spring and renewal
b) Love and passion
c) Wisdom and experience
d) Mourning and sadness
22. How do the bangle sellers view their products?
a) As a symbol of wealth
b) As a symbol of life and celebration
c) As ordinary objects
d) As an accessory for the elite
23. Which phase of a woman’s life is represented by the red bangles in the poem?
a) Marriage
b) Childhood
c) Old age
d) Widowhood
24. What is the main theme of the poem "Bangle Sellers"?
a) The beauty of nature
b) The various stages of womanhood
c) The life of the poor
d) The hardships of life
25. The phrase "glimmering, gleaming, and sparkling" refers to the bangles’:
a) Colour
b) Sound
c) Shape
d) Beauty and allure
26. What role do the bangle sellers play in the poem?
a) They are simply vendors
b) They are the central figures in a spiritual journey
c) They symbolize the continuity of life and traditions
d) They represent the struggles of women
27. In which stanza do the bangle sellers describe their bangles as delicate, bright circles of light?
a) Stanza 4
b) Stanza 3
c) Stanza 1
d) Stanza 2
28. What do blue, silver, and green bangles generally represent in the poem?
29. Which stanza marks the transition of life from a maiden to a wife in the poem?
30. What do the bangle sellers urge people passing by to do in the poem?
31. What is the significance of bangles in Indian society according to the poem?
32. What is the overall theme of 'The Bangle Sellers' poem?
a) temple fair
34. With which natural objects has the poetess compared the silver and blue bangles ?
a) with heavy rains
a) red and yellow flecked grey bangles
36. Which stage of woman's life represent the silver, blue and pink bangles ?
a) motherhood
a) A song of sadness
b) A joyful and celebratory song
c) A song of longing
d) A song of defeat
38. The _________ are called 'lustrous tokens of radiant lives'.
39. _____________ refers the happiness and blissfulness of a newly -wed bride.
a) bridal tear
40. Choose the figure of speech in this line :-
"For happy daughters and happy wives"
a) Metaphor
a) freshness of grass
a) immaturity
(a) A happy daughter
(b) A happy wife
(c) A happy mother
(d) both (a) and (b)
44. ………………wears bangles shining like sunlit corn.
(a) A mother
(b) A maiden
(c) A bride
(d) An old woman
45. This poem explored the life of –
a) the life of American women
b) the life of Chinese women
c) the life of Indian women
d) None of the above
46. The poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ follows the rhyme scheme of-
a) aabbcc
b) abba abba
c) acbc bcac
d) abab cdcd
47. In the poem bangle sellers, what is being referred to as ‘shining loads’ –
a) loads of colourful food objects
b) loads of colourful stickers
c) loads of colourful bangles
d) loads of goods
48. The word ‘delicate’ means –
a) Rigid
b) Smooth
c) Tight
d) Lustrous
49. With which natural object the poet refers the colour of the bangles in the first stanza of the poem –
a) Rain
b) Rainbow
c) Star
d) River
50. The word ‘Lustrous’ means in the poem –
a) non luminous
b) faded
c) opaque
d) illustrious
51. Bangles are worn by happy _____
a) Peoples
b) Daughter
c) Wives
d) b and c both
52. As per the narrator the colours of the bangles suited for maiden’s wrist are –
a) Blue and Silver
b) Red and Violet
c) Blue and Magenta
d) Silver and Orange
53. In the poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ the narrator compared some bangles with –
a) the buds the dream
b) the buds of potato
c) the buds of crimson joy
d) none of the above
54. The word tranquil means –
a) calm
b) talkative
c) open
d) glorious
55. Here in the poem, the narrator mentioned the river flows through the –
a) city
b) village
c) forest
d) municipality area
56. The synonyms of the word ‘limpid’ is –
a) clear
b) dark
c) vast
d) green
57. With which object the author has compared the bangles in his poem that meet for a bride on her bridal morning?
a) Rainbow
b) Stream
c) Corn
d) Fair
58. What is the colour of the bangles that are compared to the field of sunlit corn?
a) Red
b) Green
c) Violet
d) Yellow
59. What is the significance of the colour of yellow in this poem?
a) purity
b) honesty
c) cleanliness
d) joyfulness
59. Some bangles are like the flame of –
a) marriage fire
b) forest fire
c) fire of volcanoes
d) fire in mountains
60. The word tender means –
a) Rough
b) Glittering
c) The object that produce sound
d) gentle
61. Which kind of bangles the narrator referred to as bridal laughter and tear?
a) Tinkling
b) Luminous
c) Tender
d) all of the above
62. At what time of the marriage the bridal basically tear –
a) when the bride separate from her parents
b) In front of marriage fire
c) At the time invitation of River Ganga
d) At the time of putting vermilion in the parting of their hair
63. Which colours of bangles the author has chosen for the women who has in her middle ages?
a) Orange and Yellow
b) Blue and Yellow
c) Gold and Purple
d) Purple and Yellow
64. ‘Whose hands have cherished, whose love has blest’ – Here whose refers to –
a) Maiden
b) Marriage Girl
c) Motherhood
d) girl child
65. Who serves her household in fruitful pride?
a) Mother
b) Father
c) Elder brother
d) Elder sister
66. As per the author the golden colour of bangles is suited for our –
a) Mother
b) Nephew
c) Girl child
d) None of the above
67. Who is the poet of "The Bangle Sellers"?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Kamala Das
(d) A.K. Ramanujan
68. Sarojini Naidu is often referred to as-
(a) The Nightingale of India
(b) The Bard of Bengal
(c) The Voice of the Nation
(d) The Mystic Poet
69. The poem "The Bangle Sellers" consists of how many stanzas?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
70. Each stanza in "The Bangle Sellers" can be classified as a-
(a) Quatrain
(b) Couplet
(c) Sestet
(d) Octave
71. A sestet, which is a six-line stanza, is used in the poem to-
(a) Describe different types of bangles
(b) Narrate a story
(c) Introduce different characters
(d) Illustrate the setting
72. The phrase "Rainbow-tinted circles of light" is an example of which figure of speech?
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Hyperbole
(d) Personification
73. "Silver and blue as the mountain mist" is an example of which figure of speech?
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Hyperbole
(d) Personification
74. The phrase "Some are flushed like the buds that dream" contains which figure of speech?
(a) Simile
(b) Metaphor
(c) Hyperbole
(d) Alliteration
75. The line "Lustrous tokens of radiant lives" is an example of which figure of speech?
(a) Simile
(b) Metaphor
(c) Hyperbole
(d) Personification
76. "Tinkling, luminous, tender, and clear" demonstrates which figure of speech?
(a) Onomatopoeia
(b) Hyperbole
(C) Alliteration
(d) Personification
77. The phrase "Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear" is an example of which figure of speech?
(a) Metaphor
(b) Hyperbole
(c) Simile
(d) Personification
78. The description "Some are aglow with the bloom that cleaves to the limpid glory of new born leaves" contains which figure of speech?
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Hyperbole
(d) Personification
79. The bangles like fields of sunlit corn are suitable for
(a) the maiden
(b) the woman who has journeyed through the midway
(c) bride
(d) happy daughter
80. A bride's desire is symbolised by
(a) tranquil brow of a woodland stream
(b) flame of her marriage fire
(c) fields of sunlit corn
(d) bride's tear
81. The phrase "Bridal laughter and bridal tear" indicates -
(a) madness of a bride
(b) sadness of a bride
(c) a bride's desire
(d) a bride's mixed emotion
82. The other bangles made for the bride, glow like
(a) marriage flame
(b) jewels
(c) sunrays
(d) fluorescent lamp
83. The bangles are tinkling with luminous colours like-
(a) The bride's laughter
(b) The bride's hope
(c) The bride's heart
(d) The bride's laughter and tears
84. The bangles for a maiden are described as
(a) Silver and blue
(b) Purple and gold
(c) Red and orange
(d) Green and yellow
85. The phrase buds that dream is used to describe bangles that are
a) for a bride
b) for a maiden
c) for a woman who has journeyed through the midway
d) for a happy daughter
86. The bangles that are flushed like the buds that dream signify
(a) a maiden's innocence
(b) a bride's passion
(c) a mother's love
(d) a woman's maturity
87. The bangles that are 'aglow with the bloom' represent-
(a) new born leaves
(b) sunlit com
(c) woodland stream
(d) mountain mist
88. The poem The Bangle Sellers mainly explores the life stages of
(a) men
(b) women
(c) children
(d) priests
89. The purple and gold-flecked grey bangles are for women who-
(a) are newly married
(b) are maidens
(c) have reached midlife
(d) are elderly
90. The bangle sellers carry their 'shining loads' to the-
(a) city centre
(b) market
(c) temple fair
(d) village square
91. The poem suggests that bangles for different stages of life are of-
(a) the same colour
(b) different colours
(c) made of different materials
(d) the same design
92. The bangles for the woman who has 'journeyed through life midway' are described as-
(a) luminous and tinkling
(b) purple and gold-flicked grey
(c) silver and blue
(d) flushed like buds
93. The bangles described as 'tender and clear' are meant for-
(a) maidens
(b) brides
(c) mothers
(d) elderly women
94. Bangles that symbolize new born leaves are meant for-
(a) maidens
(b) brides
(c) mothers
(d) elderly women
95. The phrase 'cradled fair sons on her faithful breast' refers to-
(a) a maiden
(b) a bride
(c) a mother
(d) a grandmother
96. The tranquil brow of a woodland stream describes bangles suitable for-
(a) a bride
(b) a maiden
(c) a mother
(d) an elderly woman
97. Fruitful pride in the poem refers to the pride of-
(a) a bride
(b) a maiden
(c) a mother
(d) an elderly woman
98. The bangle sellers offer their lustrous tokens to-
(a) all women
(b) young women
(c) children
(d) elderly women
99. What natural imagery is used to describe the bangles for maidens?
a) Mountain mist
b) Sunlit corn
c) Buds on a stream
d) New born leaves
100. What emotion is associated with bangles flushed like buds that dream?
a) Sadness
b) Tranquillity
c) Happiness
d) Excitement
101. What are the bangles that are aglow compared to?
a) Sunlit com
b) Marriage fire
c) New born leaves
d) Mountain mist
102. What do the bangles for a bride's bridal morn look like?
a) Sunlit com
b) Silver and blue
c) Purple and gold
d) Woodland stream
103. What colours are the bangles that reflect a bride's marriage fire?
a) Purple and gold
b) Silver and blue
c) Flame-like colours
d) Blue and green
104. What do the tinkling, luminous bangles symbolize?
a) Wealth
b) Tradition
c) Bridal laughter and tears
d) Youth
105. What does the woman who has journeyed through life midway cherish?
a) Her wealth
b) Her bangles
c) Her family
d) Her career
106. What has the woman who wears purple and gold-flecked grey bangles done?
a) Travelled the world
b) Cradled fair sons on her faithful breast
c) Acquired great knowledge
d) Achieved fame
107. Where does the woman who has journeyed through life midway worship the gods?
a) At the temple
b) At the river
c) At her husband's side
d) At the fair
108. What kind of pride does the woman who wears purple and gold flecked grey bangles feel?
a) Fruitful pride
b) Joyful pride
c) Noble pride
d) Humble pride
109. What is the overall theme of the poem?
a) The beauty of nature
b) The journey of a woman's life
c) The importance of wealth
d) The significance of festivals
110. What aspect of life do the bangles for a bride's bridal morn reflect?
a) Simplicity
b) Joy and warmth
c) Wealth and power
d) Serenity
111. What does the colour purple in the bangles signify in the poem?
a) Passion and desire
b) Calmness and peace
c) Maturity and experience
d) Youth and vitality
112. What is the significance of the temple fair in the poem?
a) It is a place for trade
b) It is a place for worship
c) It is a place for community gathering
d) All of the above
113. What life stage do the purple and gold-flecked grey bangles represent?
a) Childhood
b) Adolescence
c) Midlife
d) Old age
114. How are the bangles for a bride described?
a) Bright and cheerful
b) Calm and serene
c) Sunlit and flame-like
d) Dark and mysterious
115. What emotion is linked with the bangles that are "flushed like the buds that dream"?
a) Excitement
b) Serenity
c) Sadness
d) Confusion
116. What does the poet imply by saying "for happy daughters and happy wives"
a) Bangles are only for young women
b) Bangles bring happiness to women
c) Bangles are for married women only
d) Bangles are a sign of wealth
117. Which lines in the poem describe the bangles that are for a woman who has reached midlife?
a) "Some are like fields of sunlit corn"
b) "Some are flushed sike the outs that dream"
c) "Some are purple and gold flecked grey"
d) "Some are aglow with the bloom that cleaves
118. What are the bangles meant for, according to the poem?
a) Decoration
b) Symbolizing different stages of a woman's life
c) Rituals
d) Wealth
119. Who is the intended audience for the bangle sellers' wares in the poem?
a) Men
b) Children
c) Women
d) Priests
120. What do the "shining loads" carried by the bangle sellers refer to?
a) Their personal belongings
b) The bangles
c) Holy offerings
d) Market goods
121. How do you classify the poem 'The Bangle Sellers'?
a) A sonnet
b) A lyric
c) An ode
d) An elegy
122. The speaker in the poem The Bangle Sellers are-
(a) the customers
(b) the married women
(c) the bangle seller
(d) the pedestrians
123. The Bangle Sellers choose the temple fair because it attracts-
(a) a lot of women
(b) a lot of children
(c) a lot of devotees
(d) a lot of porters
124. The theme of the poem 'The Bangle Sellers' is-
(a) celebration of birthday
(b) celebration of marriage
(c) celebration of womanhood
(d) celebration of Holi
125. The poem The Bangle Sellers is rich in its
(a) colour imageries
(b) Indianness
(c) lyrical quality
(d) all of these
126. How many stages of a woman's life are presented in the poem The Bangle Sellers?
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) five
127. Bangles bring ___________ to the women's life.
(a) colour
(b) happiness
(c) pride
(d) peace
128. The Bangle Sellers are trying to-
(a) highlight the importance of bangles
(b) discourage their customers
(c) sell their bangles
(d) spread Indian Culture
129. The bangle sellers play an important role in-
(a) the growth of economy
(b) preserving cultural tradition
(c) spreading happiness
(d) some religious purpose
130. The bangles are indicative of women's -
a) Happiness
b) maturity
c) Desires
d) All
131. Why do the bangle sellers take their 'shining loads to the temple fair?
(a) It is the place women of all age groups visit
(b) It is a crowded place
(c) It is a holy place for selling bangles
(d) To take part in the festivities of the temple
132. Our shining loads to the temple fair-Here "Our" refers
(a) the poetess
(b) the readers
(c) the women
(d) the bangle sellers
133. The phrase Rainbow-tinted circles of light refers to-
(a) the bangle sellers
(b) the multi-coloured bangles
(c) the baskets
(d) the diamond nose ring
134. In The Bangle Sellers, bangles are token of
(a) radiant lives
(b) dull lives
(c) sorrowful lives
(d) modern lives
135. The bangles are described as
(a) shining
(b) delicate
(c) lustrous token of radiant lives
(d) all of these
136. The bangles are termed as "Lustrous tokens of radiant lives". It means that they are-
(a) symbol of love
(b) symbol of love and happiness
(c) symbol of happiness
(d) symbol of life
137. The daughters and wives become happy
(a) to possess the bangles
(b) to meet the bangle sellers
(c) to visit the temple fair
(d) to perform some religious rituals
138. With which natural objects has the poetess compared the silver and blue bangles
(a) heavy rains
(b) the freshness of the new born tender leaves
(c) the mountain mist
(d) blue flower
139. Colours of bangles suitable for maidenhood, are-
(a) blue, silver, pink and yellow
(b) silver, pink, red and green
(C) silver, pink, green and blue
(d) blue pink, grey and silver
140. "Tinkling, luminous, lender and clear." Here luminous' means-
(a) gloomy
(b) lustreless
(c) vague
(d) incandescent
Ans: (d) incandescent
141. In the third stanza, the poet compares the colours of bangle for a bride to the fields of sunlit corn. This is an example of-
(a) Metaphor
(b) Personification
(c) Simile
(d) Anaphora
Ans: (c) Simile
142. What is the tone of the poem The Bangle Sellers?
(a) Scornful
(b) Melancholic
(c) Joyful
(d) Mysterious
143. The bangles suited for a middle-aged woman are-
(a) purple and gold flecked grey
(b) reddish and greenish
(c) silver and blue
(d) yellow and red
144. The purple and grey colours of the bangles signify-
(a) beauty and purity
(b) loyalty and maturity
(c) happiness and peace
(d) love and desire
145. The fourth stanza denotes a woman's devotion to
(a) her family
(b) her husband
(c) her life
(d) her sons
146. "Some are purple and gold flecked grey." The word grey indicates-
(a) the maturity that comes with age
(b) the Innocence of young woman
(c) colour fading that comes with age
(d) unhappiness in the family
147. Which figure of speech is used in the line "rich with the hue of her heart's desire"?
(a) Simile
(b) Metaphor
(c) Alliteration
(d) Personification
148. Sarojini Naidu is popularly known as-
(a) The Mother of India
(b) The Pride of India
(c) The Nightingale of India
(d) The Pioneer of India
The poem explores-
(a) the different stages of an Indian woman's life in the traditional society
(b) the life of a bangle seller
(c) description of a temple fair
(d) different types of bangles
ANSWERS:
1. a) Brides and mothers
2. d) All of the above
3. a) Joy and hope
4. a) Describes the sound and beauty of the bangles
5. c) The vibrancy of youth
6. c) The passage of time and maternal joy
7. c) Joyful and celebratory
8. b) Light-hearted and vibrant
9. d) Both b and c
10. b) They sell colourful bangles to women
11. b) Spring
12. c) Bangles symbolize the different phases of womanhood, from childhood to motherhood
13. b) They symbolize the fleeting nature of time and youth
14. d) The passing of time
15. c) The bright colours of life and emotion
16. b) Bright and colourful
17. b) Brides and mothers
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