5. The Empty Heart
1. The poem “The Empty Heart’ tells about the problems caused (choose the correct option)
(A) anger
(B) content .
(C) greed.
(D) poverty
| Answer ⇒ C |
2. Who has written the poem, “The Empty Heart”?
(A) Vidyapati.
(B) Puran Singh
(C) Periasamy Thooran
(D) Amrita Pritam
| Answer ⇒ C |
3. What was the problem of the man?
(A) he was very dissatisfied .
(B) he was very much in threat
(C) he had a crisis of money
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ A |
4. What did he demand from the tree ?
(A) Pot of Gold
(B) Pot of Silver
(C) Pot of Bronze.
(D) Pot of Copper
| Answer ⇒ A |
5. What happened to his prayer ?
(A) Prayers were not granted
(B) Prayers were granted
(C) Prayers were neither granted nor refused
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ B |
6. What were in Pitchers?
(A) Gold Coins
(B) Silver Coins
(C) Copper Coins
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ A |
7. Greed is …………….. but life is not.
(A) Worthy
(B) Bad
(C) Good
(D) Endless
| Answer ⇒ D |
8. This poem tells about the problems caused by
(A) Sickness
(B) Poverty
(C) Overeating
(D) Greed
| Answer ⇒ D |
9. There was a ……………… which had the power to grant wishes.
(A) Snake
(B) Pigeon
(C) Tree
(D) Temple
| Answer ⇒ C |
10. The tree gave the man seven ……………. full of gold coins. .
(A) Pots/Pitchers
(B) Pans
(C) Bags
(D) Sacks
| Answer ⇒ A |
11. The man tried all tricks to gather
(A) Silver
(B) Diamonds
(C) Jewellery
(D) Gold
| Answer ⇒ D |
12. What made him mad ?
(A) His Greedy tendency
(B) His tendency of getting more & more ! (C) Sudden shock
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ B |
13. Periasamy Thooran was a …………..writer.
(A) Bengali
(B) Marathi
(C) Panjabi
(D) Tamil
| Answer ⇒ D |
14. Why was the man not content, although he was rich ?
(A) due to thirst of gold
(B) due to thirst of wealth
(C) (A) and (B) both
(D) none of these
| Answer ⇒ C |
15. Why was the tree called unkind ?
(A) because it raised the thirst of the man for wealth.
(B) because it gave the man a half-full pot.
(C) because it gave the man a gift more than demanded.
(D) none of these
| Answer ⇒ A |
16. What is Kalpaka ?
(A) a tree
(B) a big tree
(C) a golden tree .
(D) wish-yielding tree
| Answer ⇒ D |
17. The man was rich, but …….
(A) content
(B) not content
(C) innocent
(D) dishonest
| Answer ⇒ B |
18. Morning, noon and ……………… he went.
(A) day
(B) afternoon
(C) night
(D) midnight
| Answer ⇒ C |
19. His prayer was granted……..
(A) eight fold
(B) seven fold
(C) six fofol
(D) five fold
| Answer ⇒ B |
20. For as a gift to him was …….
(A) granted
(B) gifted
(C) offered
(D) given
| Answer ⇒ D |
21. To fill this ……….was his thought.
(A) steadily
(B) quick
(C)sharply
(D) shortly
| Answer ⇒ B |
22. The seven full ……………… he clean forgot.
(A) pots.
(B) pitchers
(C) pictures
(D) vessels
| Answer ⇒ D |
23. Nothing is wrong with a half filled purse, “T’is is the void in the heart …………
(A) that is the curse
(B) that is the purse
(C) that is the gold
(D) that is the wealth
| Answer ⇒ A |
24. The demon …………….. now made him mad.
(A) fire
(B) gold
(C) silver pot
(D) Desire
| Answer ⇒ D |
25. Each coin he could clutch by hook or ……………….
(A) shook
(B) look
(C) crook
(D) took
| Answer ⇒ C |
26. The poem, ‘The Empty Heart’ is translated from
(A) English
(B) Oriya
(C) Bengali
(D) Tamil
| Answer ⇒ D |
27. Periasami Thooran was born in
(A) 1708
(B) 1809
(C) 1908
(D) 1988
| Answer ⇒ C |
28. Periasami Thooran, the poet died in
(A) 1908
(B) 1988
(C) 1987
(D) 1897
| Answer ⇒ C |
29. Periasamy Thooran first made his name as a writer of
(A) essay
(B) Short stories and poems
(C) Poem
(D) satire
| Answer ⇒ B |
30. ‘The Empty Heart talks about the problems caused by
(A) gold
(B) pot
(C) gold coins
(D) greed
| Answer ⇒ D |
31. The man’s prayer was granted
(A) quick
(B) late
(C) gold coins
(D) sevenfold
| Answer ⇒ D |
32. How many pitchers did the man get as a gift?
(A) One
(B) three
(C) Six
(D) Seven
| Answer ⇒ D |
33. Because he did not eat, drink or sleep properly, his health
(A) became sound
(B) got down
(C) broke down
(D) None of these
| Answer ⇒ C |
Class 10th English Objective Question
| S.N | ENGLISH PROSE SECTION OBJECTIVE |
| 1 | The Pace For Living |
| 2 | Me And The Ecology Bit |
| 3 | Gillu |
| 4 | What Is Wrong with Indian Film |
| 5 | Acceptance speech |
| 6 | Once Upon A Time |
| 7 | The Unity Of Indian Culture |
| 8 | Little Girl Wiser Than Man |
| S.N | ENGLISH POETRY SECTION OBJECTIVE |
| 1 | God Made The Country |
| 2 | Ode On Solitude |
| 3 | Polythene Bag |
| 4 | Thinner Than A Crescent |
| 5 | The Empty Heart |
| 6 | Koel |
| 7 | The Sleeping Porter |
| 8 | Martha |
| S.N | Supplementry English Reader -II |
| 1 | The January Night |
| 2 | Allergy |
| 3 | The Bet |
| 4 | Quality |
| 5 | Sun And Moon |
| 6 | Two Horizones |
| 7 | Love Defiled |