1. The poem “The Empty Heart’ tells about the problems caused (choose the correct option)
(A) anger
(B) content .
(C) greed.
(D) poverty
2. Who has written the poem, “The Empty Heart”?
(A) Vidyapati.
(B) Puran Singh
(C) Periasamy Thooran
(D) Amrita Pritam
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
4. What did he demand from the tree ?
(A) Pot of Gold
(B) Pot of Silver
(C) Pot of Bronze.
(D) Pot of Copper
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
6. What were in Pitchers?
(A) Gold Coins
(B) Silver Coins
(C) Copper Coins
(D) None of these
7. Greed is …………….. but life is not.
(A) Worthy
(B) Bad
(C) Good
(D) Endless
8. This poem tells about the problems caused by
(A) Sickness
(B) Poverty
(C) Overeating
(D) Greed
9. There was a ……………… which had the power to grant wishes.
(A) Snake
(B) Pigeon
(C) Tree
(D) Temple
10. The tree gave the man seven ……………. full of gold coins. .
(A) Pots/Pitchers
(B) Pans
(C) Bags
(D) Sacks
11. The man tried all tricks to gather
(A) Silver
(B) Diamonds
(C) Jewellery
(D) Gold
12. What made him mad ?
(A) His Greedy tendency
(B) His tendency of getting more & more ! (C) Sudden shock
(D) None of these
13. Periasamy Thooran was a …………..writer.
(A) Bengali
(B) Marathi
(C) Panjabi
(D) Tamil
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
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
16. What is Kalpaka ?
(A) a tree
(B) a big tree
(C) a golden tree .
(D) wish-yielding tree
17. The man was rich, but …….
(A) content
(B) not content
(C) innocent
(D) dishonest
18. Morning, noon and ……………… he went.
(A) day
(B) afternoon
(C) night
(D) midnight
19. His prayer was granted……..
(A) eight fold
(B) seven fold
(C) six fofol
(D) five fold
20. For as a gift to him was …….
(A) granted
(B) gifted
(C) offered
(D) given
21. To fill this ……….was his thought.
(A) steadily
(B) quick
(C)sharply
(D) shortly
22. The seven full ……………… he clean forgot.
(A) pots.
(B) pitchers
(C) pictures
(D) vessels
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
24. The demon …………….. now made him mad.
(A) fire
(B) gold
(C) silver pot
(D) Desire
25. Each coin he could clutch by hook or ……………….
(A) shook
(B) look
(C) crook
(D) took
26. The poem, ‘The Empty Heart’ is translated from
(A) English
(B) Oriya
(C) Bengali
(D) Tamil
27. Periasami Thooran was born in
(A) 1708
(B) 1809
(C) 1908
(D) 1988
28. Periasami Thooran, the poet died in
(A) 1908
(B) 1988
(C) 1987
(D) 1897
29. Periasamy Thooran first made his name as a writer of
(A) essay
(B) Short stories and poems
(C) Poem
(D) satire
30. ‘The Empty Heart talks about the problems caused by
(A) gold
(B) pot
(C) gold coins
(D) greed
31. The man’s prayer was granted
(A) quick
(B) late
(C) gold coins
(D) sevenfold
32. How many pitchers did the man get as a gift?
(A) One
(B) three
(C) Six
(D) Seven
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