CBSE  /  Class 12  /  English  /  Flamingo Poem Keeping Quiet

  • 1. 
    According to the poet what creates barriers?

  • interactions
  • reactions
  • fighting
  • languages

  • 2. 
    What is the essence or message of the poem ?

  • introspection and retrospection to be more peaceful and be in harmony
  • to prosper
  • to be happier
  • to reach out more people

  • 3. 
    What does the style of the poem symbolise, that the poet used to write with?

  • desires
  • happiness
  • hope
  • desire and hope

  • 4. 
    What does counting upto 12 signify and how will it help?

  • hours of the day
  • months of a year
  • it will help to create peace and harmony
  • all

  • 5. 
    What does the title of the poem suggest?

  • Inactivity
  • noise
  • unhappiness
  • Maintenance of silence

  • 6. 
    How does the poet perceive life?

  • as stillness
  • as silence
  • a noisy place
  • a continuous evolution of nature

  • 7. 
    What are the different kinds of wars mentioned in the poem?

  • War against humanity
  • War against nature
  • War with gases and fire
  • All these

  • 8. 
    Which images in the poem show that the poet condemns or hate violence?

  • fishermen not harming whales
  • wars leaving behind no survivors to celebrate
  • poet’s refusal to deal with death
  • All these

  • 9. 
    What does hurt hand refer to ?

  • Growing needs of the man
  • growing greed of man
  • unfulfilled desires
  • growing insensitivity of man to pain

  • 10. 
    What is the poet expecting from fishermen?

  • to find more fish
  • to go deeper into the sea
  • to think and stop harming the fish
  • none
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