Class 12 English Poetry Ch-10 My Grand Mother’s House MCQs Exam 2027

Topic 1: About the Poetess (Kamala Das)

1. Kamala Das is an __________ poetess. [BSEB, 2019A]

   (A) American

   (B) Indian

   (C) African

   (D) British

2. Kamala Das was born in — [BSEB, 2019A]

   (A) 1933

   (B) 1934

   (C) 1935

   (D) 1936

3. Kamala Das was shortlisted for Nobel Prize for Literature in —

   (A) 1982

   (B) 1983

   (C) 1984

   (D) 1985

4. Kamala Das has earned a respectable place in both English and …… literature. [BSEB, 2023A]

   (A) Tamil

   (B) Malayalam

   (C) Kannada

   (D) Telugu

5. Who wrote ‘The Old Playhouse and other Poems’? [BSEB, 2022A]

   (A) T.S. Eliot

   (B) D.H. Lawrence

   (C) Keki N. Daruwala

   (D) Kamala Das

6. “Summer in Kolkata” is a collection of poems by— [BSEB, 2022A]

   (A) Kamala Das

   (B) Keki N. Daruwala

   (C) D.H. Lawrence

   (D) John Keats

7. Kamala Das’s poetry is mainly —

   (A) romantic

   (B) social

   (C) confessional

   (D) didactic

8. Kamala Das is an ………. Poetess.

   (A) American

   (B) Indian

   (C) African

   (D) Russian

9. ‘The Old Playhouse and Other Poems’ is by:

   (A) Kamala Das

   (B) Sarojini Naidu

   (C) R.N. Tagore

   (D) Toru Dutt

10. Kamala Das has written poems in English and — [BSEB, 2017A]

    (A) Hindi

    (B) Bengali

    (C) Malayalam

    (D) Punjabi

11. Kamala Das is an __________ poetess.

    (A) Indian

    (B) American

    (C) African

    (D) Russian

12. Who is the author of ‘My Grandmother’s House’? [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) Kamala Das

    (B) Keki N. Daruwala

    (C) T. S. Eliot

    (D) Walt Whitman

13. Kamala Das has written the poem—

    (A) Snake

    (B) Fire-Hymn

    (C) My Grandmother’s House

    (D) The Soldier

14. Kamala Das has a respectable place in both English and ………. literature. [BSEB, 2018C]

    (A) Kannada

    (B) Oriya

    (C) Tamil

    (D) Malayalam

Topic 2: Context and Genre of the Poem

15. My Grandmother’s House is a/an …….. poem. [BSEB, 2022A]

    (A) Romantic

    (B) War

    (C) Confessional

    (D) Nature

16. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is — [BSEB, 2020A]

    (A) a sonnet

    (B) an ode

    (C) a lyric

    (D) an elegy

17. ‘My Grand mother’s House’ is an ………… poem by Kamala Das.

    (A) biographical

    (B) auto biographical

    (C) bibliographical

    (D) none of house

18. “My Grandmother’s House” published in — [BSEB, 2019A]

    (A) Summer in Kolkata

    (B) Siren

    (C) The Descendants

    (D) The Old Playhouse

19. ‘The Grandmothers’ House’ is a poem by …………….

    (A) Kamala Das

    (B) Sarojini Naidu

    (C) Toru Dutt

    (D) Anita Desai

20. My Grandmother’s House is a poem by ………………..

    (A) Kamala Das

    (B) Sarojini Naidu

    (C) Toru Dutt

    (D) Anita Desai

Topic 3: Themes and Plot Details

21. The house went into silence due to the death of — [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) the woman

    (B) the boy

    (C) the girl

    (D) the man

22. In ‘My Grandmother’s House’, the speaker’s grandmother — [BSEB, 2018A]

    (A) is alive

    (B) is dead

    (C) is sick

    (D) is angry

23. The speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is proud of — [BSEB, 2020A]

    (A) her parents’ house

    (B) her grandmother’s house

    (C) her uncle’s house

    (D) none of these

24. When did the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ live with her grandmother? [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) during her childhood

    (B) during her adolescence

    (C) during her youth

    (D) none of these

25. The narrator in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ received :

    (A) property

    (B) food

    (C) love

    (D) sex

26. Kamala Das is talking about her……… who is dead now.

    (A) father

    (B) mother

    (C) grand father

    (D) grand mother

27. The house went into silence because the woman — [BSEB, 2018A]

    (A) died

    (B) went away

    (C) became ill

    (D) forgot

28. The house went into silence due to the death of the ……..

    (A) woman

    (B) man

    (C) girl

    (D) boy

29. The grandmother’s house fell ……. after her death. [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) crazy

    (B) noisy

    (C) silent

    (D) chaotic

30. Snakes were seen among ……….. in ‘My Grandmother’s House’.

    (A) beds

    (B) books

    (C) chairs

    (D) tables

31. The poetess in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ says that she has lost her — [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) way

    (B) home

    (C) life

    (D) money

32. The speaker in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ says she has lost her way and now begs at — [BSEB, 2020A]

    (A) friend’s door

    (B) neighbor’s door

    (C) stranger’s door

    (D) enemy’s door

33. The poetess in ‘The Grand Mother’s House’ begs at …. doors.

    (A) friend’s

    (B) family’s

    (C) stranger’s

    (D) enemy’s

34. The speaker in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ begs at …………………… doors.

    (A) Friends’

    (B) Strangers’

    (C) Relatives’

    (D) Neighbors’

35. The ‘Grandmother’s House’ fell …………… after her death.

    (A) silent

    (B) loud

    (C) colorful

    (D) bright

36. My grandmother’s house is now …………………… after her death.

    (A) silence

    (B) silent

    (C) noisy

    (D) dark

37. The Speaker in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is proud of:

    (A) Her parent’s house

    (B) Her grandmother’s house

    (C) Her uncle’s house

    (D) Her friend’s house

38. Kamala Das remembers the happy days spent in the sweet company of her—

    (A) grand mother

    (B) grand father

    (C) father

    (D) mother

39. ……… spent her childhood days with her grandmother. [BSEB, 2025A]

    (A) Indira Gandhi

    (B) Mamta Kalia

    (C) Kamala Das

    (D) Mahadevi Verma

40. Who is ‘I’ in the poem ‘My Grandmother’s House’? [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) Kamala Das

    (B) Sarojini Naidu

    (C) Toru Dutt

    (D) None of these

41. Snakes were seen, among … in “My Grandmother’s House”.

    (A) beds

    (B) books

    (C) tables

    (D) chairs

Topic 4: Important Lines from the Poem

42. “There is a house now far away where once I received love” ———is from the poem— [BSEB, 2018A]

    (A) Song of Myself

    (B) Ode to Autumn

    (C) My Grandmother’s House

    (D) Snake

43. ‘Behind my bedroom’s door like a brooding’ is written by—

    (A) Rupert Brooke

    (B) Kamala Das

    (C) Keki N. Daruwalla

    (D) T.S. Eliot

44. ‘How often I think of going there, to peer through blind eyes of windows’. It is from : [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) My Grandmother’s House

    (B) An Epitaph

    (C) Song of Myself

    (D) Snake

45. The line ‘And gather life-least in my arms’ is from — [BSEB, 2022A]

    (A) My Grandmother’s House

    (B) Snake

    (C) Fire-Hymn

    (D) The Soldier