Fire-Hymn Objective Questions

1. Who has Composed the poem ‘Fire Hymn’?

(A) Kamala Das

(B) Keki N Daruwalla

(C) Rupert Brooke

(D) John Keats

Ans (B) Keki N Daruwalla

2. Keki N Daruwalla was the recipient of …….

(A) Pulitzer Prize

(B) Bharat Ratna

(C) Sahitya Academy Award

(D) Gyanpeeth award

Ans (C) Sahitya Academy Award

3. Which of the following poet had been in police service also?

(A) John Donne  

(B) D H Lawrence

(C) Keki N Daruwalla

(D) Rupert Brooke

Ans (C) Keki N Daruwalla

4. Keki N Daruwalla was not only a poet but also a ………

(A) Civil servant

(B) Priest

(C) teacher

(D) doctor

Ans (A) Civil servant

5. The speaker in Fire-hymn belongs to ……. religion.

(A) Indian

(B) African

(C) Zoroastrian

(D) Nigerian

Ans (C) Zoroastrian

6. Keki N Daruwalla received the ‘Sahitya Academy award’ in ……….

(A) 1982

(B) 1983

(C) 1984  

(D) 1985

Ans (C) 1984  

7. In the poem, the poet is describing a ………. .

(A) river

(B) mango grove

(C) cemetery

(D) burning ghat

Ans (D) burning ghat

8. The speaker is strolling nearby a ghat with his ………… .

(A) Uncle

(B) Father

(C) Brother

(D) religious teacher

Ans (B) Father

9. What did the poet see at the ghat?

(A) embers

(B) half cooked limbs

(C) bones

(D) All of the above

Ans (D) All of the above

10. what happened to the speaker after seeing the half cooked limbs?

(A) he trembled

(B) he started to scream

(C) his fingers clenched

(D) he regretted

Ans (C) his fingers clenched

11. Who is frightened at burning ghat?

(A) poet

(B) people

(C) passers-by

(D) poet’s father

Ans (C) passers-by

12. The redness of the fire appeared ……. To the speaker.

(A) pleasant

(B) evil

(C) wonderful

(D) cruel

Ans (D) cruel

13. Where is the ghat located?

(A) nearby a river

(B) on a beach

(C) in an orchard

(D) inside a zoo

Ans (A) nearby a river

14. where does a Zoroastrian dispose their body?

(A) cemetery

(B) kitchen (apayo, north Philippines)

(C) mortuary

(D) Tower of silence

Ans (D) Tower of silence

15. The poet is ……… to see the cruel act of fire.

(A) glad

(B) gloomy

(C) horrified

(D) regretting

Ans (C) horrified

16. The poem “Fire Hymn” is composed by:

(A) John Donne

(B) T.S. Eliot

(C) D.H. Lawrence

(D) Keki N Daruwalla

Ans (D) Keki N Daruwalla

17. Keki. N. Daruwalla is an……poet.

(A) French

(B) Australian

(C) Dutch

(D) Indo-Anglian

Ans (D) Indo-Anglian

18. The……forgets its dead because sometimes it leaves the dead body half burnt:

(A) fire

(B) wind

(C) soil

(D) water

Ans (A) fire

19. The poet sees the red hot…….

(A) embers

(B) furnace

(C) furnes

(D) stone

Ans (A) embers

20. The…………child was consigned to fire under compulsion:

(A) first born

(B) third born

(C) fourth born

(D) fifth born

Ans (A) embers

21. Keki N Daruwalla belongs to……… religion

(A) Christian

(B) Islam

(C) Hindu

(D) Zorostrian

Ans (D) Zorostrian

22. ………. belongs to Zorostrain religion:

(A) John Donne

(B) Rupert Brooke

(C) T.S. Eliot

(D) Keki N. Daruwalla

Ans (D) Keki N. Daruwalla

23. Consigning his new born son to flames took place………. year ago:

(A) 10

(B) 12

(C) 20

(D) 25

Ans (C) 20

24. Keki N. Daruwalla consigned his new born…………to flames:

(A) neice

(B) son

(C) nephew

(D) sister

Ans (B) son

25. ………. swears to save fire from the sin of forgetfullness:

(A) Keki N. Daruwalla

(B) Kamala Das

(C) Rupert Brooke

(D) D.H. Lawrene

Ans (A) Keki N. Daruwalla

26. Crossing of Rivers is an important volume of verse written by:

(A) Jayanta Mahapatra

(B) Kamala Das

(C) keki N. Daruwalla

(D) Nissim Ezekiel

Ans (C) keki N. Daruwalla

27. Who composed ‘Hymn’?

(A) KN Daruwalla

(B) DH Lawrence

(C) WH Auden

(D) Rupert Brooke

Ans (C) keki N. Daruwalla

28. KN Daruwalla is…. poet.

(A) Australian

(B) African

(C) Indo-Anglian

(D) Indo-American

Ans (C) Indo-Anglian

29. Fire-Hymn is about……

(A) burning ghat

(B) broken house

(C) punished man

(D) dead body

Ans (A) burning ghat

30. Whom did Daruwalla send to fire?

(A) his first born child.

(B) his second born child

(C) his last born child

(D) none

Ans (A) his first born child.

31. The poet repents and prays to……. for his sin.

(A) God (fire)

(B) ghost

(C) monster

(D) none

Ans (A) God (fire)

32. The……forgets its dead because sometimes it leaves the dead body half burnt.

(A) person

(B) thing

(C) animal

(D) fire

Ans (A) fire

33. Who hinted the poet to see those half burnt parts (bodies)?

(A) father

(B) sister

(C) brother

(D) none

Ans (A) father

34. Who was with the poet (KN Daruwalla)?

(A) brother

(B) father

(C) friend

(D) teacher

Ans (B) father

35. The new born child son was sent to flame…… years ago.

(A) 10

(B) 12

(C) 14

(D) 20

Ans (D) 20

36. The tower of silence is for……

(A) Hindu

(B) Parsi

(C) Muslims

(D) None

Ans (B) Parsi

37. The nearest tower of silence was……miles away.

(A) 2000

(B) 4000

(C) 6000

(D) 1000

Ans (D) 1000

38. The wondering ghosts lights…… passerp by.

(A) frightened

(B) saddened

(C) nervousness

(D) killed

Ans (A) frightened

39. Who has violated the tradition of religion by cremating?

(A) D. H. Lawrence

(B) Kamala Das

(C) Keki N. Daruwala

(D) T.S. Eliot

Ans (C) Keki N. Daruwala