AHSEC| CLASS 12| ENGLISH| CHAPTER - 7| KEEPING QUIET| SOLVED QUESTIONS FOR 1 MARK EACH| H.S. 2ND YEAR

 

AHSEC| CLASS 12| ENGLISH| CHAPTER - 7| KEEPING QUIET| SOLVED QUESTIONS FOR 1 MARK EACH| H.S. 2ND YEAR

KEEPING QUIET

Solved questions for 1 mark each:

(A)  VERY SHORT ANSWER:

1. Who is the poet of 'Keeping Quiet'?

Ans: The poet of the poem "Keeping Quiet" is Pablo Neruda.

2. What is Pablo Neruda's real name?

Ans: The real name of Pablo Neruda is Naftali Ricardo Reyes Basalto.

3. What does the poet of 'Keeping Quiet' want from us?

Ans: The poet of 'Keeping Quiet' wants all the people of this world to be silent for a moment and experience a strange moment of peace.

4. What is an 'exotic moment' in "Keeping Quiet"?      Exam paper - 2019

Ans: An 'exotic moment' in "Keeping Quiet" is a moment without the hustle and bustle and engine of modern life.

5. How can we all be in this together in 'Sudden Strangers'?

Ans: A moment of silence and peace without the hustle and bustle of modern life will be a 'wonderful moment' when we are all together in a sudden strangeness.

6. What is meant by 'Green War'?

Ans: By 'green war' the poet means those wars which destroy the environment.

7. How can one wear 'clean clothes' in Neruda's poem?

Ans: Neruda said in his poem "Keeping Quiet" that only by avoiding violence and all kinds of wars and maintaining peace can one wear clean clothes.

8. According to Neruda how can we all be together?

Ans: According to Neruda, by suspending all our activities and through introspection, we can suddenly be in strangeness all at once.

9. What is the 'vast silence' that the poet talks about in the poem?

Ans: The vast silence in the poem "Keeping Quiet" refers to a moment of silence, a state of achieving productivity through self-observation by suspending all activity.

10. What is that 'sadness' that grips us?

Ans: The sadness of never being able to understand the Self because of our selfish pursuits has gripped us.

11. What does 'earth' represent in the poem?

Ans: "Earth" in the poem means that under apparent stillness there can be life.

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