The Bangle Sellers MCQ XI 1st Semester WBCHSE
1. Who is Sarojini Naidu ?
(a) An activist
(b) A freedom fighter
(c) A poet
(d) All of the above.
2. What was the original name of Sarojini Naidu ?
(a) Sarojini Mukhopadhyay
(b) Sarojini Chattopadhyay
(c) Sarojini Bandopadhyay
(d) Sarojini Gangopadhyay.
3. When was Sarojini Naidu born?
(a) February 13, 1879
(b) March 2, 1881
(c) September 8, 1877
(d) January 27, 1884.
4. Who was known as the ‘Nightingale of India’ (‘Bharat Kokila’) ?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Asha Bhonsle
(b) Toru Dutt
(d) Sister Nivedita.
5. By whom was Naidu given the title ‘Nightingale of India’?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
6. Which college in London did Sarojini Naidu attend?
(a) Girton College
(b) Queen’s College
(c) Jesus College
(d) King’s College.
7. In 1925, Naidu became the first Indian female President of
(a) Indian National Congress
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) International Monetary Fund
(d) Indian National Army.
8. After independence, Sarojini Naidu was appointed as the
(a) Governor of United Provinces
(b) President of India
(c) Prime Minister of India
(d) Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
9. Naidu’s first collection of poems is called
(a) The Golden Threshold
(b) The Feather of the Dawn
(c) The Bird of Time
(d) The Broken Wing.
10. Naidu breathed her last in the year-
(a) 1948
(b) 1950
(c) 1949
(d) 1953.
11. When was ‘The Bangle Sellers’ first published?
(a) 1910
(b) 1912
(c) 1914
(d) 1916.
12. In which collection of poems is ‘The Bangle Sellers’ included?
(a) The Golden Threshold
(b) The Feather of the Dawn
(c) The Bird of Time
(d) The Broken Wing.
13. How many stanzas are there in ‘The Bangle Sellers’?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five.
14. Each stanza of ‘The Bangle Sellers’ consists of-
(a) three lines
(b) four lines
(c) five lines
(d) six lines.
15. What is the rhyme scheme of ‘The Bangle Sellers’ ?
(a) ababab
(b) abcabc
(c) aabbcc
(d) abcdab.
16. Who are the narrators of the poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ ?
(a) The bangle sellers
(b) The readers
(c) The women
(d) The players.
17. “Our shining loads to the temple fair …” – Who are referred to as ‘our’?
(a) The poets
(b) The readers
(c) The buyers
(d) The bangle sellers.
18. Where do the sellers sell their bangles ?
(a) At the temple fair
(b) At the trade fair
(c) At roadside stalls
(d) At the village weekly market.
19. What are being referred to as ‘shining loads’?
(b) The babies
(a) The weight of the baskets
(c) The gleaming bangles
(d) None of these
20. The bangle sellers are trying to
(a) highlight the importance of bangles
(b) make fools of their customers
(c) sell their bangles
(d) spread Indian culture.
21. What does the phrase ‘Rainbow-tinted circles of light’ refer to ?
(a) The bangle sellers
(b) The bangles of different colours
(c) The women
(d) The merry-go-round.
22. The phrase ‘circles of light’ signifies the
(a) bangles
(b) maidens
(c) women
(d) rainbows.
23. Name the figure of speech used in the line ‘rainbow-tinted circles of light’
(a) Alliteration
(b) Metaphor
(c) Imagery
(d) Simile.
24. The meaning of the word ‘lustrous’ is-
(a) shining
(b) sparkling
(c) gleaming
(d) all of the above.
25. In ‘The Bangle Sellers’, bangles are the tokens of
(a) dull lives
(b) radiant lives
(c) slow lives
(d) fast lives.
26. The figure of speech used in the line ‘lustrous tokens of radiant lives’ is
(a) metaphor
(b) simile
(c) alliteration
(d) personification.
27. Which of the following phrases is a metaphor for women?
(a) Shining loads
(b) Rainbow-tinted circles of light
(c) Lustrous tokens
(d) Radiant lives.
28. The bangles are indicative of women’s
(a) purity
(b) maturity
(c) desire
(d) happiness.
29. Who are the buyers of the bangles ?
(a) Princesses and queens
(b) Rich merchants and traders
(c) Women of all age group
(d) Foreign tourists.
30. In the line – “For happy daughters and happy wives” the poet has made use of
(a) simile
(b) repetition
(c) personification
(d) alliteration.
31. What coloured bangles maiden’s wrist? are suitable for a
(a) Red and yellow
(b) Green and purple
(c) Silver and blue
(d) White and grey.
32. The silver and blue compared to coloured bangles are
(a) the sky
(b) the mountain
(c) the water of the lake
(d) the mountain mist.
33. Silver and blue coloured bangles represent
(a) a mother’s maturity
(b) a bride’s desire
(c) a child’s innocence
(d) a maiden’s purity.
34. “Silver and blue as the mountain mist” is an example of
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) alliteration
(d) personification.
35. According to the poet, ‘flushed’ are meant for the bangles which look
(a) married women
(b) windows
(c) unmarried girls
(d) children.
36. “Some are flushed like the buds…”. The word ‘flushed’ indicates the colour –
(a) orange
(b) yellow
(c) pink/pale red
(d) blue.
37.” the buds that dream” are found
(a) on a high mountain
(b) near a cave
(c) on the peaceful bank of a forest stream
(d) on a specific island.
38. By the phrase ‘buds that dream’, the poet symbolizes
(a) the maiden dreaming of a happy married life
(b) the buds that will wilt soon
(c) the shy newly-wed women
(d) none of these.
39. The pink bangles like ‘buds that dream’ are suggestive of a maiden’s-
(a) pride
(c) cheerfulness
(b) maturity
(d) chastity.
40. The figure of speech used in the ‘buds that dream’ is
(a) simile
(b) personification
(c) assonance
(d) apostrophe.
41. The word used in the poem for ‘peaceful or calm’ is –
(a) tranquil
(b) aglow
(c) brow
(d) limpid.
42. With which natural objects has the poetess compared the green bangles ?
(a) Freshness of grass
(b) Freshness of new-born tender leaves
(c) Green plants on the mountain
(d) Vastness of green meadow.
43. “Some are aglow with the bloom …” – The ‘bloom’ cling to the
(a) new born leaves
(b) mountain mist
(c) woodland stream
(d) newly bloomed flowers.
44. The poet has described the beauty of the new born leaves as
(a) tranquil
(b) flushed
(c) limpid
(d) aglow.
45. Which stage of woman’s life is represented by the silver, blue, pink and green bangles ?
(a) Childhood
(b) Maidenhood
(c) Womanhood
(d) Boyhood.
46. What type of bangles are suitable for a bride ?
(a) Yellow coloured bangles
(b) Red coloured bangles
(c) Green coloured bangles
(d) Both (a) and (b).
47. The yellow bangles are compared to the –
(a) sunlit corn
(b) bright marigold flowers
(c) sunlight
(d) sunflower.
48. The red or reddish bangles have been compared to
(a) new born leaves
(b) sunlit corn
(c) buds that dream
(d) marriage fire.
49. A bride’s desire is symbolized by
(a) tranquil brow of a woodland stream
(b) fields of sunlit corn
(c) flame of her marriage fire
(d) new born leaves.
50. “Some like the flame of her marriage fire,” The figure of speech used here is –
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) apostrophe
(d) alliteration.
51. Which figure of speech is used in the line “Or rich with the hue of her heart’s desire”?
(a) Simile
(b) Metaphor
(c) Alliteration
(d) Personification.
52. The poetess has made use of the phrase “Tinkling, luminous, tender and clear” to suggest that the bangles are –
(a) ringing, bright, mellow and pure
(b) musical, bright, fragile and transparent
(c) loud, gleaming, hard and durable
(d) silent, shining, hazy and dirty.
53. “Bridal laughter and bridal tear” indicates
(a) madness of a bride
(b) anxiety of a bride
(c) a bride’s desire
(d) the two contrasting feelings of joy and sorrow of the bride.
54. The phrase ‘Bridal tear’ is suggestive of the bride’s sorrow over –
(a) leaving her parental house after marriage
(b) not going to her house
(c) leaving her husband’s house
(d) none of these.
55. Which coloured bangles are worn by women who have ‘journeyed through life midway’?
(a) red and yellow flecked grey bangles
(b) purple and gold flecked grey bangles
(c) red and green bangles
(d) silver, blue and pink bangles.
56. The purple and gold flecked grey bangles signify
(a) beauty and purity
(b) love and desire
(c) happiness and harmony to fastido
(d) loyalty, maturity and a sense of fulfilment
57. ‘Flecked’ means –
(a) coloured
(b) thrown
(c) laminated
(d) spotted.
58. The expression ‘journeyed through life midway’ indicates women who
(a) have lived half their lives
(b) are at the threshold of death
c) have just begun living alone
( (d) none of these.
59. The expression ‘fruitful pride’ is suggestive of
(a) a maiden’s state of excitement having completed her studies.
(b) a bride’s feeling of joy having been married to the man of her dreams.
(c) a woman’s sense of fulfilment having performed all her duties.
(d) none of these.
60. A middle-aged woman worships gods at the side of her-
(a) husband
(c) children
(b) sister
(d) parents.
61. How many stages of a woman’s life are presented in the poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ ?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five.
62. The poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ represents
(a) religious ideas
(b) Naidu’s love for the country
(c) celebration of womanhood
(d) all of the above.
63. The poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ is rich in its
(a) colour imageries
(b) Indianness
(c) lyrical quality
(d) all of the above.
64. What is the mood of the poem “The Bangle Sellers”?
(a) Critical and questioning
(b) Romantic and passionate
(c) Happy and carefree
(d) Melancholy and reflective,
65. What is the significance of the bangles in the poem “The Bangle Sellers”?
(a) They represent wealth
(b) They symbolise Love and Marriage
(c) They are a source of income for the sellers
(d) They represent freedom.
Fill in the blanks
1. Sarojini Naidu was born in
(a) Mumbai
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Lucknow
(d) Kolkata.
2. She was born into a
Brahmin family.
(a) Bengali
(b) Telugu
(c) Oriya
(d) Punjabi.
3. was the husband of Sarojini Naidu.
(a) Govindarajulu Naidu
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Feroze Gandhi.
4. Sarojini Naidu secured first rank i in exam of the University of Madras.
(a) matriculation
(b) graduation
(c) masters
(d) none of these.
5. ‘The Bangle Sellers’ is included in Naidu’s Bird of Time’. collection of poems called ‘The
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth.
6. The poem consists of lines.
(a) 18
(b) 24
(c) 22
(d) 20.
7. The figure of speech used in the phrase ‘shining loads’ is
(a) metaphor
(b) simile
(c) alliteration
(d) personification.
8. The adjective ‘delicate’ indicates the of the bangles.
(a) fragility
(b) beauty
(c) brightness
(d) elegance.
9. is the antonym of ‘lustrous’.
(a) Bright
(b) Colourful
(c) Dull
(d) Boring.
10. The phrase “lustrous is symbolic of the wearers. tokens of radiant lives” lives of the
(a) joyous
(b) sorrowful
(c) luxurious
(d) peaceful
11. The colourful . bangles are meant for
(a) happy daughters
(b) happy wives
(c) both (a) &
(b)
(d) none of these.
12. “Some are meet for a maiden’s wrist,” – Here the word ‘meet’ means
(a) a get-together
(b) suitable
(c) a chance meeting
(d) ornament.
13. The silver and blue suitable for the coloured bangles are
(a) maidens
(b) middle-aged women
(c) children
(d) old women.
14. The coloured bangles are compared to the buds that look ‘flushed’.
(a) blue
(b) pink
(c) orange
(d) yellow.
15. The buds dream of beautiful flowers. like other
(a) giving shelter
(b) blossoming
(c) swaying in the air
(d) none of these.
16. “Some are flushed like the buds example of .” is an
(a) alliteration
(b) assonance
(c) simile
(d) antithesis.
17. The word mean ‘transparent’. is used in the poem to
(a) limpid
(b) tranquil
(c) brow
(d) aglow.
18. Green bangles resembling ‘new born leaves’ represent
(a) freshness and beauty
(b) happiness and prosperity
(c) peace and harmony
(d) none of these.
19. The coloured bangles are not associated with the lives of young maidens.
(a) silver
(b) blue
(c) pink
(d) yellow.
20. wears bangles shining like sunlit corn on the morning of her wedding day.
(a) A mother
(b) A maiden
(c) A bride
(d) An old woman.
21. The poet has made use of to draw a comparison between the yellow bangles and sunlit corn.
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) assonance
(d) apostrophe.
22. Ringing sound of a bell is called
(a) tinkling
(b) howling
(c) banging
(d) pealing.
23. refers to the happiness and blissfulness of a newly-wed bride.
(a) Bridal tear
(b) Bridal laughter
(c) Bridal excitement
(d) Bridal saree.
24. “Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear” is an example of
(a) simile
(b) antithesis
(c) metaphor
(d) repetition.
25. The purple and gold flecked grey bangles are associated with a
(a) bride
(b) young maiden
(c) child
(d) middle-aged woman.
26. The expression ‘cradled fair sons’ suggests that the women have enjoyed
(a) motherhood
(b) childhood
(c) maidenhood
De correct options
(d) neighbourhood.
Select the correct options
1. The poet’s use of phrases like ‘mountain mist’, ‘woodland stream’, ‘new born leaves’, ‘fields of sunlit corn’ etc reflects her
(I) keen understanding of the beauty of nature.
(II) aim of beautifying the poem.
(III) objective of increasing the lyrical quality of the poem.
(IV) mastery over the art of using images in the poem.
(a) Only option (I) is incorrect.
(b) Options (I), (II) and (IV) are correct.
(c) Options (II) and (IV) are correct.
(d) All options are correct.
2. What do the different colours of the bangles signify?
(1) The silver and blue, pink and green colours signify beauty and boldness. (II) The yellow, orange and red colours signify
promise and purity. (III) The purple and grey colours signify depth and maturity.
(IV) All the colours signify three different phases of a woman’s life.
(a) Options (I), (II), (III) and (IV) are incorrect.
(b) Options (III) and (IV) are correct.
(c) Options (I) and (II) are correct
(d) Option (IV) is correct and options (I), (II), (III) are incorrect.
Pick out the false statements
1. (I) The bangle sellers sell their colourful bangles at the temple fair.
(II) They call the bright bangles ‘rainbow-tinted circles of light’.
(III) They sell bangles only to the happy daughters.
(IV) They have bangles for women of all ages.
(a) (II)
(b) (III)
(c) (IV)
(d) (I).
2. (1) Silver and blue coloured bangles are meant for maidens.
(II) Yellow and red bangles are suitable for middle-aged woman.
(III) A maiden can wear pink and green bangles.
(IV) Purple and grey bangles are appropriate for women who have journeyed halfway through life.
(a) (IV)
(b) (III)
(c) (I)
(d) (II).
3. (1) A middle-aged woman who has lived half her life, has fulfilled many duties.
(II) She has been an affectionate and nurturing mother.
(III) She has also played the role of an efficient housewife.
(IV) She is an atheist.
(a) (IV)
(b) (II)
(c) (III)
(d) (I).
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