THE FARMER'S WIFE - VOLGA (P LALITA KUMARI) - I PUC ENGLISH MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs)

 

THE FARMER’S WIFE

Volga (P Lalita Kumari)

 

I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each as required:

1. According to the speaker in 'The Farmer's Wife', who is “the poor sinner”?

a) The farmer’s wife                 b) the farmer                  c) The farmer’s son

Ans: a) The farmer’s wife

 

2. Why did the farmer commit suicide?

a) lost property                         b) debt                            c) lost wife

Ans: b) debt

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3. The farmer committed suicide by __________

a) drowning in water                b) hanging                      c) poison

Ans: c) poison

 

4. In the poem 'The Farmer's Wife', the phrase 'the harvest of my womb' refers to __________

a) Cotton crop                          b) farmer’s four children c) loan

Ans: b) famer’s four children

 

5. In the poem 'The Farmer's Wife', the line “You are virtuous and you are gone”, "You" refers to ______________.

a) the farmer                            b) the farmer’s wife        c) children

Ans: a) the farmer

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6. According to the farmer’s wife, what is she used to?

a) sold farmer’s body               b) begging and selling her dignity

c) sold her crops

Ans: b) begging and selling her dignity

 

7. What does the farmer’s wife want to teach her children?

a) to be coward                        b) to be slave                  c) to be a fighter

Ans: c) to be a fighter

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8. How did the farmer treat his wife when he was drunk?

a) used abusive language          b) appreciated a lot          c) praised

Ans: a) used abusive language

 

9. What was the 'death blow' given by the farmer to his wife, in ‘The Farmer’s wife’?

a) the famer harvested crop                b) the farmer killed his wife

c) the farmer committed suicide

Ans: c) the farmer committed suicide

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10. “Worm eaten cotton pods" are compared to _____________

a) corps                          b) children                      c) husband

Ans: b) children

 

11. What does the farmer’s wife mean by ‘harvest of my womb’?

a) Cotton crop                b) farmer’s four children c) loan

Ans: b) famer’s four children

 

12. How many children did the farmer’s wife have?

a) two                             b) three                           c) four

Ans: c) four

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13. The phrase ‘a bent head’ in ‘The Farmer’s wife’ refers to

a. her physical deformity.

b. submissive nature of women in general.

c. aggressive nature of women in general.

Ans: b. submissive nature of women in general.

 

14. What does the phrase ‘you crossed over’ refer to, in ‘The Farmer’s wife’?

a) suicide committed by the farmer

b) suicide committed by the farmer’s wife

c) suicide committed by the famer’s children

Ans: a) suicide committed by the farmer

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15. What does the farmer’s wife decide at the end of the poem 'The Farmer's Wife'?

a) she would continue to live, to teach her children how to live

b) she would continue to live life as if her husband lived

c) she would continue to live life as if princess lived

Ans: a) she would continue to live, to teach her children how to live

 

16. The farmer’s wife remains a poor sinner before……………………….

a) her husband           b) the landlords     c) her children       d) his creditors

Ans: d) his creditors

 

17. Unable to bend his head or stretch out his hand, the farmer………………….

a) left the village                  b) treated his wife badly

c) committed suicide            d) killed the landlord

Ans: c) committed suicide

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18. The farmer’s wife is not used to……………………….

a) being stretched                b) keeping her head bent

c) being sold                       d) taking care of her children

Ans: c) being sold

 

19. The farmer found release with……………………….

a) nectar           b) his crop            c) the land lord      d) poison

Ans: d) poison

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20. The crop that had failed and led to the death of the farmer was……………

a) jute               b) cotton               c) wheat                d) jawar

Ans: b) cotton

 

21. The farmer’s wife is confronted after the farmer’s death by…………………

a) her in-laws             b) the creditors      c) her children       d) his family

Ans: b) the creditors

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22. The farmer committed suicide……………………….

a) by jumping into a well               b) by drinking poison

c) by eating poison                       d) by hanging

Ans: b) by drinking poison

 

23. The phrase 'the harvest of my womb' refers to……………………….

a) the cotton crop                          b) her husband

c) the creditors                              d) her children

Ans: d) her children

 

24. The farmer’s wife wants to teach her children……………………….

a) how to commit suicide               b) the importance of education

c) agricultural skills                      d) embracing life not death

Ans: d) embracing life not death

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25. The farmer left behind………………………children.

a) two              b) four                  c) three                  d) six

Ans: b) four

 

26. The phrase ‘a bent head’ refers to……………………….

a) her physical deformity

b) submissive nature of women in general

c) aggressive nature of women in general

d) breaking his wife’s head

Ans: b) submissive nature of women in general

 

27. The poem ends with………………………

a) an assertion                              b)a deep sense of failure and despondency

c) a will to survive against all odds d) the death of her spirit

Ans: c) a will to survive against all odds

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28. The farmer’s wife in the poem is……………………….

a) worried about her future

b) lamenting the death of her husband

c) angry that her husband has left her

d) all of the above

Ans: d) all of the above