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Class - 12
English Core
Flamingo Poetry Chapter-5 A ROADSIDE STAND
QUESTIONS:-
Q1. The city folk who drove through the countryside hardly paid
any heed to the Roadside stand or to the people who ran it. If at all they did,
it was to complain. Which lines bring this out? What was their complaint about?
Ans-
The city folk who drove through the countryside. They hardly paid any heed to
the roadside stand. They stopped there to complain of the artlessly painted
building. The artless signs and letters irritated them. The following lines
bring this out.
(a)
"At having the landscape spoiled with the artless paint."
(b)
'Of signs that with N turned wrong and S turned wrong."
Q2. What was the plea of the folk who had put up the Roadside
stand?
Ans-
The men who had put up the Roadside stand requested pathetically for some
customers. They wanted to earn money from them. They wished the city folk would
stop there. They wanted them to buy something from there.
Q3. What is the 'childish longing' that the poet refers to? Why
is it ' vain'?
Ans-
The poet refers to the tireless longing of the stall owners for some car to
stop buy and give them an opportunity to make some money. But they wait in vain
because the cars just pass by without thinking of the hope and longing of the
sad faces peeping from the windows. If at all they stop, it is to ask the way
or to take turn.
Q4. The government and other social service agencies appear to
help the poor rural people, but actually do them no good. Pick out the words
and phrases the poet uses to show their double standards.
Ans-
The government or the party in power was quite different to them. It didn't
care for the welfare of the poor rural people. Nor were other social service
agencies doing any good to them. The words and phrases used to show their
double standards are:
(a)
*While greedy good-doers, beneficent beasts of prey".
(b)
"That are calculated to soothe them out of their wits."
Q5. Why do the people who are running the Roadside stand 'ask
for some city money' ?
Ans-
The countryside is not cash-rich. Those who run the Roadside stand wish the
cash-rich city people to patronise and oblige them. With that money they can
also bring some changes and prosperity in their lives. Only some city money can
change their lives.
Q6. Which things irritated those passers-by who stopped at the
Roadside stand?
Ans-
Many things irritated those passers-by who stopped at the Roadside stand. The
badly painted buildings marred the landscape. Even the writings on the
signboard had some defects. The letters 'N' and 'S' were not properly written.
Finally, the place didn't provide many things for shopping.
Q7. Name some of the things that the Roadside stand offered for
sale.
Ans-
The Roadside stand offered some of the ordinary things of daily use for sale.
They included wild berries. They were sold in wooden quarts, the quarter of a
gallon. Crook-necked gourds with silvery hard lumps were also offered for sale
at the Roadside stand.
Q8. Why do the rural people make a roadside stand?
Ans-
The rural people who live in the little house by the roadside has set small
shops in front of their house to earn some extra money by selling vegetable and
fruits. They want to feel some real money that supports the commerce of the
cities.
Multiple Choice Question
Read
the given extract and answer the questions from 1 to 6.
The
little old house was out with a little new shed
In
front at the edge of the road where the traffic sped,
A
roadside stand that too pathetically pled,
It
would not be fair to say for a dole of bread,
But
for some of the money, the cash, whose flow supports
Q1. The given extract is taken from the poem
A.
keeping Quiet
B.
My Mother At Sixty-six
C.
A Thing of Beauty
D. A Roadside stand
Q2. What do you mean by a roadside stand?
A.
a bus stand
B.
a taxi stand
C. a shed outside a house at the edge of a road
D.
a market for labourers
Q3. Why did the house owner put up a new shed?
A.
to keep an eye on the rich car owners
B. to earn some money
C.
to see the polished car
D.
to beg for some money
It
is in the news that all these pitiful kin
Are
to be bought out and mercifully gathered in
To
live in villages, next to the theatre and the store,
Where
they won't have to think for themselves anymore,
While
greedy good-doers, beneficent beasts of prey,
Q4. Who are the greedy good-doers ?
A.
The Government
B.
Old people
C.
The rural people
D. The polished city folk
Q5. Who are the 'pitiful kin' in the poem ?
A.
Social agencies
B.
Government officials
C.
City people with cars
D. The poor rural folk and farmers
Q6. Who are beasts of prey in the poem ?
A.
The government officials
B.
Rural folk
C. The city folk
D.
All these
Q7. What is a Roadside Stand in the poem?
A)
a bus stop
B)
a waiting point
C) a shed outside a roadside old house
D)
none
Q8. What does Frost's poem deal with?
A) human tragedies, fears and their solutions
B)
humans
C)
nature
D)
buildings
Q9. What does the speaker or narrator call the thought of the owner
of the stand?
A)
A child like longing
B)
A very good thought
C)
A wise thought
D) A childish longing in vain
Q10. What do the flowers of cities in a roadside stand refer to?
A)
city people
B)
city cars
C)
urban crowd
D) The pleasures of cities
Q11. What is being sold on roadside stand?
A)
furniture
B)
cosmetics
C)
Diesel
D) wild berries, golden squash and some other similar products
Q12. Which word in the poem means fading?
A)
quarts
B) withering
C)
relief
D)
relief
Q13. Who do selfish cars refer to?
A)
social agencies
B)
Government officials
C)
city people
D) car owners who do not stop on the stand
Q14. What promise was the government making to relocate the
villagers?
A)
to give them all the luxuries
B)
to show them movies
C)
their all needs will be looked after
D) all these
Q15. Why are the city people called greedy?
A)
Because of their appearance
B)
because they did not stop at the stand
C) because of their behavior
D) because of their selfish interests
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Index
Flamingo | |
Poetry Section | |
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Prose Section | |
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Vistas | |
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