MCQ Questions Chapter 2 An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum Class 12 English

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Chapter 2 An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum MCQ Questions

Please refer to the following Chapter 2 An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum MCQ Questions Class 12 English with solutions for all important topics in the chapter.

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Question. What does the poet portray in the poem?
A) young minds
B) playfulness of the children
C) questions of children
D) the plight of young children in the slums

Question. What does the poet want?
A) to send the children out of the slums
B) to send the children to America
C) to send the children to open fields
D) to send the children to a beach

Question. Identify the literary device in ‘slums as big as doom’.
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) alliteration
D) personification

Question. What do Catacombs signify?
A) relevance of the map hanging on the wall of the classroom
B) confinement to the slums, the maps being irrelevant
C) importance of the school
D) death

Question. What was the work of the law enforcing bodies in the poem ‘An Elementary School’?
A) to impart justice to people in the slums
B) to improve the condition of the children in the slums which can be done through education
C) to build schools in the slums
D) All of the above

Question. What is the stunted boy reciting?
A) a happy song from his seat
B) a religious song in a group
C) a sad song from the front of the class
D) a lesson from his desk

Question.In the poem, ‘An Elementary School’, ‘_________’ — refers to the words or literature written by writers like Shakespeare.
A) ’sealed in with a lead sky’
B) ’stars of words’
C) ’future’s painted with a fog’
D) None of the above

Question. The poem ‘An Elementary School’ appeals to __________.
A) the rulers, the law enforcing bodies and the philanthropists
B) the masses
C) the social activists
D) the readers

Question. How can powerful people help the poor children?
A) by fighting with the government
B) by fighting with the powerful
C) by bridging gaps of inequalities and injustice
D) by fighting with the rich

Question. What kind of life do the children living in slums have?
A) full of love
B) full of care and warmth
C) Hopeless and full of struggle
D) all of these

Question.What can be seen on the classroom walls in the poem ‘An Elementary School’?
A) drawings by the children
B) pictures of Shakespeare, buildings with domes, world maps and beautiful valleys
C) pictures of fruits & vegetables
D) None of the above

Question. What does the poet wish for the children of the slums?
A) He wishes them to be happy and healthy
B) He wishes a good change for them
C) he wants them to enjoy the bounties of nature
D) All of these

Question. Identify the literary device in ‘lead sky’.
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) alliteration
D) personification

Question.Who has become prey to social injustice in the poem ‘An Elementary School’?
A) The rich
B) The poor
C) The middle class
D) None of the above

Question. What is the meaning of ‘The paper seeming boy, with rat eyes’?
A) rich people
B) rich children
C) powerful people and their influence
D) weak and malnutritioned boy

Question. ‘Break O break’. What should they break?
A) the donations
B) all the barriers
C) the slums
D) the schools

Question. Why is the future of the slum children compared to a fog in the poem ‘An Elementary School’?
A) because it looks like one
B) because it is uncertain and unclear
C) because it is unpredictable
D) All of the above

Question. In the poem ‘An Elementary School’, the following are examples of metaphors.
A) let their tongues /Run naked into books
B) whose language is the sun
C) Like rootless weeds
D) Both A) & B)

Question. What are the poetic devices used in the poem?
A) alliteration and simile
B) metaphor and imagery
C) synecdoche, and irony
D) All of these

Question. ‘Far far from gusty waves these children’s faces’ – this line is taken from ______.
A) Deep waters
B) An Elementary School
C) The Last Lesson
D) Poets & Pancakes

Question. Who has written the poem Elementary School Classroom in a Slum?
A) Kipling
B) Wordsworth
C) Kamlanath
D) Stephen Spender

Question.’ An Elementary School’ is written in _____ by the poet Stephen Spender.
A) 1974
B) 1964
C) 1984
D) 1994

Question. In the poem ‘An Elementary School’, ‘from fog to endless night’ — refers to the _____.
A) future of the slum children
B) future without any ray of hope
C) a future that can only go from bad to worse
D) All of the above

Question. Where are the children sitting in the poem ‘An Elementary School’?
A) Government school
B) Private school
C) High school
D) Elementary school

Question. What do the words “Their future is painted with fog” convey?
A) no love and care
B) no warmth
C) no hard work
D) no hope of improvement

Question. What does the poet compare in the poem?
A) the young and old
B) generation gaps
C) old age and childhood
D) rich (haves) and poor children (have nots)

Question. Where do the children studying in the elementary school live, in context to the poem ‘An Elementary School’?
A) Slums
B) High rise buildings
C) Bunglows
D) Flats

Question. What does the poet show through expressions ‘so blot their maps with slums as big as doom’?
A) his clot the street
B) enjoy the maps
C) big maps
D) the slums spell doom for the poor

Question. What message is conveyed towards the end of the poem ‘An Elementary School’?
A) there are solutions to the problems
B) a lot of the children can be improved
C) we must work towards the slums
D) Both A) & B)

Question. The map is a bad example as it makes one aware of
A) the beautiful world
B) cleaner lanes
C) the political structure
D) the civil design

Question.’ An Elementary School’, beautifully penned down by ________ touches over themes of social injustice and class inequality.
A) Stephen Spender
B) Mark Twain
C) Ruskin Bond
D) None of the above

Question. Where do their lives ‘slyly turn’?
A) in their cramped holes
B) towards the sun
C) towards the school
D) towards the windows

Question. How are slum children uncared for, as in the poem ‘An Elementary School’?
A) Like rootless weeds
B) Like dry flowers
C) Like dry leaves
D) None of the above