MCQ Questions Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet Class 12 English

Please refer to MCQ Questions Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet Class 12 English with answers provided below. These multiple-choice questions have been developed based on the latest NCERT book for class 12 English issued for the current academic year. We have provided MCQ Questions for Class 12 English for all chapters on our website. Students should learn the objective based questions for Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet in Class 12 English provided below to get more marks in exams.

Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet MCQ Questions

Please refer to the following Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet MCQ Questions Class 12 English with solutions for all important topics in the chapter.

MCQ Questions Answers for Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet Class 12 English

Question. What does the poet want us to do?
A) To keep quiet and introspect
B) To make noise and find fault in others
C) To indulge in violent activities
D) To engage in the destruction of Nature

Question. Which poetic device is used in “Not move our arms so much”?
A) Transferred Epithet
B) Pun
C) Simile
D) Antithesis

Question. The phrase ‘No truck with death’ means
A) Inactivity leads to death
B) No association with death as life is to be lived fully
C) Stillness and inactivity for few minutes is different from death
D) Both B) and C)

Question. The poet specifically uses number 12. What do you think the number 12 in the poem signifies?
A) The months of the year
B) The number of sun-signs
C) The numbers represented on the clock
D) All of the above

Question. What does the poem speak about?
A) the necessity to be happy
B) the necessity to introspect , understand and have feelings of brotherhood
C) the necessity to work quietly
D) the necessity of war

Question. Why does Pablo Neruda ask people not to speak in any language?
A) because it becomes noisy
B) because language creates rift among the people through misunderstanding
C) it makes people feel superior
D) noise pollution is bad for health

Question. The meaning of ‘exotic’ in the poem is something which is…………………
A) Never achieved before
B) Uncommon
C) Outlandish
D) All of these

Question. Keeping quiet according to Neruda will help us to evaluate……………………..
A) What we had been doing until now
B) The harm caused by humans to Mother Nature
C) The number of animals killed due to human activity
D) Both (A) & (B)

Question. Why should we keep quiet according to the poet?
A) For attaining peace
B) For maintain brotherhood
C) For silence, introspection and realization
D) All of These

Question. What is the sadness in the poem that the poet speaks about ?
A) violence and wars caused by lack of mutual understanding
B) unnecessary movements
C) speaking aloud
D) fighting

Question. Which images in the poem show that the poet condemns or hate violence?
A) fishermen not harming whales
B) wars leaving behind no survivors to celebrate
C) poet’s refusal to deal with death
D) All these

Question. What symbol from nature does the poet use to prove that keeping quiet is not total inactivity?
A) sun
B) soil
C) earth
D) nature

Question. Why does the poet want us to specifically count upto ‘twelve’?
A) It is just a random number
B) It only implies all day
C) It only implies round the year
D) It implies both (B) & (C)

Question. ‘Fishermen’ and ‘the man gathering salt’ stands for…………………..
A) The common people
B) The hardworking people
C) The poor people
D) The working class

Question. What is the sadness in the poem that the poet talking about?
A) unmindful activities of the people and doing harm to the environment
B) unnecessary talking
C) speaking in different languages
D) fighting

Question. What does the earth teach us according to the poet?
A) to tolerate everything
B) when everything seems dead and later proves alive
C) to maintain greenery
D) none of these

Question. What does the expression “put on clean clothes” imply?
A) Leave the evil ways
B) To make peace with fellow human beings
C) Attend a conference in decent clothes  
D) Both A) and B)

Question. Explain the phrase ‘Victory with no Survivors’
A) Celebrating victory
B) Due to mass deaths no one is left to celebrate victory
C) Huge loss of human life
D) Huge loss of property

Question. What is the poetic device used in ‘Cold sea’?
A) Personification
B) Transferred Epithet
C) Metaphor
D) Alliteration

Question. ‘Without rush, without engines’ refers to
A) no noise
B) no hurry to go anywhere
C) both a and b
D) none of the above

True/False

Question. It’s better to sit idle than being destructive.

Question. ‘Fishermen’ and ‘the man gathering salt’ represent the working class community.

Question. According to the poet ‘Keeping still’ is total inactivity. (T/F)

Question. ‘No truck with death’ means no association with death as life is to be lived fully. (T/F)

Question. In silence is the sound of life.

Question. Selfless silence will bind us all, together, human and animals, man and nature.

Question. No truck with’ in “Keeping Quiet” implies ‘no association with.’

Question. The poem “Keeping Quiet” espouses introspection and soul-searching

Question. In the poem, the poet uses a conversational style to teach an important lesson on environment. (T/F)

Question. ‘Victory with no survivors’ means no body is left to celebrate victory due to mass deaths in wars. (T/F)

Question. The poet is of the view that wars never yield any winners, and the loss is far greater than what can be measured. (T/F)

Question. According to Neruda, a huge silence can do good to us because silence can lead to introspection. (T/F)

Question. The poet’s perception of life is about chaos and noise. (T/F)

Question. In the poem, ‘Earth’ is a symbol of inspiration and revelation. (T/F)

Question. The expression ‘hurt hands’ means destruction that humans have caused to their enemies. (T/F)

Assertion And Reasoning Question

Question. Assertion: The exercise of counting up to twelve is suggested by the poet.
Reason: It helps to sit still and achieve a sense of togetherness.
A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true and reason is false.
D) Assertion is false and reason is true

Question. Assertion: The self-introspection is necessary for all literary persons.
Reason: Then only they will be able to meditate and save mankind from destruction.
A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true and reason is false.
D) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Question. Assertion: The poet wants everyone to remain quiet for some time.
Reason: Silence will allow one to listen to the voices of quiet and serene nature.
A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true and reason is false.
D) Assertion is false and reason is true

Question. Assertion: The poet wants a moment of silence on the earth when no language is spoken.
Reason: There will be no language barrier among people.
A) Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not related to the Assertion.
B) Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is related to the Assertion
C) Assertion is true, Reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, Reason is true

Question. Assertion: The poet does not want people to move their arms during counting to twelve.
Reason: He wants us to remain motionless.
A) Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not related to the Assertion.
B) Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is related to the Assertion.
C) Assertion is true, Reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, Reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Poet has asked us not to be too busy with life
Reason: As empty vessels make more noise
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: The result of keeping quiet will be profound.
Reason: Keeping quiet will help us rectify ourselves
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Silence and inactivity will help in introspection and mutual understanding among mankind.
Reason: Indulging in too much talking and a mad rush for success often leads to lack of misunderstanding.
A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true and reason is false.
D) Assertion is false and reason is true

Question. Assertion: Those people who exploit the green wealth of nature will Change by keeping quiet.
Reason: They would adopt a new approach towards life.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true

Question. Assertion: Earth was earlier a lifeless clod of clay. Then one day it teemed with life.
Reason: Earth can be a great teacher
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Whales are attacked by people
Reason: Whales are endangered species
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: The poet urges each one of us to count upto twelve and then be quiet.
Reason: For once on the earth, we should not speak in any language.
A) Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not related to the Assertion.
B) Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is related to the Assertion.
C) Assertion is true, Reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, Reason is true.

Question. Assertion: The salt gatherer harms Nature.
Reason: The exotic moment of silence will have miraculous consequences
A) Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not related to the Assertion.
B) Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is related to the Assertion
C) Assertion is true, Reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, Reason is true

Question. Assertion: The exercise of counting up to twelve is suggested by the poet.
Reason: It helps to sit still and achieve a sense of togetherness.
A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true and reason is false.
D) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Question. Assertion: The poet wants everyone to learn from the nature to create and not to destroy.
Reason: He wants to escape from his duty towards the mankind.
A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true and reason is false.
D) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Neruda desires us not to speak in any language for once.
Reason: People speak different languages in this world.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.