1. Kalam’s father possessed -
2. What did the banker believe was his mistake in making the bet?
3. ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ is a poem published in -
4. “Unequal laws unto a savage race” – Here “unequal laws” mean -
5. How does Ulysses view his current role as the king of Ithaca?
6. How many years did the lawyer agree to stay in imprisonment for the bet?
7. Who is the speaker in the poem?
8. What was the girl doing at Deoli station?
9. ‘The Bet’ was first published in -
10. What physical characteristic of the young girl draws the narrator’s attention?
11. Where does the narrator meet the young girl in the story?
12. The narrator returned to the plains
14. What is the speaker in ‘Ulysses’ longing for?
15. Where was the bit of new rope that was bought in Connemara?
16. Kalam’s father used to avoid all -
17. Kalam was a short boy with -
18. The poet imagines that the summit of the tree has reached the -
19. “By this still hearth…..”- Here ‘still hearth’ symbolizes -
20. Kalam normally ate with -
21. What did the platform of Deoli boast of?
22. What does the bundle that Nora takes out contain?
23. ‘Strong Roots’ is taken from -
25. Where did the girl stop at the platform?
26. The narrator was looking at the girl –
27. Kalam’s parents were widely regarded as -
29. How many lines are there in the poem?
30. Where does Bartley want to go?
31. In which season did the fateful bet take place?
32. Who, according to the priest, is supposed to have a ‘clean burial’?
33. The ‘giant’ in the poem is the -
34. Which genre of poem is “Ulysses”?
35. What is the colour of the clusters of flowers hanging from the boughs of the Casuarina tree?
36. Who is referred to as the “idle king” in the poem?
37. Kalam and his family lived in their -
38. The trunk of the tree is -
39. Who are regarded as ‘savage race’?
40. The huge python here is -
41. The tree wears the creeper as a -
42. According to mythology, Ulysses is the king of -
43. What does Ulysses’ statement “know not me” indicate about his relationship with his subjects?
44. The play ‘Riders to the Sea’ opens with the speech: “Where is she?”—Who is ‘she’?
45. The jungle across the station was visible in the faint light of-
46. Due to the embrace of the creeper, the other tree would have -
47. What kind of a poem is ‘Our Casuarina Tree’?
48. How does the poet feel when her casement is thrown wide open in the morning?
49. What was the banker’s initial attitude towards the bet?
50. How was the night when the story begins?
51. Who says, “It’s hard set we’ll be surely the day you’re drowned with the rest”?
52. What is the name of the ‘aged wife’ of Ulysses?
53. What does Ulysses want to say by “I cannot rest from travel”?
54. Some of the guests of the party opined that death penalty should be replaced by -
56. Strong Roots’ is written by -
57. For Kalam’s father, his mother was an ideal -
58. What is the significance of ‘this still hearth’ in the context of Ulysses’ life?
59. Who is Jainulabdeen in the extract?
60. What, according to Nora, is the condition of the sea by the White rocks?
61. What did the banker say the lawyer would lose in the bet?
62. The major characters in the short story are -
63. What did the banker offer as a warning to the lawyer?
64. How did the banker initially describe capital punishment?
65. For how many days is Michael missing?
66. Who prepares a cake in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
67. APJ Abdul Kalam’s mother was -
68. ‘Strong Roots’ is part of
69. Which item, as mentioned in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’, is an unusual item in an Irish kitchen?
70. The word ‘erstwhile’ means -
71. At night, the garden gets overflowed by a sweet song which actually refers to the -
72. Who were present at the banker’s party?
73. The darkling’s song seems -
74. After stopping for ten minutes at the Deoli station a bell would sound and
75. Where in Dehra did the narrator spend his summer vacations?
76. How does the narrator describe Deoli as a place?
77. Who are found in the opening scene of ‘Riders to the Sea’?
78. Who is found to put her head in at the door in the opening of Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
79. Why does Ulysses refer to the barren crags?
80. What is referred to as ‘barren crags’?
81. How did the banker feel about the bet after fifteen years?
82. Abdul Kalam describes his parents as being -
83. Where did Cathleen put the bundle to hide it from Maurya?
84. The subjects of Ulysses are -
85. On the trunk of the tree the creeper makes -
88. The poet looks at the Casuarina tree through her casement -
89. What did the girl do when she saw that the narrator was looking at her?
90. Which phrase best describes the Casuarina tree in the poem?
91. What does the phrase “Unequal laws unto a savage race” reveal about Ulysses’ view of his own leadership?
92. ‘The Bet’ was originally written in -
93. The poet’s attitude towards the tree can be called -
94. For whom is Cathleen preparing a cake?
96. The train used to reach Deoli station at around-
97. What hangs from the boughs of the Casuarina tree?
98. Who is the narrator of the story?
99. What is Cathleen doing when Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’ opens?
100. “Among other things they had talked of….”-Who are referred to as they?
101. What was Maurya’s suggestion to Bartley regarding the rope?
102. Abdul Kalam’s ancestral house was built in -
103. Who was asked to stop Bartley from going to the Galway fair?
104. ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ is a
105. Kalam says, he was born into -
106. How old was the lawyer at the time of the bet?
107. “I mete and dole” – The quoted phrase means that Ulysses -
108. The Casuarina tree’s creeper climbs up to its very -
109. Which object in the kitchen is meant for the coffin in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
111. Most of the guests found capital punishment unfitted to -
112. APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthplace was in the town of -
113. What is implied by Ulysses’ description of his wife as “aged” in the third line?
114. What did the most part of the guests disapprove of?
115. The girl’s clothes were -
116. How does the poet describe the tree’s appearance?
117. Whose clothes are those that Nora brings home?
118. Which among the following poet’s portrayal of Ulysses has a similarity with that of Tennyson’s Ulysses?
119. What did the banker bet the lawyer?
