Students of class 12 English should refer to MCQs Class 12 English My Mother at Sixty- Six with answers provided here which is an important chapter in Class 12 English NCERT textbook. These Multiple Choice Questions have been prepared based on the latest CBSE and NCERT syllabus for Class 12 English. The following MCQs can help you to practice and get better marks in the upcoming class 12 english examination

Question. Name the literacy device used in the line “her face ashen like that of a corpse”
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Alliteration
D) Personification

Question. Where was she driving to?
A) IGI Airport
B) Cochin Airport
C) Mumbai Airport
D) Kolkata Airport

Question. “Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling……” Identify the statement which uses the term sprinting in the same context as used in the poem.
A) His mother was sprinting her for not helping her in her household works.
B) He was sprinting to catch the bus.
C) The trees were sprinting, therefore the farmer decided to cut them down
D) There was no way of coming back in this bad weather; so we had to sprint for another hour.

Question. Pick out the word from the following which DOES NOT correspond to the word “doze”:
A) slumberous
B) nap
C) drowse
D) insomnia

Question. Name the poetic devices used in the poem.
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) alliteration
D) all of these

Question. What is the significance of the title My Mother at Sixty Six?
A) Poet’s fear of losing her old mother
B) Poet’s fear of moving fast
C) Poet’s inability to express her feelings
D) All of these

Question. Which poetic device is used in “Trees sprinting-”?
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) alliteration
D) Personification

Question. What do the parting words “See you soon Amma” signify?
A) her carelessness
B) Her optimistic farewell full of cheerfulness
C) she bids goodbye like this
D) she is in a hurry

Question. What does the poet’s smile signify in the poem?
A) Her assurance to mother and helplessness inside
B) she has a responsibility
C) she has to do her duty first
D) she is a loving daughter

Question. What is the universality of the theme of the poem?
A) death is a truth
B) Life is a reality
C) everyone is happy
D) to show old age

Question. What worried the poet when she looked at her mother?
A) her face
B) her broken arm
C) her loving words
D) her declining age

Question. What does this narrative style of the poem signify?
A) differing thoughts
B) many thoughts
C) contrasting thoughts
D) a single thread of thought mixed with harsh realities

Question. What is the main idea of the poem?
A) Painful old age
B) discolouration of skin
C) carelessness of a daughter
D) lack of strength

Question. Who is the poet of this poem?
A) John Keats
B) Rudyard Kipling
C) William Wordsworth
D) Kamala Das

Question. What is her work known for?
A) for its originality, versatility and flavour of the soil
B) for its popularity
C) for its style
D) for the expressions used

Question. What did the poet realize with pain?
A) her mother’s approaching death
B) she is inconsiderate
C) old age is pleasant
D) she has duties

Question. What is the familiar ache?
A) her childhood fear of losing her mother
B) her mother’s weak health
C) her duties
D) her helplessness

Question. What does the expression smile, smile and smile signify?
A) poet was going home and was elated
B) poet was happy
C) poet was hopeless
D) poet’s desperate efforts to hide her fears

Question. What do the running trees signify?
A) fast moving appearance
B) speed of the moving car
C) fast moving change in human life from childhood to old age
D) none

Question. Who lives at Cochin?
A) Poet
B) Her parents
C) Both A and B
D) None of them

Question. What does ‘ashen face ‘ signify?
A) colour of face
B) face is covered with ash
C) Pale and lifeless face of poet’s mother
D) to show ugly face

Question. What does the poet notice outside the car ?
A) sprinting trees and running children
B) schools and roads
C) other vehicles
D) many people on the road

Question. In the Poem, My Mother at Sixty Six, the pain of separation is expressed both literally and_____________.
A) critically
B) metaphorically
C) ironically
D) virtually

Question. What does this narrative style of the poem signify?
A) differing thoughts
B) many thoughts
C) contrasting thoughts
D) a single thread of thought mixed with harsh realities

Question. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
A) Losing her mother
B) heart attack
C) headache
D) children screaming at her

Question. What is the distinctive feature of the poem?
A) its metaphors
B) simile used
C) alliteration used
D) narrative style using a single sentence in a set of 14 lines

Question. “All I did was smile and smile and smile….” The repetition of the word “smile” indicates
A) The speaker was trying hard to conceal her pain and emotions
B) The speaker was unhappy to leave her mother
C) The speaker was happy to go back to Cochin
D) The speaker has used it to include literary device in the poem.

Question. The old face of the mother sitting beside the speaker and the image of the children playing can be called as a
A) paradox
B) antithesis
C) synecdoche
D) contrast

Question. How did her mother look like?
A) Sick and drowsy
B) Young
C) Healthy
D) Beautiful

Question. What thought did she put away?
A) mother would live long
B) mother would not live long
C) mother’s pale and wan face
D) None of these

True False Question

Question. The poem ’My Mother at Sixty Six’ poet is Pablo Neruda.
A) A True
B) False

Question. Kamala Das was driving to Cochin Airport.
A) True
B) False

Question. The poet’s mother looks very healthy and energetic.
A) True
B) False

Question. The old age symbolises responsibility and duty.
A) True
B) False

Question. In the poem, the mother has been compared to an iron lady.
A) True
B) False

Question. The poet is very sad due to her mother’s old age.
A) True
B) False

Question. The children were spilling out from their home.
A) True
B) False

Question. The poet was dozing beside her mother, open-mouthed

Question. The incident took place on Friday.

Question. The young trees seemed to be sprinting.

Question. Kamala Das saw some sad people when she looked out of her car.
A) True
B) False

Question. The mother always looks pale and wan due to her old age.
A) True
B) False

Question. The poet’s parting words were ‘see you soon Amna’.
A) True
B) False

Question. The Mother in the poem is Frightened.

Question. The poet’s face looked pale as the summer’s moon.

Question. The poet uses the words “old familiar ache” to describe a painful, persistent thought.

Question. Seeing her mother beside her, brought home to the poet a painful realisation.

Question. The parting words of the poet suggest passion.

Question. The parting words signify that separations are inevitable.

Question. Her ‘smile’ indicates her understanding about the harsh realities of life and the life- And-death cycle.

Assertion Reason Question

Question. Assertion: Kamala Das is a prolific writer and her works are known for their originality, versatility and flavour of the soil.
Reason: She wrote her works under the pen name of ‘Madhavikutty’
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: Kamala Das’ repeated smile signifies a sense of reassurance.
Reason: The poet disclosed her thoughts to her aged mother in order to get some solace.
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 fear of separation from your loved and near ones is very painful.
Reason: The poem gives a message to the youth to look after their parents when they are ageD)
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 narrative style of the poem signifies a single thread of thought mixed with harsh realities.
Reason: The poem expresses poet’s inability to express her feelings.
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 (A): The poet wards off the thought of her mother getting old quickly.
Reason (R): The poet didn’t want to confront the inevitability of fate.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation
B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion (A): The poet saw her mother beside her
Reason (R): The poet realized with the pain
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion (A) : She soon put that thought away
Reason (R): She looked out at young trees sprinting.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion (A): The poet could said was only, ‘see you soon Amma’
Reason (R): The poet could only smile and smile at her mother.
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion (A): The poet was driving from her uncle’s home.
Reason (R): The poet saw her mother beside her.
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion (A): The face of poet’s mother was ashen like a corpse
Reason (R).The poet soon realized with the pain.
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion (A): The poet completed her airport’s security check
Reason (R): She looked at her mother’s smiling face again.
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion (A): The poet couldn’t say ‘see you soon Amma’
Reason (R): The poet could only smile and smile and smile
A) Both A and R true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion (A): The poet felt that old familiar ache.
Reason (R): The poet was laughing at it now.
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion (A): The poet looked at young trees sprinting and merry children spilling out of their homes
Reason ®: The poet compared it with the atmosphere inside the car
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Source Based Integrated Question

Driving from my parent’s
home to Cochin last Friday
morning, I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with pain
that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away…

Question. Choose the option that best describes the speaker’s tone
a) Nostalgic and sad
b) Melancholic and nostalgic
c) Frustrated and angry
d) Fearful and anxious

Question. The speaker says that she soon “put that thought away”. She did that by
a) talking to her mother
b) contrasting her mother’s age to the little children playing
c) by reaching the airport
d) by looking out

Question. Choose the option that displays the same literary device as in the given lines of the extract. her face ashen like that of a corpse…
a) Just as I had this thought, she appeared and…
b) My thoughts were as heavy as lead that evening when …
c) I think like everyone else who…
d) I like to think aloud when …

Question. What is the present name of Cochin?
a) Kozhikode
b) Kochi
c) Kasaragod
d) Coimbatore

And
looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old familiar ache…

Question. Why has the poet used the expression ‘Young Trees sprinting’ ? This was to
a) convey a clearer meaning.
b) highlight the adj.-noun combination.
c) enhance the contrast.
d) draw a connection with the title.

Question. “Old familiar ache” refers to
a) the old face of the mother
b) the pain of separation from her mother
c) the fear of her mother’s impending death
d) revisiting the childhood fear of separation from mother.

Question. Choose the option that completes the sentence given below.
Just as the brightness of the winter’s moon is veiled behind the haze and mist, similarly, _______________________.
a) the pain of separation has shaded mother’s expression.
b) age has fogged mother’s youthful appearance.
c) growing up has developed a seasoned maturity in the poet.
d) memories warm the heart like the pale moon in winter.

Question. Choose the correct option out of the ones given below.
a) Option 1
b) Option 2
c) Option 3
d) Option 4