Choose the correct
alternatives from those given below .
1. The poem, ‘the boatride’ is
composed by……..
a. A. K. Ramanjujan
b. Arun Kolatkar
c. Nissim Ezekiel
d. Kamala Das
2. The speaker rides………….in the poem, ‘the boatride’ by A. Kolatkar.
a. a boat
b. a bicycle
c. a motorbike
d. a horse
3. The poem, ‘the boatride’ deals with the theme of…………….
a. riding a bike
b. riding a boat
c. riding a ship
d. swimming in the sea
4. The poem, ‘the boatride’ is composed in………..
a. Blank verse
b. Free Verse
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
5. The boatman takes……….in the deep sea water as depicted in the poem, ‘the
boatride’.
a. the ship
b. the boat
c. fish
d. his son
6. The movement of the boat disturbs………on the seashore.
a. swimmers
b. other boats
c. the boatman
d. the pigeons
7. There is……….on the seashore as depicted in the poem, ‘the boatride’.
a. pebbles
b. sand
c. stonework
d. a stone
8. The boatman and his boy………..to give signals.
a. blink their eyes
b. show flags
c. wave their hands
d. none of the above
9. The foreman mentioned in the poem, ‘the boatride’ has………wife.
a. beautiful
b. ugly
c. self-conscious
d. loving
10. The wife of the man resting against rim of the boat has………
a. golden ornaments
b. silver ornaments
c. black saree
d. pastic bangles
11. The golden ornament of the wife in the poem, ‘the boatride’………..
a. are old
b. are new
c. beautify her
d. shine in the
sunlight
12. The newly married couple in the poem, ‘the boatride’ smile because the
woman with golden ornaments………….
a. changes her sitting position
b. smile with them
c. shows them her ornaments
d. walks away from them
13. the speedboat swerves off leaving behind a……..of sea.
a. sign
b. water
c. salt
d. divergence
14. The harbour appears to be……………on/in the water of the sea in the poem,
‘the boatride’.
a. dancing
b. floating
c. swimming
d. reflecting
15. The sea wall is…………in the poem, ‘the boatride’.
a. black
b. yellow
c. scabby
d. hard
16. According to the old man speaking with his grandchildren in the poem,
‘the boatride’, the sea water is………
a. dirty
b. very cold
c. dense
d. salty
17. The phrase ‘the authority of age’ in the poem, ‘the boatride’ shows
that the man is………….
a. young
b. tall
c. short
d. old
18. The old man asserts the wet boy……..
a. horrible consequences of
falling in sea water
b. good consequences of falling
in sea water
c. advantages of falling in sea water
d. horrible consequences of falling in rain water
19. The boys in the boat in the poem, ‘the boatride’ learn about
the……….captured by Indians.
a. Portuguese
b. British
c. Chinese
d. Pakistani
20. There is also a band of……….in the boat in the poem, ‘the boatride’.
a. singers
b. dancers
c. musicians
d. acrobats
21. The acrobat woman in the poem, ‘the boatride’ has……around her eyes.
a. dark circles
b. red circles
c. black colour
d. swelling
22. The acrobat woman in the poem, ‘the boatride’ has…… eyes.
a. dark
b. blue
c. blinking
d. shuttered
23. The acrobat woman in the poem, ‘the boatride’ has…… face.
a. dark
b. red
c. black
d. stony
24. The acrobat woman’s husband in the poem, ‘the boatride’ has…… .
a. a hair in his right nostril
b. a hair on his ear
c. a hair on his cheek
d. a hair on his chest
25. ……….demands balloons as depicted in the poem, ‘the boatride’.
a. a two years’ baby
b. a three years baby
c. a four years’ baby
d. a five years’ baby
26. ………..came last when the boat nearly started as shown in the poem, ‘the
boatride’.
a. two brothers
b. two sisters
c. three brothers
d. four brothers
27. There were…………on the boatman’s saline face in the poem, ‘the boatride’.
a. dark spots
b. pockmarks
c. wrinkles
d. pimples
28. ………..appears to be sad as a century to the speaker in the poem, ‘the
boatride’.
a. The City of Mumbai
b. The Gate Way of India
c. The Hotel Taj Mahal
d. The Arabian Sea
29. Islam, Mary and Dolphin are the names of the……..in the poem, ‘the
boatride’.
a. owners of the boat
b. women in the boat
c. men in the boat
d. boats
30. The scene of the poem ‘the boatride’ is set……..
a. in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai
b. in the Arabian Sea near Surat
c. the Bay of Bengal near Chennai
d. the Hindi Ocean near Kanyakumari
31. The passengers/voyagers in the boat form…………..in microcosm.
a. society in Mumbai
b. Indian society
c. Hindu Society
d. the society across the world
32. The descriptions of the scenes in the poem, ‘the boatride’ are………
a. complete
b. incomplete
c. all of the above
d. none of the above
33. The special feature of the poem, ‘the boatride’ is that it gives the
reader actual feel of………..
a. the swimming
b. the boatman
c. the boatriding
d. all of the above
34. The references of the Gateway of India, Arabian Sea, the woman with
ornaments, etc. impart………to the poem, ‘the boatride’.
a. urbaneness
b. Indianness
c. rural touch
d. none of the above
35. The poem, ‘the boatride’ has a/an………….rythmic pattern.
a. perfect
b. imperfect
c. proper
d. none of the above
36) The poem, ‘the boatride’ has a/an………….rhyme scheme.
a. regular
b. irregular
c. proper
d. none of the above
