The Empty Heart Objectives

1. Who has written the poetry, “The Empty Heart” ? (A) Vidyapati
(B) Puran Singh
(C) Periasamy Thoran
(D) Amrita Pritam

2. What was the problem of the man ? (A) he was very dissatisfied
(B) he was very much in threat
(C) he had a crisis of money
(D) None of these

3. What did he demand from the tree ? (A) Pot of Gold
(B) Pot of Silver
(C) Pot of Bronze
(D) Pot of Copper

4. What happened to his prayer ? (A) Prayers were not grahted
(B) Prayers were granted
(C) Prayers were neither Ranted nor refused
(D) None of these

5. What were in Pitchers ? (A) Gold Coins
(B) Silver Coins
(C) Copper Coins
(D) None of these

6. Greed is ………….but life is not. (A) Worthy
(B) Bad
(C) Good
(D) Endless

7. This poem tells about the problems caused by (A) Sickness
(B) Poverty
(C) Overeating
(D) Greed

8. There was a…………….which had the power to grant wishes. (A) Snake
(B) Pigeon
(C) Tree
(D) Temple

9. The tree gave the man seven…………..full of gold coins. (A) Pots/Pitchers
(B) Pans
(C) Bags
(D) Sacks

10. The man tried all tricks to gather (A) Silver
(B) Diamonds
(C) Jewellery
(D) Gold

11. What made him mad ? (A) His Greedy tendency
(B) His tendency of getting more & more
(C) Sudden shock
(D) None of these

12. Who has written the poem. “The Empty Heart”? (A) Vidyapati
(B) Puran Singh
(C) Periasamy Thooran
(D) AmritaPritam

13. What was the problem of the man? (A) he was very dissatisfied
(B) he was very much in threat
(C) he had a crisis of money
(D) none of these

14. The poem ‘The Empty Heart’ tells about the problems caused by………….. (A) anger
(B) content
(C) greed
(D) poverty

15. What did he demand from the tree? (A) Pot of Gold
(B) Pot of Silver
(C) Pot of Bronze
(D) Pot of Copper

16. What happened to his prayer? (A) Prayers were not granted
(B) Prayers were granted
(C) Prayers were neither granted nor refused .
(D) None of these

17. What were in Pitchers? (A) Gold Coins
(B) Silver Coins
(C) Copper Coins
(D) None of these

18. Greed is ……………. but life is not. (A) worthy
(B) bad
(C) good
(D) endless

19. The tree gave the man seven ……………. full of gold coins. (A) Pots/Pitchers
(B) Pans
(C) Bags
(D) Sacks

20. What is Kalpaka? (A) a tree
(B) a big tree
(C) a golden tree
(D) wish-yielding tree

21. Each coin he could clutch by hook or A) shook
(B) look
(C) crook
(D) took

22. The poem, ‘The Empty Heart’ is translated from (A) English
(B) Oriya
(C) Bengali
(D) Tamil

23. Periasami Thooran was born in (A) 1708
(B) 1809
(C) 1908
(D) 1988

24. Periasami Thooran, the poet died in (A) 1908
(B) 1988
(C) 1987
(D) 1897

25. What made him mad? (A) His Greedy tendency
(B) His tendency of getting more & more
(C) Sudden shock
(D) None of these

26. Periasamy Thooran was a writer. (A) Bengali
(B) Marathi
(C) Panjabi
(D) Tamil

27. Why was the man not content, although he was rich? (A) due to thirst of gold
(B) due to thirst of wealth
(C) (A) and (B) both
(D) none of these

28. Periasamy Thooran first made his name as a writer of (A) essay
(B) Short stories and poems
(C) Poem
(D) satire

29. ‘The Empty Heart’ talks about the problems caused by (A) gold
(B) pot
(C) gold coins
(D) greed

30. The poet asks the Koel, what has her. [2018(A)] (A) hurt
(B) forgotten
(C) told
(D) longings

31. The high pitched strains of the Koel wakes in the poet’s soul a (A) dreams
(B) desires
(C) memories
(D) longings

32. The man’s prayer was granted (A) quick
(B) late
(C) gold coins
(D) sevenfold

33. How many pitchers did the man get as a gift? (A) one
(B) three
(C) Six
(D) Seven

34. Because he did not eat, drink or sleep properly, his health (A) became sound
(B) got down
(C) broke down
(D) None of these

35. Morning, noon and……. …. he went. (A) day
(B) afternoon
(C) night
(D) midnight

36. His prayer was granted (A) eight fold
(B) sevenfold
(C) six fold
(D) five fold

37. For as a gift to him was. (A) granted
(B) gifted
(C) offered
(D) given

38. To All this was his thought. (A) steadily
(B) quick
(C) sharply
(D) shortly

39. The seven full he clean forgot (A) pots
(B) pitchers
(C) pictures
(D) vessels

40. Nothing is wrong with a half filled purse, ‘Tis the void iii the heart (A) that is the curse
(B) that is the purse
(C) that is the gold
(D) that is the wealth

41. The demon now made him mad. (A) fire
(B) gold
(C) silver pot
(D) Desire