The Sleeping Porter Objectives

1. Who is the poet of the poetry, “The Sleeping Porter’ ’ ? (A) Puran Singh
(B) Laxmi Prasad Devkota
(C) Periasamy Thoran
(D) Vikram Seth

2. How much load does the porter have on his back ? (A) 25 Kilogram
(B) 50 Kilogram
(C) 75 Kilogram
(D) 100 Kilogram

3. In the last line, the reader finds the porter…………over the rich kingdom of sleep. (A) Reigning
(B) Thinking
(C) Crying
(D) Laughing

4. Who is challenging the mountain ? (A) The Poet
(B) The Porter
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) None of above

5. Who is ‘He’ in the first line ? (A) Porter
(B)Poet
(C) A bird
(D) None of these

6. The porter’s son shivered with cold and was…………………. (A) Afraid
(B) Angry
(C) Hungry
(D) Jealous

7. As a result of very hard work, the porter’s ……………beat fast. (A) Pulse
(B) Heart
(C) Nerves
(D) Muscles

8. What does his body emit ? (A) Coloured lights
(B) Sulphur-like sour smell
(C) Nuclear radiation
(D) None of these

9. In this poem, the poet talks about the difficult life of porters in the (A) Cities
(B) Villages
(C) Towns
(D) Hills

10. The porter was going up a (A) Road
(B) Lane
(C) Cliff
(D) Platform

11. Who is the poet of the poem, “The Sleeping Porter”? (A) Puran Singh
(B) Laxmi Prasad Devkota
(C) Periasamy Thooran
(D) Vikram Seth

12. Whom was the porter challenging? (A) mountain
(B) tree
(C) sea
(D) stars

13. The porter was going up a ……………. (A) road
(B) lane
(C) cliff
(D) platform

14. As a result of very hard work, the porter’s ….. beat was fast. (A) pulse
(B) heart
(C) nerves
(D) muscles

15. At the end of the poem, the porter is in deep (A) Fleas
(B) Proud
(C) Breath
(D) Slumber

16. The porter was the proud conqueror of (A) Mountain
(B) The poet
(C) Nature
(D) God

17. The Son’s mother was searching for A) Bread and butter
(B) Nettles and vines
(C) Roti and Dal
(D) flees and lice

18. What is there on the cliff? (A) a building
(B) a castle
(C) a palace
(D) a hut

19. Who is the hero of the mountain? (A) a young man
(B) a soldier
(C) the Porter
(D) none of these

20. What is meant by ‘lid of night’? (A) a cover
(B) the night as a cover
(C) the night
(D) darkness

21. Who is ‘reigning over’ the ‘rich kingdom of sleep’ (A) a king
(B) warrior
(C) a hero
(D) the Porter

22. The poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota was born on (A) 22 November, 1999
(B) 12 November, 1909
(C) 12 April, 1908
(D) None of these

23. Laxmi Prasad Devkota belonged to (A) Ranchi
(B) Gujarat
(C) Bihar
(D) Kathmandu

24. In 1929, Laxmi Prasad Devkota obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from (A) Delhi University
(B) Kathmandu University
(C) Patna University
(D) None of these

25. Of his time, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, was a renowned poet and (A) Artist
(B) Teacher
(C) Storywriter
(D) Novelist

26. The porter was wearing a black (A) Shirt
(B) Pant
(C) Cap
(D) Chappal

27. The porter’s body was an abode of (A) Sweets
(B) Panting
(C) fleas and lice
(D) None of these

28. How much load does the porter have on his back? (A) 25 Kilogram
(B) 50 Kilogram
(C) 75 Kilogram
(D) 100 Kilogram

29. In the last line, the reader finds the porter ……………….. over the rich kingdom of sleep. (A) Reigning
(B) Thinking
(C) Crying
(D) Laughing

30. What type of cap is the Porter wearing? (A) black
(B) dirty
(C) sweat-stained
(D) ail of these

31. What type of smell does the Porter emit? (A) a sour smell
(B) a sulphur like sour smell
(C) dirty smell
(D) none of these