Poets and Pancakes Objective Questions – Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 6

In this post we have given the Objective Questions of Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 6 Poets and Pancakes (by Asokamitran). These are useful for students preparing for their Class 12 board exams.

इस पोस्ट में कक्षा 12 अंग्रेज़ी (Flamingo) के पाठ 6 Poets and Pancakes के वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न (MCQ) दिए गए हैं। यह उन सभी विद्यार्थियों के लिए उपयोगी है जो इस वर्ष कक्षा 12 की बोर्ड परीक्षा देने वाले हैं।

Objective Questions

1. Which of these actresses, according to the author, “must have used” Pancake make-up?
   1. Meena Kumari
   2. Nutan
   3. Greta Garbo
   4. Waheeda Rehman
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (C) Greta Garbo

2. The make-up department was on the upper floor of a building believed to have been the stables of
   1. Robert Clive
   2. S.S. Vasan
   3. Warren Hastings
   4. Lord Cornwallis
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (A) Robert Clive

3. The make-up department was first headed by
   1. an Andhra
   2. a Maharashtrian
   3. a Tamil
   4. a Bengali
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (D) a Bengali

4. Which advantage over the office boy does the author ironically give to Subbu?
   1. Wealth inherited from his family
   2. Being born a Brahmin
   3. A university degree
   4. An early lucky break in films
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (B) Being born a Brahmin

5. What did everyone at Gemini Studios call the legal adviser?
   1. The poet
   2. The Boss
   3. The opposite of his title
   4. The Captain
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (C) The opposite of his title

6. What happened to the actress after the lawyer played back her recorded outburst?
   1. She thanked him for being honest
   2. She complained to The Boss
   3. Her life went on as before
   4. She was struck dumb and never fully recovered
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (D) She was struck dumb and never fully recovered

7. In which year did the Moral Re-Armament army visit Madras?
   1. 1940
   2. 1952
   3. 1947
   4. 1960
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (B) 1952

8. The Gemini staff were later told that the English visitor was actually
   1. a film director
   2. a lawyer
   3. an editor, not a poet
   4. a poet, not an editor
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (C) an editor, not a poet

9. Assertion (A): The author calls the mixed staff of the make-up department an example of “national integration”. Reason (R): The government had trained the make-up staff for a national integration programme.
   1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
   2. A is true, but R is false
   3. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
   4. A is false, but R is true
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (B) A is true, but R is false

10. Assertion (A): The Story Department was closed down during the events of the chapter. Reason (R): The lawyer’s own film did not achieve much.
    1. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
    2. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
    3. A is true, but R is false
    4. A is false, but R is true
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (A) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

11. Assertion (A): The Gemini audience clearly understood the English visitor’s talk. Reason (R): The visitor’s accent defeated every attempt to understand him.
    1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
    2. A is true, but R is false
    3. A is false, but R is true
    4. Both A and R are false
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (C) A is false, but R is true

12. Match the works with their descriptions: 1) My Years with Boss 2) Thillana Mohanambal 3) The God That Failed 4) Ananda Vikatan; (i) weekly edited by Vasan (ii) six essays on disillusionment with Communism (iii) Asokamitran’s book (iv) Subbu’s novel. Choose the correct combination.
    1. 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-iii
    2. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv
    3. 1-iv, 2-iii, 3-i, 4-ii
    4. 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-ii, 4-i
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-ii, 4-i

13. Statement I: The author says with certainty why Subbu had enemies. Statement II: The author describes Subbu as “charitable and improvident”. Which is correct?
    1. I is false, II is true
    2. Both I and II are false
    3. I is true, II is false
    4. Both I and II are true
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (A) I is false, II is true

14. Statement I: The Gemini staff understood most of what the English visitor said. Statement II: The text calls the visit an “unexplained mystery”. Which is correct?
    1. I is true, II is false
    2. Both I and II are true
    3. Both I and II are false
    4. I is false, II is true
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) I is false, II is true

15. Arrange these episodes in the order in which they appear in the chapter: 1) the MRA visit 2) the make-up department and the office boy 3) the portrait of Subbu 4) the unnamed English visitor
    1. 2, 3, 1, 4
    2. 3, 2, 4, 1
    3. 4, 3, 2, 1
    4. 2, 1, 3, 4
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (A) 2, 3, 1, 4

16. Arrange in order: 1) someone calls the MRA group “an international circus” 2) MRA stages Jotham Valley and The Forgotten Factor 3) for some years Tamil plays copy the sunrise-and-sunset scene 4) MRA arrives in Madras in 1952 and finds Gemini Studios its warmest host
    1. 4, 2, 1, 3
    2. 4, 1, 2, 3
    3. 1, 4, 2, 3
    4. 2, 4, 1, 3
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (B) 4, 1, 2, 3

17. Gemini Studios, founded by S.S. Vasan, was set up in the year ______.
    1. 1952
    2. 1935
    3. 1947
    4. 1940
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) 1940

18. Pick the odd one out.
    1. S.D.S. Yogiar
    2. S.S. Vasan
    3. Sangu Subramanyam
    4. Krishna Sastry
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (B) S.S. Vasan

19. After reading Spender’s name in The God That Failed, what does the author understand about the reaction to Spender at Gemini Studios?
    1. It had been caused by Spender’s poetry
    2. It had been arranged by the MRA
    3. It was no longer a mystery; it was linked to Spender’s “god that failed”, not his poetry
    4. It still remained a complete mystery
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (C) It was no longer a mystery; it was linked to Spender’s “god that failed”, not his poetry

20. How many of these statements are true? 1) Gemini Studios was founded in 1940 by S.S. Vasan. 2) The author’s job was to cut out and file newspaper clippings. 3) The make-up department was above what were believed to be Robert Clive’s stables. 4) The Story Department had no lawyer.
    1. One
    2. Two
    3. Four
    4. Three
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) Three