(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for English 1 (English Language)

How does the poem relate to our study of the Diary of Anne Frank and the events of the Holocaust?

What are the poetic devices (figurative language) in the poem? How do they contribute to the meaning/how do they effect the poem?

What brought the six humans together? Where were they?

Is there any significance of the logs of wood in the hands of the six people?

What could these persons have done?

The poet refers to a dying fire. Who were sitting beside it and why?

Why did the men keep back their sticks?

Why was each man in the group unaware of self- destruction by his action?

What killed the six men?

Analyse the use of imagery in the poem ‘The Bangle sellers’.

How does Sarojini Naidu allude to the patriarchal system of her times? Discuss.

Pick out words and phrases which are examples of visual and auditory imagery in the poem.

Does the poem have feministic overtones?

Pick out aparadox from the poem.

Explain the use of figurative language in the poem.

What are the five words used in the poem to describe the role of a middle-aged woman?

Comment on the feminine elements in Naidu’s poetry.

What-is meant by,’ rainbow tinted circles of light? What kind of literary figure is  it?

What are these bangles for? Why has the poet repeated the word happy in the last line here?

What colour bangles are preferred by virgin maidens?