Chapter- 6
Poets and Pancakes
Class 12 English Chapter 6 Poets and Pancakes Objective Questions in English. These Objective Questions are helpful for the students who are in class 12 and have English. Attempt These Objective Questions to Check your knowledge and the status of your preparation. These Objective Questions are also helpful for the preparation of 1 Mark Questions
| Board | CBSE Board, UP Board, JAC Board, Bihar Board, HBSE Board, UBSE Board, PSEB Board, RBSE Board |
| Textbook | NCERT |
| Class | Class 12 |
| Subject | English |
| Chapter no. | Chapter 6 |
| Chapter Name | Poets and Pancakes |
| Category | Class 12 English Objective Questions in English |
| Medium | English |
- Who is the writer of Poets and Pancakes?
- Asokamitran (1931), a Tamil writer
- Charu Nivedita
- Jayakanthan
- Balakumaran
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Answer: (A) Asokamitran (1931), a Tamil writer
- What does his book “My Years with Boss” talk about ?
- his job
- explain the nature of his boss
- explains his environment
- impact of movies on every aspect of life in India.
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Answer: (D) impact of movies on every aspect of life in India.
- When was Gemini Studio founded?
- 1920
- 1930
- 1910
- 1940
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Answer: (D) 1940
- What was the brand name of the makeup ingredients purchased by Gemini Studio?
- Pancake
- Mancake
- Fancake
- latin cake
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Answer: (A) Pancake
- Greta Garbo was———–
- A Swedish actress- an Oscar winner
- a german actress
- a French actress
- a bengali actress
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Answer: (A) A Swedish actress- an Oscar winner
- What was Ashokamitran’s work in the studio?
- to arrange pancakes
- to arrange make up kits
- to serve water
- cut out newspaper clippings on a wide variety of subjects and store them in files
- What has Ashokamitran brought about through this writing?
- topics of film industry
- topics of make up industry
- topics of gossip
- topics of heroines
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Answer: (A) topics of film industry
- What does he bring to the attention of the readers through this writing?
- movies and different roles
- heroines and their tantrums
- heroines and make up
- Independent India and its infancy
- Who was the founder of Gemini Studio?
- Mr. S.S Vasan
- English man
- a Tamil boy
- a director
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Answer: (A) Mr. S.S Vasan
- What is the makeup room compared to?
- makeup company
- a Parlor
- a jewelry shop
- Hair-Cutting Saloon
- Who was Gemini Studios making the movies for?
- for English people
- for illiterate
- for elderly people
- for simple Tamilians who have no interest in English poetry
- Why is the Englishman’s visit referred to as an unexplained mystery?
- because of his appearance
- because of his dress
- because of his hairstyle
- because of his unfamiliarity and baffled looks
- Englishman was ————-
- Salman Rushdie
- D.H Lawrence
- George Orwell
- Stephen Spender- Editor of a British Periodical The Encounter
- Why did he go to the studio?
- to deliver a speech
- to gossip with the workers
- to check the workers
- to know the film making
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Answer: (A) to deliver a speech
- MRA was ———-
- British Army
- The Moral Rearmament Army- a counter movement to International Communism
- a wing of Indian Army
- A drama company
- Why was MRA invited to the Gemini studio?
- To show their play
- Because of political affiliations
- because of political influence
- none
- Why did everyone in the studio even think of giving some work to the author?
- because of the idle appearance of his work
- because he was an office boy
- because he was a helper
- none
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Answer: (A) because of the idle appearance of his work
- Why did the office boy come to the author in the makeup room?
- because he was unemployed
- because of his interest in literary arts and film making
- to earn money
- to do make up
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Answer: (B) because of his interest in literary arts and film making
- Why was the writer praying for the crowd shooting all the time?
- to attract the crowd
- to avoid people
- to avoid epical narrations
- none
- Subbus enemy was—–
- no one
- the author
- actors
- The boy in the makeup room
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Answer: (D) The boy in the makeup room
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