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Keeping Quiet
Pablo Neruda
About the author: Pablo Neruda ( 1904 -1873 ), whose real name is Neftali Ricardo Reyes
Basoalto, was born on 12 July, 1904, in the town to Parral in Chile. His father
was a railway employee and his mother, who died shortly after his birth, a
teacher. At the early age of thirteen he began to contribute some articles to
the daily age of “La Manana” among them, Entusiasmo y Perseverancia - his first
publication - and his first poem. In 1920, he became a contributor to the
literary journal "Selva Austral" under the pen name of Pablo Neruda,
which he adopted in memory of the Czechoslovak poet Jan Neruda (1834 - 1891).
Some of the poems Neruda wrote at that time are to be found in his first
published book Crepusculario (1932). Alongside his literary activities, Neruda
studied French and pedagogy at the University of Chile in Santiago.
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Summary of the Keep Quiet: "Keeping Quiet" is a very enlightening poem on our necessity of quiet introspection. Man's frantic activities, the rush and mad race in materialistic pursuits have caused much damage to this world. The poet wishes for a state of relaxed idleness away from all wars and destructive activities. According to him, this self-introspective silence would create a sense of mutual understanding within the human race and elevate them from the wretched path that leads to self-destruction. The profound silence would build up a sense of togetherness and make us realize the futility of the chaos where we live in.(Assamese coming soon)
keeping quiet NCERT solution:
TEXTUAL QUESTION &
ANSWER
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1. What will counting up to twelve and keeping still helps us achieve?
Ans: The poet Pablo Neruda Urges
us to keep still. Till he counts up to twelve because most of the ills and
troubles of the world are caused because of our rush and hurry. Keeping still
will give as the necessary respite for place.
2. Do you think the poet advocates total inactivity and death?
Ans: No, the poet doesn’t
advocate total inactivity means death which the post never likes. His stillness
stands for suasion of hostile and harmful human activities.
3. What is the sadness that the poet refers to in the poem?
Ans: man’s sadness is formed
out of his own thinking and actions. He fails to understand himself. His rush
and hurry cause trouble. Due to his thinking and actions he is always
threatening himself with death.
4. What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life
under apparent stillness?
Ans: The poet doesn’t want us
to confuse stillness with total in activity. There can be life under apparent
stillness. The poet invokes the earth as a living symbol to prove his point.
The earth never retains to tell in activity. Nature remains at work ever under
clear stillness and it keeps the earth alive.
Keeping Quiet Important Question and Answer
ADDITIONAL QUESTION &
ANSWER
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1. Who is the poet of “Keeping Quiet”?
Ans: “Pablo Neruda” is the poet
of “Keeping Quiet”.
2. What is the real name of “Pablo Neruda”?
Ans: The real name of Pablo
Neruda is “Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto”
3. What does the poet in keeping Quiet wish us to do?
Ans: The poet Pablo Neruda
wishes us to do necessity of quiet introspection and creation a felling of
mutual understanding among human being.
4. What in an exotic moment in “Keeping Quiet”?
Ans: Pablo should stop rushing.
Ever the noise of the engines and machines must be stopped. It is to be an
exotic moment in ‘Keeping Quiet’
5. How can we will together in a sudden strangeness?
Ans: It there will be no sound
of people. There will be no sound of machines. It will be a sudden strangeness
which we will enjoy together.
6. What is meant by green Wars?
Ans: Green Wars means of poisonous
gases and fire arms’
7. Why does the poet Neruda wish to count to twelve?
Ans: There are only twelve hour
sings on the clock to measure hours, so the poet Neruda wishes to count to
twelve till the clock measure these hours.
8. What is the significance of the phrase ‘The face of the earth’ in Neruda’s
poem?
Ans: The phrase means we should
not speak in any language of this Earth.
9. Fisher men is the could sea would not harm whales “what is meats by the
line?
Ans: By the line the poet means
to say that fisher men will not harm the whales in the coal sea of the polar
region.
10. What is war with gas?
Ans: war with gas means wars
with poisonous gases.
11. What should the war mangers do?
Ans: The war manger should walk
about with their brothers doing nothing.
12. Which, according to the poet, would be an exotic moment?
ans:The exotic moment would be one of fascinating silent when the constant hustle and rush would cease, the noise of machines and engines would stop and everyone would be together in harmony.
13. What are the different kinds of wars that the poet talks about?
Ans: The poet talks about green wars perpetrated on the environment, chemical wars that cause large-scale destruction and armed warfare that may bring victory but without survivors. The poet urges for an end to these wars, and appeals to all to pave the way for universal brotherhood.
Keeping Quiet Previous year question
(most important question)
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Ø 2012 YEAR
1.
What will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us achieve? (2 marks).
Ø 2013 YEAR
1. “those who prepare green wars,
Wars with gas, wars with fire,
Victory with no survivors,
Would put on clear clothes
And walk about with their
Brothers
In the shade, doing nothing”
(A)What are different kinds of
wars mentioned by the poet in the passage? (1 mark)
(B)What kind of victor do they
achieve? (1 mark)
(C)What should the warmongers do? (1 mark)
(D)Find words in the passage that mean “those left alive” and “win”? (1 mark)
2. What is the sadness that the poet refers to in the poem “Keeping Quiet”? (2 mark)
Ø 2014 YEAR
1. What is this sadness that
Neruda talks of? (2 marks).
Ø 2015 YEAR
1. Those who prepare green wars,
Wars with gas, wars with fire,
Victory with survivors,
And walk about with her
brothers
In the shade, doing nothing......”
(A)What are the different kinds of
wars mentions by the poet in the passages? (1
marks)
(B)What kind of victory do they
archive? (1 marks)
(C)What should the warmongers do? (1 marks)
(D)Fine the word in the passage that mean ‘those left alive’ and ‘win’? (1 marks)
2. What is the sadness that the poet refers to in the poem ‘Keeping Quiet’? (2 mark)
Ø 2016 YEAR
1.
“Now we will count to twelve
And we will all keep still
For once on the face of the Earth
Let’s not speak in any languages,
Let’s stop for one second,
And not move our arms so much”.
(A)How long does the poet want to say still? (1 marks)
(B)Why does he ask us to keep
still and not use any languages? (2 marks)
(C)Why does the poet mean by ‘not move our arms so much’? (1 marks)
2.What is the exotic moment the poet Pablo Neruda wishes for? (2 marks).
Ø 2017 YEAR
1. Those who prepare green wars,
Wars with gas, wars with fire,
Victory with survivors,
And walk about with her brothers
In the shade, doing nothing......”
(A) What are the different kinds of wars mentions by the poet in the passages? (1 marks)
(B) What kind of victory do they archive? (1 marks)
(C) What should the warmongers do? (1 marks)
(D)Fine the word in the passage that mean ‘those left alive’ and ‘win’? (1 marks)
2. Why does the poet Neruda ‘wishes to count to twelve’? (2 marks).
Ø 2018 YEAR
1.
“Perhaps the Earth can teach us
As when everything seems dead
And letter proves to be alive
Now I’ll count up to twelve
And will ‘keeping Quiet’ help us achieve?
(A)What can the Earth teach us? (1 marks)
(B)Why does the poet count up to
twelve? (1 marks)
(C)What will ‘keeping Quiet’ help
us achieve? (1 marks)
2.What is considered to be ‘an exotic moment’ in Keeping Quite’? (2 marks).
Ø 2019 YEAR
1. Why quietness would be an
exotic moment for the speaker in “Keeping Quiet? (2
marks).
2. What is Pablo Neruda’s option about different kind of wars? (2 marks).
Ø 2020 YEAR
1.
“ Now we will count to twelve
And we will all keep still
For once on the face of the Earth
Let’s not speak in any languages,
Let’s stop for one second,
And not move our arms so much”.
(A)How long does the poet want to say still? (1 marks)
(B)Why does he ask us to keep
still and not use any languages? (2 marks)
(C)Why does the poet mean by ‘not move our arms so much’? (1 marks)
2. What is the ‘sadness’ that the
post refers to in the poem “Keeping Quiet”? (2
marks)
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