OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Who has composed the poem “Thinner Than a Crescent?”
(a) Laxmipati
(b) Vidyapati
(c) Radha
(d) Mahadevi verma
2. Which poem has been written by Vidyapati ?
(a) Thinner Than a crescent
(b) Martha
(c) Polythene bag
(d) Koel
3. “Thinner Than a Crescent” is a ____
(a) story
(b) telefilm
(c) novel
(d) poem
4. Vidyapati’s poem “Thinner than a crescent” is about
(a) Radha and Krishna
(b) Sita and Rama
(c) Meera and Krisha
(d) none of the above
5. Vidyapati was born in the village of ______
(a) Bisapi in Darbhanga
(b) Bisapi in Madhubani
(c) Bisapi in Sitamarhi
(d) Bisapi in Purnea
6. To whom does the friend of Radha make a report ?
(a) Ram
(b) Bal Ram
(c) Krishna
(d) Brahma
7. Sri Krishna had not met ____ for long time.
(a) Sudama
(b) Meera
(c) Vidyapati
(d) Radha
8. The poem “Thinner Than a Crescent” is in the form of _____-
(a) satire
(b) simile
(c) veer-ras
(d) report
9. Who reports about the condition of Radha to Krishna ?
(a) her friends
(b) her enemies
(c) she herself
(d) goblet
10. Why is Radhika crying ?
(a) she has lost jewellery
(b) she is hungry
(C) she hasn’t met Krishna
(d) unknown reason
11. Her _____ carved a river.
(a) tears
(b) laughter
(c) grief
(d) oil
12. What two feelings of Radha has been mentioned by her friend ?
(a) happy, joyful
(b) hurt, happy
(c) love, joyful
(d) hurt; confused
13. Radha has grown thinner than a
(a) line
(b) crescent
(c) full moon
(d) pencil
14. Crescent means _______
(a) full moon
(b) new moon
(c) love
(d) separation
15. Radha each day grows _____
(a) thinner
(b) thicker
(c) healthier
(d) older
16. By what name do Radha’s friend address Krishna ?
(a) Krishna
(b) Sri Krishna
(c) Madhava
(d) Kanhaiya
17. Her tears carved a river and she broods on its _____
(a) centre
(b) sand
(c) tree
(d) bank
18. What does Radha speak of when her friends ask her one thing ?
(a) another thing
(b) nothing
(c) everything
(d) on the topic
19. Radha’s friend believe that her joy may come ______
(a) never
(b) again
(c) always
(d) seldom
20. Radha each day grows thinner than the crescent in the ______
(a) land
(b) cloud
(c) sky
(d) sea
21. At times, Radha’s friend _____ hope.
(a) banish
(b) varnish
(c) spanish
(d) get
22. Vidyapati is well known for depicting the pangs of ____-
(a) reunion
(b) unity
(c) love
(d) separation
23. Whose poem focuses more on Krishna’s love and para little attention to Radha the woman ?
(a) Vidyapati
(b) Jayadeva
(c) Kalidasa
(d) Valmiki
24. Whose poem is primarily concerned with the intense passion of Radha’s love ?
(a) Jayadeva
(b) Mahadeva
(c) Vidyapati
(d) Ramdeva
25. Bisapi in Madhubani is located in the ___ side of _____ Bihar.
(a) eastern, north
(b) western, north
(c) left, north
(d) tern, south
26. Radha is a character of the ____
(a) Thinner than a crescent
(b) January night
(c) The pace for living
(d) Martha
27. Vidyapati is well known for depicting the pamgs of separation in the tradition of ______
(a) Jayadeva
(b) Mahadeva
(c) Baldeva
(d) Kalidasa
28. Which poem addresses the love of Radha and Krishna ?
(a) Thinner than a Crescent
(b) Gillu
(c) Martha
(d) Devdas
29. Radha was _____ of Sri Krishna.
(a) wife
(b) beloved
(c) devotee
(d) none of the above
30. What is the meaning of the word “banish”?”
(a) to expel
(b) to love
(c) to call
(d) to remember
31. Who is crying ?
(a) The Poet
(b) Sri Krishna
(c) Radha
(d) Radha’s friend
32. Vidyapati’s poems are about Radha and
(a) Vishnu
(b) Krishna
(c) Sita
(d) Ram
33. The poem deals with the pitiable condition of
(a) Radha
(b) A friend of Radha
(c) Vidyapati
(d) Sri Krishna
34. Radha’s joy may
(a) come again
(b) never came
(c) go back
(d) None of these
35. How does Radha look like ?
(a) Thinner than the crescent in the sky
(b) Wider than the crescent in the sky
(c) Sharper than the crescent in the sky
(d) None of these
36. Radha broods on its bank hurt and ……
(a) banish
(b) confused
(c) thing
(d) relax
37. Who is Madhava ?
(a) Sri Krishna’s friend
(b) Sri Krishna’s enemy
(c) Radha’s friends
(d) Sri Krishna’s uncle
