Father to Son — Class 11 MCQs with Answers
Class 11 CBSE English · Chapter 10
20 practice questions · 20 Medium · Updated
Practise the most important Class 11 CBSE English questions from Chapter 10, "Father to Son". You get 2 timed quizzes made from 20 NCERT-based MCQs, with answers and explanations. The questions are split into 20 Medium. Warm up on the basics, then move on to the exam-level questions that top scorers in CBSE Board exams get right.
To score well in "Father to Son", focus on comprehension, grammar and writing skills. Each MCQ here is timed and uses exam-style marking (+4 correct, −1 wrong, 0 skipped). This helps you stay accurate when time is short, just as real papers need. Every question has a short explanation, so a wrong answer becomes a quick lesson. It is the fastest way to fix gaps before a test.
Use this chapter for focused revision. Start with the Easy set to check your basics on Father to Son, then move to Medium to practise applying them. Your accuracy, streaks and XP save automatically. This chapter also adds to your overall Class 11 English mastery score. Try the sample question below: tap an option to see the answer and a worked explanation. Sign in free to start practising.
Father to Son — important questions & MCQs with answers (Class 11 English)
1 solved question from this chapter's difficulty levels, each with its answer and explanation. Tap an option to check yourself.
- Q1Medium
'Yet have I killed / The seed I spent or sown it where / The land is his and none of mine?' expresses the father's
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Answer: Doubt about whether he has destroyed his son's growth or simply planted him in soil he cannot enter
Explanation: The farming image asks whether the fault is his own or whether his son simply belongs to ground the father has no claim on.
Key concepts: Father to Son (Class 11 English)
Elizabeth Jennings's poem gives the voice of a father who cannot understand his grown son though they share a house. It is autobiographical in origin but universal in subject: the silence between two generations.
- The opening admission
- 'I do not understand this child / Though we have lived together now / In the same house for years.' Proximity has produced no understanding.
- Building from the past
- Knowing nothing of the son as he is, the father tries 'to build / Up a relationship from how / He was when small' — reaching for a child who no longer exists.
- The seed and the land
- 'Yet have I killed / The seed I spent or sown it where / The land is his and none of mine?' A farming image asking whether he destroyed his son's growth or simply planted him in soil he cannot enter.
- Speaking like strangers
- 'We speak like strangers, there's no sign / Of understanding in the air' — the central image of estrangement between people who live together.
- Built to my design
- 'This child is built to my design / Yet what he loves I cannot share.' Likeness without closeness — the son resembles him but their affections do not meet.
- Silence surrounds us
- Three words that name the condition of the whole poem. The silence is not hostility but the absence of anything either can say.
- The prodigal wish
- 'I would have / Him prodigal, returning to / His father's house' — an allusion to the biblical parable of the son who leaves and is welcomed back.
- Preferring dependence
- 'Rather than see him make and move / His world' — the father would sooner have a returning prodigal than a son building a separate life. His wish runs against his son's growth.
- Shaping from sorrow a new love
- He imagines forgiveness built out of the pain itself, rather than a return to the old closeness.
- The son's one speech
- 'He speaks: I cannot understand / Myself, why anger grows from grief.' The son is as baffled by his own feelings as the father is by him.
- The empty hands
- 'We each put out an empty hand, / Longing for something to forgive.' Both want reconciliation; neither has a nameable wrong to pardon.
- Rhyme scheme
- The poem uses recurring but irregular rhyme, including half rhymes such as 'live' and 'grief'. There is no fixed repeating pattern.
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What are the key concepts in Class 11 English Father to Son?+
Elizabeth Jennings's poem gives the voice of a father who cannot understand his grown son though they share a house. It is autobiographical in origin but universal in subject: the silence between two generations. Key ideas include The opening admission, Building from the past, The seed and the land, Speaking like strangers, Built to my design, Silence surrounds us.
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It has 20 NCERT-based MCQs on "Father to Son": 20 Medium. Together they make 2 timed quizzes, and you never get the same set twice. Every question has an instant explanation. They help you prepare for CBSE Board exams.
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Start with the Easy quiz to check your basics, then try Medium to practise applying them. There are 2 timed quizzes on this chapter, so you can come back for a fresh set instead of one you have seen. Read each explanation, retry the questions you miss, and track your accuracy until it stays high.
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Yes. The timed quizzes use exam-style marking: +4 for a right answer, −1 for a wrong one and 0 for a skip. MHT-CET and CBSE board papers have no negative marking. Our mocks for those are scored their way.
What are the important questions from Father to Son (Class 11 English)?+
The questions that matter most test The opening admission, Building from the past, The seed and the land, Speaking like strangers, Built to my design, Silence surrounds us. This page shows 1 solved important MCQs with answers and explanations. Sign in to practise all 20 questions on the chapter as timed quizzes.
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Yes — Class 11 English Father to Son has timed online quizzes at Medium levels, with instant scoring and a worked explanation on every question. The first quiz on the chapter is free.