Class 12 CBSE English — Chapter 9: My Mother at Sixty-six MCQs with Answers
20 practice questions · 20 Medium
Practise the most important Class 12 CBSE English questions from Chapter 9, "My Mother at Sixty-six" — 2 separately timed quizzes built from 20 NCERT-aligned multiple-choice questions, with answers and explanations. The set is split into 20 Medium, so you can warm up on the fundamentals and then push into the exam-level problems that separate top scorers in CBSE Board exams.
"My Mother at Sixty-six" is a chapter that rewards comprehension, grammar and writing-skill questions. Each MCQ on this chapter is timed and uses exam-grade marking (+4 correct, −1 wrong, 0 skipped), training the accuracy-under-pressure that real papers demand. Every question carries a short explanation, so a wrong answer becomes a quick lesson rather than a dead end — the fastest way to close gaps before a test.
Use this chapter as targeted revision: attempt the Easy set first to confirm your basics on My Mother at Sixty-six, then move to Medium to test application and problem-solving. Your accuracy, streaks and XP save automatically, and the chapter feeds into your overall Class 12 English mastery score. A sample question is solved in full below — answer and worked explanation — and signing in free opens all 20.
Key concepts: My Mother at Sixty-six (Class 12 English)
Kamala Das's short poem of a car journey to Cochin airport, in which the poet looks at her dozing mother and sees her age for the first time. The whole poem is a single sentence, and it ends not in speech but in a repeated smile that hides the fear beneath it.
- Kamala Das
- Kamala Das (1934-2009), born in Malabar, Kerala, one of India's foremost poets. She published novels and short stories in English and Malayalam under the name 'Madhavikutty', besides five books of poetry.
- The situation
- 'Driving from my parent's home to Cochin last Friday morning' — the poet's mother sits beside her in the car, and the whole poem happens between the house and the airport.
- The first image
- The mother dozes, 'open mouthed, her face ashen like that of a corpse'. The simile is deliberately harsh; the poet realises 'with pain that she was as old as she looked'.
- Putting the thought away
- She 'soon put that thought away' and looks out of the window — a small act of avoidance that the poem quietly notices.
Class 12 English My Mother at Sixty-six MCQs with answers
1 solved question across the difficulty levels this chapter is graded on — answer and explanation shown for each. The remaining 19 are timed and scored when you sign in.
- Q1Medium
Who wrote 'My Mother at Sixty-six'?
A.John KeatsB.Pablo NerudaC.Kamala Das✓ CorrectD.Robert FrostAnswer: C. Kamala Das
Explanation: The poem is credited to Kamala Das.
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What are the key concepts in Class 12 English My Mother at Sixty-six?+
Kamala Das's short poem of a car journey to Cochin airport, in which the poet looks at her dozing mother and sees her age for the first time. The whole poem is a single sentence, and it ends not in speech but in a repeated smile that hides the fear beneath it. Key ideas include Kamala Das, The situation, The first image, Putting the thought away.
What does Class 12 English Chapter 9 (My Mother at Sixty-six) cover on XamBaaz?+
It covers 20 NCERT-aligned MCQs on "My Mother at Sixty-six" — 20 Medium — making 2 separately timed quizzes you can sit without ever repeating the same set, each with an instant explanation, suitable for CBSE Board exams.
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Start with the Easy quiz to confirm your fundamentals, then attempt Medium for application-level practice. There are 2 separately timed quizzes on this chapter, so you can come back and get a fresh set rather than re-sitting one you have seen. Review each explanation, retry the questions you miss, and track your accuracy on this chapter until it is consistently high.
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Is there negative marking in the "My Mother at Sixty-six" quizzes?+
Yes — the timed quizzes use exam-grade marking: +4 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one and 0 for a skipped question. Note that MHT-CET and the CBSE board papers themselves carry no negative marking — our mocks for those are scored their way, not this way.
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The set is curated to the NCERT syllabus and weighted toward the question patterns that actually appear in CBSE Board exams, across Medium — so it doubles as an "important questions" revision list for "My Mother at Sixty-six".