Answers Chapter 7 A Child Born
1. The superstition associated with acquiring new clothes and instruments for baby before the birth is considered as-
(A) Good luck
(B) Bad luck
(C) Ghost luck
(D) Community luck
Answer:(B) Bad luck
2. Who is the author of the prose piece ‘A Child is Born?
(A) German Geer
(B) Germaine Greer
(C) Germane Greeri
(D) H.E. Bates
Answer:(B) Germaine Greer
3. Germaine Greer was born in-
(A) 1838
(B) 1938
(C) 1939
(D) 1949
Answer:(C) 1939
4. Germaine Greer was bom and educated in-
(A) America
(B) Britain
(C) Australia
(D) Germany
Answer:(C) Australia
5. The author believes that socio-cultural practices are designed to suit the interest of-
(A) Males
(B) Females
(C) Family
(D) Writers
Answer:(A) Males
6. The present chapter explores the cultural pecularities of the East and the West regarding parent-child
relationship and-
(A) Child-death
(B) Child-birth
(C) Male interest
(D) Female interest
Answer:(B) Child-birth
7. The hospital refused to believe that the pregnant woman was in-
(A) First stage labour
(B) Second stage labour
(C) Third stage labour
(D) Forth stage labour
Answer:(B) Second stage labour
8. The ceremony is held—
(A) only for boy
(B) only for girl
(C) for both
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) for both
9. In traditional society a woman lose her own name and is known as the mother of her first born child, but the West regards it is—
(A) good
(B) beneficial
(C) outrageous
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) outrageous
10. Germaine Greer was born in—
(A) 1919
(B) 1929
(C) 1939
(D) 1949
Answer:(C) 1939
11. The hospital was very uncooperative about-
(A) Providing meals
(B) Exploit childbirth
(C) Breast-feeding
(D) Giving medicines
Answer:(C) Breast-feeding
12. Clearly infant and mother mortality is greater in-
(A) Traditional births
(B) Untraditional births
(C) Particular births
(D) Prevented births
Answer:(A) Traditional births
13. Married women do not become members of their new family until they have-
(A) Started cooking
(B) Started to earn
(C) Mix with others
(D) Bom a child
Answer:(D) Born a child
14. That a woman could lose her own name and become known as the mother of her first-born, is regarded in west as-
(A) Outreach
(B) Outrageous
(C) Outpart
(D) Outreach
Answer:(B) Outrageous
15. Germaine Greer was educated in—
(A) Germany
(B) Australia
(C) U.S.A.
(D) England
Answer:(B) Australia
16. Traditional method of child-birth is accepted—
(A) fearfully
(B) dengerously
(C) culturally and collectively
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) culturally and collectively
17. Germaine Greer has written the lesson—
(A) A Marriage Proposel
(B) A Child is Bom
(C) The Earth
(D) The Artist
Answer:(B) A Child is Bom
18. The hospital staff was very uncooperative about
(A) meals
(B) childbirth
(C) breast-feeding
(D) medicines
Answer:(C) breast-feeding
19. The supersition associated with acquiring new clothes and instruments for a baby before the birth is considered as
(A) good luck
(B) bad luck
(C) no luck
(D) all luck
Answer:(B) bad luck
20. Who all are assumed to be unjust and vindictive?
(A) husbands
(B) fathers-in-law
(C) husband’s sisters
(D) mothers-in-law
Answer:(D) mothers-in-law
21. That a woman could lose her own name and become known as the mother of her first-born, is regarded in West as
(A) outrageous
(B) outreach
(C) outparty
(D) treacherous
Answer:(A) outrageous
22. A …………….. woman has to observe various taboos, rituals and customs.
(A) Ugly
(B) Wicked
(C) Pregnant
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) Pregnant
23. Germaine Greer is an …………… writer.
(A) Indian
(B) American
(C) British
(D) Australian
Answer:(D) Australian
24. Germaine Greer is a famous ………………… writer.
(A) scientific
(B) feminist
(C) educational
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) feminist
25. In Bangladesh Rupthoka is a kind of—
(A) bread
(B) sweet dish
(C) fairy tales
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) fairy tales
26. Generally a pregnant woman is sent to her ………….. home for childbirth.
(A) parents
(B) relative
(C) doctor
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) parents
27. Germaine Greer was bon in
(A) 1938
(B) 1940
(C) 1939
(D) 1949
Answer:(C) 1939
28. The present chapter explores the cultural pecularities of the East and the west regarding parent-child relationship and-
(A) child-death
(B) child-birth
(C) nursing
(D) female interest
Answer:(B) child-birth
29. The author believes that socio-cultural practices are designed to suit the interest of
(A) males
(B) females
(C) farmers
(D) writers
Answer:(A) males
30. Married women do not become members of their hew family until they have
(A) started cooking
(B) start earning
(C) mix with others
(D) born a child
Answer:(D) born a child
31. In the …………………… the husband wife due enjoy more freedom and individuality.
(A) North
(B) South
(C) East
(D) West
Answer:(D) West
32. ………….. woman visit her mother’s house during pregnancy.
(A) An African
(B) An Indian
(C) A Canadian
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) An Indian
33. In ……………. children under the age of five or six are looked after by the whole family.
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) China
(D) Russia
Answer:(B) Bangladesh
34. Sylheti woman and her child are given new dress on the ………. day of the birth.
(A) 5th
(B) 6th
(C) 7th
(D) 8th
Answer:(C) 7th
35. Germaine Greer was born and educated in
(A) America
(B) France
(C) Australia
(D) Germany
Answer:(C) Australia
36. Who is the author of the prose piece ‘A Child Is Bom ?
(A) NermanGeer
(B) Germaine Greer
(C) NermaneGreeri
(D) H.E. Bates
Answer:(B) Germaine Greer
37. The hospital refused to believe that the pregnant w omen was in
(A) first stage labour
(B) second stage labour
(C) third stage labour
(D) fourth stage labour
Answer:(B) second stage labour
38. In Bangladesh children are looked after by the—
(A) father only
(B) mother only
(C) whole family
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) whole family
39. Who has written ‘A Child is Born’?
(A) B.Russell
(B) S. Naoya
(C) G Greer
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) G Greer
40. During pregnancy the best place for the woman is—
(A) hotel
(B) in-laws-family
(C) her mother’s house
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) her mother’s house
41. When baby is born, it is an occasion of joy for—
(A) the mother
(B) father
(C) strange
(D) the whole family
Answer:(D) the whole family
42. The naming ceremony is—
(A) bad
(B) lovely
(C) strange
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) lovely
43. The naming ceremony is held when the baby is—
(A) seven days old
(B) five days old
(C) the days old
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) seven days old
44. New clothes are brought for—
(A) the baby
(B) the mother
(C) both
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) both
45. In traditional births infant and mother mortality is—
(A) lesser
(B) greater
(C) negligible
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) greater
46. In traditional society a pregnant woman is primarily Supported by
(A) husband
(B) kinsfolk
(C) other members of society
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) husband