The Ball Poem | Poem mcqs English Class 10th

The Ball Poem MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

What is the boy now, who has lost his ball, 
What, what is he to do ? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over-there it is in the water !

Question : What has the boy lost ?
(a) toy
(b) ball
(c) toy car
(d) bat

Answer :   B

Question : Where did the ball fall into ?
(a) water
(b) pond
(c) river
(d) pit

Answer :   A

Question : For the loss of which thing the boy felt grieved and helpless ?
(a) toy car
(b) video game
(c) bat
(d) ball

Answer :   D

Question : Who is the poet ?
(a) John Berryman
(b) Robin Klein
(c) Walt Whitman
(d) Adreinne Rich

Answer :   A

The epistemology of loss, how to stand up
Knowing what every man must one day know
And most know many days, how to stand up.

Question : The boy has lost ………. .
(a) a ball
(b) a bat
(c) a bag
(d) a bottle

Answer :   A

Question : Find the word from the passage which means same as ‘study of knowledge’.
(a) intrude
(b) epistemology
(c) possession
(d) rigid

Answer :   B

Question : According to the poet, every man should know how to overcome the ……………….. .
(a) profit
(b) difficulties
(c) problems
(d) loss

Answer :   D

Question : The lost of ball has taught the boy the ………………. of responsibility.
(a) idea
(b) pain
(c) lesson
(d) sense

Answer :   D

His ball went. I would not intrude on him; 
A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now
He senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions.

Question ; Who is ‘I’ in the poem ?
(a) a boy
(b) reader
(c) poet
(d) another child

Answer :   C

Question : The poet does not want to interfere as he wants the child to learn to bear the ……………….. .
(a) loss
(b) load
(c) unhappiness
(d) responsibility

Answer :   A

Question : This will help the child in understanding his …………………. .
(a) responsibility
(b) sharing
(c) duty
(d) assets

Answer :   A

Question : Giving another ball to the child is …………………… .
(a) senseless
(b) worthless
(c) useless
(d) harmless

Answer :   B

Question : An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;

(a) The poet uses the word ‘ultimate’ to describe the boy’s reaction.
Pick the meaning that DOES NOT display what, ‘ultimate’ means in the context given.
(a) consequent
(b) final
(c) conclusive
(d) fateful

Answer :  C

Question : The boy is very young in this poem. As a mature, balanced grown-up, he might look back and think that his reaction of ‘ultimate shaking grief was
(1) disproportionate to the loss.
(2) pretension to procure a new toy.
(3) according to his exposure and experience then.
(4) a reaction to the failure of retrieving the toy.
(5) justified and similar to what it would be currently.
(a) 5 & 2
(b) 1 & 3
(c) 2 & 4
(d) 3 & 5

Answer :  B

Question : Why does the speaker choose not to intrude? This is so because the poet
(a) knows that it would embarrass the boy in his moment of grief.
(b) feels that it’s important that the boy learn an important life lesson, undisturbed.
(c) realises that he doesn’t have sufficient funds to purchase a new ball for the boy.
(d) experiences a sense of distress himself, by looking at the boy’s condition.

Answer :  B

Question : Choose the option that lists the meaning of ‘harbour’ as used in the extract.
Noun:
(1) a place on the coast where ships may moor in shelter.
(2) a place of refuge.
Verb:
(3) keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in one’s mind, especially secretly.
(4) shelter or hide (a criminal or wanted person).
(a) Option 1
(b) Option 2
(c) Option 3
(d) Option 4

Answer :  A

Question : What is the boy playing with?
(a) bat
(b) ball
(c) car
(d)  bus

Answer :  B

Question: The poet is talking about a boy, who has lost his ——.
(a) Ball
(b) Book
(c) Bat
(d) Pencil

Answer :  A

Question : Where was the boy staring down?
(a) the sea
(b) the ocean
(c) the harbour
(d) the lake

Answer :  C

Question : Who would not intrude the boy?
(a) The Ball
(b) The Poet
(c) The Gloves
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : How does the child react at the loss?
(a) stands rigid
(b) trembles
(c) stares
(d) all of them

Answer :  D

Question : Here the ball symbolizes ——– in the poem.
(a) Hope
(b) Simple toy far play
(c) Dreams
(d) Memories of childhood

Answer :  C

Question : Where does the ball go?
(a) drain
(b) well
(c) house
(d) water

Answer :  D

Question : Why are the boy’s eyes desperate?
(a) Because he has lost his ball.
(b) Because he has lost his money.
(c) Because he has lost his gloves
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : Name the literary device used in “Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over — there it is in the water!”
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Alliteration
(d) Anaphora

Answer :  D

He senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions. People will take
Balls, balls will be lost always, lit tie boy.
And no one buys a ball back.

Question : ‘He’ here stands for
(a) author
(b) the boy
(c) trainer
(d) Water man

Answer :   B

Question : The poem begins with a question. Based on your reading of the poem, the speaker
(a) wants the boy to answer the question.
(b) expects the passers-by to respond.
(c) is looking for answers in a self-help book.
(d) is thinking to himself.

Answer :   D

Question : ‘His first responsibility’ here refers to
(a) how to make up
(b) how to face loss
(c) how to draw water
(d) how to panic

Answer :   B

Question : Who composed these lines ?
(a) John Berryman
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Leslie Norris

Answer :   A

Question : The word ‘possessions’ means
(a) process
(b) possess
(c) health
(d) wealth

Answer :  D

Question : The poet seems to have indicated the merry bouncing of the ball to
(a) create a sense of rhythm in these lines.
(b) support the happiness of the experience of playing.
(c) contrast with the dejected feeling of the boy.
(d)indicate the cheerful mood of the boy.

Answer :   C