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Animals MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are
So placid and self-contain’d
I stand and look at them long and long.

Question : Name the poet.
(a) Walt Whitman
(b) Carolyn Wells
(c) Leslie Norris
(d) Adrienne Rich

Answer :  A

Question : Who are placid, self-contained, calm and peaceful ?
(a) trees
(b) human being
(c) animals
(d) birds

Answer :  C

Question : Find the word from the passage which means same as ‘Serene’.
(a) self-contained
(b) placid
(c) whine
(d) demented

Answer :  B

Question : Who looks at the animals for a long time ?
(a) zoo keeper
(b) hunter
(c) the poet
(d) all of them

Answer :  C

They bring me tokens of myself, they evince
them plainly in their possession
I wondered where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and
negligently drop them ?

Question : Who brings the poet tokens of himself ?
(a) birds
(b) animals
(c) trees
(d) people

Answer :  B

Question : Who wonders how animals got those tokens ?
(a) the poet
(b) an old man
(c) poetess
(d) trees

Answer :  A

Question : In the passage what is meant by the word ‘token’ ?
(a) morals
(b) virtues
(c) speciality
(d) consideration

Answer :  B

Question : Which word in the passage refers to ‘carelessly’ ?
(a) evince
(b) possession
(c) tokens
(d) negligently 

Answer :  D

Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
So they show their relations to me and f accept them.

Question : Who composed these lines ?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Walt Whitman
(c) Robin Klein
(d) W.(b) Yeats

Answer :  B

Question : The poet feels that animals show.
(a) waving tail
(b) teeth to him
(c) pictures to him
(d) relation to him

Answer :  D

Question : ‘I’ here refers to
(a) storyteller
(b) bird
(c) animal
(d) poet

Answer :  D

Question : Whatsoever happen in the earth, none of the animals is
(a) unhappy
(b) delighted
(c) crazy
(d) crack

Answer :   A

Question : Who is the poet of the poem “Animals”?
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  D

Question : Animals never —— in front of anyone.
(a) Bow down
(b) Sleep
(c) Lie
(d) Jump

Answer :  A

Question : What is the attitude of the animals toward their sins?
(a) confused and peaceful
(b) calm, peaceful and self-confident
(c) confused and sad
(d) none of the above

Answer :  B

Question : What is the meaning of “placid”?
(a) peaceful
(b) clumsy
(c) greedy
(d) jealousy

Answer :  A

Question : Name the literary device used in “They bring me tokens of myself”
(a) Anaphora
(b) Assonance
(c) Metaphor
(d) Alliteration

Answer :  C

Question : Why do humans keep awake in the dark and weep for their sins while animals never do such things?
(a) Because animals have a clear conscience.
(b) Because humans have a clear conscience.
(c) All of the Above
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : What do the men make the poet sick for?
(a) discussing their duty to Go(d)
(b) discussing their wealth
(c) discussing their health.
(d) none of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : Animals do not talk about their duty towards –
(a) Family
(b) God
(c) Society
(d) Human beings

Answer :  B

Question : Why do humans keep awake in the dark and weep for their sins while animals never do such things?
(a) Because animals have a clear conscience.
(b) Because humans have a clear conscience.
(c) All of the Above
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : What is the attitude of human about those who lived thousands of years ago?
(a) They kneel
(b) They stand
(c) They fly
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : Part of earth which supports the biodiversity is called
(a) Biosphere
(b) Sanctuary
(c) Ecosystem reserve
(d) Biotic community

Answer :  A

Question : Name the literary device used in “They bring me tokens of myself”
(a) Anaphora
(b) Assonance
(c) Metaphor
(d) Alliteration

Answer :  C

Question : What does the poet wish to live with?
(a) Dragons✗
(b) Animals✓
(c) Dinosaurs
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : The places where animals receive protection is called
(a) Zoo
(b) National aparks
(c) Rock shelters
(d) None of these

Answer :  A

Question : What do humans do that animals don’t?
(a) greed
(b) jealous
(c) restless
(d) All of the above

Answer :  D

Question : Pick out the word from Stanza 1, which means “calm” –
(a) Contained
(b) Whine
(c) Placid
(d) Demented

Answer :  C

Question : Which among the following does not reproduce by spore formation:
(a) Penicillium fungus
(b) Yeast fungus
(c) Mucor fungus
(d) Rhizopus fungus

Answer :  B

Question : What is the meaning of “placid”?
(a) peaceful
(b) clumsy
(c) greedy
(d) jealousy

Answer :  A

Question : An organism capable of reproducing by two asexual reproduction methods one similar to the reproduction in yeast and the other similar to the reproduction in Planaria is:
(a) Spirogyra
(b) Hydra
(c) Bryophyllum
(d) Paramecium

Answer :  B

Question : Who is the poet of the poem “Animals”?
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  D

Question : what is the meaning of “whine”?
(a) a beverage✗
(b) cry✓
(c) shout
(d) None

Answer :  B

Question : The species which are at the verge of the extinction
(a) Endemic
(b) Extinct
(c) Endangered
(d) None of these

Answer :  C

Amanda! MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

Don’t bite your nails, Amanda ! 
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda !
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda !

Question. The speaker wants Amanda to learn ………………. .
(a) good habits
(b) bad habits
(c) pleasing habits
(d) no habits

Answer :  A

Question. Who is the speaker ?
(a) Amanda’s grandfather
(b) Amanda’s teacher
(c) Amanda’s mother
(d) Amanda’s father

Answer :  C

Question. Pick out the word from the passage which means same as ‘erect’.
(a) hunch
(b) slouching
(c) bite
(d) straight

Answer :  D

Question.Name the poet ?
(a) Rudyard Kipling
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Robin Klein
(d) William Butler Yeats

Answer :  C

There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me—
a mermaid, drifting blissfuly.

Question Who is ‘me’ in these lines ?
(a) Amanda’s mother
(b) Amanda’s sister
(c) Amanda’s friend
(d) Amanda herself

Answer :  D

Question. Amanda’s desire was to be a mermaid, living in the ……………….. sea.
(a) blue
(b) green
(c) yellow
(d) red

Answer :  B

Question. Emerlad also means ………………… .
(a) green
(b) red
(c) blue
(d) yellow

Answer :  A

Question. Find out the word from the extract which also means ‘relaxed’.
(a) emerald
(b) blissfully
(c) languid
(d) inhabitant

Answer :  B

Did you finish your homework, Amanda ? 
Did you tidy your room, Amanda ?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes,
Amanda

Question. According to the narrator, Amanda is a very ……………… girl.
(a) cute
(b) responsible
(c) naughty
(d) careless

Answer :  D

Question.  Amanda is asked to finish her ………………. .
(a) homework
(b) milk
(c) meal
(d) playing

Answer :  A

Question. ……………….. is talking to Amanda.
(a) Both the parents
(b) One of the parents
(c) Her mother
(d) Her father

Answer :  B

Question. I told you to clean your …………………. .
(a) room
(b) shoes
(c) table
(d) book shelf

Answer :  B

I am an orphan, roaming the street. 
I Pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.
(a) The speaker makes design with her …………………. .
(a) pencil
(b) bare feet
(c) hands
(d) sketch pen

Answer : B

Question. Which word in the passage means the same as ‘naked’.
(a) pattern
(b) bare
(c) hushed
(d) roaming

Answer : B

Question. Where does she make pattern on ?
(a) on sketch book
(b) on paper
(c) on table
(d) on soft dust

Answer : D

Question. She is not an orphan, but she ………………. to be one.
(a) wants
(b) wishes
(c) imagines
(d) longs

Answer : C

Question- Who is the poet of the poem “Amanda”?
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Robin Klein

Answer :   D

Question: Rapunzel is a character from a ——- fairy tale.
(a) German
(b) Irish
(c) English
(d) Indian

Answer :   A

Question- Name the literary device used in the line “Don’t bite your nails, Amanda! Don’t hunch your shoulders,
Amanda!”
(a) Anaphora
(b) Enjambment
(c) Metaphor
(d) Alliteration

Answer :   A

Question. How should Amanda sit?
(a) Long Sit
(b) Side Sit
(c) Straight
(d) Ring Sit

Answer :   C

Question. What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?
(a) be in the green sea
(b) lead a relaxing life
(c) All of the above
(d) None of the above

Answer :   C

Question. What will Amanda’s behaviour make people think?
(a) her mother loves her
(b) her mother harasses her
(c) her mother is understanding
(d) both 1 and 3

Answer :   B

Question. Name the literary device used in the line “freedom is sweet”
(a) Anaphora
(b) Enjambment
(c) Metaphor
(d) Alliteration

Answer :   C

Question- What does she imagine being when she pictures herself in a tower?
(a) Mermaid
(b) Orphan
(c) Rapunzel
(d) None of the Above

Answer :   C

Question.Name the literary devices used in the line “Stop that slouching and sit up straight”.
(a) Anaphora
(b) Assonance
(c) Metaphor
(d) Alliteration

Answer :   D

Question.What made Amanda sulk and become moody?
(a) When she had to complete her homework.
(b) When her mother gives her too many instructions.
(c) When she has to clean her shoes.
(d) None of the Above

Answer :   B

Question. Why should Amanda not eat chocolate?
(a) it causes heart disease.
(b) it will damage liver.
(c) it causes acne.
(d) it causes cancer .

Answer :   C

Question. What does she want to do as an orphan?
(a) walk freely in the streets
(b) play in dust with bare feet
(c) All of the above
(d) None of the above

Answer :   C

Question. How is silence described?
(a) Golden
(b) Silver
(c) Platinum
(d) Love

Answer:   A

Question. Who is the poet of the poem “Amanda”?
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Robin Klein

Answer :   D

Question: Amanda is a —–.
(a) Little girl
(b) Little boy
(c) Puppy
(d) Name of a cat

Answer :   A

Question: Amanda’s mother instructed her not to eat —– for her acne.
(a) Oil
(b) Sweets
(c) Chocolate
(d) Fast food

Answer :   C

Question.What was Amanda to finish?
(a) her homework
(b) her hair
(c) her bath
(d) catch the fishes

Answer :   A

Question. If Amanda is an orphan, what will she do?
(a) She will roam about in the streets.
(b) She will tease everyone in the streets.✗
(c) She will not complete her homework.
(d) All of the Above

Answer :   A

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

How to Tell Wild Animals MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

Question : Which animal would you find in the jungles of the east?
(a) Asian Lion
(b) Bengal Tiger
(c) Leopard
(d) Bear

Answer :  A

Question : Where is the Chameleon generally found?
(a) In the Garden
(b) In the trees.
(c) In the sky.
(d) In the land.

Answer :  B

Question : The poet was talking about the jungle of ——- in the first stanza of the poem.
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West

Answer :  C

Question : What is the special feature of the crocodile?
(a) weeps while eating its prey.
(b) happy while eating its prey.
(c) angry while eating its prey
(d) none of the above.

Answer :  A

Question : Which animal do you find while walking in a yard?
(a) Asian Lion
(b) Bengal Tiger
(c) Leopard
(d) Bear

Answer :  D

Question : What is the difference between a chameleon and a lizard?
(a) Chameleon doesn’t have ears and wings
(b) Lizards don’t have ears and wings
(c) Lizards don’t have wings
(d) Chameleons doesn’t have wings

Answer :  A

Question : Which animal looks like a lizard?
(a) Crocodile
(b) Hyena
(c) Chameleon
(d) Giraffe

Answer :  C

Question: A lion could kill man with its simple
(a) Look
(b) Roar
(c) Paws
(d) Jab

Answer :  B

Question : Which animal would you find in the jungles of the east?
(a) Asian Lion
(b) Bengal Tiger
(c) Leopard
(d) Bear

Answer :  A

Question : Who cries while catching their prey?
(a) Hyena
(b) Crocodile
(c) Both of them
(d) None of them

Answer :  B

Question :  Where are the Asian Lions found?
(a) Eastern countries of the world
(b) Northern countries of the world
(c) Southern countries of the world
(d) Western countries of the world

Answer :  A

Question : What is the special feature of the crocodile?
(a) weeps while eating its prey.
(b) happy while eating its prey.
(c) angry while eating its prey
(d) none of the above.

Answer :  A

Question : Name the literary device used in the line “He hasn’t any ears at all”.
(a) Assonance
(b) Inversion
(c) Enjambment
(d) Alliteration

Answer :  D

Question : Who would huh you while walking in the yard?
(a) Deer
(b) Giraffe
(c) Bear
(d) Leopard

Answer :  C

Question : Which animal do you find while walking in a yard?
(a) Asian Lion
(b) Bengal Tiger
(c) Leopard
(d) Bear

Answer :  D

If some time when roaming round,
A noble wild beast greets you,
With black stripes on a yellow ground,
Just notice f he eats you.
This simple rule may help you learn
The Bengal tiger to discern.

Question : Who composed these lines ?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Robin Klein
(c) W.B. Yeats
(d) Carolyn Wells

Answer  D

Question : A noble wild beast’ here refers to
(a) Asian Lion
(b) Bengal Tiger
(c) Afghani Ass
(d) African Elephant

Answer   B

Question : One characteristic of Bengal Tiger is
(a) yellow-black stripes
(b) white-black spot
(c) yellow-green stripes
(d) green-black spots

Answer  A

Question : The word ‘discern’ means
(a) take care
(b) make up
(c) identify
(d) refuge

Answer   C

Question : Or if some time when roaming round 
A noble wild beast greets you
With black stripes on a yellow ground
Just notice if he eats you.
This simple rule may help you learn
The Bengal Tiger to discern.

Question : Who is the noble wild beast ?
(a) Lion
(b) Tiger
(c) Leopard
(d) Cheetah

Answer : B

Question : The tiger has black stripes on which ground ?
(a) yellow
(b) golden
(c) brown
(d) white

Answer : A

Question : Which word means the same as ‘assist’ ?
(a) noble
(b) grass
(c) help
(d) discern

Answer :  C

Question : The rhyme scheme of the above stanza is what ?
(a) abbacc
(b) ababcc
(c) aabbcc
(d) abcabc

Answer : B

Though to distinguish beasts of prey 
A novice might nonplus,
The Crocodiles you always may
Tell from the Hyenas thus :
Hyenas come with merry smiles
But if they weep they’re Crocodiles.

(a) How can a hyena be recognized ? By
(a) its colour
(b) its appearance
(c) it size
(d) its smile

Answer :  D

(b) Hyenas and crocodiles are ……………………… in nature.
(a) somewhat different
(b) same
(c) somewhat same
(d) different

Answer :  D

(c) Who weeps according to the poet ?
(a) crocodile
(b) alligator
(c) tiger
(d) lion

Answer :  A

(d) What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza ?
(a) ababcc
(b) aaabcc
(c) ababbc
(d) aabbcc

Answer :  A

If when you’re walking round your yard 
You meet a creature there,
Who hugs you very, very, hard
Be sure it is a Bear.

(a) The word ‘You’ in the first line here is the ………………………
(a) speaker
(b) travellers
(c) reader
(d) visitors

Answer : C

(b) Who hugs you ?
(a) wolf
(b) jackal
(c) horse
(d) bear

Answer : D

(c) Find out the word in the passage which means the same as ‘courtyard of your house’ ?
(a) yard
(b) creature
(c) hugs
(d) discern

Answer : A 

(d) Which poetic device is used here ?
(a) metaphor
(b) alliteration
(c) hyperbole
(d) simile

Answer : B

The true Chameleon is small, 
A lizard sort of thing;
He has not any ears at all,
And not a single wing.
If there is nothing on the tree,
This the Chameleon you see.

(a) With whom is chameleon compared with ?
(a) Frog
(b) Lizard
(c) Mongoose
(d) Snake

Answer :   B

(b) Which creature is focussed in this stanza ?
(a) lizard
(b) mongoose
(c) snake
(d) chameleon

Answer :   D

Question : How is the Bengal Tiger described?
(a) noble dinosaur.
(b) noble wild beast.
(c) noble dragon.
(d) none of the above.

Answer :   B

(c) He has not any ………………….. at all.
(a) tail
(b) wings
(c) eyes
(d) ears

Answer :   D

(d) Which other reptile is spoken about ?
(a) lizard
(b) frog
(c) snake
(d) crocodile

Answer :    A

Question : How does a leopard behave when he meets a person?
(a) he run towards the person..
(b) he jumps on him at once.
(c) he try to frighten the person.
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

A Tiger in the Zoo MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass. 

Question : According to the extract, the poet wishes for the tiger to be ‘sliding’ through the foliage as this would
(a) assist in keeping the prey unsuspecting of the predator’s sound.
(b) aid in camouflaging the presence of the predator before it rushes in.
(c) help the predator pounce on the prey comfortably without getting tired.
(d) Support the predator’s vision as it eyes its prey.

Answer :  A

Question : Which fact DOES NOT connect with the significance of the water hole for the tiger?
(a) Many tigers chase prey into the water and holds the victim’s head under water until it drowns.
(b) Prey feed in the water on water-lilies, and often wander into the middle of the water hole, where they are vulnerable and easy for the tiger to kill.
(c) Prey that has quenched its thirst ensures consumption of hydrated meat for the tiger.
(d) Chasing the panicked prey from shallow to deep water where the tiger grabs it.

Answer :  C 

Question : Pick the option that DOES NOT use ‘lurking’ correctly to fill in the blank.
(a) The thug was ______ in the alley late evening, for unsuspecting passers-by.
(b) The hyena was ______ in its den after a good meal.
(c) The detective cautioned her team about the ______ dangers likely to impact the case.
(d) The prejudices ______ beneath the surface create misunderstandings.

Answer :  C

Question : ‘shadow’ here, refers to the shadow of
(a) the tiger.
(b) long grass.
(c) water hole.
(d) deer

Answer :  B 

Question : Pick the phrase that DOES NOT suggest that the forest in the extract is lush.
(a) long grass
(b) the water hole
(c) plump deer
(d) lurking in shadow

Answer :  D

Question : What has been personified in the poem?
(a) tiger
(b) forest
(c) zoo
(d) all of the above

Answer :   A

Question : The tiger has vivid means bright coloured –
(a) Skin
(b) Eyes
(c) Strips
(d) Hair

Answer :  C

Question : The patrolling cars come to —- at night.
(a) Vigilate the zoo
(b) Kill the tiger
(c) Take the animals
(d) Visit the place

Answer :   A

Question : How should the tiger walk through the grass?
(a) With great difficulty
(b) With ease
(c) With practice
(d) None of the Above

Answer :    B

Question : At what does the tiger look at in night?
(a) Patrolling cars
(b) His House
(c) Stars
(d) All of the Above

Answer :  C

Question : What describes “tiger in a cell”?
(a) Locked in concrete cell
(b) snarling around houses
(c) shadow, long grass
(d) baring his white fangs

Answer :  A

Question : What sound does the tiger near at night?
(a) Patrolling cars
(b) Flowing river
(c) Truck Horn
(d) All of the Above

Answer :   A

Question : Snarling means –
(a) Buzzing sound in the jungle
(b) Sound to make afraid the animals
(c) Sound in the water bodies
(d) Sound made by animal

Answer :  D

Question- Name the poetic device used in the line “On pads of velvet quiet”.
(a) metaphor
(b) assonance
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Consonance

Answer :  A

Question : By “ignoring visitors”, what is the poet trying to say?
(a) tiger knows his power is restricted
(b) there is no use of showing rage
(c) he is less terrorising because of the cage
(d) all of the above

Answer :  D

Question : Where should the tiger hide to himself?
(a) behind the tree
(b) in the shadow
(c) in the house
(d) in the jungle

Answer :  B

Question : The tiger has velvet like –
(a) Paws
(b) Nose
(c) Body
(d) Hair

Answer :  A

Question : How does the tiger feel in the cage?
(a) he was in sad mood
(b) he was in happy mood
(c) he was in angry mood
(d) he was in surprised

Answer :  C

Question : Who passes near the water hole?
(a) Fat Pig
(b) Fat Buffalo
(c) Fat Deer
(d) All of the Above

Answer :  C

Question : What described “tiger in a jungle”?
(a) Locked in concrete cell
(b) his strength behind bars
(c) ignoring visitors
(d) baring his white fangs

Answer :  D

Question : How do the eyes of the tiger look?
(a) Sad
(b) brilliant
(c) dark
(d) Light

Answer :   B

Question : Name the poetic device used in the line “He stalks in his vivid stripes”.
(a) metaphor
(b) assonance
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Consonance

Answer :  D

Question : In reality the tiger is in the –
(a) Circus tent
(b) Jungle
(c) Cave
(d) Concrete cell

Answer :  D

He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet
In his quiet rage.

Question : Who composed these lines ?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Leslie Norris
(c) Robin Klein
(d) W.B. Yeats

Answer :  B

Question : Who passes near the water hole?
(i) Fat Pig
(ii) Fat Buffalo
(iii) Fat Deer
(iv) All of the Above

Answer :  C

Question : How do the eyes of the tiger look?
(i) Sad
(ii) brilliant
(iii) dark
(iv) Light

Answer :  B

Question : The tiger’s paws are cushioned like
(a) Cotton
(b) wool
(c) velvet
(d) stone

Answer :  C

Question : ‘He’ here stands for
(a) poet
(b) poet’s servant
(c) gate keeper
(d) tiger

Answer :  D

Question : The word ‘rige’ means
(a) raise
(b) anger
(c) get up
(d) wakeup

Answer :  B

Question : Name the poetic device used in the line “In his quiet rage”.
(a) metaphor
(b) assonance
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Consonance

Answer :  C

Fire and Ice MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

Some say the world will end in fire 
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.

(a) The people of the world think that the world will end in …………………….. .
(i) fire and tsunami
(ii) earthquake and cyclone
(iii) melting of glaciers
(iv) fire or ice

Answer  :  D

Question : What enough to destroy the world is
(i) dictatorship
(ii) affection
(iii) love
(iv) hatred

Answer  :  D

(b) The poet’s opinion is that the world will end in …………………….. .
(i) fire
(ii) ice
(iii) earthquake
(iv) tsunami

Answer  :  A

(c) Find the word from the passage which means same as ‘endless greed’.
(i) favour
(ii) desire
(iii) perish
(iv) destruction

Answer  :  B

(d) Who is the poet of this poem ?
(i) R.L. Stevenson
(ii) Sarojini Naidu
(iii) William Wordsworth
(iv) Robert Frost

Answer  :  D

Question : What is the name of the poet?
(a) Sylvia Plath
(b) W.B Yeats
(c) Robert Frost
(d) Robert Burns

Answer  :  C

Question : What does the poet compare fire with?
(a) hatred
(b) desire
(c) hot
(d) both 1 and 3

Answer :  B

Question : Meaning of perish is –
((a) Love
(b) Build
(c) Destruction
(d) Hate

Answer :  C

Question : What is ‘fire’ a symbol of?
(a) love and new desires
(b) lust and endless desires
(c) love and beginning of a new thing.
(d) Revolution

Answer :  B

Question : What is ‘Ice’ a symbol of?
(a) Lust
(b) Love
(c) Desire
(d) Hatred

Answer :  D

Question : The world may end ether in fire on in –
(a) Ice
(b) Rain
(c) Storm
(d) Earthquake

Answer :  A

Question : What would be a better option to end the earth?
(a) fire
(b) ice
(c) both are equally competent
(d) none

Answer :  C

Question : Name the poetic device used in the line “I hold with those who favour fire”.
(a) Assonance
(b) Alliteration
(c) None
(d) Both

Answer :  D

Question : What will the world end in?
(a) Fire and Ice
(b) Fire
(c) Ice
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : Where has he used personification?
(a) fire
(b) ice
(c) earth
(d) both 1 and 2

Answer :  D

Question : Why do some people say that the world will end in ice?
(a) because love among people is increasing fast.
(b) because hatred among people is increasing fast.
(c) because lust among people is increasing fast.
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : ——- is the better option to destroy the world.
(a) Rain
(b) Strom
(c) Fire
(d) Ice

Answer :  D

Question : he cause of man’s destruction is
(a) family
(b) gold
(c) lust
(d) money

Answer :  C

Question : Name the poetic device used in the line “To say that for destruction ice is also great”.
(a) Metaphor
(b) Imagery
(c) Alliteration
(d) Oxymoron

Answer :  B

Question : What would suffice if the world were to perish twice?
(a) ice
(b) fire
(c) hatred
(d) both 1 and 2

Answer :  D

Question : Why does the poet hold with those who favour fire?
(a) because love among people is increasing fast.
(b) because hatred among people is increasing fast.
(c) because the lust for material things is increasing quickly.
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  C

Question : What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
(a) abaa bcbcb
(b) aaba bcbcb
(c) aaab bcbcb
(d) abab bcbcb

Answer :  A

Question : “Fire and Ice” was first published in 1920. Briefly explain how the WW I might have influenced the theme of the poem . 
Ans. The poem was published shortly after WW I and weighs up the probability of two different scenarios represented by the elements of the poem’s title. The speaker believes fire to the world ender. Ironically, he also adds that ice- representing hate-world ‘also’ be ‘great’ to bring the end of the world.

Question : Create a tag line / slogan / catch-phrase for the poem. 
Ans. ‘Icy hatred or Fiery desire. Both suffice the world to burn. So humans………. Humans,
Beware it’s not at all fun.

Dust of Snow MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

Question : The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

(a) Where was the crow sitting ?
(i) on a Banyan tree
(ii) on a Hemlock tree
(iii) on a Pine tree
(iv) on a Gulmohar tree

Answer :  B

(b) What did it shake on the poet ?
(i) rubber ball
(ii) fruit of a tree
(iii) a small pebble
(iv) dust of snow

Answer :  D

(c) Give a rhyming word of ‘crow’ from the passage.
(i) heart
(ii) mood
(iii) snow
(iv) rued

Answer :  C

(d) What was the poet’s state of mind at that time ?
(i) good mood
(ii) best mood
(iii) not very good mood
(iv) depressive mood

Answer :  D

Question : Who is the poet of the poem “Dust of Snow”?
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Robin Klein

Answer :  B

Question : The poem “Dust of Snow” is written by –
(a) Robert Frost
(b) John Keats
(c) William Shakespeare
(d) P.B Shelley

Answer :  A

Question : What did the poet think of the day before the dust of snow fell on him?
(a) He was energetic
(b) He was rude
(c) He was lucky
(d) His day was ruined.

Answer : D

Question : What was the mood of the poet in the beginning of the poem?
(a) Sad mood
(b) Happy mood
(c) Confuse mood
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : What uplifted his mood?
(a) falling of snow on his shoulder
(b) the crow
(c) hemlock tree
(d) all of the above

Answer :  A

Question :  Who is the poet of Dust of Snow?
(a) El Bsor Ester
(b) Eleanor Estes
(c) Robert Frost
(d) G.L. Fuentes

Answer :  C

Question : What makes the fine particles of snow fall from the tree?
(a) Frog
(b) Crow
(c) Snake
(d) Goldfinch

Answer :  B

Question Which literary device has been used in Shook Down on Me?
(a) Assonance
(b) Personification
(c) Alliteration
(d) Enjambment

Answer :  A

Question : Where was the crow?
(a) Peepal Tree
(b) Hemlock Tree
(c) Deodar Cedar
(d) Banyan Tree

Answer :  B

Question : Name the poetic device used in the line “Has given my heart”
(a) alliteration
(b) metaphor
(c) oxymoron
(d) similie

Answer :  A

Question: Here the rest of the day of the poet was saved by –
(a) Winself
(b) Snow
(c) Weather
(d) Crow and Hemlock tree

Answer :  D

Question : The poet says, “Of a day I had rued”. What is the meaning of “rued”?
(a) ruined
(b) held in regret
(c) ruled
(d) conquered

Answer :  B

Has given my heart 
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

(a) Of what change does the poet mention here ?
(i) change of weather
(ii) change of climate
(iii) change of season
(iv) change of mood

Answer :  D

(b) Whose part of the day has been saved ?
(i) People’s
(ii) The poet’s
(iii) The poetess
(iv) The travellers

Answer :  B

(c) What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza ?
(i) aabb
(ii) baba
(iii) abba
(iv) abab

Answer :  D

(d) Who is the poet of this poem ?
(i) R.L. Stevenson
(ii) Robert Frost
(iii) William Wordsworth
(iv) Ruskin Bond

Answer :  B

Question : What are the two negative creatures that Frost used as carriers of positivity?
(a) snow, dust
(b) hemlock tree, snow
(c) snow, crow
(d) hemlock tree, crow

Answer :  B

Question : Synecdoche is a poetic device that uses a part to represent the whole. E.g. That’s a great set of wheels! (Set of wheels has been used for car.) Pick an example of synecdoche from the poem.
(a) Has given my heart / A change of mood
(b) The way a crow/ Shook down on me
(c) The dust of snow / From a hemlock tree
(d) And saved some part / Of a day I had rued

Answer :  A

Question : From where was snow dropped?
(a) from a pipai tree
(b) from a neem tree
(c) from a hemlock tree
(d) from a rose plant

Answer :  C

Question : What is the name of the poet?
(a) Sylvia Plath
(b) W.B Yeats
(c) Robert Frost
(d) Robert Burns

Answer :  C

Question : Of the many symbols the hemlock tree represents, choose the one that Frost drew upon in all likelihood, for this poem.
Symbol of
(a) longevity.
(b) togetherness.
(c) healing.
(d) protection.

Answer :  A

Question : What has the poet saved ?
(a) some part of the day
(b) some money
(c) some poetry
(d) some part of a book

Answer :  A

MCQ Questions for Class 10 English: Ch 10 Sermon at Benares First Flight

1. When was Budhha sent for Schooling?

(a) At the age of eight

(b) At the age of ten

(c) At the age of twelve

(d) At the age of fourteen

► (c) At the age of twelve

2. Where did Budhha sit?

(a) Peepal Tree

(b) Fig Tree

(c) Mango Tree

(d) Deodar cedar

► (b) Fig Tree

3. What did the Budhha ask the girl for?

(a) handful of mustard seeds

(b) handful of grapes

(c) handful of black pepper

(d) None of the Above

► (c) At the age of twelve

4. What does the ripe fruit fear?

(a) Someone will eat them

(b) They will rot

(c) Falling down

(d) None of the Above

► (c) Falling down

5. What is the fate of mortals?

(a) They will cry one day

(b) Inevitable death of all.

(c) One day they will run.

(d) None of the Above

► (b) Inevitable death of all.

6. What is the world afflicted with?

(a) Love

(b) Diseases

(c) Death and decay

(d) None of the Above

► (c) Death and decay

7. Where was Budhha born?

(a) South India

(b) North India

(c) West part of India

(d) None of the Above

► (b) North India

8. Where did Buddha preach his first sermon?

(a) Haridwar

(b) Benares

(c) Chennai

(d) Patliputra

► (b) Benares

9. What did Kisa Gotami learn in the end?

(a) Love is common

(b) Death is common

(c) War is common

(d) None of the Above

► (b) Death is common

10. Why was Kisa Gotami sad?

(a) her only son had died.

(b) her all property was snatched.

(c) she was beaten up.

(d) None of the Above

► (a) her only son had died.

MCQ Questions for Class 10 English: Ch 9 Madam Rides the Bus First Flight

1. Who was Vlliammai?

(a) Eight year old girl

(b) Nine year old boy

(c) Ten year old boy

(d) Eleven year old boy

► (a) Eight year old girl

2. What was the most fascinating scene for Valli in the street?

(a) The bus with new set of curtains every time.

(b) The bus with new set of passengers every time.

(c) The bus with new driver every time.

(d) The bus with new conductor every time.

► (b) The bus with new set of passengers every time.

3. How did she collect information about the bus?

(a) By checking the bags of passengers every time.

(b) By asking some discreet questions.

(c) By checking the luggage of passengers every time.

(d) None of the Above

► (b) By asking some discreet questions.

4. What was her favourite pastime?

(a) To stand at the front doorway and look into the street.

(b) To stand at the front doorway and look every passenger.

(c) To stand at the back doorway and look every passenger.

(d) None of the Above

► (a) To stand at the front doorway and look into the street.

5. What did the conductor call Valli?

(a) Cute Girl

(b) Madam

(c) First Passenger

(d) None of the Above

► (b) Madam

6. What did Valli wish?

(a) Bus ride

(b) Truck ride

(c) Car ride

(d) Cycle ride

► (a) Bus ride

7. What did the conductor offer Valli at the bus stop in the town?

(a) Water

(b) Soft Drink

(c) Pizza

(d) Burger

► (b) Soft Drink

8. What did Valli do one fine spring day?

(a) Caught the bus to the town.

(b) Caught the bus to the village.

(c) Caught the car to the town.

(d) Caught the car to the village .

► (a) Caught the bus to the town.

9. How much money did Valli pay for her to and fro journey?

(a) Fifty paise

(b) Sixty paise

(c) Seventy paise

(d) Hundred paise

► (b) Sixty paise

10. What amused Valli the most?

(a) The sight of buffalo running in front of the bus.

(b) The sight of people running in front of the bus.

(c) The sight of dog running in front of the bus.

(d) The sight of cow running in front of the bus.

► (d) The sight of cow running in front of the bus.