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First Flight-Prose, (b) description of the post office., , Chapter 1. A Letter to God, , () belief of being looted., , G.L. Fluents, Read the extracts given below and answer the questions, that follow., , (d) list of further demands., , (v) Pick the most suitable quote for the above extract., (a) "It is easier to fool people than to convince, , them that they have been fooled.", , 1. When hefinished, he went to the window to buya stamp, which he licked and then affixed to the envelope with a blorw, of his fist. The moment the letter fell into the mailbox the, postmaster went to open it. It said: "God: Of the money that, , I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest,, since I need it very much. But don't send it to me through the, mail because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks., , -Mark Twain, (b) "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's, -Confucius, ignorance.", (c) "You see a person's true colours when you are, no longer beneficial to their life."-anonymous, (d) True generosity means accepting ingratitude.", , INCERT, , -Coco Chanel, , ( ) . bunch of crooks. Pick the option that DOES, , 2. With a satisfied expression he regarded the field of ripe corn, with its flowers, draped in curtain of rain. But suddenlya, strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large, hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble new silver, coins. The boys, exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to, collect the frozen pearls., , Lencho.", , NOT collate with bunch of', correctly., , Keys, , Bunch of, , (iv) Islands, , (ii) Grapes, , i) What happened to the rain suddenly?, (a) It stopped, , (b) It turned into acid rain, , (ii) Flowers, , (a) option (i), (c) option (ii), , (b) option (i), (d) option (iv), , i) What was the most likely response that the, postmaster expected in Lencho's second letter?, , (), , sorrowful, , (ii) gratitude, , (1i) disappointment (iv) shock, , (a) (i) and (v), () (i) and (iv), , b) (i) and (iii), (d), , (ii) and (v), , i ) Pick the correct option corresponding to the, , (), , It changed into hailstones, , (d) It started raining more heavily, , (i) With what did hailstones resembles in the extract?, (a) Silver coins, , (b) Ice-creams, , (c), , (d) Snow peaks, , Flowers, , ii) Find a word in the given extract which means the, same as 'contented'., , (a) Regarded, , (b) Draped, , (c) Exposed, , (d) Satistied, , iv) What does the word 'exposing' mean in the, , phrasewith a blow of his fist.', , extract?, , (a) Hiding, (c) Preventing, , (b) Coming out in open, , (d) Intluencing, , 3. The house- the only one in the entire vulley-sat on the crest, of a low hil. From this height one could see the river and the, , i), , (ii), , iv), (ii), (b) option (i), (a) option ), (d) option (iv), (c) option (i), iv) Lencho's letter included:, (a) details of his problems., , field of ripe corn dotted with the flouers that always promised, a good harvest. The, only thing the earth needed was a good, downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning, Lencho -who knew his fields intimately- had done nothing, but see the sky towards the north-east., [NCERTI, , () Based on the detail of the house's location, how, can it best be described?, , (a) majestic, , (c)solitary, , (b) imposing, (d) unique

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50|, , OBJECTIVE, Gurukul CBSE CHAPTERWISE, , (i) The field of corn, , (a), , not, , a, , MCQs ENGLISH-X, means, , dotted with flowers, , single flower was bigger than, , a, , (a) Choose, , that:, , the, , the, descriptions about, , dot., , lists, , that, , answer, , fresh and sweet., , Raindrops are like, , fresh coins., , downpour or a heavy shower., option that correctly lists the correct, , (iii) Lencho wished for a, , /4. The falling, , Pick the, match for kinds of rain., , 1. Heavy rain, , /raindrops made, 2. Raindrops, , Light rain that falls in very, , Lencho sick., , Falling, , were like fresh, , fine drops., , He went out, but came, , Rain, , Corns, , 2. Thunderstorm | ii. Very heavy rain, tropical, , back wet, , rain., 3., , Drizzle, , i . It, , comes, , down, , COfey, , 1. The air was, , across., b) the flowers were scattered, were, in, shaped like dots., (c) the flowers, (d) the flowers had shrunk in size., , i., , the, , falling rain., , and gloomy/, , quite, , 3. The air was not, , strongly and a person gets, , fresh it was humid., , wet very quickly., , 4. Torrential rain, , iv. Really heavy rain that comes, , 5., , v. Is, , The streets were, , filled with wet mud., , very suddenly., Downpour, , a, , violent,, , short-lived, disturbance, , weather, , associated with lightening, , option 2, , iv) option 4, , (ii) option 3, , thunder and strong, gusty, , (b) Why did the man go out in rain?, , winds., , (a), , (ii), , (i) option, , 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-v, 4-i, 5-ii, , (b) 1-iv, 2-i, 3-ii, 4-v, 5-ii, (c) 1-v, 2-ii, 3-iv, 4-i, 5-i, (d) 1-ii, 2-v, 3-i, 4-i, 5-iv, (iv) Based on the given extract, what is Lencho NOT, likely to think while looking at his field?, , i), , for sheer pleasure, , (i), , to get his clothes, , (iii) to examine the rain, , (iv) to examine the roads, (c) The big raindrops were the size, , i), , five-cent pieces, , of, , (ii) twenty-cent pieces, ), , Such a blessing, God! Thank you., , (ii) Justa downpour., , ii) ten-cent pieces, , God. and, , (iv) fifteen-cent pieces, , everythin8, , (d) What, , will be perfect., , (ii) All set for the, , enough food, to eat after, , be rich!, , this harvest., , was, , falling from, , raindrops, , the, , (11), , sky?, , stones, , (ii) mud, (iv) money, (e) The extract uses the phrase, proceed toward, , (iv) I wish we have, , grand harvest., Im going to, , (a) option (i), (c) option (i), , i), , for rain. Identify the synonym of the phra, from the given words., , (b) option (i), (d) option ), , 1. Fleetingg, , (v) Which quote supports the idea in the given, extract?, , (a) "Farming is a profession of hope.", b) "Iwould rather be on my farm than be emperor, of the world.", , 4.Encroaching-, , Proceed, , towards, , 2 . 2. Retreating, , () "Farming looks mighty easy when your plough, is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from, , the corn field.", , 3. Approaching, , (d) "Those too lazy to plough in the right season, will have no food at the harvest.", 4., , In the north-east huge mountains of clouds could be seen, , (i), , option 1, , avproaching. Ihe air was fresh and sweet. The man went, , i) option 2, , (ii) option3, , (iv) option4, , out for no other reason than to have the pleasure offeeling, , the rain on his body, and when he returned he exclaimed,, , ne aren't raindrops falling from the sky, they are new, ure terncent, pieces and the little ones are, coins. The big drops, ives, , 5., , 2s, The moment the letter, fell into the mailbox the pos, went to open it. "God, :Of the money that I asked jun, , seventy pesos reached, , me., , Send, , me, , the rest,, , sinCe, , very much. But don't send it to me through the mail be, the post office, employees are a bunch of crooks. LenC, , rcho"

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First Flight-Pros, , When is Lencho, , ), , thinking about the money?, , 3., , 4. He was, , (c)while writing his first letter, , 5. Lencho does not sound, , that, , are, , NOT TRUE, , according, , to the, , 7. Lencho, , given, , sacrifices made, , (c), on, , his, , money with Lencho., , 11., , F-1, 3 and O - 2, 4, , (d) F-3 and O -1, 2, 4, , 12., , iv) Why does he address the post office employees, as crooks?, (a) because he received less money, , God?, 14., , only, according to Lencho?, the, , (a) a shower, , 15., , (d) bunlight, did Lencho expect the downpour, , (c) south-west, , landslide, , (d) flood, , (b) locusts, , salt, , ice, , (d), , Why was Lencho satisfied?, , tlowers., , None of the Above, , Lencho, , compared, , the quantum of, , damage, , with:, , attack by rats, , (b), , attack by crows, , plague of locusts, , (d), , None of the above, , What, (a), , a bnowfall, , C)strong winds, Where, from?, (a) north, , (c), , was, , the, , only hope lett, , in the hearts of Lencho's, , family?, , hill, , (d) in a city, needed, thing that the Earth, (b), , hailstorm, , The field looked as if it were covered in:, , (c), , ruined, , Where was Lencho's house situated?, , was, , (b), , (a), , he was duped of his money, , () top of a plateau, , heavy rainfall, , (d), , (a) he is poor, (b) he lost his money, , (b) top of a, , (a), , (a) On seeing a new tractor in his field, (b) On seeing a new buttalo., (c) On seeing the ield ot ripe corn with, , (d) because they owed him money, , (a) bottom of the hill, , done a good deed., , (c)sugar, 13., , (b) because he was cheated of money, , were, , employess had, , What destroyed Lencho's fields?, , (a), , (c) because they had charged money, , Why is Lencho asking money from, , 4. I feel the post office, , employees were, glad to help., , (b) F-1, 3, 4 and O-2, , What, , (b) 1,2,3, (d) 3,5,7, , 1,2,6, , 3. The post office, , that he asked God., , (a) F-1,2 and O-3, 4, , (d) his crops, , happy, , employees., , with the money he got., , and opinion/s (0) of the students below., , 1.They shared their12.Ithink he deserve all, , (), , greedy, , sure answer., , when he collects, , (iii) Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s (F), , behalf., , (c), , was not, , (a) 1,2,4, , extract., , 1. Lencho realised the, , confident about getting a, , the 70 pesos., 6. Lencho liked the, post office, , (ii) Choose the option that lists the set of statements, , 6., , help., , (b) while writing about crop failure, (d) while stamping the letter, , (v), , Lencho trusted in God to send, him 100 pesos., Lencho wrote letters to God for, , 2., , (a) while writing the second letter, , 51, , l6., , to, , come, , compensation trom the government, , (b) help, , trom tarumer's association, , () help, , from God, , (d) there was no hope lett, Why did Lencho need unoney?, (b), , To buy a tuastor, To sd Ve hus tanily trva hunger, , To buy a new phone, , (a), , (b), , north-eabt, , (), , (d), , south-east, , (d) To buy a buttalo, , What did Lencho compare the large raindrops with, (b) pearls, (a) silver coins, (d) new coins, () diamonds, 10. Which, on Lencho's fields7, crop was growing, (b) Barley, (a) Corn, di None af the above, , 17., , How did Lencho decide, , to contact, , (a) by visiting them personally, (b), , through a letter, , (), , through e mail, , (d) through fax, , his last resort?

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MCu, CHAPTERWISE OBJECTIVE, , 52, , Gurukul CBSE, , 18., , did Lencho ask for?, How much money, (a), , c), , was, , the, , Lencho, , (a), , 1000 pesos, , he, , (d) 500 pesos, , 10 pesos, , What, , 19., , (b), , 100 pesos, , What is the, , 30., , of the postman, , immediate reaction, , hailstorm even tho=, sad after the, shower., the one waiting for a, at Lencho but still hel-, , laughed, , for, arrange money, Lencho blamed the, , (c), , seeing the letter?, , Letter to God'?, , was, , Postmaster, , (b), , on, , was, , 'A, irony in the lesson, , him., , post, , office, , employees wh-, , fact helped him., , (a) laughed whole-heartedly, , (d) there is no irony, (b) cried, felt sad about what, , (c), , the chapter 'A Lettetype of conflict does, God' highlight?, , What, , 31., , happened, , (d) felt empathetic, The postmaster, , 20., , was a, , amiable, , fat,, , man., , What is the, , meaning of amiable?, , (a), , (b) helpful, , rude, , (d), , (c)friendly, , seeing, , On, , 21., , the letter, the postmaster, , moved, , was, , (a), , unwavering faith, , (b) handwriting, , (c), , love for God, , (d) determination, , did the, , Why, , postmaster, , decide to, , by, , 32., , reply, , to Lencho's, , 33., , Roald Dahl, , What does the word, , 'ox, , A domestic animal., , (c), , Both (a) and (b), , 34., , (b) money, , (a), , He was a simple person, , (d) new seeds, , (b) He was very hard working, (c), , arrange?, , (d) All the above., , (a) 100 pesos, , b) Nil, , (c), , (d) 70 pesos, , 1000 pesos, , 35., , He had faith in God., , Why did Lencho go out in the rain?, (a), , To have the pleasure of feeling the rain on, , What did the postmaster feel on experiencing Lencho, , body., (b) To harvest the crops, , (a) contended, , (b) proud, , (c), , (C) overwhelmed, , (d) all of the above, , (d) None of the Above, , Lencho not, , in the envelope?, , surprised on seeing the, , money, , 36., , 37., , he was an ungrateful man, , How did Lencho feel when he counted the, , (a) rateful, , money?, , (b) joyful, (d) angry, , relieved, , What did Lencho think of the, , (b) rude, , (c)unhelpful, , (d poud, , 38., , (c) remaining, , for, (d) he didn't ask, , send it, , send, , anything, , it, , by, , From the, and, , top, , (a) trees, (c) watertall, , more money, , amount and, , There was/were, , ()three, 39., , mail, , by mail, , onlu, , 40., , For, , (a) five days, (c) an hour, , (d) teacher, (b) London, (d) Latin America, house/houses on th, , (a) two, , What did Lencho ask for in his second letter?, , amunt, (b) remaining, , The story sets in, , (a) Britain, ()lndia, , post-office employees?, , and not, , (6) business man, , of the hill., , (a) bunch of crook, , (a), , Lencho, the protagonist of the story was a, (a) farmer, () policeman, , (d) none of the above, , (c), , To fed the fish, , by profession., , he was too sad to acknowledge it, , (b) he had unwavering faith in God, (c), , 'A Lette, , What does the story tell about the characten, , How much money was the postmaster able to, , (a), , chapter, , Lencho?, , lost crop, , was, , in the, , (d) None of the above, , What else did the reply demand apart from goodwill,, , Why, , 29., , William Shakespeare, , (d), , b), , receive the letter?, , 28., , (c), , (c)to preserve Lencho's faith in God, , (c) God's signature, , 27., , G.L. Fuentes, , (b) he felt empathetic, , (a), , 25., , Who is the author of the lesson 'A Letter to God'?, , God' mean?, (a) Hardworking and simple person, , he was a good man, , ink and paper?, , 24., , conflict among humans, conflict among God and nature, , (b) J.k. Rowling, , (d) all of the above, 23., , (b), (c), , (a), , letter?, (a), , conflict between nature, , (d) both (a) and (b), , enthusiastic, , Lencho's:, , 22., , (a), , of the, , (b), , one, , (d), , tive, , hill, Lencho could se, (b), , meadow, , (d), , river, , the hail rained., (b) one day

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Find the correct statement, , in, , First, , the, , (a) There were twenty houses infollowing:, the, b) The woman called children -to valley, have breakfast, (c) The large falling hailstones, , 41., , 47., , -, , resembled, , coins, , 42., , 43., , (d), (a), (b), (c), , Lencho wrote a letter, The field was, , (d), , The, , -, , The, , postmaster, , -, , -, , gold, , happy, , -, , to see, , bunch of crooks, rainstorm, -, , a, , field of, , ripe corn, always promised a good harvest., , (d) "Well all go, , Options:, , hungry this year.", , ) b-d)-(a)-(c), i) (d)-(c)-b)-(a), i) (a-(b}-d-(c), (iv) ()-(a)-(d-b), (a) Lencho was an ox ofa man, working like an animal, in the, , fields,, , but still he knew how to write., , (b) He put the money, , in, , correct but reason is, , explanation of assertion., , (ii) Assertion is true and reason is, (iv) Assertion is false and reason is false., true., Assertion: Lencho was afraid to think, , how his, , would survive., , family, , Reason:His crops were destroyed., ), , Both assertion and, is the correct, , explanation, , (i) Both assertion and, not the correct, , 49., , reason are, , of, , correct and reason, , assertion., , reason are, , explanation, , correct but reason is, of assertion., , (ii) Assertion is true and reason is false., (iv) Assertion is false and reason is true., Assertion: The post office, were, Lencho's letter, Reason: He wrote, , (i), , employees, , letter to God, , a, , Both assertion and, is the correct, not the correct, , asking money., , reason are, , explanation, , (ii) Both assertion and, , moved by, , correct and reason, , of assertion., , reason are, , explanation, , correct but, of assertion., , reason, , is, , iii) Assertion is true and reason is false., iv) Assertion is false and reason is true., , envelope addressed, Lencho and with it a letter containing, only a, single word as a signature: God., , Chapter 2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk, , C) He wTote 'To God' on the envelope, put the letter, inside and, still troubled, went to town., , -Nelson Rohilahla Mandela, , (d) But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and, along with the rain very large hailstones began to, fall, , Options:, i) (dHacHb), (i) (a)-(c)-b)-(d), (ii) (bad-(c), (iv) (d)-(c)-(a)-(b), Assertion: Lencho wrote a second letter to God., Reason: He received only 60 pesos., (i) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason, is the correct explanation of assertion., , 01) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is, not the correct explanation of absertion., , 0) Assertion is true and reason is false, , 0, , 48., , reason are, , an, , to, , 45., , not the correct, , requested., , could see the river and the, dotted with the flowers that, , one, , are correct and, explanation of assertion. reason, , (ii) Both assertion and, , Rearrange the sentences in the correct, sequence and, choose the correct option:, (a) "These aren't raindrops, falling from the sky, they, are new coins. The, big drops are ten cent pieces, and the little ones are fives.", (b) God could not have made a, mistake, nor could he, have denied Lencho what he had, (c) From this height, , 4, , is the correct, , to, , employees, , Flight-Pros | 53, , received 70 pesos., Reason: The, postmaster kept some of the, money, (i)Both assertion and reason, , God, preserved due to hailstones, was a thin and rude person, , Lencho called post, man was, , to, , Assertion: Lencho only, , (iv) Assertion is false and rean is true., Assertion: Lencho thought that no one dies trom, , hunger., Keason: Cod was the only hope., ), , Both assertion and reason are correct and reason, , is the correct explanation of assertion., , (i) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is, not the correct explanation of assertion., i ) Assertion is true and reason is false., iv) Assertion is false and reason is true, , to Freedom, Read the extracts, that follow., , given, , below and, , answer, , 1. "We, who were outlaws not so, long ago, have, the rare privilege to be host to the nations, , the, , questions, , today been gven, of the world on, , soil. We thank all of our, distinguished international, guests for having come to take possession with the people of, our country of what is,, after all, a common victory for justice, , our own, , for peace, for human dignity.", , i) The guests at the spectacular ceremony, called distinguished because:, (a) they, (b) they, (c)they, (d) they, , NCERTI, are, , being, , have been invited as guests tu atternd it., are eminent world leaulers witvessung it., are visiting the country tor this purpose., have resumed diplonmatic relativns with, , the country., , (Gi) tis, , a victory tor 'human diguity'. Pick the, option, that lists the correct answer tor what 'human, , dignity' would include., , (a) ) quality, (ii) liberty, (üi) indecency, , (b) )liberty, (ii) indecency, (iü) selt-respect, () (i) innamorality, (ii) selt-respect, (iüi) equality, (d) ) equality, (i) liberty, (ui) selt-respect, (i) Why does the speaker say that it is a 'rare, , privilege?, He says this as they have

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3., , Chapter 1. Dust of Snow, , Shook down on me, , -Robert Frost, Read the extracts, , given, , below and answer the, , questions that follow., 1. The way, , a, , The dust of snow, From a hemlock tree, , Has given my heart, A change of mood, , croww, , Shook down on me, The dust of snow, From a hemlock tree, (i) Who shook down the, hemlock tree?, , (a) crow, (c) mynah, , And saved, , (a) longevity, (c) healing, , rhyme, , aabb, , (c)abba, , of the, poem., , given stanza?, , reassured, curious, thankful, impulsive, 1,3 and 7, , (c), , 5 and 7, , option, 'rue' correctly., (a) The film was a, , part, , (b), , Who is the poet of this poem?, , (c), , (a), , W. B. Yeats, , (b), , (c), , Robert Frost, , (d) Shakespeare, , T. S. Eliot, , (a), , change of cloth, , (iii) Which, , iv), , (b) change of mood, , (c) change of house (d), , none, , of these, , word from the extract, , means, , "held in, , (b), , (a) saved, , (c), , merriment, , (v) Who, (a), , (c), , dust of s n o w, , rued the, day she, , long, and my deceit., , before I rued, , It was not, , heartless., , (d) day, the, , day, , had been spent, , by, , the, , b) regret, (d), , storm, , (d), , birds, , the, , one, , decisio, , listened, , to, , =, , disobedien, , who is, , a, , That's a great set of, used for car.), , part, , a part te, , wheels! (Set, , example of, , of wheels, , has bee, , synecdoche, given my heart, fron the, /A, (b) The way a row/, change of moodpoem., Shook, (c) The dust of, snow Fromdown on me, (d) And saved, a, (v) Choose the some part/ Of hemlock tree, showins day I had, correspondingoption, with, a, , meditation, , (b), , rue, , my, , his, , dishonest an, Synecdoche, poeticE.g.device that uses, represent the whole., is, , (a) Has, , rued, , the change of poet's, is responsible for, , dust, , fortune-teller., , Pick an, , regret?, , (C) changed, (iv) The major part of, poet i n (a) delight, , I am sure, she, , (d) Others, finally, , (i) What change does the poet mention here?, , (b) 2,4, and 6, (d) 1 and 3, that DOES, NOT use the worm, , disaster and he rued, , to act in it., , Ofa day I had rued., , (i), , (2) disappointed, (4) demotivated, (6) disheartened, , (ii) Identify the, , (d) abab, , A change of mood, some, , option that lists the possible feeling, poet prior to the experience shared in the, , (1), (3), (5), (7), (a), , 2. Has given my heart, , And saved, , (b) togetherness, (d) protection, , (ii) Choose the, , (b) parrot, (d) rain, scheme of the, (b) babb, , part, , INCERT, , (b) cuckoo, (d) parrot, , (a) owl, (c) snow, (v) What is the, , some, , Ofa day I had rued., i) Of the many symbols the hemlock tree, represent, choose the one that Frost drew, upon inal, likelihood, for this poem., Symbol of, , (ii) What fell on the, poet?, (a) Dust of wind, (b) Dust of rain, (c) Dust of storm, (d) Dust of snow, (iii) The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize,, (a) Sorrow, (6) Happiness, (c) Celebration, (d) Death, iv) What was there in the tree at that time?, , (a), , The way a crow, , mood?, , "..., the, The dust of, snow" a crow, (a) The crow's landing, on, (b) The shivering of theon the, , mel, , me, , Tnews landing, , ruedNO, reason, , IShook down, , crow, branch of the, due, , to, , the, , tree., , cold., , O

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ich The readjustment of position of the crow on the, , 18., , (a) healing power of nature, , branch., , d) The cawing, 4., , The season in, (a), , (c), , 5., , of the crow, , which the, , Winter, , Monsoon, , (a), , Two stanzas, , (c), , Four stanzas, , (c), , 8., , poem is set is:, , (c), , (b) Summer, (d) Autumn, , (d), , 19., , was, , Which, , tree did the, , (b) Mapple, (d) Oak, , Hemlock, , What, , the two creatures that Frost used, , 21., as, , carriers, , of positivity?, (b) hemlock tree, snow, (d) hemlock tree, crow, 9. What is the rhyme scheme of the poemn?, (a) baba cdcd, (b) abab cdcd, (d) abba cdcd, () abab cddc, (a) snow, dust, (c), , 10., , snow, crow, , Find the correct statement in the following:, (a), , A crow shook down - on a girl, , (b), (c), , A dust of s n o w - from, The incident changed, , (d), , He was already feeling - haPpy, , -, , a, , banyan tree, poet's mood, , choose the correct option., , (a) Has given my heart a change of mood, (b) Of a day I had rued, , some part", , (d) The dust of snow from a hemlock tree, , (a) alliteration, , (b) metaphor, , ()oxymoron, , (d) similie, , Crow's part of the day, Tree's part of the day, Poet's part of the day, None of the above, , Options, 23., , (b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is, not the correct explanation of assertion., , (c), , 13. What does erow generally symbolise?, , (a) Happiness, , (b) Good fortune, , d)snow, was the mood of the poet in the beginning of, What, the poem?, (a) Sad mood, , Confuse mood, He was, , energetic, , not the correct explanation of assertion., , 25, , not the correct explanation of assertion., , (c), , (b) He was rude, , (d) His day was ruined., OW does the poet's mood get changed?, , (a) When he started running, When started laughin8, , When dust of snow fall on him, d) None of, the above, , (c) Assertion is true and reason is false., (d) Assertion is false and reason is true., Assertion: The dust of snow fell on the poet by a crow., Reason: The crow was adjusting himself on the tree., (a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason, is the correct explanation of assertion., (b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is, , (b) Happy mood, (d) None of the above, , lucky, , (d) Assertion is false and reason is true., Assertion: The poet was having a terrible day., Reason: He got fired from his job., (a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason, , (b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is, , What did the poet think of the day before the dust of, Snow, fell on him?, a) He was, , Assertion is true and reason is false., , is the correct explanation of assertion., , Life, c) Bad omen, What was saved for the poet?, (a) crow, (6) tree, (d), , )some part of the day, , Both assertion and reason are correct and reason, , is the correct explanation of assertion., , 24., , (d) all of these, , (i) (a)-(d)-c)-(b), , (iv)c)-(d)-(a)-(b), , Assertion: The poet's mood changed., Reason: The crow was sitting on the Hemlock tree., (a), , (6) the crow, () the hemlock tree, , a crow shook down on me, , (i) (b)-(a)-(c)-(d), (ii) (c-(b)-(a)-(d), , (a) falling of snow on his shoulder, , h, , (c)they felt like dust, (d) they looked like dust, , 22 Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and, , 12. What uplifted the poet's mood?, , 6., , Why does the poet call it "dust of snow"?, , (c), , (a), (b), (c), (d), , 5., , similie, , Name the poetic device used in the line "And saved, , Ans. (a) alliteration, 11. Whose part of the day has been saved?, , 4., , (d), , (a) snow particles were too tiny, (b) they came over him like dust, , (d) Banyan Tree, , (a) Mango, are, , 20., , shake?, , (c), , (b) metaphor, , alliteration, , (c) oxymoron, , (b) Hemlock Tree, crow, , Name the poetic device used in the line "Has given, (a), , the crow?, , Deodar Cedar, , cool weather, of the above, , none, , my heart, , (b) Three Stanzas, (d) Five stanzas, , (a) Peepal Tree, , 7., , (b) particles of snow, , hidden in the foliage., , of Snow is divided into:, The poem Dust, , Where, , What does "Dust of Snow" represent?, , 26., , Assertion is true and reason is false., , (d) Assertion is false and reason is true., Assertion: The poet mentioned a poisonous tree., , Reason: He wanted to indicate a sad scene., (a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason, is the correct explanation of assertion., , (b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is, not the correct, , explanation of assertion.

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84, , |, , Gurukul CBSE, , (d), , MCQs, , ENGLISH-X, , (v)Whatwould, is false., , (a), , is true and r e a s o n, is true., Assertion is false and r e a s o n, Crows are often used in poems., , Assertion, , (), 27., , OBJECTIVE, , CHAPTERWISE, , (a), , (6), , (c), (d), , display bad, , Both assertion and, , correct and, , reason, , assertion., is the correct explanation of, correct but reason is, are, Both assertion and reason, not the correct explanation of assertion., , Assertion is true and, , Assertion is false and, , reason, , reason, , of?, , 3., , is false., is true., , (d), , revolution, , 4., , Ice, -Robert Frost, , 5., , Read the extracts given below and answer the, , questions that follow., 1. 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, i) What can be the cause of world's destruction as, per these lines?, (a) Fire, (b) Ice, , 6., , 7., , (c) Sympathy, , (d) Passions, , (iv) What message does the poet want to convey, through this poem?, (a) Everything is transitory, (b) Life is unpredictable, (c) Death is inevitable, (d) Both (a) and (c), 2. But if it had to perish twice,, I think 1 know enough of hate, , 10., , 11., , 12., , What does 'it' refer to in the first line?, (b) fire, world, , hatred is not good, hatred is good, hatred can destroy, , (iv), , Walt Whitman, , (b), , Robert Frost, , (c), , William Wordsworth, , that for, , 15., , device used in the line "To say, destruction ice is also great.", , poetic, , (a), , Metaphor, , (c), , Alliteration, , (c), , ice, , (b) Imagery, (d) Oxymoron, , (b) water, (d) fire, , What would suffice if the world were to perishtwi, b) fire, (a) ice, , (d) both (a) and (b), , Name the poetic device used in the line "Some s, the world will end in fire.", , (b) Imagery, (d) Oxymoron, , meaning of "perish"?, (b) rise, , (d) glow, , What does the, poet compare fire with?, (c) hot, What is, , enough to, , (c)love, , The cause of, man's, , Where has the, , (b) desire, (d) both (a) and (c), destroy the world?, (b) affection, (d) hatred, , destruction is:, , poet used, , b) gold, (d) money, , personification in the pe, , oer, , (c) earth, b) ice, What will fire, (d), both (a) and (b), do to the, (a) put the, world?, (b) put the world to an end., world, , (c)make, world, (d) None the, of, the, Why do some, ice?, , a, , new, , begining., , abovedeveloped, , people say, , becase love, lust, , (d) None ot, the, what is the, , that the, , 16., , anmong people is, , people, among people, , above, , rhyming scheme of, , (a) abaa bcbcb, (c) anab bcbeb, , Leslie Norris, , Name the, , atom bomb, , (b)because, c)ecause hatred among, , hatred can creale, has written the above lines?, Who, (iii), , (d), , (d), , (a), , a), , (a), , (d) Hatred, , to, , 14., , Love, , If the world is to perish twice, the poet favours, , (a) fire, , (a), , (a), , Desire, , (a) family, (c) lust, , 13., , (b), (c), , (c), , (a) dictatorship, , And would suffice., , (d) heat, (C) desire, (ii) The main idea given here is that, , Lust, , (a) hatred, , To say that for destruction ice, , Is also great, , (b), , (a), , (a) bloom, (c) die, 9., , thing, , new, , is Ice' a symbol of?, , What is the, , (c) jealousy, , (b) Love, , What, , beginning of a, , (a) Metaphor, (c) Alliteration, , (d) None of these, i) According to the poet fire refers to:, (a) Violent desires, (b) passions, (d) all of these, (ii) What does ice symbolise?, , love and, , (c)hatred, , (c)Both(a) and (b), , (i), , What is 'fire' a symbol, and n e w desires, (a) love, and endless desires, , lust, , (a) Indifference, , earth, , ice, , (b), (c), , Chapter 2. Fire and, , option to end, end tha, the, , (c)both (a) and (b) areequaly competent, the above, (d) None of, , omen., , reason are, , better, , a, , (b) fire, , Assertion:, , Reason: Crows, , be, , Name the, those who, , is, , world svill eend, , increasing, ta, is, , st., , increasins fast, , increasing tas, , the, , (b) aaba bcbcb, poem?, (d) abab bcbcb, fire. used in the, , poetic, favourdevice, , (a), , Assonance, , (c), , None, , line "I hold wi", , (b) Alliterat, (d, , hold

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First Flight-Poetry|89, hold with those who favour fire?, Why does the poet, love among people is increasing fast., (a) because, among people is increasing fast., , 17., , 25., , Assertion: Ice is not as good as fire., Reason: Ice causes silent damage., , (a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason, , (b)becausehatred, , because the lust for material things is increasing, , (b), , quickly, , of the above, (d), of suffice?, What is the meaning, None, , 18., , (c), 26., , be sufficient, , (c) not enough, , 19., , (a), , 20., , (a), , (d) empty, What will the world end in?, (b) Fire, Fire and Ilce, (c), , The world will end in water and soil, Poet supports who favour fire, -, , He, , reimagines, , the world to die next time, , from, , -, , Poet thinks he knew enough of love, Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and, , (d), , But if it had to perish twice, Some say the world will end in fire,, , say in, , some, , Options:, , (a) Both assertion and, () Both assertion and, , reason are, , correct and, , reason, , reason, , is, , reason, , is true., , Chapter 3. A Tiger in the Zoo, , -LeslieNorris, , reason, , Both assertion and, , reason are, , correct and, , reason, , Is the correct explanation of assertion., , 0Both assertion and, , reason are, , correct but reasonis, , In the forest, , b) In a circus, , is false., is true and, a)Assertion is false and reason is true., , ()Assertion, , reason, , Ice, , are, , shown, , Hatred and longing, , can cause, , (b) Velvet, , (d) Vivid, (iv) Why is the tiger in 'quiet rage'?, (a) Movement restricted, (b) Freedom curtailed, (c) Not fed properly, (d) Both (a) and (b), 2. He should be lurking in shadow,, , destructive, , Near the water hole, Where plump deer pass, INCERT], (i) According to the extract, the poet wishes for the, , damage, , to an, , would:, , (a) assist in keeping the prey unsuspecting of the, , reason are, , explanation, , correct and, , reason, , of assertion., , correct but reason, ot the correct explanation of assertion., Assertion is true and reason is false., Doth assertion and, , (iii) Which word in the stanza may also mean graphic, , tiger to be 'sliding' through the foliage as this, , individual., , assertion and, , as, , (c) Vivid stripes of his body, , Sliding through long grass, , not the correct explanation of assertion., , 1s the correct, , the, , (c) Quiet, , is true., , temperature., , Sertion: Fire and, human emotions., , answer, , On pads of velvet quiet,, In his quiet rage., i) Where is the tiger at present?, , (a) Strips, , Assertion is true and reason is false., , Doth, , Read the extracts given below and, questions that follow., , or picturesque?, , Assertion: Ice could lead to end of the world., extreme high, Keason: Life is possible on earth with, , (d, , Assertion is false and, , is false., , (d) Roaring, , correct but, , reason are, , (d) Assertion is false and, , (b), , reason, , (a) Quiet, , not the correct explanation of assertion., , Reas, , Assertion is true and, , is, , (b) Desperate, , is the correct explanation of assertion, , 24, , (c), (d), , reason, , reference., , Reason: Fire describes desire., , 4, , Both assertion and reason are correct but, not the correct explanation of assertion., , (d) In a room, (c) In a cage, ii) Mention any one quality of the animal under, , Assertion: The poet is with those who favors fire., , ), , is the correct explanation of assertion., , (a), , (a)-(d)-(b)-(¢), , (i) (c)-(b)-(a)-(d), (ii) (d)-(b)-c-(a), iv) (b)-(c)-{d)-(a), 22., , reason, , 1. He stalks in his vivid stripes,, The few steps of his cage,, , ice., , ), , correct and, , -, , choose the correct option., (a) To say that for destruction ice Is also great, (b) From what I've tasted of desire, , (c), (d), , reason are, , -, , fire, 21., , Both assertion and, , (b), , (d) None of the above, , Ice, , Find the correct statement in the following:, , (a), (b), (c), , Assertion is fasle and reason is true., Assertion: The world will be going to end someday., Reason: Humans let their emotions control them., , (d), , (a) die, (b), , is the correct explanation of assertion., Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is, not the correct explanation of assertion., Assertion is true and reason is false., , reason are, , is, , 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