Class 10th English important extract ncert solution 10th
Important extract
Poetry
Extracts from poems
Read the following extracts from the poems and answer the questions given below 1×3=3 marks
Extract 1.
He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes,
At the brilliant stars.
1. From which poem the above lines have been taken?
(a) Dust of Snow
(b) Fire and Ice
(c) A Tiger in the Zoo
Ans - (c) A Tiger in the Zoo
2. What does he stare at?
(a) cars (b) night (c) stars
2. What does he stare at?
(a) cars (b) night (c) stars
Ans - (c) stars
3. Which of the following is opposite of the word ‘brilliant’?
(a) intelligent (b)glare (c) dull
3. Which of the following is opposite of the word ‘brilliant’?
(a) intelligent (b)glare (c) dull
Ans (c) dull
Extract 2
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!
1. From which poem have the above lines been taken?
(a) Fire and Ice
(b) A Tiger in the Zoo
(c) The Ball Poem
Ans (c) The Ball Poem
2. Which of the following words is similar to the word ‘merrily’?
(a) sadly (b) happily (c) cleverly
Ans - (b) happily
3. Where did the ball go?
Ans. The ball went in the water.
Extract 3.
The way a crowShook down on meThe dust of snow Froma hemlock treeHas given my heartA change of moodAnd saved some partOf a day I had rued.
1. Who is the poet of the above poem?
(a) Carolyn Wells
(b) Robin Klein
(c) Robert Frost
Ans - (c) Robert Frost
2. Where was the crow?
(a) on hemlock tree
(b) on banyan tree
(c) on peepal tree
Ans (a) on hemlock tree
3. The poet’s mood got changed, when_____
(a) he falls asleep
(b) dust of snow falls on him
(c) he starts talking
Ans (b) dust of snow falls on him
4 The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize ____
(a) sorrow (b) happiness (c) celebration
Ans (a) sorrow
Extract 4.
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.
1. Who is the poet of these lines?
(a) Carolyn Wells (b) Robin Klein (c) Robert Frost
Ans - (c) Robert Frost
2. What does the poet compare fire with?
(a) hatred (b) desire (c) hot
Ans - (a) hatred
3. With whom does the poet want to stay?
(a) those who favour fire (b) those who favour ice (c) both
Ans - (a) those who favour fire
Extract 5.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
1. From which poem have these lines been taken?
(a) Fire and Ice (b) A Tiger in the Zoo (c) The Ball Poem
Ans - (a) Fire and Ice
2. What is the meaning of “perish”?
(a) rise (b)die (c) glow
Ans - (b)die
3. Who is the poet of these lines?
(a) Carolyn Wells (b) Robin Klein (c) Robert Frost
Ans. (c) Robert Frost
Extract 6
Listen. The glass is breaking.
The trees are stumbling forward into the night.
Winds rush to meet them.
The moon is broken like a mirror, its pieces flash now in the crown,
of the tallest oak.
Questions:
1. From which poem have these lines been taken?
a. The Trees b. Fog c. Dust of Snow
Ans - a. The Trees
2. The figure of speech used in the line “The moon is broken like a mirror” is
a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Oxymoron
Ans - b. Simile
3. Opposite of “forward” is
a. Coming b. Going c. Backward
Ans - c. Backward
Extract 7.
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Questions:
1. The fog is compared to ……………
a. A tiger b. A cat c. A city
Ans - b. A cat
2. The fog sits looking over …………….
a. Houses b. Harbour and City c. Offices
Ans - b. Harbour and City
3. Name the Poet of the above text.
a. Sylvia Plath b. Robert Frost c. Carl Sandburg
Ans- c. Carl Sandburg
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