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1.Who is the poet of the poem ‘Dust of (c)Changing his mood (d)None of these.
Snow?
4.Where was the crow sitting?
(a)Robert Frost (b)Ogden Nash
(a)On a banyan tree (b)On a neem tree
(c)Walt Whitman (d)W.B. Yeats
(c)On a pine tree (d)On a hemlock tree.
2.What did the crow shake on the
5. What has the poet saved in the
poet?
poem Dust of snow?
(a)Dust of soil (b)Dust of snow
(a)Some part of the day
(c)Dust of tree (d)Dust of ash
(b)Some books
3.The dust of snow affected the poet
(c) Some stories
by…..
(d)Some money
(a) Making him superior
1.Who has written the poem “Fire and (c) W.B. Yeats(d)S.T. Coleridge
Ice”?
2.What does ice symbolize in the poem
(a) Robert Frost (b)John Keats Fire and Ice?
(a)Cars (b)Stars
(c)House (d)None
(a)Elephant (b)Buffalo
(c)Deer (d)None
1. What two things does a Chameleon 4.What is the special feature of the
not have? crocodile?
(a) Does not have ears and more (a) Weeps while eating its prey
(b)Does not have ears and wings.
(b)Happy while eating its prey.
(c)Does not have nose and wings.
(c)Angry while eating its prey
(d)None of the above.
(d)None of the above.
2.Which animal can we meet in our
yard? 5.Where are the Asian Lions found?
(a) Lion (b)Pig (a)Eastern countries of the world
(b)Northern countries of the world.
(c)Deer (d)Bear.
(c) Southern countries of the
3.How is the Bengal Tiger described?
world(d)Western countries of the world.
(a) Noble dinosaur (b)Noble wild beast.
Ans.1-b.2-d 3-b 4-e 5-a
(c)Noble dragon (d)None of the above.
2.Who is the author of the lesson A 3.How much money was arranged by
letter of God? the postmaster?
6.A man who takes away freedom of 11.Which day was the largest
another man is….. gathering of international leaders on
south African soil for the installation
(a) Rude (b)A prisoner of hatred
of South Africa’s first democratic,
(c) Criminal (d)Innocent. nonracial government?
BLACK AEROPLANE(Prose)
CHAPTER-4
What was the name of Anne’s diary? (c) She loved to express her thoughts
Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The house – the only one in the entire valley sat on the crest of a low hill. From this
height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that
always promised a good harvest. The only thing that the earth needed was a
downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho who knew his
fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the north-west
Question:
(a)From which lesson this text been (i)A Letter to God (ii)His first Flight
taken? (iii)Black Aeroplane
2.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 sent it to me through the mail because the
post office employees are a bunch of crooks. Lencho.”
Question:
(b)Crooks
3.I knew that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man
who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred;he is locked behind
the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness. I am not truly free If I am taking
away someone else’s freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is
taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity
Question:
(a)Who is the writer of the lesson from which this text has been taken?
(iii)Nelson Mandela
(c)Find out the word from the above text which is opposite of the word ‘wide’
(i)Liberated (ii)Narrow
(iii)Robbed
Ans.(a)(iii)Nelson
(c)(ii)Narrow
4.The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister and
already flown away the day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow
when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to
flap his wings he became afraid. The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath,
and it was such a long way down- miles down. He felt certain that his wings would
never support him; so he bent way down- miles down. He felt certain that his wings
would never support him; so he bent his head and ran away back to the little hole
under the ledge where he slept at night.
Questions:
5.The moon coming up in the east, behind me, and stars were shining in the clear
sky above me. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I was happy to be alone high up
above the sleeping countryside. I was flying my old Dakota aeroplane over France
back to England. I was dreaming of my holiday and looking forward to being with
my family. I looked at my watch: at one thirty in the morning. I should call Paris
Control soon, I though. As I looked down past the nose of my aeroplane. I saw the
lights of a big city in front of me.
Question:
(a)How was the weather when the pilot (c)From which lesson has this text
started flying aeroplane? been taken?
6.There was no answer. The radio was dead too. I had no radio, no compass, and I
could not see where I was. I was lost in the storm. Then, in the black clouds quite
near me. I saw another aeroplane. It had no lights on its wings, but I could see it
flying next to me through the storm. I could see the pilot’s face- turned towards me.
I was very glad to see another person. He lifted one hand and waved.
Questions:
7. Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only
because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that
later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-
year-old schoolgirl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even
greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
Questions:
8. Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those
days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in
my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed
where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’ m not
planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a
dairy’. Unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of
difference.
Questions:
Q.1Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follows:
Shook down on me
A hemlock tree
A change of mood
Question:
(a)Who is the poet of the above poem? (i)He falls asleep (ii)Dust of snow falls
on him.
(i)Carolyn Wells (ii)Robin klein
(iii)Robert frost (iii)He starts talking
(i)On hemlock tree (ii)On banyan tree (b). (i)On hemlock tree
(iii)On peepal tree.
(c).(ii)dust of snow falls on him.
(c)The poet’s mood got changed,
when……
Questions:
(a)Who is the poet of these lines? (i)Those who favour fire (ii)Those who
favour ice
(i)Carolyn Wells (ii)Robin Klein
(iii)Both
(iii)Robert Frost
Ans. a(iii)Robert Forest
(b)What does the poet compare fire
with? (b)(ii)Desire
Is also great
(b)(ii)die
Questions:
(a)From which poem the above lines (c)Which of the following is opposite of
have been taken? the word brilliant?
Questions:
(a)Which word means the same as (c)From which poem the above lines
merrily? been taken?
Amanda!
Question: