CBSE Class 10 English Dust of Snow MCQs Set 05

Question. Hemlock is a –
(a) Poisonous tree
(b) Cottage
(c) None of a bird
(d) Snowfall
Answer: (a) Poisonous tree

Question. The poet is in a –
(a) Cheerful mood
(b) Pleasant mood
(c) Gloomy mood
(d) Marry mood
Answer: (c) Gloomy mood

Question. _____ has lifted the mood of the poet.
(a) View of Hemlock tree
(b) The falling snow
(c) The environment
(d) The sound by crow
Answer: (b) The falling snow

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) Crow and Hemlock tree

Question. The poet stood under which tree?
(a) Pine
(b) Hemlock
(c) Fir
(d) Goldilock
Answer: (b) Hemlock

Question. What fell on the poet ?
(a) hailstones
(b) raindrops
(c) leaves
(d) snow
Answer: (d) snow

Question. What happened when the dust of snow fell on the poet?
(a) The poet became angry
(b) The poet’s mood changed
(c) The poet’s coat got wet.
(d) The poet moved away from the tree.
Answer: (b) The poet’s mood changed

Question. The crow is generally considered as
(a) a sign of good luck
(b) a naughty bird
(c) a friend of man
(d) a sign of bad luck
Answer: (d) a sign of bad luck

Question. The hemlock tree is cosidered to be
(a) a medicinal plant
(b) a poisnous plant
(c) a holy plant
(d) a rare plant
Answer: (b) a poisnous plant

Question. The poem is set on a?
(a) hot summer day
(b) pleasant spring day
(c) cold wintry day
(d) dry autumn day
Answer: (c) cold wintry day

Question. Robert Frost was a famous .......... poet.
(a) British
(b) Russian
(c) Indian
(d) American
Answer: (d) American

Question. The fall of snow flakes on the poet made him realize that
(a) That it is winter
(b) That the whole day is wasted.
(c) That the whole day is not wasted
(d) That crow is a symbol of ill omen
Answer: (c) That the whole day is not wasted

Question. How many lines are there in the poem “Dust of snow”?
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 1
Answer: (b) 8

Question. The poem “Dust of Snow” has how many stanzas?
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 1
Answer: (c) 2

Question. Which symbol has not been used in the poem?
(a) hemlock
(b) crow
(c) road
(d) snow
Answer: (c) road

Question. In this line of the poem “of the day I had rued”, the word rued means-
(a) forgotten
(b) bitterly regretted
(c) happily passed
(d) not liked
Answer: (b) bitterly regretted

Question. The message of the poem is
(a) Stay away from Hemlock trees
(b) Stay away from crows.
(c) Nature heals us no matter how bad our day was.
(d) We must save nature .
Answer: (c) Nature heals us no matter how bad our day was.

Question. Which word in the first stanza rhymes with crow?
(a) tree
(b) me
(c) hemlock
(d) snow
Answer: (d) snow

Question. By the end of the poem, the poet’s mood changed from
(a) sad mood to angry mood
(b) happy mood to sad mood
(c) sad mood to happy mood
(d) angry mood to sad mood
Answer: (c) sad mood to happy mood

Question. Who shook down the hemlock tree?
(a) a crow
(b) a cuckoo
(c) a mynah
(d) a squirrel
Answer: (a) a crow

Question. Dust of snow means
(a) big particles of snow
(b) tiny particles of snow
(c) Snow that has become dirty.
(d) small drops of rain and mist.
Answer: (b) tiny particles of snow