CBSE Class 8 English Harvest Hymn MCQs Set 01

Answer: (A) The generosity of Mother Earth

Explanation:
1. Opulent giving means giving a lot of good gifts.
2. Mother Earth gives us food, grains, and fruits freely.
3. It shows how kind and generous Mother Earth is to everyone.

Answer: (B) Surya

Explanation:
1. Surya is the sun god.
2. He gives bright warm light to the world.
3. His light helps lotus flowers open up and crops grow.

Answer: (D) Personification

Explanation:
1. The poet talks to the earth like a real human mother.
2. Treating nature like a human being is called personification.
3. This shows deep love and respect for our earth.

Answer: (B) Morning

Explanation:
1. The poem calls Surya the lord of the morn.
2. Morn is another word for morning.
3. The sun comes up in the morning and brings a new day.

Answer: (A) Oceans

Explanation:
1. Varuna is called the lord of the main.
2. The word main means the ocean or the sea.
3. He has control over the waters on earth.

Answer: (C) ABCB

Explanation:
1. The last word of line 2 is morn.
2. The last word of line 4 is corn.
3. Morn and corn sound the same, so the rhyme pattern is ABCB.

Answer: (A) Women

Explanation:
1. Women sing the lines for Mother Earth.
2. They thank the earth for giving lots of food.
3. They use the words opulent giving in their song.

Answer: (B) Cymbals

Explanation:
1. Cymbals are musical instruments made of metal plates.
2. People strike them together to make a ringing sound.
3. They are played in every stanza during prayer.

Answer: (B) Varuna

Explanation:
1. Varuna brings rain from the clouds.
2. When rain stops, a colorful rainbow shines in the sky.
3. That is why the poem calls Varuna the lord of the rainbow.

Answer: (B) Scythe

Explanation:
1. A scythe is a sharp curved blade on a long pole.
2. Farmers use it to cut crops at harvest time.
3. God is called the Scythe because God controls the cycle of life.

Answer: (C) Women's Voices

Explanation:
1. The women sing about the fruits and flowers of the soil.
2. They praise Mother Earth with sweet songs.
3. They call Mother Earth the Queen of the gourd-flower.

Answer: (B) Rain

Explanation:
1. Varuna is the god of water.
2. He sends water drops as rain and dew.
3. Rain keeps the crops green and healthy.

Answer: (C) Garlands

Explanation:
1. A garland is a chain of flowers.
2. People make garlands to show love to gods.
3. Garlands are offered again and again in the verses.

Answer: (B) Lives and labors

Explanation:
1. Om is the greatest lord of all.
2. People give more than just fruits and flowers to Om.
3. They give their daily work and their whole lives.

Answer: (B) Surya

Explanation:
1. Surya is the sun god who shines in the sky.
2. He is kind and gives sunlight every morning.
3. The men sing to him as the lord of morning and lotus flowers.

Answer: (D) Gold from fields

Explanation:
1. Ripe grain in the field shines like real gold.
2. People harvest these yellow crops happily.
3. They offer this harvest gold to thank the sun.

Answer: (B) Women's voices

Explanation:
1. Manifold gladness means feeling very happy in many ways.
2. Women feel happy seeing the green vegetables and fruits.
3. They sing this phrase while thanking Mother Earth.

Answer: (C) Earthquakes

Explanation:
1. An earthquake shakes the land and breaks houses.
2. The poem only celebrates helpful things that give food.
3. Dangerous earthquakes are never praised in this poem.

Answer: (A) As mother earth

Explanation:
1. Prithvi is the land we walk on.
2. She feeds all birds, animals, and humans.
3. The poem treats her like a loving mother.

Answer: (A) Om

Explanation:
1. A tiny seed starts the life of a big plant.
2. Om is the source where all things in the world start.
3. Therefore, Om is named as the Seed in the poem.

Answer: (C) Air

Explanation:
1. The poem names earth, rain water, and the sun's fire.
2. It does not name air in the verses.
3. So air is not directly talked about.

Answer: (C) Petition or plea

Explanation:
1. The people ask God softly to help them.
2. A petition or plea is a polite request for help.
3. The people are asking God to guide them every day.

Answer: (A) Through womb imagery

Explanation:
1. A mother carries a baby inside her womb.
2. Earth keeps seeds safe and helps them grow into food.
3. This womb picture shows how earth creates life.

Answer: (D) Cosmic sound

Explanation:
1. Om is a holy sound that represents the universe.
2. It is greater than any individual nature god.
3. It stands for the sacred cosmic sound of all creation.

Answer: (C) Gourd-flower

Explanation:
1. Prithvi is called the Queen of the gourd-flower.
2. Gourd plants climb and crawl on the soil.
3. This simple flower shows the real wealth of farms.

Answer: (A) Mercy

Explanation:
1. Varuna gives water to thirsty crops.
2. The poem repeatedly calls him merciful.
3. His mercy saves plants from drying up.

Answer: (A) Drum

Explanation:
1. Flutes and cymbals are named many times in the poem.
2. The drum is only named in the stanza for Mother Earth.
3. That is why the drum occurs just once.

Answer: (D) All voices

Explanation:
1. Men sing one part and women sing another part.
2. In the last verse, everyone sings together as one.
3. All voices join together to pray to God.

Answer: (C) Om

Explanation:
1. Ineffable means too big and great to describe in words.
2. Om is the supreme god of the whole world.
3. Human words cannot fully describe how great Om is.

Answer: (B) Counsel

Explanation:
1. Counsel means advice, care, and guidance.
2. The people seek divine counsel and give their minds to God.
3. This shows their deep trust in the supreme power.

Answer: (D) Hands

Explanation:
1. The poem says God is our Hands.
2. We use hands to plant seeds and reap the harvest.
3. This shows that God works through the work of our hands.

Answer: (B) Second

Explanation:
1. Garnered means gathered and stored in a barn.
2. In the second verse, people thank Varuna for fresh crops.
3. They call these freshly stored grains new-garnered wealth.