CBSE Class 10 English Animals MCQs Set A

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are
So placid and self-contain’d
I stand and look at them long and long.

Question : Name the poet.
(a) Walt Whitman
(b) Carolyn Wells
(c) Leslie Norris
(d) Adrienne Rich

Answer :  A

Question : Who are placid, self-contained, calm and peaceful ?
(a) trees
(b) human being
(c) animals
(d) birds

Answer :  C

Question : Find the word from the passage which means same as ‘Serene’.
(a) self-contained
(b) placid
(c) whine
(d) demented

Answer :  B

Question : Who looks at the animals for a long time ?
(a) zoo keeper
(b) hunter
(c) the poet
(d) all of them

Answer :  C

They bring me tokens of myself, they evince
them plainly in their possession
I wondered where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and
negligently drop them ?

Question : Who brings the poet tokens of himself ?
(a) birds
(b) animals
(c) trees
(d) people

Answer :  B

Question : Who wonders how animals got those tokens ?
(a) the poet
(b) an old man
(c) poetess
(d) trees

Answer :  A

Question : In the passage what is meant by the word ‘token’ ?
(a) morals
(b) virtues
(c) speciality
(d) consideration

Answer :  B

Question : Which word in the passage refers to ‘carelessly’ ?
(a) evince
(b) possession
(c) tokens
(d) negligently 

Answer :  D

Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
So they show their relations to me and f accept them.

Question : Who composed these lines ?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Walt Whitman
(c) Robin Klein
(d) W.(b) Yeats

Answer :  B

Question : The poet feels that animals show.
(a) waving tail
(b) teeth to him
(c) pictures to him
(d) relation to him

Answer :  D

Question : ‘I’ here refers to
(a) storyteller
(b) bird
(c) animal
(d) poet

Answer :  D

Question : Whatsoever happen in the earth, none of the animals is
(a) unhappy
(b) delighted
(c) crazy
(d) crack

Answer :   A

Question : Who is the poet of the poem "Animals"?
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  D

Question : Animals never —— in front of anyone.
(a) Bow down
(b) Sleep
(c) Lie
(d) Jump

Answer :  A

Question : What is the attitude of the animals toward their sins?
(a) confused and peaceful
(b) calm, peaceful and self-confident
(c) confused and sad
(d) none of the above

Answer :  B

Question : What is the meaning of "placid"?
(a) peaceful
(b) clumsy
(c) greedy
(d) jealousy

Answer :  A

Question : Name the literary device used in "They bring me tokens of myself"
(a) Anaphora
(b) Assonance
(c) Metaphor
(d) Alliteration

Answer :  C

Question : Why do humans keep awake in the dark and weep for their sins while animals never do such things?
(a) Because animals have a clear conscience.
(b) Because humans have a clear conscience.
(c) All of the Above
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : What do the men make the poet sick for?
(a) discussing their duty to Go(d)
(b) discussing their wealth
(c) discussing their health.
(d) none of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : Animals do not talk about their duty towards –
(a) Family
(b) God
(c) Society
(d) Human beings

Answer :  B

Question : Why do humans keep awake in the dark and weep for their sins while animals never do such things?
(a) Because animals have a clear conscience.
(b) Because humans have a clear conscience.
(c) All of the Above
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : What is the attitude of human about those who lived thousands of years ago?
(a) They kneel
(b) They stand
(c) They fly
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : Part of earth which supports the biodiversity is called
(a) Biosphere
(b) Sanctuary
(c) Ecosystem reserve
(d) Biotic community

Answer :  A

Question : Name the literary device used in “They bring me tokens of myself”
(a) Anaphora
(b) Assonance
(c) Metaphor
(d) Alliteration

Answer :  C

Question : What does the poet wish to live with?
(a) Dragons✗
(b) Animals✓
(c) Dinosaurs
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : The places where animals receive protection is called
(a) Zoo
(b) National aparks
(c) Rock shelters
(d) None of these

Answer :  A

Question : What do humans do that animals don’t?
(a) greed
(b) jealous
(c) restless
(d) All of the above

Answer :  D

Question : Pick out the word from Stanza 1, which means “calm” –
(a) Contained
(b) Whine
(c) Placid
(d) Demented

Answer :  C

Question : Which among the following does not reproduce by spore formation:
(a) Penicillium fungus
(b) Yeast fungus
(c) Mucor fungus
(d) Rhizopus fungus

Answer :  B

Question : What is the meaning of “placid”?
(a) peaceful
(b) clumsy
(c) greedy
(d) jealousy

Answer :  A

Question : An organism capable of reproducing by two asexual reproduction methods one similar to the reproduction in yeast and the other similar to the reproduction in Planaria is:
(a) Spirogyra
(b) Hydra
(c) Bryophyllum
(d) Paramecium

Answer :  B

Question : Who is the poet of the poem “Animals”?
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  D

Question : what is the meaning of “whine”?
(a) a beverage✗
(b) cry✓
(c) shout
(d) None

Answer :  B

Question : The species which are at the verge of the extinction
(a) Endemic
(b) Extinct
(c) Endangered
(d) None of these

Solve the MCQ questions below

Question. Assertion :- China is the largest milk producing country.
Reason :- It is estimated that more than 80 percent of the world livestock population is in India and China.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: D

Question. Assertion :- Milk yield is primarily dependent on the quality and quantity of fodder.
Reason :- The feeding of cattle should be carried out in a scientific manner, with special emphasis on quality and quantity of fodder.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: D

Question. Assertion :- All milk producing livestock are herbivorous .
Reason :- Carnivorous animal doesn't produce milk.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: C

Question. Assertion :- All milk producing livestock belong to class-mammalia.
Reason :- Milk producing glands present only in mammals.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- Continued inbreeding, especially close inbreeding reduces fertility and even productivity, this is called inbreeding depression.
Reason :- Inbreeding increases homozygosity.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- Breed is a group of animals related by descent and similar in most characters.
Reason :- Animals of same breed belong to same class.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: B

Question. Assertion :- Inbreeding is necessary if we want to evolve a pureline in any animals.
Reason :- Inbreeding increases homozygosity.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- Single outcross often helps to overcome inbreeding depression.
Reason :- Inbreeding depression can be removed by mating between selected animals of breeding population with unrelated superior animals of same breed.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- Mating between different breeds is called cross breeding.
Reason :- Out crossing helps in resolving the problems of inbreeding depression.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: B

Question. Assertion :- Bee-keeping is not labour intensive
Reason :- Beehives can be kept in one’s courtyard on the verandah of the house or even on the roof.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: B

Question. Assertion :- Apis indica is the most common indian species.
Reason :- It is the native species of india.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: B

Question. Assertion :- The production of some of the crop like sunflower, Brassica, apple and pear reduces drastically in the area where use of insecticide is common.
Reason :- Bees are the pollinators of many of our crop species.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- Hilsa, Sardines, Mackerels and Pomfrets are commonly edible bony fishes.
Reason :- These can be reared and fast growing variety of carp fishes.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: C

Question. Assertion :- Fisheries has an important place in Indian economy.
Reason :- It provides income and employment to millions of fisherman and farmers, particulary in the coastal states.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- Fishery is related with blue revolution.
Reason :- The growth rate of fishes is high in blue water.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: C

Question. Assertion :- The use of surrogate mothers is preffered in MOET.
Reason :- The genetic mother is continuously available for another round of super ovulation.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- MOET has been demonstrated for cattle, sheep, rabbits, buffaloes, mares. etc.
Reason :- High milk yielding breeds of females and high quality meat yielding animals can be produced easily.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- Milk yield doesn't depend on the quality and quantity of the fodder.
Reason :- Milk yield is primarily dependent on the quality of breeds in the farm.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: D

Question. Assertion :- Inbreeding can be used to develop purelines in cattle.
Reason :- Inbreeding increases homozygosity.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- Continued inbreeding may cause inbreeding depression.
Reason :- Inbreeding depression can be removed by out crossing.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: B

Question. Assertion :- Nowadays, the chances of direct contact of handler with dairy products have reduced.
Reason :- Many of the processes in dairying have become mechanized.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- Animal breeding is an important aspect of animal husbandry.
Reason :- Animal breeding aims at increasing the quality and quantity of produce.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: A

Question. Assertion :- Out crossing is a type of inbreeding.
Reason :- It is done between the animals of same breed.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: D

Question. Assertion :- MOET technique can be used to increase the herd size in a short period.
Reason :- In MOET, a single genetic mother can carry 6-8 embryos in its womb.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: C

Question. Assertion :- Mule is an example of cross breeding.
Reason :- It is result of breeding between horse and female donkey.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: D

Question. Assertion :- Out breeding is the breeding of the unrelated animals.
Reason :- Out breeding always involves the members of two different breeds.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: C

Question. Assertion :- Bee keeping is a labour intensive work.
Reason :- Bee keeping requires some specialized knownedge but relatively easy.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: D