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

Answer :  C