CBSE Class 10 English Animals MCQs Set B

Question: What do humans do that animals don’t?
a) Greed
b) Jealous
c) Restless
d) All of the above
Answer: d

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 “placid”?
a) Peaceful
b) Clumsy
c) Greedy
d) Jealousy
Answer: a

Question: Who, according to the poet, is better?
a) Human beings
b) Animals
c) Both are equal
d) None
Answer: b

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

Question: Name the literary device used in the line “I think I could turn and live with animals.”
a) Simile
b) Assonance
c) Metaphor
d) Alliteration
Answer: b

Question: Who is not dissatisfied always?
a) Humans
b) Animals
c) Poet
d) All of the above
Answer: b

Question: What qualities have the humans given up?
a) Innocence
b) Kindness
c) Truthfulness
d) All of the above
Answer: d

Question: What is the meaning of “whine”?
a) A beverage
b) Cry
c) Shout
d) None
Answer: b

Question: Name the poetic device used in “They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.”
a) Anaphora
b) Assonance
c) Metaphor
d) Alliteration
Answer: a

(A) Not one is dissatisfied,
not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.

Question. The repetition of “not one” in the given extract signifies the poet’s
a) effort to create a sense of continuity.
b) attempt at musicality and rhythm.
c) sense of disappointment and frustration.
d) feelings of anger and vengeance.

Answer: C

Question. Which of the following set of qualities does the poet attribute to animals in the given extract?
(i) discontented, furious, respectful
(ii) fearless, materialistic, reputable
(iii) contented, equal, non-acquisitive
(iv) happy, self-serving, intelligent
a) (i)
b) (ii)
c) (iii)
d) (iv

Answer: C

Question. Pick the option that completes the followingdementia: demented :: mania: _
a) maniac
b) manically
c) manical
d) maniacal

Answer: D

Question. Choose the option that contains a statement which CANNOT be conclusively inferred from the extract.
a) Man is miserable
b) Man is materialistic.
c) Man is power-hungry.
d) Man is curious.

Answer: D

Question. Which of the following characterises the poet’s attitude towards animals in the given extract?
a) admiration
b) nostalgia
c) jealousy
d) enthusiasm

Answer: A

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

Question. Look at the images given below. Choose the option that does not reflect “tokens” referred to, by Whitman?
a) (i) and (ii)
b) (ii) and (iii)
c) (i) and (iii)
d) (i) and (iv)

Answer: C

Question. How would you describe the tone of the poet?
(i) melancholic, resigned
(ii) fanciful, noble
(iii) reflective, idealistic
(iv) fearful, gloomy
a) (i)
b) (ii)
c) (iii)
d) (iv)

Answer: C

Question. The word ‘envince’ means the same as
a) deactivate.
b) devastate.
c) deteriorate.
d) demonstrate.

Answer: D