CBSE Class 10 English Fire and Ice MCQs Set B

Question. The world may end either in fire or in –
a) Ice
b) Rain
c) Storm
d) Earthquake

Answer: A

Question. What would be a better option to end the earth?
a) fire
b) ice
c) both are equally competent
d) none of these

Answer: C

Question. What does violent desire refer to in this poem?
a) fire
b) ice
c) None of the above
d) both a and b

Answer: A

Question. The destruction procedure is slow through
a) Fire
b) Storm
c) Ice
d) Rain

Answer: C

Question. Both the elements mentioned in the poem have one similarly what is this similarity?
a) they both are very important
b) they both are friends to humans
c) they both can end the world
d) all of these

Answer: C

Question. What does the poet want to Convey through this poem?
a) We should not be greedy
b) all humans should check their desires and hatred
c) restrain our desires and love fellow beings
d) both a and c

Answer: D

Question. _____ is the better option if the world had to perish.
a) Fire
b) Ice
c) Strom
d) Rain

Answer: B

Question. What is the Meaning of ‘desire’?
a) Favour
b) Repulsion
c) Quest
d) wish

Answer: D

Question. _____ is the better option to destroy the world.
a) Rain
b) Strom
c) Fire
d) Ice

Answer: D

Question. What has the poet tasted?
a) the poet has tasted the fruit juice
b) the poet has tasted the sadness
c) the poet has tasted the passion and pangs of love and desire
d) None of these

Answer: C

Question: What does the poet compare fire with?
a) hatred
b) desire
c) hot
d) both 1 and 3
Answer: b

Question: What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
a) abaa bcbcb
b) aaba bcbcb
c) aaab bcbcb
d) abab bcbcb
Answer: a

Question: Name the poetic device used in the line “To say that for destruction ice is also great”.
a) Metaphor
b) Imagery
c) Alliteration
d) Oxymoron
Answer: b

Question: Who is the poet of the poem “Fire and Ice”?
a) Leslie Norris
b) Robert Frost
c) Carolyn Wells
d) Robin Klein
Answer: b

Question: What would suffice if the world were to perish twice?
a) ice
b) fire
c) hatred
d) both 1 and 2
Answer: d

Question: What would be a better option to end the earth?
a) fire
b) ice
c) both are equally competent
d) none
Answer: c

Question: Where has he used personification?
a) fire
b) ice
c) earth
d) both 1 and 2
Answer: d

Question: Name the poetic device used in the line “I hold with those who favour fire”.
a) Assonance
b) Alliteration
c) None
d) Both
Answer: d

Question: What is the meaning of “perish”?
a) bloom
b) rise
c) die
d) glow
Answer: c

Question: Name the poetic device used in the line “Some say the world will end in fire”.
a) Metaphor
b) Imagery
c) Alliteration
d) Oxymoron
Answer: b

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Question. Choose the CORRECT statement about the given poem.
a) Fire and ice are images—they help the readers visualise the power of nature over man.
b) Fire and ice are symbols—not of natural disasters, but of humanity’s ability to create disasters of its own.
c) Fire and ice are elements—not of Nature but man-made and possess the ability to create havoc for mankind.
d) Fire and ice are agents—they change the thinking of mankind from negative to positive and bring harmony.

Answer: B

Question. Select the option that correctly classifies the connotations for fire and ice, as suggested in the poem.
(1) rage (2) violence (3) indifference (4) hate (5) greed
a) Fire- 3,4; Ice- 1,2,5
b) Fire- 2, 5; Ice-1,3,4
c) Fire-1,3,5; Ice- 2, 4
d) Fire- 1,2,4; Ice- 3,5

Answer: D

Question. The poem is a _, put across by the poet.
a) powerful warning
b) heart-felt apology
c) earnest appeal
d) vengeful threat

Answer: A

Question. The poet uses the phrasal verb -hold with.
Choose the option that DOES NOT indicate a valid phrasal verb.
a) option 1
b) option 2
c) option 3
d) option 4

Answer: D

Question. Pick the option that is NOT TRUE about the poet according to the extract.
The poet
a) is inclined to believe that the world would most likely end with fire.
b) has heard divided opinions about the way the world would end in all likelihood.
c) preaches love and kindness to combat the spread of hate among all.
d) declares the power of ice to be as destructive as that of fire.

Answer: C

Question. Extra Q: Identify the most likely tone of the poet in the lines-
‘To say that for destruction ice/Is also great’.
a) sarcastic
b) serious
c) amused
d) celebratory

Answer: A