CBSE Class 10 English The Trees MCQs Set A

Q. 1. The trees inside are moving out into the forest.
the forest that was empty all these days
Where no bird could sit
no insect hide
no sun bury its feet in shadow.

Question : Where are the trees inside moving to ?
(a) on road
(b) in plains
(c) on mountains
(d) into the forest

Answer :  D

Question : Who cannot sit on the trees ?
(a) monkeys
(b) birds
(c) children
(d) fishes

Answer :  B

Question : Which word here means ‘hide from view’ ?
(a) bury
(b) disengage
(c) shuffling
(d) boughs

Answer :  A

Question : Who cannot hide in the trees ?
(a) birds
(b) animals
(c) insects
(d) children

Answer :  C

I sit inside, doors open to the verandah
Writing long letters
In which I scarcely mention the departure
of the forest from the house.
The night is fresh, the whole moon shines
in a sky still open
the smell of leaves and lichen
still reaches like a voice into the rooms.

Question : What is the name of the poem ?
(a) The Animals
(b) The Trees
(c) The Ball Poem
(d) How to Tell Wild animals

Answer :  B

Question : Where does the doors open ?
(a) verandah
(b) balcony
(c) garden
(d) backyard

Answer :  A

Question : Which word in the passage means the same as ‘fragrance’ ?
(a) perfume
(b) deodorant
(c) air-freshner
(d) smell

Answer :  D

Question : The figure of speech used in the last line “still reaches like a voice into the rooms”.
(a) imagery
(b) simile
(c) alliteration
(d) metaphor

Answer :  B

Winds rush to meet them,
The moon is broken like a mirror;
Its pieces flash now in the crown
Of the tallest oak.

Question : Who rushes to meet trees ?
(a) sun
(b) winds
(c) rain
(d) moon

Answer : B

Question : The moon is broken like a ..................... .
(a) crystal
(b) glass
(c) mirror
(d) toy

Answer : C

Question : Whose pieces flash now in the crown of the oak ?
(a) sun
(b) earth
(c) moon
(d) planets

Answer : C

Question : Its piece flash now in the .................... of the tallest oak.
(a) crown
(b) branches
(c) leaves
(d) fruits

Answer : A

All night the roots work
disengage themselves from the cracks
in the veranda floor

Question : Who composed these lines ?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Carolyn Wells
(c) Ogden Nash
(d) Adrienne Rich

Answer :  D

Question : The roots are entangled in the
(a) earth
(b) pot
(c) cracks
(d) stone

Answer :  C

Question : The cracks have appeared on
(a) the ceiling
(b) the flower pots
(c) the roof
(d) the veranda floor

Answer :  D

Question : The word ‘disengage’ means
(a) combine
(b) separate
(c) join
(d) refuse

Answer :  B

Question : Name the poet of the poem "The trees"
(a)  Adrienne Rich
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  A

Question : The dramatic changes in body features associated with puberty are mainly because of the secretions of:
(a) Estrogen from testes and testosterone from ovary
(b) Estrogen from adrenal gland and testosterone from pituitary gland
(c) Testosterone from testes and estrogen from ovary
(d) Testosterone from thyroid gland and estrogen from pituitary gland

Answer :  C

Question : What rushes to meet the trees?
(a) wind
(b) light
(c) Sun
(d) Moon

Answer :  A

Question : What had been empty?
(a) trees
(b) forest
(c) house
(d) World

Answer :  B

Question : Name the literary device used in "The moon is broken like a mirror,"
(a) metaphor
(b) simile
(c) alliteration
(d) imagery

Answer :  B

Question : The number of pairs of nerves which arises from the spinal cord is:
(a) 21
(b) 31
(c) 41
(d) 51

Answer :  B

Question : A big tree falls in a forest, but its roots are still in contact with the soil. The branches of this fallen tree grow straight up (vertically). This happens in response to:
(a) Water and light
(b) Water and minerals
(c) Gravity and water
(d) Light and gravity

Answer :  D

Question : What does the poetess compare the tree branches to?
(a) An old patient.
(b) A newly discharged patient.
(c) A Doctor
(d) None of the above

Answer :  B

Question : The pieces of the moon can be seen in the crown of which tree?
(a) Apple tree
(b) Hemlock tree
(c) oak tree
(d) walnut tree

Answer :  C

Question : Name the literary device used in “The moon is broken like a mirror,”
(a) metaphor
(b) simile
(c) alliteration
(d) imagery

Answer :  B

Question : Trees are usually the shelter of –
(a) Birds
(b) Human beings
(c) Rabbits.

Answer:  A

Question : What do the roots do all night?
(a) try to free themselves
(b) try to respire
(c) try to appear long
(d) none of the above

Answer :  A

Question : Name the poet of the poem “The trees”
(a) Adrienne Rich
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  A

Question : The plant hormone which triggers the fall of mature leaves and fruits from the plant body is:
(a) Auxin
(b) Gibberellin
(c) Abscisic acid
(d) Cytokinin

Answer :  C

Question : Why can’t birds sit and insects hide in them?
(a) Because they are very tall.
(b) Because they are too much short.
(c) Because they are decorative trees
(d) All of the above

Answer :  C

Question : Where do the decorative plants grow?
(a) in open areas.
(b) in small pots and pans.
(c) in houses
(d) none of the above 

Answer :  B

Question : In a summer tree –
(a) Make a cool shelter
(b) Give us no cool shelter
(c) Make us warmer

Answer :  A

Question : What do the roots do all night?
(a) try to free themselves
(b) try to respire
(c) try to appear long
(d) none of the above 

Answer :  A