CBSE Class 9 English The Duck and the Kangaroo MCQs

Question. Who is the poet of the poem `The Duck and the Kangaroo’?
(a) Edward Lear
(b) Gieve Patel
(c) W.W.E. Ross
(d) William Wordsworth

Answer :  A

Question. Where did the Duck live?
(a) pond
(b) river
(c) sea
(d) ocean

Answer :  A

Question.What does the word quite in the poem mean?
(a) silent
(b) utterly
(c) enough
(d) all

Answer :  B

Question. How many times did they go round the world?
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) five

Answer :  B

Question. Who was it that couldn’t hop ?
(a) the Duck
(b) the Kangaroo
(c) the frog
(d) some other animal.

Answer :  A

Question. What did the Duck promise the Kangaroo?
(a) to sing him a song
(b) to give him fish to eat
(c) to tell him a tale
(d) to sit still

Answer :  D

Question. What did the Duck buy for his wet feet?
(a) shoes
(b) four pairs of worsted socks
(c) clock
(d) all of the above

Answer :  B

Question. “‘Please give me a ride on your back!”- Who wants a ride?
(a) Duck
(b) Kangaroo
(c) The poet
(d) None of the above

Answer :  A

Question. Who makes the sound Quack?
(a) animals
(b) kangaroo
(c) people
(d) duck

Answer :  D

Question. What sound does a Duck make?
(a) Caw
(b) Quack
(c) Mark
(d) Mew

Answer :  B

Question. What was Kangaroo afraid of?
(a) the Duck’s wet and cold feet
(b) the weight of the Duck
(c) the beak of the Duck
(d) all of the above

Answer :  A

Question. In the poem ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’ the Duck wanted to go to places like
(a) Dee
(b) Jelly Bo Lee
(c) Jee
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer :  D

Question. What required some serious reflectionin the poem ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’?
(a) The attempt to road by riding on the duck
(b) The habit of duck staying at the nasty pond
(c) The request of ride by the duck to the Kangaroo
(d) The act of hopping across continents

Answer :  C

Question. Who is not able to hop in the poem?
(a) kangaroo
(b) other animals
(c) duck
(d) all

Answer :  C

Question. What does the Duck praise the kangaroo for?
(a) swimming
(b) hopping
(c) singing
(d) dancing

Answer :  B

Question. Who is the poet of this poem?
(a) King Lear
(b) Edward Lear
(c) John Keats
(d) None

Answer :  B

Question. How does the Duck describe his pond?
(a) beautiful
(b) loving
(c) attractive
(d) nasty

Answer :  D

Question. The Duck desired to
(a) say ‘Quack’
(b) stay still
(c) ride on Kangaroo’s back
(d) say nothing

Answer :  C

Question. Why did the kangaroo first hesitate to take the duck on a trip?
(a) because of its wet feet which he was scared might be cold
(b) he didn’t like the duck
(c) He wants to be alone
(d) he was scared of ducks

Answer :   A

Question- What is this poem about?
(a) desires
(b) different people and their potentials
(c) conversation between a duck and a kangaroo
(d) none

Answer :  C

Question- Why does the duck praise kangaroo?
(a) for its ability to hop and move to places
(b) for its size
(c) for its appearance
(d) none

Answer :   A

Question. In the poem ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’, the Kangaroo hops over the
(a) Fields
(b) Ocean
(c) Water
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer :   C

Question. Why was the duck feeling bored in the pond?
(a) because of still life and not having seen lfe beyond the pond
(b) because of water
(c) because of dirty water
(d) none

Answer :   A

Question. Who stay(s) at the nasty pond in the poem ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’?
(a) Kangaroo
(b) Poet
(c) Duck
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer :   C

Question. In the poem ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’, the duck had a wish to hop like
(a) The squirrel
(b) Poet’s imaginative pet
(c) Kangaroo
(d) Wild deer

Answer :   C

Question. What was expected to bring luck ?
(a) the Duck
(b) the Kangaroo
(c) the objection he is thinking of
(d) the travel with the Duck.

Answer :   D