CBSE Class 9 English On Killing a Tree MCQs

Question.What will again expand to a tree’s full size?
(a) roots
(b) green twigs
(c) fruit
(d) flowers

Answer ;  B

Question. According to the poet, the thing which is said to be hacked and chopped is —-
(a) the branch
(b) the leaves
(c) the stem
(d) any part of the tree

Answer:  C

Question. Gieve Patel’s “On Killing a Tree” is —-
(a) an ironical poem
(b) a meditative poem
(c) a dramatic poem
(d) a ballad

Answer:   A

Question. What is needed to kill a tree?
(a) a simple jab
(b) hacking
(c) choking
(d) pulling out the roots entirely

Answer ;  D

Question. According to the poet hacking and chopping —-
(a) will kill a tree
(b) will not kill a tree
(c) will enliven a tree
(d) none of the above

Answer:   B

Question. What helps the tree to grow?
(a) earthcorrect
(b) air
(c) gardener
(d) none

Answer ;  A

Question. The root is “the source” of the —-
(a) colour of the tree
(b) the shape of the tree
(c) size of the tree
(d) the vitality of the tree

Answer:   D

Question. What can alone kill a tree?
(a) hacking
(b) chopping
(c) hacking and chopping
(d) none of the above

Answer ;  D

Question. In the phrase “bleeding bark” the word ‘bleeding’ means —-
(a) oozing
(b) snoozing
(c) sneezing
(d) none of the above

Answer:   A

Question. In Gieve Patel’s “On Killing a Tree” one finds the images of a bleeding tree and a healing tree in —-
(a) the last two stanzas
(b) the first two stanzas
(c) the first stanza
(d) the last stanza

Answer:     B

Question. In the poem , “On Killing a Tree”according to the poet the root was hidden inside the soil for —-
(a) centuries
(b) ages
(c) years
(d) none of the above

Answer:   C

Question. What is the message of this poem?
(a) cut trees
(b) spoil trees
(c) don’t cut trees and save them
(d) None

Answer ;  C

Question. After “The bleeding bark will heal” the things which will rise from close to the ground are —-
(a) leaves
(b) curled twigs
(c) green twigs
(d) curled green twigs

Answer:  D

Question. What is scorching done by?
(a) the water
(b) the earth
(c) the heat of the sun
(d) the rain

Answer ;  C

Question. In the poem , “On Killing a Tree” the word ‘twigs’ means —-
(a) small branches
(b) long branches
(c) tall branches
(d) none of the above

Answer:   A

Question. Who is the poet of the poem ‘On Killing a Tree’?
(a) Edward Lear
(b) Gieve Patel
(c) W.W.E. Ross
(d) William Wordsworth

Answer ;  C

Question. The verb “pulled out” means —-
(a) taken out softly
(b) taken out forcibly
(c) taken out partly
(d) taken out smoothly

Answer:  B

Question. How do the trees die?
(a) when they don’t get water
(b) when they don’t get manure
(c) when their roots are uprooted
(d) when we cut it with knife or jab

Answer ;  C

Question. According to the poet in the process of its growth a tree consumes —-
(a) air
(b) water
(c) soil
(d) fire

Answer:    C

Question- What does the tree symbolise in this poem?
(a) prosperity
(b) greenery
(c) deep rooted evil
(d) none

Answer ;  C

Question. In terms of parts of speech the word ‘roped’ is —-
(a) noun
(b) verb
(c) adjective
(d) pronoun

Answer:   B

Question- The strength of the tree is exposed’ what do these words convey?
(a) roots of the tree taken out of the earth
(b) roots are withered
(c) tree is withered
(d) All

Answer ;  A

Question. According to the poet a tree absorbs sunlight, air, and water —-
(a) for months
(b) for decades
(c) for years
(d) for a few days

Answer:    C

Question. What is the rhyming scheme of this poem?
(a) aabc
(b) abcd
(c) no rhyming scheme.free verse
(d) None

Answer ;  C

Question. Where does the strength of the tree lie?
(a) in leaves
(b) in fruits
(c) in its roots
(d) All

Answer ;  C

Question. Who wrote the poem ‘On Killing a Tree’?
(a) Edward Lear
(b) Gieve Patel
(c) Robert Frost
(d) William Butler Yeast

Answer ;  B

Question. The word ‘leprous’ refers to the disease called —-
(a) canker
(b) cancer
(c) leprosy
(d) none of the above

Answer:   C

Question. In the poem, ‘On Killing a Tree’, the process of killing a tree takes
(a) Minimum time
(b) Much longer time
(c) Hardly any time
(d) An entire day

Answer ;  B

Question. The “strength of the tree” lies in —-
(a) the bough
(b) the stem
(c) the leaf
(d) the root

Answer:   D

Question. “Will do it. It has grown….”-Which has grown?
QuestionTree
(b) Man
(c) Bark
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer ;  A