MCQ Questions for Class 9 English Beehive On Killing a Tree with Solutions
Chapter Name | Multiple Choice Questions for On Killing a Tree |
Author Name | Gieve Patel |
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Book Name | NCERT First Flight Textbook for Class 9 |
MCQ Questions for On Killing a Tree Class 9 English
1. What is needed to be pulled out to kill a tree?
(i) root
(ii) leaves
(iii) flowers
(iv) fruit
Answer
(i) root
2. What does the strength of a tree lie in?
(i) leaves
(ii) root
(iii) flowers
(iv) fruit
Answer
(ii) root
3. What is scorching done by?
(i) the water
(ii) the earth
(iii) the heat of the sun
(iv) the rain
Answer
(iii) the heat of the sun
4. Chocking is done in the absence of :
(i) earth
(ii) air
(iii) water
(iv) sunlight
Answer
(ii) air
5. Where does the root remain hidden for years?
(i) in the earth
(ii) in the water
(iii) in the air
(iv) all of the above
Answer
(i) in the earth
6. What is related to the death of roots?
(i) pulling out
(ii) scorching
(iii) choking
(iv) all of the above
Answer
(iv) all of the above
7. What happens to a tree’s bleeding bark?
(i) it heals soon
(ii) it heals in a big time
(iii) it never heals
(iv) a tree’s bark never bleed
Answer
(i) it heals soon
8. What will again expand to a tree’s full size?
(i) roots
(ii) green twigs
(iii) fruit
(iv) flowers
Answer
(ii) green twigs
9. What is needed to kill a tree?
(i) a simple jab
(ii) hacking
(iii) choking
(iv) pulling out the roots entirely
Answer
(iv) pulling out the roots entirely
10. Who is the poet of the poem ‘On Killing a Tree’?
(i) Edward Lear
(ii) Gieve Patel
(iii) W.W.E. Ross
(iv) William Wordsworth
Answer
(ii) Gieve Patel
11. What does the tree symbolise in this poem?
(i) prosperity
(ii) greenery
(iii) deep rooted evil
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) deep rooted evil
12. What killed the tree?
(i) scorching and chopping
(ii) floods
(iii) irresponsible behaviors
(iv) All
Answer
(i) scorching and chopping
13. 'The strength of the tree is exposed’ what do these words convey?
(i) roots of the tree taken out of the earth
(ii) roots are withered
(iii) tree is withered
(iv) All
Answer
(i) roots of the tree taken out of the earth
14. What is the message of this poem?
(i) cut trees
(ii) spoil trees
(iii) don’t cut trees and save them
(iv) None
Answer
(iii) don’t cut trees and save them
15. What does this poem speak?
(i) merciless, thoughtless and callous behavior of humans towards trees
(ii) save plants
(iii) human behavior
(iv) None
Answer
(i) merciless, thoughtless and callous behavior of humans towards trees
16. How do the trees die?
(i) when they don’t get water
(ii) when they don’t get manure
(iii) when their roots are uprooted
(iv) when we cut it with knife or jab
Answer
(iii) when their roots are uprooted
17. What is the rhyming scheme of this poem?
(i) aabc
(ii) abcd
(iii) no rhyming scheme free verse
(iv) None
Answer
(iii) no rhyming scheme free verse
18. What does the poet symbolize a tree too?
(i) a good tradition
(ii) a deep-rooted evil
(iii) a noble thing
(iv) all of the above
Answer
(ii) a deep-rooted evil
19. What helps the tree to grow?
(i) earth
(ii) air
(iii) gardener
(iv) none
Answer
(i) earth
20. Where does the strength of the tree lie?
(i) in leaves
(ii) in fruits
(iii) in its roots
(iv) All
Answer
(iii) in its roots
21. What does the poet equate killing trees with?
(i) killing animals
(ii) killing insects
(iii) killing human beings
(iv) None
Answer
(iii) killing human beings