MCQ Questions for Class 10 English First Flight The Ball (Poem) with Solutions


Chapter Name

Multiple Choice Questions for The Ball (Poem)

Author Name

John Berryman

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Book Name

NCERT First Flight Textbook for Class 10

MCQ Questions for The Ball (Poem) Class 10 English

1. Does the poet condole the boy?

(i) can’t say

(ii) yes

(iii) no

(iv) All of them

Answer

(iii) no


2. Name the literary device used in “And no one buys a ball back.”

(i) Metaphor

(ii) Simile

(iii) Alliteration

(iv) Anaphora

Answer

(iii) Alliteration


3. How does the child react at the loss?

(i) stands rigid

(ii) trembles

(iii) stares

(iv) all of them

Answer

(iv) all of them


4. Name the literary device used in “Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over — there it is in the water!”

(i) Metaphor

(ii) Simile

(iii) Alliteration

(iv) Anaphora

Answer

(iv) Anaphora


5. Where was the boy staring down?

(i) the sea

(ii) the ocean

(iii) the harbour

(iv) the lake

Answer

(iii) the harbour


6. What does a ball cost?

(i) 5 dimes

(ii) 10 dimes

(iii) 1 dime

(iv) 4 dimes

Answer

(iii) 1 dime


7. What has the boy lost in the water?

(i) his ball

(ii) his bat

(iii) his wicket

(iv) his gloves

Answer

(i) his ball


8. What does ‘in the world of possessions’ means?

(i) Love

(ii) Lust

(iii) Materialistic things

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(iii) Materialistic things


9. Where does the ball go?

(i) drain

(ii) well

(iii) house

(iv) water

Answer

(iv) water


10. Why is money called external?

(i) We need to earn money through hardworker.

(ii) We can replace the lost things with its help.

(iii) It is made from artificial way.

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(ii) We can replace the lost things with its help.


11. Why are the boy’s eyes desperate?

(i) Because he has lost his ball.

(ii) Because he has lost his money.

(iii) Because he has lost his gloves

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(i) Because he has lost his ball.


12. Who would not intrude the boy?

(i) The Ball

(ii) The Poet

(iii) The Gloves

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(ii) The Poet


13. According to the poet, what is the child learning?

(i) to bear loss

(ii) to take care of things

(iii) to be responsible

(iv) to be careful

Answer

(i) to bear loss


14. Who is the poet of the Ball poem?

(i) Leslie Norris
(ii) John Berryman
(iii) Carolyn Wells
(iv) Robert Frost

Answer

(ii) John Berryman


15. What does a ball cost?

(i) 5 dimes
(ii) 10 dimes
(iii) 1 dime
(iv) 4 dimes

Answer

(iii) 1 dime


16. How does the child react at the loss?

(i) stands rigid
(ii) trembles
(iii) stares
(iv) all of them

Answer

(iv) all of them


17. According to the poet, what is the child learning?

(i) to bear loss
(ii) to take care of things
(iii) to be responsible
(iv) to be careful

Answer

(i) to bear loss


18. Why does the poet decide not to condole the boy?

(i) He is busy
(ii) He is indifferent
(iii) It will be of no use
(iv) He is happy
Answer
(iii) It will be of no use
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