MCQ- Poem-1 Dust of Snow, Book- First Flight (Prose), Class-10th, HBSE

Updated on 13/08/2022

Poem-1 Dust of Snow

1. What did the crow shake down on the poet ?

(A) stone 

(B) snow  

(C) leaves  

(D) branches

Answer 

(B) snow

2. What did the crow do to the hemlock tree ?

(A) cut the tree

(B) broke the tree

(C) shook the tree  

(D) pulled the tree

Answer 

(C) shook the tree

3.  Where was the poet at that time ?

(A)   under the tree

(B)   on the tree

(C)   in the tree

(D)   behind the tree

Answer 

(A)  under the tree

4.  Who is the poet of 'Dust of Snow' ?

(A)  Robin Frost

(B)   David Frost

(C)   Albert Frost

(D)   Robert Frost

Answer 

(D)   Robert Frost

5.  Where was the crow sitting ?

(A)  under a hemlock tree

(B)   in a hemlock tree

(C)   behind a hemlock tree

(D)   on a mango tree 

Answer 

(B)   in a hemlock tree

6.  In what mood was the poet before falling of snow ?

(A)  in unpleasant mood

(B)   in happy mood

(C)   in romantic mood

(D)   in singing mood

Answer 

(A)  in unpleasant mood

7.  What was the effect of the dust of snow on the poet ?

(A)  it changed his luck

(B)   it changed his mood

(C)   it changed his colour

(D)   it changed his job 

Answer 

(B)   it changed his mood

 8.  What was saved for the poet ?

(A)  some part of the week

(B)   some part of the day

(C)   some part of the year

(D)   some part of the month 

Answer 

(B)   some part of the day

 9.  Who shook down the hemlock tree?

(A)  a peacock

(B)   a hen

(C)   a crow

(D)   a horse

Answer 

(C)   a crow

10.  What type of plant is a hemlock tree?

(A)  a plant with pink flowers

(B)   a plant with red flowers

(C)   a plant with white flowers

(D)   a plant with blue flowers 

Answer 

(C)   a plant with white flowers

11.  What was the mood of the poet in the beginning of the poem?

(A)  happy

(B)   pleasant

(C)   sorrowful

(D)   joyful

Answer 

(C)   sorrowful

12.  Name the poetic device used in the line “Has given my heart”

(A)  simile

(B)   metaphor

(C)   personification

(D)   alliteration

Answer 

(D)   alliteration

13.  Name the poetic device used in the line “saved some part”

(A)  simile

(B)   metaphor

(C)   personification

(D)   alliteration

Answer 

(D)   alliteration

14.  What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

(A)  abab cdcd

(B)   abba cddc

(C)   abcd abcd

(D)   abab bcbc

Answer 

(A) abab cdcd

15.  Meaning of 'Dust of Snow'

(A)  fine stone of snow

(B)   melt snow 

(C)   fine particles of snow

(D)   solid snow

Answer 

(A) fine particles of snow

10th (Prose) MCQ Question Bank

 Updated on 07/06/2022

Ch. 1 A Letter to God

(1)  Who was Lencho ?

(A) a lawyer  

(B) a teacher 

(C) a farmer  

(D) a doctor

Answer 

(C) a farmer

(2)  Where was Lencho's house situated ?

(A) in a town 

(B) in a village   

(C) at the bottom of a low hill 

(D) on the top of a low hill

Answer 

(D) on the top of a low hill

(3)  What happened at meal time ?

(A) dark clouds appeared 

(B) big drops of rain began to fall 

(C) small drops of rain began to fall 

(D) strong winds began to blow

Answer 

(B) big drops of rain began to fall

(4)  What does the Lencho call the rain drops ?

(A) beautiful pearls 

(B)  new coins 

(C) new gold coins  

(D) new silver coins

Answer 

(B) new coins

(5)  These truly did resemble new silver coins. 'What are these' ?

(A) rain drops   

(B) flowers   

(C) hailstones    

(D) corn fields

Answer 

(C) hailstones

(6)  What destroyed Lencho's field completely ?

(A) heavy rain      

(B) hailstones   

(C) wild animals  

(D) a plague of locusts

Answer 

(B) hailstones

(7)  What was Lencho's only hope ?

(A) a bag of corn  

(B) help from relatives   

(C) a bag of gold   

(D) help from God

Answer 

(D) help from God

(8)  Who was a fat amiable fellow ?

(A) the postmaster 

(B) the postman   

(C) Lencho  

(D) Lencho's son

Answer 

(A) the postmaster

(9)  How much money did Lencho ask God to send him ?

(A) one hundred pesos  

(B) two hundred pesos  

(C) three hundred pesos   

(D) four hundred pesos

Answer 

(A) one hundred pesos

(10)  Who is the writer of 'A Letter to God' ?

(A) Robert Frost  

(B) G.L. Fuentes   

(C) Nelson Mandela  

(D) James Herriot

Answer 

(B) G.L. Fuentes

(11)  What is the meaning of Spanish word 'peso' ?

(A) a biscuit  

(B) a chocolate  

(C) a person  

(D) a coin

Answer 

(D) a coin

(12)  How much money did Lencho receive from God ?

(A) only fifty pesos 

(B) only seventy pesos  

(C) only thirty pesos   

(D) one hundred pesos

Answer 

(B) only seventy pesos

(13)  What is synonym of 'crest' ?

(A) top  

(B) bottom   

(C) below   

(D) under 

Answer 

(A) top

(14)  What is the meaning of 'an ox of a man' ?

(A) a lazy man  

(B) a strong man   

(C) a hard working man  

(D) a handsome man

Answer 

(C) a hard working man

(15)  What does Lencho call the post office employee ?

(A) a bunch of intelligent 

(B) a bunch of crooks   

(C) a group of handsome persons  

(D) a group of strong persons

Answer 

(B) a bunch of crooks

(16)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(17)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(18)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(19)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(20)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(21)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

 (22)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(23)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(24)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(25)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(26)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(27)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(28)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(29)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C) 

(30)  

(A)  (B)   (C)   (D) 

Answer 

(C)