MCQ- Poem-5 The Ball Poem, Book- First Flight (Prose), Class-10th, HBSE

  Updated on 20/11/2022


Poem-5 The Ball Poem


1.  Who is the poet of ‘The Ball Poem’?

(A)    WWE Ross

(B)    John Berryman

(C)    Robert Frost

(D)    James Kirkup

Answer (B)    John Berryman 


2.  What is worthless for the boy?

(A)   another ball

(B)   another fruit

(C)   another bat

(D)   another cat

Answer (A)   another ball


3.  What does the poet say about money?

(A)   money is internal

(B)   money is useless

(C)   money is external

(D)   money is priceless  

Answer (C)   money is external


4.  What is the boy learning?

(A)   the meaning of loss

(B)   the meaning of win

(C)   the meaning of wisdom

(D)   the meaning of toss

Answer (A)   the meaning of loss 


5.  How are the boy’s eyes?

(A)   in sweet dreams

(B)   desperate

(C)   smiling

(D)   in dreams

Answer (B)   desperate


6.   What does a ball cost?

(A)    1 dime

(B)    3 dimes

(C)    5 dimes

(D)    7 dimes

Answer (A)    1 dime 


7.  Where has the boy lost his ball?

(A)   in the playground

(B)   in the water

(C)   in the classroom

(D)   in the well

Answer (B)   in the water


 8.  What does 'in the world of possessions' means?

(A)   the world of smart things

(B)   the world of beautiful things

(C)   the world of materialistic things

(D)   the world of costly things

Answer (C)   the world of materialistic things  


 9.  What do you understand by 'epistemology'?

(A)   science of thinking

(B)   science of knowledge

(C)   smartness

(D)   cleverness

Answer (B)   science of knowledge  


10.  Which one is not match correctly:

(A)   ultimate-final

(B)   harbour-port

(C)   bouncing-jumping

(D)   epistemology-stupid

Answer (D)   epistemology-stupid