Extra Questions

Extract Based Questions

Read the following extracts carefully and choose the correct option.

Question 1 : 

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

i) Who shook down the Hemlock tree?

a) Cuckoo

b) Crow

c) Mynah

d) Parrot

Answer : b) Crow

ii) Which tree did the crow shake?

a) Banyan

b) Mango

c) Oak

d) Hemlock

Answer : d) Hemlock

iii) What fell on the poet?

a) Dust of tree

b) Dust of snow

c) Dust of rain

d) Dust of crow

Answer : b) Dust of snow

iv) Earlier the poet was in a …….. mood.

a) happy

b) pleasant

c) gloomy

d) good

Answer : c) gloomy

Question 2 :

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

i) What was the effect of the fall of the dust of snow on the poet?

a) It changed his mood

b) Changed his luck

c) Changed his car

d) Changed his job

Answer : a) It changed his mood

ii) Under which tree was the poet standing?

a) Neem

b) Mango

c) Hemlock

d) Banyan

Answer : c) Hemlock

iii) What was saved for the poet?

a) His whole day

b) A few days

c) Some part of the day

d) The whole week

Answer : Some part of the day

iv) Which word is the synonym of ‘feel remorse’ or ‘regret’ as used in the stanza?

a) Change

b) Rued

c) Mood

d) Saved

Answer : b) Rued