MCQs For NCERT Class 10 English Chapter 1 Dust of Snow

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Dust of Snow Class 10 MCQ Questions with Answers

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Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct option.

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

Question. What did the falling of dust of snow on the poet do to him?
a. It made him even angrier.
b. It made him retrospect.
c. It made him feel startled.
d. It made him feel happier about his day.

Question. The poet felt ________________ on that day.
a. happy
b. sad
c. angry
d. none of these

Question. The fall of snow-dust changes his:
a. mood
b. looks
c. attitude
d. all of these

Question. Some part of the day was saved from:
a. utilising
b. ruining
c. snowfall
d. good luck

Question. What is the rhyming scheme of the stanza?
a. abab
b. acab
c. abac
d. aabb

Answer the following questions by choosing the correct option

Question. The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize:
a. sorrow
b. happiness
c. celebration
d. death

Question. Choose the option showing the reason NOT corresponding with “… a crow / Shook down on me / The dust of snow”.
a. The crow’s landing on the branch of the tree.
b. The shivering of the crow, due to the cold.
c. The readjustment of position of the crow on the branch.
d. The cawing of the crow hidden in the foliage.

Question. The falling of dust of snow on the poet:
a. upset his mood
b. lifted his mood
c. irritated him
d. None of these

Question. Name the poetic device used in the line “Has given my heart”.
a. Alliteration
b. Metaphor
c. Oxymoron
d. Simile

Question. Of the many symbols the hemlock tree represents, choose the one that Frost drew upon in all likelihood, for this poem.
a. Symbol of longevity
b. Symbol of togetherness
c. Symbol of healing
d. Symbol of protection

Question. In the poem, ‘Dust of Snow’, the poet is walking by a:
a. cottage
b. river
c. hill
d. tree

Question. How did the dust of snow affect the poet?
a. It made him energetic.
b. It changed his mood.
c. It made him superior.
d. None of these

Question. What was the mood of the poet in the beginning of the poem?
a. Sad
b. Happy
c. Confused
d. None of these

Question. What does “Dust of Snow” represent?
a. Healing power of nature
b. Particles of snow
c. Cool weather
c. None of these

Question. Hemlock tree is regarded as a/an:
a. lucky tree
b. auspicious tree
c. poisonous tree
d. sweet tree

Reference to Context

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

(a) Who is the poet of this poem?
(i) W. B. Yeats
(ii) T. S. Eliot
(iii) Robert Frost
(iv) Shakespeare

(b) What change does the poet mention here?
(i) change of cloth
(ii) change of mood
(iii) change of house
(iv) none of these

(c) Which word from the extract means ‘held in regret’?
(i) saved
(ii) rued
(iii) changed
(iv) day

(d) The major part of the day had been spent by the poet in ______.
(i) delight
(ii) regret
(iii) merriment
(iv) meditation

(e) Who is responsible for the change of poet’s mood?
(i) dust
(ii) storm
(iii) dust of snow
(iv) birds

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

(a) Who shook down the hemlock tree?
(i) crow
(ii) cuckoo
(iii) mynah
(iv) parrot

(b) What fell on the poet?
(i) Dust of wind
(ii) Dust of rain
(iii) Dust of storm
(iv) Dust of snow

(c) The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize ____.
(i) Sorrow
(ii) Happiness
(iii) Celebration
(iv) Death

(d) What was there in the tree at that time?
(i) owl
(ii) parrot
(iii) snow
(iv) rain

(e) What is the rhyme scheme of the given stanza?
(i) aabb
(ii) babb
(iii) abba
(iv) abab

3. Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
(a) Why does the mood of the poet change?
(b) What does the poet mean when he says and saved some part of the day?
Ans. (a) The mood of the poet changes because he saw a crow sitting on a hemlock tree shook off the dust of snow on him. Thus, the falling of dust of snow changed his mood.
(b) The poet has saved some part of the day as he did not waste the time in repenting and regretting.

4. The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
(a) How does the poet observe nature in the poem, ‘Dust of Snow’?
(b) What side of nature do ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock’ represent?
Ans. (a) The poet observed nature as a positive medium of change for him. The poet had been the sorrowful and depressive mood throughout the poem. But then a crow shook snow dust off and this changed his mood. Nature gave him the inspiration to be positive and optimistic.
(b) ‘Crow’ is a black, harsh-voiced bird and ‘hemlock’ is a tree with poisonous bitter fruit.
Both the crow and hemlock represent dark, depressive, sorrowful and bitter side of nature.