MCQs For NCERT Class 10 English Chapter 3 The Ball Poem

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

People will take
Balls, balls will be lost always, little boy.
And no one buys a ball back. Money is external.

Question. What does the poet mean by ‘money is external’?
a. Money should not be spent.
b. Money is always meant to be spent.
c. Money should be spent wisely.
d. Money is worthless.

Answer

B

Question. _______________ cannot compensate for the sense of loss.
a. Parents
b. Sadness
c. Money
d. None of these

Answer

C

Question. The poet wants to say that the loss of dear things is:
a. a fact of life
b. extraordinary
c. not normal
d. painful

Answer

A

Question. What is external?
a. Ball
b. Sadness
c. Money
d. Feelings

Answer

C

Question. Name the poet.
a. William Blake
b. Y.B. Yeats
c. Robert Frost
d. John Berryman

Answer

D

Answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

Question. What does ‘in the world of possessions’ means?
a. Love
b. Lust
c. Materialistic things
d. None of these

Answer

C

Question. The boy in ‘The Ball Poem’ is completely surrounded by:
a. joy
b. zeal
c. sorrow
d. difficulties

Answer

C

Question. Why does the poet decide not to condole the boy?
a. He is busy.
b. He is indifferent.
c. It will be of no use.
c. He is happy.

Answer

C

Question. In ‘The Ball Poem’, the poet wants to know about the boy’s:
a. background
b. reaction
c. mood
d. attitude

Answer

B

Question. John Berryman is reluctant to:
a. give a ball to the boy.
b. console the boy.
c. bring the boy’s lost ball.
d. All of these

Answer

D

Question. According to the poet, what is the child learning?
a. To bear loss.
b. To take care of things.
c. To be responsible.
d. To be careful.

Answer

A

Question. The poet in ‘The Ball Poem’ personifies the ball as:
a. the worldly things
b. the relationships
c. Both a. and b.
d. Neither a. nor b.

Answer

C

Question. Name the literary device used in “Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over — there it is in the water!”
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Alliteration
d. Anaphora

Answer

D

Question. Name the literary device used in “And no one buys a ball back.”
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Alliteration
d. Anaphora

Answer

C

Question. In the poem, the lost ball reminds the boy of his:
a. sweet memories
b. childhood days
c. friends
d. relatives

Answer

A

Reference to Context

1. I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went

(a) The poet uses the ball as a symbol of the boy’s
a. sense of adventure
b. carefree childhood days
c. ability to bounce back
d. extended family

Answer

B

(b) The poet feels that there is no point consoling the boy as
a. it would give him false hope
b. he might demand for a new ball
c. it might distress him further
d. whatever he has lost is irretrievable

Answer

D

(c) The word ‘harbour’ DOES NOT have a meaning similar to
a. port
b. pier
c. dock
d. cargo

Answer

D

(d) ‘Merrily over — there it is in the water!’ The dash here is meant to convey
a. some familiar experience
b. a feeling of excitement
c. a sense of unexpected interruption
d. some thoughtful moments

Answer

C

(e) The word that DOES NOT indicate a physical manifestation of sorrow in the boy, is
a. worthless
b. shaking
c. trembling
d. rigid

Answer

A

2. His ball went. I would not intrude on him,
A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now
He senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions. People will take balls,
Balls will be lost always, little boy,
And no one buys a ball back. Money is external.

(a) What does a ball cost?
a. 5 dimes
b. 1 dime
c. 10 dimes
d. 7 dimes

Answer

B

(b) Does the poet console the boy?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Can’t say
d. The boy consoles the poet

Answer

B

(c) Name the literary device used in “And no one buys a ball back.”
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Anaphora
d. Alliteration

Answer

D

(d) According to the poet, what is the child learning?
a. to bear loss
b. to take care of things
c. to be careful
d. to not be sad

Answer

A

(e) Give antonym for the word ‘intrude’.
a. interfere
b. invade
c. withdraw
d. disturb

Answer

C

Question. A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now He senses first responsibility In a world of possessions. People will take Balls, balls will be lost always, little boy. And no one buys a ball back. Money is external. 
(a) “Money is external”. What does the poet mean by this expression?
(b) He senses his first responsibility–what responsibility is referred to here?
Ans. (a) The poet makes the boy understand about his responsibility as the loss is immaterial. Money is  external as it cannot buy memories, nor can it replace the things that we have a bond with.
(b) The responsibility referred to here is to stand up or bear the loss through self-understanding and to console oneself on his own just as the boy who lost his ball, was trying to do.

Question. What is the boy now, who has lost his ball, What, what is he to do? I saw it go Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over — there it is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
(a) Why does the poet think that it is useless to give the following suggestion to the boy? ‘No use to say- ‘O there are other balls’:
(b) What shows that the ball was valuable for the boy?
Ans. (a) According to the poet, to console the boy by saying that he can get another ball in place of the lost one is futile. The boy had a long association with the ball. It was, thus, useless to give him such a suggestion because he wanted to get back the ball that he had lost.
(b) The ball was valuable for the boy because he reacted after losing it. He was shocked, and he trembled with grief staring at the place where the ball had fallen. All these reactions showed that the ball was valuable for him.

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