MCQs For NCERT Class 10 English Chapter 6 Animals

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Please refer to the MCQ Questions for Class 10 English Chapter 6 Animals with Answers. The following A Letter to God Class 10 English MCQ Questions have been designed based on the current academic year syllabus and examination guidelines for Class 10. Our faculty has designed MCQ Questions for Class 10 English with Answers for all chapters as per your NCERT Class 10 English book.

Animals Class 10 MCQ Questions with Answers

Please see below Animals Class 10 English  MCQ Questions, solve the questions and compare your answers with the solutions provided below.

Question. Which qualities have the man taken over ‘the token’ refered in the poem?
(a) Materialism
(b) Immorality
(c) Selfishness
(d) All of these   

Answer

D

Question. The literary device used in the line “I think I could turn and live with animals” is ………… .
(a) Simile
(b) Assonance
(c) Metaphor
(d) Alliteration   

Answer

B

Question. How do human beings make the poet feel sick?
(a) By boasting their welfare works
(b) By discussing their duties
(c) By boasting and discussing their good deed in the name of God and religion
(d) By discussing their personal lives with him   

Answer

C

Question. “Not one is demented with the mania of owning things” – the underlined word means
(a) Suffering from dementia
(b) Irrational behaviour
(c) Suffering from obsessions
(d) Both (b) and (c)   

Answer

B

Question. The last line of the poem is a question. What do you think is its purpose?
(a) To allow readers to think about it
(b) To ask listeners about when
(c) For poetic diction
(d) To show his thinking nature  

Answer

A

Question. The poet says animals are not dissatisfied.
This means that animals are
(a) unconcerned
(b) satisfied
(c) instinctive
(d) content    

Answer

D

Question. Which of the following options shows the poet’s love towards animals?
(a) He stands and looks at the animals for a very long time.
(b) He admires the animals
(c) He praises their inner qualities
(d) His desire to turn into one of them and live with them   

Answer

D

Question. Name the poetic device used in the following lines:
“They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,”
(a) Anaphora
(b) Assonance
(c) Metaphor
(d) Alliteration    

Answer

A

Question. The line “They do not sweat and whine about their condition” means
(a) Animals do not cry for their conditions
(b) They do not blame others for their conditions
(c) They remain happy and accept whatever comes in their lives
(d) All of the above    

Answer

D

Question. Choose the option which tells the qualities of animals that humans should adopt from them.
(a) Animals spend most of their time in sleeping and eating, they show rudeness and ignorance towards each other.
(b) Animals learn to stand immediately after birth, fighting for one’s territory.
(c) Animals do not idle away their time discussing their duties to God, they show qualities of innocence and simplicity.
(d) None of the above    

Answer

C

Question. What craze do animals never display?
(a) Craze of owning things
(b) Craze of crying over sin in the dark
(c) Craze of complaining about their situation
(d) None of the above   

Answer

A

Question. ‘Ancestors of human beings shared token of love and understanding in the remote past making them divine and worshipped’ – the given line is paraphrase of which line? Choose the correct option.
(a) They do not sweat and whine about their condition
(b) Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop them?
(c) Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
(d) Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago   

Answer

D

Extract Based MCQs :

Read the extract to attempt the questions that follow.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, 

Question. What does the word ‘whine’ mean here?
(a) Pleased
(b) Angry
(c) High complaining cry
(d) Utter softly   

Answer

C

Question. Why do humans lie awake in the dark?
(a) Donot feel sleepy
(b) Feel guilty
(c) Worried
(d) Cry for their sins   

Answer

D

Question. What is the purpose of the given lines?
(a) To highlight the importance of moral virtues.
(b) To compare humans and animals.
(c) To highlight the virtures possessed by animals.
(d) To represent nostalgia regarding the good old days.   

Answer

B

Question. They are referred to ………… here.
(a) Animals
(b) Human beings
(c) Small children
(d) Birds    

Answer

A

Question. Why does the poet feel sick?
(a) Human’s running after money
(b) Always complaining
(c) Always criticising others
(d) Sermonising themselves   

Answer

D

Read the extract to attempt the questions that follow.
Not one is dissatisfied,
not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind thatlived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. 

Question. Which of the following characterises the poet’s attitude towards animals in the given extract?
(a) Admiration
(b) Nostalgia
(c) Jealousy
(d) Enthusiasm  

Answer

A

Question. Which of the following set of qualities does the poet attribute to animals in the given extract?
1. Discontented, furious, respectful
2. Fearless, materialistic, reputable
3. Contented, equal, non-acquisitive
4. Happy, self-serving, intelligent
(a) Option (1)
(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4)   

Answer

C

Question. The repetition of ‘not one’ in the given extract signifies the poet’s
(a) effort to create a sense of continuity.
(b) attempt at musicality and rhythm.
(c) sense of disappointment and frustration.
(d) feelings of anger and vengeance.   

Answer

C

Question. Choose the option that contains a statement which CANNOT be conclusively inferred from the extract.
(a) Man is miserable
(b) Man is materialistic.
(c) Man is power-hungry.
(d) Man is curious.   

Answer

D

Question. Pick the option that completes the following Dementia : Demented :: Mania: …………… .
(a) Maniac
(b) Manically
(c) Manical
(d) Maniacal   

Answer

D

Reference to Context

1. They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,

(a) Who are ‘they’ in the above extract?
(a) animals
(b) people
(iii) birds
(iv) insects

Answer

A

(b) The poet thinks that ‘they’ are ___________ with their condition.
(a) indifferent
(b) intolerant
(c) contended
(iv) tolerant

Answer

C

(c) Who is ‘me’ in the above extract?
(a) animals
(b) birds
(c) insects
(d) the poet

Answer

D

(e) Find a word from the extract which means the same as ‘to cry with pain’.
(a) mania
(b) demented
(c) sweat
(d) whine

Answer

D

2. Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.

(a) What bad qualities do humans have that animals don’t?
(a) Greed
(b) Jealousy
(c) Restlessness
(d) All of the above

Answer

D

(b) Who is never dissatisfied?
(a) humans
(b) animals
(c) poet
(d) All of the above

Answer

B

(c) What mania do humans suffer from?
(a) peace
(b) contentment
(c) possession of things
(d) good qualities

Answer

C

(d) What qualities do the animals possess?
(a) Kindness
(b) Sympathy
(c) Fellow feeling for all
(d) All of the above

Answer

D

3. I think I could turn and live with animals,
they are so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.
(a) Why does the poet want to live with Animals?
(b) Why does the poet want to take a ‘turn’?
Ans. (a) The poet feels that it is better to live with animals as they display kindness and goodness. Animals are peaceful, self-contained and happy. They show values that lack in human beings. Animals do not complain about their lives or cry over their sins.
(b) The poet is fed up living in the world of humans.
They are always confused, arrogant. They don’t have clear conscience and weep over their sins throughout the night. On the other hand, animals are contented, calm and possess all the ‘tokens’ of virtue that humans have given up. So, he wants to exchange places and live with animals.

4. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
(a) Why is the poet speaking in favour of the animals?
(b) What is the difference between animals and humans regarding their attitude to their condition, sins and God?
Ans. (a) The poet speaks in favour of the animals because the animals never complain about their sins, and they never hold grudges, unlike human beings. The poet thus prefers animals to humans. 
(b) Humans beings crib and whine about their condition. They lie awake at night in the dark and weep for their sins. They make the poet sick by discussing their duty about God. But animals do not do any of these things. That is why the poet likes animals.