MCQ Questions for Class 10 English First Flight Fire and Ice (Poem) with Solutions
Chapter Name | Multiple Choice Questions for Fire and Ice (Poem) |
Author Name | Robert Frost |
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Book Name | NCERT First Flight Textbook for Class 10 |
MCQ Questions for Fire and Ice (Poem) Class 10 English
1. What would be a better option to end the earth?
(i) fire
(ii) ice
(iii) both are equally competent
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) both are equally competent
2. The cause of man’s destruction is
(i) family
(ii) gold
(iii) lust
(iv) money
Answer
(iii) lust
3. Where has he used personification?
(i) fire
(ii) ice
(iii) earth
(iv) both 1 and 2
Answer
(iv) both 1 and 2
4. Name the poetic device used in the line “I hold with those who favour fire”.
(i) Assonance
(ii) Alliteration
(iii) None
(iv) Both
Answer
(iv) Both
5. Name the poetic device used in the line “To say that for destruction ice is also great”.
(i) Metaphor
(ii) Imagery
(iii) Alliteration
(iv) Oxymoron
Answer
(ii) Imagery
6. Who composed these lines ?
(i) Ogden Nash
(ii) Carl Sandburg
(iii) W.B. Yeats
(iv) Robert Frost
Answer
(iv) Robert Frost
7. What is ‘Ice’ a symbol of?
(i) Lust
(ii) Love
(iii) Desire
(iv) Hatred
Answer
(iv) Hatred
8. What is the meaning of “perish”?
(i) bloom
(ii) rise
(iii) die
(iv) glow
Answer
(iii) die
9. What will the world end in?
(i) Fire and Ice
(ii) Fire
(iii) Ice
(iv) None of the Above
Answer
(i) Fire and Ice
10. If the world is to perish twice, the poet favours
(i) atom bomb
(ii) water
(iii) ice
(iv) fire
Answer
(iv) fire
11. Why does the poet hold with those who favour fire?
(i) because love among people is increasing fast.
(ii) because hatred among people is increasing fast.
(iii) because the lust for material things is increasing quickly.
(iv) None of the Above
Answer
(iii) because the lust for material things is increasing quickly.
12. What enough to destroy the world is
(i) dictatorship
(ii) affection
(iii) love
(iv) hatred
Answer
(iv) hatred
13. What does the poet compare fire with?
(i) hatred
(ii) desire
(iii) hot
(iv) both 1 and 3
Answer
(ii) desire
14. What is the meaning of “perish”?
(i) bloom
(ii) rise
(iii) die
(iv) glow
Answer
(iii) dies
15. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
(i) abaa bcbcb
(ii) aaba bcbcb
(iii) aaab bcbcb
(iv) abab bcbcb
Answer
(i) abaa bcbcb
16. What does the poet compare fire with?
(i) hatred(ii) desire
(iii) hot
(iv) both 1 and 3
Answer
(ii) desire
17. What would suffice if the world were to perish twice?
(i) ice(ii) fire
(iii) hatred
(iv) both 1 and 2
Answer
(iv) both 1 and 2
18. What would be a better option to end the earth?
(i) fire(ii) ice
(iii) both are equally competent
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) both are equally competent
19. Name the poetic device used in the line “Some say the world will end in fire”.
(ii) Imagery
(iii) Alliteration
(iv) Oxymoron
Answer
(ii) Imagery
20. Where has he used personification?
(i) fire(ii) ice
(iii) earth
(iv) both 1 and 2
Answer
(iv) both 1 and 2