stanza iRead the poem given below and choose the correct answer from the given option:
The Frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind. The owlet’s cry Came loud – and hark, again ! loud as before. The inmates of my cottage, all at rest, Have left me to that solitude, which suits Abstruser musings: save that at my side My cradled infant slumbers peacefully. ‘It’s calm indeed ! so calm, that it disturbs And vexes meditation with its strange And extreme silentness …… A.The ‘secret ministry’ of the frost is that _________________ (a) it is falling on the ground (b) it ministers the earth (c) it deals with the air (d) it has a secret deal with the nature B.There is silence all round. This is seen in the phrase_____________ (a) and hark, again (b) all at rest (c) that solitude (d) abstruser musings C. Who is sleeping in the cradle? (a) the poet’s nephew (b) the poet’s niece (c) the poet’s son (d) a strange child D.What disturbs the calm? (a) Weather b) nature (c) calmness (d) the surroundings E.The word ‘meditation’ means _____________ (a) Prayers (b) deep thought (c) deep ideas (d) thought stanza iiRead the extract given below and fill the blanks that follows :
If there is a future there is time for mending. Time to see your troubles come to an ending Life is never hopeless however great your sorrow- If you’are looking forward to a new tomorrow. If there is time for wishing them there is time for hoping When throught doubt and darkness you are blindly groping. Though the heart be heavy and hurt you may be fuling. If there is time for praying there is a new day breaking. Thank god for the promise though mind and soul be aching If with harvest over there is grain enough for gleaning- There is a new tomorrow and life still has meaning a. Life is never hopeless when _____________________ b. We should offer out thanks to God when ________________________ c If there is a good harvest than there is a hope for ____________________ d. If your are able to pray God in the days of deep sorrow so there is a chance for _________ e. If anybody have courage to face problems, if future his troubles ____________________ |
stanza iiiRead the following poem carefully and answer the question below:
He stalks in his vivid stripes The few steps of his age On pads of velvet quiet In his quiet rage. He should be lurking in shadow Sliding through long grass Near the water hole Where plump deer pass He should snarling around houses At the jungle’s edge Baring his white fangs, his claws, Terrorizing the village
Stanza iv Read the poem and below and write the option that consider the most appropriate in your Answer sheet:
BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE Douglas Malloch If you can’t be pine on the top of hill, Be a in the valley-but be The best little scrub by the side of rill. Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be bush be a bit of the grass. And some highway happier make. If you can’t be a Muskie then just be a bass-- Be the liveliest bass in the lake. We can’t all be captians, weve got be crew, There’s something for all of us here, There big work to do and there lesser to do, And the task you must do is the near. If you can’t be the highway then just be trail If you can’t be the sun be a star, It isn’t by size that you win or fail-- Be the best whatever you are. 1.Being the best scrub tree as good as being a……………. A. bush B .Pine C. Valley D. grass 2.Be the lives bass in the lake here bass means…………. A. Water plant B. edible fish C. Ship D. sailor 3.We can’t all be captains we got be means…………… A. We can be the best where are B. we should be a part the crowed C. We should not be ambitious D. we should also willing to serve 4.The message of is the poem is………………………. A .Only the best is appreciate in life B .if we want to success in life we must be strong C. If we fail the world will laugh at us D. we must always be our best in anything we do 5.The tone of Poem is……………… A. Happy B.sad C. Inspirational D. educational |