On Killing A Tree Poem - Gieve Patel 9 English CBSE

The strength of the tree is exposed' what do these words convey?

• roots of the tree taken out of the earth
• roots are withered
• tree is withered
• All

What does this poem speak?

• merciless,thoughtless and callous behavior of humans towards trees
• save plants
• human behavior
• None

How do the trees die?

• when they don't get water
• when they don't get manure
• when their roots are uprooted
• when we cut it with knife or jab

Who is the poet of the poem ‘On Killing a Tree’?

• Edward Lear
• Gieve Patel
• W.W.E. Ross
• William Wordsworth

What will again expand to a tree’s full size?

• roots
• green twigs
• fruit
• flowers

Why does it takes much time to kill tree?

• Because the axe is not sharp

• Because the wood cutter is not well

• Because the tree is in standing position

• Because ,by consuming the Earth, the tree is very strong

Which statement about the. Tree is true?

• The bleeding barks of the tree will heal the tree of the tree is getting any damage .

• The tree was there before a hundred years

• That tree was planted by a child

• The tree was laying towards a river which has a lot of crocodiles .

Which among the lines describe the life source of the tree

• So hack and chop

  But this alone won't do it

• Which if unchecked will expand again

• Feeding upon its crust absorbing years of sunlight.

• It takes much time to kill a tree

What does leperous hide mean here?

• Discoloured bark

• Grown up branches

• Powerful tree

• Weak root

Sam is a woodcutter.He blows his axe and cuts a branch from a mango tree.Which words do narrate the tree's condition exactly?

• Broken twigs

• Uprooted tree

• Grown-up branches

• Bleeding bark