WorksheetsTest- Flamingo (Poem No.1 & 2) & Vistas Ch. No.3
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The narrator was aboard the ship named ______.
Titanic
Academic Discovery
Akademik Shokalskiy
The Explorer
Antarctica is described as ___________.
coldest, driest, windiest
hottest and inhabitable
thriving with all sorts of life
All of the above
Gondwana existed roughly around ___________.
350 million years ago
450 million years ago
550 million years ago
650 million years ago
What is the figure of speech used in the line, "It’s like walking into a giant ping-pong ball"?
Metaphor
Alliteration
Pun
Simile
The Drake Passage was created because of _________.
India drifting northwards
South America drifting off to join North America
North America drifting off to join South America
India's collision with Asia
The synonym of 'ubiquitous' is __________.
abstract
complex
omnipresent
simple
'And for humans, the prognosis isn’t good.' This line means__________.
The future of mankind is not promising.
The future of mankind is secure.
The prognosis isn't good enough to be relied upon.
The future of human kind is encouraging.
What does the author mean by "In that short amount of time, we’ve managed to create quite a ruckus"?
progress made by human race
destruction and disturbance caused by human race
stunning achievements of human race
None of the above
The reason behind Geoff Green's decision to take students to Antarctica rather than taking rich celebrities was__________.
The celebrities didn't co-operate.
The students are always docile.
The students are always ready to absorb, learn and act.
The students have more interest in adventures.
The name of the programme that takes high school students to the end of the earth is ________.
Students of Ice
Students for Ice
Students above Ice
Students on Ice
When do you know that the threat of global warming is very real?
when you see the seals on ice floes
when you see the austral light
When you see glaciers retreating and ice shelves collapsing
All of the above
The message in the parable of phytoplankton is _________.
Take care of the small things and the big things will fall into place.
Take care of the big things and the small things will fall into place.
Whatever is to happen will happen.
Life goes on.
The study of our past is possible in Antarctica through_________.
half-million-year-old carbon records trapped in its layers of ice
Cordilleran folds
pre-Cambrian granite shields
All of the above
The mother’s face looked ashen like that of a (a)
The poet’s parting words were (a)
The mother’s face was wan, pale as a (a)
The poetic device used in the line’ wan, pale as a late winter’s moon’ is (a)
The trees were ..........and merry children ...... out of their homes
(a)
Where was the mother sitting?
in front of the poet
Beside the poet
behind the poet
beside the driver
Name the literary device used in the line ‘ her face ashen like that of a corpse
metaphor
simile
alliteration
personification
What thought did the poet try to put away?
mother would not live long
mother would continue sleeping
mother would wake up
mother would live long
What does the image of merry children spilling symbolize?
sincerity
responsibility and duty
carefree attitude
passive acceptance
What does the old age symbolize?
Health and happiness
carefree life
Approaching death
Freedom from responsibility
At the airport, why does the poet 'look at her again'?
to wish her mother goodbye
to reassure herself about the well-being of her mother
both a & b
none of the above
Why does the poet only smile?
to hide her fear
to hide her guilt
to hide her anxiety
all the above
'Trees sprinting' is a poetic device. It is
Personification
Alliteration
Repetition
Simile
'smile and smile and smile' is
Alliteration
Repetition
Simile
Refrain
The paper-seeming boy with rat’s eyes means
The boy is
sly and secretive
thin, hungry and weak
unpleasant looking
All of the above
Why is the boy called "the stunted, unlucky heir"?
He has not inherited the property.
He has not received education.
He has received disability from his father.
None of the above
What does the poet mean by "all their future’s painted with a fog"?
Their future is beautiful like fog.
The children have painted their future with fog.
The fog blocks their future.
Their future is dark and hazy just like fog.
What is the figure of speech used in the phrase "lead sky"?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Pun
Why Shakespeare is called wicked?
Shakespeare does not teach morals.
His life is not a good example for these children.
He uses wicked words.
He has no relevance for these children and portrays a wrong world.
What is the figure of speech used in the line "far far from rivers"?
Assonance
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
This poem follows the ideology of__________.
Socialism
Fascism
Feminism
Capitalism
Which phrase/sentence best describes that the children are malnourished?
The tall girl with her weighed-down head
The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones
These children wear skins peeped through by bones.
These children’s faces like rootless weeds
What do Catacombs signify?
underground cemetry showing irrelevance of the map hanging on the wall of the classroom
irrelevance of the classroom
irrelevance of the school
irrelevance of the children
Who has written Elementary School Classroom in a Slum?
Kipling
Kamlanath
Wordsworth
Stephen Spender
His eyes live in a dream, A squirrel’s game, in the tree room other than this means the boy is
Full of hope in the future
Mentally ill
Distracted from the lesson
None
What kind of life the children living in slums have?
full of love
full of care and warmth
Hopeless and full of struggle
all these
How can powerful people help the poor children?
by fighting with the government
by fighting with the powerful
by bridging gaps of inequalities and injustice
by fighting with the rich
