“On Killing A Tree” MCQ with answers for WBCHSE HS examination 2022. Also multiple choice question (MCQ) from the Poem ‘On killing a tree’ asked in the previous HS exam included.
On killing a tree MCQ of 1 mark each.
Prepared By- Moloy Nandi, B.A(Eng), M.A(Eng)
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1.The ‘curled twigs’ rises from (H.S 2018)
a) the earth’s cave
b) the uprooted tree
c) Close to the ground
d)the rough bough.
Answer: c) Close to the ground
2. The root needs to be pulled out of the ( H.S 2017)
a) firm soil
b) anchoring earth
c) underground
d) firm earth
Answer: b) anchoring earth
3. The bark of the tree is described as ‘leprous’ because (H.S 2016)
a) it is soft and smooth
b) it is wounded by the knife
c) it is rough and has marks
d) it is glossy and shining
Answer: c) it is rough and has marks
4.The poet seems to suggest that in order to kill a tree (HS.2020)
a) Plucking out all the leaves will do the job
(b) some pain will do the job
(c) cutting the branches will do the job
(d) total destruction of the roots will do the job
Answer: (d) total destruction of the roots will do the job
5. The bark bleeds due to
a) browning
b) withering
c) hacking and chopping
d) twisting
Answer: c) hacking and chopping
6.The tree gets killed only after
a) hacking and chopping
b) twisting and withering
c) browning and hardening
d) scorching and choking
Answer: b) twisting and withering
7.The root in “On Killing a Tree” is
a) pale and wet
b) green
c) white and wet
d) green and wet
Answer: c) white and wet
8.Out of the leprous hide of the tree, sprouts
a) branches
b) Twigs
c) leaves
d) boughs.
Answer: c) leaves
9.The ‘most sensitive’ part of the tree refers to
a) the miniature boughs
b) the green twigs
c) the leaves
d) the roots
Answer: d) the roots
10.’It takes —— time to kill a tree.
a) some
b) little
c) much
d) no
Answer: c) much
11.’Not so much pain will do it’ – the pain is caused due to
a) Twisting
b) scorching
c) choking
d) hacking and chopping
Answer: d) hacking and chopping
12. The tree fed upon
a) sunlight
b) air
c) water
d) crust
Answer: d) crust
13.”And then it is done” – The word ‘it’ refers to
a) hacking of a tree
b) chopping of a tree
c) twisting of a tree
d) killing of a tree
Answer: d) killing of a tree
14.The source of the tree was hidden inside the earth for
a) years
b) months
c) days
d) weeks
Answer: a) years
15. ‘Then the matter of —’
a) browning and hardening
b) twisting and withering
c) hacking and chopping
d) scorching and choking
Answer: d) scorching and choking
16.The bleeding bark will
a) grow
b) heal
c) rise
d) expand
Answer: b) heal
17.The poet who wrote “On killing a tree” is
a) Arthur Rimbaud
b) John Keats
c) Gieve Patel
d) Robert Browning
Answer: c) Gieve Patel
18.The tone of the poem ” On killing a tree” is
a) comic
b) tragic
c) satiric
d) patrio
Answer: c) satiric
19.’Leperous hide’ refers to the _______of the tree
a) bark
b) roots
c) leaves
d) branches
Answer: a) bark
20.The most sensitive part of the tree was _____ the earth
a) lying exposed
b) scorched within
c) hidden inside
d) wet with
Answer: c) hidden inside
21.For growing big the tree absorbs
a) Air
b) Water
c) Sunlight
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
22.The uprooted root exposes
a) the strength of the tree
b) the miniature boughs
c) the bleeding bark
d) the earth’s crust
Answer: a) the strength of the tree
23.To pull out the root from the earth it needs to be
a) hacked and chopped
b) jabbed with a knife
c) scorched and choked
d) roped and tied
Answer: d) roped and tied
24.Miniature boughs if unchecked will
a) no longer grow
c) expand to former size
b) rise towards the sky
d) go underground
Answer: c) expand to former size
25.From close to the ground rises
a)the bleeding bark
b) curled green leaves
c) miniature boughs
d) bran
Answer: c) miniature boughs
26.‘ In miniature boughs’ the boughs means
a) small branches
b) roots
c) frost
d) rain
Answer: a) small branches
27.The tree has grown absorbing
a) sunlight, air, and water
b) earth’s crust
c) much time
d) air and water
Answer: a) sunlight, air, and water
28.The tree has grown
a) from the earth
b) over the earth
c) by consuming the earth
d) into the earth
Answer: c) by consuming the earth
29. In the poem ‘on killing a tree’ the process of killing a tree take
a) Very little time
b) Much time
c) the whole day
d) An entire day
Answer: b) Much time
30. The tree is chocked and scorched by-
a) the light
b)the air and sun
c)the air only
d)the sun only
Answer: b)The air and the sun
31.” Crust” means
a) Top layer of the earth
b)Air
c)Lower level of the earth
d)Inner surface
Answer: Lower level of the earth
32. The tree absorbs year after year
a) sunlight
b)air
c)sunlight, air and water
