SAMPLE QUESTIONS(MCQ) CBSE-CLASS-X-ENGLISH

1)
And on the pedestal these
words appear

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings

Look upon my works, ye mighty and despair!

Nothing besides remains, round the decay

Of that colossal
wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and
level sands stretch far away.

a) Which trait of Ozymandias’
character do the lines bring forth? –

i)
wisdom

ii)
Bravery

iii)
Pride

iv)
Intelligence.

b) ‘Nothing beside remains’
implies –

i)
the desert

ii)
the transience of the fame of Ozymandias

iii)
the miserable condition of the statue

iv)
the effect of some natural calamity.

c) The last line is an
example of –

i) Alliteration

ii) Personification

iii) Simile

iv) Metaphor.

2)
“And so, I missed my chance
with one of the lords of life

And I have
something to expiate – Pettiness.”

a) Identify ‘Lords of life’
here.-

i)
Snake

ii)
Cattle

iii)
Poet

iv)
None of the above.

b) What chance has the
speaker missed?-

i)
To hit the snake

ii)
To escape

iii)
To be the host of the snake

iv)
To watch the snake drinking water.

a)
What are the feelings of the
speaker in the above lines? –

i) Regret

ii) Complaint

iii) Anger

iv) Satisfaction

3)
“He reached down the fissure
in the earth wall in the gloom

And trailed
his yellow brown slackness soft bellied

Down, over the
edge of the stone trough”

a) The snake has reached-

i)
a hole in the wall

ii)
mount Etna

iii)
water tap

iv)
the tree

b) What is ‘yellow brown
slackness’?

i)
Tongue

ii)
Body

iii)
Head

iv)
Tail

c) The snake’s movement is
full of –

i)
pain

ii)
laziness

iii)
quickness

iv)
fear.

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