I PUC ENGLISH MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs)
THE SCHOOL BOY
William Blake
I. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence:
1. Who loves to rise on a summer
morning?
a) boy b) girl c)
old man d) old lady
Ans: a) boy
2. When does the school boy love to
rise?
a) in summer evening b) in summer morning c) in summer afternoon
d) in summer night
Ans: b) in summer morning
3. Whose song is heard on every
tree?
a) musician b) huntsman c)
birds d) boy
Ans: c) birds
4. Who winds his horn?
a) birds b) boy c)
musician d) huntsman
Ans: d) huntsman
5. What does the huntsman wind?
a) horn b) flute c)
pipe d) mike
Ans: a) horn
6. Which bird sings with the school
boy, according to the speaker of “The School Boy”?
a) crow b) skylark c)
peacock d)
humming bird
Ans: b) skylark
7. Mention one of the things that
the school boy considers as ‘sweet company’.
a) dancing with friends b) eating food with family
c) the sound of huntsman horn d) listening the teacher’s class
Ans: c) the sound of huntsman horn
8. What drives the joy of the boy
away?
a) Going to park b)
Going to gym
c) Going shopping d) Going to school
Ans: d) Going to school
9. What does the boy hate to do on a
summer morning?
a) Spend the day in school b)
Spend the afternoon in school
c) Spend the day in playground d) Spend the day in shopping
Ans: a) Spend the day in school
10. Where does the boy hate to go on
a summer morning?
a) to school b) to park c)
to mall d) to clinic
Ans: a) to school
12.’ A cruel eye outworn’ refers to
________
a) authoritarian teacher b) bird c) huntsman d)
skylark
Ans: a) authoritarian teacher
13. ‘Learning’s bower’ refers to
______
a) fields b)home c)
school d) hostel
Ans: c) school
14. What does ‘cage’ stand for?
a) School b) fields c)
home d)
hostel
Ans: a) School
15. What cannot give delight to the
school boy?
a) Going to market b) Going to school
c) Going to park d)
Going to gym
Ans: b) Going to school
16. ‘Dreary shower’ implies ________
a) monotonous ways of teaching.
b) easy ways of understanding.
c) modern techniques adopted in
teaching.
d) Easy habits of thoughtful
Ans: a) monotonous ways of teaching
17. “And blossoms blown away”. Here
‘blossoms’ refer to_____
a) teachers b) flowers c)
children d) birds
Ans: c) children
18. ‘Spring’ refers to _______in the
poem.
a) old age b) childhood c)
youth d) infant
Ans: b) childhood
19. ‘Summer’ refers to _______in the
poem.
a) old age b) childhood c)
youth d) infant
Ans: c) youth
20. Which season signifies ‘old age’
in the poem?
a) autumn season b) winter season c) summer season d) rainy
season
Ans: b) winter season
21. What does ‘winter’ refer to, in
the poem?
a) old age b) childhood c)
youth d) infant
Ans: a) old age
22. The poet loves to rise………………………….
a)
in a winter morning b) on a Monday
morning
c)
in sighing and dismay d) in a summer
morn
Ans: d) in a summer morn
23. The poet loves to rise in a summer
morn………………………….
a)
when there is a holiday b) in sighing and dismay
c)
under a cruel eye outworn d) when the
birds sing on every tree
Ans: d) when the birds sing on every tree
24. The distant huntsman………………………….his
horn.
a)
plays b) winds
c) finds d) drives
Ans: b) winds
25. The distant huntsman winds his horn,
and………………………….sings with him.
a) the bird b) the skylark
c)
the teacher d) the child
Ans: b) the skylark
26. Going to school on a summer morn………………………….
a)
is a pleasant experience b) makes the birds sing on every tree
c)
drives all joy away d)
is like sitting in a cage
Ans: c) drives all joy away
27. The little ones spend the day………………………….
a)
in sighing and dismay b) watching
the birds sing on
every tree
c)
in joy d) watching
the distant huntsman
wind his horn
Ans: a) in sighing and dismay
28. ‘Under a cruel eye outworn’ refers
to ………………………….
a)
a skylark b) the distant huntsman
c) the parents d)
authoritarian ways of teaching
Ans: d) authoritarian ways of teaching
29. ‘sweet company’ refers to………………………….
a)skylark b) huntsman’s horn
c) bird’s song d)
all the above three
Ans: all the above three
30. According to Blake, the bird that is
born for joy cannot……………………
a)
sit in learning’s bower b)
sit in a cage and sing
c)
sit in sighing and dismay. d) drive
all his joy away
Ans: b) sit in a cage and sing
31. The phrase which does not refer
to formal schooling
from the following is
………………………….
a)
buds are nipped b) fruits are gathered
c)
plants are stripped d) blossoms
are blown away
Ans: b) fruits are gathered
32. How shall the summer arise in joy, or the summer’s fruits appear?
Blake questions………………………….
a) the society b) the teachers
c)
his parents d) himself
Ans: b) the teachers
33. “Nor in my book can
I take delight, Nor sit in learning’s bower,” The phrase learning’s bower suggests………………………….
a)
restlessness of the boy b) authoritarian ways of teaching
c)
metaphor for school d)
feeling of fear and discouragement
Ans: c) metaphor for school
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