Amanda: MCQS Previous Years’ Questions Class 10 English CBSE

Amanda CBSE MCQs Question Bank (QB)

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Q. Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow: [CBSE QB 2021]

(I am an orphan, roaming the street.

I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.

The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)

1. The tone of the given lines is

(A) analytical.

(B) despairing.

(C) peaceful.

(D) nervous

2. Read the statements A and B given below, and choose the option that correctly evaluates these statements.
Statement A – The figure ‘I’ imagines a less than realistic view of being an orphan.
Statement B – The figure ‘I’ does not like the speaker.

(A) A is true, B is false, according to the extract
(B) A is true, B cannot be clearly inferred from the extract.
(C) A cannot be clearly inferred from the extract, B is false.
(D) A is true and can be inferred from the poem, B is true too.

3. The golden silence is contrasted with the __.

(A) chaos of the street
(B) constant instructions received
(C) sweetness of freedom
(D) hushed, bare feet

4. The rhyme scheme ‘aaa’ in the above extract is followed in all other stanzas of the poem that are written in parenthesis, i.e., (). Why?
Read the reasons given below and choose the option that lists the most accurate reasoning:

(i) It shows the simplicity of the child’s thoughts.
(ii) It reflects the harmony and rhythm of the child’s inner world.
(iii) It mirrors a child’s expression.
(iv) It highlights the poet’s aesthetic sensibility.

(A) (i) and (iv)

(B) (i) and (ii)

(C) (ii) and (iii)

(D) (iii) and (iv)

5. Pick the option that lists the usage of the word ‘pattern’, as in the extract above.

(A) That is a lovely pattern for a wallpaper.
(B) He decided to wear a patterned shirt to the party.
(C) Poetry is a form of pattern making.
(D) She patterned her hair after her favourite celebrity

6. Which option completes the popular adage given below?
_______ silence is gold.

(A) Precious are words for

(B) Speech is silver

(C) Silver is the tongue

(D) Ideas may be precious but

7. A transferred epithet is a literary device where the modifier or epithet is transferred from the noun it is meant to
describe to another noun in the sentence.
Based on the given definition of ‘transferred epithet’, choose the option that lists an example of transferred
epithet.

(A) soft dust

(B) hushed (bare) feet

(C) freedom (is) sweet

(D) silence (is) golden

8. Which image corresponds to what Amanda, is doing in this extract?

(A) Option 1

(B) Option 2

(C) Option 3

(D) Option 4

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Answers

1. (C)
2. (B)
3. (B)
4. (C)
5. (D)
6. (B)
7. (B)
8. (B)

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Q. Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow: [CBSE QB 2021]

Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!

Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!

Stop that slouching and sit up straight,

Amanda!

1. The purpose of the speaker’s words in the given extract is to:

(A) show the speaker’s power over the listener.
(B) make the listener a better human being.
(C) advise the listener as an elder.
(D) improve the listener’s posture and habits

2. Pick the option that lists the image which correctly corresponds to the speaker’s mood in the extract.

(A) Option 1

(B) Option 2

(C) Option 3

(D) Option 4

3. Alliteration is a literary device used in the extract.
Which of the following options DOES NOT include example of this literary device?

(A) The moon and the shimmering stars watched over us.
(B) With that charming chat, Catherine chose comfort.
(C) Away ran the pathetic pooch pouting like a princess.
(D) Dee dee was driving down day after day.

4. What does the repetition of “Amanda!” at the end of each line reflect?

(A) It describes who the speaker is talking to.
(B) It represents the absent-mindedness of the listener.
(C) It shows the frustration of the speaker.
(D) It helps create a rhyme scheme.

5. Select the option that fits with the following:
slouching : straight:: __________ : __________

(A) transparent: translucent

(B) lazy: agile

(C) forgetful: lively

(D) generous: liberal

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Answers

1. (D)
2. (C)
3. (A)
4. (C)
5. (B)

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