The Frog and the Nightingale MCQs with Answers CBSE Class 10 English Communicative Chapter 7

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The Frog and the Nightingale MCQ

 

The Frog and the Nightingale MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 10 English Literature Reader (Communicative) Book Chapter 7

 

The Frog and the Nightingale MCQs of Class 10 English Chapter 7, by Vikram Seth have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 10 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 7 The Frog and the Nightingale from CBSE Class 10 English Literature Reader (Communicative) Book. Each question has four options. 

For Correct Answers, see the answer key given at the end of the post.

 

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Q1. Where did the frog live?
A. in a house
B. in the Bingle bog
C. in a marsh
D. none of these

Q2. Identify the use of Antithesis in the poem-
A. awn and awn and awn
B. Blared out from the sumac tree
C. Croaked away in Bingle Bog
D. dusk to dawn

Q3. Find a synonym for ‘sang’
A. mistrelled
B. elation
C. cacophony
D. loathed

Q4. How did the frog’s song sound?
A. it was melodious
B. it was pleasant
C. it was unpleasant
D. none of these

Q5. How did the animals of the bog try to stop the frog from singing?
A. they hit it with stones, sticks and bricks
B. they killed it
C. they sued it
D. All of these

Q6. Where did the nightingale sit and sang?
A. on a mango tree
B. on an oak tree
C. on a sumac tree
D. on a carob tree

Q7. How did the frog react to the bird’s melodious voice?
A. he was happy
B. he danced
C. he was dumbstruck
D. none of these

Q8. Which of the following is a synonym for ‘rapt’?
A. scolded
B. trapped
C. closed
D. spellbound

Q9. How did the entire bog react to the bird’s song?
A. they stared
B. they were captivated
C. they clapped
D. all of these

Q10. Why did the solitary loon weep on hearing the bird’s song?
A. the loon had gotten hurt
B. the song evoked its emotions
C. the loon wanted to hear more songs
D. the loon was jealous of the bird

Q11. Which figure of speech has been used-
“Toads and teals and tiddlers, captured
By her voice, cheered on, enraptured:”
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. alliteration
D. all of these

Q12. Which of the following is NOT one of the expressions used by the animals of the bog to praise the nightingale’s song?
A. Perfect!
B. Bravo!
C. Too divine!
D. Encore!

Q13. “Next night when the Nightingale
Shook her head and twitched her tail,
Closed an eye and fluffed a wing”
Why did the bird do all this?
A. it was preparing to fly away
B. it was preparing to go hunt food
C. it was preparing to dance
D. it was preparing to sing

Q14. Identify the figure of speech used-
“ She was startled by a croak.”
A. metaphor
B. antithesis
C. onomatopoeia
D. enjambment

Q15. How did the frog introduced itself?
1. It owned the tree.
2. It was known for its splendid baritone
3. It wrote for the Bog Trumpet
4. It was the richest animal of the bog
A. All of them
B. 1, 3
C. 1, 2, 3
D. None of them

Q16. The nightingale compares the frog to _______
A. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
B. Mozart
C. Michael Jackson
D. Beethoven

Q17. “Did you… did you like my song?”
This shows that the bird ______
A. is confident
B. is proud
C. lacks confidence
D. none of these

Q18. What does ‘art and throat’ mean?
A. walk, speech
B. singing, voice
C. dancing, singing
D. none of these

Q19. Which of the following adjectives is NOT suitable for the frog?
A. heartless
B. greedy
C. clever
D. melodious

Q20. Which of the following adjectives is NOT suitable for the nightingale?
A. melodious
B. nervous
C. subdued
D. proud

Q21. Which of the following images best represents a tiara?

The Frog and the Nightingale MCQ Image 1

Q22. What for did the nightingale owe the frog sixty shillings?
A. for allowing her to sing from his tree
B. as a fee for learning singing
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

Q23. Why did the frog scold the bird?
A. because she earned a lot
B. he wanted her voice to be stronger
C. he wanted to improve her song
D. he was concerned about her health

Q24. What did the bird say when the frog started the training when it was raining?
A. It was happy to sing in the rain
B. It refused to sing while it was raining
C. It requested the frog to train her indoors to prevent getting wet
D. All of these

Q25. Which of these is a sound produced by the frog?
A. Koo-oh-ah! ko-ash! ko-ash!
B. Crackle coo
C. Aahaba Ahama!
D. Croak crick

Q26. Who / what is panache?
A. Frog’s partner
B. a confident manner
C. Frog’s brother
D. none of these

Q27. What happens to the bird?
A. It wins an award
B. It becomes rich
C. it dies
D. all of these

Q28. What is a foghorn?
A. a type of horn
B. a type of fog
C. a type of horn used in fog
D. loud, unpleasant noise

Q29. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
A. ABAB
B. ABCD
C. ABCB
D. AABB

Q30. The frog wrote for which magazine?
A. Bog news
B. Bingle news
C. Bingle Trumpet
D. Bog Trumpet

Q31. What does ‘divine’ mean?
A. Like Humans
B. Like God
C. Like animals
D. All of these

Q32. The frog assured that after his guidance, the bird would become _____
A. singer
B. winner
C. trainer
D. all of these

Q33. Why was the meeting with the frog a fairy tale for the nightingale?
A. it was like a dream to meet such a great musician
B. she had read a fairy tale about great frogs who were trained singers
C. she believed in fairy tales and magic
D. all of these

Q34. Which poeti device is used-
“This is a fairy tale
And you’re Mozart in disguise
Come to earth before my eyes”.
A. Simile
B. allusion
C. antithesis
D. repetition

Q35. According to the frog, what won’t hurt the bird?
A. the training
B. the rain
C. the fee
D. none of these

Q36. How much fee would the frog charge from the bird?
A. a big amount
B. modest fee
C. entire collection of the concert
D. nothing

Q37. What does ‘art and adoration’ mean?
A. the skill and the praise
B. the love and the hatred
C. the training and the fee
D. all of these

Q38. What ‘art’ did the nightingale possess?
A. singing
B. melody
C. both A and B
D. None of these

Q39. What adjective is used for the bird’s song?
A. trance music
B. magic sound
C. precision
D. inspirational

Q40. What was happening when they started the training?
A. a concert was in progress
B. the animals were protesting against the frog
C. it was raining
D. none of these

Q41. What did the frog ask the bird to put on when it was raining?
A. raincoat
B. scarf and sash
C. umbrella
D. all of these

Q42. For how many hours did the initial training last?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 8
D. 6

Q43. What happened to the bird after the training in the rain?
A. it was shivering
B. it was sleep deprived
C. her voice became hoarse
D. all of these

Q44. Who attended the bird’s concert at night?
A. a titled crowd
B. no one
C. the frog and his friends
D. all of these

Q45. “Ladies with tiaras glittering
In the interval sat twittering”
What does twittering mean?
A. glittering
B. chatting
C. singing
D. reading

Q46. Why was the frog’s joy both sweet and bitter?
A. he was happy to earn but jealous of the bird’s fame
B. he was happy to bully the bird but sad because he wanted to be famous
C. he was happy for the bird’s fame but sad because he had prophesied her death
D. all of these

Q47. What does ‘mid-flight’ mean in the poem?
A. in the middle of her flight in air
B. in the middle of the song
C. both A and B
D. None of these

Q48. What does ‘zipped’ mean?
A. close the zip
B. sang quickly
C. stopped singing midway
D. sand slowly

Q49. The frog was puffed up with ____
A. remorse
B. guilt
C. rage
D. talent

Q50. The bird’s ears got addicted to ________
A. scolding
B. praise
C. frog’s voice
D. all of these

 

Answer key

 

1 B 26 B
2 D 27 C
3 A 28 D
4 C 29 D
5 A 30 D
6 C 31 B
7 C 32 B
8 D 33 A
9 D 34 B
10 B 35 C
11 C 36 B
12 A 37 A
13 D 38 C
14 C 39 B
15 C 40 C
16 B 41 B
17 C 42 D
18 B 43 D
19 D 44 A
20 D 45 B
21 A 46 A
22 B 47 B
23 B 48 B
24 B 49 C
25 A 50 B

 

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