Duff and Dutt question bunch class 10 The Mountain and the Squirrel Page 197
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Duff and Dutt class 10 exercise lesson 2: Page- 197
(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(1) Emerson is a/an- (b) American Poet.
(2) The poem is written by –(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(3) The mountain and the squirrel had a – b) quarrel.
(4) ‘The former’ means –(b) the mountain.
(5) ‘The letter’ refers to –(c) the squirrel.
(6) The mountain called the squirrel –(c) little prig
(7) A ‘Prig’ is a person who puts on an appearance of being –(d) morally correct.
(8) The Synonym of ‘Prig is –(b) Pious.
(9) The word ‘bun’ is used here to mean –(a) Squirrel.
(10) The mountain called the squirrel ‘little Prig’ to –(b) mock him.
(11) It is beyond doubt that –(d) the mountain is very enormous
(12) To make up a year and a sphere we need to take all sorts of things and –(b) Weather.
(13) But all sorts of things must be taken together to make up a –(b) Sphere.
(14) The squirrel thinks there is no disgrace in –(a) occupying his own place as a small creature.
(15) The mountain is not ‘half so spry’ as the –(d) Squirrel.
(16) The word ‘Spry’ means –(c) full of life and energy.
(17) The squirrel does not deny that –(b) the mountain makes a pretty squirrel track.
(18) A very Pretty squirrel track can be made by the –(b) mountain
(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text.
(i) A fable is a short story with a ____moral.____________________
(ii) The mountain and the squirrel broke into ___a fight.________________
(iii) The mountain denounced the squirrel as __little prig.____________
(iv) All sorts of things and weather __are taken together to make up a year.______________
(v) The squirrel thinks it no disgrace ___to occupy its place.________________
(vi) If the squirrel is not so large as the mountain ___the mountain is not so small as the squirrel.___________________
(vii) The squirrel does not deny ___the mountain makes a very pretty squirrel track.___________________
(viii) Talents differ but ___all is well and wisely put._________________
(ix) If the squirrel cannot carry forests ____the mountain cannot crack a nut.___________________
(C) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right – hand side. Provide sentences/words in support of your answer.
(i) The quarrel was between the mountain and the hill. (False)
Supportive sentence: the mountain and the squirrel had a quarrel.
(ii) The mountain can crack a nut. (False)
Supportive sentence: the mountain cannot crack a nut.
(iii) The squirrel taunted the mountain as ‘little pig.’ (False)
Supportive sentence: the mountain called the squirrel ‘little prig’.
(iv) A year consists of all sorts of things and weather. (True)
Supportive sentence: all sorts of things and weather must be taken in together to make up a year.
(v) The squirrel feels ashamed to be not as large as the mountain. (False)
Supportive sentence: the squirrel feels no disgrace to occupy its place.
(vi) The mountain is not as small as the squirrel. (True)
Supportive sentence: you are not so small as I.
(vii) The mountain is as lively as the squirrel. (False)
Supportive sentence: the mountain is not half so spry.
(viii) The squirrel can make a very pretty track. (False)
Supportive sentence: the mountain can make a very pretty squirrel track.
(ix) The mountain can carry forests on its back. (True)
Supportive sentence: the squirrel cannot carry forests on its back.
(x) The squirrel thinks itself bigger than the mountain. (False)
Supportive sentence: if I am not so large as you.
(xi) The mountain and the squirrel have different merits. (True)
Supportive sentence: the squirrel and the mountain have different talents.
(xii) The squirrel cannot crack a nut. (False)
Supportive sentence: the mountain cannot crack a nut.
(D) Answer the questions.
i) A fable is a short story with a moral.
ii) The word ‘prig’ means a person who puts on an appearance of being morally correct.
iii) The mountain and the squirrel had a quarrel.
iv) The name of the squirrel, given by the mountain is ‘little prig’.
v) According to the squirrel, all sorts of things and weather must be taken in together to make up a year and a sphere.
vi) The squirrel does not feel disgrace to occupy his small place.
vii) The mountain is called as the former and the squirrel is called as the latter.
viii) The mountain makes a pretty track.
ix) The squirrel cannot carry a forest.