The Road Not Taken Class 9 Extra Questions English Beehive Poetry Chapter 1 Solution
Objective type questions
1.) What does Yellow woods mean?
(a) falling leaves
(b) forest with yellow leaves
(c) wood yellow in colour
(d) none
Ans- (b) forest with yellow leaves
2.) What does Poet’s long stare at the path signify?
(a) making a choice
(b) poet loves nature
(c) idling away of time
(d) relaxation hours
Ans- (a) making a choice
3.) Who is the poet of the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’?
(a) James
(b) William James
(c) William Wordsworth
(d) Robert Frost
Ans- (d) Robert Frost
4.) What does ‘diverge’ mean?
(a) common
(b) separated
(c) joined
(d) connected
Ans – (b) separated
5.) What is the dilemma of the poet?
(a) whether he will be able to come back to the second road or not
(b) whether he will get time for himself
(c) whether he will be successful
(d) whether he will be able to walk
Ans – (a) whether he will be able to come back to the second road or not
6.) Why was the poet able to travel one road only?
(a) because he had to walk alone
(b) because he had no vehicle
(c) because he was one person
(d) all of these
Ans- (d) all of these
7.) Which thing decides a person’s future according to this poem?
(a) the path one chooses to walk
(b) the path one leaves behind
(c) the regrets
(d) the success
Ans – (a) the path one chooses to walk
8.) What does the poem speak about?
(a) about the plight of roads
(b) about the people
(c) about two roads
(d) about the choices made by people
Ans – (d) about the choices made by people
Very short type question answers: –
(Question 1) Who is the poet of the poem “The Road Not Taken”?
Ans: – Robert Frost, an American poet has writer “The Road Not Taken”
(Question 2) What does the “Road” symbolize here in the poem?
Ans: – here the “Road” symbolizes our life.
(Question 3 ) Explain the phrase “The Road Not Taken”.
Ans: – The poet explained /that the path that we don’t choose in our life is called ‘The Road Not Taken”
(Question 4) What does the poet express here by saying “The Road Not Taken”?
Ans: – He describes his feelings about that choice that he had left in the past.
(Question 5) How many roads were diverged in a yellow wood?
Ans: – Two roads were diverged in a yellow wood.
(Question 6) Write the meaning of diverged.
Ans: – Diverged = Separated
(Question7) What is the meaning of wood?
Ans: – Wood means of forest.
(Question8) What is the colour of the wood?
Ans: – The colour of the wood is yellow.
(Question9) What is the reason behind of choosing and travelling on one road?
Ans: – According to the past as he was one person, he could choose and travel on one road only.
(Question10) What is the season represented here by this yellow colour?
Ans: – Autumn is the season represented here by this yellow colour.
(Question11) How far was he able to see the path?
Ans: – The poet was able to see the path till from where it curved After which it was covered with trees and was hidden.
(Question12) Write the meaning of grassy.
Ans: – Grassy = Unused.
(Question13) Why did the poet keep his eyes at one path for a long time?
Ans: – The poet kept on looking at one path for a long time to check if it was the right path for him or not.
(Question14) “It was grassy” – what does it mean?
Ans: – It means that it was unused.
(Question15) “An wanted wear” – What does it mean?
Ans: – It means that it was not walked over by many people.
(Question16) What does the word “both” refer in the third stanza?
Ans: – In the third stanza the word “both” refers to the two different paths.
(Question17) Write the meaning of “sigh”
Ans: – Sigh means deep breath.
(Question18) Write the meaning of “hence”.
Ans: – Hence means “in the future”.
(Question19) What did the poet hope to do one day?
Ans: – The poet hoped to come back to the starting point and try the other path someday.
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Short type of question answer
(Question 1) What was the confussion, faced by the poet in front of the “yellow wood”?
Ans: – There were two different ways in front of the yellow wood and the poet had to choose one out of them because he was a single person. He was confused because he did not know which path would be better for him.
(Question2) What is the meaning of ‘Yellow wood”?
Ans:- “Yellow wood” means a forest with leaves which are wearing out and they have turned yellow in colour.
(Question3) What does the word “yellow wood” represent here?
Ans:- The word “yellow wood” represents a world which is full of people and where people have been living for many years. Again it represents the people who are older than the poet.
(Question4) Why did the poet choose the another path?
Ans:- According to the poet both paths were equally good but he had chosen the another one because it was “grassy”, which means it was unused. Not many people had walked on that path, so he had chosen it.
Question 5.) Where does the traveller find himself? What problem does he face?
Ans- The traveller find himself at the road divergence. Being a single person he can’t travel both the roads at a time
Question 6.) Which of the two roads did the poet choose and why?
Ans- Poet chose the grassy and less used one because poet, being a creative person, always liked to explore the new.
Question 7.) What do yellow woods represent?
Ans- Yellow woods represent the Autumn season when the trees, leaves are dry and yellowish.
Question 8.) Why was the poet looking at the path?
Ans- He was trying to decide that which one to travel as being a single person it was not possible to travel the both on same time.
Question 9.) What does grassy mean in the poem?
Ans- Less travelled by or less used.
Question 10.) Where does the poet find himself?
Ans- Poet found himself at the point of road divergence.
Question 11.) What do the words ‘Long I stood’ mean in the poem?
Ans- It means before choosing a path poet took enough time to decide so that he don’t regret later.
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