On Killing a Tree MCQs with Answers

Question-1. What can alone kill a tree?

1. hacking
2. chopping
3. hacking and chopping
4. none of the above

Question-2. What does the poet equate killing trees with?

1. killing animals
2. killing insects
3. killing human beings
4. None

Question-3. What does the poet symbolize a tree too?

1. a good tradition
2. a deep-rooted evil
3. a noble thing
4. all of the above

Question-4. What does the strength of a tree lie in?

1. leaves
2. root
3. flowers
4. fruit

Question-5. What does the tree symbolise in this poem?

1. prosperity
2. greenery
3. deep rooted evil
4. none

Question-6. What is related to the death of roots?

1. pulling out
2. scorching
3. choking
4. all of the above

Question-7. What is the message of this poem?

1. cut trees
2. spoil trees
3. don't cut trees and save them
4. None

Question-8. What killed the tree?

1. scorching and chopping
2. floods
3. irresponsible behaviors
4. All

Question-9. What will again expand to a tree's full size?

1. roots
2. green twigs
3. fruit
4. flowers

Question-10. Who is the poet of the poem, On Killing a Tree?

1. Edward Lear
2. Gieve Patel
3. W.W.E. Ross
4. William Wordsworth

Question-11. According to the poet a tree absorbs sunlight, air, and water ?-

1. for months
2. for decades
3. for years
4. for a few days

Question-12. According to the poet hacking and chopping ?-

1. will kill a tree
2. will not kill a tree
3. will enliven a tree
4. none of the above

Question-13. According to the poet in the process of its growth a tree consumes ?-

1. air
2. water
3. soil
4. fire

Question-14. According to the poet, the thing which is said to be hacked and chopped is ?-

1. the branch
2. the leaves
3. the stem
4. any part of the tree

Question-15. Gieve Patel's 'On Killing a Tree' is ?-

1. an ironical poem
2. a meditative poem
3. a dramatic poem
4. a ballad

Question-16. In Gieve Patel's 'On Killing a Tree' one finds the images of a bleeding tree and a healing tree in ?-

1. the last two stanzas
2. the first two stanzas
3. the first stanza
4. the last stanza

Question-17. In terms of parts of speech the word 'roped' is ?-

1. noun
2. verb
3. adjective
4. pronoun

Question-18. In the phrase 'bleeding bark' the word 'bleeding' means ?-

1. oozing
2. snoozing
3. sneezing
4. none of the above

Question-19. In the poem , 'On Killing a Tree' according to the poet the root was hidden inside the soil for ?-

1. centuries
2. ages
3. years
4. none of the above

Question-20. In the poem , 'On Killing a Tree' the word 'twigs' means ?-

1. small branches
2. long branches
3. tall branches
4. none of the above

Question-21. In the poem, 'On Killing a Tree', the process of killing a tree takes

1. Minimum time
2. Much longer time
3. Hardly any time
4. An entire day

Question-22. The root is 'the source' of the ?-

1. colour of the tree
2. the shape of the tree
3. size of the tree
4. the vitality of the tree

Question-23. The 'strength of the tree' lies in ?-

1. the bough
2. the stem
3. the leaf
4. the root

Question-24. The verb 'pulled out' means ?-

1. taken out softly
2. taken out forcibly
3. taken out partly
4. taken out smoothly

Question-25. The word 'leprous' refers to the disease called ?-

1. canker
2. cancer
3. leprosy
4. none of the above

Question-26. What helps the tree to grow?

1. earthcorrect
2. air
3. gardener
4. none

Question-27. What is needed to kill a tree?

1. a simple jab
2. hacking
3. choking
4. pulling out the roots entirely

Question-28. What is scorching done by?

1. the water
2. the earth
3. the heat of the sun
4. the rain

Question-29. Where does the strength of the tree lie?

1. in leaves
2. in fruits
3. in its roots
4. All

Question-30. 'Will do it. It has grown'.Which has grown?

1. Tree
2. Man
3. Bark
4. Both (b) and (c)

Question-31. Chocking is done in the absence of :

1. earth
2. air
3. water
4. sunlight

Question-32. How do the trees die?

1. when they don't get water
2. when they don't get manure
3. when their roots are uprooted
4. when we cut it with knife or jab

Question-33. the strength of the tree is exposed? What do these words convey?

1. roots of the tree taken out of the earth
2. roots are withered
3. tree is withered
4. All