{"id":5519,"date":"2021-07-23T10:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T05:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcq-questions.com\/?p=5519"},"modified":"2022-03-02T10:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T04:53:52","slug":"ncert-solutions-for-class-10-english-first-flight-poem-8-the-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcq-questions.com\/ncert-solutions-for-class-10-english-first-flight-poem-8-the-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English First Flight Poem\u00a08 The Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English<\/a><\/p>\n

The Trees NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English First Flight Poem 8<\/h2>\n

The Trees NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers<\/h3>\n

The Trees Thinking about the Poem<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\n(i) Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest.
\n(ii) What picture do these words create in your mind: sun bury its feet in shadow…\u201d? What could the poet mean by the sun\u2019s feet\u2019?
\nAnswer:
\n(i) birds, insects, sunrays through leaves
\n(ii) In an area with dense forest cover sun enters through leaves and presents a splendid view. Sun\u2019s feet are sun\u2019s rays.<\/p>\n

Question 2.
\n(i) Where are the trees in the poem? What do their roots, their leaves, and their twigs do?
\n(ii) What does the poet compare their branches to ?
\nAnswer:
\n(i) Out of the forest. Roots come out of their cracks. Leaves strain towards the glass. Twigs are stiff.
\n(ii) The branches are compared to newly discharged patients.<\/p>\n

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Question 3.
\n(i) How does the poet describe the moon:
\n(a) at the beginning of the third stanza, and
\n(b) at its end? What causes this change?
\n(ii) What happens to the house when the trees move out of it?
\n(iii) Why do you think the poet does not mention \u201cthe departure of the forest from the house\u201d in her letters ? (Could it be that we are often silent about important happenings that are so unexpected that they embarrass us? Think about this again when you answer the next set of questions.)
\nAnswer:
\n(i) (a) The whole moon shines brightly.
\n(b) The moon is shining in fragments.
\nAs the night was moving towards its end, the moon was slowly disappearing.
\n(ii) The house became silent and lifeless.
\n(iii) Self-attempt.<\/p>\n

The Trees Extra Questions and Answers<\/h3>\n

The Trees Reference-to-Context Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow:<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nThe trees inside are moving out into the forest,
\nthe forest that was empty all these days
\nwhere no bird could sit
\nno insect hide
\nno sun bury its feet in shadow
\nthe forest that was empty all these nights
\nwill be full of trees by morning.<\/p>\n

(a) The Sun their feet in the trees.
\nAnswer:
\nburies<\/p>\n

(b) The poet conveys that trees are into the forest.
\nAnswer:
\nmoving<\/p>\n

(c) The forest will be full of trees by evening.
\nAnswer:
\nFalse<\/p>\n

(d) Find the antonym of \u2018full\u2019 in the extract.
\nAnswer:
\nempty<\/p>\n

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Question 2.
\nAll night the roots work
\nto disengage themselves from the cracks
\nin the veranda floor.<\/p>\n

(a) The roots are separating themselves from the
\nAns.
\ncracks<\/p>\n

(b) The trees want to to the forest.
\nAnswer:
\ngo back<\/p>\n

(c) The trees are outside the floor of the verandah.
\nAnswer:
\nFalse<\/p>\n

(d) Find the same meaning of \u2018to become free\u2019.
\nAnswer:
\nslouching<\/p>\n

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Question 3.
\nThe leaves strain toward the glass
\nsmall twigs stiff with exertion
\nlong-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof
\nlike newly discharged patients
\nhalf-dazed, moving to the clinic doors.<\/p>\n

(a) The boughs have been compared to the newly discharged …………
\nAnswer:
\npatients<\/p>\n

(b) The leaves ………. toward the glass in an attempt to move out.
\nAnswer:
\nstrain<\/p>\n

(c) The long-cramped boughs are shuffling under the roof.
\nAnswer:
\nTrue<\/p>\n

(d) Find the same meaning of \u2018changing place\u2019 in the extract.
\nAnswer:
\nshuffling<\/p>\n

\"NCERT<\/p>\n

Question 4.
\nI sit inside, doors open to the veranda
\nwriting long letters
\nin which I scarcely mention the departure
\nof the forest from the house.<\/p>\n

(a) The poet is writing long ………..
\nAnswer:
\nletters<\/p>\n

(b) The poet does not write about the ……… of the trees in his letter.
\nAnswer:
\ndeparture<\/p>\n

(c) The poet is sitting on the floor.
\nAnswer:
\nFalse<\/p>\n

(d) Find a word which is same in meaning to \u2018hardly\u2019 in the extract.
\nAnswer:
\nscarcely<\/p>\n

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Question 5.
\nThe night is fresh, the whole moon shines
\nin a sky still open
\nthe smell of leaves and lichen
\nstill reaches like a voice into the rooms.<\/p>\n

(a) The poet compares the ……….. of leaves to a voice.
\nAnswer:
\nsmell<\/p>\n

(b) The whole moon …………… when the sky is clear.
\nAnswer:
\nshines<\/p>\n

(c) The poet says about the atmosphere of the night that it is fresh. (True\/False)
\nAnswer:
\nTrue<\/p>\n

(d) Find the same meaning of \u2018clear\u2019 in the extract.
\nAnswer:
\nFresh<\/p>\n

\"NCERT<\/p>\n

Question 6.
\nMy head is full of whispers
\nwhich tomorrow will be silent.
\nListen. The glass is breaking.
\nThe trees are stumbling forward
\ninto the night.<\/p>\n

(a) It will be silent tomorrow because the trees will have ……………. of the house.
\nAnswer:
\nmoved out<\/p>\n

(b) The poet listens to the ………….. of glass.
\nAnswer:
\nbreaking<\/p>\n

(c) \u2018Whispers\u2019 refers to sounds caused by the movement of trees and branches. (True\/False)
\nAnswer:
\nTrue<\/p>\n

(d) Find the same meaning of the phrase \u201ctripping over\u201d in the extract.
\nAnswer:
\nstumbling forward.<\/p>\n

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Question 7
\nWinds rush to meet them.
\nThe moon is broken like a mirror,
\nits pieces flash now in the crown
\nof the tallest oak.<\/p>\n

(a) The moon looks like a broken because it is seen through the branches.
\nAnswer:
\nmirror<\/p>\n

(b) The rays of the moon fall on the tallest
\nAnswer:
\noak<\/p>\n

(c) Trees rush to meet the winds. (True\/False)
\nAnswer:
\nFalse<\/p>\n

(d) Find the same meaning of the \u2018shine\u2019 in the extract.
\nAnswer:
\nflash<\/p>\n

The Trees Short Answer Question<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nWhat are the three things that can\u2019t happen in a treeless forest? [2017]
\nAnswer:
\nThe three things that can\u2019t happen in a treeless forest are :<\/p>\n