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POEM - 8 : Vocation · CBSE STD 6 (CBSE - English Medium). 19 questions.

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MCQ 11 Mark
Identify the Figure of Speech in the line $.........$ the street$-$lamp stands like a giant with one red eye in its head'.
  • A
    Metaphor
  • ✓
    Simile
  • C
    Synecdoche
  • D
    Metonymy
Answer
Correct option: B.
Simile
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MCQ 21 Mark
The meaning of the line... he gets baked in the sun' is ...
  • ✓
    .... he suffers in the scorching heat.
  • B
    ... he enjoys working under the sun."
  • C
    .... he hates the terrible heat.
  • D
    .... he works unwillingly under the sun.
Answer
Correct option: A.
.... he suffers in the scorching heat.
.... he suffers in the scorching heat.
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MCQ 31 Mark
How does the poet watch the gardener doing his work?
  • A
    Looking through a window.
  • B
    Looking from a balcony.
  • ✓
    Looking through the gate.
  • D
    Peeping through a hole.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Looking through the gate.
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MCQ 51 Mark
The poet comes back from his school at ....
  • A
    $3\ p.m.$
  • ✓
    $4\ p.m.$
  • C
    $5\ p.m.$
  • D
    $6\ p.m.$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$4\ p.m.$
$4\ p.m.$
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MCQ 61 Mark
The poet wishes to be...
  • A
    a hawker.
  • B
    a gardener.
  • C
    a watchman.
  • ✓
    All of these three
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of these three
All of these three
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MCQ 71 Mark
The hawker is in no hurry at all because ...
  • A
    he has no other road to take.
  • B
    he has no other place to go.
  • C
    he has no fixed time to reach home.
  • ✓
    All of these three
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of these three
All of these three
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MCQ 81 Mark
The bangles of the hawker are...
  • A
    durable.
  • B
    colourful.
  • ✓
    crystal.
  • D
    cheap.
Answer
Correct option: C.
crystal.
crystal.
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MCQ 101 Mark
The poet wishes to walk the street all night with his lantern so that....
  • A
    he can find his way.
  • ✓
    he can follow his shadows.
  • C
    he can help somebody.
  • D
    None of these three
Answer
Correct option: B.
he can follow his shadows.
he can follow his shadows.
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MCQ 111 Mark
The lane is lonely because....
  • ✓
    It is night.
  • B
    there is terrible heat outside.
  • C
    policeman is taking rounds.
  • D
    it is cursed.
Answer
Correct option: A.
It is night.
It is night.
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MCQ 121 Mark
The watchman takes rounds with in his hand.
  • A
    a wand
  • ✓
    a lantern
  • C
    a torch
  • D
    a whistle
Answer
Correct option: B.
a lantern
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MCQ 131 Mark
What is the street$-$lamp compared with?
  • ✓
    A giant with one red eye in his head.
  • B
    A dragon with an eye on its head.
  • C
    A dinosaur with red eyes.
  • D
    A fire-bug in a dark night.
Answer
Correct option: A.
A giant with one red eye in his head.
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MCQ 141 Mark
The child in the poem does not express his wish to be a...
  • A
    hawker.
  • ✓
    washerman.
  • C
    gardener.
  • D
    watchman.
Answer
Correct option: B.
washerman.
washerman.
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MCQ 151 Mark
Even if the gardener gets baked in the sun or gets wet...
  • ✓
    nobody scolds him.
  • B
    he soils his clothes.
  • C
    he leaves digging soon.
  • D
    All of the three above
Answer
Correct option: A.
nobody scolds him.
nobody scolds him.
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MCQ 161 Mark
What could be the approximate school hours of the poet?
  • A
    $10:30$ to
  • ✓
    $10: 15$ to $3:45$
  • C
    $9:30$ to $3:30$
  • D
    $7: 10$ to $12:10$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$10: 15$ to $3:45$
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MCQ 171 Mark
The poet wishes to be a hawker because...
  • A
    he has nothing to hurry about.
  • B
    he has no specific route to follow.
  • C
    he has no fixed time to maintain.
  • ✓
    All the three above
Answer
Correct option: D.
All the three above
All the three above
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MCQ 181 Mark
When the gong sounds ten' means...
  • A
    When ten people gather."
  • ✓
    When the clock strikes ten."
  • C
    When ten sounds are created.
  • D
    None of the three above
Answer
Correct option: B.
When the clock strikes ten."
When the clock strikes ten."
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MCQ 191 Mark
The poem 'Vocation' is written by
  • A
    Peter Dixon
  • B
    $E-$yeh$-$Shure
  • ✓
    Rabindranath Tagore
  • D
    Eleanor Farjeon
Answer
Correct option: C.
Rabindranath Tagore
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