This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > English > Poems > A Tiger In The Zoo > Class 10 English Poem Chapter 3 A Tiger In The Zoo – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Poem Chapter 3 A Tiger In The Zoo Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why do you think the tiger of the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo' stares at the brilliant stars? A) Because he loves to gaze at the twinkling stars. B) Because they enjoy the free limitless expanse of the sky. C) Because he loves their brightness against the dark sky. D) Because he was awakened by voices of men. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because they enjoy the free limitless expanse of the sky. 2. What does the tiger show to terrorize the villagers? A) Velvet pads and stripes on the body. B) White fangs and claws. C) White fangs and velvet pads. D) Claws and vivid stripes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White fangs and claws. 3. How old was Hari Singh? A) 14 years old. B) 10 years old. C) 15 years old. D) 25 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15 years old. 4. How has the poet, Leslie Norris personified the tiger in the poem? A) By giving it a unique name. B) By using 'he' and not 'it'. C) By calling it tiger and not animal. D) D)None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By using 'he' and not 'it'. 5. The tiger's movements in the cage are described as ..... A) Fierce and free. B) Proud and agile. C) Quiet and restricted. D) Loud and aggressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quiet and restricted. 6. What is the Rhyme Scheme? A) ABCC. B) Abc. C) Abcb. D) AABB. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abcb. 7. Which stanzas show the imagination of the poet for the tiger to be in his Natural Habitat? A) 2&3. B) 1&3. C) 1&4. D) 2&4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2&3. 8. The tigers 'brilliant eyes' reveal that he A) Hopes to be free and in the wild, someday. B) Is looked after well and is nourished and healthy. C) Enjoys staring at the bright stars each night. D) Is well-rested and hence, wide-awake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hopes to be free and in the wild, someday. 9. According to you, why is a tiger a proud creature? A) Because he is the national animal. B) Because he is huge & powerful. C) Because he is the king of the jungle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 10. What is the meaning of snarling? A) Growling. B) Ambushing. C) Crying. D) Ignoring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growling. 11. What does the tiger finds at the water hole? A) A deer. B) And buffalo. C) A Hina. D) An elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A deer. 12. Name the poet of the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo' A) Carolyn Wells. B) Leslie Norris. C) Robert Frost. D) Victor Canning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leslie Norris. 13. The phrase "locked in a concrete cell" best reflects: A) Freedom and adventure. B) Cruelty and restriction. C) Wealth and luxury. D) Safety and comfort. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cruelty and restriction. 14. Who is stalking in the cage? A) Elephant. B) Deer. C) Tiger. D) Wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tiger. 15. What is the poet mentioned in the poem that tigers in the zoo are? A) Locked in a concrete cell. B) He Hears sounds. C) Baring his white fangs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locked in a concrete cell. 16. A tiger is happy when ..... A) He is free in the forest. B) He is in the cage. C) He is near the cage. D) He frightens the visitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is free in the forest. 17. How do the eyes of the tiger look? A) Light. B) Dark. C) Sad. D) Brilliant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brilliant. 18. How does a tiger show his anger, hatred, and defiance in the cage? A) By walking about in rage. B) By not eating. C) By roaring loudly. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By walking about in rage. 19. The line "He hears the last voice at night" conveys: A) The tiger's keen hearing. B) Silence and loneliness in captivity. C) The tiger's excitement for night. D) Fear of the zookeeper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silence and loneliness in captivity. 20. 'On pads of velvet quiet, '-what is the metaphor in this line of the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo'? A) Pads. B) Velvet. C) Pads of velvet. D) Quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pads of velvet. 21. Hari found it difficult to cheat Anil because A) Anil was very strict and alert. B) Anil trusted him completely. C) Anil never had enough money. D) Anil was very casual about his loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anil trusted him completely. 22. Why does the poet repeat the tiger's activities in the cage? A) To show his daily routine. B) To highlight boredom and confinement. C) To explain animal behavior. D) To admire the tiger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To highlight boredom and confinement. 23. Who was more anxious for a reply? A) Maddie. B) Peggy. C) Peggy. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maddie. 24. The result of indiscriminate exploitation of resources is, A) Global warming. B) Ozone layer depletion. C) Environmental pollution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. Where did the tiger hide? A) Zoo. B) Tree. C) Shadow. D) Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shadow. 26. Which are the two different settings in the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo'? A) Cage & jungle; natural wild habitat. B) Home; natural habitat. C) Sea side; wild life. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cage & jungle; natural wild habitat. 27. What is lurking in the shadow? A) Wolf. B) Deer. C) Elephant. D) Tiger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tiger. 28. What is 'brilliant' in the poem A) The eyes of the tiger. B) The stars in the sky. C) All of above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of above. 29. Choose the option listing the most likely reason for the tiger to ignore visitors, according to the extract. A) He is scared of their constant stares. B) The visitors don't provide him with any food. C) He knows that none would help him out of captivity. D) The visitors don't speak to him kindly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He knows that none would help him out of captivity. 30. 'Plump deer Pass' Which poetic device has been used? A) Alliteration. B) Metafar. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 31. 'He stalks in his vivid stripes'.Which Literary device is used in the line? A) Personification. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 32. What kind of a cell is the tiger locked in, in the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo'? A) Small cell. B) B)Large cell. C) Concrete cell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concrete cell. 33. What does the tiger do at night in the cage? A) He sleeps peacefully. B) He watches stars & longs for freedom. C) He waits for the other day. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He watches stars & longs for freedom. 34. According to Gandhiji, which of the following is the root cause of resource scarcity at the global level? A) A-Conservation of resources. B) B-use of resources. C) C-The greedy and selfish person and the exploitative tendency of modern technology. D) Backward technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C-The greedy and selfish person and the exploitative tendency of modern technology. 35. What does a tiger have on his body? A) Spots. B) Stripes. C) Stars. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stripes. 36. What would the tiger not do in the forest? A) Hide in long grass. B) Terrorise the villagers at night in the outskirts. C) Hunt a plump deer. D) Sleep and enjoy the life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleep and enjoy the life. 37. The rhyming words in the poem are: A) Claws-village. B) Night-eyes. C) Cars-stars. D) Cell-cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cars-stars. 38. The tiger has dark spots on his skin because ..... A) He hasn't taken a bath. B) He is not in his natural habitat. C) He is starving. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is not in his natural habitat. 39. Why should he be lurking in shadow? A) Out of fear. B) Out of anger. C) To catch the deer. D) Both 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To catch the deer. 40. How should the tiger walk through the grass? A) With great difficulty. B) With ease. C) With practice. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With ease. 41. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo' is? A) ACCB. B) Abcb. C) Aacb. D) ABCC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abcb. 42. What did the tiger see at the night A) Stars. B) Patrolling cars. C) His son. D) His father. E) Both 4 and 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stars. 43. How do the villagers feel to see a tiger? A) Happy. B) Sad. C) Ignorant. D) Terrified. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Terrified. 44. Human progress should not be at the cost of ..... A) A ) capturing of untamable animals for entertainment. B) B) destroying the natural habitats of proud animals like the tiger. C) C) ruining natural habitats of wild animals. D) Both A) & C). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A) & C). 45. Which of the following traits describes Anil? A) Easy-going and careful. B) Greedy and extravagant. C) Easy-going and kind. D) Easy-going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Easy-going and kind. 46. Where is the Tiger in stanza 2 & 3? A) In its own habitat (Jungle)/ Strolls in the human colony. B) In Cage. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In its own habitat (Jungle)/ Strolls in the human colony. 47. What kind of deer visit the waterhole? A) Young. B) Pomp. C) Pump. D) Plump. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plump. 48. 'shadow' here, refers to the shadow of A) Deer. B) Long grass. C) The tiger. D) Water hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long grass. 49. What poet says-The Tiger would be doing had it been free? A) Terrorising villagers. B) Running after deer. C) Drinking waterv in the jungle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrorising villagers. 50. Which poetic device is used in "snarling around houses at the jungle's edge" ? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 51. Like human beings, the tiger too loves and values his ..... A) Food. B) Belongings. C) Freedom. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedom. 52. What does the poem suggest about the role of humans in the tiger's life? A) Protective guardians. B) Entertainers. C) Captors and oppressors. D) Friends of animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Captors and oppressors. 53. "So Peggy had the same idea! Maddie glowed" What was the idea? A) To tease Wanda one more time. B) To go and look for Wanda at Boggins Height. C) To apologize to Wanda. D) Both 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 2 and 3. 54. Which commission introduced the concept of sustainable development? A) Rutledge Commission. B) Landbert Commission. C) Bruntland Commission. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bruntland Commission. 55. How did Miss Mason feel about whatever happened with Wanda? A) Unfortunate. B) Sad. C) Cruel. D) Both 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 1 and 2. 56. Who is the author of tiger in the zoo A) Marianne. B) Peter Niblett. C) Foul. D) Leslie Norris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leslie Norris. 57. In his natural habitat, a tiger is ..... A) Happy & joyful. B) Always sleepy. C) Busy hunting. D) Always lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happy & joyful. 58. If sometimes a tiger strays into human habitation, what does he do? A) He displays his strength & ferociousness. B) He becomes friendly with humans. C) He hunts and kills people. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He displays his strength & ferociousness. 59. Where do the tigers hunt the deer? A) In the cage. B) Near the water hole. C) Near the cage. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near the water hole. 60. Who do you think is the tiger's favorite prey, as per the poem A Tiger in the Zoo)? A) A big buffalo. B) A plump deer. C) A wild elephant. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A plump deer. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoems QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 10 English Poem Chapter 3 A Tiger In The Zoo Quiz 1Class 10 English Poem Chapter 3 A Tiger In The Zoo Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books