This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > English > Poem Wind > Class 9 English Poem Chapter 2 Wind – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 English Poem Chapter 2 Wind Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During the land breeze, what starts moving the cooler air out and warmer air in? A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 2. Who is the author of the poem 'Wind'? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Subramania Bharathi. C) Deborah cowley. D) Isaac Asimov. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subramania Bharathi. 3. The reason why global winds flow from east to west and west to east, but not north to south, or south to north. A) Coriolis effect. B) Bernoulli's principle. C) Low pressure. D) High pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coriolis effect. 4. What do you call winds that blow in the same direction all over the Earth? A) Sea breezes. B) Global winds. C) Coriolis effect. D) Greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global winds. 5. Westerlies travel from ..... to ..... A) East to West. B) West to East. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West to East. 6. Land and water absorb and release the sun's heat in different ways. One result of this is a sea breeze. Which statement is true of sea breezes? A) They originate in the day and blow toward the land. B) They originate in the day and blow toward the water. C) They originate in the evening and blow toward the land. D) They originate in the evening and blow toward the water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They originate in the day and blow toward the land. 7. Whom does wind God like? A) Who talks to it. B) Weak people. C) Strong people. D) Who ignores it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strong people. 8. Don't ..... the papers. A) Spatter. B) Cattle. C) Scatter. D) Stack. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scatter. 9. Because the Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere. A) Ocean Currents. B) Coriolis Effect. C) Continental Deflections. D) Upwelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coriolis Effect. 10. What is the warming of Earth's atmosphere by gases like carbon dioxide and water vapor trapping the Sun's energy called? A) Prevailing westerlies. B) Gulf Stream. C) The Greenhouse effect. D) The Coriolis effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Greenhouse effect. 11. Trade winds travel from ..... to ..... A) East to West. B) West to East. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) East to West. 12. Name the things wind had done- A) Brought rain. B) Broke the windows. C) Torn the pages. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 13. Low pressure zones near the equator are known as ..... A) Doldrums. B) Jet Streams. C) Westerlies. D) Easterlies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doldrums. 14. Wind can carry sand and dust farther than water can. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What lesson does the poet want to impart through the poem 'Wind'? A) To fear the wind. B) To respect and prepare for nature's forces. C) To ignore the wind. D) To enjoy the wind's presence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To respect and prepare for nature's forces. 16. In which direction do prevailing westerlies flow? A) From west to east. B) From south to north. C) From east to west. D) From north to south. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From west to east. 17. Suggest a word that stands for to fix. A) Settle. B) Make correct. C) Join. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Join. 18. The wind god winnows A) Everything that is big and strong. B) Everything that is weak and crumbling. C) Anything that is in this world. D) Anything that is not natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everything that is weak and crumbling. 19. What causes wind to blow? A) Differences in longitude. B) Shock waves from clouds. C) Differences in air temperature and pressure. D) The rotation of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Differences in air temperature and pressure. 20. Winds that blow from the east are called ..... A) Easterlies. B) Temperates. C) Polar. D) Westerlies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Easterlies. 21. Wind is a symbol of ..... A) Adversities in life. B) An enemy. C) Weak fire. D) Strong fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adversities in life. 22. ..... is a synonym for persevering A) Stealing. B) Steadfast. C) Saving. D) Steady. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steadfast. 23. What literary devices are used in the poem 'wind'? A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Anaphora and Metaphor. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. How does the poet describe the wind's interaction with weak structures? A) The wind destroys them. B) The wind ignores them. C) The wind repairs them. D) The wind gently caresses them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wind destroys them. 25. What causes warm air to rise? A) The fact that it weighs more than cold air. B) The fact that it has higher pressure than cold. C) The fact that its more dense than cold air. D) The fact that it's less dense than cold air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The fact that it's less dense than cold air. 26. What type of houses the poet asks us to make? A) Luxury Houses. B) Small Huts. C) Strong houses. D) Weak houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strong houses. 27. Wind has been compared to ..... A) God. B) Fire. C) Flood. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) God. 28. "He won't do what you tell him" . Who is he in this line? A) The reader. B) Wind God. C) Weak people. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind God. 29. What is the effect of the wind on weak fires? A) Makes them stronger. B) Blow them out. C) Let them burn as before. D) All the options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blow them out. 30. What lesson does the poem 'Wind' teach about facing challenges? A) Avoid challenges at all costs. B) Face challenges with strength and determination. C) Ignore challenges and they will go away. D) Challenges are unnecessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Face challenges with strength and determination. 31. What is a windbreak? A) It is a wall that people build to keep the wind out. B) It is when the wind breaks. C) It is a row of small plants. D) A row of plants (like trees) on the side of the farm to protect it against most of the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A row of plants (like trees) on the side of the farm to protect it against most of the wind. 32. What is the name for cooler air blowing from the sea to land? A) Sea Breeze. B) Land Breeze. C) Mountain Breeze. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sea Breeze. 33. Where do you think wind erosion is most common? A) Cities. B) Jungles. C) Deserts. D) Forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deserts. 34. Winds are named based on the direction they A) Are going. B) Coming from. C) Both A and B. D) Neither A nor B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coming from. 35. How does the poet want the wind to come? A) Calmly. B) Turbulenty. C) Slowly. D) Fastly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slowly. 36. Select the name of the poet of the poem 'Wind'. A) Coates Kinney. B) William Wordsworth. C) Robert Frost. D) Subrarnania Bharati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subrarnania Bharati. 37. Wind is caused mainly by air pressure differences that result from ..... A) Uneven heating of the Earth's atmosphere. B) Absorption of ultraviolet radiation by Earth's land masses. C) Radiation of heat from Earth's land masses to water bodies. D) Rotation of Earth on its axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uneven heating of the Earth's atmosphere. 38. Local winds blow over: A) Short distances. B) The equator. C) Long distances. D) The poles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short distances. 39. Which best describes why winds at the beach change direction between day and night? ** A) Because the temperatures over land and over water change. B) Because warm air over land sinks and stays in place over land. C) Because cool air rises and is replaced by warm air from the ocean. D) Because cool air sinks and stays in place over land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the temperatures over land and over water change. 40. Local winds are produced by geographic features. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. These global winds blow from east to west between 60 and 90 degrees latitude. A) Horse Latitude. B) Doldrums. C) Polar Easterlies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polar Easterlies. 42. If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go? A) The doldrums around the equator. B) The jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere. C) The North or South Pole. D) The area around the Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The doldrums around the equator. 43. What should be done to make friends with Wind? A) Fight with the wind. B) Build strong roads. C) Make the heart steadfast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make the heart steadfast. 44. The central idea of the poem is A) Be firm, strong and determined and you will be able to face any obstacle that comes your way. B) Pray to the wind. C) Dont be weak. D) Request the wind to stop blowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be firm, strong and determined and you will be able to face any obstacle that comes your way. 45. What causes global winds and convection in the atmosphere? A) Moon's gravity. B) The rotation of the Earth. C) Continental deflection. D) Unequal heating of the Earth by the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unequal heating of the Earth by the sun. 46. In the poem 'Wind', what is suggested as a way to befriend the wind? A) Being strong and steadfast. B) Being quiet and submissive. C) Being loud and aggressive. D) Being indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being strong and steadfast. 47. How does the wind interact with the weak according to the poem? A) It befriends them. B) It ignores them. C) It mocks them. D) It supports them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It mocks them. 48. Name the poet of the poem wind A) Subramania recruitment. B) Emily Dickinson. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subramania recruitment. 49. Which term is best described as the movement of air from land to sea? A) Global winds. B) Sea breeze. C) Land breeze. D) Local winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land breeze. 50. What does the poet want the wind to do? A) Don't break the shutters of windows. B) Don't scatter the papers. C) Don't throw down the books. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 51. What winds blow from west to east in the temperate zone and move weather patterns across the United States? A) Prevailing westerlies. B) Polar easterlies. C) Jet streams. D) Trade winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prevailing westerlies. 52. What can help protect against wind erosion? A) Rocks. B) Sand. C) Plants. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants. 53. What type of wind pattern is responsible for the trade winds? A) Polar Easterlies. B) Hadley Cell. C) Westerlies. D) Jet Stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadley Cell. 54. Which is NOT a characteristic of global winds? A) They occur as global wind belts. B) They occur within small areas. C) They occur over large areas. D) They blow steadily over long distances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They occur within small areas. 55. The movable covers for windows are called A) Doors. B) Shuttles. C) Movers. D) Shutters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shutters. 56. Winds that blow from the west are called ..... A) Polar. B) Easterlies. C) Temperates. D) Westerlies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Westerlies. 57. The Coriolis effect is the curving of wind across Earth. What causes winds to curve? A) Earth's revolution. B) Earth's rotation. C) Earth's magnetic field. D) Earth's gravitational pull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth's rotation. 58. How does wind contribute to the water cycle? A) By evaporating water from oceans and lakes. B) By condensing water vapor into clouds. C) By transporting water vapor across different regions. D) By causing precipitation directly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By transporting water vapor across different regions. 59. In the poem 'Wind', what is the effect of the wind on the poet's emotions? A) It makes the poet happy. B) It makes the poet fearful. C) It makes the poet reflective. D) It makes the poet indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It makes the poet reflective. 60. A narrow belt of high-speed winds that blow from west to east. A) Low Pressure. B) Wind. C) High Pressure. D) Jet Stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jet Stream. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 English Poem Chapter 2 Wind Quiz 1Class 9 English Poem Chapter 2 Wind Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books