How to Tell Wild Animals Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge!

Are you preparing for CBSE Class 10 English Poem "How to Tell Wild Animals"? This interactive MCQ quiz will help you revise important themes, poetic devices, and key concepts in an engaging way!

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Poem Name: How to Tell Wild Animals
Poet: Carolyn Wells
Subject: Class 10 English (First Flight)
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Difficulty Level: Concept-Based & Exam-Oriented
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Why Take This Quiz?

✔ Covers poetic devices, humor, and message of the poem
✔ Includes extract-based & high-order MCQs
✔ Ideal for quick revision before CBSE board exams

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How to Tell Wild Animals

1 / 15

What is the purpose of the poet's exaggerated descriptions of wild animals?

To entertain and amuse the reader

To criticize zoos

To scare the reader

To educate the reader about animal behavior

2 / 15

Why does the poet use humor to describe wild animals?

To make the poem more entertaining

To criticize human behavior

To highlight the dangers of wild animals

To provide scientific information

3 / 15

What does the poet imply by saying, "If there is nothing on the tree, 'Tis the chameleon you see"?

Chameleons are dangerous

Chameleons blend into their surroundings

Chameleons are not real

Chameleons are invisible

4 / 15

Or if sometime when roaming round,
A noble wild beast greets you,
With black stripes on a yellow ground,
Just notice if he eats you.
This simple rule may help you learn
The Bengal Tiger to discern.

If strolling forth, a beast you view,
Whose hide with spots is peppered,
As soon as he has lept on you,
You’ll know it is the Leopard.
’Twill do no good to roar with pain,
He’ll only lep and lep again.

State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

The extract tells us the similarities between tigers and leopards.

True

False

5 / 15

Which option lists the statement that is NOT TRUE according to the extract?

The poet tells the reader that a leopard attack can result in pain.

The poet informs the reader that a leopard can launch repeated attacks.

The poet cautions the reader about a leopard when walking through its territory.

The poet asks the reader to hide on seeing the leopard.

6 / 15

Choose the option that matches the rhyme scheme of the extract.

1. Proud
Loud
Child
Wild
Jungle
Mingle

2. Wild
Jungle
Child
Mingle
Loud
Proud

3. Wild
Proud
Child
Loud
Jungle
Mingle

4. Loud
Jungle
Wild
Child
Mingle
proud

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option 3

option 4

option 1

option 2

7 / 15

The repetition used in “he’ll only lep and lep again” is an example of

allusion.

poetic license.

satire

poetic justice.

8 / 15

Though to distinguish beasts of prey
A novice might nonplus,
The Crocodile you always may
Tell from the Hyena thus:
Hyenas come with merry smiles;
But if they weep they’re Crocodiles.

Which option lists the image that DOES NOT indicate what the poet means by ‘beasts of prey’?

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Option 4

Option 3

Option 2

Option 1

9 / 15

Given below are four examples of activities that Jasmeet does. Choose the option that correctly demonstrates ‘strolling’.

Jasmeet walks in the garden, relaxing while listening to his favorite song.

Jasmeet skids sharply on the ice skate rink.

Jasmeet runs with great speed after being chased by a dog.

Jasmeet rushes to switch off the water pump in the backyard.

10 / 15

Choose the line from the given stanza that the poet takes liberty with, to fit to the rhyme scheme.

Hyenas come with merry smiles

A novice might nonplus

Though to distinguish beasts of prey

The Crocodile you always may

11 / 15

Choose the option that DOES NOT describe a ‘novice’.

Lakshman has played cricket for the first time today.

Gautam baked a second cake to improve his skills.

Srishti went to her first French class yesterday.

Samiksha has been teaching for the last ten years.

12 / 15

Choose the option listing the stanza that would follow the given extract.

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Option 2

Option 1

Option 3

Option 4

13 / 15

What is the central theme of the poem How to Tell Wild Animals?

The importance of protecting wild animals

The dangers of encountering wild animals

The beauty of wild animals

The humorous and exaggerated ways to identify wild animals

14 / 15

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Choose the crocodile fact that is related to the given extract.

99% of crocodiles are eaten in the first year of their life by large fish, hyenas, monitor lizards, and larger crocodiles.

While eating, they swallow too much air, which gets in touch with lachrymal glands and causes them to weep.

They have webbed feet which, though not used to propel them through the water, allow them to make fast turns and sudden moves in the water or initiate swimming.

Absence of sweat glands and so, release heat through their mouths making them often sleep with their mouths open.

15 / 15

What lesson does the poem teach about identifying wild animals?

Wild animals are best avoided

It is easy to identify wild animals

Wild animals are always dangerous

Identifying wild animals requires careful observation

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

✔ Humor and exaggeration in the poem
✔ Descriptions of different wild animals
✔ Poetic devices used (rhyme scheme, alliteration, etc.)
✔ Theme of identifying animals through their behavior
✔ Exam-oriented competency-based MCQs

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