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

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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!

About the Quiz

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

Why does the poet use humor to describe wild animals?

To highlight the dangers of wild animals

To make the poem more entertaining

To criticize human behavior

To provide scientific information

2 / 15

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

To entertain and amuse the reader

To educate the reader about animal behavior

To criticize zoos

To scare the reader

3 / 15

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.

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.

4 / 15

Identify the option that explains the poetic device used.

With black stripes on a yellow ground...
...Whose hide with spots is peppered

a word formed from a sound

a word or phrase that creates a mental image through vivid description

a word or phrase repeated at intervals

a word or expression used in place of an unpleasant one

5 / 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

6 / 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 asks the reader to hide on seeing the leopard.

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.

7 / 15

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

Chameleons blend into their surroundings

Chameleons are not real

Chameleons are invisible

Chameleons are dangerous

8 / 15

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

The dangers of encountering wild animals

The importance of protecting wild animals

The humorous and exaggerated ways to identify wild animals

The beauty of wild animals

9 / 15

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

how to tell wild animals class 10 extra questions answers

Option 4

Option 3

Option 1

Option 2

10 / 15

What lesson does the poem teach about identifying wild animals?

Wild animals are best avoided

Wild animals are always dangerous

It is easy to identify wild animals

Identifying wild animals requires careful observation

11 / 15

What, according to the extract, would cause bewilderment?

Discovering the similarity between different preys of beasts.

Drawing the similarities between crocodiles and hyenas.

Knowing the difference between several beasts of prey.

Analysing habits of beasts that prey on hyenas.

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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.

State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

The extract tells us the similarities between tigers and leopards.

True

False

13 / 15

If you encounter a creature that "hugs you very, very hard," what should you do according to the poem?

Hug it back

Assume it is a bear

Run away immediately

Call for help

14 / 15

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

poetic justice.

satire

poetic license.

allusion.

15 / 15

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

The Crocodile you always may

Though to distinguish beasts of prey

A novice might nonplus

Hyenas come with merry smiles

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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
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