CBSE Class 9 English Winds of Change (Class 9 NCERT New) Quiz 5

1. What does the poet ask the wind to do?

A The poet asks the wind to destroy the homes. B The poet asks the wind to blow slowly. C The poet asks the wind to bring rain. D The poet asks the wind to be quiet.

2. What does the wind do?

A It throws down all the books on the shelf B It tears the pages of the books. C It brings the rain again. D All of the above

3. Give another word for the expression ‘to spread all over

A Scatter B Flow C Expand D Shrink

4. Who is considered clever in the above lines?

A Humans B Animals C God D Wind

5. Which word in the given lines would you consider as ‘Anaphora’?

A Crumbling B Frail C Weaklings D winnows

6. What destruction has the wind caused?

A The wind has destroyed the livestock. B The wind has created havoc in the village. C The wind has destroyed the doors and also the roof of the houses. D The wind has uprooted trees and kills animals.

7. What does this expression ‘winnows and crushes them all’ mean?

A The expression means that the wind crushed down all the things that comes in its way without discrimination. B The expression means that the wind separates the weak from the brave. C The expression means that the wind likes to destroy things. D None of the above

8. What does the wind do to weak fires?

A The wind supports weak fires. B The wind plays with weak fires. C The wind extinguishes the weak fire.

9. What does the poet want us to do?

A The poet wants us to mock the wind. B The poet wants us to ignore the wind. C The poet wants us to make friends with the wind.

10. Who is ‘him’ in the above lines?

A Wind B Human C Rain D Animals