1. "Blue" is a poem by
Answer: C. Brian A. Haycock
English Class 10 Unit 8: Blue (Poem by Brian A. Haycock) MCQs
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2. In the poem "Blue", the child was born
Answer: A. blind
3. The narrator of the poem is the child's
Answer: B. father
4. The narrator decided to be his daughter's
Answer: D. eyes in life and heart of sight
5. The child once asked her father to explain the colour
Answer: B. blue
6. On her sixteenth birthday the family received good news in a
Answer: C. doctor's letter
7. When the girl opened her eyes, she first saw
Answer: D. her father
8. According to the girl, "Love was the color"
Answer: A. blue
9. The central theme of the poem is
Answer: D. the power of love and the bond between father and daughter
10. Narrative poetry
Answer: B. tells a story in verse
11. Narrative poems used rhyme and rhythm originally to
Answer: C. help people remember stories
12. "Insight" means
Answer: A. the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding
13. "Evolve" means
Answer: D. to develop or change over time
14. "Perspective" means
Answer: B. a particular attitude or way of regarding something
15. "Whale of a time" means
Answer: C. an enjoyable time
16. "Bitter pill to swallow" means
Answer: A. an unpleasant fact to accept
17. "Cutting corners" means
Answer: D. doing something the cheap or easy way, skipping steps
18. Figures of speech are expressions in which words are
Answer: B. not taken in their literal senses
19. A euphemism is
Answer: A. a mild or indirect expression used instead of a harsh one
20. An oxymoron is
Answer: C. two seemingly contradictory words combined
21. Which is an example of oxymoron?
Answer: D. Loving hate
22. Which is an oxymoron?
Answer: A. Sick health
23. Which is a euphemism?
Answer: C. He passed away.
24. "To the Cuckoo" is a poem by
Answer: B. William Wordsworth
25. William Wordsworth lived from
Answer: D. 1770 to 1850
26. Wordsworth wrote poems portraying nature as
Answer: C. divine and spiritual
27. A clause is
Answer: A. the basic unit of grammar with a subject and a verb
28. A simple sentence has
Answer: B. one independent clause and no subordinate clause
29. A complex sentence has
Answer: A. one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses
30. A compound-complex sentence has
Answer: C. two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses
31. "Phil has studied hard because the test is tomorrow" is a
Answer: D. complex sentence
32. "She can't write her story unless her pencil is sharp" is a
Answer: B. complex sentence
33. Coordinating conjunctions include
Answer: B. and, but, or, so, yet
34. Subordinating conjunctions include
Answer: C. because, although, since, unless
35. A reciprocal pronoun is
Answer: D. each other
36. An interrogative pronoun is
Answer: A. who, what, which
37. A relative pronoun is
Answer: C. who, whom, which, that
38. A possessive pronoun is
Answer: A. mine, yours, hers, theirs
39. "The car belongs to John. It is ______."
Answer: D. his
40. "Jane and Mary are best friends; they know each other very well." "each other" is a
Answer: B. reciprocal pronoun
41. In "The playing child is happy", "playing" is a
Answer: C. present participle
42. In "The broken window was repaired", "broken" is a
Answer: D. past participle
43. In "Swimming in the sea is my favorite activity", the gerund phrase is
Answer: A. Swimming in the sea
44. An infinitive phrase begins with
Answer: B. to + base verb
45. A prepositional phrase begins with a
Answer: A. preposition
46. In "The picture is above the fireplace", the prepositional phrase is
Answer: C. above the fireplace
About English Class 10 Unit 8 MCQs (Federal Board)
These 46 English MCQs cover Class 10 Unit 8: Blue (Poem by Brian A. Haycock) of the Federal Board (FBISE) SSC-II (Class 10) syllabus. They are SLO-based MCQs as per the new pattern for FBISE exams. Each question has four options and the correct answer is shown, so you can practise for the annual examination and find the topics you still need to revise. Download the Blue (Poem by Brian A. Haycock) MCQs as a PDF using the button at the top of this page.