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!

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

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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.

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 2

Option 3

Option 1

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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

option 2

option 3

option 4

option 1

3 / 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.

What, according to the extract, would cause bewilderment?

Discovering the similarity between different preys of beasts.

Analysing habits of beasts that prey on hyenas.

Drawing the similarities between crocodiles and hyenas.

Knowing the difference between several beasts of prey.

4 / 15

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

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.

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.

5 / 15

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

Call for help

Assume it is a bear

Hug it back

Run away immediately

6 / 15

How does the poet describe the Bengal Tiger in the poem?

As a playful and friendly animal

As a noble and majestic creature

As a dangerous beast that eats you

As a shy and timid creature

7 / 15

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

The humorous and exaggerated ways to identify wild animals

The dangers of encountering wild animals

The beauty of wild animals

The importance of protecting wild animals

8 / 15

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

False

True

10 / 15

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

Srishti went to her first French class yesterday.

Samiksha has been teaching for the last ten years.

Gautam baked a second cake to improve his skills.

Lakshman has played cricket for the first time today.

11 / 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 invisible

Chameleons are not real

12 / 15

What lesson does the poem teach about identifying wild animals?

Wild animals are best avoided

It is easy to identify wild animals

Identifying wild animals requires careful observation

Wild animals are always dangerous

13 / 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

14 / 15

Select the appropriate option to complete the sentence.

The tone of the poet when telling how to identify a wild animal is both scary and __________.

funny

exciting

shocking

sorrowful

15 / 15

What literary device is used in the line, "A noble wild beast greets you"?

Metaphor

Personification

Simile

Irony

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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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