ENGLISH UNIT TEST

TIME :- 1 HRS MARKS :- 20

1) The poet of ‘Cherry tree’ is -----------------

(a) Ruskin Bond (b) Victor Hugo (c) William Wordsworth

2) The poem, “Cherry Tree” is about the poet's ecstasy over -----------
(a) a journey along the river by a Cherry Tree.
(b) a cutting of Cherry Tree.
(c) a Cherry Tree which he planted.

3) The poet planted the seeds of Cherry ------------ years ago.

(a) five (b) six (c) seven (d) eight

4) The thought which prompted the poet to plant the cherry seed was-----
(a) to collect Cherry fruit
(b) to earn money
(c) to have a tree of his own.

5) The threat for the cherry tree was not this ----------
(a) goat (b) bad soil (c) grass cutter (d) heavy rain fall

6) It was very small, five months child.(Name the figure of speech)

(a) Climax (b) Metaphor (c) Alliteration

7) The poet felt richer because---------

(a) he had a six feet cherry tree at his door
(b) he had earned a lot of money in Kashmir
(c) he had many friends.

8) The poem has an underlying message about the importance of trees.

(a) True
(b) False

9) The poet repents planting the cherry tree.

(a) True
(b) False

10) The poet has mentioned different ------------------- in the poem ‘Cherry Tree’.
(a) Plants (b) Seasons (c) months

11. The pact was signed by the author and Hillary on_____
(a) June 22, 1953 at Kathmandu
(b) June 22, 1953 at Nepal
(c) June 23, 1943 at Kathmandu
12. Who is known as Indian Sherpa?
(a) Edmund Hillary
(b) Tenzing Norgay
(c) Colonel Hunt

13. The man who follows while climbing is the anchor

(a) True (b) False

14. Colonel Hunt had given Tenzing the flags when they reached the summit.
(a) True (b) False

15. Tenzing and Edmund Hillary reach to the summit of Mount Everest on_______
(a) 29 May, 1953 (b) 29 June, 1953
(c) 19 May, 1963 (d) 29 March, 1953

16. When we left Camp_____on_____morning.

(a) Nine, Friday (b) Nine Saturday

17. The leader of the 1952 Swiss expedition

(a) Colonel Hunt (b) Edmud (c) Lambert (d) Hillary

18. Tenzing Norgay raised my arm with my thumb up____and____saw us and their
faces flushed with joy.
(a) (C.W.F) Noyce ad (W.G) Lowe
(b) English mountaineer, Lowe
(c) New zealand Mountaineer, Noyce

19. Rope being called a symbol of____

(a) To maintain distance between two
(b) To tie each other
(c) It tied Hillary and Tenzing together, & worked as team

20. Nima’s offering carried to the summit by the author

(a) Biscuits
(b) An ordinary blue pencil
(c) Pencil, chocolate