The Laburnum Top MCQ Questions Answers Class 11 Online Test for Practice

1. Then sleek as a lizard, and alert, and abrupt, She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up Of chitterings and a tremor of wings, and trilling The whole tree trembles and thrills. Find a word from the extract which is the synonym of ‘ entire ’

1. Abrupt
2. Hole
3. Whole
4. Tremor

2. What role does the tree play for the Goldfinch bird?

1. As a shelter
2. as a supporter
3. as a means to feed her family
4. as a resting place

3. What does the phrase "her barred face identity mask" mean?

1. because she was brown in colour
2. due to her dark coloured yellow body
3. bird ’s face became her identity and symbol of recognition
4. None of the above

4. Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings She launches away, towards the infinite And the Laburnum subsides to empty. What word from the extract means the same as ‘ strange ’ and ‘ mysterious.

1. Delicate
2. Odd
3. Infinite
4. Eerie

5. Why was Goldfinch ’s body barely visible?

1. due to her dark coloured yellow body
2. because she was small
3. because of the height of the tree
4. because she was brown in colour

6. Why was Goldfinch ’s body barely visible?

1. due to her dark coloured yellow body
2. because she was small
3. because of the height of the tree
4. because she was brown in colour

7. What instance of Alliteration has been used in the poem ‘ The Laburnum Top ’ out of the following options?

1. engine of her family
2. her barred face
3. Sleek as a lizard
4. September sunlight

8. What Transferred Epithet was used in the poem ‘ The Laburnum Top ’?

1. her barred face identity mask
2. engine of her family
3. Sleek as a lizard
4. September sunlight

9. Then sleek as a lizard, and alert, and abrupt, She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up Of chitterings and a tremor of wings, and trilling The whole tree trembles and thrills. What does ‘ machine ’ refer to in the extract?

1. If refers to the machine used to drill a hole in the tree
2. It refers to the machine used to cut the tree
3. It refers to the nest of the goldfinch where its young ones are staying
4. It refers to the nest of the squirrel

10. When did the death-like tree become alive?

1. in the month of March
2. by the arrival monsoon season
3. by the arrival of the Goldfinch bird
4. by the arrival of sparrows

11. Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings She launches away, towards the infinite And the Laburnum subsides to empty. What effect does the last line create?

1. It creates the contrast between the liveliness of the tree and its silence
2. It creates the contrast between the change of seasons
3. It creates an opportunity to plant more Laburnum trees
4. It creates the scene for the arrival of new bird species on the tree

12. Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings She launches away, towards the infinite And the Laburnum subsides to empty. What does ‘ launches ‘ mean in the extract?

1. It means sleeping
2. It means flying
3. It means diving
4. It means fluttering

13. The Laburnum top is silent, quite still in the afternoon yellow September sunlight, A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen. What does ‘ Laburnum top ’ mean here?

1. It means the top part of any tree
2. It means the top part of the Laburnum tree
3. It means the top part of a fictional tree
4. It does not mean anything

14. How was the tree in the end when the bird flew away?

1. It was still alive
2. Nothing changed in the looks
3. it was death-like again
4. None of the above

15. How did the bird move to the other side of the branch?

1. Like a lizard
2. Slowly
3. Smoothly
4. by flying