First Flight Poem ch07 Animals - CBSE Test Papers


CBSE Test Paper 01
Animals
  1. Explain the satisfaction that animals have and humans don't. Discuss in the context of poem Animals.
  2. Why do animals not weep for their sins? Discuss in the context of poem Animals.
  3. Do humans kneel to other humans who lived thousands of years ago?
  4. Why do you think the poet has called the desire to own things, a mania? Is the poet right in doing so? Write your own views. (Animals)
  5. Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow:
    They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
    They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
    They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
    1. Who are 'they' referred to here?
    2. What do they not do about their condition?
    3. How do they feel for their sins?
    4. Their duty is towards _____.
  6. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (1 × 4 = 4)
    I wonder where they get those tokens,
    Did I pass that way huge times ago and
    negligently drop them.
    1. Who is 'I' here?
    2. What does the poet wonder?
    3. What makes the poet lament?
    4.  Find from the passage a word which means ‘enormous’.
CBSE Test Paper 01
Animals
Solution
  1. Animals do not have the desire to possess worldly things. Whereas, the more humans own, the more their desire to own grows, leaving them dissatisfied forever. The absence of this greed in animals keeps them satisfied.
  2. Animals do not weep for their sins because they do not need to do so. They are innocent creatures that commit no sins. It is humans, who weep yet commit sins. Animals lead their life in a simple and pure way so there is no need for them to cry over their misdeeds.
  3. Yes, many communities of humans follow the practice of worshipping saints and sages, who have lived thousands of years ago. They lead an exemplary life of high moral values and therefore reflect the image of 'God Almighty' and are worshipped by generations of humans. They worship them by kneeling in front of their portraits and hold religious sermons and ceremonies in their memory.
  4. Acquisition of materialistic things is a rat race in which human beings keep running continuously. There is no end to greed. The poet uses words such as ‘demented’ and ‘mania’ for never-ending desires of human beings to own things. The more we get, the more greedy we become. The words ‘demented’ and ‘mania’ shows that the poet is comparing these desires to madness as people are madly trying to acquire more and more, never feeling satisfied. Animals are better off according to the poet as they do not fall into the mad race of acquiring more and more. They are free from sins, worries and complaints. In order to gain more wealth, all the important values such as morality and kindness are left behind.
    1. 'They' refers to 'animals'.
    2. They do not sweat and whine about their condition as the humans always do.
    3. Unlike humans, the animals do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins.
    4. God.
    1. Here 'I' refers to the poet.
    2. The poet wonders whether the animals get all their virtues from humans.
    3. The poet laments the loss of the values and qualities which man once possessed.
    4. The word is ‘huge’.