MP Board 9th Beehive Poetry Wind by Subramania Bharati MCQs : Here are 50 important Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with answers for the poem “Wind,” based on the provided webpage.
MP Board 9th Beehive Poetry Wind by Subramania Bharati MCQs
- Who is the original poet of the poem “Wind” (originally written in Tamil)?
a) Robert Frost
b) A.K. Ramanujan
c) Subramania Bharati
d) William Wordsworth
Answer: c) Subramania Bharati - Who is the translator of the poem “Wind” into English?
a) Robert Frost
b) A.K. Ramanujan
c) Subramania Bharati
d) William Wordsworth
Answer: b) A.K. Ramanujan - What does the poet ask the wind NOT to do in the beginning?
a) Blow away the dust
b) Bring rain
c) Break the shutters of the windows
d) Make noise
Answer: c) Break the shutters of the windows - The wind is described as being “clever at poking fun at…”
a) Strong people
b) Weaklings
c) Animals
d) Children
Answer: b) Weaklings - What does the poet advise us to do to make friends with the wind?
a) Build weak houses
b) Sing songs to it
c) Build strong homes and firm bodies and hearts
d) Hide from it
Answer: c) Build strong homes and firm bodies and hearts - The phrase “wind god winnows” is an example of which figure of speech?
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Hyperbole
d) Onomatopoeia
Answer: b) Metaphor - What happens to weak fires when the wind blows?
a) They become stronger
b) They roar louder
c) They are put out
d) They change direction
Answer: c) They are put out - What is the central message conveyed by the poem?
a) Nature is always destructive.
b) We should avoid facing challenges.
c) Strength and resilience help us overcome adversity.
d) The wind is a friendly force.
Answer: c) Strength and resilience help us overcome adversity. - Which of the following is NOT an action of the wind mentioned in the poem?
a) Scattering papers
b) Throwing down books
c) Making trees grow taller
d) Tearing pages of books
Answer: c) Making trees grow taller - The repeated use of the word “crumbling” highlights the wind’s:
a) Musicality
b) Destructive power
c) Gentle nature
d) Speed
Answer: b) Destructive power - What does the wind do to strong fires?
a) Makes them weaker
b) Puts them out
c) Makes them roar and flourish
d) Changes their color
Answer: c) Makes them roar and flourish - Which figure of speech is used when the poet says, “You tore the pages of the books”?
a) Simile
b) Alliteration
c) Personification
d) Metaphor
Answer: c) Personification - The “wind” in the poem is a symbol for:
a) Pleasant breezes
b) Life’s challenges and difficulties
c) Good fortune
d) Weather changes
Answer: b) Life’s challenges and difficulties - What does the poet mean by “Make the heart steadfast”?
a) Make your heart beat faster.
b) Make your heart physically strong.
c) Develop mental and emotional strength.
d) Keep your heart still.
Answer: c) Develop mental and newmotional strength. - The poem encourages us to:
a) Complain about problems
b) Be weak and fragile
c) Build strong foundations in life
d) Run away from difficulties
Answer: c) Build strong foundations in life - The poem’s tone shifts from descriptive to:
a) Humorous
b) Instructive/Philosophical
c) Sad
d) Angry
Answer: b) Instructive/Philosophical - What is the first request the poet makes to the wind?
a) To bring rain
b) To come softly
c) To stop blowing
d) To scatter the papers
Answer: b) To come softly - What does the wind tear?
a) The shutters
b) The clouds
c) The pages of the books
d) The rafters
Answer: c) The pages of the books - What does the wind bring again?
a) Rain
b) Sunshine
c) Dust
d) Leaves
Answer: a) Rain - The repetition of “Don’t” at the beginning of lines is an example of:
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Anaphora
d) Alliteration
Answer: c) Anaphora - What does “winnows” mean in the context of the poem?
a) To blow gently
b) To build up
c) To separate the strong from the weak
d) To make a loud noise
Answer: c) To separate the strong from the weak - The “wind god” is a metaphor for:
a) A gentle breeze
b) The destructive and sorting power of nature/life
c) A specific deity
d) The poet himself
Answer: b) The destructive and sorting power of nature/life - What all crumbles in the wind, according to the poem?
a) Houses, doors, rafters
b) Wood, bodies, lives
c) Hearts
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above - How does the poet suggest we make the wind our friend?
a) By praying to it
b) By becoming strong
c) By closing our windows
d) By writing poems about it
Answer: b) By becoming strong - What is the main theme of the poem?
a) The beauty of nature
b) The destructive power of wind
c) The importance of strength and resilience
d) The friendship between man and nature
Answer: c) The importance of strength and resilience - What does the poet ask us to “practise” to do?
a) To build houses
b) To write poetry
c) To firm the body
d) To light fires
Answer: c) To firm the body - “The wind blows out weak fires.” Here, “weak fires” symbolize:
a) Small campfires
b) Weak-willed or weak people
c) Candles
d) Old buildings
Answer: b) Weak-willed or weak people - “He makes strong fires roar and flourish.” Here, “strong fires” symbolize:
a) Forest fires
b) Strong-willed or resilient people
c) Bonfires
d) Volcanoes
Answer: b) Strong-willed or resilient people - What does the poet say about the wind’s “friendship”?
a) It is impossible to get
b) It is not worth having
c) It is good
d) It is only for the gods
Answer: c) It is good - What is the main literary device used to address the wind?
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Personification
d) Alliteration
Answer: c) Personification - What word is used to describe weak things or people?
a) Strong
b) Clever
c) Weaklings
d) Steadfast
Answer: c) Weaklings - What does “steadfast” mean?
a) Weak
b) Moving quickly
c) Firm and unwavering
d) Soft
Answer: c) Firm and unwavering - What does the poet ask us to “join firmly”?
a) The rafters
b) Our hands
c) The doors
d) Our hearts
Answer: c) The doors - The word “crumbling” is repeated to emphasize…
a) The strength of the buildings
b) The fragility of weak things
c) The sound of the wind
d) The age of the houses
Answer: b) The fragility of weak things
3S. An example of alliteration in the poem is:
a) Wind, come softly
b) Wind god winnows
c) You are very clever
d) He won’t do what you tell him
Answer: b) Wind god winnows
- The poem is written in…
a) Rhyming couplets
b) A strict meter
c) Free verse
d) A sonnet form
Answer: c) Free verse - What is the poet’s final advice to the wind?
a) To blow softly
b) To go away
c) The poet stops advising the wind and advises the reader instead
d) To bring rain
Answer: c) The poet stops advising the wind and advises the reader instead - What does the wind do to the books on the shelf?
a) Reads them
b) Throws them down
c) Scatters them
d) Ignores them
Answer: b) Throws them down - What is the meaning of “frail”?
a) Strong
b) Weak or delicate
c_ Clever
d) Loud
Answer: b) Weak or delicate - How does the poet describe the wind’s actions at the beginning?
a) As friendly and helpful
b) As destructive and mischievous
c) As calm and quiet
d) As sad and lonely
Answer: b) As destructive and mischievous - The poem teaches a lesson about…
a) Weather patterns
b) How to build houses
c) Facing adversity
d) The history of Tamil poetry
Answer: c) Facing adversity - Subramania Bharati was a poet from which part of India?
a) Bengal
b) Punjab
c) Tamil Nadu (a great Tamil poet)
d) Gujarat
Answer: c) Tamil Nadu (a great Tamil poet) - What does “poking fun” mean?
a) Making a hole
b) Praising
c) Making fun of or mocking
d) Pushing gently
Answer: c) Making fun of or mocking - The wind god “crushes them all.” Who is “them”?
a) The strong people
b) The weak things and people
c) The books on the shelf
d) The strong fires
Answer: b) The weak things and people - What is the poet’s final attitude towards the wind?
a) Fear and anger
b) Acceptance and friendship (if one is strong)
c) Sadness and despair
d) He remains angry
Answer: b) Acceptance and friendship (if one is strong) - What does “flourish” mean?
a) To be extinguished
b) To grow or develop in a healthy way
c) To scatter
d) To crumble
Answer: b) To grow or develop in a healthy way - What does the poet say we should praise every day?
a) The rain
b) The weak fires
c) The wind
d) The strong houses
Answer: c) The wind - “He won’t do what you tell him.” Who is “He” in this line?
a) The poet
b) The wind
c) The wind god
d) A.K. Ramanujan
Answer: b) The wind - What is the poet’s solution to the wind’s destruction?
a) To complain
b) To hide
c) To become strong
d) To ask the wind to stop
Answer: c) To become strong - The poem suggests that adversity…
a) Is always bad
b) Only affects weak people
c) Destroys the weak but strengthens the strong
d) Can be easily avoided
Answer: c) Destroys the weak but strengthens the strong