Poem - Wind Class 9 Worksheet English Chapter 1

Multiple Choice Questions

Q1: The poem Wind was originally written in which language?
(a) Kannada
(b) Malayalam
(c) Telugu
(d) Tamil

Q2: The wind has been compared to
(a) god
(b) flood
(c) earthquake
(d) fire

Q3: What does the poet want the wind to do?
(a) All of these
(b) Don’t scatter the papers
(c) Don’t throw down the books
(d) Don’t break the shutters of windows

Q4: Who breaks the shutters of the window? (Wind)
(a) Wind
(b) Children
(c) A naughty boy
(d) A boy

Q5: What is the message of the poem Wind?
(a) Make strong windows
(b) Stop the wind
(c) All of these
(d) Be firm and strong

Q6: Which figure of speech has been used in the following line from the poem Wind?
'Wind comes softly'
(a) Irony
(b) Simile
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Personification

Q7: Whom does the poet make a request to and address?
(a) Wind
(b) The people
(c) His children
(d) All of these

Q8: What does the word winnows in the poem mean?
(a) None of these
(b) Sorts grains
(c) Blows strongly
(d) Cleams grains

Q9: Name the poet of the poem "Wind".
(a) J.K Krishna Murti
(b) Subramania Bharati
(c) Mahadevi Verma
(d) Ruskin Bond

Q10: Who is negatively affected by the wind?
(a) None of these
(b) Strong people
(c) Both weaklings and strong people
(d) Weaklings

Short Answer Questions

Q1: Why does the poet ask wind to blow softly?
Q2: What is winnowing? What, according to the poet, does the wind god winnow?
Q3: What harm does wind do when it blows hard?
Q4: What does ‘crumbling’ suggests in the poem ‘Wind’?
Q5: What should we do to make friends with the winds?

Long Answer Questions

Q1: What advice does the poet offer the people? Write your answer in the context of the poem, ‘Wind’.
Q2: What challenges are posed by wind in the life of the poet and the common man?

Reference to Context

Q1: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
There, look what you did-you threw them all down
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
You are very clever at poking fun at weaklings

(a) Whom are these lines addressed to? What is the figure of speech?
(b) What kind of destruction does wind cause when it blows hard?
(c) What word is repeated and why?
(d) What does the wind symbolise?

Q2: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
(a) Who is the poet addressing in the above lines?
(b) How does the poet want the wind to blow?
(c) What has the wind done to the books?
(d) Name the poetic device used in the above lines.

Q3: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
There, look what you did – you threw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
(a) What is the poet’s tone in the above lines?
(b) What has the wind done?
(c) What has wind brought with it?
(d) Name a poetic device used in the lines above.

Q4: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
You ’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters,
Crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives,
Crumbling hearts—
the wind god winnows and crushes them all.
(a) Who is very clever? What is it clever at?
(b) How does wind make fun of weaklings?
(c) What does the wind god do to the weak?
(d) What should we do to make friends with the wind?

Q5: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
He won’t do what you tell him.
So, come, let’s build strong homes,
Let’s joint the doors firmly.
Practise to firm the body.
Make the heart steadfast.
(a) Who is referred to as ‘He’ in the above lines?
(b) What is he being told to do?
(c) What advice does the poet give the reader?
(d) What does wind do to the strong?

Q6: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
He won’t do what you tell him.
So, come, let’s build strong homes,
Let’s joint the doors firmly.
Practise to firm the body.
Make the heart steadfast.
(a) Who is the ‘you’ in the above lines?
(b) What does the poet imply when he says ‘He won’t do what you tell him’?
(c) Why should we make the heart steadfast?
(d) What does the poet mean by ‘make the heart steadfast’?

Q7: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
He won 7 do what you tell him.
So, come, let’s build strong homes,
Let’s joint the doors firmly.
Practise to firm the body.
Make the heart steadfast.
(a) Who does the poet advise?
(b) What advice does he offer?
(c) What quality of ‘his’ character is revealed in these lines?
(d) Write any two destructive actions of the wind?

Q8: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
Do this, and the wind will be friends with us.
The wind blows out weak fires.
He makes strong fires roar and flourish.
His friendship is good.
We praise him every day.
(a) What does the poet mean when he says ‘do this’?
(b) How does wind affect fires?
(c) Who is referred to as ‘He’? Why does the poet say ‘his friendship is good’?
(d) What message do we get from the poem?

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