Extract Based Questions: Poem - Beauty | English Class 6 (Honeysuckle) PDF Download

Q1: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Beauty is heard
In the night,
Wind sighing, rain falling,
Or a singer chanting
Anything in earnest.

(i) Can you hear beauty in the atmosphere?
Ans: Yes, we can hear beauty in the atmosphere such as during the rainfall and wind sighing.

(ii) What do you mean by ‘anything in earnest’?
Ans: We can hear beauty in any activity which has been done with eagerness and full dedication.

(iii) What were the actions of the wind and rain?
Ans: In the above lines, the wind was sighing while the rain was falling.

(iv) Give antonym for the word ‘fall’.
(a) Rise
(b) Sing
(c) Dance
(d) Line
Ans: (a)

(v) Find synonym for the word ‘earnest’.
(a) Senior
(b) Chant
(c) Earn
(d) Serious
Ans: (d)

(vi) When is beauty heard?
(a) Morning
(b) Afternoon
(c) Evening
(d) Night
Ans: (d)

Q2: Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Beauty is seen.In the sunlight The trees, the birds,
Corn growing and people working
Or dancing for their harvest.

(i) Can you see beauty in your surroundings?
Ans: Yes, we can see beauty in our surroundings such as in birds, trees and sunlight.

(ii) Why did people start dancing in the poem?
Ans: People were dancing for their good harvest as they worked very hard on their fields.

(iii) What was being grown on the field?
Ans: Corn was being grown on the field.

(iv) Find synonym for the word ‘harvest’.
(a) Sunlight
(b) Produce
(c) Dark
(d) Dance
Ans: (b)

(v) Who are dancing in the above lines?
(a) Birds
(b) Beauty
(c) Growers
(d) Farmers
Ans: (d) Farmers

(vi) The people referred here belongs to
(a) towns
(b) cities
(c) villages
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)

Q3:  Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Beauty is in yourself.
Good deeds, happy thoughts
That repeat themselves
In your dreams,
In your work,
And even in your rest.
Explanation: The poet affirms that beauty lies in eyes of beholders. Great works and happiness done with good intention stays in mind. Their impact is impeccable. It reflects through ones action. A person can have good and comfortable sleep when he is satisfied in life.
(i) What do you understand by ‘Beauty is in yourself?
Ans: Beauty is deep within a person. It is reflected through his action and thoughts.

(ii) How do ‘Good deeds’ repeat in dream?
Ans: A person’s action and its impacts stay in his thoughts. So dream reflect what he perceives.

(iii) What is the meaning of‘deeds’?
Ans: ‘A conscious effort’.

(iv) What is the name of the poem?
Ans: The name of the poem is ‘Beauty’.

(v) Write the name of the poet.
Ans: The poet name is ‘E-Yeh-Shure’.