MCQ's (with Solutions) - Ozymandias | Literature Reader Class 10 PDF Download

Read the following paragraphs and choose the correct option :

1. I met a traveller from an antique land. Who said ‘‘Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert’’?

(i) The poet had heard of the statue from

(a) another poet

(b) books

(c) people of the city

(d) another traveller

(ii) The condition of the statue was bad because

(a) it was eroding away

(b) its head was broken

(c) the sculptor had not done a good job

(d) it was not cleaned

(iii) The statue was found near

(a) the valley

(b) on the banks of the ocean

(c) across the city

(d) in the desert

Answer :

(i) (d)

(ii) (b)

(iii) (d)

2. ‘‘Whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold commands

(i) The statue depicts that the king was

(a) weak

(b) dominating

(c) powerful

(d) cruel

(ii) The above expression is visible because of

(a) the poet’s interpretation

(b) the sculptor’s skill

(c) the stories of the king

(d) word of mouth

(iii) The above expression shows that the king was

(a) full of anger

(b) full of dislike

(c) without any expression

(d) too proud and conceited

 Answer : 

(i) (b)

(ii) (b)

(iii) (d)

3. ‘‘Look upon my works, ye Mighty and despair.’’

(i) The above words were spoken by

(a) the poet

(b) the traveller

(c) were inscribed on the statue

(d) the people

 (ii) The mighty is a reference to

(a) the king Ozymandias

(b) other mighty people

(c) other kings

(d) onlookers

(iii) Despair suggests

(a) that none can equal the king’s achievements

(b) other kings will feel small

(c) other kings will feel helpless

Answer :

(i) (c)

(ii) (b)

(iii) (a)