Class 9 English Beehive MCQ The Duck and the Kangaroo

Question :Who is the poet of the poem `The Duck and the Kangaroo’?
(a) Edward Lear
(b) Gieve Patel
(c) W.W.E. Ross
(d) William Wordsworth

Question :Where did the Kangaroo ask the Duck to sit?
(a) on his neck
(b) on his back
(c) at the beginning of his tail
(d) at the end of his tail

Question :What did the Duck do to make himself fit to have a ride on the Kangaroo’s back?
(a) bought four pairs of worsted socks
(b) bought a clock
(c) began smoking a cigar daily
(d) all of the above

Question :What was Kangaroo afraid of?
(a) the Duck’s wet and cold feet
(b) the weight of the Duck
(c) the beak of the Duck
(d) all of the above

Question :What did the Duck promise the Kangaroo?
(a) to sing him a song
(b) to give him fish to eat
(c) to tell him a tale
(d) to sit still

Question :What did the Duck request the Kangaroo?
(a) to give him a ride
(b) to give him food
(c) to play with him
(d) all of the above

Question :How does the Duck describe his pond?
(a) beautiful
(b) loving
(c) attractive
(d) nasty

Question :Where could the kangaroo hop?
(a) over the fields
(b) over the water
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of the above

Question :Who is not able to hop in the poem?
(a) kangaroo
(b) other animals
(c) duck
(d) all

Question :Why does the duck praise kangaroo?
(a) for its ability to hop and move to places
(b) for its size
(c) for its appearance
(d) none

Question :Why was the duck feeling bored in the pond?
(a) because of still life and not having seen life beyond the pond
(b) because of water
(c) because of dirty water
(d) none

Question :What is this poem about?
(a) desires
(b) different people and their potentials
(c) conversation between a duck and a kangaroo
(d) none

Question :Who makes the sound Quack?
(a) animals
(b) kangaroo
(c) people
(d) duck