Class 10 ENGLISH

The Flower-School

The Flower-School – Additional Questions Class 10 ENGLISH

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Chapter: The Flower-School (Rabindranath Tagore)

Section A: 1-Mark Comprehension Questions (30 Questions)

(Three different non-MCQ formats: Short Answer, Fill in the Blanks, and True/False)

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Question ❓.1 What rumbles in the sky according to the poem?

Question ❓.2 In which month do the showers come down?

Question ❓.3 Which wind comes marching over the heath?

Question ❓.4 What musical instrument does the east wind blow among the bamboos?

Question ❓.5 Where do the crowds of flowers dance in wild glee?

Question ❓.6 Where does the speaker think the flowers go to school?

Question ❓.7 What do the flower children do with their doors shut?

Question ❓.8 What punishment does the master give if the flowers want to come out to play before it is time?

Question ❓.9 When do the flowers have their holidays?

Question ❓.10 Where is the home of the flower children?

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Question ❓.11 The moist east wind comes marching over the ________.

Question ❓.12 Crowds of flowers come out of a sudden, from nobody knows ________.

Question ❓.13 The flower children do their lessons with doors ________.

Question ❓.14 Branches ________ together in the forest during the storm.

Question ❓.15 The leaves ________ in the wild wind.

Question ❓.16 The thunder-clouds clap their ________ hands.

Question ❓.17 The flower children rush out in dresses of pink, , and white.

Question ❓.18 The home of the flower children is in the sky, where the ________ are.

Question ❓.19 The speaker guesses that the flowers raise their ________ to their mother.

Question ❓.20 Rabindranath Tagore became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his collection of poems, "".

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Question ❓.21 True/False: The poem "The Flower-School" was written by Rabindranath Tagore.

Question ❓.22 True/False: The east wind is described as dry and cold.

Question ❓.23 True/False: The flowers dance upon the grass in sorrow.

Question ❓.24 True/False: The master of the flower-school is very strict.

Question ❓.25 True/False: The flowers have their holidays during the summer season.

Question ❓.26 True/False: The thunder-clouds clap their giant hands.

Question ❓.27 True/False: The flowers wear dresses of pink, yellow, and black.

Question ❓.28 True/False: The flowers are in a hurry to reach their home in the sky.

Question ❓.29 True/False: The speaker shares his thoughts with his father.

Question ❓.30 True/False: The common theme in Rabindranath Tagore's writing is nature.

Answers for Section A | www.WithTeachers.in Answer 🎯.1 Storm-clouds. Answer 🎯.2 June. Answer 🎯.3 The moist east wind. Answer 🎯.4 Bagpipes. Answer 🎯.5 Upon the grass. Answer 🎯.6 Underground. Answer 🎯.7 They do their lessons. Answer 🎯.8 He makes them stand in a corner. Answer 🎯.9 When the rains come. Answer 🎯.10 In the sky, where the stars are. Answer 🎯.11 heath. Answer 🎯.12 where. Answer 🎯.13 shut. Answer 🎯.14 clash. Answer 🎯.15 rustle. Answer 🎯.16 giant. Answer 🎯.17 yellow. Answer 🎯.18 stars. Answer 🎯.19 arms. Answer 🎯.20 Gitanjali. Answer 🎯.21 True. Answer 🎯.22 False (It is described as moist). Answer 🎯.23 False (They dance in wild glee). Answer 🎯.24 True. Answer 🎯.25 False (They have holidays when the rains come). Answer 🎯.26 True. Answer 🎯.27 False (Pink, yellow, and white). Answer 🎯.28 True. Answer 🎯.29 False (He shares them with his Mother). Answer 🎯.30 True.

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Synonyms (Provide a synonym based on the text/glossary)

Question ❓.31 What is the synonym for "moist"?

Question ❓.32 What is the synonym for "rumble"?

Question ❓.33 What is the synonym for "giant"?

Question ❓.34 What is the synonym for "glee"?

Question ❓.35 What is the synonym for "eager"?

Question ❓.36 What is the synonym for "rustle"?

Question ❓.37 What is the synonym for "clash"?

Question ❓.38 What is the synonym for "master"?

Antonyms (Provide the exact opposite)

Question ❓.39 Provide the antonym for "moist".

Question ❓.40 Provide the antonym for "wild".

Question ❓.41 Provide the antonym for "shut".

Question ❓.42 Provide the antonym for "strict".

Question ❓.43 Provide the antonym for "giant".

Question ❓.44 Provide the antonym for "eager".

Question ❓.45 Provide the antonym for "underground".

Noun Forms

Question ❓.46 What is the noun form of the verb "think"?

Question ❓.47 What is the noun form of the verb "know"?

Question ❓.48 What is the noun form of the verb "dance"?

Question ❓.49 What is the noun form of the adjective "eager"?

Question ❓.50 What is the noun form of the adjective "free"?

Question ❓.51 What is the noun form of the verb "create"?

Verb Forms

Question ❓.52 What is the verb form of the noun "creation"?

Question ❓.53 What is the verb form of the noun "thought"?

Question ❓.54 What is the verb form of the noun "hurry"?

Question ❓.55 What is the verb form of the noun "impression"?

Question ❓.56 What is the verb form of the noun "collection"?

Question ❓.57 What is the verb form of the noun "description"?

Direct Speech (Change into Direct Speech)

Question ❓.58 The boy told his mother that he really thought the flowers went to school underground.

Question ❓.59 The child asked his mother if she knew their home was in the sky.

Question ❓.60 The boy stated that he could guess to whom they raised their arms.

Question ❓.61 The student complained that their master made them stand in a corner.

Question ❓.62 The mother asked the boy where the flowers went.

Indirect Speech (Change into Indirect Speech)

Question ❓.63 The boy said, "Mother, I really think the flowers go to school underground."

Question ❓.64 The child said, "They do their lessons with doors shut."

Question ❓.65 He asked, "Haven't you seen how eager they are to get there?"

Question ❓.66 The flower child said, "Our master is very strict."

Question ❓.67 The child said, "When the rains come, they have their holidays."

Other Grammar (Voice, Prepositions, Tags, & Parts of Speech)

Question ❓.68 Fill in the preposition: Storm-clouds rumble ___ the sky.

Question ❓.69 Fill in the preposition: They dance ___ the grass.

Question ❓.70 Fill in the preposition: The wind blows its bagpipes ___ the bamboos.

Question ❓.71 Change the voice: They do their lessons.

Question ❓.72 Change the voice: The master makes them stand in a corner.

Question ❓.73 Fill in the article: They have ___ holiday when the rains come.

Question ❓.74 Identify the part of speech of "wild" in the phrase "wild glee".

Question ❓.75 Identify the part of speech of "underground" in the phrase "go to school underground".

Question ❓.76 Add a question tag: They have their mother, _______?

Question ❓.77 Add a question tag: The flowers go to school underground, _______?

Question ❓.78 Fill in the preposition: Tagore was born ___ Kolkata.

Question ❓.79 Fill in the preposition: He was born ___ 7th May 1861.

Question ❓.80 Change the voice: A sense of freedom was inculcated in him by nature.

Answers for Section B | www.WithTeachers.in Answer 🎯.31 Slightly wet. Answer 🎯.32 Make a deep sound. Answer 🎯.33 Very large. Answer 🎯.34 Happiness / Joy. Answer 🎯.35 Keen / Anxious Answer 🎯.36 Sound of leaves rubbing together. Answer 🎯.37 Hit against one another. Answer 🎯.38 Teacher. Answer 🎯.39 Dry Answer 🎯.40 Tame / Calm Answer 🎯.41 Open Answer 🎯.42 Lenient Answer 🎯.43 Tiny / Dwarf Answer 🎯.44 Reluctant / Unwilling Answer 🎯.45 Aboveground Answer 🎯.46 Thought Answer 🎯.47 Knowledge Answer 🎯.48 Dance / Dancer Answer 🎯.49 Eagerness Answer 🎯.50 Freedom. Answer 🎯.51 Creation. Answer 🎯.52 Create Answer 🎯.53 Think Answer 🎯.54 Hurry. Answer 🎯.55 Impress Answer 🎯.56 Collect Answer 🎯.57 Describe Answer 🎯.58 The boy said to his mother, "I really think the flowers go to school underground." Answer 🎯.59 The child said to his mother, "Do you know their home is in the sky?" Answer 🎯.60 The boy said, "I can guess to whom they raise their arms." Answer 🎯.61 The student said, "Our master makes us stand in a corner." Answer 🎯.62 The mother said to the boy, "Where do the flowers go?" Answer 🎯.63 The boy told his mother that he really thought the flowers went to school underground. Answer 🎯.64 The child said that they did their lessons with doors shut. Answer 🎯.65 He asked if she hadn't seen how eager they were to get there. Answer 🎯.66 The flower child said that their master was very strict. Answer 🎯.67 The child said that when the rains came, they had their holidays. Answer 🎯.68 in. Answer 🎯.69 upon (or on). Answer 🎯.70 among. Answer 🎯.71 Their lessons are done by them. Answer 🎯.72 They are made to stand in a corner by the master. Answer 🎯.73 a Answer 🎯.74 Adjective Answer 🎯.75 Adverb Answer 🎯.76 don't they? Answer 🎯.77 don't they? Answer 🎯.78 in. Answer 🎯.79 on. Answer 🎯.80 Nature inculcated a sense of freedom in him.

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Chapter: The Flower-School (Rabindranath Tagore)

Section A: 2-Mark Questions (25 Questions)

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Question ❓.1 What happens when the storm-clouds rumble in the sky?

Question ❓.2 How does the east wind behave when the June showers come down?

Question ❓.3 Where do the crowds of flowers suddenly come from, according to the speaker?

Question ❓.4 What do the flowers do upon the grass when they come out?

Question ❓.5 Where does the speaker think the flowers go to school?

Question ❓.6 How do the flower children do their lessons?

Question ❓.7 What happens if the flower children want to come out to play before it is time?

Question ❓.8 How is the master of the flower-school portrayed in the poem?

Question ❓.9 When do the flower children finally have their holidays?

Question ❓.10 What do the branches in the forest do when the storm arrives?

Question ❓.11 Describe the sound made by the leaves during the wild wind.

Question ❓.12 How do the thunder-clouds react during the storm?

Question ❓.13 In what colors are the flower children dressed when they rush out?

Question ❓.14 Where is the actual home of the flower children?

Question ❓.15 Why are the flower children eager to go to the sky?

Question ❓.16 To whom do the flowers raise their arms?

Question ❓.17 Why are the flowers in such a hurry?

Question ❓.18 What natural element acts like a musical instrument in the bamboos?

Question ❓.19 How does the poet personify the storm-clouds?

Question ❓.20 What does the speaker guess about the flowers and their mother?

Question ❓.21 What is the central theme of Rabindranath Tagore's writing, as seen in this poem?

Question ❓.22 What does the phrase "wild glee" indicate about the flowers?

Question ❓.23 How does the speaker relate his own life to the lives of the flowers?

Question ❓.24 What do the June showers symbolize for the flower children?

Question ❓.25 Why does the speaker share his thoughts specifically with his mother?

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Answer 🎯.1 When storm-clouds rumble in the sky, the June showers come down. Answer 🎯.2 The moist east wind comes marching over the heath to blow its bagpipes among the bamboos. Answer 🎯.3 The crowds of flowers come out of a sudden, from nobody knows where. Answer 🎯.4 They dance upon the grass in wild glee. Answer 🎯.5 The speaker really thinks that the flowers go to school underground. Answer 🎯.6 They do their lessons with their doors shut. Answer 🎯.7 If they want to come out to play before it is time, their master makes them stand in a corner. Answer 🎯.8 The master is portrayed as strict, as he punishes them by making them stand in a corner if they play early. Answer 🎯.9 The flower children have their holidays when the rains come. Answer 🎯.10 The branches clash together in the forest during the wild wind. Answer 🎯.11 The leaves rustle in the wild wind. Answer 🎯.12 The thunder-clouds clap their giant hands. Answer 🎯.13 They rush out in dresses of pink and yellow and white. Answer 🎯.14 Their home is in the sky, where the stars are. Answer 🎯.15 They are eager to get there because their mother is in the sky, and they long for her love. Answer 🎯.16 They raise their arms to their mother. Answer 🎯.17 They are in a hurry because they want to reach their home in the sky to meet their mother. Answer 🎯.18 The moist east wind blows its bagpipes among the bamboos. Answer 🎯.19 The poet personifies them by saying the thunder-clouds clap their giant hands. Answer 🎯.20 He guesses that they raise their arms to their mother, just as he has his own mother. Answer 🎯.21 The common theme in his writing is nature, which he uses to express freedom and inner feelings. Answer 🎯.22 It indicates that the flowers are extremely excited and happy to be outside dancing. Answer 🎯.23 He compares their schooling to his own, imagining they have strict masters, holidays, and a mother they love. Answer 🎯.24 The June showers symbolize the arrival of their holidays, giving them freedom to come out and play. Answer 🎯.25 He is an imaginative child sharing his innocent observations and longing for love with his own mother.

Section B: 3-Mark Questions (20 Questions)

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Question ❓.1 Describe the arrival of the monsoon as presented in the first stanza of the poem.

Answer 🎯.1 The monsoon arrives with storm-clouds rumbling in the sky and June showers coming down. The moist east wind marches over the heath, making sounds like bagpipes blowing among the bamboos.

Question ❓.2 How does the poet describe the sudden appearance of the flowers?

Answer 🎯.2 The poet states that crowds of flowers come out of a sudden, from nobody knows where. They express their immense joy by dancing upon the grass in wild glee.

Question ❓.3 Explain the child's imagination regarding the flowers' schooling.

Answer 🎯.3 The child imagines that the flowers go to a school underground. He believes they do their lessons with their doors shut and are restricted by a strict master.

Question ❓.4 What punishment do the flower children face in their underground school?

Answer 🎯.4 If the flower children want to come out to play before it is time, they are punished. Their master is strict and makes them stand in a corner as a penalty.

Question ❓.5 How is the natural environment affected when the rains finally come?

Answer 🎯.5 When the rains come, the branches clash together in the forest, and the leaves rustle in the wild wind. Additionally, the thunder-clouds clap their giant hands in the sky.

Question ❓.6 What does the rain symbolize for the flower children?

Answer 🎯.6 The rain symbolizes freedom and joy, as it marks the beginning of their holidays. It is the time when they can finally stop their underground lessons and rush out in colorful dresses.

Question ❓.7 Discuss the personification used for the thunder-clouds in the poem.

Answer 🎯.7 Tagore personifies the thunder-clouds by giving them human characteristics. He writes that they "clap their giant hands," which visually and audibly represents the loud crashing of thunder during a storm.

Question ❓.8 Describe the appearance of the flower children when they rush out.

Answer 🎯.8 When their holidays begin, the flower children rush out enthusiastically. They are beautifully dressed in vibrant colors of pink, yellow, and white.

Question ❓.9 Where do the flowers ultimately want to go, and why?

Answer 🎯.9 The flowers ultimately want to go to their home in the sky, where the stars are. They are eager and in a hurry to get there because their mother lives there.

Question ❓.10 How does the poem reflect the bond between a child and a mother?

Answer 🎯.10 The speaker relates the flowers' eagerness to reach the sky to his own feelings. He realizes that just as he has his own mother to love and run to, the flowers raise their arms to their mother in the sky.

Question ❓.11 Identify and explain one example of personification in the poem (other than the clouds).

Answer 🎯.11 The flowers are heavily personified throughout the poem. They are described as children who go to school, do lessons behind shut doors, have a strict master, wear dresses, and long for their mother.

Question ❓.12 What is the role of the "moist east wind" in the poem?

Answer 🎯.12 The moist east wind acts as a herald of the monsoon and the flowers' holidays. It marches over the heath and blows its bagpipes among the bamboos, setting a musical and wild tone for the flowers' arrival.

Question ❓.13 How does the poet contrast the underground school with the outside world?

Answer 🎯.13 The underground school represents restriction, with shut doors and a strict master forcing them into corners. The outside world during the rain represents complete freedom, where they dance in wild glee in colorful dresses.

Question ❓.14 Why does the poet use the word "crowds" to describe the flowers?

Answer 🎯.14 The word "crowds" emphasizes the sheer number and sudden abundance of flowers that bloom when the monsoon arrives. It paints a picture of a massive, joyful gathering emerging all at once from the earth.

Question ❓.15 What is the significance of the flowers raising their arms?

Answer 🎯.15 Raising their arms signifies their deep longing and affection. They are reaching upwards toward the sky, showing their eagerness to be embraced by their mother, just as a human child would.

Question ❓.16 How does Tagore create a sense of sound in the poem?

Answer 🎯.16 Tagore uses strong auditory imagery: the storm-clouds "rumble," the wind blows "bagpipes," branches "clash," leaves "rustle," and clouds "clap". This fills the poem with the dynamic sounds of a monsoon storm.

Question ❓.17 What does the poem suggest about the traditional school system?

Answer 🎯.17 Through the child's imagination, the traditional school system is depicted as restrictive and dull. The shut doors and the strict master who punishes playfulness suggest a system that suppresses natural joy and freedom.

Question ❓.18 Why are the stars mentioned in the poem?

Answer 🎯.18 The stars are mentioned to describe the vast, beautiful, and elevated location of the flowers' true home. The sky, "where the stars are," represents a heavenly, peaceful place where their mother resides.

Question ❓.19 How does the child's perspective shape the narrative of the poem?

Answer 🎯.19 The entire poem is filtered through the innocent and imaginative lens of a young boy talking to his mother. He uses his own experiences of school, discipline, holidays, and maternal love to understand the life cycle of flowers.

Question ❓.20 Explain the phrase "dance upon the grass in wild glee."

Answer 🎯.20 This phrase captures the absolute, unrestrained happiness of the flowers when they finally bloom. Free from their underground school, they sway happily in the wind, which looks like a joyful, wild dance.

Section C: 30 Questions of Different Marks (Without Answers)

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Question ❓.1 (1 Mark) In what month do the showers come down?

Question ❓.2 (2 Marks) What do the thunder-clouds do during the storm?

Question ❓.3 (3 Marks) Describe the musical quality of the wind in the poem.

Question ❓.4 (1 Mark) What color dresses do the flowers wear?

Question ❓.5 (5 Marks) Discuss how Rabindranath Tagore uses personification to bring nature to life in "The Flower-School."

Question ❓.6 (2 Marks) Why do the flowers have to stand in a corner?

Question ❓.7 (1 Mark) Who is the child speaking to in the poem?

Question ❓.8 (3 Marks) Contrast the flowers' life during school days with their life during holidays.

Question ❓.9 (1 Mark) What is the synonym for "happiness" used in the first stanza?

Question ❓.10 (2 Marks) Where is the home of the flower children, and who lives there?

Question ❓.11 (3 Marks) How does the poet express the child's longing for his mother?

Question ❓.12 (1 Mark) Provide the noun form of "eager."

Question ❓.13 (5 Marks) Write a critical appreciation of the poem, focusing on its imagery and central theme.

Question ❓.14 (1 Mark) Where are the stars located according to the poem?

Question ❓.15 (2 Marks) What happens to the branches and leaves when the wild wind blows?

Question ❓.16 (3 Marks) Explain the significance of the underground setting for the school.

Question ❓.17 (1 Mark) Change to direct speech: The boy said that the flowers went to school.

Question ❓.18 (2 Marks) What does the east wind do when it marches over the heath?

Question ❓.19 (3 Marks) How does the poem capture the innocence of childhood?

Question ❓.20 (1 Mark) Fill in the blank: The thunder-clouds clap their _____ hands.

Question ❓.21 (5 Marks) Imagine you are the child in the poem. Write a short paragraph describing what you see from your window during the June showers.

Question ❓.22 (2 Marks) Why are the flowers in a hurry?

Question ❓.23 (1 Mark) Which word in the poem means "slightly wet"?

Question ❓.24 (3 Marks) Discuss the use of color imagery in the poem.

Question ❓.25 (1 Mark) What instrument does the wind blow?

Question ❓.26 (2 Marks) How does the master treat the flower children?

Question ❓.27 (3 Marks) What parallels does the child draw between himself and the flowers?

Question ❓.28 (1 Mark) What is the antonym of "wild"?

Question ❓.29 (2 Marks) How do the flowers show their eagerness to reach the sky?

Question ❓.30 (5 Marks) Analyze how nature acts as both a disciplinarian and a liberator in the poem.

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ବିଷୟ (Subject): English - "The Flower-School"

ସମୟ (Time): ୪୫ ମିନିଟ୍ | ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ସଂଖ୍ୟା (Full Marks): 25 ମାର୍କ

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ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରଶ୍ନର ଉତ୍ତର ଦିଅନ୍ତୁ। (Answer all the following questions.)

Q1. Multiple Choice Questions (1 Mark × 7 = 7 Marks)

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i. Who wrote the poem "The Flower-School"?

(A) William Wordsworth

(B) Sarojini Naidu

(D) C.F. Alexander

ii. The showers come down in the month of:

(A) July

(B) June

(D) May

iii. The wind blows its bagpipes among the:

(A) Pine trees

(B) Bamboos

(D) Roses

iv. Where do the flowers go to school?

(A) On the hills

(B) Under the trees

(D) In the sky

v. The master makes the flowers stand in a:

(A) Corner

(B) Circle

(D) Field

vi. When do the flowers have their holidays?

(A) When the sun shines

(B) When the snow falls

(D) When the rains come

vii. The thunder-clouds clap their:

(A) Tiny hands

(B) Giant hands

(D) Heavy hands

Q2. Short Odia Question (Answer in English) (1 Mark × 1 = 1 Mark)

ନିମ୍ନଲିଖିତ ସହଜ ପ୍ରଶ୍ନଟିକୁ ପଢନ୍ତୁ ଏବଂ ଇଂରାଜୀରେ ଉତ୍ତର ଲେଖନ୍ତୁ:

ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ: କବିତା ଅନୁଯାୟୀ, ଫୁଲମାନଙ୍କର ପ୍ରକୃତ ଘର କେଉଁଠାରେ ଅଛି?

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Q3. Grammar Section (2 Marks × 1 = 2 Marks)

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Change the following into Indirect Speech:

i. The boy said, "Mother, the flowers go to school underground."

ii. The child said, "Our master is very strict."

Q4. Short Answer Type Questions (2 Marks × 6 = 12 Marks)

i. How do the crowds of flowers express their happiness when they come out?

ii. How do the flower children do their lessons in the underground school?

iii. What colors are the dresses of the flower children when they rush out?

iv. Why does the master punish the flower children?

v. Describe what happens to the branches and leaves during the storm.

vi. Why are the flower children in a hurry to reach the sky?

Q5. Long Answer Type Question (3 Marks × 1 = 3 Marks)

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Explain how the child in the poem compares his own life and feelings with those of the flower children.

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