Class 10 English Animals Chapter 8 Solutions Updated
Walt Whitman
Selected Question Answers
Q.1. Mention three things that humans do and animals don’t.
Ans: The three things that humans do and the animals don’t are- (i) Humans weep for their sins but the animals don’t.
(ii) Humans feel trouble in doing their duties to God but the animals don’t.
(iii) Humans always complain about their sad conditions but the animals don’t.
Q.2. How do the animals accept their conditions? HSLC ’15
Ans: Animals accept their conditions without complaining. They are calm and satisfied with their lives.
Q.3. Why did the poet feel more at home with animals than humans? HSLC ’19
Ans: The poet feels closer to animals than humans because animals are calm and content. They do not complain about their lives or worry like humans. They are free from guilt and do not regret their actions, which impressed the poet.
Q.4. Do humans kneel to other humans who lived thousands of years ago? Discuss this in the group.
Ans: Yes, humans kneel to others. In society, some people are treated as superior, and others bow to them. People also worship their ancestors and kneel before their portraits.
Q.5. What is the main theme of the poem ‘Animals’?
Ans: The main theme of the poem is that animals are calm and free from life’s worries. They are more content than humans.
Q.6. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Animals’? HSLC ’23
Ans: Walt Whitman is the poet of the poem ‘Animals’.
Q.7. What are the things that the animals don’t do?
Ans: Animals are calm and self-satisfied. They do not argue about duties to God or fight over class differences. They are not cruel, selfish, or obsessed with owning things. They never complain about their lives.
Q.8. Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the alternatives given in the brackets.
(a) They don’t sweat and whine about their condition. (sing loudly/ complain in an annoying voice/ cry in joy) HSLC ’16
Ans: complain in an annoying voice.
(b) I wonder where they get those tokens. (feel happy/ feel sorry/ feel very surprised) HSLC ’16
Ans: feel very surprised.
(c) I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self-contained. (angy/ calm and peaceful/ harmful) HSLC ’18
Ans: calm and peaceful.
(d) Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owing things. (feeling unhappy/ feeling dissatisfied/ behaving crazily for being upset) HSLC ’18
Ans: behaving crazily for being upset.
(e) ……………….. they are so placid and self-contained. (irritated / troublesome/ unruffled) HSLC ’20
Ans: unruffled.
f) ………….. not one is demented with the mania. HSLC ’20 (mad/ dishonest/ displeased)
Ans: displeased.
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct answer from the options given below each question
- (A) Walt Whitman
- (B) E Dickinson
- (C) Shelly
- (D) Keats
- Ans: (A)
- (A) greed
- (B) jealous
- (C) restless
- (D) All of the above
- Ans: (D)
- (A) Mania of love and affection.
- (B) Mania of lust.
- (C) Mania of possessing many things.
- (D) none of the Above
- Ans: (C)
- (A) Dragons
- (B) Animals
- (C) Dinosaurs
- (D) None of Above
- Ans: (B)
- (A) unhappy
- (B) sad
- (C) crazy
- (D) crack
- Ans: (A)
- (A) humans
- (B) animals
- (C) poet
- (D) All of the above
- Ans: (B)
- (A) A beverage
- (B) Cry
- (C) Shout
- (D) None
- Ans: (B)
- (A) peaceful
- (B) happy
- (C) sad
- (D) jealousy
- Ans: (A)
- (A) human beings
- (B) animals
- (C) both are equal
- (D) none of above
- Ans: (B)
- (A) discussing their duty to God.
- (B) discussing their wealth
- (C) discussing their health.
- (D) none of the Above
- Ans: (A)
- (A) near the others
- (B) away from them
- (C) in their possession
- (D) in the pockets
- Ans: (C)
- (A) Because animals have a sharp conscience.
- (B) Because humans have a clear conscience.
- (C) Because they are self-contained
- (D) None of the Above
- Ans: (B)
- (A) He looks at the animals for a short time.
- (B) He stands and looks at the animals for a long time.
- (C) He feeds the animals
- (D) None of the Above
- Ans: (B)
- (A) They kneel
- (B) They stand
- (C) They fly
- (D) None of Above
- Ans: (A)
- (A) Confused and peaceful
- (B) Calm, peaceful and self-confident
- (C) Confused and sad
- (D) None of the above
- Ans: (B)
- (A) parents(B) fellow animals
- (C) God
- (D) society
- Ans: (C)
- (A) laughter(B) tokens
- (C) food
- (D) strength
- Ans: (B)
