Fable class 10 WBBSE English Questions Answers

Fable class 10 WBBSE English Questions Answers: Fable is the poem 1 from the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education class 10 English Second language text-book Bliss. Fable is written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Here you will get Fable class 10 WBBSE English Questions Answers.

"Fable" is a short tale to teach a lesson. A "prig" is someone who is self-righteous. In this tale, Emerson tells us to not judge others and try to understand that people unlike us also have qualities that we don't have. For example, the mountain may be able to carry forests on his back but he can't crack a nut like a squirrel.

Fable class 10 West Bengal Board English Solutions

1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(a) The quarrel was between the mountain and the

     (i) rabbit

     (ii) rat

     (iii) cat

     (iv) Squirrel

Ans: The quarrel was between the mountain and the squirrel

(b) Bun has no doubt that the mountain is

    (i) small

    (ii) big

    (iii) nobel

    (iv) kind

Ans: Bun has no doubt that the mountain is big

(c) Unlike a mountain, a squirrel can crack a

     (i) nut

     (ii) joke

     (iii) stone

     (iv) lock

Ans: Unlike a mountain, a squirrel can crack a nut

Fable class 10 West Bengal Board English Chapter 2 (Poem 1) Solutions

2. State whether the following statements are true or false .Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer:

(a) The mountain called the squirrel “little Bun” .

Supporting statement :________________________________________________

(b) The squirrel is sprier than the mountain .

Supporting statement :_________________________________________________

(c) The mountain can carry the forests on its back .

Supporting statement :_________________________________________________

Ans:

(a) False

Supporting statement: And the former called the letter “Little prig”.

(b) True

Supporting statement:  “And not half so spray”.

(c) True

Supporting statement: “ If I can not carry forests on my back , neither can you crack a nut”.

3. Answer the following questions :

(a) Who had a quarrel with the squirrel ?

Ans: Mountain had a quarrel with the squirrel

(b) What is not a disgrace to the squirrel ?

Ans: To occupy her place is not a disgrace to the squirrel.

(c) What is it that the squirrel doesn’t deny ?

Ans: The squirrel doesn’t deny that the mountain makes a very pretty squirrel track.

Fable class 10 poem Questions Answers

Grammar in Use

4. Replace the underlined words with suitable phrasal verbs from the list. Change the form of verb where necessary:

(a) Robi met his friend in the park.

(b) Tanushree cannot tolerate cruel behaviour to animals.

(c) His proposal was rejected.

List: turned down, come over, put up with, came across

Ans:

(a) Robi came across his friend in the park.

(b) Tanushree cannot put up with cruel behaviour to animals.

(c) His proposal was turned down.

5. Change the voice of the following sentences:

(a) Lock the door.

(b) Ashim knows the solution to this problem.

(c) I had written a letter.

Ans:

(a)  Let the door be locked.

(b) The solution to this problem is known to Ashim.

(c)  A letter had been written by me.