Evergreen Publication solutions for इंग्लिश ट्रेजर चेस्ट वर्कबुक इयत्ता १० आयएससी chapter 5 - The Power of Music [Latest edition]

“The people, dazed, retire amazed, although they know it’s well meant.” This line tells us that Bhisma Lochan’s singing was ______.

And in the sky the feathered fly turn
turtle while they’re winging.

What does the phrase turn turtle mean?

What does the phrase “panic rout” imply in the poem The Power of Music?

Which are the geographical locations mentioned in the poem The Power of Music?

1. Delhi
2. Kolkata
3. Burma
4. Bangalore

What kind of poem is ‘The Power of Music’?

Which of the following lines contains the same literary device as the one in this line in the poem - ‘The welkin weeps to hear his screech’?

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between these two statements.

Statement I: Bhisma sang very loudly and discordantly.

Statement II: All were highly upset with his singing.

‘And Bhisma Lochan grants the world the golden/gift of silence’. What does this line convey?

Which poetic device used repeatedly in the poem creates humour?

Which of these statements is NOT true?

In what state of mind are the human listeners?

The satire in the poem is directed against ______.

‘The welkin weeps to hear his screech ...’ Which literary device is used here?

Select the option that shows the most funny event in the poem.

What kind of person was Bhisma Lochan Sharma?

Which of these animals are pitied?

Which of these collapse on hearing Bhisma’s voice?

How is the billy goat described in the poem?

Despite their irritation people agree that the song is ______.

Which of the given options contains the figure of speech that appears in the following line from the poem, ‘The Power of Music’?

And in the sky the feathered fly turn turtle while they’re winging

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. Who is Bhisma Lochan Sharma? How does he sing? (Understanding)
2. In Lines 3-4 the poet uses a hyperbole. What is its purpose? (Analysis)
3. What kind of person is Bhisma? (Understanding)
4. How are people affected by his song, as revealed later in the context? (Understanding)
5. What do they plead with Bhisma? Does he listen to them? If not, why? (Understanding and Analysis)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. Give evidence to prove that Bhisma’s music was nothing but a nuisance. (Analysis)
2. What do people plead to Bhisma? (Understanding)
3. Explain the line, ‘we’re near our end’. (Analysis)
4. What do people want? (Understanding)
5. Who else besides humans are affected by Bhisma’s singing? How? (Understanding and Analysis)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. In what way does the poet describe the impact of loud jarring music? (Analysis)
2. What happens to bullock-carts and horses? What literary device is used by the poet in describing the event? (Understanding and Analysis)
3. Who are wretched brutes? Why do they behave abnormally? (Understanding)
4. Explain the last two lines. (Analysis)
5. Even fishes in the lake are affected by Bhisma’s singing? What do they do? How do you react to the description? (Understanding and Analysis)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. What exaggerated situations has the poet depicted earlier in the context ? What affect do they create? (Analysis)
2. Why do the fishes dive below the lake? (Understanding)
3. What happens to trees? (Understanding)
4. What is amusing about the image of the flying birds in Lines 5-6 here? (Analysis)
5. Which, according to you, is the most absurd situation depicted in the poem? (Analysis and Evaluation)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. Who are ‘we’? Why have they to plead repeatedly with Bhisma to stop singing? (Understanding and Analysis)
2. Who are badly affected by Bhisma’s singing? (Understanding)
3. What is personified in this extract? What is the purpose? (Analysis)
4. In what way are you affected when you read about the fate of humans, animals and even non-living things impacted by unpleasant voice of the singer? (Analysis)
5. What kind of poem is ‘The Power of Music’? Which literary device is used by the poet to achieve his purpose, and how? (Analysis and Evaluation)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. Who is ‘he’? How did he ‘charge’ Bishma, and why? (Understanding)
2. Give one reason to conclude that Bhisma was passionate about singing. How did people react when they heard his song? (Analysis)
3. How did animals react when they heard Bhisma Lochan Sharma? (Understanding)
4. After reading the poem, give any three characteristic features that you can associate with Bhisma Lochan Sharma. (Analysis)
5. How did the world get the golden gift of silence? Mention two ways in which music helps a person. (Understanding and Application)

The Power of Music' is a light-hearted, amusing poem. Discuss.

What impression do you form of Bhisma Lochan Sharma?

How do exaggerated situations in the poem create the intended comic effect?