Class 10 English Chapter 2 Solution
Fable
1. Very Short Question Answer
1. Who had a quarrel with the squirrel?
Ans. The mountain had a quarrel with the squirrel.
2. What is not a disgrace to the squirrel?
Ans. Occupying his place is not a disgrace to the squirrel.
3. What is it that the squirrel doesn’t deny?
Ans. The squirrel does not deny that the mountain makes a pretty squirrel track.
4. Who puts all well and wisely?
Ans. The creator, God, puts all well and wisely.
5. What did the mountain call the squirrel?
Ans. The mountain called the squirrel a ‘Little Prig:
6. How does the mountain make fun of the squirrel?
Ans. The mountain makes fun of the squirrel by calling him a ‘little prig
7. What did the squirrel think about occupying its place?
Ans. It was not a disgrace to occupy his own space.
8. How, according to Bun, can a year be made up?
Ans. A year can be made up with all sorts of things and weather taken in together.
9. Who makes a track for the squirrel?
Ans. The mountain makes a track for the squirrel.
10. Name the poem and the poet
Ans. The name of the poem is ‘Fable’ and the poet is Ralph Waldo Emerson.
11. Who cannot carry forests? Who cannot crack a nut?
Ans. The squirrel cannot carry forests. ► The mountain cannot crack a nut.
12. Mention two qualities of the mountain
Ans. The mountain can make a very pretty squirrel track. Besides this, it can carry forests on its back.
13. What, according to the squirrel, can be said about the mountain doubtlessly?
Ans. As admitted by the squirrel, the mountain is doubtlessly very big. It can carry forests on its back.
2. Short Question Answer
1. What point does the squirrel make to the mountain?
Ans. If the bigness of the mountain is a matter of pr then the squirrel can also be proud of being sm The big mountain cannot do things which the s squirrel can.
2. What is the ultimate moral established by the poem ‘Fabi
Ans. The moral of the poem ‘Fable’ is that, no one this earth is more or less important than othe Whether big or small, everyone and everything has Am place on this earth
3. True And False
1. The mountain called the squirrel ‘Little Bun’.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: And the former called the latter ‘Little Prig!
2. The squirrel is sprier than the mountain.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: You are not so small as I, /And not half so spry.
3. The mountain can carry forests on its back.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: If I cannot carry forests on my back,/Neither can you crack a nut.
4. The mountain and the squirrel seemed to be good friends.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: The mountain and the squirrel/Had a quarrel.
5. The squirrel has a doubt that the mountain is very big.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: You are doubtless very big.
6. All sorts of things and weather make up a huge mountain.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: But all sorts of things and weather/Must be taken in together,/To make up a year/ And a sphere.
7. The mountain was as spry as the squirrel.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: And not half so spry.
8. The squirrel called the mountain ‘Little Prig’.
Ans. False: Supporting Statement former called and Falseriel Had a quarrel:/And the former called the lan ‘Little Prig
9. Talents in this world are dissimilar.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: Talents differ.
10. The squirrel believes, disgrace depends on one’s talen
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: Talents differ; all is w and wisely put.
11. The mountain can crack a nut at ease.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: Neither can you crack nut.
12. ‘Bun’ here refers to an inanimate object.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: Bun replied.
13. To occupy its own place, according to the squirrel, is a disgra 3.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place.
14. The squirrel thinks that he is as large as the mountai
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: …I’m not so large as you
15. The mountain makes a beautiful track for the squirrel.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: …you make/A very pretty squirrel track.