MCQ Practice – Class 6 to 10

Q1. The poem highlights which major problem?

A. child labour and neglect B. child play C. child obesity D. child privilege

Q2. Which poetic device is used in the line “thinner than a crescent”?

A. simile B. irony C. personification D. metaphor

Q3. The poem revolves around the life of a _____.

A. healthy child B. wealthy child C. political leader D. poor and malnourished child

Q4. The poem criticizes the society for its _____.

A. education B. medical facilities C. progress D. indifference towards poor children

Q5. The child’s clothes are implied to be _____.

A. dirty and torn B. new C. very fashionable D. colourful

Q6. The poem is a criticism of _____.

A. social inequality B. poor people C. children’s behaviour D. natural disasters

Q7. What does the child carry symbolically?

A. wealth B. burden of poverty C. books D. happiness

Q8. The poet uses the image of the crescent to show _____.

A. beauty B. strength C. extreme thinness and weakness D. happiness

Q9. The poem suggests that the child works instead of _____.

A. cooking B. studying and playing C. fighting D. travelling

Q10. The poem reflects _____.

A. celebration B. adventure C. harsh reality of poverty D. joyous childhood

Quiz – Thinner Than a Crescent