Tamil Nadu Board 10th Standard English - Poem Unit 5: Book Back Answers and Solutions
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- 2 Mark Questions: Answer briefly
- 3, 4, and 5 Mark Questions: Answer in detail
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Unit 5: The Secret of the Poem Machines
A. Answer the following questions briefly.
Who does ‘we’ refer to in the first stanza?
(a) Human beings
(b) Machines
Answer Key:
(b) Machines
Who are the speakers and listeners of this poem?
Answer Key:
The speakers are the Machines which is the brainchild of man. The listeners are the readers of this poem.
What metals are obtained from ores and mines? Iron ore
Answer Key:
Iron, Copper, Nickel, Lead, Tin, Aluminium, Gold and Chromium are some of the metals that are obtained from ores and mines.
Mention a few machines which are hammered to design?
Answer Key:
Pulley – Power lift, The Cutting Wedge, The Wheel and Axle are a few machines which are hammered to design.
Mention the names of a few machines that run on water, coal or oil?
Answer Key:
Generator, steam engine, turbine of power plants etc., run on water, coal or oil.
Mention a few machines used for pulling, pushing, lifting, driving, printing, ploughing, reading, and writing etc?
Answer Key:
Pulling – Pulley, Winch, Elevator, Windlass, Pushing – Motor Engines, Lifting – Crane, „ Hoist, Driving – Car, Omnibus, Caravan, Printing – Typewriter, Computer printer, Fax machine, Ploughing – Tractor, Reading and Writing – Computer, Cellular Phones The above are a few machines used for pulling, pushing, lifting, driving, printing, ploughing, reading, and writing.
Are machines humble to accept the evolution of the human brain? Why?
Answer Key:
Yes, Machines are humble. They know that they are nothing more than the creation of human brain.
What feelings are evoked in us by the machines in this poem?
Answer Key:
Pride and superiority are the feelings evoked in us by the machines in this poem. There is also the feeling of fear and perusal that no error in handling the machinery should take place.
‘And a thousand of an inch to give us play;
Which of the following do the machines want to prove from this line?
(a) Once Machines are fed with fuel, they take a very long time to start.
(b) Once Machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly.
Answer Key:
(a) Once Machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly.
And now, if you will set us to our task, We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
(a) Who does the pronoun ‘you’ refer to here?
(b) Whose task is referred to as ‘our task’ here?
(c) Open conditional clause is used in the given line. Why ¡s the future tense ‘will set’ and ‘will serve’ used both in the ‘If clause’ and ¡n the ‘main clause?’
(d) Do the machines serve us twenty-four hours a day?
(e) Rewrite the given lines with the ending ‘365 days a year.’
Answer Key:
(a) ‘You’ refers to the industrialists and the people using the machines.
(b) The task to be performed for the industrialists by the machines is referred to as ‘our task’.
(c) The future tense ‘will set’ and ‘will serve’ is used both in the ‘if clause’ and in the ‘main clause’ to indicate surety and futurity.
(d) Yes, the machines serve us round the clock and non-stop the entire day.
(e) Some water, coal, and oil is all we ask,
And a thousandth of an inch to give us play, lend us your ear:
And now, if you will set us to our task,
We’ll serve you three hundred and twenty-five hours a year!
B. Write your favourite stanza from the poem and find the rhyming scheme.
Some water coal and oil ¡s all we askAnd a thousandth of an inch to give us play.
And now, if you will set us to our task
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
Answer Key:
- The rhyming words are “ask, task and play, day.
- Hence, the rhyme scheme is abab.
C. Read the poem and find the lines for the following poetic devices or write your own example.
AlliterationWe can run and race and swim and fly and dive.
Assonance
Though our smoke may bide the Heavens frown your eyes.
Personification
We can neither love nor pity nor forgive.
Simile
We are nothing more than children of your brain.
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