14 + Interview Questions in THE MOUNTAIN IN GENERAL AWARENESS Page 1 InterviewSolution

1.	What is the quality that the squirrel has but the mountain does not have?
Answer» The squirrel can crack a nut but the mountain can not.

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2.	What example does the squirrel give to prove that it is as important as other things that go to make up this world?
Answer» Both big and the small things have their own importance in the world. If squirrel cannot carry forests on its back, the mountain cannot crack a nut.

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3.	Who had a quarrel?
Answer» The mountain and the squirrel had a quarrel.

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4.	Write down the central idea of the poem.
Answer» In the poem “The Mountain and the Squirrel” the poet says that different persons have different abilities. In this world everything is well-arranged and properly balanced. One cannot hate the other. The big creatures should not feel proud of their bigness and the small creatures should not feel ashamed of their smallness. If a squirrel cannot have forests on its back, a mountain cannot crack a nut.

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5.	Read the following stanzas given below and answer the questions that follow each :And I think it no disgraceTo occupy my place If I’m not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry;(i) Name the poem from which the above stanza has been selected. Who is the poet of the poem? (ii) Why does the squirrel feel no disgrace? (iii) Which words rhyme with each other in the above stanza? (iv) What does you stand for?
Answer» (i) The name of the poem is “The Mountain and the Squirrel’. The poet of the poem is R. W Emerson. (ii) It is no disgrace to be a squirrel because everything has its own importance in the world. (iii) Disgrace rhyme with place, (iv) The word ‘you stands for the mountain’s.

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Read the following stanzas given below and answer the questions that follow each :And I think it no disgraceTo occupy my place If I’m not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry;(i) Name the poem from which the above stanza has been selected. Who is the poet of the poem? (ii) Why does the squirrel feel no disgrace? (iii) Which words rhyme with each other in the above stanza? (iv) What does you stand for?

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(i) The name of the poem is “The Mountain and the Squirrel’. The poet of the poem is R. W Emerson.

(ii) It is no disgrace to be a squirrel because everything has its own importance in the world.

(iii) Disgrace rhyme with place,

(iv) The word ‘you stands for the mountain’s.

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6.	Read last three lines of the poem and say by whom have these lines been spoken the mountain or the squirrel?
Answer» The last three lines of the poem are spoken by the squirrel.

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7.	Point out any two words in the poem that rhyme together.
Answer» Squirrel and quarrel rhyme with each other.

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8.	What does the word ‘Bun’ refer to?
Answer» The word ‘Bun’ refers to the squirrel.

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9.	Who do the words former’ and latter stand for?
Answer» The word former’ stands for the mountain and latter for the squirrel.

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10.	Why did the quarrel begin?
Answer» The quarrel began because the mountain told the squirrel a little prig.

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11.	Read the following stanzas given below and answer the questions that follow each : The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel And the former called the latter “Little prig” Bun replied, You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together To make up a year And a sphere,(i) Write name of the poem from which the above stanza has been selected. Who is the poet of the poem? (ii) Which words rhyme with each other in the above lines? (iii) What is the mountain proud of? (iv) What does the squirrel say to the mountain?
Answer» (i) ‘The mountain and the Squirrel’ is the name of this poem. Ralph Waldo Emerson is the poet of this poem. (ii) Rhyming words : Squirrel - Quarrel Prig - Big Weather - together (iii) Mountain has very proud of his very big. (iv) Squirrel said to the mountain, you are doubtless very big.

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Read the following stanzas given below and answer the questions that follow each : The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel And the former called the latter “Little prig” Bun replied, You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together To make up a year And a sphere,(i) Write name of the poem from which the above stanza has been selected. Who is the poet of the poem? (ii) Which words rhyme with each other in the above lines? (iii) What is the mountain proud of? (iv) What does the squirrel say to the mountain?

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(i) ‘The mountain and the Squirrel’ is the name of this poem. Ralph Waldo Emerson is the poet of this poem.

(ii) Rhyming words :

Squirrel - Quarrel

Prig - Big

Weather - together

(iii) Mountain has very proud of his very big.

(iv) Squirrel said to the mountain, you are doubtless very big.

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12.	What does the expression “All is well and wisely put” mean?
Answer» “All is well and wisely put” means that in this world everything is well arranged and properly balanced.

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13.	Which word of the following describe the squirrel?quarrelsome, self-satisfied, self-respecting, proud, timid.
Answer» The word ‘self satisfied’ describes the squirrel.

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14.	Read the following stanzas given below and answer the questions that follow each :I’ll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track. Talents differ; all is well and wisely put ‘If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.’ (i) Write name of the poem from which the above stanza has been selected. Who is the poet of the poem? (ii) Which words rhyme with each other in the above stanza? (iii) What is meant by the expression “All is well and wisely put’? (iv) What moral do you learn from this poem?
Answer» (i) The name of the poem is, “The Mountain and the Squirrel” and the poet is R.W. Emerson. (ii) Make and track, put and nut rhyme together with each other. (iii) All is well and wisely put’ means everything is well arranged and properly balanced in this world. (iv) The moral of the poem is that everything has its own importance. Nothing is high or low in the world.

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Read the following stanzas given below and answer the questions that follow each :I’ll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track. Talents differ; all is well and wisely put ‘If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.’ (i) Write name of the poem from which the above stanza has been selected. Who is the poet of the poem? (ii) Which words rhyme with each other in the above stanza? (iii) What is meant by the expression “All is well and wisely put’? (iv) What moral do you learn from this poem?

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(i) The name of the poem is, “The Mountain and the Squirrel” and the poet is R.W. Emerson.

(ii) Make and track, put and nut rhyme together with each other.

(iii) All is well and wisely put’ means everything is well arranged and properly balanced in this world.

(iv) The moral of the poem is that everything has its own importance. Nothing is high or low in the world.

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