Question

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Read the extract given below and choose tbe correct option.
It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife
Will do it. It has grown Slowly
consuming the earth,
Rising out of it feeding
Upon its crust, absorbing
Years of sunlight, air, water,
And out of its leprous hide,
Sprouting leaves
(a) Name the poem and the poet
() On killing a Trec, Phoebe Cury
(1) A Legend of the Northland, Robert Frosd
(1) On killing a Tree, Gieve Patel
Kiv) No men are fareign, James Kirkup
(b) What does leprous hide" mean?
() To hide like a leopard
(ID) Leopard's skin
(111) Skin of a leper
(iv) None of these
cPick out the word from the stanza that means the same as "germünation
6) jab
(1)
consuming
(iii) sprouting
(IV) nising​

Answer 1

Answer: (a) On killing a tree, Gieve Patel

(b) None of these

(c) Sprouting

Explanation: For (b), the answer will be none of these because `leprous hide` means discoloured bark