Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
And flickered his two forked tongue
from his lips and mused a moment,
And stooped and drank a little more,
i) Whose lips and tongue are being referred to here?
ii) What was he doing?
iii) Where was the poet at that time?
iv) What does the word ‘mused’ mean here?
(Class 10 ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE Sample Question Paper)

Answer 1

SOLUTION of this question:

(i) The snakes lips and tongue are being referred to here.

(ii) The snake was quenching his thirst.

(iii) The poet was standing near the water trough at that time.

(iv) The word ‘mused’ here means ‘ to be absorbed in thought ‘ .

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Answer 2

I) snakes lips and tongue are being referred
ii) he was drinking water
iii) the poet was waiting for his turn because the snake was first to come to drink water
IV) here mused means to inspect because he knows that someone is tickling at him
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