16 MY ONLY CRY || NIOS - SECONDARY COURSE || ENGLISH-202 CLASS-X

Chapter-16
MY ONLY CRY

INTEXT QUESTIONS 16.1


1. Why does the child want to speak to grown-ups about the arms factories?
Ans: The child wants to speak to grown-ups because the grown ups are building arms which threaten the world, and only the grown ups can bring about a change in the world.

2. Who are the adults deceiving?
Ans: The adults think that they are deceiving children but actually they are deceiving themselves.

3. Why does the child feel helpless?
Ans: The child feels helpless because children alone cannot change the situation. They need the help of adults, but the adults do not realize that they are destroying the world by making arms. Instead they deceive the children and themselves with lies.

4. Who does the child call ‘my friends’? Choose the correct option from the ones given below:.
- children
- adults
- both
Ans: The child calls other children ‘my friends’.

5. Why does the child want the adults to talk of peace and fellowship?
Ans: The child wants the adults to speak about and discuss peace and fellowship so that they may understand how important these ideas are for the world.

6. Why does the child call it a deaf world?
Ans: The child calls it a deaf world because it doesn’t hear his cries.

 INTEXT QUESTIONS 16.2

Pick out the lines that show that the child is desperate for a change.
1. State the three things that the child wants everyone to stop doing.
Ans: The child wants everyone to:
- stop making arms
- stop making wars break out
- stop telling lies

2. Who are ‘we’ and ‘you’ in ‘we are sick, you are sick’?
Ans:We means children and you is used for adults.

3. What is the essential need of the child?
Ans: A world in which there is peace, love and friendship is the essential need of the child.

4. Who does the child hold responsible for depriving him of this essential need?
Ans: The child holds the adults responsible for depriving him of his essential needs.

TERMINAL QUESTIONS

I Answer the following questions:
1. How is the world of children different from the world of adults? State in about 50 words.
Ans: The world of children is a world of love. Children do not tell lies. They have no political rivalries as. They need peace as during this time each person is safe on the other hand. Adults tell lies and make wars. Children want peace and friendship to hide the illegal actions.

2. What do you think the poet means by the given phrases? Choose the correct answers:
( a) ‘think about taming the winds’ means——
 - check the storms which cause damage/war.
- subdue and control natural calamities.
- use wind for energy.
( b) ‘through your fault’ means——
 - the fault of all adults
 - the fault of arm makers
 - the fault of right and left wing people
( c) ‘a veil of dust lies over it’ means———
- our life is under the dust left by gun powder and other explosives.
- our lives are under the threat of weapons.
- our lives are buried under dust and dirt
Ans:(a) Subdue and control natural calamities.
        (b)The fault of all adults.
        (c)Our lives are under threat of weapons.

3. Who can build a better world?
Ans:Adults can built a better world.
 
4. State in about 50-60 words the theme of the poem. How is it relevant in the modern world today?
Ans:The poem puts focus on the consequences of developing destructive weapons. Weapon can bring life to an end weapons lead to wars. Adults should make the world happy, safe and peaceful. The poem lays emphasis on bringing arms race to an end.
 
5. Read the poem once again and answer questions about the following points:
- is there a rhyme sc
heme in the poem?
- do all the stanzas have the same number of lines?
- are all lines equal in length?
- do all the stanzas have a similar pattern of long and short lines?
Based on your answers to the above questions, state in a few lines your observations about blank verse.
Ans:- The poem is in blank verse.
  - The lines do not rhyme at the end.
  -All the lines are not equal in length.
  -There is no uniform pattern of long and short lines.

In blank verse the poet is free to vary the number end length of lines. The rhythm makes thought easy and effortless. 

6. Why has the poet chosen a child to voice his concerns?
Ans: The poet feels that child is innocent and speaks the truth.
The child will speak direct from the heart.

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