A Thing of Beauty

Previous Years' CBSE Board Questions

SAL (2 marks)

1. In the poem "A Thing of Beauty", how is grandeur connected with the mighty dead? (2023) (An

2 What are the things of beauty that the poet mentions in the poem 'A Thing of Beauty'? (2022 C) R

1. What makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings? (Delhi 2015, 2022)

4 How does a thing of beauty provide shelter and comfort? (Term II, 2021-22) [An]

SAIL (3 marks)

(2018)

16. 'It's loveliness increases, it will never

Pass into nothingness; but will keep

A bower quiet for us, and a sleep

Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

(a) Whose loveliness will keep on increasing?

(b) Identify the phrase which says that 'it' is

immortal. (c) What is a 'bower'?

(d) Why do we need sweet dreams, health and quiet

breathing in our lives? (Delhi 2016) An

1. In the hot season, how do man and beast get comfort? (Delhi 2017)
2. What does a thing of beauty do for us? (Delhi 2015) Cr
3. Mention any four things of beauty that add joy to our life. (Al 2015) R

Mention any two things which cause pain and suffering. (AI 2015)

Act and the

1. Which objects of nature does Keats mention as sources of joy in his poem, 'A Thing of Beauty'? (Al 2015)

(a) Who are the 'mighty dead'?

(b) What have we done for them?

What metaphor has been used for 'lovely tales'? (d)

1. Life is full of sorrows. What brings joy in it? (Foreign 2015) U

How do we get joy from life which is otherwise full of sorrows? (Foreign 2015)

SA III (4 marks)

1. What makes a thing of beauty a joy forever? (2022 C)
2. What according to Keats are things of beauty? What is their significance in our lives? (2022)

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

And such too is the grandeur of the dooms We have imagined for the mighty dead; All lovely tales that we have heard or read; An endless fountain of immortal drink. Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.

1. Which two things of beauty are mentioned in these lines?
2. Why are the 'lovely tales' called an endless fountain?
3. Where is this fountain situated?
4. Explain: 'grandeur of the dooms'

Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of

nobel natures, of the gloomy days,

Of all the unhealthy and Q'er darkened ways

Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,

Some shape of beauty moves away the pall

From our dark spirits.

(a) Name the poem. (d)

1. (c) What moves away the pall from our lives.

1. .... and clear rills That for themselves a cooling covert make

'Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake, Rich

with the sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms; .....

1. Identify the poem and the poet.
2. What is the role of the clear rills?

How has the mid forest brake become rich?

Name the figure of speech in 'cooling covert'.

17. And such too is the grandeur of the dooms

We have imagined for the mighty dead;

All lovely tales that we have heard or read;

An endless fountain of immortal drink

And such too is the grandeur of the dooms

We have imagined for the mighty dead:

All lovely tales that we have heard or read;

An endless fountain of immortal drink.

Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.

(a) Name the poem. (b) (AI 2015C) R

All lovely tales that we have heard or read; An endless fountain of immortal drink. Pouring onto us from the heaven's brink.

1. Name the poem and the poet.
2. What is the thing of beauty mentioned in these lines?
3. What image does the poet use in these lines? (Delhi 2014)

Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways Made for our searching: yes in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits.

1. Name the poem and the poet.
2. Why are we 'despondent'?
3. What removes 'the pall from our dark spirits'? (AI 2014) R

Some shape of beauty moves away the pall from our dark spirits.

1. How does beauty help us when we are burdened with grief?
2. Explain: "Some shape of beauty".

1. Identify the figure of speech used in the above lines. (AI 2014C)

LAH LAII (6 marks)

Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. A thing of beauty is a joy forever Its loveliness increases, it will never pass into nothingness: but will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet and breathing Therefore, on every morrow are we wreathing

A flowery band to bind us to the earth

Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth

Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,

Of all the unhealthy and o'er darkened ways

Made of our searching.

Keats defined beauty as

1. transient (b) eternal
2. illusionary (d) short lived

'will keep a bower quiet for us' means all of the

following EXCEPT (c)

1. (b) provide a shelter

On the basis of the extract choose the correct option

with reference to the two statements given below.

1. 2. Beauty is ever-changing
2. (b) 2 can be inferred from the extract but 1 cannot
3. (d) both 1 and 2 cannot be inferred from the extract

The things that cause unhappiness are

1. (3) dull days (4) calm mind
2. (a) (1) and (2) (b) (1) and (3)
3. (4) and (5) (d) (3) and (6)

1. Complete the analogy. Do not repeat from used example flowery band: metaphor :: alliteration
2. According to the poet 'every morrow' we are (2023)

CBSE Sample Questions

SAI (2 marks)

Rationalise why Keats uses the metaphor 'an endless fountain of immortal drink' in his poem 'A Thing of Beauty? (Term II, 2021-22) [Cr]

SA III (4 marks)

1. How does Keats' poem, 'A Thing of Beauty' appeal richly to the senses, stimulating the reader's inner sight as well as the sense of touch and smell? Write your answer in about 120-150 words.

LA II (6 marks)

Read the given extracts to attempt the questions

with reference to context.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever

Its loveliness increases, it will never

Pass into nothingness: but will keep

A bower quiet for us, and a sleep

Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breathing

Therefore, on every morrow are we wreathing

A flowery band to bind us to the earth

(A Thing of Beauty)

(Term II, 2021-22)