CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

NO MEN ARE FOREIGN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How do we pollute the earth according to the poet? (According to the poem)
A
by throwing waste
B
by hating and killing others
C
by cutting plants
D
all
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The poet thinks, that human has defiled earth by disrupting the purity of the earth and the innocence of the air has been lost due to the several developmental activities done by humans that have polluted the air and has made it impure.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: The answer is by hating and killing others.

Detailed explanation-3: -We defile the earth by considering other human beings as our enemies, outsiders and foreigners; by dividing our earth into countries and by developing enmity against another group of people. We wage wars and the weapons of war pollute the air we breathe, by raising dust and smoke and by piling debris on earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Hate breeds hatred. Narrow ideas pollute and defile this earth which belongs to all mankind. ‘Hells of fire and dust’ are our own creations.

Detailed explanation-5: -How, according to the poet, the human earth is ‘defiled’ and the innocence of air ‘outraged’? Ans. The weapons of war make the earth dirty and spoil its atmosphere. The deadly ammunition destroys the fertility of the earth and makes it barren.

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