This page offers Extract Based Questions from the Poem Fog for Class 10 from the book First Flight. We’ve put together a bunch extracts which ask assumption based, creativity based and critical thinking-based questions. These types of questions are introduced after 2024 in CBSE Board. The types of questions are quick MCQs, true/false and Subjective questions. So, practice to understand Fog Extracts to score great.
Fog Extract Based MCQ questions
Extract- 1
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on
Question 1: How does comparing the fog to “little cat feet” help us understand what the fog is like? (40 words)
Answer: The metaphor shows that the fog is quiet, soft, and sneaky, like a cat. It slowly covers the city and harbour without noise. It changes the surroundings gently, without causing any strong or sudden effects.
Question 2: State True or False.
None of the terms (a)-(d) can be applied to the statement — “The fog comes on little cat feet.”
(a) A simile – compares two things using “like” or “as”
(b) A metaphor – compares two things directly, without “like” or “as”
(c) An analogy – compares two things to explain something
(d) A personification – gives human traits to nonhuman things
Answer: False.
Reason- The term (b) A metaphor can be applied to the statement “The fog comes on little cat feet.”
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Question: 3 The metaphor of the fog moving like a cat suggests its presence is _____.
Answer: stealthy / quiet / gentle / silent / sneaky / elusive / subtle / soft / mysterious or any other similar response
Question: 4 What deeper meaning could the fog’s “silent haunches” suggest?
Answer: The fog observes silently, like a patient watcher.
Also Read:
- Fog- Comprehension Passages
- Fog- Short & Detailed Summary in English & Hindi
- Fog- Central Idea & Style of the Poem
- Fog- About the Author & Introduction
- Figure of Speech in Fog Class 10 First Flight In-Depth Analysis
Note- Following are the old types of extracts with answers for the poem Fog. These were asked till 2023-24 session. They focus more on memory rather than assumption and extrapolation. They are still useful.
Extract -2
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
(a) What does ‘it’ refer to?
(b) The expression ‘silent haunches’ means—————
(c) The metaphor used in the above-mentioned poem is—————
(d) What does it do as long as it stays?
Ans. (a) Fog
(b) sitting with knees bent
(c) ‘cat’ for fog.
(d) It looks over the city and the harbour as long as it stays.
