Vocabulary

Word Usage

Medium

THE SOLITARY REAPER

BEHOLD her, single in the field,

Yon solitary Highland Lass!

Reaping and singing by herself:

Stop here, or gently pass!

Alone she cuts and binds the grain,

And sings a melancholy strain:

O' listen! for the Vale profound

Is overflowing with the sound.

No Nightingale did ever chaunt

More welcome notes to weary bands

Of travellers in some shady haunt.

Among Arabian sands:

A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard

In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird,

Breaking the silence of the seas

Among the farthest Hebrides.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Singer

One who cuts crops

Dancer

A folk singer

✅ Correct Option: 2

A reaper is a person who cuts and gathers crops, which matches option 2. The poem shows her reaping the grain. Hence one who cuts crops is the meaning of reaper.

Note: The NTA question stem does not include the word whose meaning is being asked; we have interpreted it as asking for the meaning of reaper based on the poem's title.

Question 11

What kind of song is the girl singing ?

Question 13

Read the given sentence and answer the following question from the options given below.

'Stop here, OR gently pass!'

The part of speech for 'OR' is :

Question 14

Choose the most appropriate option :

In the poem, the girl's voice has been compared with that of a Cuckoo-bird. Identify the figure of speech, from the options given below.

Question 15

Read the given sentence and answer the following questions from the options given below.

"Behold her, single in the field."

Identify "her" from the poem :

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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