Class 11 CBSE English — Chapter 5: The Laburnum Top MCQs with Answers
20 practice questions · 20 Medium
Practise the most important Class 11 CBSE English questions from Chapter 5, "The Laburnum Top" — 2 separately timed quizzes built from 20 NCERT-aligned multiple-choice questions, with answers and explanations. The set is split into 20 Medium, so you can warm up on the fundamentals and then push into the exam-level problems that separate top scorers in CBSE Board exams.
"The Laburnum Top" is a chapter that rewards comprehension, grammar and writing-skill questions. Each MCQ on this chapter is timed and uses exam-grade marking (+4 correct, −1 wrong, 0 skipped), training the accuracy-under-pressure that real papers demand. Every question carries a short explanation, so a wrong answer becomes a quick lesson rather than a dead end — the fastest way to close gaps before a test.
Use this chapter as targeted revision: attempt the Easy set first to confirm your basics on The Laburnum Top, then move to Medium to test application and problem-solving. Your accuracy, streaks and XP save automatically, and the chapter feeds into your overall Class 11 English mastery score. A sample question is solved in full below — answer and worked explanation — and signing in free opens all 20.
Key concepts: The Laburnum Top (Class 11 English)
Ted Hughes's short poem watches a still September tree burst into noise and movement when a goldfinch returns to feed her young, then subside into emptiness again. The poem's shape is a circle: silence, life, silence.
- The opening stillness
- 'The Laburnum top is silent, quite still / In the afternoon yellow September sunlight, / A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen.' The tree is inert and near the end of its season.
- The goldfinch's arrival
- She comes 'with a twitching chirrup / A suddenness, a startlement, at a branch end' — the abruptness is the poem's turning point.
- Sleek as a lizard
- A simile. The comparison rests on the manner of movement — sleek, alert and abrupt — not on appearance or habitat.
- The machine starting up
- 'She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up / Of chitterings, and a tremor of wings, and trillings.' The nestlings turn the tree into working machinery.
Class 11 English The Laburnum Top MCQs with answers
1 solved question across the difficulty levels this chapter is graded on — answer and explanation shown for each. The remaining 19 are timed and scored when you sign in.
- Q1Medium
Who wrote 'The Laburnum Top'?
A.Ted Hughes✓ CorrectB.Walt WhitmanC.Shirley ToulsonD.Markus NattenAnswer: A. Ted Hughes
Explanation: The poem is credited to Ted Hughes.
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What are the key concepts in Class 11 English The Laburnum Top?+
Ted Hughes's short poem watches a still September tree burst into noise and movement when a goldfinch returns to feed her young, then subside into emptiness again. The poem's shape is a circle: silence, life, silence. Key ideas include The opening stillness, The goldfinch's arrival, Sleek as a lizard, The machine starting up.
What does Class 11 English Chapter 5 (The Laburnum Top) cover on XamBaaz?+
It covers 20 NCERT-aligned MCQs on "The Laburnum Top" — 20 Medium — making 2 separately timed quizzes you can sit without ever repeating the same set, each with an instant explanation, suitable for CBSE Board exams.
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How should I revise "The Laburnum Top" for the exam?+
Start with the Easy quiz to confirm your fundamentals, then attempt Medium for application-level practice. There are 2 separately timed quizzes on this chapter, so you can come back and get a fresh set rather than re-sitting one you have seen. Review each explanation, retry the questions you miss, and track your accuracy on this chapter until it is consistently high.
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Yes. A sample question is shown here in full, with the correct option and a step-by-step "Why" explanation. Sign in free with Google to practise all 20 questions with instant scoring.
Is there negative marking in the "The Laburnum Top" quizzes?+
Yes — the timed quizzes use exam-grade marking: +4 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one and 0 for a skipped question. Note that MHT-CET and the CBSE board papers themselves carry no negative marking — our mocks for those are scored their way, not this way.
Are these important questions for The Laburnum Top?+
The set is curated to the NCERT syllabus and weighted toward the question patterns that actually appear in CBSE Board exams, across Medium — so it doubles as an "important questions" revision list for "The Laburnum Top".