Class 9 English

The Fun They Had MCQs

1) Tommy walked away with the ______ book beneath his arm
(a) Torn
(b) Dusty
(c) Imaginary
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer : B
2) "……..If you don't like it, you don't have to read the book"- Who said this?
(a) Tommy
(b) Margie
(c) County Inspecto
(d) Mrs. Jones
Answer : A

3) How long (approx.) did the inspector take to fix the mechanical teacher?
(a) 2 hours
(b) 1 hour
(c) 3 hours
(d) 4 hours
Answer : B

4) What was the diffrence between old schools and modern schools/
(a) old schools had many friends and modern school had no fellows
(b) old schools had human teachers and modern schools had robots
(c) old schools had playgrounds and modern school had only computers
(d) All
Answer : D

5) "Why would anyone write about school" -Who said this?

(a) Tommy
(b) Margie
(c) Mrs. Jones
(d) Blair
Answer : B

6) Margie was scornful-

(a) About her geography scores
(b) Knowing that the real book detailed about school
(c) About Tommy's scores
(d) About festivals
Answer : B
7) The section of which subject was completely deleted from Tommy's
computer?
(a) English
(b) History
(c) Social Studies
(d) Geography
Answer : B

8) How old is Tommy?

(a) 10 years old
(b) 13 years old
(c) 15 years old
(d) 12 years old
Answer : B

9) What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?

(a) Mathematics
(b) Science
(c) Geography
(d) All
Answer : D

10) According to Margie, in an older time, the schools were

(a) Big
(b) Brown
Search
(c) Funny
(d) Stupid
Answer : C

11) Margie had to write out her homework

(a) In Russian
(b) In Punch code
(c) In English
(d) None of the above
Answer : B

12) The kids in the old schooling pattern went home together
(a) In between classes
(b) During afternoon breaks
(c) During festivals
(d) At the end of the day
Answer : D
13) What did the teacher in the real book do?
(a) Teaches through computer
(b) Gives lessons online
(c) Taught and gave questions in person
(d) Mailed them the lesson
Answer : C

14) How much time was taken to repair Tommy's teacher?

(a) 5 days
(b) 25 days
(c) 20 days
(d) one month
Answer : D

15) Tommy got old book forms –

(a) His own house
(b) Library
(c) Margie's house
(d) Friend's house
Answer: A

16) Who was the regular teacher who taught the lessons?
(a) human teacher
(b) computer teacher
(c) who teaches
(d) mechanical robot teacher who teaches Margie and Tommy
Answer : D

17) Where was Margie's school?

(a) in a village
(b) in a city outskirt
(c) in her own house
(d) in a room in her house where a computer was set up
Answer : D

18) Where did Tommy find the book?

(a) in a public library
(b) in a library
(c) in his house
(d) on the roadside
Answer : C
19) How old is Margie?
(a) 10 years old
(b) 11 years old
(c) 12 years old
(d) 13 years old
Answer : B

20) To which world does the story take the readers to?
(a) future world
(b) past world
(c) present World
(d) future world where computers will play a major role
Answer : D

21) Who is the main character of the story?

(a) parents
(b) children
(c) Margie
(d) Tommy
Answer : C

22) What did Tommy find?

(a) an old book with yellow crinky pages
(b) a yellow pages book
(c) a brand new book
(d) a diary
Answer : A

23) Margie was writing the diary on –

(a) 17th June 2157
(b) 17th May 2158
(c) 16th May 2057
(d) 17th May 2157
Answer: D

24) What is a telebook?

(a) an e-book
(b) an electronic book
(c) book stored in a computer
(d) all
Answer : D
25) Who went to school?
(a) Margie
(b) Tommy
(c) Teachers
(d) Margie and Tommy's ancestors
Answer : D

26) Why did Margie's mother call the County Inspector?

(a) to repair a leakage
(b) to talk to Margie
(c) to talk to Tommy
(d) to check the fault in Margie's teacher in the Geography section
Answer : D

27) Why did Margie hate school?

(a) because of machine work
(b) no fun was there
(c) no new things
(d) All
Answer : D

28) The writer of the story "The fun they had"

(a) Isaac Asimov
(b) Arthur Rimbaud
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Gieve Patel
Answer:

A Legend of the Northland MCQ

Question. Schools boys every country find that woman in the
(a) Sea shore
(b) Bakery shops
(c) Wood
(d) Garden
Answer : C

Question. How do the children wearing furry clothes look?

(a) They look like little pups.
(b) They look like foxes.
(c) They look like fawns.
(d) They look like bear's cubs.
Answer : D
Question. Where is Northland situated?
(a) It is near Scotland.
(b) It is in Holland.
(c) It is an island of New Zealand.
(d) It is an island of Ireland.
Answer : C

Question. What made Saint Peter angry?

(a) The woman's greed.
(b) The woman's selfishness.
(c) The woman's pride.
(d) The woman's kindness.
Answer : B

Question. Why the words like away, boring and rolled have been repeated ?
(a) to make it lyrical
(b) to enhance their impact
(c) to add rhythm
(d) all
Answer : C

Question.The woman cake maker was too—–nature.

(a) Lazy
(b) Greedy
(c) Clever
(d) Kind
Answer : B

Question. What did Saint Peter ask for from the little woman?
(a) A single cake.
(b) A dozen cakes.
(c) A loaf of bread
. (d) Something to eat.
Answer : A

Question. What did the little woman think of the cakes she baked?
(a)She thought they were too big
(b) She thought they were too small
(c) She thought they were too small for her but too big to give away
(d) She thought they were too big for her but too small to give away
Answer : C
Question. The poem 'A Legend of the Northland' was written by :
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Phoebe Cary
(c) W. B. Yeats.
(d) Coates Kinney.
Answer : B

Question. Why did the poet use alliteration in the poem?

(a) to add pun to it
(b) to give a rhyming scheme
(c) to make it lyrical
(d) none
Answer : C

Question. How do the children wearing furry clothes look?

(a) They look like little pups.
(b) They look like foxes.
(c) They look like fawns.
(d) They look like bear's cubs.
Answer : D

Question. Children of the Northland look like — cubs in the winter season.
(a) Tiger
(b) Bear
(c) Lion
(d) Deer
Answer : B

Question. Where did the story of this poem occur?

(a) Switzerland
(b) Scotland
(c) Northland
(d) Netherland
Answer : C

Question. What was the selfish woman changed into?

(a) Into a fox.
(b) Into a crow.
(c) Into an eagle.
(d) Into a woodpecker.
Answer : D
Question. The poet told the story of saint —- in the third stanza of the poem.
a) Augustin
(b) George
(c) Peter
(d) Devis
Answer : C

Question. What did Saint Peter do during his travels around the world?
(a) He looked after the poor and the rich
(b) He preached the people
(c) He met little women
(d) He begged for food
Answer : B

Question. Where did the story of this poem occur?

(a) Switzerland
(b) Scotland
(c) Northland
(d) Netherland
Answer : C

Question. How do the children wearing furry clothes look?

(a) They look like little pups
(b) They look like foxes
(c) They look like fawns
(d) They look like bear's cubs
Answer : D

Question. What was the little woman doing when Saint Peter went to her?
(a) She was eating cakes.
(b) She was giving away cakes to the poor.
(c) She was making and baking cakes.
(d) She was putting cakes on the shelf.
Answer : C

Question. How was Saint Peter feeling when he reached the little woman's
cottage?
(a)Tired and hungry
(b) Hale and hearty
(c) Happy and refreshed
(d) Trembling with cold and fever
Answer : A
A Truly Beautiful Mind MCQs

Question.Albert's work on General Theory of Relativity was proclaimed by the

newspapers as
(a) A mysterious revolution
(b) A scientific revolution
(c) A musical revolution
(d) A technological revolution
Answer : B

Question. Who has become synonymous with genius?

(a) Einstein's namecorrect
(b) Gandhi's name
(c) Wright Brothers
(d) All
Answer : A

Question. What did Einstein call Mileva Maric?

(a) Clever Creature
(b) a gentleman
(c) a dumbo
(d) a good man
Answer : A

Question. Albert found this fellow student to be

(a) Pretty creature
(b) Smart creature
(c) Clever creature
(d) Tall creature
Answer : C

Question. When did Einstein have his second marriage?

(a) 1919
(b) 1918
(c) 1920
(d) 1921
Answer : A
Question: Albert Einstein was born on —— 1879.
(a) 12th March
(b) 10th March
(c) 14th March
(d) 14th March
Answer: C

Question. How many times did Einstein utter a word when he learnt to speak?
(a) thrice
(b) four times
(c) once
(d) twice
Answer: D

Question : Albert Einstein started talking at the age of –

(a) Two
(b) One
(c) Two and half
(d) One and half
Answer: C

Question. When was Einstein awarded with the Nobel prize?

(a) 1938
(b) 1956
(c) 1945
(d) in 1921 for his contributions to Physics
Answer: D

Question. By what age did Einstein not learn to speak?

(a) three and half years
(b) four and half years
(c) five and half years
(d) two and half years
Answer: D

Question. Why did Mileva Maric come to the University at Zurich?

(a) it was the only university which gave degrees to womencorrect
(b) it was a good university
(c) it was near her city
(d) she liked the place
Answer: A
Question: "He'll never make a success at anything who told this?
(a) Father
(b) Headmaster
(c) Mathematics teacher
(d) Science teacher
Answer: B

Question: Einstein decided to continue his education in the city named ——–.
(a) Munich
(b) Ulma
(c) Milan
(d) Switzerland
Answer: D

Question. How many son(s) did Albert have with Mileva?

(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 1
Answer: B

Question. This woman fellow student was from

(a) Algeria
(b) Serbia
(c) France
(d) Italy
Answer: B

Question: Philistines are people who do not like –

(a) Art-Literature
(b) Games
(c) Mathematics
(d) People
Answer: A

Question. What is the message of this lesson?

(a) a beautiful mind not only creates beautiful ideas but also to use them for the
welfare of the humanitycorrect
(b) always think big
(c) be like Einstein
(d) win a Nobel Prize
Answer: A
Question : In the year 1905 Einstein's special theory of —— was published.
(a) Cartan
(b) Relativity
(c) Gravitation
(d) Geomagnetism
Answer: B

Question. When did Einstein publish his General Theory of Relativity?

(a) 1919
(b) 1918
(c) 1915
(d) 1920
Answer: C

Question: His general theory of relativity was published in the year.

(a) 1905
(b) 1914
(c) 1915
(d) 1920
Answer: C

Question. Mileva was _____ years older than Albert

(a) 3 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 5 years
Answer: A

Question. Einstein's mother was bothered by the intelligence of

(a) Mileva
(b) Einstein
(c) Elsa
(d) Margie
Answer: A

Question. In which subject did Einstein receive Nobel Prize?

(a) Physics
(b) Mathematics
(c) Chemistry
(d) Literature
Answer: A
Question. Whom did Albert want to marry right after finishing studies?
(a) Blair
(b) Mileva
(c) Mary
(d) Margie
Answer: B

Question. After finishing graduation, Albert worked as a

(a) Mechanical engineer
b) As a space scientist
(c) As a teaching statementcorrect
(d) As a technical expert
Answer: C

Question- Whose genius still reigns after 50 years of his death?

(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) Nehru
(c) Stephen
(d) Einstein
Answer: D

Question- What did Albert's mother think of him?

(a) He was a born genius
(b) He is intelligent
(c) He will rule the world
(d) Albert was a freak
Answer: D

Question- What did Einstein love to play with?

(a) Plastic Toys
(b) Mechanical toys
(c) Friends
(d) None
Answer: B

Question- Why did Einstein leave the school?

(a) For good
(b) He had clash with the teachers
(c) He didn't like discipline and order in the school
(d) All
Answer: D
Question- In which subjects was Einstein gifted and interested?
(a) English and History
(b) Mathematics and Physics
(c) Mathematics and Biology
(d) Physics and English
Answer: B

Question- With whom did Einstein fall in love?

(a) A girl from Munich
(b) Mileva Maric
(c) A girl from Germany
(d) None
Answer: B

Question- What does this lesson "A Truly Beautiful Mind" speak about?
(a) Beauty of the mind
(b) Beauty of the world
(c) The life of Einstein
(d) None
Answer: C

Question- Why has the author referred to the late speaking age of Einstein?
(a) To show that apparently his growth rate was slower than the children of his
age
(b) To show that he was a slow learner
(c) To show his disability
(d) None
Answer: A
In the Kingdom of Fools MCQs

Question. Who was made the new king after the previous king's execution?
(a) The guru.
(b) The Disciple.
(c) The king's minister.
(d) The king's son.
Answer : A

Question. How did the bricklayer save his life?

(a) by putting the blame on the merchant
(b) by putting the blame on the dancing girl
(c) by putting the blame on a hawker
(d) by putting the blame on his father
Answer : B

Question. What killed the thief after the loot?

(a) a man stabbed him
(b) a knife
(c) wall of the old house fell on his head and killed him
(d) none
Answer : C

Question. The merchant told the king that his name was …………
(a) such and such.
(b) so and such.
(c) such and so.
(d) so and so.
Answer : A

Question. What did the king and the minister decide to do?
(a) they decided to give money to everyone
(b) they decided to change the day into night and night into day
(c) they decided to change their capital
(d) they decided to punish all the wise men in their kingdom
Answer : B

Question. How did the dancing girl save herself?

(a) by putting the blame on the goldsmith
(b) by putting the blame on the minister
(c) by putting the blame on her master (d) none
Answer : A
Question. Why did they visit the shops?
(a) To buy clothes
(b) To buy groceries
(c) To buy shoes
(d) To buy fish
Answer : B

Question. How was the night changed with day?

(a) people would work at night and sleep during day
(b) by lighting the kingdom
(c) by decorating everything
(d) none
Answer : A

Question. What did Guru tell the king?

(a) That he was great
(b) that whosoever would die first the god king of justice would be happy and
would give
(c) him a chance reborn as a king
(d) that his sacrifice would bring fortune to the place
Answer : C

Question. Whom did the merchant hold responsible for the thief's death and
saved his own life?
(a) his father
(b) the mason who built the wall
(c) his forefathers
(d) none
Answer : B

Question. The merchant told the king that his name was ____.
(a) such and such.
(b) so and such.
(c) such and so.
(d) so and so.
Answer : A

Question. What was the price of all things during the foolish king's rule?
(a) 5 duddu each
(b) 4 duddu each
(c) 1 duddu each
(d) 2 duddu each
Answer : C
Question. Who were mentioned to be idiots in the kingdom of fools?
(a) King
(b) Minister
(c) Every citizen
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer : D

Question. Who broke into the merchant's house?

(a) king
(b) silly minister
(c) disciple
(d) a thief
Answer : D

Question. What did the Guru plead to the king to save his disciple?
(a) to kill him first and later his disciple
(b) The king was great
(c) admired the king
(d) none
Answer : A

Question. How did the thief enter the merchant's house?

(a) jumping the wall
(b) from the backdoor
(c) by making a hole into the wall
(d) none
Answer : C

Question. What does this story throw light upon?

(a) foolish people and the dangers they pose
(b) kings and their ministers
(c) always be happy
(d) wise people
Answer : A

Question. Who did the bricklayer hold responsible for making a weak wall?
(a) the rich merchant
(b) the dancing girl
(c) the disciple
(d) the minister
Answer : B
Question. Who did the king decide to execute in place of the merchant?
(a) a man who became fat because of eating
(b) a poor man
(c) merchant's relative
(d) none
Answer : A

Question. Who did the king summon for the first time?
(a) the disciple
(b) the thief's brother
(c) the merchant
(d) the mason
Answer : C

Question. Who was summoned next to the rich merchant?

(a) the bricklayercorrect
(b) the dancer
(c) the goldsmith
(d) the disciple
Answer : A

Question. Why did guru decide to leave the place?

(a) because of some urgent work
(b) he had a message to leave the place
(c) king ordered to leave the place
(d) because he thought that it was not safe to be with fools for a long time
Answer : D

Question. What made the king and his silly minister go for the stake first?
(a) Guru's words and their own foolishness
(b) their greed
(c) their foolishness
(d) All
Answer : A

Question. What did the king and his minister decide to change?
(a) people
(b) customs
(c) night with day
(d) all
Answer : C
Question. What was the disciple's opinion about living there?
(a) he wanted to live there and enjoy good
(b) he did not want to live there and cheap food
(c) he was afraid of the fools
(d) all the options are correct
Answer : A

Question. Why are the people in the kingdom called foolish?

(a) because they follow all the ridiculous orders passed by their king
(b) because they listen to their king
(c) because they do silly things
(d) because they are foolish
Answer : A

Question. According to the guru whose behavior is unpredictable?

(a) king's
(b) people's
(c) foolish people's
(d) disciples
Answer : C

Question. Who reached in the Kingdom of Fools?

(a) a guru and his disciple
(b) two thieves.
(c) two young men
(d) two tradesmen
Answer : A

Question. The king said that the merchant had inherited……….

(a) his father's riches.
(b) his father's sins.
(c) his father's riches as well as sins.
(d) None of the above.
Answer : C

Question. Why was the guru initially happy?

(a) because of the capacity of buying all things at a nominal price
(b) because of the change systems
(c) because of the foolish people
(d) All
Answer : A
My Childhood MCQs

Question. When SivasubramaniaIyer invited Abdul for the second time

(a) His wife took Abdul to the kitchen and served him food
(b) His wife asked him to go outside the house
(c) Abdul was deeply disappointed (d) Abdul refused to accept the invitation
Answer : A

Question. In which standard, Abdul was, when the new teacher with a conservative mind had
come to his class?
(a) 4th standard
(b) 5th standardcorrect
(c) 7th standard
(d) 6th standard
Answer: B

Question- Why did Kalam collect tamarind seeds?

(a) To grow plants
(b) To eat them
(c) To earn good money
(d) None
Answer : C

Question. What kind of person was Sivasubramania?

(a) orthodox brahmin
(b) calm and generous
(c) believed in equality and wanted to bring reforms in the society
(d) all
Answer: D

Question: A.P.J Abdul kalam was the ——– of India.

(a) Revenue Minister
(b) President
(c) Chief Justice
(d) Prime minister
Answer: B

Question: Who was Jallaluddin? Kalam's

(a) Brother
(b) Father-in-law
(c) Brother-in-law
(d) Uncle
Answer: C

Question. What does emotional security mean?

(a) balance in life
(b) balance of emotions
(c) control over emotions
(d) love and care to lead a stress free life
Answer : D
Question. Abdul's father believed in
(a) Freedom of thoughtscorrect
(b) Communal difference
(c) Cast system
(d) Supernatural power
Answer : A.

Question. Where was Kalam's house?

(a) near a cinema hall
(b) near a park
(c) on a mosque street
(d) none
Answer : C

Question. Who was Samsuddin?

(a) Kalam's brother
(b) Kalam's friend
(c) Kalam's neighbourer
(d) Kalam's cousin
Answer : D

Question. The name of Abdul Kalam's father was

(a) Jainulabdeen
(b) Samsuddin
(c) Rahimddin
(d) None of the above
Answer : A

Question. Indians will build their own India"- Who said this?
(a) SivasubramaniaIyer
(b) APJ Abdul Kalam
(c) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer : D

Question. Abdul's friend Sivapraasan became

(a) A teaching assistant
(b) A newspaper distributor
(c) A scientist
(d) Catering contractor of Southern Railways
Answer : D

Question: The family of Abdul Kalam used to particular in –

(a) Rama Kalyanam Ceremony
(b) Laxmi Puja
(c) Daserah
(d) Ponam
Answer: A
Question. How was the wife of Abdul's science teacher initially?
(a) Poor
(b) Rich
(c) Conservativecorrect
(d) Beautiful
Answer: C

Question. What bedtime stories did Abdul's mother and grandmother tell the children of the
family?
(a)Ramayana
(b)Mahabharatha
(c)Life of the Prophet
(d)Both (a) and (c)
Answer : D

Question. Abdul's father _______ Abdul for higher studies

(a) Encouraged
(b) Restricted
(c) Gave money
(d) Didn't support
Answer : A

Question: A.P.J Abdul Kalam was born in the year

(a) 1938
(b) 1931
(c) 1939
(d) 1930
Answer: B

Question. Why did the teacher separate Kalam from his friend?
(a) they were talking in the class
(b) they were not doing their work
(c) they were disturbing the class
(d) because of his own notion of social ranking, religious discrimination
Answer : D

Question: Kalam inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness from his
(a) Mother
(b) Brother-in-law
(c) Father
(d) Grandfather
Answer: A

Question. What was the name of Abdul's science teacher?

(a) Ramanujan Iyer
(b) MadhavanIyer
(c) SivasubramaniaIyer
(d) MukheshIyer
Answer : C
Question. Why did Sivasubramania serve Kalam himself and sat with him to eat?
(a) to avoid any disturbance because of biased behavior of his conservative wife and
(b) to show equal respect for everybody
(c) because he wanted to prove himself great
(c) to demoralize his wife (d) none
Answer : A

Question. What was Kalam's age during the second world war?
(a) 9 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 11 years
(d) 8 years
Answer : D

Question: —– was not a barrier in the friendship of those four friends.

(a) Religion
(b) Caste
(c) Status
(d) Colour
Answer: A

Question. How did Mr. Iyer change his wife's notion?

(a) by force
(b) by showing her eyes
(c) by lecturing her
(d) by his own example and behavior
Answer : D

Question: The name of Kalam's mother was –

(a) Sashiamma
(b) Kashiamma
(c) Ashiamma
(d) Sashikala
Answer : C

Question- Where did Kalam talk about his childhood?

(a) In his autobiography, Wings of Fire
(b) In his first speech
(c) In his research papers
(d) In his office
Answer : A

Question. Which religion did Abdul Kalam belong to?

(a) Muslimcorrect
(b) Hindu
(c) Christian
(d) Jewish
Answer: A
Question: Sivash Bramania Iyer was a —– teacher of Kalam who worked very hard to breach
the social carrier.
(a) Science
(b) English
(c) Mathematics
(d) History
Answer: A

Question- What is the theme of the story My childhood?

(a) Children are precious
(b) Childhood is a treasure
(c) Society must be in harmony
(d) Society, environment and childhood experiences shape one's life.
Answer : D

Rain on the Roof MCQ

Question. What poetic device has been used in 'Starry Spheres' and 'darling dreamers'?
(a) Metaphor
(b) Alliteration
(c) Personification
(d) All of these
Answer : B

Question: It was a bliss to press the ——- in a rainy day.

(a) Pillow
(b) Door
(c) Blanket
(d) TV button
Answer: A

Question . Select the name of the poet of the poem 'Rain on the Roof'.
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Subramanian
(c) Coates Kinneycorrect
(d) W.B. Yeats
Answer : C

Question . Which memories of the poet are revived with the pitter patter sound of rainfall?
(a) college days
(b) young age
(c) office days
(d) chidhood memories
Answer : D
Question. Select the correct meaning of 'refrain'.
(a) stop making noise
(b) sound of piano music
(c) making refined efforts
(d) the noise of the rain
Answer : D

Question: Starry sp heres refers to the sky full of –

(a) Dew drops
(b) Stars
(c) Smog
(d) Clouds
Answer: B

Question . What makes an echo in the poet's mind?

(a) his poverty
(b) his successes
(c) the music of pattering rain
(d) all these things
Answer : C

Question - What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

(a) abcbdefe
(b) aabbccdd
(c) abbccdde
(d) aaabbbab
Answer : A

Question . Where is the rain making a noise?

(a) in the room
(b) on the roofcorrect
(c) in the garden
(d) in the lanes
Answer : D

Question - What is the memory that comes to the poet's mind repeatedly?
(a) His mother
(b) His friends
(c) His siblings
(d) None of these
Answer : A

Question. What does the poet enjoy listening to?

(a) the classical music of piano
(b) film music
(c) pattering sound of raindrops
(d) old songs
Answer : C
Question - What weeps in rainy tears?
(a) Poet
(b) Darkness
(c) Poet's mother
(d) None of these
Answer : B

Question: Old poetic word for before was –

(a) Rc
(b) Arc
(c) Orc
(d) Erc
Answer: D

Question . What are the humid shadows doing in the sphere?

(a) steeping
(b) resting
(c) floating in the aircorrect
(d) doing nothing
Answer : D

Question . Who are the darling dreamers?

(a) the poet and his brothers
(b) the street children
(c) the school children
(d) none of these
Answer : A

Question - What does 'cottage-chamber' mean?

(a) Type of bed
(b) A room in the cottage
(c) A separate building next to the cottage
(d) All of these
Answer : B

Question . What revives the sweet memories in the poet's mind?

(a) busy schedule
(b) daily routine
(c) raindrops falling on the roofcorrect
(d) none
Answer : C
Question - What does the tinkle cause an echo?
(a) Mind
(b) Heart
(c) Stomach
(d) None of these
Answer : B

Question. What does starry spheres mean?

(a) places where stars are born
(b) sky filled with stars
(c) star groups in the sky
(d) all
Answer : C

Question . What is the name of the poet of the poem 'Rain on the Roof'.
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Subramanian
(c) Coates Kinney
(d) W.B. Yeats
Answer : C

Question . Who wrote the poem "Rain On the Roof"?

(a) Robert Frost
(b) Christina George
(c) Coates Kinney
(d) Coates Kimley
Answer : C

Question . The poet here describes

(a) A dark summer night
(b) An evening
(c) A dark rainy night
(d) Both (a) and (c)
Answer : C

Question . What does the speaker describe as "bliss" in the poem?

(a) The feeling of lying down and pressing the pillow during the rain
(b) The feeling of going out and getting drenched in the rain
(c) The feeling of having the loved one around in the rain
(c) None of the above
Answer : A

Question . What does "list" mean in this poem?

(a) Used as a word for "listen"
(b) An arranged order of items on a paper
(c) Push
(d) Forget
Answer : A
Question . What does "refrain" mean in this poem?
(a) Indicates repetitiveness
(b) Keeping away
(c) Selling off
(d) Indicates staying apart
Answer : A

Question . The last stanza of the poem reflects

(a) The calmness of rainy season
(b) Poet's immense love for his mother
(c) Poet's way of admiring nature
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer : B

The Adventures of Toto MCQs

Question. Who went along with Grandfather?

(a) the author
(b) Toto and the tortoise
(c) the author's Grandmother
(d) He went alone
Answer : B

Question. Why did Grandfather keep Toto's presence a secret in the house?
(a) he wanted to give a surprise to everyone
(b) Grandmother would riot like him in the family
(c) he wanted to sell that monkey in a
(d) none of these couple of days
Answer : B

Question. Who is the author of the adventures of toto lesson?

(a) Khushwant Singh
(b) Ruskin Bond
(c) Jane Austen
(d) W.B.Yeast
Answer : B

Question. Why did grandfather take Toto along with him at Saharnpur?
(a) because he missed him
(b) no one was at home
(c) to save other animals
(d) because he was mischievous so to give relief to other animals
Answer : D
Question. Before the coming of Toto, Grandfather's pets included……………
(a) a tortoise and a pair of rabbits.
(b) a tame squirrel and a pet goat.
(c) a tortoise and a pet goat.
(d) a tortoise, a pair of rabbits, a tame squirrel and the writer's pet goat
Answer : D

Question. Grandfather believed that …………. added to anybody's good looks.

(a) a nose
(b) a tail
(c) a tall body
(d) a fair complexion
Answer : B

Question. How did the ticket-collector come to know that there was a monkey in
Grandfather's kit-bag?
(a) Tow had started jumping in the bag
(b) Tow had torn open his bag
(c) Toto had suddenly poked his head out of the bag
(d) Tow had started squeaking loudly in the bag
Answer : C

Question. How did Grandfather react when Toto tore the writer's school blazer into shreds?
(a) He was terribly angry
(b) He beat the monkey with a stick
(c) He seemed pleased with the monkey's performance
(d) He decided to give the money back to the tonga-driver
Answer : C

Question. The other animals in grandfather's private zoo were at who's mercy?
(a) grandfather's
(b) writer's mercy
(c) grandmother's
(d) Toto's mercy
Answer : D

Question. How did Toto have his bath in winter?

(a) Grandfather took him to a well daily
(b) Grandmother gave him a large bowl of warm water
(c) The writer gave him a bath in the sunny compound
(d) Toto would go into the bathroom and have a nice bath
Answer : B

Question. What did Grandfather try to convince the ticket-collector about?

(a) That Toto was not a dog
(b) That Toto was not a quadruped
(c) Both a and b above
(d) Neither a nor b
Answer : C
Question. What was the color of Toto the monkey?
(a) black
(b) brown
(c) white
(d) red
Answer : D

Question. Why did the ticket collector call Toto a dog?

(a) because he was peeping out of the bag
(c) because of his dog like looks
(c) to fix fare (d) All
Answer : C

Question. Toto was resold to the ——–

(a) Bus driver
(b) Zoo
(c) Tonga driver
(d) Friend
Answer : C

Question. Who was Nana?

(a) The writer's maternal Grandfather
(b) The family donkey in Grandfather's house
(c) Grandfather's pet tortoise
(d) Grandfather's pet lizard
Answer : B

Question. What fare did the ticket-collector charge from Grandfather as the ticket of Toto?
(a) two rupees
(b) three rupees
(c) four rupees
(d) five rupees
Answer : B

Question. What is this story about?

(a) humour and adventure of a naughty monkey, Toto
(b) love animals
(c) about habitats of monkeys
(d) None
Answer : A

Question. Toto is the name of a

(a) Rabbit
(b) Dog
(c) Monkey
(d) Cat
Answer : C
Question. Toto's teeth were
(a) Pearly white
(b) Red
(c) Yellow
(d) Black
Answer : A

Question. Why did grandfather buy the monkey?

(a) to have a companion
(b) to help him
(c) to add to the collecction of animals in zoo at his home
(d) None
Answer : C

Question. What kind of water did Toto like to take a bath in?
(a) cold water
(b) ice water
(c) snow water
(d) warm water
Answer : D

Question. How much sum was taken as a fare for Toto?

(a) Hundred rupees
(b) Three rupees
(c) Twenty rupees
(d) Two rupees
Answer : B

Question. —— was a great treat for Toto during cold winter.

(a) Bath
(b) Playing
(c) Eating
(d) Evening walk
Answer : A

Question. What had Toto done to Nana?.

(a) fastened his teeth on her ears
(b) let her loose
(c) ate all her hay
(d) made friends with her
Answer : A

Question. How did the ticket collector fix the fare for Toto?
(a) By calling him a dog
(b) By asking other passengers
(c) By giving him a seat
(d) By following his rule book
Answer : D
Question. How did Toto prove to other animals?
(a) friendly
(b) troublesome
(c) soothing
(d) careful
Answer : B

Question. Who had taught Toto to take a bath?

(a) writer
(b) writer's friend
(c) his first owner
(d) grandmother
Answer : A

Question. Grandfather kept Toto firstly in

(a) Zoo
(b) Cage
(c) Cupboard
(d) Bathroom
Answer : C

Question. The writer's grandfather was going to —- to collect his pension.

(a) Dhramashala
(b) Dehradun
(c) Saharanpur
(d) Delhi
Answer : C

Question. What serves as a third hand to a monkey?

(a) his mouth
(b) his tail
(c) his legs
(d) his teeth
Answer : B

Question. How did Toto check the warmth of the water?

(a) with writer's help
(b) by touching it outside
(c) by putting his hand in it
(d) None
Answer : C
The Happy Prince MCQ

Question. There was the woman's —– lying ill in a bed at the corner of the room
(a) Son
(b) Husband
(c) Daughter
(d) Father
Answer : A

Question. The little swallow finally went to the —-

(a) Egypt
(b) Chimney hole
(c) City of sorrow
(d) House of death
Answer : D

Question. Shining sapphire stones were placed in the —– of the happy prince.
(a) Forehead
(b) Eyes
(c) Sword
(d) Nose
Answer : B

Question. Why were Prince and the Swallow so precious?

(a) because of their kindness and selflessness
(b) because of their services
(c) because they had many possessions
(d) they were rich
Answer : A

Question. Why was the Prince called happy?

(a) because he never cried
(b) because he was very lucky
(c) because he had everything
(d) because he always smiled and was living in palace of happiness
Answer : D

Question. Why did Happy Prince give away all his assets?
(a) to eradicate misery and sorrow from his citycorrect
(b) to show his power
(c) to show his richness
(d) None
Answer : A

Question. "He is no longer beautiful, he is no longer useful"- said the

(a) Town clerk
(b) Mayor
(c) Art professor
(d) Town councilor
Answer : C
Question. Which country does the river Nile belong to?
(a) England
(b) India
(c) South Africa
(d) Egypt
Answer : D

Question. Name the most precious things in the story that the angel took to give to God.
(a) leaden heart of Happy Prince and the dead Swallow
(b) Prince and his assets
(c) Ruby,sword and sappire
(d) All
Answer : A

Question. What did the Happy Prince say about the Sapphires in his eyes?
(a) He said they were rare sapphires.
(b) He said they were brought out of India a thousand years ago.
(c) Both a and b above.
(d) Neither a nor b.
Answer : C

Question. What did the Happy Prince say was more marvellous than anything?
(a) The sapphires in his eyes.
(b) The suffering of men and women.
(c) The beauties of nature.
(d) The beautiful things in his palace.
Answer : B

Question. What was the profession of the woman who was sitting in her cottage with prickled
hands?
(a) seamstress
(b) cake-making
(c) charwoman
(d) none of these
Answer : A

Question. Where was the statue of the Happy Prince put up?
(a) In a temple.
(b) In the church.
(c) In the centre of a city.
(d) High above the city, on a tall column.
Answer : D

Question. The little swallow got the —– bedroom

(a) Silver
(b) Muddy
(c) Golden
(d) Diamond
Answer : C
Question. Why was the Happy Prince weeping?
(a) to sec the condition of the
(b) to see the sorrows and little swallow town sufferings of the people of his
(c) to sec his ugly body (d) none of these
Answer : B

Question. Why was the boy tossing on the bed?

(a) because of fever
(b) because of hunger
(c) because of cold
(d) because of thirst
Answer : A

Question. What did the Happy Prince think was the greatest mystery?
(a) God.
(b) Misery.
(c) Life.
(d) Death.
Answer : B

Question. Where did the statue of the Happy Prince stand?

(a) in the palace
(b) on a tall building
(c) on a tall column
(d) in a park
Answer : C

Question. Who is the writer of the Happy Prince story?

(a) Khushwant Singh
(b) R.K. Laxman
(c) Oscar Wilde
(d) Ruskin Bond
Answer : A

Question. What did the swallow do before he fell down dead?

(a) He kissed the Happy Prince on his lips.
(b) He told the Happy Prince that he was going to the House of Death.
(c) Both (a) and (b).
(d) Neither (a) nor (b).
Answer : C

Question. What made Happy Prince blind?

(a) Giving away two saphires
(b) an arrow
(c) a shooting gun
(d) stone pelting
Answer : A
Question. Where did the little swallow take the ruby to?
(a) to the palace
(b) to the seamstress' house
(c) to Egypt
(d) nowhere
Answer : B

Question. The colour of the hair of the poor writer was

(a) Black
(b) White
(c) Brown
(d) Grey
Answer : C

Question. What was the trouble to the playwright?

(a) he was sick
(b) he was cold and hungry
(c) he was dull and boring
(d) he had no work to do
Answer : B

Question. What was done after the Prince's death?

(a) His statue was made
(b) he was forgotten
(c) people cried
(d) people became corrupt
Answer : A

Question. What made the Seamstress's child relaxed?

(a) Ruby
(b) Happy Prince
(c) Swallow
(d) Fanning by the Swallow
Answer : D

Question. Where did the Swallow die?

(a) in the city
(b) under the fountain
(c) at the feet of the Statue
(d) in a house
Answer : C

Question. What did the Prince do to make the people of his city happy?
(a) told them stories
(b) gave away all his precious gems and stones
(c) talked to people
(d) made Swallow fly here and there
Answer : B
Question. The little swallow entered through the —- into the room of the writer.
(a) Window
(b) Chimney hole
(c) Hole of the roof
(d) Door
Answer : C

Question. What did the swallow notice while flying over the city?
(a) plight of the poor and greed of the rich
(b) many people and their plight
(c) many poor people
(d) many waste things
Answer : A

The Little Girl MCQs

Question. The pin-cushion gift was made of a beautiful piece of

(a) Blue silk
(b) Pink silk
(c) Orange silk
(d) Yellow silk
Answer : D

Question. On the night of hue and cry, after Kezia was put to bed, she watched
(a) Evening light making sad little patterns on the floor
(b) A cartoon
(c) The mood through the window
(d) A nightmare of a giant
Answer : A

Question. Kezia's father brought her in his room during night and
(a) Tucked up his child
(b) Switched on the music system
(c) Readout a book to his child
(d) Gave her Mathematics lessons
Answer : A

Question. What was the name of the little girl?

(a)Margie
(b)Kezia
(c)Elline
(d)Evelyn
Answer : B
Question. Kezia snuggled her head under
(a) The pillow
(b) The blanker
(c) Her father's arm
(d) Her grandmother's arm
Answer : C

Question: Who seemed like a giant for Kezia

(a) Father
(b) Mother
(c) Grandfather
(d) Teacher
Answer: A

Question. Why was Kezia left at home alone with her cook?
(a) Her mother and grandmother went for fishing
(b) Her mother and grandmother went to the hospital
(c) They went to the countryside
(d) There went to a family function
Answer : B

Question. What would Kezia find her mother doing on Sunday afternoons in the drawing
room?
(a) talking to her father
(b) busy in her work
(c) reading
(d) nothing
Answer : C

Question: —–took Kezia into her bed when she saw nightmares.
(a) Grandmother
(b) Sister
(c) Mother
(d) Alice
Answer: A

Question. Kezia can't stay in the dak because it gets

(a) Cloudy
(b) Whispery
(c) Sultry
(d) Cold
Answer: B

Question. Kezia was asked to carry the _________ to the table carefully
(a)Teacup
(b)Dish
(c)Glass
(d)Bottle
Answer : A
Question. Why did Kezia tear the papers?
(a) to play
(b) to clean her room
(c) to fill the cushion
(d) all
Answer : C

Question: Macdonalds used to play —— in the evening.

(a) Tag
(b) Hide and sick
(c) Football
(d) Cricket
Answer: A

Question. What did the grandmother give to Kezia when she was sobbing?
(a) A clean hanky
(b) A chocolate
(c) An ice cream
(d) A toy
Answer : A

Question. Kezia would always find her mother

(a)Cooking
(b)Reading
(c)Snoring
(d)Singing
Answer : B

Question. Who suggested Kezia to make a gift for her father?

(a) her mother
(b) her grandmother
(c) Mr. Macdonald
(d) None
Answer : B

Question. Who was Mcdonald?

(a) Kezia's uncle
(b) Kezia's teacher
(c) Kezia's grandfather
(d) Kezia's neighbor
Answer : D

Question: Kezia filled the new cushion with

(a) Small cloth (b) Cotton
(c) Important papers
(d) Stone
Answer: C
Question. What is this story about?
(a) children
(b) fears of children
(c) childhood fears
(d) a little girl and her feelings for her father
Answer : D

Question: Name of the little girl was

(a) Kezia .
(b) Simmy
(c) Kezi
(d) Sony
Answer: A

Question. Why did Kezia's efforts to please his father irritated him?
(a) he was a rude man
(b) he was unhappy
(c) didn't know how to speak to the children
(d) she had torn his important speech papers
Answer: D

Question: In the evening when her father came home Kezia used to stand near the
(a) Staircase
(b) Dining table
(c) Door
(d) Storeroom
Answer: A

Question. Why did grandmother send Kezia to her father in the drawing room Sunday?
(a) to make her comfortable with her father
(b) to make her understand her father better
(c) to help her have a nice talk with him
(d) all
Answer: D

Question: Covering his face with ——-Kezia's father used to sleep on Sunday afternoon in
their drawing room.
(a) Handkerchief
(b) Cap
(c) Cushion
(d) Pillow
Answer: A

Question. Kezia was beaten up with a ruler by her father because

(a) She failed in her exam
(b) She disagreed to sleep alone
(c) She went to ice cream parlour
(d) She torn down the papers of her father's speech
Answer: D
Question. Whenever Kezia's father came back from office, Kezia was
(a) Help up with fear
(b) Filled up with happiness
(c) Felt excited
(d) Felt sleepy
Answer: A

Question. What nightmare did Kezia have?

(a) A giant with a knife
(b) A butcher with a knife and rope
(c) An accident across the countryside
(d) A dreadful smile of the Macdonalds
Answer: B

Question. Why was Kezia left at home alone with her cook?
(a) Her mother and grandmother went for fishing
(b) Her mother and grandmother went to the hospital
(c) They went to the countryside
(d) There went to a family function
Answer: B

Question. Where were the two girls hanging?

(a) on Macdonald's shoulders
(b) on Macdonald's arms
(c) on Macdonald's coat pockets
(d) None
Answer: D

Question. What did Kezia think of her father?

(a) he is a very good father
(b) he loves children
(c) he is very harsh
(d) all
Answer: C
The Lost Child MCQs

Question. Who took the child to the fair?

(a) parents
(b) kind man
(c) friends
(d) none
Answer : A

Question. The child was lagging behind as he was being attracted by

(a) New dress
(b) Games
(c) Toys
(d) Foods
Answer : C

Question. Name the characters in the lesson .

(a) parents
(b) generous man
(c) The Lost Child
(d) All
Answer : D

Question. What did the child do when he realized that he had lost his way?
(a) cried and ran here and there
(b) felt happy
(c) reported to the office
(d) none
Answer : A
Question. How did the generous man try to calm down the child?
(a) showing him different toys
(b) taking him to rides
(c) talking to him and diverting his attention
(d) All of Above
Answer : D

Question. Why did the child lose his interest in all the things he was interested earlier?
(a) because of separation from his parents and losing his way
(b) because of no response from his parents
(c) because his interest was changed
(d) can't say
Answer : A

Question. The child wanted to have balloons yet he walked on. Why?
(a) He knew his parents would never buy him the balloons.
(b) He knew his parents would say he was too old to play with such toys.
(c) Both A and B above.
(d) Neither A nor B.
Answer : C
Question. Why were the parents holding the hand of their child?
(a) to protect him from the crowdcorrect
(b) because of their fears
(c) to help him
(d) None
Answer : A

Question. Inside the grove the child became excited to see

(a) Dove
(b) Sparrow
(c) Peacock
(d) Ostrich
Answer : A

Question. How were the people dressed for the festival?

(a) Shabbily.
(b) Daily.
(c) Carelessly.
(d) Scantily.
Answer : B

Question. Why did the child keep moving without getting any answers?
(a) because of d
Istractions
(b) because of too many attractions
(c) because of his experience and assumed notions about his parents
(d) none
Answer : C

Question. What did the lost child say when a man asked him, "Whose baby are you ?"
(a) The child said, "I want my father, I want my mother."correct
(b) The child said, "I want to go home."
(c) The child said, "I live in a village."
(d) The child said, "I am feeling hungry.
Answer : A

Question. Name the things that the child saw on his way to the fair?
(a) toys
(b) sweets and garlands
(c) balloons (d) all
Answer : D

Question. A flower seller was selling a garden of

(a) Sunflower
(b) Gulmohur
(c) Tulip
(d) Rose
Answer : B.
Question. Who said to the child, "Come, child, come, come on to the footpath."?
(a) The father.
(b) The mother
(c) Both the father and the mother.
(d) Neither the father nor the mother.
Answer : B

Question. What was the child's, favourite sweet?

(a) Gulab Jamun
(b) Rasagulla
(c) Burfi
(d) Jalebi
Answer : C

Question. What did the parents say when the child lagged behind?
(a) 'Come, child, come.'
(b) 'Come, or you'll be lost.'
(c) 'Come, have these toys.'
(d) 'Come, we're getting late.'
Answer : A

Question. What festival were the people going to celebrate?

(a) The festival of Holi.
(b) The festival of Spring.
(c) The festival of Dussehra.
(d) The festival of Diwali.
Answer : B

Question. What did the child want to eat at the fair?

(a) Burfi
(b) pastry
(c) ladoo
(d) jalebi
Answer : C

Question. What did the child speak repeatedly after losing his parents?
(a) I want my father I want my mother
(b) I want ride
(c) I want toys
(d) I want swings
Answer : A

Question. Who was the little boy going with?

(a) With his father.
(b) With his mother.
(c) With his father and mother.
(d) None of the above.
Answer : C
Question. What did the mother do when the child said, "I want that toy."?
(a) She asked the father to buy that toy for the child.
(b) She looked at the child red-eyed.
(c) She said they had no money for the toy.
(d) She said, "Look, child, what is there before you !"
Answer : D

Question. What does the child's refusal to all the attractive things show towards the end?
(a) child lost his interest
(b) child's obstinacy
(c) bond of love between child and parents is above everything
(d) None
Answer : C

Question. List the things that the generous man did after picking up the child?
(a) asked his name
(b) consoled & offered many attractive things
(c) asked his parents' names
(d) all
Answer : C

Question. What did the parents do when they reached a shady grove?
(a) They collected some flowers for the child.
(b) They lay down to rest for some time.
(c)They sat down on the edge of a well.
(d) They listened to the cooing of doves.
Answer : C

Question. What is the theme of the story?

(a) Close bonding between parents and children
(b) village people are good
(c) we must go to village fairs
(d) None
Answer : A

Question. What shop was there at the entrance of the fair?

(a) A toy shop.
(b) A balloon shop.
(c) A- sweetmeat-shop.
(d) A flower shop
Answer : C

Question. What happened as the child entered the grove?

(a) A shower of young flowers fell on him.
(b) A dove flew above his head.
(c) His father started shouting at him.
(d) His mother collected some flowers for him.
Answer : A
Question. At what point in the fair did the child lose his parents?
(a) At the sweetmeat-shop.
(b) At the flower-shop.
(c) At the balloon-sellers.
(d) At the roundabout
Answer : D

Question. The colour of the little boy's turban was

(a) Yellow
(b) Pink
(c) Red
(d) Blue
Answer : A

The Road not taken MCQs

Question. What is the dilemma of the poet?

(a) whether he will be able to come back to the second road or not
(b) whether he will get time for himself
(c) whether he will be successful
(d) whether he will be able to walk
Answer : A

Question: "The Road Not Taken" was written by

(a) Robert Frost
(b) P.B.Shelly
(c) William Wordsworth
(d) John Keats
Answer: A

Question. What do the words 'Long I stood' mean in the poem?

(a) poet's dilemma
(b) poet was in relaxing mood
(c) poet was enjoying the nature
(d) poet was thinking
Answer : A

Question. Where does the poet find himself?

(a) on the road
(b) on a bus
(c) on a muddy road
(d) on a fork
Answer : D
Question: The colour of the wood was
(a) Green
(b) Yellow
(c) Brown
(d) Red
Answer: B

Question. Why was the poet able to travel one road only?
(a) because he had to walk alone
(b) because he had no vehicle
(c) because he was one person
(d) all
Answer : C

Question. What is the dilemma of the poet?

(a) whether he will be able to come back to the second road or not
(b) whether he will get time for himself
(c) whether he will be successful
(d) whether he will be able to walk
Answer : A

Question. Why was the poet able to travel one road only?
(a) because he had to walk alone
(b) because he had no vehicle
(c) because he was one person
(d) all
Answer : C

Question: Grassy path means

(a) Kutcha Road
(b) Unused Road
(c) Mud Road
(d) Used Road
Answer: B

Question. Why was the poet looking at the path ?

(a) to decide whether it was suitable for him
(b) to see how long it was
(c) to check the road
(d) none
Answer : A

Question.What do the road signify in the poem?

(a) the path or choice that was left or was not chosen to tread
(b) The pathway
(c) pathway on the roadside
(d) a road with two turns
Answer : A
Question- Who is the poet of this poem?
(a) James
(b) William James
(c) William Wordsworth
(d) Robert Frost
Answer : D

Question- Why is the poet asking to be wise while choosing a pathway?

(a) because there is no Going Back option
(b) Because it is the only one road
(c) because it is one sided road
(d) None
Answer : A

Question- What do yellow woods represent?

(a) people
(b) older people
(c) poets
(d) choice
Answer : B

Question- What does grassy mean in the poem?

(a) the road which is not used by anyone
(b) the comfortable road
(c) te road with all the luxuries
(c) well-built road
Answer : A

Question- Why did the poet choose the second road?

(a) because it was well built
(b) because it was beautiful
(c) because it was not used by many people and was appealing to the poet
(d) all
Answer : C

Question- What is the dilemma of the poet?

(a) whether he will be able to come back to the second road or not
(b) whether he will get time for himself
(c) whether he will be successful
(d) whether he will be able to walk
Answer : A
Read the following extracts and choose the option :
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence : Two roads diverged in a
wood, and I – I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference
.
Question. 'Sigh' means :
(i) regret
(ii) (ii) to hate
(iii) (iii) not to feel sorry
(iv) (iv) to be indifferent
Answer : A

Question. What has made all the difference in the poet's life?
(i) Choosing a travelled road
(ii) Choosing a less travelled road
(iii) By not choosing any road
(iv) By not being weak
Answer : B

Question. 'Road' is a metaphor for :

(i) travelling wisely
(ii) good health
(iii) choices we make in life
(iv) morning walks
Answer : C

Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.

Question. In this extract, the poet is describing.

(i) a road
(ii) his love for trekking
(iii) two roads, the one he chose and the reason for his choice
(iv) his tastes
Answer : C

Question. The poet doubts his comeback because

(i) he continues to follow the road he chooses
(ii) he is very lazy
(iii) he is a man on the move
(iv) he never repeats himself
Answer : A.

.Question The first line of the extract can be explained as_________ .

(i) the world is round
(ii) all roads have a dead end
(iii) all roads join at an intersection
(iv) all roads lead to other roads
Answer : D
"And both that morning equally lay In leaves, no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first
for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come
back."

Question The poet decided that :

(i) he would take the second road and leave the first one for some other day
(ii) ( he would take the frequently trodden road
(iii) he would go back and decide later on
(iv) he would take the first road
Answer : A

Question. 'Leaves no step had trodden black' implies :

(i) that the road was not taken by anyone
(ii) that it was not a safe road
(iii) that the poet was not interested in taking the road
(iv) None of the above
Answer : A

Question. 'Should ever come back'show that the poet was :

(i) confident
(ii) indecisive
(iii) optimistic
(iv) pessimistic
Answer : B

The Sound of Music MCQs

Question: Men with —– was a trouble for Evelyn.

(a) Short beard
(b) Long hair
(c) Long height
(d) Bushy beard
Answer: D

Question. Which is India's highest civilian award?

(a) the Padmashri
(b) the Padma Bhushan
(c) the Padma Vibhushan
(d) the Bharat RatAnswer
Answer : D

Question. Who changed the perception of the Shehnai?

(a) Tansen
(b) Evelyn
(c) Bismillah Khan
(d) Al
Answer : C
Question: The special girl of the story is –
(a) Evelyn Glennie
(b) Jimmy German
(c) Evelyn Jones
(d) Richard Charchil
Answer : A

Question.According to Bismillah Khan, what is Hindustan's richest tradition?

(a) earning money
(b) music
(c) spirituality
(d) politics
Answer : B

Question. What did Evelyn want to spread through her music?

(a) message of love , peace and happiness
(b) music is not difficult
(c) music is not difficult for deaf people
(d) deaf people can learn music
Answer : A

Question. On August 15, 1947, which Raag was played by Bismillah Khan from the Red
Fort?
(a) Raag Malhaar
(b) Raag Deepak
(c) Raag Kati
(d) Raag Megh
Answer : C

Question: Evelyn was going to –

(a) France
(b) U.K
(c) America
(d) London
Answer : D

Question. Why did these men give trouble to Evelyn?

(a) Evelyn couldn't read their eyes
(b) Evelyn couldn't read their lips
(c) Evelyn couldn't read their smile
(d) They spoke very low
Answer : B

Question. What was life for Evelyn?

(a) dance
(b) nature
(c) music
(d) all
Answer : C
Question- Who was deaf in the lesson?
(a) Evelyn
(b) Ron Forbes
(c) Bismillah Khan
(d) Evelyn's mother
Answer : A

Question: Isabel Glennie was Evelyn's –

(a) Sister
(b) Mother
(c) Teacher
(d) Father
Answer: B

Question- Who helped Evelyn to continue with her music?

(a) her mother
(b) teacher
(c) father
(d) Ron Forbes
Answer : D

Question. How did Evelyn hear music?

(a) through drums
(b) through fingers
(c) by feeling vibrations through her different parts of body- fingers, hair, feet
(d) all
Answer : C

Question- Where was the Royal music Academy?

(a) U..S
(b) Burmingham
(c) Paris
(d) London
Answer : D

Question. Bismillah Khan was deeply attached to____

(a) the Sutlej
(b) the Ganga
(c) the Narmada
(d) the Godavari
Answer : B

Question- Who thought of improving the sound of the Pungi?

(a) a musician
(b) a singer
(c)a barber
(d) none
Answer : C
Question- When did Bismillah get his first big break as a Shehnai performer?
(a) in 1938, when All India Radio came into existence
(b) 1945
(c) 1987
(d) 1989
Answer : A

Question. Who do you know is Bismillah Khan?

(a) a politician
(b) a shehnai maestro
(c) an actor
(d) a writer
Answer : B

Question: Percussionist is a person who –

(a) Plays different instruments
(b) Plays different roles in drama
(c) Draws different things
(d) Loves everyone
Answer : A

Question- From where did Shahnai get its name?

(a) From barber (Nai in Hindi)-+ King (Shah in Hindi)
(b) From a Barber
(c) King gave its name
(d) None
Answer : A

Question. When was Evelyn's deafness noticed?

(a) when she was 18
(b) when she was 19
(c) when she was 8
(d) none
Answer : C

Question- Why did people discourage Evelyn to pursue music?

(a) it was not considered good
(b) it was difficult
(c) it was expensive
(d) because she was deaf
Answer : D

Question. How did Evelyn perform at the audition of the Royal Academy of Music?
(a) Scored the second-highest
(b) Scored the highest
(c) Displayed bravery
(d) Spoke fluently
Answer : B
Question: At the age of sixteen she made a tour to with youth Orchestra.
(a) UK
(b) Australia
(c) USA
(d) Africa
Answer: A

Question- Who played Shehnai at King's palace?

(a) a barber
(b) a musican
(c) a singer
(d) a courtsman
Answer : A

Wind MCQ

Question- According to the poet, who will be our friend if we are strong?
(a) Wind
(b) Snow
(c) Fire
(d) None of these
Answer : A

Question: Rafter is a stopping beam, support the —– of the building.

(a) Roof
(b) Wind
(c) Basement
(d) Windows
Answer: A

Question. You brought rain again'. Who does 'you' refer to?
(a) the wind
(b) the poet
(c) the cloud
(d) the children
Answer : A

Question. Wht does the word prosper mean in the poem?

(a) keep going
(b) flourish
(c) keep moving
(d) proper
Answer : B
Question: The poet is talking about the —- of the wind.
(a) Weakness
(b) Softness
(c) Blowing pattern
(d) Power
Answer: D

Question. Name the poet of this poem.

(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Subramania Bharati
(c) W.B. Yeats
(d) Phoebe Cary.
Answer : B

Question. What should the people do to save their homes?

(a) use good cement
(b) build strong homes and close the doors firmly
(c) consult a good architect
(d) none
Answer : B

Question. What is the effect of the wind on strong fires?

(a) makes them roar and flourish
(b) blows them out as usual
(c) let them burn
(d) all the options are
Answer : A

Question- Which word has been repeated in the poem

(a) Steadfast
(b) Crushes
(c) Strong
(d) Crumbling
Answer : D

Question- Which word in the poem means 'to prosper'?

(a) Steadfast
(b) Flourish
(c) Winnows
(d) Crumbling
Answer : B

Question- Which figure of speech has been used in the poem?

(a) Symbolism
(b) Anaphora
(c) Personification
(d) All of these
Answer : D
Question: The poet asked the wind to come
(a) Softly
(b) Forcefully
(c) Loudly
(d) Strongly.
Answer: A

Question. Select the name of the poet of the poem 'Wind'.

(a) Robert Frost
(b) Subrarnania Bharati
(c) Coates Kinney
(d) William Wordsworth
Answer : B

Question- What should the people do to save their homes?

(a) Use good cement
(b) Build strong homes
(c) Consult a good architect
(d) None of these
Answer : B

Question- Find a word from the poem for "thrown in different directions"
(a) Scatter
(b) Throw
(c) Break
(d) All of these
Answer : A

Question. Who broke the doors of the window?

(a) children
(b) a boy
(c) a naughty boy
(d) wind
Answer : D

Question. The wind god winnows (a) Anything that is big and strong.
(b) Anything that is weak and crumbling.
(c) Anything that is in this world.
(d) Anything that is not natural.
Answer : B

Question. Who does the wind make fun of?

(a) the rich
(b) the strong
(c) the weak
(d) none of these
Answer : C
Question. Who wrote "Wind"?
(a) A.K Ramanujan
(b) Subramania Bharati
(c) Amrita Pritam
(d) Sugathakumari
Answer : B

Question. In the poem, the speaker asks the wind not to _________ the papers
(a) Destroy
(b) Take away
(c) Scatter
(d) Dry out
Answer : C

Question: The poet compares the wind with

(a) God
(b) Clever person
(c) Rich person
(d) Poor person
Answer: A

Question. Whom does the speaker accuse of making the room a mess?
(a) The rain
(b) The wind
(c) The snow
(d) None of the above
Answer : B

Question: The writer of the poem "Wind"

(a) Jhumpa Lahiri
(b) Subramania Iyer
(c) Subramania Bharati
(d) Mulk Raj Annd
Answer: C

Question. Name the things the wind had done.

(a) brought rain
(b) torn the pages
(c) broke the doors of the window
(d) all
Answer : D