A Short Monsoon Diary MCQ Questions Class 8 English Chapter 8
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A Short Monsoon Diary MCQ Questions Class 8 English Chapter 8
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Question: 1
Name the most famous diary published as a book.
(i) Robert Scott’s Captain’s Log
(ii) Samuel Pepy’s Secret Diary
(iii) The Bunker Diary
(iv) The Diary of Anne Frank
Answer:
(iv) The Diary of Anne Frank.
Question: 2
What was portrayed in the author’s dairy?
(i) Silent miracles of nature
(ii) Life’s little joys and regrets
(iii) Both (i) & (ii)
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) Both (i) & (ii).
Question: 3
When was the first day of monsoon mist mentioned in this story?
(i) May 20
(ii) July 12
(iii) Aug 5
(iv) June 24
Answer:
(iv) 24 June.
Question: 4
Perhaps that’s what makes the mist so —–‘
(i) Melancholy
(ii) Beautiful
(iii) Exciting
(iv) Dreadful
Answer:
(i) Melancholy.
Question: 5
Whom was Bijju calling?
(i) His mother
(ii) His friend
(iii) His sister
(iv) Poet
Answer:
(iii) His sister.
Question: 6
How is the early monsoon rain?
(i) Warm
(ii) Cold
(iii) Humid
(iv) Both (i) & (iii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (i) & (iii).
Question: 7
‘And the first —- rears its head from the ferns as I walk up to the bank and post office.
(i) Coneflower
(ii) Cobra lily
(iii) White Water lily
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) Cobra Lily.
Question: 8
What did the school boy ask him to describe?
(i) Hill station
(ii) Valley
(iii) Both (i) & (ii)
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) Both (i) & (ii).
Question: 9
“A —— that might have been”
(i) Paradise
(iii) Earth
(iii) Nature
(iv) Soul
Answer:
(i) Paradise.
Question: 10
Name the arrival of some seasonal visitors heralded by the rain.
(i) Leopard
(ii) Wild bears
(iii) Thousand leeches
(iv) Both (i) & (iii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (i) & (iii).
Question: 11
Whom did the leopard lifted from near the servants quarter below the school?
(i) Cat
(ii) Dog
(iii) Rabbit
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(ii) Dog.
Question: 12
‘As for the —-, I shall soon get used to a little blood letting every day.’
(i) Leeches
(ii) Leopard
(iii) Snake
(iv) Dog
Answer:
(i) Leeches.
Question: 13
Which female birds are yellow mentioned in this story?
(i) Drongo
(ii) Cuckoo
(iii) Scarlet minivet
(iv) Dove
Answer:
(iii) Scarlet minuet.
Question: 14
Which bird is unnecessarily aggressive and chasing the minivets away?
(i) Goose
(ii) Bald eagle
(iii) Seagull
(iv) Drongo
Answer:
(iv) Drongo.
Question: 15
Which bird contrive to go unnoticed?
(i) Turkey
(ii) Scarlet Minivets
(iii) Swan
(iv) Woodpecker
Answer:
(ii) Scarlet minivets.
Question: 16
During rains, for whom there is no dearth of food?
(i) Herbivorous insects
(ii) Carnivorous birds
(iii) Insectivorous
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iii) Insectivorous.
Question: 17
All night the —- has been drumming on the corrugated tin roof’
(i) Storm
(ii) Rain
(iii) Thunder
(iv) Lightning
Answer:
(ii) Rain.
Question: 18
What was a good sound to read by?
(i) Rain outside
(ii) Music
(iii) Birds chirping
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(i) Rain outside.
Question: 19
‘The clouds begin to break up, the —– strikes the hill on my left’
(i) Moon
(ii) Light
(iii) Thunder
(iv) Sun
Answer:
(iv) Sun.
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Question: 20
Who was chopping up sticks?
(i) Woman
(ii) Girl
(iii) Man
(iv) Farmer
Answer:
(i) Woman.
Question: 21
The meaning of ‘Disconsolately’ —-
(i) Boring
(ii) Sorrow
(iii) Unhappily
(iv) Exciting
Answer:
(iv) Unhappily.
Question: 22
‘In the oak tree, a —– shakes the raindrops from his feathers and caws disconsolately’
(i) Cuckoo
(ii) Crow
(iii) Drongo
(iv) Sparrow
Answer:
(ii) Crow.
Question: 23
What was the date mentioned in the story of endless rain, and a permanent mist?
(i) July 20
(ii) August 3
(iii) June 24
(iv) August 12
Answer:
(iv) August 12.
Question: 24
For how many days they have not seen the sun?
(i) For to five
(ii) Eight to nine
(iii) Ten to fifteen
(iv) Seven to eight
Answer:
(ii) Eight to nine.
Question: 25
Which flowers began to appear in late – monsoon?
(i) Wild balsam
(ii) Dahlias
(iii) Begonias and ground orchids
(iv) All of them
Answer:
(iv) All of them.
Question: 26
Which flower’s seed turn red to signify the end of rain?
(i) Cobra lily
(ii) Tulip
(iii) Hyacinth
(iv) Cactus flower
Answer:
(i) Cobra lily.
Question: 27
‘The seeds of the cobra lily are turning —‘ signifying that the rains are coming to an end.’
(i) Yellow
(ii) Black
(iii) Red
(iv) Blue
Answer:
(iii) Red.
Question: 28
Which flowers are put on a fashion display on the glassy slopes of land our?
(i) Ground orchids
(ii) Mauve lady’s slipper
(iii) White butterfly orchids
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question: 29
Where do snakes and rodents take shelter due to flood in their holes and burrows?
(i) Roofs
(ii) Africa
(iii) Go down
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question: 30
“Do not kill it,” – who said this?
(i) The author
(ii) Grandmother
(iii) Bijju
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) Grandmother.
Question: 31
“——- are lucky — They bring money!”
(i) Rats
(ii) Cockroach
(iii) Lizard
(iv) Chuchundars
Answer:
(iv) Chuchundars.
Question: 32
Chuchundars are lucky. What do they bring?
(i) Money
(ii) Happiness
(iii) Hope
(iv) Love
Answer:
(i) Money.
Question: 33
Was Chuchundars really lucky according to the author?
(i) Yes
(ii) No
(iii) Maybe
(iv) Never
Answer:
(i) Yes.
Question: 34
Where do we go straight from monsoon season?
(i) Summer rain
(ii) Spring
(iii) Winter rain
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) Winter rain.
Question: 35
“And the trees, no longer green but —–,’
(i) Black
(ii) Grey
(iii) Yellow
(iv) Pink
Answer:
(ii) Grey.
Question: 36
Which month is the end of winter?
(i) Feb
(ii) April
(iii) Jan
(iv) Mar
Answer:
(iv) Mar.
Question: 37
‘The blackest cloud I’ve even squatted over —–‘
(i) Mussorie
(ii) Gulmarg
(iii) Darjeeling
(iv) Gangtok
Answer:
(i) Mussorie.
Question: 38
Name the author of the story ‘A Short Monsoon Diary’
(i) Leo Tolstoy
(ii) William Blake
(iii) Ruskin Bond
(iv) Franz Kafka
Answer:
(iii) Ruskin Bond.
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