Class 8th

Geography Lesson MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. What happens when the Jet reached ten thousand feet?
(a) The cities where the rivers ran
(b) Valleys were populated too
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. The logic of geography is –
(a) Land and wind attracted man
(b) Land and water attracted man
(c) Rivers attracted
(d) All of them

Answer:  B

Question. What was clear when the jet rose six miles high?
(a) The earth was round
(b) The valleys were populated
(c) The earth had more sea than land
(d) Both (a) & (b)

Answer:  D

Question. Who hate other on the earth?
(a) Animals
(b) Men
(c) Birds
(d) All of them

Answer:  B

Question. “There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard”. What do you mean by the word “haphazard”?
(a) That cannot be avoided
(b) That can be avoided
(c) Without plan or order
(d) With plan or order

Answer:  C

Question. ‘Seeing it scaled —– inches to the mile,’
(a) Two
(b) Four
(c) Eight
(d) Six

Answer:  D

Question. “There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard”. What do you mean by the word “inevitability”?
(a) That cannot be avoided
(b) That can be avoided
(c) Without plan or order
(d) With plan or order

Answer:  A

Question. What became clear when the jet reached ten thousand feet?
(a) Why cities ran along the river
(b) Why valleys are populated
(c) Logic of geography
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  D

Question. What was the logic of geography?
(a) Land and water attracted man
(b) Open sky attracted man
(c) Sand and land attracted man
(d) None of the above.

Answer:  A

Question. What is the meaning of ‘ delineated in this poem?
(a) Decided
(b) Treated
(c) Planned
(d) Shown

Answer:  D

Question. What was not clear from the sky?
(a) Why men on earth found causes to hate each other
(b) Why men on earth built walls to divide cities
(c) Why men on earth kill each other
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  D

Question. Who is the poet of the poem “Geography Lesson”?
(a) Zulfikar Ghose
(b) Zulfikar Khosla
(c) Aesop
(d) Roald Dahl

Answer:  A

Question. What sprang into the sky?
(a) Rocket
(b) Helicopter
(c) Jet
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. How far the Jet reaches from the ground?
(a) Ten thousand feet
(b) One hundred feet
(c) Five hundred feet
(d) Six hundred feet

Answer:  A

Question. When did it become clear as to why the city had developed the way it is?
(a) At a height of ten thousand miles
(b) At a height of six miles
(c) At a height of six inches to the mile
(d) At a height of six thousand miles

Answer:  C

Question. What can we view from the sky?
(a) River
(b) City
(c) Bridge
(d) House

Answer:  B

Question. How were the valleys?
(a) Beautiful
(b) Clean
(c) Populated
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. Name the poet of the poem ‘Geography Lesson’
(a) John Keats
(b) Zulfikar Ghose
(c) Robert Burns
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer:  B

Question. What is the meaning of ‘ delineated in this poem?
(a) Decided
(b) Treated
(c) Planned
(d) Shown

Answer:  D

Question. Name the lesson.
(a) Macavity: The Mystery Cat
(b) Geography Lesson
(c) The Duck and the Kangaroo
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. The meaning of ‘inevitable’ —-
(a) Cannot be harmed
(b) Cannot be reached
(c) Cannot be avoided
(d) Can be harmed

Answer:  B

Question. From that height the poet saw that
(a) the earth is full of people
(b) the earth has hills and deserts
(c) the earth has much water
(d) the earth has much land.

Answer:  C

Question. The cities are developed
(a) in the open space
(b) on the hill-side
(c) by the river-side
(d) in the deserts.

Answer:  C

Question. Where have the cities been developed?
(a) On shallow land
(b) Near river banks
(c) On platform above land
(d) Under water

Answer:  B

Question. ‘It was clear the —– was round’
(a) Sun
(b) Moon
(c) Earth
(d) Land

Answer:  C

Question. What was the “logic of geography”?
(a) Land and water attracted man
(b) Why valleys were populated
(c) Why cities ran along the river
(d) How cities are developed

Answer:  A

Question. Name the poem.
(a) Geography Lesson
(b) The Last Bargain
(c) Macavity: The Mystery Cat
(d) The Ant and the Cricket

Answer:  A

Question. What looked interpretable?
(a) The city looked haphazard
(b) The city looked unplanned
(c) The city looked without style
(d) All the above

Answer:  D

Question. Give the opposite of ‘developed’.
(a) undeveloped
(b) development
(c) underdeveloped
(d) developing

Answer:  A

Important Questions for CBSE Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 2

Question 1. What geographic lessons did the poet in the jet learn when the jet just took off?

Answer: The city that human have developed have not been well planned, it grew as per necessity.

Question 2. What geographic lessons did the poet in the jet learn when the jet reached ten thousand feet?

Answer: From a height of ten thousand feet above the ground, the earth’s cities were found located on the banks of rivers and a little above the river level, in valleys.

Question 3. What was once most necessary for the emergence of a city in the past?

Answer: The easy availability of water for drinking to irrigation was the prime reason why civilization flocked around rivers.

Question 4. What was difficult to understand about the earth when the jet was six miles high?

Answer: It was difficult to understand why human hate each other, build borders, walls and create fences.

Question 5. What is the poet trying to bring out about human being the earth and learning?

Answer: The poet is trying to bring out the fact that human beings have achieved a lot of knowledge about the earth and beyond. We have learnt much about the earth, its shape, the emergence of cities and nations, but we have failed to learn how to love each other live peacefully on this wonderful planet.

Question 6. Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to occur in a geography lesson.

Answer: Some phrases that are likely to occur in a Geography lesson are “the city had developed the way it had,’ it scaled six inches to the mile’, ‘cities where the rivers ran’, and ‘the valleys were populated’.

Question 7. Seen from the window of an aeroplane, the city appears
(i) as haphazard as on ground
(ii) as neat as a map.
(iii) as developed as necessary.
Mark the right answer

Answer: (iii) as developed as necessary.

Question 8. Which of the following statements are examples of “the logic of geography”?
(i) There are cities where there are rivers.
(ii) Cities appear as they are not from six miles above the ground.
(iii) It is easy to understand why valleys are populated.
(iv) It is difficult to understand why humans hate and kill one another.
(v) The earth is round, and it has more sea than land.

Answer: (i), (iii) and (iv) are the correct statement.

Question 9. Mention two things that are
(i) clear from the height
(ii) not clear from the height.

Answer: (i) From the height, it was clear why the country had cities where the rivers and why the valleys were populated it was also clear that the earth was round and that it had more sea than land.

(ii) From the height, it was not clear why the men on the earth found reasons to hate each other. It was also not understandable why men had to build walls across cities and why they had to kill.

10. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

When the jet reached ten thousand feet,
it was clear why the country
had cities where the rivers ran
and why the valleys were populated.
The logic of geography
that land and water attracted man —
was clearly delineated
When the jet reached ten thousand feet.

1. At what height did the jet reach?
   Ans. The jet reached at the height of ten thousand feet.
2. What was clear from that height?
   Ans. From that height it was clear that there were cities where there were rivers and why were the valleys populated.
3. What was the logic of geography?
   Ans. The logic of geography was that the land and water attracted men.

11. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

When the jet rose six miles high,
it was clear the earth was round
and that it had more sea than land.
But it was difficult to understand
that the men on the earth found
causes to hate each other, to build
walls across cities and to kill.
From that height it was not clear why.

1. At what height was the jet?
   Ans. The jet was six miles high.
2. What was clear from that height?
   Ans. From that height it was clear that the earth was round and that it had more sea than land.
3. What was difficult to understand from that height?
   Ans. From that height it was difficult to understand why did the men fight with each other and why did they build walls across the cities and kill each other.

The Ant and the Cricket MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. Which word is closest to the meaning ‘scarcity of food’?
(a) Sarvation
(b) Hunger
(c) Misery
(d) Famine

Answer:  D

Question. I’m your servant and friend.”
(a) Ant to cricket
(b) Cricket to ant
(c) Ant to cricket
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question. What did the ant recommend the cricket at the end?
(a) To work hard
(b) Travel everywhere
(c) Sing and dance
(d) None of them

Answer:  C

Question. The meaning of ‘famine’ —
(a) Lots of food
(b) Happy moments
(c) Scarcity of food
(d) None of them

Answer:  C

Question. Which word in the passage means ‘suffering from hunger’.
(a) dripping
(b) trembling
(c) sorrow
(d) starvation

Answer:  D

Question. What help did the cricket ask from to the ant?
(a) Shelter from rain
(b) Food to eat
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. Why was the young cricket called silly?
(a) He was lazy
(b) He was always sleepy
(c) He did not think for winters
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. What did he want from the ant?
(a) Mouthful of grain
(b) Shelter from rain
(c) New clothes
(d) Only a and b

Answer:  D

Question. What did the ant advise him to do all winter?
(a) Sing
(b) Dance
(c) Sleep
(d) Rest

Answer:  B

Question. Whom did the cricket ask for food and shelter?
(a) Mosquito
(b) Lizard
(c) Cockroach
(d) Ant

Answer:  D

Question. The poet has described the cricket as-
(a) Silly
(b) Young
(c) Accustomed to sing
(d) All of the above

Answer:  D

Question. When did the cricket begin to complain?
(a) Summers and spring
(b) When he was drenched in rain
(c) When he found his cupboard was empty
(d) All of the above

Answer:  C

Question. When did the cricket wish to repay?
(a) One month later
(b) Tomorrow
(c) Two days later 
(d) Never

Answer:  B

Question. The word ‘fable’ here means
(a) able
(b) poem
(c) epilogue
(d) story with a moral.

Answer:  D

Question. The word ‘Quoth’ means
(a) wept
(b) laughed
(c) said
(d) asked.

Answer:  C

Question. What did the cricket want to ask the ant?
(a) He wanted some grains
(b) He wanted shelter and some grain for himself
(c) He wanted his shelter
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. Oh! What will become of me?” Who said this?
(a) Ant
(b) Cricket
(c) Poet
(d) Tree

Answer:  B

Question. What does the cricket do through out the summer days?
(a) Work hard
(b) Travel
(c) Sing
(d) Dance

Answer:  C

Question. When does the cricket begin to complain?
(a) His cupboard was full
(b) His cupboard was empty
(c) His house was burnt
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. The meaning of “Quoth” –
(a) Advised
(b) Said
(c) Ordered
(d) Exclaimed

Answer:  B

Question. Who never borrows and never lends?
(a) Ant
(b) Cricket
(c) Both of them
(d) None of them

Answer:  A

Question. How would the cricket die if not helped by the ants?
(a) From depression
(b) Starvation
(c) Sorrow
(d) Both (b) & (c)

Answer:  D

Question. Name the poem.
(а) Geography Lesson
(b) The Ant and the Cricket
(c) Macavity: The Mystery Cat
(d) The Last Bargain

Answer:  B

Question. What did he do during the summer and spring?
(а) He sang during summer
(b) He sang during summer and spring
(c) He sang during spring
(d) He sang during summer and worked during spring

Answer:  B

Question. Did he wish to repay the ant?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned in the poem

Answer:  A

Question. During which time, the crickets cupboard were empty?
(a) Summer
(b) Monsoon
(c) Spring
(d) Winter

Answer:  D

Question. The two qualities Of the Cricket described here are
(a) foolish and a singer
(b) wise and a singer
(c) foolish and a writer
(d) intelligent and a speaker.

Answer:  A

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 1

Question 1. What was the young cricket accustomed to do?

Answer: The young cricket accustomed to sing all day long and enjoyed his good times.

Question 2. When was the cricket happier?

Answer: The cricket was happier through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring.

Question 3. Why did the complain?

Answer: He complained because he found his cupboard was empty and winter was come.

Question 4. Give the opposite of: empty, warm,
Answer:

• Empty – Full
• Warm – cold.

Question 5. What made the cricket bold?

Answer: Starvation and famine made the cricket bold.

Question 6. Why cricket go to the ant

Answer: The cricket went to the ant for shelter and grains to eat.

Question 7. What did the ant tell the cricket?

Answer: The ant told the cricket that they neither borrow from somebody nor lend to somebody.

Question 8. What did the ant ask the cricket?

Answer: The ant asked the cricket that what he was doing in summer times.

Question 9. The cricket says, “Oh! What will become of me?” When does he say it, and why?

Answer: The Cricket said the given line when it found that its cupboard was empty and winter had arrived. It could not find a single crumb to eat on the snow-covered ground and there were no flowers or leaves on the tree. It wondered what would become of it because it was getting cold and since there was nothing to eat, it would starve and die.

Question 10.
(i) Find in the poem the lines that mean the same as “Neither a borrower not a lender be” (Shakespeare)
(ii) What is your opinion of the ant’s principles?

Answer: (i) “But we ants never borrow; we ants never lend”.

(ii) Ant’s principles are completely right. Those who do not think ahead can never succeed in life. And if they are helped again and again they will never learn a lesson. Ant’s are having the ability to foresee and that is why they save for future. They do not borrow from anybody and even do not lend to anyone.

Question 11. The ant tells the cricket to “dance the winter away”. Do you think the word ‘dance’ is appropriate here? If so, why?

Answer: The ant told the cricket to “dance the winter away” because when it asked the cricket what it did in the summers and why it had not stored any food for summers, the cricket answered that it sang through the warm and sunny months of summers. Therefore, in reply to this, the*ant asked the cricket to “dance” the winter away just like it “sang” all through the summer and did not bother to store food for winters.

Question 12. (i) Which lines in the poem express the poet’s comment? Read them aloud.
(ii) Write the comment in your own words.

Answer: (i) Folks call this fable. I’ll warrant it true; some crickets have legs and some have two.

(ii) Those who live today and think for tomorrow, succeed in the life. Enjoy your present life but save for your future. Thus the moral of the poem is to be prepared for the adverse times and always work hard instead of being negligent.

13. Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:

At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold
Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To see if, to keep him alive, he would grant H
im shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain,
He wished only to borrow;
He’d repay it tomorrow;
If not he must die of starvation and sorrow.

1. Why did the cricket go to the ant?
   Ans. The cricket went to the ant to borrow some grain and shelter.
2. What made the cricket bold?
   Ans. Starvation and famine made the cricket bold.
3. What would happen if the ant did not give him any grain?
   Ans. If the ant did not give him any grain, he would die of starvation and sorrow.

14. Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:

My heart was so light
That I sang day and night
For all nature looked gay.
“You sang, Sir, you say?
Go then” say the ant, “and dance the winter away”.

1. To whom is the ant talking?
   Ans. The ant is talking to the cricket.
2. When was the heart light of the speaker of the first three lines?
   Ans. The heart of the speaker (cricket) was light during summer.
3. What did the ant suggest to her listener?
   Ans. The ant suggested that he should go and dance the winter away.

The Great Stone Face-II MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. When the poet went to meet Ernest, what was he doing?
(a) Taking tea
(b) Praying to God
(c) Writing something
(d) Reading a book

Answer : D

Question. When he was reading, he lifted his eyes to :
(a) the hills
(b) to the Great Stone Face
(c) the mountain
(d) the sky

Answer : C

Question. The fame had come to Ernest
(a) unsought for and undesired
(b) with his hard work
(c) because of his resemblance with the Great Stone Face
(d) because of his wealth

Answer : A

Question. How did Ernest treat his visitors?
(a) Rudely
(b) Greedily
(c) Gently
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. What did the people accept as true about Ernest?
(a) That he looked like Great Stone Face
(b) That he was very rich
(c) That he loved people
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Was the poet true about Ernest being the prophecy?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) May be
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Did the Great Stone Face agree with the writer of the book being the man in the prophecy?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Maybe not

Answer : B

Question. Who never saw the Great Stone Face look so hospitably at a stranger?
(a) People of the village
(b) Poet
(c) Ernest
(d) All of the Above

Answer : C

Question. Ernest examined the poet’s features again and again because
(a) he was so charmed by his looks
(b) he felt he had met him somewhere
(c) he felt he had a disease
(d) he was comparing him with the Great Stone Face

Answer : D

Question. Ernest had become famous for his
(a) health
(b) wisdom
(c) wealth
(d) love.

Answer : B

Question. When Ernest’s work of the day was over he
(a) prayed to God for a long time
(b) read a lot
(c) helped the villagers
(d) would stand for hours before the Great Stone Face

Answer : D

Question. ‘The years hurried on, and brought —- hairs upon the head Ernest, and ——–‘
(a) Black
(b) White
(c) Brown
(d) Red

Answer : B

Question. He began to speak to the people what was in his —- and —-‘
(a) Mouth
(b) Heart
(c) Mind
(d) Both (b) & (c)

Answer : D

Question. Whom were the reasons the poet denied to be the face of the Great Stone Face?
(a) His friend
(b) Neighbour
(c) Poet
(d) He, himself

Answer : C

Question. Who arrived at Ernest’s door one summer?
(a) Great Stone Face
(b) Poet
(c) Villagers
(d) All of them

Answer : B

Question. Who said, “I am not worthy to be its likeness”?
(a) Poet
(b) Ernest
(c) No one
(d) None of the Above

Answer : A

Question. Name the lesson.
(a) A Visit to Cambridge
(b) The Great Stone Face-II
(c) This is Jody’s Fawn
(d) A Short Monsoon Diary

Answer : B

Question. “Ernest threw a look of familiar __________ around upon his audience.”
(a) Rudeness
(b) Disgust
(c) Disappointment
(d) Kindness

Answer : D

Question. Who/what did the golden light of the sun fall upon?
(a) The Great Stone Face
(b) Ernest
(c) Poet
(d) Audience

Answer : A

Question. “I think i never saw the Great Stone Face look so hospitably at a stranger” – Whom did the poet identify this line?
(a) The villagers
(b) Poet himself
(c) Ernest
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Choose the meaning of ‘obscure’ from the following options.
(a) Not well known
(b) Hidden
(c) Dead
(d) Lost

Answer : B

Question. ‘As he read he lifted his eyes to the ——‘
(a) Mountain
(b) Sky
(c) Stars
(d) Moon

Answer : A

Question. Why did the people want to talk to them?
(a) He was rich
(b) He helped the poor
(c) He attended all
(d) He received all with gentle sincerity

Answer : D

Question. Did Ernest agree with everyone when they found the man with likeness of the Great Stone Face?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. What was Ernest to the various people who came to meet Ernest?
(a) Teacher
(b) Doctor
(c) Counsellor
(d) Tourist Guide

Answer : C

Question. Whom were the reasons the poet denied to be the face of the Great Stone Face?
(a) His friend
(b) Neighbour
(c) Poet
(d) He, himself

Answer : C

Question. What does the poet compare Ernest’s life with?
(a) The Great Stone Face
(b) Poetry
(c) Himself
(d) Ernest’s mother

Answer : B

Question. Ernest examined the poet’s features again and again because
(a) he was so charmed by his looks
(b) he felt he had met him somewhere
(c) he felt he had a disease
(d) he was comparing him with the Great Stone Face

Answer : D

Question. Which word in the passage means ‘looked into’.
(a) beside
(b) gazed
(c) flung
(d) gifted

Answer : B

Question. ‘As he read he lifted his eyes to the ——‘
(a) Mountain
(b) Sky
(c) Stars
(d) Moon

Answer : A

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 10

1. What made Ernest well known?

Answer: Ernest became well known because of his wise thoughts and his conversation with people.

2. What did Ernest imagine while listening to the poet?

Answer: While listening to the poet, Ernest imagined that the Great Stone Face was bending forward to listen.

3. What did Ernest feel after reading the poems?

Answer: After reading the poems, Ernest felt the fulfillment of prophecy in the poet.

4. Why did Ernest’s words have power?

Answer: Ernest’s words had power because they agreed with his thoughts of reality and depth.

5. What message did Ernest’s words utter?

Answer: Ernest’s words uttered the message of a life of good deeds and selfless love.

6. What changes come to be seen in Ernest with passing of time?

Answer: Ernest was now a man of middle age. His hairs turned white and there were wrinkles across his forehead and furrows in his cheeks. He had become wiser with profound thoughts. The valley people respected him and took his advice on several occasions.

7. Why did Ernest become sad after he examined the poet’s features?

Answer: The poet had celebrated the Great Stone Face in one of his poems. When Ernest read that poem he became convinced that the poet had the likeness of the Great Stone Face. But when he met the poet, all his hopes shattered. He found no resemblance between the poet and the Stone Face. This was the reason why he became sad.

8. Why did the poet’s eyes fill with tears?

Answer: The poet became sentimental to listen to Ernest. His words had power because they had depth. They were the words of life, a life of good deeds and selfless love. The poet felt that the life and character of Ernest were nobler strain of poetry that he had ever written. His eyes filled with tears and he said to himself that never was there so worthy a sage as that thoughtful face, with the glim of white hair diffused about it.

9. Give a character-sketch of Ernest.

Answer: Ernest was a small boy when he became interested in the Great Stone Face. He felt that the face smiled on him. He wished to love the man with such a face. He was dutiful and helpful to his Mother. He grew up to be a gentle and quiet youth. He regarded the Stone Face as his teacher. He turned to the face for advice. He was not influnced by the common belief that Gathergold or Blood- and-Thunder General had any resemblance with the Stone Face. Even the poet’s face made him sad. And he was right when the poet himself admitted that he wasn’t worthy to be the likeness of the face. Finally, the same poet shouted with joy that Ernest himself was the likeness of the Stone Face. But Ernest remained humble to the last. He kept hoping that some wiser and better man than himself would appear.

10. How did Ernest feel when people hailed him as the likeness of the Stone face?

Answer: Ernest was truly noble and humble. His deeds matched with his thoughts. He received the poet warmly. For a while he thought the writer of those poems was truly the greatest and wisest person. The poet and the people ultimately hailed him as the man with the likeness of the Stone Face. But Ernest did not agree with them. He kept hoping that a wiser and better man than himself would appear to make the prophecy true.

11. Describe in brief Ernest’s reaction on three occasions when Gathergold, General Blood-and-Thunder and the poet came to the valley.

Answer: The inhabitants of the valley believed the story that one day a man bearing resemblance to the Stone Face would come there. The first one to arrive was a rich merchant Gathergold. The people were greatly excited. But Ernest noticed no resemblance between Gathergold’s face and that of the Stone Face. Likewise he did not agree with the people who welcomed General Blood-and-Thunder as the greatest man. But Ernest almost believed that the poet was the person he had been waiting for. But again he was disappointed. In fact, Ernest himself was accepted as the Prophet.

The Great Stone Face-I MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. Name the lesson.
(a) A Visit to Cambridge
(b) The Summit Within
(c) A Short Monsoon Diary
(d) The Great Stone Face-I

Answer : D

Question. Who all were part of Ernest’s daily audience?
(a) A group of neighbours
(b) College Professors
(c) Doctors
(d) The Poet

Answer : A

Question. When Ernest’s work of the day was over he
(a) prayed to God for a long time
(b) read a lot
(c) helped the villagers
(d) would stand for hours before the Great Stone Face

Answer : D

Question. What was folly but pardonable?
(a) Ernest gazing at the valley
(b) Ernest living an unremarkable life
(c) Ernest being neighbourly
(d) Ernest being diligent and hard working

Answer : A

Question. Give the meaning of ‘prophecy’.
(a) prophet
(b) advice
(c) prediction
(d) suggestion

Answer : C

Question. ‘If i never see a man with such a ——, I should love him very much”
(a) Heart
(b) Face
(c) Colour
(d) Attitude

Answer : B

Question. Did Ernest want to live enough to see the prophecy come true?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned in the story

Answer : A

Question. ‘There idea was that this was a folly, but pardonable, because Ernest was —-, —– and —-.
(a) Industrious
(b) Kind
(c) Neighbourly
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. What did Ernest do regularly at the end of each day?
(a) Gave lecture to people
(b) Counselled his friends
(c) Gazed upon the Great Stone Face
(d) Helped his mother

Answer : C

Question. What was Ernest doing when the man arrived?
(a) Working
(b) Gazing at the valley
(c) Waiting to welcome him
(d) Not mentioned in the story

Answer : B

Question. ‘Many still had faith in this —-‘
(a) Old prophecy
(b) God
(c) Themselves
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Who was Ernest’s teacher?
(a) His mother
(b) Great Stone face
(c) His Grand mother
(d) All of these

Answer : B

Question. Who was Blood-and-Thunder?
(a) Commander
(b) Shopkeeper
(c) Farmer
(d) Teacher

Answer : A

Question. Was Ernest satisfied with the resemblance of Mr. Gather gold to the Great Stone Face?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Never
(d) May Be

Answer : B

Question. When did the rocks give the impression of a human face?
(a) On reaching near
(b) Through a hole
(c) With the help of camera
(d) From a distance

Answer : A

Question. Whom did the poet wish to meet?
(a) Commander
(b) General
(c) Ernest
(d) The author

Answer : C

Question. What did Mr. Gather gold decide to do of his native valley?
(a) To go back to his native valley
(b) End his last days there
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Ernest was much impressed by
(a) the fact that the poet resembled the Great Stone Face
(b) what the poet had written
(c) the thoughts of the poet about him
(d) the poet when he said that Ernest resembled the Great Stone Face

Answer : B

Question. What happened to Gather gold’s wealth after his death?
(a) Donated
(b) Buried
(c) Disappeared
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. “ But seen from a distance, the clouds clustering about it, the Great Stone Face seemed positively to be _____.”
(a) Alive
(b) Dead
(c) Sleeping
(d) awake

Answer : A

Question. Why did he wish to return to the native valley?
(a) To earn money
(b) To reflex
(c) To get medical treatment
(d) To fight in the war

Answer : B

Question. How could be great stone face seen from a proper distance?
(a) Feature of human face
(b) Seemed like positively alive
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Who prepared to welcome the renowned commander?
(a) In Habitants
(b) Old neighbours
(c) Grown up children
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. What brightened all it’s features?
(a) Torchlight
(b) Moonlight
(c) Sunlight
(d) snow

Answer: C

Question. What did Ernest do after finishing the work of the day?
(a) Go home
(b) Gaze at the Great Stone Face
(c) Play
(d) See his friends

Answer : B

Question. What were the mother and her little boy talking about?
(a) Great stone face
(b) Great stone head
(c) Great rock face
(d) Great marble fac

Answer : A

Question. Which word in the passage means ‘looked into’.
(a) beside
(b) gazed
(c) flung
(d) gifted

Answer : B

Question. Who was Ernest?
(a) A native of the valley
(b) A poet
(c) A General
(d) A businessman

Answer : A

Question. Find word in the passage which means the same as ‘to talk with’.
(a) unsought
(b) brighten
(c) to converse
(d) mild

Answer : C

Question. Was Ernest satisfied with the resemblance of Blood and thunder to the great Stone face?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Not at all
(d) May be

Answer : A

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 9

1. What belief did the people of the valley have?

Answer: The people of the valley believed that the valley owed much of its fertility to the benign face that was continually beaming over it.

2. What was the old prophecy?

Answer: The old prophecy was that they might see a man sometime with exactly such a face as that of the Great Stone Face.

3. Who were the two persons whom people considered to bear resemblance to Great Stone Face?

Answer: The two men whom people considered to bear resemblance to the Stone Face were Gathergold, a businessman and General Blood-and-Thunder.

4. What kind of a young man Ernest grew up to be?

Answer: Ernest grew up to be a young, industrious, kind and neighbourly kind man.

5. By what name was the commander known on the battle field?

Answer: Commander was known by the name of Blood-and-Thunder.

6. Describe the Great Stone Face.

Answer: The Great Stone Face was a work of nature, formed on the perpendicular side of a mountain by some immense rocks, which had been thrown together so that when viewed at a proper distance, they resembled the features of a human face.

7. Who was Gathergold?

Answer: Gathergold was a man who belonged to this valley but had settled somewhere else and set up as a shopkeeper being sharp in business matters. He had become very rich and now he had thought of spending his end days in his native valley.

8. How did the people of the valley welcome the General?

Answer: The people of the valley thought the General to be the likeness of the Great Stone Face so they left their work and proceeded to the spot where the great banquet had been prepared, soldiers stood on guard, flags waved and the crowd roared.

9: What is the significance of the Great Stone Face?

Answer: The Stone Face was a work of nature. It was formed on the side of a mountain by rocks. Viewed from a distance, those rocks looked like the features of a human face. People linked stories to that face. The people living in that valley believed that some day a great and noble person with the likeness of that face would come.

10: What did the spectator see when he went near the Great Stone Face?

Answer: When the spectator went near the Great Stone Face, he lost the outline of the enormous face and could see only a heap of gigantic rocks, piled one upon another.

11: How did Ernest grow up to be a mild and quiet youth?

Answer: Ernest never forgot of the story that his mother told him. He was dutiful to his mother and helpful to her many things, assisting her much with his little hands, and more with his loving heart. In this manner he grew up to be a mild and quiet youth.

12: How did Gathergold become rich?

Answer: Gathergold was a young man when he left his native valley and settled at a distant seaport. He set up there as a shopkeeper. He was very sharp in business matters and therefore became very rich in a very short span of time.

13: How did people’s opinion change about Gathergold after his death?

Answer: Gathergold died one day. His wealth had disappeared before his death. Since the melting away of his gold, it had been generally believed that there was no likeness between the ruined merchant and the majestic face upon the mountain.

14. Imagine you are Ernest. Give your views in favour of the statement, ‘It is better to have brains than beauty.’

Answer: The entire machinery of the mankind which we call society does not work with beauty but with the help of brains. Intelligent people make laws and regulations which everyone who lives in the society obeys. Man is a social animal. Even Robinson Crusoe ultimately came back to human fold. The most important organ of a man is his brain.

A man without brain is like a dumb driven animal. Wise people of the world commented on beauty as it is nine days wonder. Some said that it is only skin deep, still others said, it turns into ugliness with the passage of time. A beautiful woman looks attractive and one likes to live with her. But her beauty is not giving any benefit to the people of the world. Hence beauty stands nowhere, when it is matched with brain.

15: What was the prophecy connected with the Stone Face? Did it come true?

Answer: The prophecy is a statement about some event in future. The people of the valley believed that the Stone Face was auspicious for them. It made the land fertile with its gaze.

The old prophecy about the Stone Face was that at some future day a child would be born there who will grow up to become great and noble. The child would look like the Stone Face. Some people thought it was just idle talk. It appears finally Ernest himself would be declared to be the great man resembling the Stone Face.

16: Who was Ernest? What personal qualities made him great?

Answer: Ernest was a little boy who lived with his Mother in a valley. His interest grew in the Great Stone Face which smiled on him. His Mother told him the prophecy about that Face. The boy never forgot that story. He spent hours looking at that face. He regarded it as his teacher. He was inspired to be noble, kind and helpful. These qualities could make him the man with the likeness of the Face.

A Visit to Cambridge MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. Why the author felt guilty Everytime he spoke to Mr. Hawking?
(a) Because he was being rude
(b) Because he was not well
(c) Because he was tapping the buttons with his hand and trying to find words on his computer.
(d) All of these

Answer : C

Question. Who is the writer of the story “A Visit to Cambridge”?
(a) Firdaus Kanga
(b) Stephen Hawking
(c) Satyajit Ray
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. How is the first glimpse of Stephen Hawking?
(a) Good
(b) Shocking
(c) Negative
(d) All of the above

Answer : B

Question. Firdaus Kanga is a
(a) scientist
(b) journalist
(c) friend of Hawking
(d) politician

Answer : D

Question. Where did the author rush after the walking tour was done?
(a) Church
(b) Phone both
(c) Hotel
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. “The body, almost irrelevant, exists only like a case made of —–.”
(a) Shadows
(b) Light
(c) Dark
(d) Loneliness

Answer: A

Question. What were the author’s feelings when he had to leave?
(a) He wanted to leave
(b) He wanted to talk to Stephen Hawking
(c) He felt veiy attached to Stephen Hawking
(d) None of these

Answer : D

Question. Who did call from the phone booth?
(a) His mother
(b) His frien
(c) His guide
(d) Stephen hawking

Answer : D

Question. What was the good thing about being disabled according to Stephen hawking?
(a) To discover kindness in the world
(b) To watch the cruelty in the world
(c) To understand everyone
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. A disabled person is fed up when people
(a) show sympathy
(b) give him charity
(c) try to help him
(d) ask him to be brave

Answer : D

Question. How did he bid him good bye?
(a) By shaking hand with him
(b) By waving his hand
(c) By touching his hand
(d) By touching on his shoulder

Answer : C

Question. Which word in the passage means ‘symbol’.
(a) embodiment
(b) wheeled
(c) bravest
(d) waving

Answer : A

Question. What was the scientist deadly against?
(a) The Disabled Olympics
(b) The Spanish Guitar
(c) Swimming
(d) Writing

Answer : A

Question. What did the speaker gleefully do ?
(a) he played on the guitar
(b) he threw the guiter away
(c) he broke the strings of the guitar
(d) he became quiet

Answer : C

Question. Growing up disabled, what’s the only thing that makes you stronger?
(a) Seeing people like you failing
(b) Seeing people like you
(c) Seeing people
(d) Seeing people like you achieve something big

Answer : D

Question. The writer was fed up with certain people because they are
(a) too sympathetic
(b) too persuasive
(c) too discouraging
(d) too interfering

Answer : B

Question. Kanga felt guilty everytime he spoke to Hawking because
(a) Hawking had to work hard to respond
(b) he was wasting his own time
(c) he was wasting Hawking’s time
(d) Hawking had asked him to keep quiet

Answer : A

Question. Where did the author rush after the walking tour was done?
(a) Church
(b) Phone both
(c) Hotel
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. What made Stephen Hawking silent?
(a) Sun
(b) Moon
(c) Tea
(d) coffee

Answer : A

Question. “I remembered the years I’d spent trying to play a ——- considerably.”
(a) Spanish guitar
(b) Violin
(c) Flute
(d) Drams

Answer : A

Question. Stephen Hawking is a successor to ——-.
(a) Issac Newton
(b) Richard Dawkins
(c) Galileo Galilei
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. What was the disadvantage of his voice synthesiser?
(a) No inflection
(b) No shades of voice
(c) No tone of voice
(d) All of the Above

Answer : D

Question. Name the author of the story “A visit to Cambridge”.
(a) Stephen Hawking
(b) Oscor wilde
(c) Issac Newton
(d) Firdaus Kanga

Answer : D

Question. Both of them moved around in a _____.
(a) Car
(b) Bus
(c) Wheelchair
(d) Bicycle

Answer : C

Question. What advice did Stephen Hawking give to differently abled people?
(a) Concentrate on what they are good at
(b) Always learn new things
(c) Do nothing
(d) Victimise themselves

Answer : A

Question. What were the author’s feelings when he had to leave?
(a) He wanted to leave
(b) He wanted to talk to Stephen Hawking
(c) He felt veiy attached to Stephen Hawking
(d) None of these

Answer : D

Question. Whom did the speaker go to see?
(a) Mr. Brown—a politician
(b) Mr. Hawking—a lawyer
(c) Stephen Hawking—a famous scientist
(d) Stephen—a doctor

Answer : C

Question. How long did the meeting last?
(a) Less than an hour
(b) More than an hour
(c) Two hours
(d) For hours

Answer : A

Question. Who is the writer and journalist in the story ‘A visit to Cambridge’?
(a) Firdaus kanga
(b) Javed Anand
(c) Mihir Bose
(d) Vikram Chandra

Answer : A

Question. Write the verb of ‘advice’.
(a) advised
(b) to take care
(c) suggest
(d) advise

Answer : D

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew chapter7

1. Why did Cambridge become something else for the writer?

Answer: Cambridge became something else for the writer because he met Stephen Hawking, a great scientist there.

2. Whose successor was Stephen Hawking supposed to be at the university?

Answer: Stephen Hawking was supposed to be the successor of Issac Newton at the university.

3. What makes any disabled person strong?

Answer: Disabled people feel strong when they see somebody like them achieving something huge.

4. How did Stephen Hawking respond to anybody?

Answer: Stephen Hawking responded by tapping on the switch trying to find the words on the computer.

5. With what disease was the author suffering?

Ans. The author was suffering from brittle bones.

6. ‘I could feel his anguish’. What was the anguish that the writer could feel?

Answer: The writer could feel the anguish of Stephen Hawking when he replied to each of the narrator’s questions by tapping on the switch and finding words on computer that also would leave him exhausted as that was the only movement he had in his body.

7. Describe the physical appearance of Stephen Hawking.

Answer: He was very still like a photograph, head twisted sideways, body shrunk and legs wasted. He could neither speak nor move; he could only tap his fingers. His body was almost irrelevant to its existence.

8. What was Stephen’s advice to the disabled?

Answer: Stephen’s advice to the disabled was that they should concentrate on what they are good at and things like Olympics for disabled are a waste of time.

9. Who is Stephen Hawking?

Answer: Stephen Hawking is a great scientist, an astrophysicist. But he is disabled. He has written the book ‘A Brief History of Time’. He can express himself only through a computer.

10. What took the author Firdaus to England? Why did he wish to see Hawking?

Answer: Firdaus Kanga visited Britain in order to write a book about his travels. He himself could move only in a wheel-chair. On the advice of his guide, Kanga planned to meet the most brilliant and completely paralysed astrophysicist (Hawking) in Cambridge.

11. How did Kanga fix the interview with Hawking?

Answer: Kanga phoned Hawking and requested the scientist’s assistant to arrange the interview. He asked for ten minutes but he got half an hour.

12. What advice do people usually give to the disabled? Was Hawking brave by choice?

Answer: The people generally advise the disabled to be brave. Hawking admitted truthfully that he hadn’t been brave. In fact, he had had no choice.

13. What advice does the scientist give to the handicapped?

Answer: He advises the disabled people to concentrate on what they are good at. They should not try to copy the normal people.

14. Write about Stephen Hawking and Firdaus Kanga.

Answer: Both of them are disabled people. Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest scien­tists of our time. He suffers from paralysis that confines him to a wheelchair, and allows him to ‘speak’ only by punching buttons on a computer, which speaks for him in a machine like voice.
Firdaus Kanga is a writer and journalist. He lives and works in Mumbai. He was born with ‘brittle bones’ that tended to break easily when he was a child. Like Hawking, Kanga moves around in a wheelchair.

15. Why did the writer feel guilty talking to Stephen Hawking?

Answer: The writer felt guilty every time he spoke to Stephen Hawking because by doing this he forced him to respond. There he (Hawking) was, tapping at the little switch in his hand, trying to find the words on his computer with the only bit of movement left to him, his long, pale fingers. His eyes would often shut in frustrated exhaustion. The writer could feel his anguish but he had no option. He had gone to his house to talk to him on certain points.

This is Jodys Fawn MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. What was the name of Jody’s father?
(a) Jony
(b) Benny
(c) Jenny
(d) Penny

Answer : D

Question. Penny felt hemmed in
(a) when he killed the doe
(b) when Jody proposed to bring the fawn home
(c) when Jody asked him how he was feeling
(d) when the fawn was brought home

Answer : B

Question. How did Jody’s father feel to see the fawn?
(a) Surprised
(b) Shocked
(c) Regret
(d) Glad

Answer : D

Question. Penny felt hemmed in
(a) when he killed the doe
(b) when Jody proposed to bring the fawn home
(c) when Jody asked him how he was feeling
(d) when the fawn was brought home

Answer : B

Question. “A fawn will follow if it had first been carried”. Who told Jody this?
(a) Penny
(b) Ma Baxter
(c) Doc
(d) Mill-wheel

Answer : A

Question. Why was the doe killed?
(a) To save Penny’s life
(b) To be consumed for meat
(c) To be separated from its fawn
(d) To save Jody’s life

Answer : C

Question. “ Pa, the —– may be out there get. If might be hungry and very scared”.
(a) Rattlesnake
(b) Doe
(c) Deer
(d) Fawn

Answer : D

Question. Tick the correct one –
(a) A Fawn would not follow if it had first been carried
(b) A fawn would follow if it had first been carried
(c) A fawn would follow if it had not been carried
(d) A fawn would never follow anyone

Answer : B

Question. Name the author of the story ‘This is Jody’s fawn’
(a) Samuel Johnson
(b) Emily Drkenson
(c) George Drwell
(d) Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Answer : D

Question. “He stroked its sides as gently as though the fawn were _____ and he might break it”
(a) China cup
(b) China deer
(c) Fragile
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. What was used to draw out the poison of snake?
(a) Does heart and liver
(b) Doe’s brain and bones
(c) Fawns liver
(d) All of these

Answer : A

Question. Jody’s mother held the coffee pot in mid-air. It shows that
(a) she was stunned at what Jody had said
(b) she had suddenly heard a sound
(c) she saw Dr. Wilson which upset her
(d) she did not want to give coffee to Mill-wheel.

Answer : A

Question. Jody sent Mill-wheel back because
(a) he disliked Mill-wheel
(b) Mill-wheel was on the horse
(c) he feared that Mill-wheel would kill the fawn
(d) he wanted to be alone with the fawn

Answer : D

Question. A male fawn is the one on whom
(a) there are spots everywhere
(b) there are no spots
(c) the spots are all in a line
(d) the spots are bigger compared to a doe

Answer : C

Question. How did he get rid of the buzzards?
(a) He scared them away
(b) He threw his bough at them
(c) He did not get rid of them
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. When would Jody be back home?
(a) At night
(b) In the evening
(c) After dinner
(d) Before dinner

Answer : D

Question. “It was _____ to feel its tongue against his hand”
(a) Ecstasy
(b) Irritating
(c) Disgusting
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Who lifted its face?
(a) Jody
(b) The snake
(c) Jody’s father
(d) The fawn

Answer : D

Question. ‘The touch made him ——.’
(a) Delirious
(b) Annoying
(c) Scared
(d) Relax

Answer : A

Question. Who is the main speaker?
(a) The doe
(b) Ma Baxter
(c) Hawthorne
(d) Jody

Answer : D

Question. Who is the writer of this story?
(a) Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
(b) William Blake
(c) Firdaus Kanga
(d) Thomas Hardy

Answer : A

Question. “Cut to the —–, Mill-wheel. It was . . .”
(a) West
(b) North
(c) East
(d) South

Answer : B

Question. Jody sent Mill-wheel back because
(a) he disliked Mill-wheel
(b) Mill-wheel was on the horse
(c) he feared that Mill-wheel would kill the fawn
(d) he wanted to be alone with the fawn

Answer : D

Question. Was Jody willing to have company to find the fawn?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Maybe not

Answer : B

Question. Whom did the big cats leave the doe to?
(a) Buzzards
(b) Jody
(c) Fawn
(d) Carrion birds

Answer : D

Question. The lesson “This is Jody’s fawn” is written by _____
(a) Jody
(b) Penny
(c) Shashikanta Das
(d) Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Answer : D

Question. Who was Penny?
(a) Jody’s brother
(b) Jody’s friend
(c) Jody’s father
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. What makes a bearing?
(a) Banyan tree
(b) Mango tree
(c) Tall pine tree
(d) None

Answer : C

Question. “Surely it seems _____ to leave it to starve”
(a) Ungrateful
(b) Great
(c) Satisfying
(d) perfect

Answer : A

Question. Name the lesson.
(a) The Summit Within
(b) This is Jody’s Fawn
(c) A Visit to Cambridge
(d) A Short Monsoon Diary

Answer : B

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 6

1. Who rode Jody to the forest?

Answer: Mill-Wheel rode Jody to the forest.

2. What was Penny’s feeling when Jody brought the fawn home?

Answer: Penny was very glad when Jody brought the fawn home.

3. How did Doe save Penny’s life?

What did Jody want to do in return?

Answer: Penny was bitten by a rattle snake. A doe was killed because its liver was used to draw out the poison. In return Jody wanted to bring its fawn home and take care of it.

4. How did Jody find the fawn?

Answer: Jody went into the forest, searched here and there, he studied the sand where there were small hoof prints and found the fawn. He touched it, put its arms around him and carried it out.

5. How did Jody take care of the fawn?

Answer: Jody took care of the fawn by feeding it with his own share of milk, when he saw that the fawn was unable to drink milk from gourd, he dipped his hand in milk and put it in the fawn’s mouth. It sucked it and was content.

6. When and why does Jody’s father need a remedy?

Answer: Penny, Jody’s father, is bitten by a poisonous rattlesnake. Instead of going to a doctor, he kills a she deer and uses her liver to draw out the poison.

7. How does Jody react to the cruelty of his father?

Answer: Jody, the small boy, tells his father that he had left the fawn alone and defenceless to die. So it is their moral duty to save the innocent and hungry young one of the doe.

8. How does Penny take his son’s argument?

Answer: Penny agreed with Jody’s argument that it would be ungrateful to leave the fawn to starve.

9. What did Doc Wilson say about Jody’s suggestion?

Answer: Doc Wilson said that they had to pay the price for everything. He justified the plan of Jody and Penny about the fawn.

10. Why did Jody see only vultures and kites feeding on the dead body of the doe?

Answer: The sand showed large footprints of tigers or leopards but they did not eat up the dead doe. The reason was that the big cats killed an animal themselves to eat its flesh. Vultures and kites are birds of prey. They also feed on the dead bodies.

11. How did Jody approach and win the trust of the fawn?

Answer: The fawn shook with fear as Jody drew near. It lifted its nose and scented the visitor. Jody moved forward on all fours and put his arms around its body.

12. How did Jody feel as he touched the fawn’s skin?

Answer: Jody found the fawn’s skin very soft and clean. He stroked its sides gently as though it were made of clay and would break soon.

13. How did Jody feed the fawn?

Answer: Jody decided to give away his share of milk to the fawn. He poured the milk into a small pot. Then he dipped his fingers in the milk and put them into its mouth. The fawn sucked slowly until the milk vanished.

14. What message does the story of the fawn convey to the readers?

Answer: The story highlights two things. It is not fair to kill an animal for its use as a cure. Secondly, one should have pity and love for the animals.

15. How did Jody persuade his father to go to the forest to bring back the fawn?

Answer: Jody was a small, brave and sensitive boy. He was with his father when he (his father) was bitten by a rattlesnake. His father quickly killed a doe and used its heart and liver to draw out the snake’s poison. Jody was happy to see that his father got a new life but at the same time he was worried for the little fawn who was left alone without its mother. He wanted to bring back the fawn. He requested his father to allow him to go to the forest to find the fawn. He told him that he didn’t need to drink milk because he was now a big boy. He would give the milk to the fawn. He also said that it was ungrateful to leave the fawn to starve. His father was in a fix. He couldn’t say “no’ to his son. And finally allowed him (Jody) to go to the forest to find the fawn.

16. How did Jody feed the little fawn?

Answer: Jody poured milk into a small gourd. He dipped his fingers in the milk and thrust them into the fawn’s soft wet mouth. It sucked greedily. When he withdrew them, it bleated frantically and butted him. He dipped his fingers again and as the fawn sucked, he lowered them slowly into the milk. The fawn blew and sucked and snorted. It stamped its small hoofs impatiently. As long as he held his fingers below the level of the milk, the fawn was content.

The Summit Within MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. Name the mountain where the writer had climbed.
(a) Mount Everest
(b) Kanchenjunga
(c) Nanda Devi
(d) Kamet

Answer : A

Question. Name the lesson.
(a) This is Jody’s Fawn
(b) The Summit Within
(c) A Visit to Cambridge
(d) The Tsunami

Answer : B

Question. Name the mountain where the writer had climbed.
(a) Mount Everest
(b) Kanchenjunga
(c) Nanda Devi
(d) Kamet

Answer : A

Question. For whom ‘me’ is used here.
(a) the organiser.
(b) Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia
(c) the climber
(d) the editor

Answer : B

Question. How does the experience of the other summit change one completely?
(a) It makes the writer more conscious and aware.
(b) it makes the write proud.
(c) it makes the writer jubilant.
(d) It makes the writer compassionate.

Answer : A

Question. Standing on Everest, Ahluwalia was filled with the emotion of
(a) great pleasure
(b) much excitement
(c) great pride
(d) much humility

Answer : D

Question. People climb mountains because they
(a) have nothing better to do
(b) get much money and name
(c) feel happy in overcoming obstacles
(d) are paid for it

Answer : C

Question. What all emotions does the author experience on realizing both the summits?
(a) Emotions on realizing
(b) Humility and sorrow
(c) Confidence
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. Why is the person who has been to the mountains never the same again?
(a) The experience changes him completely.
(b) He gets hurt.
(c) The experience makes him proud.
(d) He goes mad.

Answer : A

Question. Seeing a mountain peak from a distance Ahluwalia feels that
(a) it looks very beautiful
(b) its beauty is great
(c) it offers a challenge which is difficult to resist
(d) it brings fear to the mind

Answer : C

Question. Why does man take delight in overcoming obstacles?
(a) Adventurous
(b) Daring
(c) To overcome hundles
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. Who cuts the steps in the hard ice?
(a) Another climber
(b) The author
(c) Rope
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Give the verb form of ‘humality’
(a) humble
(b) humiliation
(c) humiliate
(d) humiliating

Answer : C

Question. Why is the climber filled with gratitude?
(a) For having reached the summit safely
(b) For having reached the summit first
(c) For having become victorious
(d) For having left everyone behind

Answer : A

Question. A climber bows down to God
(a) when he starts climbing
(b) when he reaches the top
(c) when he finds great difficulties
(d) when he sees the beauty around

Answer : B

Question. People climb mountains because they
(a) have nothing better to do
(b) get much money and name
(c) feel happy in overcoming obstacles
(d) are paid for it

Answer : C

Question. Who was a member of the first successful India expedition to Mount Everest in 1965?
(a) Phu Dorji
(b) Edmud Hillary
(c) H.P.S Ahuwalia

Answer : C

Question. What all emotions does the author experience on realizing both the summits?
(a) Emotions on realizing
(b) Humility and sorrow
(c) Confidence
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. While climbing the mountains, the climbers get inspiration from
(a) the beautiful nature
(b) difficulties of climbing
(c) thinking of God
(d) each other

Answer : D

Question. How does the experience of the other summit change one completely?
(a) It makes the writer more conscious and aware.
(b) it makes the write proud.
(c) it makes the writer jubilant.
(d) It makes the writer compassionate.

Answer : A

Question. What had the author’s experience as an Ever ester provided him?
(a) Energetic to life
(b) Inspiration to face life’s ordeals
(c) Motivated
(d) Proud

Answer : B

Question. The author had a Tinge of sadness. what was it?
(a) There would be nothing higher to climb
(b) All roads here after would lead down
(c) Both (i) & (ii)
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Why does man take delight in overcoming obstacles?
(a) Adventurous
(b) Daring
(c) To overcome hundles
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. How long does the joy of climbing the Summit of Everest last?
(a) Lifetime
(b) 20 years
(c) For some months
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. ‘As i look back at life after climbing Everest cannot help remarking about the other Summit’. What is the ‘other Summit’ here?
(a) The Summit of heart
(b) The Summit of brain
(c) The Summit of mind
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. What did Phu Dorji leave a relic of on Everest?
(a) Lord Krishna
(b) Buddha
(c) Guru Nanak
(d) Goddess Durga

Answer : C

Question. What is the simplest answer of why people climb mountains?
(a) People love to climb
(b) Because it is adventurous
(c) It makes physically strong
(d) Because it is there

Answer : D

Question. Give the meaning of ‘obstacles’.
(a) hindrances
(b) spectacles
(c) situation
(d) conditions

Answer : A

Question. What has been the narrator’s glorious achievement?
(a) Conquest of Mount Kailash
(b) Conquest of Mount Everest
(c) Conquest of Mount K2
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Standing on Everest, Ahluwalia was filled with the emotion of
(a) great pleasure
(b) much excitement
(c) great pride
(d) much humility

Answer : D

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 5

1. What is one’s feeling after climbing the Summit of Everest?

Answer: After climbing the Summit of Mount Everest, one is overwhelmed by a deep sense of joy and thankfulness.

2. Why once the passage taken up cannot be taken back?

Answer: Once the passage taken up cannot be taken back because it is as difficult as the passage onwards.

3. What do the pictures of God left on Everest symbolise?

Answer: The pictures of God left on Everest symbolise reverence.

4. What has the experience as an Everester taught the narrator?

Answer: The experience as an Everester has taught the narrator to face life’s ordeals resolutely.

5. What is more than a physical conquest of a mountain?

Answer: There is more than the physical conquest of a mountain, it is the sense of fulfilment, satisfaction of a deep urge to rise above one’s surroundings. It is the eternal love for adventure in man.

6. What is the scene around when one stands on the summit?

Answer: The scene around when standing on the summit is beautiful. There are other silvery peaks around which appear through the clouds specially when the sun is on them. The surrounding peaks look like jewelled necklace around the neck of a summit and below are the vast valleys sloping into a distance.

7. How does the experience of climbing the summit change you completely?

Answer: Climbing the mountain changes you completely because you realize that there is another summit within yourself. It is in your mind. Each man carries within himself a mountain peak which cannot be climbed by anyone else. You must climb yourself to reach a fuller knowledge of yourself.

8. What do you know about H.P.S. Ahluwalia?

Answer: Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia was a member of the first successful Indian expedition to Mount Everest in 1965.

9. Which other summit has been talked to by the author?

Answer: The other summit that has been talked to by the author is the summit of the mind. In the author’s opinion climbing this summit is as difficult as climbing the summit of Mount Everest.

10. Why do people climb mountains?

Answer: People climb mountains because it is a difficult task. They take delight in over­coming obstacles. The obstacles in climbing a mountain are physical. A climb to- a summit means endurance, persistence and will power. The demonstration of these qualities is exhilarating.

11. How does the author view mountains?

Answer: The author finds great joy in the company of mountains. He feels miserable in the plains. Their beauty and majesty pose a great challenge. The author be­lieves that mountains are a means of communion with God.

12. What features of Everest did draw the author to it?

Answer: The beauty of Everest, its aloofness, might and ruggedness drew the author to it. The difficulties that the author encountered on the way also were taken by him as challenges which he couldn’t resist.

13. Why did the author climb Mount Everest?

Answer: The author climbed Mount Everest because it is the highest, the mightiest and has defied many previous attempts. It takes the last ounce of one’s energy. It is a brutal struggle with rock and ice. Once taken up, it cannot be given up halfway because the passage back is as difficult as the passage onwards. And then, when the summit is climbed, there is the exhilaration, the joy of having done something, the sense of a battle fought and won. There is a feeling of victory and happiness.

14. How does Ahluwalia explain the title of the lesson, ‘The Summit Within’?

Answer: The writer was a member of the team that reached the summit of Mount Everest. It was a great achievement. But he did not feel vain or heroic. He felt that his conquest of Everest was merely a physical experience. There was another summit within every person. It was his own mind. One has to climb it also to get fuller knowledge of oneself. This exercise is difficult. It also changes one as does standing on the summit of Mt. Everest.

15. How did Ahluwalia feel standing on the summit?

Answer: Ahluwalia was overwhelmed by a deep sense of joy and thankfulness. Looking round from the summit, Ahluwalia told himself that his adventure, though risky, was worthwhile. The surrounding peaks looked like a jewelled necklace. It was an ennobling and enriching experience. He was filled with humility. He thanked God and then left on Everest a picture of Guru Nanak.

16. How does Ahluwalia describe his achievement?

Answer: Ahluwalia feels that Everest is not just a physical climb. Standing on the mountain’s top he felt how small he was in the big universe. He experienced a sense of fulfilment. It satisfied his love for adventure. The experience was not just physical, but also emotional and spiritual.

17. What problems do the climbers face as they climb a mountain?

Answer: Breathing at great height is difficult. The climber has to cut the steps in the hard ice and he has to strain every nerve as he takes every step. Sometimes he curses himself for undertaking such a task. There are moments when he feels like going back for relief. But there is something that does not let him give up the struggle.

Bepin Choudhurys Lapse of Memory MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. What comforted Bepin Babu after dinner?
(a) Call with Dinesh Mukerji
(b) Snuggling with his new thriller book
(c) Sleep
(d) All of the above

Answer : B

Question. What kind of man was Bepin Babu?
(a) A lonely man
(b) Had a few friends
(c) Not a good mixer
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. Where did Bepin Babu stay in 58 during the Pujas in Kanpur?
(a) Haridas Bagchi
(b) Dinesh Mukherji
(c) Sitaram
(d) Parimal Ghose

Answer : D

Question. Bepin Babu remembered
(a) that Haridas had left for Japan
(b) the he had the mark of injury
(c) that he had gone to Ranchi
(d) that the stranger had spoken the truth

Answer : A

Question. The man who talked to Bepin Babu at Kalicharan’s was
(a) an old friend of his
(b) a man from Ranchi
(c) an actor
(d) an enemy

Answer : C

Question. Whom did Bepin Babu consult to?
(a) Physician
(b) Dentist
(c) Cardiologist
(d) Psychiatrists

Answer : A

Question. Where did Bepin Babu claim to be during that month of ‘58?
(a) Kanpur
(b) Ranchi
(c) Kalicharan’s
(d) None of the Above

Answer : A

Question. Where was Bepin Babu’s car safely parked in?
(a) College street
(b) Bertram street
(c) Gandhi street
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. What did the doctor advise him to do ?
(a) Forget about the matter
(b) Undergo therapy
(c) Visit Ranchi once again
(d) All of the Above

Answer : C

Question. Who wrote the letter to Bepin Babu?
(a) Dinesh
(b) Parimal
(c) Paresh
(d) Chunilal

Answer : D

Question. Which books did Bepin Choudhury buy every week?
(a) Thrillers
(b) Crime stories
(c) Ghost stories
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. Bepin Babu didn’t want to visit Mr. Mukerji because
(a) he was very upset
(b) he lived in a far off place
(c) Mukerji would conclude he was going nuts
(d) he did not believe Mr. Mukeiji

Answer : C

Question. Who is the writer of the story “Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory:?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Satyajit Toy
(c) Amarty Sen
(d) None of them

Answer : A

Question. Who had no children?
(a) Bepin Babu
(b) Parimal Ghose
(c) Mr. Mukherji
(d) Chunilal

Answer : A

Question. What was Chuni Lal’s previous job?
(a) Writer
(b) Travel agent
(c) Teacher
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. In which state was he found?
(a) Conscious
(b) Unconscious
(c) Semi-conscious
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. Bepin Babu realised it was all a part of _____’s plan.
(a) Dinesh
(b) Dr Chanda
(c Chunilal
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question. What was cut by Bepin Babu in Hundroo falls?
(a) Forehead
(b) Right knee
(c) Right hand
(d) Left knee

Answer : B

Question. What was the colour of the ink with which his name was written?
(a) Red
(b) Green
(c) Blue
(d) Yellow

Answer : A

Question. Bepin Babu had never been to
(a) Kanpur
(b) Lucknow
(c) Ranchi
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. The trip to Ranchi will
(a) worsen his condition
(b) help him recover
(c) soothe him
(d) not affect him at all.

Answer : A

Question. ‘At —‘ Bepin Babu’s servant came.
(a) Six
(b) Five thirty
(c) Eight
(d) Seven thirty

Answer : D

Question. Why would Bepin Babu stop in at Kalicharan’s in New Market?
(a) To buy vegetables
(b) To buy groceries
(c) To buy fruits
(d) To buy books

Answer : D

Question. Where was Bepin Babu’s car parked?
(a) In Bertram Street
(b) In Bertram State
(c) In Bhartiya Street
(d) In Bertram City

Answer : A

Question. In which year Bepin Babu visited Ranchi as said by Mr. Ghose?
(a) 1958
(b) 1985
(c) 1988
(d) 1956

Answer : A

Question. How far does Chuni Lai succeed in his tricks?
(a) Completely
(b) Partially
(c) Not sure
(d) Not at all

Answer : A

Question. Bepin Babu had never been to —-‘
(a) Calcutta
(b) Delhi
(c) Kanpur
(d) Ranchi

Answer : D

Question. How many books did he buy at a time to last through the week?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) Five
(d) Four

Answer : C

Question. What was Bepin Babu’s routine?
(a) To go out for a walk
(b) To exercise
(c) To collect novels for a week
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. What did Bepin Babu forget while reading the now thriller after dinner?
(a) Haridas Bagchi
(b) About his daily work
(c) The man in new market
(d) All of these

Answer : C

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 4

1. What would Bepin Choudhury do every Monday?

Answer: Every monday Bepin Choudhury would go to Kalicharan’s shop to buy books.

2. How did Bepin try to decide whether he was right on Parimal Ghosh?

Answer: Bepin tried to decide whether he was right by confirming it from Dinesh Mukherjee, the person about whom Parimal Ghosh was talking about and later by going to Ranchi himself.

3. How did Chunni use his imagination?

Answer: Chunni had a good power of imagination so he created the story of Bepin Babu’s visit to Ranchi which helped in the retribution of Bepin Babu’s behaviour.

4. What all things did Parimal Ghosh tell Bepin Babu to remind him of his visit to Ranchi?

Answer: Parimal Ghosh told Bepin that he had been to Ranchi in 1958. He fell in Hudroo and cut his right knee. Next day he had to go to Netarhat but due to pain he couldn’t and he stayed at Dinesh Mukherjee’s bungalow.

5. What does Chunni make Bepin realise through his letter?

Answer: Through his letter, Chunni made Bepin Babu realize that affluence of money had brought change in his life. He did not like to help his old friend who was having bad time. He had become a man of unfeeling behaviour.

6. What was Bepin Babu’s hobby? What would he do every Monday?

Answer: Bepin Babu’s hobby was reading books. Every Monday, he would purchase books of crime stories, ghost stories and thrillers from Kalicharan’s shop.

7. What type of man was Bepin Babu?

Answer: Bepin Babu was a loner. He was not a good mixer. He had a few friends and he didn’t like spending time in idle chat.

8. How can you say that Bepin Babu’s encounter with Parimal Ghose made him restless?

Answer: Bepin Babu’s encounter with Parimal Ghose made him really very restless. Even in the office, he noticed that with every passing hour, his encounter with Parimal Ghose was occupying more and more of his mind.

9. Why couldn’t Bepin Babu ignore what Parimal Ghose had said to him?

Answer: It was because Parimal Ghose knew a great deal about him. He knew about his (Bepin Babu’s) wife’s death, his brother’s insanity… If the man knew so much about him, how could he make such a mistake about the Ranchi trip.

10. What was wrong with Bepin Babu? What did Dr. Chanda suggest him?

Ans. He had completely forgotten about his visit to Ranchi. Dr. Chanda suggested him to go to Ranchi once again in order to get back his lost memory.

11. What was Bepin Choudhury’s ailment or problem? Was it real or deliberate?

Answer: Bepin Babu was a lonely map. His wife had died some 10 years ago. His ailment was the lapse of memory. He clearly forgot that he had been to Ranchi in ’58. Nothing could revive his memory. Finally, he hit against some rock in Ranchi and became unconscious. On returning home he received Chunilal’s letter. The letter had an electrifying effect. And Bepin Babu felt relaxed.

12. Who was Chunilal? What is his role in the story?

Answer: Chunilal had once been Bepin Babu’s schoolmate. He was facing hard times and looking for a job. He called on Bepin with hope to get help. But Bepin even refused to see him. Later Chunilal confirmed Bepin Babu’s visit to Ranchi. He recalled several instances in his support but Bepin was not convinced. A letter from Chunilal gave such a news that Bepin became all right. The news was that Chunilal’s novel had been accepted for publication and he would get a handsome amount.

Glimpses of the Past MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. The business community welcomed the British because
(a) they liked Europeans
(b) they disliked their own countrymen
(c) the British rule had brought a degree of peace
(d) they were afraid of the British

Answer : C

Question. With its superior weapons, the _____________ was extending its power in 18th century India.
(a) British East India Company
(b) British West India Company
(c) British North India Company
(d) British India Company

Answer : A

Question. All the misery in the world is due to whom?
(a) Men
(b) Woman
(c) Child
(d) Priest

Answer : B

Question. Who started the newspapers that were stopped by the Britishers in 1823?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Tipu
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) None of the Above

Answer : A

Question. Between 1822 and 1836 ___ people died of starvation in India.
(a) ten thousand
(b) fifteen lakh
(c) fifty thousand
(d) forty lakh

Answer : B

Question. What was the source of discontent that was brewing in the East India Company’s army?
(a) Mansions for the English
(b) Slow promotions
(c) Pittance
(d) All of the Above

Answer : D

Question. What was Regulation III that was passed by the Britisher?
(a) New land rules
(b) Imprisoning any Indian without a trial in court
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. How did the Indians react to these conquests? 
(a) They thought peace would prevail now
(b) God had sent the Britishers
(c) That they have become slaves to the Englishmen
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. Which language did the Britishers want to change the Education to?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) English
(c) Perisan
(d) Hindi

Answer : B

Question. What did the British impose on the Indian farmers?
(a) Heavy taxes
(b) Service taxes
(c) Regulation II
(d) Regulation III

Answer : A

Question. Where did the sepoys march to? 
(a) Delhi
(b) Meerut
(c) Bengal
(d) Bihar

Answer : A

Question. Who tried to end superstitions in India?
(a) Tipu Sultan
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) All of the above

Answer : B

Question. What was Raja Ram Mohan Roy fascinated by?
(a) Science
(b) Hindi
(c) History
(d) People

Answer : A

Question. Which Englishman reported the plight of India to England?
(a) Babington Macaulay
(b) General Bentinck
(c) William Jones
(d) Simon John

Answer : B

Question. Now we have become slaves of foreigners!’ – who are ‘we’ here?
(a) Bangladeshis
(b) Indian
(c) Pakistanis
(d) All of them

Answer : B

Question. Which other methods did the Britishers invent to increase their profits?
(a) No import duty on goods imported from England
(b) No export duty on goods exported to England
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Who was the great ruler of Mysore?
(a) Dayamand Saraswati
(b) Bahadur Shah
(c) Tipu
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Answer : C

Question. Who was told that the grease on the bullet they have to bite is made from the fat of cows and pigs?
(a) Brahmin soldiers
(b) Sepoys in Bengal
(c) Tipu
(d) All of the above

Answer : A

Question. Who did Azmulla Khan want their leader to be in this war of Independence?
(a) Tipu
(a) Tatya Tope
(a) Kunwar Singh
D. Peshwa Nana Saheb

Answer : D

Question. What was the situation of Indian cotton weavers?
(a) Miserable
(b) Good
(c) Flamboyant
(d) Not known

Answer : A

Question. Who killed the adjutant of his regiment?
(a) Bentinck
(b) Mangal Pandey
(c) Macaulay
(d) Kunwar Singh

Answer : B

Question. Education in India was in which language?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Persian
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Who killed the adjutant of his regiment?
(a) Bentinck
(b) Mangal Pandey
(c) Macaulay
(d) Kunwar Singh

Answer : B

Question. What were the social practices that were being preached by the religious leader?
(a) Child Marriage
(b) Untouchability
(c) Inferiority towards women
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. Who all are present in Picture-1?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. In which year the newspapers had been stopped by the British?
(a) 1823
(b) 1832
(c) 1932
(d) 1923

Answer : A

Question. In the year 1765, in India
(a) The British Govt, ruled most of the country
(b) East India Company ruled most parts of India
(c) Indian princes ruled most of the country
(d) The Mughals ruled the whole country

Answer: C

Question. Where did the leader Maulvi Ahmedulla belong to?
(a) Bengal
(b) Faizabad
(c) Allahabad
(d) Bihar

Answer : B

Question. First war of Independence in ——–
(a) 1857
(b) 1957
(c) 1757
(d) 1947

Answer : A

Question. The worst sufferers under the British rule were
(a) who served in East India Company
(b) the business community
(c) the religious leaders
(d) the poor farmers and artisans

Answer : D

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 3

1. What helped the East India Company to subdue the Indian Princess one by one?

Answer: The rivalries among the Indian princes helped the East India Company to subdue them one by one.

2. Give one method as how did the British make more profits in business in India?

Answer: British charged heavy taxes and made more profits in business in India.

3. What was Regulation III? When was it passed?

Answer: Regulation III meant that an Indian could be jailed without trial in a court. It was passed in 1818.

4. How did the English education help the English?

Answer: The English education produced clerks who worked under the British.

5. What did the Santhals do in 1855?

Answer: The Santhals rose in rebellion and massacred Europeans and their supporters.

6. Give one reason for the uprising of the revolt of 1857.

Answer: The news that the bullet which soldiers had to bite was made of cow’s and pig’s fat led to the uprising of the revolt of 1857.

7. Mention two examples of evil social practices prevailing during British rule.

Answer: Two examples of evil social practices prevailing in India were the belief that who-so-ever crosses the seas loses his religion and all the misery in the world is due to women.

8. Mention Two oppressive policies of the British.

Answer: Any Indian could be sent to jail without trial and exporting British Goods to India was spoiling the business of India.

9. Mention the person who tried to reform the society.

Answer: The person who tried to reform the society was Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

10. Give three reasons that helped the British to subdue Indian princes.

Answer: Three reasons that helped the British to subdue Indian princes were the short-sightedness of Indian Princes, taking help of British rulers to help them against their rivalries and the superstitious beliefs of the Indians.

11. Who is an artisan? Why do you think the artisans suffered?

Answer: An Artisan is a craftsperson. The thumbs of expert artisans were cut to prevent them from making replicas of items made by them.

12. What helped the Bast India Company to overpower Indian princes?

Answer: Indian princes were always engaged in fighting with one another. The rivalries paved the way for the East India Company to overpower Indian princes.

13. Who was Tipu Sultan? What happened to him?

Answer: Tipu Sultan was a far-seeing ruler of Mysore. He was dead against the British and their policies. He fought them till he died fighting.

14. Why did Ram Mohan Roy go to England? What did he tell the British there?

Answer: Ram Mohan Roy went to England to see what made the British so powerful. There he told them that they (Indians) accepted them as rulers and they must accept them (Indians) as subjects. He also reminded them of the responsibility a ruler owed to his subjects.

15. What was Regulation III?

Answer: In 1818, the British had passed Regulation III. Under this Regulation, an Indian could be jailed without trial in a court.

16. What did Macaulay suggest in 1835?

Answer: An Englishman Macaulay suggested that Indians should be taught through the English language.

17. How did the British East India Company eventually become the ruler of India? What tactics did they adopt to expand their empire?

Answer: The British came to India as traders. Their chief motive was to make a fortune. But they needed political power to carry on their trade. They imposed heavy taxes on the peasants. The Indian goods lost their demand because the market was flooded with imported English goods. These goods didn’t have to pay import duty. The British, in this way, ruined the skilled Indians. They dethroned the Indian rulers and took advantage of their rivalries. Slowly and steadily they spread their empire all over India.

18. How did the white rulers cripple Indian industries?

Answer: The white rulers were chiefly traders. Their chief aim was to make profits at all cost. Hence, they began to ruin Indian industries. They imposed heavy taxes on farmers. They destroyed Indian cottage industries in order to sell goods manufactured in England. They exempted all goods imported from England from duties. In this way, their business flourished while the Indian industries died. The British made the Indians weak as well as poor.

19. How did the resentment against the white man grow leading to armed revolt?

Answer: The white rulers adopted all the mean and foul tactics to take over the princely states. By 1856, they had conquered the whole of India. The Indian princes became their puppets. The British forced Indians to adopt Christian religion. They paid low wages to Indian soldiers. This created resentment among all sections of society, and the army as well. The so-called 1857 mutiny was, in fact, India’s first War of Independence.

20. Give a brief account of the role of Raja Ram Mohan Roy in spreading awareness in the Indian society.

Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a learned man, a social reformer and a true nationalist. He was from Bengal. He understood well what was wrong with the Indian society. He called upon the people to fight against social evils of untouchability and child marriage. He also asked the people to throw out superstitions. He asked them to feel proud of their culture and learn English. Then alone they would be able to write to the British Parliament for a fair deal.

The Tsunami MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. Ignesious and his family rushed out of the house because
(a) they feared the coming of tsunami
(b) they felt an earthquake
(c) they heard the noise
(d) they just wanted to go out

Answer : B

Question. Tilly smith saved many lives when the tsunami struck —- in Thailand.
(a) Lamai Beach
(b) Phuket Beach
(c) Long Beach
(d) Sairee Beach

Answer : B

Question . Did Meghna’s family manage to stay alive?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. Did Ignesious anticipate it to be a tsunami?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question . How old was Meghna?
(a) Ten
(b) Twelve
(c) Thirteen
(d) fifteen

Answer : C

Question. Almas fainted. When she woke up, she was in a ________in Kamorta.  
(a) Hospital
(b) Sea shore
(c) Relief camp
(d) house

Answer : A

Question . Who all were saved from the waves ?
(a) Sanjeev’s wife and daughter
(b) Cook and his wife
(c) Sanjeev, his wife and his daughter
(d) Sanjeev, his wife, his daughter and the cook

Answer : A

Question . “Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, __________ seemed to know what was about to happen”              
(a) wild and domestic animals
(b) Wild animals
(c) Domestic animals
(d) humans

Answer : A

Question. Almas javed was —– years old.
(a) Five
(b) Seven
(c) Fourteen
(d) Ten

Answer : D

Question. The little girl who saved many lives during the tsunami rage was
(a) Meghna
(b) Almas Javed
(c) Tilly Smith
(d) Penny Smith

Answer : C

Question . What did Meghna hold on to in the water?
(a) Wooden log
(b) Wooden door
(c) Both of these
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question . Whose children were they
(a) Javed’s
(b) Ignesious
(c) Sanjeev’s
(d) Almas’s.

Answer : B

Question. How old was Meghna?
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 11
(d) None of these

Answer : D

Question. What was Meghna holding on to in the sea?
(a) Tree
(b) Wooden door
(c) Boat
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Which member of the Smith’s family recognised it was a tsunami?
(a) Penny Smith
(b) Colin Smith
(c) Tilly Smith
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question. Penny is describing a scene from
(a) India
(b) England
(c) America
(d) Thailand.

Answer : D

Question.—– is the path of the Nicobar group of islands.
(a) Kalpeni
(b) Katchal
(c) Neill island
(d) Andrott

Answer : B

Question. Which incident is being talked about?
(a) The earthquake
(b) The Tsunami
(c) The draught
(d) The flood

Answer : B

Question. Who was saved with Ignesious?
(a) His wife
(b) Three other children
(c) His father
(d) All of them

Answer : B

Question. What did the dogs in Galle do?       
(a) Refused to go for a run
(b) Went for the run enthusiastically
(c) Managed to save the man’s life too
(d) Both A and C

Answer : D

Question. What did Almas father had?
(a) Petrol pump
(b) Bunglow
(c) Hotel
(d) All of these

Answer : A

Question. Who did Sanjeev try to save?          
(a) His wife
(b) Guesthouse cook
(c) Guesthouse cook’s wife
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question.Who was saved with Ignesious?
(a) His wife
(b) Three other children
(c) His father
(d) All of them

Answer : B

Question. Why were no animal carcasses found?           
(a) Animals are smart.
(b) For being close to the nature
(c) Sixth sense
(d) Nature saves them

Answer : B

Question. Why did he put the television down on the ground?
(a) So that it would not fall
(b) So that it would not break
(c) So that they could take it out safely
(d) So that it would not fall and break

Answer : D

Question. Ignesious was the manager of a cooperative society in ——.
(a) Majuli
(b) Baratang
(c) Katchal
(d) Kalpeni

Answer : C

Question. The tsunami came on 26 December, ____.
(a) 2004
(b) 2005
(c) 2002
(d) 2001

Answer : A

Question.The little girl who saved many lives during the tsunami rage was
(a) Meghna
(b) Almas Javed
(c) Tilly Smith
(d) Penny Smith

Answer : C

Question. Where did Almas’ live?
(a) Nancowry Island
(b) Port Blair
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer : B

Question. Which places in India, Tsunami attacked?
(a) Andaman and Nicobar island
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Both (i) & (ii)

Answer : D

Important Questions Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 2

1. How was Meghna saved?

Answer: Meghna spent two days floating in sea, holding on to a wooden door. Finally she was brought to the shore by a wave and was saved.

2. How did Alma’s father die?

Answer: Alma’s grandfather was hit by something on the head and he fell down. Alma’s father rushed to save him and both were swept away by a giant wave.

3. What helped Tilly to understand that Tsunami was coming?

Answer: Tilly’s geography lesson taken just two weeks before the Tsunami helped her to understand that Tsunami was coming.

4. How did Tilly’s geography lesson help her?

Answer: Tilly had learnt in geography lesson about Tsunami. She saw the sea rise slowly and start forming bubbles and whirlpools. She remembered the video she had seen in school. She got hysterical and took her parents and sister away from the beach to the third floor of the hotel.

5. What did Alma’s father do when he realised that Tsunami was going to hit the Island?

Answer: When Alma’s father realised that Tsunami was going to hit the island, he woke everyone and tried to rush them to a safer place.

6. How can we say that the animals have a sixth sense?

Answer: Animals have a sixth sense which alarms them about a natural calamity about to occur. They behave strangely, run to safer place and do not come out.

7. What did the animals do before the giant waves slammed into the coast of India and Sri Lanka?

Answer: Before the giant waves slammed into the coast of India and Sri Lanka, the animals seemed to know what was about to happen. They fled to safety. Elephants screamed and ran to higher grounds, dogs refused to go outdoors. Flamingoes abandoned their low-lying breeding areas and zoo-animals rushed into their shelters.

8. What is a Tsunami? When did it hit so many countries and sea coasts?

Answer: A tsunami is a very large and powerful wave. It is caused by earthquakes under the sea. The deadly tsunami hit Thailand, India and the Andaman Islands on 26 December, 2004.

9. Do animals get foreknowledge of the tsunami coming?

Answer: Yes, it is true that animals sense the coming disaster earlier than human beings. It became evident in 2004. The tsunami killed more than 1,50,000 people in a dozen countries. But veiy few animals were reported dead. Buffaloes, goats and dogs remained unharmed. So did elephants and leopards. They ran away to higher places to save their lives.

10. Who was Ignesious? Why did he put his television down on the ground from table?

Answer: Ignesious was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall. When his wife told him about an earthquake, he immediately took his television set off its table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break.

11. How did Sanjeev lose his life?

Answer: When Sanjeev heard cries for help from the wife of John, the guest house cook, he immediately jumped into the water to rescue her. But unfortunately they were both swept away by the powerful waves.

12. What is the view of some experts about the animals?

Answer: Some experts believe that animals more acute hearing helps them to hear or feel the earth’s vibration. They can sense an approaching disaster long before humans realise what’s going on.  

13. How did Tilly Smith save her family from the deadly waves?

Answer: Tilly Smith with her family was celebrating Christmas at a beach in Thailand. She was only 10 years old. She noted the sea water flowing towards, the beach. She was reminded of a geography lesson and the video of Hawaiian islands in 1946. She started shouting to her parents to clear off the beach. Her parents heeded her. They all took shelter in the third floor of the hotel and were saved.

14. Give a brief account of how the animate saved themselves when the giant waves hit India and Sri Lanka.

Answer: Before the great waves moved towards the coast in India and Sri Lanka, the wild and domestic animals foresaw the danger. Elephants ran for higher ground. Dogs refused to go outdoors. Zoo animals rushed into their shelters. This was perhaps the animals possess a sixth sense, which is very sharp and work as warning during disasters. So not many animals lost their lives in 2004 Tsunami while thousands people were washed away.

15. What happened to Almas and her family?

Answer: When the tremors came early in the morning, Almas and her family were sleep­ing. Suddenly Almas’s father saw the sea water recede. He understood that the water would come rushing back with great force. He woke everyone up and tried to rush them to a safer place. As they ran, her grandfather was hit on the head by something and fell down. Her father rushed to help him. But soon a giant wave came and swept both of them away. Her mother and ants too were washed away by the mighty waves. Almas was somehow saved. But she became the victim of trauma.