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Class 6th English Honeysuckle
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Chapter 1 A House, A Home
MCQ Questions
Question 1.
A house is built:
(a) of white marble
(b) on home-loans
(c) of bricks, stone, wood and iron
(d) near the lake
Answer
(c) of bricks, stone, wood and iron
Question 2.
A real home Is made up of:
(a) tiled floors
(b) loving family
(c) glass ware
(d) happiness
Answer
(b) loving family
Question 3.
The members of a family work:
(a) to make it a palace
(b) to make lot of money
(c) for the happiness of one another
(d) to keep peace
Answer
(c) for the happiness of one another
Question 4.
The feeling that Is seen in a home Is of:
(a) jealousy
(b) revenge
(c) sacrifice
(d) security
Answer
(c) sacrifice
Question 5.
Who contribute to make a home:
(a) friends and neighbours
(b) labourers
(c) all members
(d) God
Answer
(c) all members
Question 6.
Members share:
(a) food and fruit
(b) joy and sorrow
(c) cheese and bread
(d) secrets
Answer
(b) joy and sorrow
Question 7.
They express love through:
(a) words
(b) action
(c) dance
(d) giving
Answer
(b) action
Question 8.
East or West:
(a) home Is the best
(b) India is the best
(c) trees are the lungs
(d) I am the best
Answer
(a) home Is the best
Question 9.
Materials required to build a house are __
(a) white marble
(b) family
(c) bricks, stone, wood and iron
(d) gems
Answer
Answer: (c) bricks, stone, wood and iron
Question 10.
A real home is made up of:
(a) tiled floors
(b) loving family
(c) glassware
(d) happiness
Answer
Answer: (b) loving family
Question 11.
The members of a family work:
(a) to make it a place
(b) to make lot of money
(c) for the happiness of each other
(d) to keep peace
Answer
Answer: (c) for the happiness of each other
Question 12.
Mutual feeling for each other in a family is of
(a) jealously
(b) revenge
(c) sacrifice
(d) security
Answer
Answer: (c) sacrifice
Question 13.
They express love through
(a) words
(b) action
(c) dance
(d) giving
Answer
Answer: (b) action
(1)
What Ls a house?
It’s brick and stone
and wood that’s hard.
Some window glass
and perhaps a yard.
It’s eaves and chimneys
and tile floors
and stucco and roof
and lots of doors.
Question 1.
According to the poet a house is
(a) different from a home
(b) same as home
(c) only brick and stone
(d) only furniture
Answer
(a) different from a home
Question 2.
A house is made of
(a) people
(b) emotions
(c) love
(d) material
Answer
(d) material
Question 3.
Brick, stone, wood etc. are required to make a
(a) home
(b) house
(c) family
(d) neighbours
Answer
(b) house
Question 4.
A house becomes a home with
(a) roof
(b) doors
(c) windows
(d) the people
Answer
(d) the people
Question 5.
The word stucco’ means the same as
(a) walls
(b) furniture
(c) plaster
(d) floor
Answer
(c) plaster
(2)
What is a home?
Its loving one faintly
and doing for others.
ft’s brothers and sisters
and fathers and mothers.
It’s unselfish acts
and kindly sharing
arid showing your loved ones
you’re always caring.
Question 1.
According to the passage the home is a
(a) house
(b) loving family
(c) furniture
(d) building
Answer
(b) loving family
Question 2.
The members of a family act
(a) In self interest
(b) against each other
(c) for some common Interest
(d) for the good of each other
Answer
(d) for the good of each other
Question 3.
A family Is made of the people who
(a) are brothers and sisters
(b) are parents
(c) care for each other
(d) live together
Answer
(c) care for each other
Question 4.
The members of a family
(a) live together
(b) talk to each other
(c) share every thing
(d) work together
Answer
(c) share every thing
Question 5.
The word caring In the passage means
(a) kind
(b) careful
(c) bold
(d) truthful
Answer
(a) kind
Important Questions
Question 1.
What is house made of?
Answer:
A house is made of brick and stone.
Question 2.
What is a home?
Answer:
A home is where loving members of a family live together.
Question 3.
Who lives in a home?
Answer:
Brothers, sisters, mother and father they all live together at home. Love binds family.
Question 4.
What binds a family?
Answer:
Love binds a family.
Question 5.
What is the difference between a house and a home?
Answer:
A house is a structure of brick and stone. A home is made of loving and caring family members.
A House, A Home Extra Questions and Answers Reference of Context
Question 1.
What is a house?
It’s brick and stone
and wood that’s hard.
Some window glass
and perhaps a yard.
It’s eaves and chimneys
and tiles floors
and stucco and roof
and lots of doors
Explanation
The opening lines the poet enquires about what a house is. The materials like brick, stone and hard woods are used to build a structure. Window panes are fixed, walls are decorated with stucco, and flooring with tile beautifies it. It has chimneys and a lot of doors perhaps with a yard.
(i) Who wrote the poem?
(ii) What are the basic elements to build a house?
(iii) What are the accessories required for a house?
(iv) What materials are used to beautify it?
(v) What is Stucco?
Answer:
(i) ‘Lorraine M Halli’ wrote the poem.
(ii) The basic elements to build a house are brick, stone, wood and cement.
(iii) A house requires doors, roof, walls, windows and chimneys etc.
(iv) Tiles and stucco are used to beautify a house.
(v) Stucco is fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces or moulding into architectural decoration.
Question 2.
What is a home?
It’s loving and family
and doing for others.
It’s brothers and sisters
and fathers and mothers.
It’s unselfish acts
and kindly sharing
and showing your loved ones
you’re always caring.
Explanation
The poet tries to analyse what a home is. He says that family loves and do things for each other. All the members of the family take care of each other. Unselfish act, sharing and showing concern for each other makes a family.
(i) How successful is the poet in differentiating a house from a home?
(ii) What should be done by the family members?
(iii) According to the poet, who are the member of a family?
(iv) The poet used ‘always’ for taking care of each other. Why?
(v) Give synonym of‘unselfish’.
Answer:
(i) Both are structures but home is where a family lives.
(ii) The family members should be kind, loving and caring.
(iii) Brothers, sisters, father and mother make a family.
(iv) ‘Always’ shows that care is an ongoing process and it should go on.
(v) Kind, benevolent.