A Short Monsoon Diary | Class 8 MCQ Questions with Answers English Chapter 8

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Q1.This Diary is written by

(1) Michael Morpurgo
(2) S.D. Sawant
(3) Satyajit Ray
(4) Ruskin Bond

Q2.Name the most famous diary published as a book.

(1) Robert Scott’s Captain’s Log
(2) Samuel Pepy’s Secret Diary
(3) The Bunker Diary
(4) The Diary of Anne Frank

Q3.What was portrayed in the authors dairy?

(1) Silent miracles of nature
(2) Life’s little joys and regrets
(3) Both (i) & (ii)
(4) None of these

Q4.Monsoon rain is

(1) cold and unpleasant
(2) very small
(3) warm and humid
(4) hot

Q5.When was the first day of monsoon mist mentioned in this story?

(1) May 20
(2) July 12
(3) Aug 5
(4) June 24

Q6.In his Diary the author is describing

(1) Shimla
(2) Mussoorie
(3) Nainital
(4) Ooty

Q7.Perhaps thats what makes the mist so —–

(1) Melancholy
(2) Beautiful
(3) Exciting
(4) Dreadful

Q8.hom was Bijju calling?

(1) His mother
(2) His friend
(3) His sister
(4) Poet

Q9.Insectivorous birds are happy in the monsoon season

(1) as they get plenty of food
(2) because they breed in this season
(3) because they love water
(4) as the weather is to their liking

Q10.How is the early monsoon rain?

(1) Warm
(2) Cold
(3) Humid
(4) Both (i) & (iii)

Q11.And the first — rears its head from the ferns as I walk up to the bank and post office.

(1) Coneflower
(2) Cobra lily
(3) White Water lily
(4) None of these

Q12.Who are the obnoxious visitors that arrive at the hill station?

(1) Leopards and leeches
(2) Drongos and minivets
(3) Drongos and leopards
(4) Leopards and minivates

Q13.What did the school boy ask him to describe?

(1) Hill station
(2) Valley
(3) Both (i) & (ii)
(4) None of these

Q14.Fearing whom does the leopards run away?

(1) Bijju
(2) Bijju’s sister
(3) Bijju’s grandmother
(4) Bijju’s mother

Q15.A —— that might have been

(1) Paradise
(2)(iii) Earth
(3) Nature
(4) Soul

Q16.How dose Bijjus cow get saved?

(1) By gunshot
(2) By thunders
(3) The approach of Bijju’s grandmother
(4) cow hit at it

Q17.Name the arrival of some seasonal visitors heralded by the rain.

(1) Leopard
(2) Wild bears
(3) Thousand leeches
(4) Both (i) & (iii)

Q18.o Whom is Bijju calling through the mist?

(1) The author
(2) His master
(3) His sister
(4) His father

Q19.The hillsides are lush because of the appearance of flowers during

(1) Rarly monsoon
(2) mid monsoon
(3) late monsoon
(4) end of monsoon

Q20.Whom was Bijju calling?

(1) His mother
(2) His friend
(3) His sister
(4) Poet

Q21.How is the author untouched by the rain?

(1) The rain is not directly pouring on him
(2) He is in the house
(3) The rain has stopped
(4) None of these

Q22.The author cannot see Bijju because

(1) he is not in the line of his eyes
(2) it is misty
(3) it is night
(4) he is blind.

Q23.Whom did the leopard lifted from near the servants quarter below the school?

(1) Cat
(2) Dog
(3) Rabbit
(4) All of these

Q24.Which were the new animals during monsoon?

(1) Scarlet minivets
(2) New crops
(3) New fruits
(4) Some insects

Q25.The good sound is produced by

(1) rain only
(2) tin roofs only
(3) rain and tin roofs
(4) rain and leaks.

Q26.Which female birds are yellow mentioned in this story?

(1) Drongo
(2) Cuckoo
(3) Scarlet minivet
(4) Dove

Q27.Who came along with the minivets?

(1) A pair of drongos
(2) Some birds Some
(3) Insects
(4) butterflies

Q28.The word springing here means

(1) jumping
(2) creating
(3) a season
(4) finishing.

Q29.Which bird contrive to go unnoticed?

(1) Turkey
(2) Scarlet Minivets
(3) Swan
(4) Woodpecker

Q30.Which all flowers were displayed on hills?

(1) Ground orchids
(2) Magenta dahlias
(3) Wild dahlias
(4) All of these

Q31.The author could hear Bijju but could not see him because of

(1) the distance
(2) the wall
(3) the mist
(4) the fact that he was not in the line of his vision

Q32.All night the — has been drumming on the corrugated tin roof

(1) Storm
(2) Rain
(3) Thunder
(4) Lightning

Q33.When does the rain stop?

(1) On Aug. 1
(2) On Aug. 2
(3) On Aug. 3
(4) On Aug. 4

Q34.The drongos

(1) sing like minivets
(2) are very beautiful
(3) are there in all seasons
(4) charge the minivets away

Q35.Who was chopping up sticks?

(1) Woman
(2) Girl
(3) Man
(4) Farmer

Q36.What is a woman doing?

(1) Chopping up sticks
(2) Cooking food
(3) Washing clothes
(4) Warming herself near the fire

Q37.The sound of the falling rain on tin roof

(1) disturbs the author in his reading
(2) helps the author to read
(3) annoys the author
(4) makes the author leave that place

Q38.In the oak tree, a —– shakes the raindrops from his feathers and caws disconsolately

(1) Cuckoo
(2) Crow
(3) Drongo
(4) Sparrow

Q39.Which flowers seed turn red to signify the end of rain?

(1) Cobra lily
(2) Tulip
(3) Hyacinth
(4) Cactus flower

Q40.Do not kill it, – who said this?

(1) The author
(2) Grandmother
(3) Bijju
(4) None of these

Q41.This Diary is written by

(1) Michael Morpurgo
(2) S.D. Sawant
(3) Satyajit Ray
(4) Ruskin Bond

Q42.The author could hear Bijju but could not see him because of

(1) the distance
(2) the wall
(3) the mist
(4) the fact that he was not in the line of his vision

Q43.The wordravine means …….

(1) earth
(2) valley
(3) hillside
(4) plains