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

Answer

Answer: 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

Answer

Answer: 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

Answer

Answer: Both & .


Q4.Monsoon rain is

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

Answer

Answer: Both & .


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

Answer

Answer: 24 June.


Q6.In his Diary the author is describing

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

Answer

Answer: Mussoorie


Q7.Perhaps thats what makes the mist so —–

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

Answer

Answer: Melancholy.


Q8.hom was Bijju calling?

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

Answer

Answer: His sister.


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

Answer

Answer: as they get plenty of food


Q10.How is the early monsoon rain?

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

Answer

Answer: Both & .


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

Answer

Answer: Cobra Lily.


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

Answer

Answer: Leopards and leeches


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

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

Answer

Answer: Both & .


Q14.Fearing whom does the leopards run away?

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

Answer

Answer: Bijju’s grandmother


Q15.A —— that might have been

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

Answer

Answer: Paradise.


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

Answer

Answer: The approach of Bijju’s grandmother


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

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

Answer

Answer: Both &


Q18.o Whom is Bijju calling through the mist?

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

Answer

Answer: His sister


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

Answer

Answer: late monsoon


Q20.Whom was Bijju calling?

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

Answer

Answer: His sister.


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

Answer

Answer: The rain is not directly pouring on him


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.

Answer

Answer: it is misty


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

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

Answer

Answer: Dog.


Q24.Which were the new animals during monsoon?

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

Answer

Answer: Scarlet minivets


Q25.The good sound is produced by

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

Answer

Answer: rain and tin roofs


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

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

Answer

Answer: Scarlet minuet.


Q27.Who came along with the minivets?

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

Answer

Answer: A pair of drongos


Q28.The word springing here means

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

Answer

Answer: creating


Q29.Which bird contrive to go unnoticed?

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

Answer

Answer: Scarlet minivets.


Q30.Which all flowers were displayed on hills?

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

Answer

Answer: 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

Answer

Answer: the mist


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

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

Answer

Answer: Rain.


Q33.When does the rain stop?

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

Answer

Answer: On Aug. 3


Q34.The drongos

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

Answer

Answer: charge the minivets away


Q35.Who was chopping up sticks?

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

Answer

Answer: Woman.


Q36.What is a woman doing?

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

Answer

Answer: Chopping up sticks


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

Answer

Answer: helps the author to read


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

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

Answer

Answer: Crow.


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

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

Answer

Answer: Cobra lily.


Q40.Do not kill it, – who said this?

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

Answer

Answer: Grandmother.


Q41.This Diary is written by

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

Answer

Answer: 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

Answer

Answer: the mist


Q43.The wordravine means …….

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

Answer

Answer: valley


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