NCERT MCQ Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Prose with Answers PDF Free Download based on the major ideas and themes presented in the textbook as per the CBSE new test pattern are available here. This will help you learn and test your understanding of the chapters. Students can also take a free test of Class 8 English Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has four possibilities, each of which is followed by the correct response. These MCQ Questions were chosen in accordance with the most recent CBSE exam format.
Q1.How long did the meeting last?
(1) Less than an hour
(2) More than an hour
(3) Two hours
(4) For hours
Answer
Answer: Less than an hour
Q2.Name the greatest scientist who is differently abled –
(1) Charles Darwin
(2) Stephen hawking
(3) Galileo Galilei
(4) Marie curie
Answer
Answer: Stephen hawking.
Q3.The writer phoned Stephen Hawkings house
(1) from the nearest phone booth.
(2) from outside a phone booth.
(3) from inside a phone booth.
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: from outside a phone booth.
Q4.Who is the writer and journalist in the story A visit to Cambridge?
(1) Firdaus kanga
(2) Javed Anand
(3) Mihir Bose
(4) Vikram Chandra
Answer
Answer: Firdaus Kanga.
Q5.Every time he spoke to the scientist, the writer felt guilty because
(1) he wasn’t sure what he wanted to ask.
(2) he forced the scientist to use his voice synthesiser.
(3) he was face to face with a legend.
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer : he forced the scientist to use his voice synthesiser.
Q6.—— was my metaphor for England
(1) Scot land
(2) Darlington
(3) Cambridge
(4) Bordon
Answer
Answer: Cambridge.
Q7.I felt a huge relief… in the possibilities of my body. In the given context, the highlighted words refer to
(1) shifting in the wheelchair, turning the wrist.
(2) standing up, walking.
(3) speaking, writing.
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer : shifting in the wheelchair, turning the wrist.
Q8.Whom did the author meet in Cambridge?
(1) Charles Nicolle
(2) Robert Hooke
(3) C.V Roman
(4) Stephen Hawking
Answer
Answer: Stephen Hawking.
Q9.The author says Cambridge was my metaphor for England. It means that for him
(1) Cambridge was as important as England
(2) England was more important than Cambridge
(3) Cambridge was the only important thing in England
(4) Cambridge and England were the same.
Answer
Answer: Cambridge was the only important thing in England
Q10.Stephen Hawking is a successor to ——.
(1) Issac Newton
(2) Richard Dawkins
(3) Galileo Galilei
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: Issac Newton.
Q11.Stephen hawking wrote a famous book –
(1) Origin of species
(2) The selfish Gene
(3) A Brief history of time
(4) The Blind watch maker
Answer
Answer: A Brief history of time.
Q12.Hawking was a
(1) scientist
(2) journalist
(3) friend of Kanga
(4) politician
Answer
Answer: scientist
Q13.Where did the author rush after the walking tour was done?
(1) Church
(2) Phone both
(3) Hotel
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: Phone booth.
Q14.A disabled person is fed up when people
(1) show sympathy
(2) give him charity
(3) try to help him
(4) ask him to be brave
Answer
Answer: ask him to be brave
Q15.Who did call from the phone booth?
(1) His mother
(2) His friend
(3) His guide
(4) Stephen hawking
Answer
Answer: Stephen hawking.
Q16.Hawking felt amused when people
(1) sympathized with him
(2) Patronised him
(3) disturbed him
(4) loved him
Answer
Answer: Patronised him
Q17.Half an hour – Who said this?
(1) The author
(2) Stephen Hawking
(3) Stephen Hawking’s assistant
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: Stephen Hawking’s assistant.
Q18.What did the writer wish to do when he was leaving Hawkings residence?
(1) The writer wanted $o kiss Hawking and cry.
(2) The writer wanted to hug Hawking.
(3) The writer wanted to run away.
(4) The writer wanted to say kind words to Hawking.
Answer
Answer: The writer wanted to say kind words to Hawking.
Q19.What question did the speaker ask?
(1) To give message to all
(2) To give message to the handicapped
(3) To give something to his friend
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: To give message to the handicapped
Q20.What was the scientist deadly against?
(1) The Disabled Olympics
(2) The Spanish Guitar
(3) Swimming
(4) Writing
Answer
Answer: The Disabled Olympics
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Answer
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Q22.Who is he interviewing?
(1) Mr. Brown—a politician
(2) Stephen Hawking—a scientist
(3) A Philosopher
(4) A doctor
Answer
Answer: Stephen Hawking—a scientist
Q23.Where had the writer come from?
(1) India
(2) China
(3) Japan
(4) Sri Lanka
Answer
Answer: India
Q24.Stephen Hawking was a paralyzed ——.
(1) Anesthesiologists
(2) Astrophysicist
(3) Both (i) & (ii)
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: Astrophysicist.
Q25.What were the authors feelings when he had to leave?
(1) He wanted to leave
(2) He wanted to talk to Stephen Hawking
(3) He felt veiy attached to Stephen Hawking
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: None of these
Q26.How long did the writer expect to be allowed to meet the scientist?
(1) Ten minutes
(2) Half an hour
(3) One hour
(4) Two hours
Answer
Answer: Half an hour
Q27.I havent been brave, – Who said this?
(1) Stephen Hawkin
(2) His assistant
(3) The author
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: Stephen Hawking.
Q28.Which word in the passage means symbol.
(1) embodiment
(2) wheeled
(3) bravest
(4) waving
Answer
Answer: embodiment
Q29.The speaker in these lines is talking of
(1) himself
(2) Stephen Hawking
(3) Hawking’s assistant
(4) disabled people.
Answer
Answer: disabled people.
Q30.I find it amusing when people —— me
(1) Criticize
(2) Care
(3) Make fun of
(4) Patronise
Answer
Answer: Patronise.
Q31.How did he bid him good bye?
(1) By shaking hand with him
(2) By waving his hand
(3) By touching his hand
(4) By touching on his shoulder
Answer
Answer: By touching his hand
Q32.The phrase reach out means
(1) Walk
(2) move your hand
(3) go out
(4) try to get
Answer
Answer: try to get
Q33.The body, almost irrelevant, exists only like a case made of —–.
(1) Shadows
(2) Light
(3) Dark
(4) Loneliness
Answer
Answer: Shadows.
Q34.Why was the speaker watching the time?
(1) He had to go somewhere
(2) He had to meet the doctor
(3) He had to conclude the interview within the allotted time
(4) He was feeling bored
Answer
Answer: He had to conclude the interview within the allotted time
Q35.What did the speaker gleefully do ?
(1) he played on the guitar
(2) he threw the guiter away
(3) he broke the strings of the guitar
(4) he became quiet
Answer
Answer: he broke the strings of the guitar
Q36.What was the disadvantage of Mr. Hawkings voice synthesiser?
(1) It kept recording it self
(2) It could not convey any reaction nor any tone
(3) It was disturbing
(4) All of these
Answer
Answer: It could not convey any reaction nor any tone.
Q37.What was a waste of time according to Stephen Hawking?
(1) Organizing Olympic games for the disabled
(2) Not organising Olympic games for the disabled
(3) Organizing Olympic games for all
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: Organizing Olympic games for the disabled
Q38.Firdaus Kanga is a
(1) scientist
(2) journalist
(3) friend of Hawking
(4) politician
Answer
Answer: journalist
Q39.What was a waste of time for Mr. Hawking?
(1) Playing guitar
(2) Disabled Olympics
(3) Encouraging others
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: Disabled Olympics.
Q40.Kanga felt guilty everytime he spoke to Hawking because
(1) Hawking had to work hard to respond
(2) he was wasting his own time
(3) he was wasting Hawking’s time
(4) Hawking had asked him to keep quiet
Answer
Answer: Hawking had to work hard to respond
Q41.The author says Cambridge was my metaphor for England. It means that for him
(1) Cambridge was as important as England
(2) England was more important than Cambridge
(3) Cambridge was the only important thing in England
(4) Cambridge and England were the same.
Answer
Answer: Cambridge was the only important thing in England
Q42.Firdaus Kanga is a
(1) scientist
(2) journalist
(3) friend of Hawking
(4) politician
Answer
Answer: journalist
Q43.Hawking was a
(1) scientist
(2) journalist
(3) friend of Kanga
(4) politician
Answer
Answer: scientist
Q44.Why did he wish to meet Hawking?
(1) Hawking was a living genius.
(2) Hawking was too depressed.
(3) Hawking had called him.
(4) Hawking was on his death bed.
Answer
Answer: Hawking was a living genius.
Q45.The writer was fed up with certain people because they are
(1) too sympathetic
(2) too persuasive
(3) too discouraging
(4) too interfering
Answer
Answer: too persuasive