Children at Work | Class 8 MCQ Questions with Answers English It So Happened Chapter 2

NCERT MCQ Questions for Class 8 English It So Happened 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. I only take foo(d)

(1) Used
(2) Leftover
(3) Untouched
(4) Covered

Q2.Who was fighting over a banana leaf?

(1) Goats
(2) Velu and Jaya
(3) Velu and a goat
(4) Jaya and a goat

Q3. The girl grinned and pointed at a huge building. Which building did she point at?

(1) The stores
(2) Central station
(3) Sri Rajarajeshwari Prasanna Kalyana Mandapam
(4) Central Jail

Q4. If you stand around in the middle of the road like that, youll be.

(1) Chutney
(2) Salad
(3) Vanished
(4) A shake

Q5.Did Velu get enough sleep on the train?

(1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Maybe
(4) Not mentioned in the story

Q6.The lesson Children at work is written by

(1) Gita Wolf
(2) Anushka Ravishankar
(3) Orijit Sen
(4) All of the Above

Q7.The lesson Children at work is written by

(1) Gita Wolf
(2) Anushka Ravishankar
(3) Orijit Sen
(4) All of the Above

Q8.The scene of the railway platform reminded Velu

(1) of the village fair
(2) of the Kumbh Mela
(3) that this city was so different from his village
(4) that he was alone in the big crowd

Q9.What was the name of the train that he boarded?

(1) Tamil Express
(2) Kanyakumari Express
(3) Chennai Express
(4) Tamil Nadu Express

Q10.Where did he reach by train?

(1) Thiruvananthapuram
(2) Chennai
(3) Mumbai
(4) Karnataka

Q11.Jaya recognised at once that

(1) Velu was hungry
(2) she had seen Velu earlier
(3) Velu was a run-away from home
(4) Velu was looking for her

Q12.What felt wobbly when he stood on the platform?

(1) Legs
(2) Arms
(3) Head
(4) Floor

Q13.Velu had run away from home because

(1) there was no food at home
(2) there was no work in the village
(3) he was an orphan
(4) he could not stand his father’s beatings

Q14.When had he seen so many people before?

(1) Village station
(2) A wedding
(3) Village fair
(4) Nowhere

Q15.Jaya had to drag Velu to the other side because

(1) he was a disabled person
(2) he kept hesitating to cross
(3) Velu was her younger brother
(4) she did not want to lose Velu

Q16.What did Velu feel when he was on the platform?

(1) Good and relaxed
(2) Refreshed and active
(3) Miserable but active
(4) Miserable and exhausted

Q17.What did he carry in his small bundle?

(1) Pants, shirt and towel
(2) Shirt, towel and comb
(3) Shirt, towel and teddy
(4) Towel, comb and money

Q18.What work had Velu done before?

(1) Ragpicking
(2) Cow gazing at farm
(3) In a factory
(4) None of the above

Q19.Why did Velu run away from his house?

(1) His mother disliked him
(2) His brother irritated him
(3) His father beat him
(4) His friends made fun of him

Q20.From where did Velu run away?

(1) Home
(2) Work
(3) School
(4) None of these

Q21.Velu ran after Jaya because

(1) he had no idea where to go
(2) he had liked the girl
(3) Jaya had asked him to do so
(4) he wanted to give jaya to police

Q22.Where did the ragpickers sell the rubbish?

(1) To a market
(2) To Jam Bazaar Jaggu
(3) To Jaggu
(4) To a shop

Q23.Where was Velu stopped by train?

(1) Hyderabad
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Chennai
(4) Delhi

Q24.What did they do with all the stuff?

(1) Sell it to a factory
(2) Sell it to Jam Bazaar Maggu
(3) Sell it to Mam Bazaar Jaggu
(4) Sell it to Jam Bazaar Jaggu

Q25.What was the name of the girl?

(1) Maya
(2) Kaya
(3) Jaya
(4) Saya

Q26.Where had he never seen so many people?

(1) Platform
(2) Village
(3) Market
(4) Party

Q27.What were the huts made of?

(1) Metal sheets
(2) Tyres and bricks
(3) Wood and plastic
(4) All of the above

Q28.Where was the girl stuffing rags?

(1) Into her sack
(2) Into a bag
(3) Into a polythene
(4) Into a box

Q29.What was Velu carrying in his bundle?

(1) Shirt
(2) Towel
(3) Comb
(4) All of these

Q30.When did Velu leave his house?

(1) Two days ago
(2) Three days ago
(3) Four days ago
(4) Five days ago

Q31.Why Velu did not buy a ticket?

(1) Because he was tired
(2) Because he did not know how to buy ticket
(3) Because he had no money
(4) All of these

Q32.Why did he decide to follow the strange girl?

(1) He liked her
(2) He wanted work
(3) He had nowhere else to go
(4) All of the Above

Q33.How old was Velu?

(1) 10-year old
(2) 11-year old
(3) 12-year old
(4) 13-year old

Q34.What was the girl wearing?

(1) Gown
(2) Frock
(3) Shorts
(4) Banian

Q35.Did he have money to buy the ticket?

(1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Maybe
(4) Not mentioned in the story

Q36.What was the girl collecting from the platform?

(1) Books
(2) Money
(3) Plastic cups
(4) Papers

Q37.Velu got into the train

(1) with a ticket for Chennai Central
(2) without a cricket
(3) and was caught by the TTI
(4) and got safely to the Chennai central because he had a ticket

Q38.Velu reached Chennai Central

(1) to meet Jaya
(2) having run away from home
(3) because he had got a job there
(4) to see Chennai