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.What, according to the Djinn, was the use of the humph?
(1) It made the camel look better than the others.
(2) It made the camel look tall.
(3) The camel could work for three days without eating.
(4) The camel looked more attractive.
Answer
Answer: The camel could work for three days without eating.
Q2.Who did not want to work?
(1) Dog
(2) Ox
(3) Camel
(4) Horse
Answer
Answer: Camel.
Q3.The Dog went to the Camel
(1) barking
(2) with a stick
(3) running
(4) with a can of water
Answer
Answer: with a stick
Q4.Camel lived in the Howling Desert because
(1) he loved the desert
(2) he could eat thorns and pickles
(3) he didn’t want to work for man
(4) he was hiding himself from other animals
Answer
Answer: he didn’t want to work for man
Q5.Whom did the animals start to work for?
(1) Themselves
(2) Man
(3) Djinn
(4) Camel
Answer
Answer: Man.
Q6.The Ox asked the Camel
(1) to run away from the desert
(2) to fetch and carry
(3) to obey the man
(4) to plough the field
Answer
Answer: to plough the field
Q7.What did the camel not want to do?
(1) Live
(2) Cat
(3) Sleep
(4) Work
Answer
Answer: Work.
Q8.Man called the Horse, the Dog and the Ox together and asked them
(1) to force the Camel to work
(2) to work double-time
(3) to go to the Djinn
(4) to hold a panchayat
Answer
Answer: to work double-time
Q9.The camel at –
(1) Sticks
(2) Thorns
(3) Pickles
(4) All of these
Answer
Answer: All of these.
Q10.The Camel
(1) laughed at the panchayat and said “Humph”
(2) didn’t come to the panchayat
(3) came to the panchayat and begged pardon
(4) threatened the members of the panchayat
Answer
Answer: laughed at the panchayat and said “Humph”
Q11.What was the reply of camel to everyone?
(1) Humph
(2) Trumph
(3) Hump
(4) Grumph
Answer
Answer: Humph.
Q12.The Djinn came to the Panchayat
(1) with a loud noise
(2) riding on a horse
(3) rolling in the dust
(4) coming down from the sky above
Answer
Answer: rolling in the dust
Q13.…… there was a —–, and he lived in the middle of a howling desert…..
(1) Bear
(2) Ox
(3) Camel
(4) Crocodile
Answer
Answer: Camel.
Q14.Who complained against the camel to the Djinn ?
(1) the Man
(2) the Ox and the Horse
(3) the Dog and the Ox
(4) the Horse and the Dog
Answer
Answer: the Ox and the Horse
Q15.Who came to the camel on morning with a saddle on his back?
(1) Horse
(2) Dog
(3) Ox
(4) Djinn
Answer
Answer: Horse.
Q16.When the Djinn went to the Camel
(1) the Camel obeyed him at once
(2) asked him to go away
(3) the Camel asked him why he had come
(4) the Camel went on looking at his own reflection in the water
Answer
Answer: the Camel went on looking at his own reflection in the water
Q17.On which day the Horse same to the camel?
(1) Saturday
(2) Monday
(3) Friday
(4) Thursday
Answer
Answer: Monday
Q18.Why did the camel live in the middle of the desert?
(1) The camel lived in the desert because his parents lived there.
(2) The camel lived in desert because he loved the place.
(3) The camel lived in the desert because he worked there.
(4) The camel lived in the desert because he did not want to work.
Answer
Answer: The camel lived in the desert because he did not want to work.
Q19.Who said, Camel, O camel, come out and trot like the rest of us?
(1) Ox
(2) Man
(3) Dog
(4) Horse
Answer
Answer: Horse.
Q20.The camel said, Humph repeatedly. How did it affect him?
(1) He did not have to work like others.
(2) All others became friends with him.
(3) His back suddenly grew a lump.
(4) He was asked to leave the desert.
Answer
Answer: His back suddenly grew a lum
Q21.Who first attempted to talk to the camel?
(1) Horse
(2) Dog
(3) Elephant
(4) Ox
Answer
Answer: Horse.
Q22.What was the camel doing?
(1) Eating
(2) Working
(3) Looking his reflection in a pool of water.
(4) Sleeping
Answer
Answer: Looking his reflection in a pool of water.
Q23.Who complained about the idleness of the camel?
(1) Man
(2) Dijnn
(3) Animals
(4) None of the above
Answer
Answer: Animals
Q24.Who was the lord of all deserts?
(1) Man
(2) Djinn
(3) Magicean
(4) Camel
Answer
Answer: Djinn
Q25.What was the dog taking in his hand?
(1) Bread
(2) A stick
(3) A piece of cloth
(4) A bone
Answer
Answer: A stick
Q26.What did the camel eat?
(1) Sticks
(2) Prickles
(3) Thorns
(4) All of them
Answer
Answer: All of them
Q27.The camel had not worked since
(1) Monday
(2) Tuesday
(3) Wednesday
(4) Thursday
Answer
Answer: Monday
Q28.How much work did the animals have to do?
(1) Single time
(2) Double time
(3) Triple time
(4) No work
Answer
Answer: Double time
Q29.Where did the camel live all alone?
(1) On a hill
(2) In the middle of the desert
(3) In a nalley
(4) In a cave
Answer
Answer: In the middle of the desert
Q30.Only one animal refused to work, who was it?
(1) Dog
(2) Ox
(3) Camel
(4) Horse
Answer
Answer: Camel
Q31.Who came to the camel, first of all?
(1) Dog
(2) Ox
(3) Horse
(4) Tiger
Answer
Answer: Horse
Q32.Where did the camel live?
(1) A Big Desert
(2) Howland Desert
(3) A Howling Desert
(4) Howled Desert
Answer
Answer: A Howling Desert
Q33.How did the Djinn know the horse was complaining against the camel?
(1) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because he said that it had long legs and a long neck.
(2) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because he knew he disliked the camel.
(3) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because he always got complaints about the camel from others.
(4) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because the camel had already told him about the fight they had had.
Answer
Answer: The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because he said that it had long legs and a long neck.
Q34.…he has never yet learnt to behave. In the light of this, what is the writers opinion about the camel?
(1) The camel is very obedient.
(2) The camel is very hard working.
(3) The camel is still a lazy animal.
(4) The camel fights with others.
Answer
Answer: The camel is still a lazy animal.
Q35.What tasks, do you think, were assigned to the dog and the ox?
(1) The dog was asked to fetch things and the ox to plough fields.
(2) The dog and the ox were asked to trot and to play.
(3) The dog and the ox were asked to take rest.
(4) They were asked to dance.
Answer
Answer: The dog was asked to fetch things and the ox to plough fields.
Q36.What made the dog, the horse and the ox very angry?
(1) The dog, the horse, and the ox got angry because they were asked to take rest.
(2) The dog, the horse, and the ox got angry because they disliked one another’s company and were asked to work together.
(3) The dog, the horse, and the ox got angry because the camel didn’t work so they had to work double-time.
(4) The dog, the horse, and the ox got angry because they were asked to leave the desert.
Answer
Answer: The dog, the horse, and the ox got angry because the camel didn’t work so they had to work double-time.
Q37.The camel was looking at this own reflection in the pool. What does it suggest to you about the camel?
(1) It suggests that the camel loved wasting time.
(2) It suggests that the camel disliked himself.
(3) It suggests that the camel was proud of his looks.
(4) It suggests that the camel was getting ready to for a party.
Answer
Answer: It suggests that the camel was proud of his looks.