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.The story develops because
(1) the narrator stole some money
(2) he was given four rupees
(3) he loved to eat sweets
(4) the school fee could not be collected on the fixed day
Answer
Answer: the school fee could not be collected on the fixed day
Q2.Who is the writer of the lesson Jalebis?
(1) Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
(2) Rabindranath Tagore
(3) Sufiya Pathan
(4) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: None of the Above
Q3.The child was tempted to buy jalebis but while returning from school
(1) he controlled his greed
(2) he ran to the jalebi shop
(3) he sat down and thought
(4) he threw away the rupees
Answer
Answer: he controlled his greed
Q4.Who translated the lesson Jalebis from Urdu?
(1) Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
(2) Rabindranath Tagore
(3) Sufiya Pathan
(4) Master Ghulam Mohammed
Answer
Answer: Sufiya Pathan
Q5.What made the child control his greed for jalebis at first ?
(1) the fear of the teachers
(2) his and his family’s reputation
(3) the fear of being beaten
(4) the fear of the police
Answer
Answer: his and his family’s reputation
Q6.Which standard was he in, back then?
(1) Fifth
(2) Sixth
(3) Seventh
(4) Eighth
Answer
Answer: Fifth
Q7.The coins were so eager to be spent that day, says the child. In fact
(1) the coins do not speak
(2) the child was mad
(3) the child’s greed was becoming
(4) the child was joking uncontrollable
Answer
Answer: the child’s greed was becoming
Q8.Who collected the school fees?
(1) Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
(2) Master Ghulam Mohammed
(3) Sufiya Pathan
(4) None of the above
Answer
Answer: Master Ghulam Mohammed
Q9.Where did he reach as a result of continuous walking?
(1) End of the earth
(2) Beginning of the sky
(3) Kambelpur railway station
(4) Home
Answer
Answer: Kambelpur railway station
Q10.What do coins usually do?
(1) Speak
(2) Jingle
(3) Sing
(4) All of the Above
Answer
Answer: Jingle
Q11.What did he find under the rock?
(1) Four rupees
(2) Two rupees
(3) A hairy worm
(4) Both a and c
Answer
Answer: Four rupees
Q12.What do you mean by khanakkhanak?
(1) To lose one’s mind
(2) To go mad
(3) Jingling sound
(4) Thumping sound
Answer
Answer: Jingling sound
Q13.Why did it feel like sin?
(1) Because the coins were for his school fees
(2) Because he already got enough of everything at home
(3) Because he was already full
(4) All of the Above
Answer
Answer: Because he already got enough of everything at home
Q14.What did he thank God for, that night?
(1) For not having to pay the school fees
(2) For not being caught by the family
(3) For being able to eat jalebis
(4) For not having to eat four rupees’ worth of jalebis by himself
Answer
Answer: For not having to eat four rupees’ worth of jalebis by himself
Q15.Who was he supposed to show his face at Qayamat?
(1) Allah Miya
(2) Master Ghulam Mohammed
(3) His parents
(4) Himself
Answer
Answer: Allah Miya
Q16.Who had to collect the school fee?
(1) Master Gulzari Lai
(2) Master Ghulam Mohammed
(3)(iv) Master M. Ali
(4)(iii) Master Ghulam Ali
Answer
Answer: Master Ghulam Mohammed
Q17.What was coming out of the Kadhao?
(1) Rabri
(2) Gulabjamun
(3) Jalebis
(4) Pakodas
Answer
Answer: Jalebis.
Q18.What happened when the child was buying jalebis ?
(1) the child began to eat at once
(2) the jalebis slipped from his hands
(3) he suddenly saw his uncle on the
(4) other children gathered near him road
Answer
Answer: he suddenly saw his uncle on the
Q19.Again when the boy tried to pickup the stone for rupees, what did he see?
(1) The insect
(2) Four rupees
(3) The hairy insect
(4) A cockroach
Answer
Answer: The hairy insect
Q20.What did the author consider as a sin?
(1) Looking at someone in the bazaar
(2) Begging in the bazaar
(3) Looking at something in the bazaar
(4) Not paying the school fees
Answer
Answer: Looking at something in the bazaar.
Q21.What happened as a result of eating jalebis?
(1) He got scolded
(2) He lost sleep
(3) He was absent in school for the first time
(4) He was away from home
Answer
Answer: He was absent in school for the first time
Q22.To whom did the narrator ask for help?
(1) God
(2) His Mother
(3) His father
(4) His teacher
Answer
Answer: God
Q23.The meaning of clamour –
(1) Low noise
(2) Loud noise
(3) Violent
(4) Crazy
Answer
Answer: Loud noise.
Q24.In which packet were the Jalebis wrapped?
(1) Corton
(2) Sack
(3) Newspapers
(4) Bag
Answer
Answer: Newspapers
Q25.How did the Jalebis look like?
(1) Crisp
(2) Fresh
(3) Full of sweet syrup
(4) All of these
Answer
Answer: All of these.
Q26.How much money was in the authors pocket?
(1) Two rupees
(2) Three rupees
(3) Four rupees
(4) Five rupees
Answer
Answer: Four rupees
Q27.Why did he rush out of the barefoot and ran towards the bazaar?
(1) To buy his shoes
(2) To pay his school fees
(3) To have hot Jalebis
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: To have not Jalebis.
Q28.Where did the boy sit near the railway station?
(1) On a bridge
(2) Under a shady tree
(3) On a platform bench
(4) In a chair
Answer
Answer: Under a shady tree
Q29.Whom did he spot on their tonga while he was gathering up the heap?
(1) Master Ghulam Mohammad
(2) Halwai
(3) His father
(4) Chachajaan
Answer
Answer: Chachajaan.
Q30.The story develops because
(1) the narrator stole some money
(2) he was given four rupees
(3) he loved to eat sweets
(4) the school fee could not be collected on the fixed day
Answer
Answer: the school fee could not be collected on the fixed day
Q31.The child was tempted to buy jalebis but while returning from school
(1) he controlled his greed
(2) he ran to the jalebi shop
(3) he sat down and thought
(4) he threw away the rupees
Answer
Answer: he controlled his greed
Q32.What made the child control his greed for jalebis at first ?
(1) the fear of the teachers
(2) his and his family’s reputation
(3) the fear of being beaten
(4) the fear of the police
Answer
Answer: his and his family’s reputation
Q33.The coins were so eager to be spent that day, says the child. In fact
(1) the coins do not speak
(2) the child was mad
(3) the child’s greed was becoming
(4) the child was joking uncontrollable
Answer
Answer: the child’s greed was becoming
Q34.What happened when the child was buying jalebis ?
(1) the child began to eat at once
(2) the jalebis slipped from his hands
(3) he suddenly saw his uncle on the
(4) other children gathered near him road
Answer
Answer: he suddenly saw his uncle on the
Q35.Which fear was killing him?
(1) Having spent the money
(2) Burping out a jalebi or two
(3) Having to eat dinner
(4) Having to see a doctor upon calling sick
Answer
Answer: Burping out a jalebi or two
Q36.What did he feel like when he distributed the jalebis?
(1) Governor Saheb
(2) Rice distributor
(3) A noble man
(4) A great boy
Answer
Answer: Governor Saheb
Q37.One rupee fetched more than rupees does nowadays.
(1) Two
(2) Ten
(3) Twenty
(4) Fifty
Answer
Answer: Twenty
Q38.What were the coins keen about that day?
(1) Being saved
(2) Being paid as fees
(3) Being spent
(4) They were keen about nothing
Answer
Answer: Being spent
Q39.As a result of which standards examination, did he win a scholarship?
(1) Fourth standard
(2) Fifth standard
(3) Seventh standard
(4) Eighth standard
Answer
Answer: Fourth standard
Q40.Who said, kissa khatam, paisa hazam?
(1) The author
(2) Master Ghulam Mohammed
(3) Halwai
(4) The oldest coin
Answer
Answer: The oldest coin
Q41.What did he do to make the coins silent?
(1) Spent them
(2) Shouted at them
(3) Clenched them in his fist
(4) He did nothing to make them silent
Answer
Answer: Clenched them in his fist
Q42.What felt like a sin?
(1) Spending the coins
(2) Looking at something in the bazaar
(3) Eating jalebis
(4) Going to school
Answer
Answer: Looking at something in the bazaar