The Ant and the Cricket | Class 8 MCQ Questions with Answers English Honeydew Poems Chapter 1

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Q1.What was the policy of the ants?

(1) Never borrow, never lend
(2) Always give and take
(3) Share and grow
(4) None of the above

Q2.What does the cricket do through out the summer days?

(1) Work hard
(2) Travel
(3) Sing
(4) Dance

Q3.What would he die of, if the ant didnt help him?

(1) Starvation and famine
(2) Starvation and sorrow
(3) Starvation and poverty
(4) Starvation and weakness

Q4.When does the cricket begin to complain?

(1) His cupboard was full
(2) His cupboard was empty
(3) His house was burnt
(4) None of these

Q5.What did he want from the ant?

(1) Mouthful of grain
(2) Shelter from rain
(3) New clothes
(4) Only a and b

Q6.When did the cricket begin to complain?

(1) Summers and spring
(2) When he was drenched in rain
(3) When he found his cupboard was empty
(4) All of the above

Q7.What kind of insect crickets are?

(1) Lazy
(2) Clever
(3) Hard work
(4) Charming

Q8.Whose fables is the poem The Ant and The Cricket adapted from?

(1) Rudyard Kipling
(2) Paulo Coelho
(3) Dan Brown
(4) Aesop

Q9.Oh! what will become, says the ——

(1) Ant
(2) Cricket
(3) Both of them
(4) None

Q10.Who said I am your servant and friend?

(1) ant
(2) cricket
(3) both
(4) no one

Q11.Whom did the cricket ask for food and shelter?

(1) Mosquito
(2) Lizard
(3) Cockroach
(4) Ant

Q12.Which word is closest to the meaning scarcity of food?

(1) Sarvation
(2) Hunger
(3) Misery
(4) Famine

Q13.What help did the cricket ask from to the ant?

(1) Shelter from rain
(2) Food to eat
(3) Both (a) & (b)
(4) None of these

Q14.The poet has described the cricket as

(1) Silly
(2) Young
(3) Accustomed to sing
(4) All of the above

Q15.What did the ant say to the cricket?

(1) They never borrow
(2) They never lend
(3) They neither borrow nor lend
(4) None of these

Q16.During which time, the crickets cupboard were empty?

(1) Summer
(2) Monsoon
(3) Spring
(4) Winter

Q17.What did the ant advise him to do all winter?

(1) Sing
(2) Dance
(3) Sleep
(4) Rest

Q18.Why was the young cricket called silly?

(1) He was lazy
(2) He was always sleepy
(3) He did not think for winters
(4) None of these

Q19.The meaning of famine —

(1) Lots of food
(2) Happy moments
(3) Scarcity of food
(4) None of them

Q20.Did he wish to repay the ant?

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

Q21.Oh! What will become of me? Who said this?

(1) Ant
(2) Cricket
(3) Poet
(4) Tree

Q22.When did the cricket wish to repay?

(1) Two days later
(2) Tomorrow
(3) One month later
(4) Never

Q23.The two qualities Of the Cricket described here are

(1) foolish and a singer
(2) wise and a singer
(3) foolish and a writer
(4) intelligent and a speaker.

Q24.To whom did he go?

(1) Ant
(2)(i Bee
(3) Cricket
(4) Rain

Q25.Im your servant and friend.

(1) Ant to cricket
(2) Cricket to ant
(3) Ant to cricket
(4) None of these

Q26.The weather in the poem is

(1) warm and gay
(2) cold and dry
(3) rainy and stormy
(4) hot and sunny.

Q27.What did the cricket want to ask the ant?

(1) He wanted some grains
(2) He wanted shelter and some grain for himself
(3) He wanted his shelter
(4) None of these

Q28.What is the strategy of ants?

(1) Fight with other insects
(2) Be friendly with others
(3) They never borrow and never lend
(4) None

Q29.Why was he dripping with wet ?

(1) It was raining hard.
(2) He had dived in a pond.
(3) He had no shelter.
(4) He had taken a bath.

Q30.Which word in the passage means suffering from hunger.

(1) dripping
(2) trembling
(3) sorrow
(4) starvation

Q31.What did the ant recommend the cricket at the end?

(1) To work hard
(2) Travel everywhere
(3) Sing and dance
(4) None of them

Q32.Who said I am your servant and friend?(a) ant

(1) ant
(2) cricket
(3) both
(4) no one

Q33.The passage is taken from

(1) Geography Lesson
(2)(c) The Ant and the Cricket
(3)(b) On the Grasshopper and Cricket
(4) The Duck and the Kangaroo.

Q34.Accustomed to means

(1) happy
(2) unhappy
(3) used to
(4) irritated.

Q35.Who lifted the wicket ?

(1) the Ant
(2) the Cricket
(3) the poet
(4) a man.

Q36.Why did he lift the wicket ?

(1) because it was so light.
(2) because he was tired.
(3) because he wanted his visitor to go.
(4) because it was cold.

Q37.What does the poet mean when he says that some crickets have two legs ?

(1) These are some strange crickets with two legs.
(2) The poet dislikes all crickets.
(3) The poet is referring to people who do not save for a rainy day.
(4) All men are crickets with two legs.

Q38.The word fable here means

(1) able
(2) poem
(3) epilogue
(4) story with a moral.

Q39.What do you think that of the ants behaviour ? What was it like ?

(1) a servant
(2) a friend
(3) both
(4) neither

Q40.What do the ants not do according to the passage?

(1) don’t borrow
(2) neither borrow nor lend
(3) don’t lend
(4) don’t help.

Q41.The ant scolded the Cricket because

(1) he never lent
(2) he never borrowed
(3) he never saved
(4) he was foolish.

Q42.The word Quoth means

(1) wept
(2) laughed
(3) said
(4) asked.

Q43.Who was suffering from starvation and famine ?

(1) the Ant
(2) the Cricket
(3) the poet
(4) a man.

Q44.What did he expect to get from the miserly ant ?

(1) good advice
(2) food
(3) shelter
(4) food and shelter.

Q45.What does the word grant mean ?

(1) kind
(2) generous
(3) take
(4) give.