The Selfish Giant | Class 8 MCQ Questions with Answers English It So Happened Chapter 3

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Q1.The little boy did not run from there because

(1) he was too small to run
(2) he was not afraid of the Giant
(3) he did not see the Giant
(4) he wanted to challenge the Giant

Q2. He did not hate the now

(1) Children
(2) Giant
(3) Winter
(4) Garden

Q3.When did the people notice the giant playing with children?

(1) While going to the market
(2) At twelve o’ clock
(3) Both a and b
(4) They never noticed them

Q4.What gestures of the boy enlightened the Giant?

(1) Hug
(2) Kiss
(3) Crying
(4) Both a and b

Q5.He was really very for what he had done

(1) Guilty
(2) Sorry
(3) Ashamed
(4) Sad

Q6.From where did the children creep in?

(1) Through a hole in the wall
(2) Through the door
(3) Through a window
(4) By climbing the wall

Q7.Why did the Autumn not give golden fruit to the Giants garden?

(1) There were no children
(2) There were huge walls
(3) There was a notice board
(4) The Giant was too selfish

Q8.Which colour was the hail dressed in?

(1) White
(2) Grey
(3) Silver
(4) Black

Q9.What did Frost do?

(1) Covered the grass with white cloak
(2) Painted the trees silver
(3) Roared all day about the garden
(4) Rattle on the roof of the castle

Q10.Why did the flower slip back into the ground?

(1) On seeing the high walls
(2) On seeing the empty garden
(3) On seeing the Giant
(4) On seeing the notice-board

Q11.The children stopped their games to

(1) look at the beauty
(2) eat fruit in the garden
(3) pick beautiful flowers
(4) listen to the birds

Q12.Who is the writer of the story The Selfish Giant?

(1) Rudyard Kipling
(2) Oscar Wilde
(3) T.S. Eliot
(4) Paulo Coelho

Q13.The Giant was angry when he saw

(1) the wall broken
(2) the trees fallen
(3) the children playing
(4) the birds singing

Q14.When did the children go to the Giants garden?

(1) Morning
(2) Afternoon
(3) Evening
(4) Night

Q15.The Giant thought that the children in his garden were

(1) playful
(2) dirty
(3) beautiful
(4) trespassers

Q16.How many peachtrees were there in his garden?

(1) Ten
(2) Eleven
(3) Twelve
(4) Fourteen

Q17.He was selfish because he thought that his garden

(1) was a rare beauty
(2) was for him only
(3) was not for spring
(4) for the little boy

Q18.Who had the Giant gone to visit?

(1) Spanish Ogre
(2) Cornish Ogre
(3) English Ogre
(4) Indian Ogre

Q19.For how many years had he been away?

(1) One
(2) Five
(3) Seven
(4) Nine

Q20.What did the notice board say?

(1) Trespassers will be rewarded
(2) Trespassers will be punished
(3) Trespassers will be appreciated
(4) Trespassers will be prosecuted

Q21.In the selfish giants garden there was always

(1) summer
(2) spring
(3) autumn
(4) winter

Q22.Where else did the children try to play?

(1) Other gardens
(2) Home
(3) Road
(4) Bridge

Q23.Why did they not like the new place of playing?

(1) Dusty
(2) Full of hard stones
(3) Both A and B
(4) They liked the new place

Q24.The trees had covered themselves with blossoms once again because of the

(1) weather
(2) Giant
(3) children
(4) spring

Q25.Which season was it in the garden when it was spring all over the country?

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

Q26. the trees forgot to

(1) Bloom
(2) Bear fruit
(3) Sing
(4) Blossom

Q27.Who built a wall around the garden?

(1) A contractor
(2) A landlord
(3) A giant
(4) Some army men

Q28.In which season the garden bore rich fruit?

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

Q29.The Nature was unhappy with the giant because

(1) he would not allow the children
(2) he would not water the plants properly to play
(3) he was very cruel
(4) he loved cold and frost

Q30.The giants garden was

(1) very big
(2) small
(3) beautiful
(4) far away from the school

Q31.What was the name of his friend?

(1) Cornish Ogre
(2) Cornwall Ogre
(3) Turkish Ogre
(4) None of these

Q32.The sweet music which the giant heard was of

(1) king’s musicians
(2) a piano
(3) a wind instrument
(4) a little linnet

Q33.How did the giant knock the wall down?

(1) With his fist
(2) With his axe
(3) With his mighty stick
(4) None of the above

Q34.When the giant arrived, what did he see in the garden?

(1) Children fighting
(2) Children howling
(3) Children crying
(4) Children playing

Q35.The little boy could not climb the tree because he

(1) was afraid
(2) was too small
(3) was lame
(4) found that the tree was too high

Q36.Which bird was singing outside the giants garden?

(1) A parrot
(2) A linnet
(3) A pigeon
(4) A cuckoo

Q37.Giant was a —–.

(1) Selfish
(2) Mad
(3) Kind
(4) Poor

Q38.He was really very for what he had done

(1) Guilty
(2) Sorry
(3) Ashamed
(4) Sad

Q39.The children used to play in the

(1) giant’s garden
(2) a garden
(3) a big ground
(4) park

Q40.The spring arrived all over the country, what was the reason in the giants garden?

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

Q41.Who stood under the tree in one corner of the garden?

(1) A giant’s son
(2) A little boy
(3) A huge monkey
(4) A little bud

Q42.Whom did the snow and the frost invite to stay?

(1) Rain
(2) North wind
(3) Fog
(4) All of them

Q43.What did the Snow do?

(1) Covered the grass with white cloak
(2) Painted the trees silver
(3) Roared all day about the garden
(4) Rattle on the roof of the castle

Q44.How did the children enter the garden?

(1) Through the gate
(2) Through a tunnel
(3) Through a hole
(4) Through a ladder.

Q45.Who was singing outside his window?

(1) Parrot
(2) Canary
(3) Linnet
(4) Hornbill