NCERT MCQ Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Prose 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. Almas Javed, the 10 year old girl was saved
(1) because of her father who had sensed the danger
(2) by her mother and aunts who stood clinging to a coconut tree
(3) by a log of wood floating in the water
(4) by a policeman
Answer
Answer: by a log of wood floating in the water
Q2.How was Tilly forewarned?
(1) Because of her geography lesson
(2) Because of the warning written on the board near the beach
(3) Because of her friends who called her up.
(4) Because of the news she saw on the television.
Answer
Answer: Because of her geography lesson
Q3.Where was Tillys school?
(1) Thailand
(2) India
(3) England
(4) Sri Lanka
Answer
Answer: England
Q4.Where is the Yala National Park situated?
(1) Thailand
(2) England
(3) India
(4) Sri Lanka
Answer
Answer: Sri Lanka
Q5.Why were no animal carcasses found?
(1) Animals are smart.
(2) For being close to the nature
(3) Sixth sense
(4) Nature saves them
Answer
Answer: For being close to the nature
Q6.How did Meghna save her life?
(1) She was saved by thfe relief helicopters
(2) She made use of a parachute
(3) She kept floating on a wooden board
(4) She was saved by Sanjeev
Answer
Answer: She kept floating on a wooden board
Q7.How many times did Meghna see the relief helicopters?
(1) Ten times
(2) Eleven times
(3) Twelve times
(4) Thirteen times
Answer
Answer: Eleven times
Q8.Which incident is talked about here?
(1) The earthquake
(2) The Tsunami
(3) The drought
(4) The flood
Answer
Answer: The Tsunami
Q9.When did Tsunami hit SouthIndia?
(1) Dec. 26, 2004
(2) Dec. 26, 2005
(3) Dec. 25, 2004
(4) Dec. 25, 2006
Answer
Answer: Dec. 26, 2004
Q10.Who were saved?
(1) All his children
(2) Only Ignesious
(3) His wife
(4) Only Ignesious and his three children
Answer
Answer: Only Ignesious and his three children
Q11.Name the lesson.
(1) The Last Bargain
(2) The Tsunami
(3) The Summit Within
(4) The School Boy
Answer
Answer: The Tsunami
Q12.Who was Ignesious?
(1) Manager of a co-operative society
(2) Teacher
(3) Officer
(4) Philosopher
Answer
Answer: Manager of a co-operative society
Q13.Why did his wife woke him up?
(1) Because she was going to somewhere
(2) Because she was not feeling well
(3) Because she felt an earthquake
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: Because she felt an earthquake
Q14.Why did he put the television down on the ground?
(1) So that it would not fall
(2) So that it would not break
(3) So that they could take it out safely
(4) So that it would not fall and break
Answer
Answer: So that it would not fall and break
Q15.What did he and his family do?
(1) They stayed in the house
(2) They began to cry
(3) They all hugged together Answers
(4) They rushed out of the house
Answer
Answer: They rushed out of the house
Q16.Which incident is being talked about?
(1) The earthquake
(2) The Tsunami
(3) The draught
(4) The flood
Answer
Answer: The Tsunami
Q17.Whose family is being described here?
(1) Ignesious
(2) Meghna’s
(3) Almas’s
(4) Tilly’s
Answer
Answer: Almas’s
Q18.Who were killed in the incident?
(1) Alma
(2) Almas’s mother
(3) Almas’s aunts
(4) Both her mother and aunts
Answer
Answer: Both her mother and aunts
Q19.How did Alma save her life?
(1) By swimming.
(2) By a boat
(3) By climbing on a log of wood
(4) With the help of army men
Answer
Answer: With the help of army men
Q20.In which hospital was she admitted?
(1) A hospital in Kamorta
(2) A hospital in Kambi
(3) A hospital in Kerala
(4) A hospital in Karnatka
Answer
Answer: A hospital in Kamorta
Q21.Who saw the sea slowly rise and start to foam?
(1) Megha
(2) Alma
(3) Tilly
(4) Almas’s friend
Answer
Answer: Tilly
Q22.Where had she studied about Tsunami?
(1) Geography lesson
(2) English lesson
(3) History lesson
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: Geography lesson
Q23.Tillys Geography teacher told her that Tsunami can be caused by
(1) earthquakes
(2) volcanoes
(3) land slide
(4) all of them
Answer
Answer: all of them
Q24.What happened in 1946?
(1) A draught hit the Hawaiian Islands
(2) A tsunami had hit the Hawaiian Islands
(3) An earthquake hit Gujrat
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: A tsunami had hit the Hawaiian Islands
Q25.A tsunami is a sea wave caused by
(1) the high tide
(2) the sea storm
(3) earthquakes on the land
(4) earthquakes under the sea
Answer
Answer: earthquakes under the sea
Q26.A —— is a very large and powerful wave caused by earthquakes under the sea.
(1) Landslides
(2) Tsunami
(3) Tornado
(4) Volcano
Answer
Answer:- Tsunami.
Q27.Ignesious and his family rushed out of the house because
(1) they feared the coming of tsunami
(2) they felt an earthquake
(3) they heard the noise
(4) they just wanted to go out
Answer
Answer: they felt an earthquake
Q28.On — a tsunami hit Thailand and parts of India.
(1) 25 Dec, 2004
(2) 26 Dec, 2005
(3) 24 Dec, 2004
(4) 26 Dec, 2004
Answer
Answer:- 26 Dec, 2004.
Q29.Two of Ignesiouss children died because
(1) they were separated from their parents
(2) Ignesious could not hold their hands
(3) they had gone in the opposite direction
(4) they remained sleeping
Answer
Answer: they had gone in the opposite direction
Q30.Which places in India, Tsunami attacked?
(1) Andaman and Nicobar island
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Both (i) & (ii)
Answer
Answer:- Both & .
Q31.Sanjeev was swept away
(1) while trying to save someone else
(2) while trying to save his family
(3) because he was a policeman on duty near the sea
(4) because he tried to save the guesthouse cook
Answer
Answer: while trying to save someone else
Q32.How Tsunami is caused?
(1) Heavy rainfall
(2) Strom
(3) Earthquake under the sea
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer:- Earthquake under the sea.
Q33.Meghna saved herself from tsunami by
(1) swimming towards the shore
(2) holding on to a wooden door
(3) the help of the other 77 people who were swept away with her
(4) the relief helicopters
Answer
Answer: holding on to a wooden door
Q34. —— was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchal.
(1) Ignesious
(2) Sanjeev
(3) Lilly smith
(4) John
Answer
Answer:- Ignesious.
Q35.Almas Javed, the 10 year old girl was saved
(1) because of her father who had sensed the danger
(2) by her mother and aunts who stood clinging to a coconut tree
(3) by a log of wood floating in the water
(4) by a policeman
Answer
Answer: by a log of wood floating in the water
Q36.Ignesious was the manager of a cooperative society in ——.
(1) Majuli
(2) Baratang
(3) Katchal
(4) Kalpeni
Answer
Answer:- Katchal.
Q37.The little girl who saved many lives during the tsunami rage was
(1) Meghna
(2) Almas Javed
(3) Tilly Smith
(4) Penny Smith
Answer
Answer: Tilly Smith
Q38.Which object did Ignesious take and put down on the ground?
(1) Radio
(2) Refrigerator
(3) Mobile
(4) Television
Answer
Answer:- Television.
Q39.The tsunami waves were triggered by a massive earthquake
(1) off northern Sumatra
(2) off Thailand
(3) off Andamans islands
(4) off the Nicobar islands
Answer
Answer: off northern Sumatra
Q40.Whom did Ignesious never see again?
(1) His two children
(2) Father-in-law
(3) His mother
(4) Both (i) & (ii)
Answer
Answer:- Both & .
Q41.How did Tilly become aware of the upcoming calamity?
(1) Video on tsunami
(2) Through a friend
(3) Through a Manager
(4) Through books
Answer
Answer: Video on tsunami
Q42.Who was saved with Ignesious?
(1) His wife
(2) Three other children
(3) His father
(4) All of them
Answer
Answer:- Three other children.
Q43.What was the occupation of Sanjeev?
(1) Policeman
(2) Guesthouse cook
(3) Doctor
(4) Teacher
Answer
Answer: Policeman
Q44.Who was the policeman?
(1) Sanjeev
(2) Rajeev
(3) Sandeep
(4) Sudeep
Answer
Answer:- Sanjeev.