CBSE Class 7 English A Funny Man MCQs Set 01

Answer: (c) The man’s bizarre attire and illogical dress code

Explanation:
1. The poem starts by showing a man dressed in a silly way.
2. He wears things that do not belong together.
3. This funny dressing makes the reader laugh right away.

Answer: (a) A shoe

Explanation:
1. Shoes are made for feet.
2. The funny man put a shoe on top of his head instead of a hat.
3. So, the correct answer is a shoe.

Answer: (c) He is playfully pretending to be formal

Explanation:
1. People say "Your Highness" to a king or queen.
2. The funny man is not talking to a real king.
3. He is just having fun and playing a silly game.

Answer: (c) an upside-down hop that defied sense

Explanation:
1. People usually walk on their feet to go home.
2. This man hopped away on his head.
3. Hopping on the head is upside-down and makes no sense.

Answer: (b) She staggered back

Explanation:
1. The poet expected a real flower.
2. Instead, she was handed a food item.
3. She was so surprised that she stepped back quickly.

Answer: (c) That senses operate independently

Explanation:
1. We see sights with our eyes.
2. We hear sounds with our ears.
3. The phrase mixes seeing and hearing together.

Answer: (b) a raisin bun masquerading as a flower

Explanation:
1. The man said he was giving a rose.
2. In his hand was really a currant bun with raisins.
3. The bun was pretending to be a flower.

Answer: (b) Humorous

Explanation:
1. The poem tells a story about upside-down and silly things.
2. It does not make us feel sad or mad.
3. It makes us smile and laugh, so it is humorous.

Answer: (b) a spectacle so peculiar it nearly produced its own sound

Explanation:
1. The sight was very strange to look at.
2. It was so odd that it felt like it had its own funny noise.
3. Therefore, it means a spectacle that was extremely unusual.

Answer: (d) A currant bun

Explanation:
1. A rose is a sweet red flower.
2. The man did not have a flower.
3. He handed over a currant bun and called it a rose.

Answer: (b) Buns are eaten, not smelled like flowers

Explanation:
1. A bun is bakery food that you chew and swallow.
2. A rose is a pretty plant that you smell.
3. Offering bread as a flower is completely backwards.

Answer: (c) ridiculously unique, bordering on nonsense

Explanation:
1. The funny man does everything in an odd way.
2. His song did not sound like normal music.
3. It was full of silly sounds that made no sense.

Answer: (b) Sat on the ground

Explanation:
1. The man finished making his funny song.
2. Right after singing, he went straight down.
3. He sat down flat on the floor.

Answer: (c) the overwhelming absurdity of the moment

Explanation:
1. The speaker did not get hit or pushed.
2. The situation was just too strange and weird to believe.
3. That total craziness made the speaker step back.

Answer: (b) Hopped on his head

Explanation:
1. Normal people walk home using two feet.
2. This character does everything upside down.
3. He left by hopping on the top of his head.

Answer: (c) The deliberate use of nonsensical actions for comic effect

Explanation:
1. The poem uses many actions that do not make sense.
2. Wearing shoes on the head and hopping on heads are silly acts.
3. These nonsense actions are made to create lots of fun.

Answer: (c) The man’s reversed dressing

Explanation:
1. The first stanza shows what clothes the man has on.
2. He wears foot items on his head.
3. Dressing backward and wrong makes the poem funny at the start.

Answer: (c) He was confused and surprised

Explanation:
1. "Staggered" means losing balance for a second.
2. You stumble when something shocks your mind.
3. The speaker felt completely surprised and mixed up.

Answer: (b) Alliteration

Explanation:
1. Look at the words "sounding" and "sight".
2. Both words begin with the same 'S' sound.
3. Repeating the same starting letter sound is called alliteration.

Answer: (b) It reveals that his world is upside-down from the poet’s

Explanation:
1. The man hops away with his head on the floor.
2. His feet are up in the air.
3. This shows that his whole way of living is opposite to our world.

Answer: (c) AABB

Explanation:
1. The first line rhymes with the second line (AA).
2. The third line rhymes with the fourth line (BB).
3. This creates an AABB rhyming pattern.

Answer: (d) A currant bun

Explanation:
1. The man gave a small gift from his hands.
2. The item was a sweet currant bun.
3. So, option (d) is the correct answer.

Answer: (B) Wearing two hats on his feet

Explanation:
1. People normally wear hats on their heads.
2. This funny man put two hats on his feet instead.
3. The poet thought this was very silly and strange.

Answer: (B) Sight and hearing

Explanation:
1. The word "sight" comes from our eyes seeing things.
2. The word "sounding" comes from our ears hearing sounds.
3. The poet mixes seeing and hearing together for fun.

Answer: (B) Natalie Joan

Explanation:
1. Natalie Joan is the poet who wrote this poem.
2. She wrote it to make children smile and laugh.
3. It tells a silly story about a very funny man.

Answer: (C) A rose

Explanation:
1. The man spoke in a very polite way.
2. He told the speaker that he had a lovely rose to give.
3. But what he took out was not a real flower.

Answer: (C) Being different and silly can be joyful

Explanation:
1. The man does strange things that make no sense.
2. His silly actions bring smiles and laughter.
3. The poem shows that fun and silliness bring happiness.

Answer: (A) Staggered back against the wall

Explanation:
1. The speaker expected to smell a sweet rose flower.
2. Instead, a bakery bun was put right at the nose.
3. The speaker was so surprised that they lost balance and moved back.