CBSE Class 8 English Magnifying Glass MCQs Set 02

Answer: (C) Spider eating flies

Explanation:
1. The speaker watches the spider spinning silk and making its web.
2. The spider is waiting patiently with sharp claws.
3. The poem does not show the spider actually eating flies.

Answer: (C) To explore the wonders of tiny things

Explanation:
1. A magnifying glass makes very small things look much bigger.
2. The poet uses it to look closely at chalk, spiders, and water drops.
3. It helps us see the wonderful hidden beauty of small things.

Answer: (A) Mockery

Explanation:
1. The speaker laughs lightly at the silly flies.
2. The poem teases them for flying straight into the spider's trap.
3. Making fun of their mistake shows a mocking tone.

Answer: (D) A plane mirror

Explanation:
1. A plane mirror is a flat mirror like the one in your home.
2. It shows things at their exact normal size without changing them.
3. Therefore, a plane mirror cannot magnify or enlarge anything.

Answer: (B) the sharpness of a spider’s grip

Explanation:
1. Through the glass, the little spider looks like a fierce tiger.
2. Its tiny legs grip onto surfaces very tightly.
3. This phrase describes how sharp and strong the spider's grip is.

Answer: (C) Alliteration

Explanation:
1. Look at the starting sound in 'make', 'more', and 'marvellous'.
2. Each of these three words begins with the same 'M' sound.
3. Repeating the same starting sound in close words is called alliteration.

Answer: (B) Moon

Explanation:
1. The poem includes the line 'Eyeing the moon'.
2. The speaker looks up into the night sky at the moon.
3. The celestial object mentioned is the Moon.

Answer: (B) A spider

Explanation:
1. The poet watches an eight-legged creature spinning silk.
2. The creature moves quickly and builds a fine web.
3. That creature is a spider.

Answer: (A) Convex

Explanation:
1. A convex lens is thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges.
2. It bends light inward to make tiny objects appear bigger.
3. Magnifying glasses always use a convex lens.

Answer: (C) Round

Explanation:
1. The poet mentions 'this round glass' in the poem.
2. A magnifying glass usually has a circular lens.
3. Therefore, its form is round.

Answer: (B) Simile

Explanation:
1. The poet compares tiny things in a water drop to bees in a hive.
2. The word 'Like' is used directly to make this comparison.
3. When two things are compared using 'like' or 'as', it is a simile.

Answer: (D) Imagery

Explanation:
1. Imagery means using words that paint a clear picture in our minds.
2. The lines help us visualize thousands of tiny sea shells inside chalk.
3. This visual description is an example of imagery.

Answer: (A) Amazement

Explanation:
1. The speaker is filled with wonder looking at ordinary things.
2. The glass makes simple chalk and water drops look magical.
3. This deep sense of wonder and joy is amazement.

Answer: (B) Tiger

Explanation:
1. The poet observes the sharp ends of the spider's legs.
2. The poem describes them as 'tigerish claws'.
3. This compares the spider's feet to the sharp claws of a tiger.

Answer: (C) The glass shows beauty in the smallest things

Explanation:
1. Tiny things often look boring when we glance at them quickly.
2. Through the glass, their wonderful patterns and shapes appear.
3. The lens reveals the hidden beauty inside even the smallest object.

Answer: (C) Imagery and Hyperbole

Explanation:
1. Saying you could walk to the moon in an afternoon is a huge exaggeration, which is hyperbole.
2. It also creates a vivid visual picture in our mind, which is imagery.
3. Therefore, both imagery and hyperbole are present.

Answer: (D) None of these

Explanation:
1. 'Myriad' means a countless or extremely large number of things.
2. Options like 'numerous' and 'several' mean many, which are synonyms.
3. Since no option means 'very few', the correct choice is None of these.

Answer: (A) Importance of small details

Explanation:
1. Big things are easy to see, but small things are often missed.
2. The poem shows that every tiny item in nature has a magical world inside.
3. It teaches us to appreciate the importance of small details.

Answer: (B) Talk

Explanation:
1. Rhyming words finish with the exact same ending sound.
2. In the poem, 'chalk' is placed to rhyme with 'talk'.
3. Both words make the same '-alk' sound at the end.

Answer: (B) Simile

Explanation:
1. The poet compares swimming microbes in a water drop to buzzing bees.
2. The sentence uses the linking word 'Like'.
3. Direct comparisons made with 'like' are called similes.

Answer: (C) Both A and B

Explanation:
1. The poem talks about chalk, moss, water drops, and spiders.
2. It does not mention worms, nor does it mention boiling water.
3. Therefore, both worms and boiling water are not viewed.

Answer: (D) Both B and C

Explanation:
1. Making 'magic' talk gives human qualities to magic, which is personification.
2. Calling the lens's power magic is also a direct metaphor.
3. Since both techniques are used together, the answer is Both B and C.

Answer: (C) ABCB

Explanation:
1. In each stanza, the second and fourth lines end with rhyming sounds.
2. The first and third lines do not rhyme with each other.
3. This rhyming pattern is known as ABCB.

Answer: (B) Alliteration

Explanation:
1. 'Wait and watch' repeats the starting 'W' sound.
2. 'Woven web-silk' repeats the starting 'W' sound again.
3. Repeating the same sound at the beginning of words is alliteration.

Answer: (A) An ant carrying a small morsel

Explanation:
1. A magnifying glass works on physical, solid objects.
2. Music sounds and dance steps cannot be magnified by a glass lens.
3. A tiny ant holding a crumb can easily be seen larger under the lens.

Answer: (C) The tiny shells of sea creatures

Explanation:
1. Chalk is a soft white rock found in nature.
2. Millions of years ago, tiny sea animals lived in oceans.
3. Their microscopic shells gathered on the sea bed and became chalk.

Answer: (D) The moon

Explanation:
1. Telescopes use curved glass lenses just like a magnifying glass.
2. The poet imagines looking at the bright surface of the moon.
3. The lens makes the moon feel so near that you could walk on it.

Answer: (D) Go beyond or exceed its ordinary self

Explanation:
1. 'Surpass' means to do better or become greater than before.
2. Under the lens, small things look much more special than usual.
3. They exceed their plain everyday look to appear grand.

Answer: (A) A round magnifying glass

Explanation:
1. The speaker holds a circular convex lens in hand.
2. This hand lens makes tiny objects appear big and clear.
3. It allows the poet to observe small details in nature.

Answer: (D) A countless number of

Explanation:
1. 'Myriad' is a poetic word used for huge amounts.
2. It means so many items that you cannot count them all.
3. Chalk holds a countless number of tiny fossil shells.

Answer: (C) Its spinnerets

Explanation:
1. Spiders have special body parts at the back of their abdomen.
2. These parts are called spinnerets.
3. Liquid silk comes out of them to weave sticky webs.

Answer: (B) The same wonder of lenses moves from a speck of chalk to eyeing the moon

Explanation:
1. The poet uses a small lens to study tiny chalk dust.
2. Then the poet thinks of giant telescope lenses looking at the far-off moon.
3. The magic of glass lenses connects both tiny and distant wonders.

Answer: (C) Even many eyes cannot save them from the trap

Explanation:
1. Flies have large compound eyes that can look in all directions.
2. But the spider's silky web is thin, tricky, and sticky.
3. Even having dozens of eyes cannot stop the flies from getting trapped.