CBSE Class 8 English The Ant and the Cricket MCQs

Question. Which word is closest to the meaning ‘scarcity of food’?
(a) Sarvation
(b) Hunger
(c) Misery
(d) Famine

Answer:  D

Question. I’m your servant and friend.”
(a) Ant to cricket
(b) Cricket to ant
(c) Ant to cricket
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question. What did the ant recommend the cricket at the end?
(a) To work hard
(b) Travel everywhere
(c) Sing and dance
(d) None of them

Answer:  C

Question. The meaning of ‘famine’ —
(a) Lots of food
(b) Happy moments
(c) Scarcity of food
(d) None of them

Answer:  C

Question. Which word in the passage means ‘suffering from hunger’.
(a) dripping
(b) trembling
(c) sorrow
(d) starvation

Answer:  D

Question. What help did the cricket ask from to the ant?
(a) Shelter from rain
(b) Food to eat
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. Why was the young cricket called silly?
(a) He was lazy
(b) He was always sleepy
(c) He did not think for winters
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. What did he want from the ant?
(a) Mouthful of grain
(b) Shelter from rain
(c) New clothes
(d) Only a and b

Answer:  D

Question. What did the ant advise him to do all winter?
(a) Sing
(b) Dance
(c) Sleep
(d) Rest

Answer:  B

Question. Whom did the cricket ask for food and shelter?
(a) Mosquito
(b) Lizard
(c) Cockroach
(d) Ant

Answer:  D

Question. The poet has described the cricket as-
(a) Silly
(b) Young
(c) Accustomed to sing
(d) All of the above

Answer:  D

Question. When did the cricket begin to complain?
(a) Summers and spring
(b) When he was drenched in rain
(c) When he found his cupboard was empty
(d) All of the above

Answer:  C

Question. When did the cricket wish to repay?
(a) One month later
(b) Tomorrow
(c) Two days later 
(d) Never

Answer:  B

Question. The word ‘fable’ here means
(a) able
(b) poem
(c) epilogue
(d) story with a moral.

Answer:  D

Question. The word ‘Quoth’ means
(a) wept
(b) laughed
(c) said
(d) asked.

Answer:  C

Question. What did the cricket want to ask the ant?
(a) He wanted some grains
(b) He wanted shelter and some grain for himself
(c) He wanted his shelter
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. Oh! What will become of me?” Who said this?
(a) Ant
(b) Cricket
(c) Poet
(d) Tree

Answer:  B

Question. What does the cricket do through out the summer days?
(a) Work hard
(b) Travel
(c) Sing
(d) Dance

Answer:  C

Question. When does the cricket begin to complain?
(a) His cupboard was full
(b) His cupboard was empty
(c) His house was burnt
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. The meaning of “Quoth” –
(a) Advised
(b) Said
(c) Ordered
(d) Exclaimed

Answer:  B

Question. Who never borrows and never lends?
(a) Ant
(b) Cricket
(c) Both of them
(d) None of them

Answer:  A

Question. How would the cricket die if not helped by the ants?
(a) From depression
(b) Starvation
(c) Sorrow
(d) Both (b) & (c)

Answer:  D

Question. Name the poem.
(а) Geography Lesson
(b) The Ant and the Cricket
(c) Macavity: The Mystery Cat
(d) The Last Bargain

Answer:  B

Question. What did he do during the summer and spring?
(а) He sang during summer
(b) He sang during summer and spring
(c) He sang during spring
(d) He sang during summer and worked during spring

Answer:  B

Question. Did he wish to repay the ant?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned in the poem

Answer:  A

Question. During which time, the crickets cupboard were empty?
(a) Summer
(b) Monsoon
(c) Spring
(d) Winter

Answer:  D

Question. The two qualities Of the Cricket described here are
(a) foolish and a singer
(b) wise and a singer
(c) foolish and a writer
(d) intelligent and a speaker.

Answer:  A