CBSE Class 8 English The Comet I MCQs

Question. Who had James given the manuscript to?
(a) Nature
(b) IIA
(c) Sir John
(d) Taylor

Answer:  A

Question. Dibya was a
(a) woman who was Dutta’s friend
(b) woman who was Indrani’s friend
(c) maid who worked for them
(d) telescope which Duttada had

Answer:  D

Question. Did he like the publicity he was receiving?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned in the story

Answer:  B

Question. Duttada’s secret ambition was to
(a) discover a new comet
(b) go to London
(c) be famous and wealthy
(d) Just look into the sky and watch it

Answer:  A

Question. Where did the envelope tell him to come?
(a) London
(b) Canada
(c) New York
(d) India

Answer:  A

Question. What was Duttada’s secret ambition?
(a) To discover an asteroid
(b) To buy a telescope
(c) To spend nights star-gazing
(d) To discover a comet

Answer:  D

Question. Who was he hobnobbing with?
(a) Dibya
(b) Indrani Debi
(c) Himself
(d) No one

Answer:  A

Question. What disturbed Indrani Debi’s sleep?
(a) Cold weather
(b) Burst of cool breeze
(c) Noises from the roof
(d) Absence of his husband

Answer:  B

Question. What does her wife think of Dibya?
(a) A telescope
(b) A designing woman
(c) A man
(d) His husband’s friend

Answer:  B

Question. What did she smile about?
(a) His hobnobbing
(b) Knowing her husband was oblivious of practical problems of living
(c) The cold weather
(d) The cool breeze

Answer:  B

Question. Whose orbits are highly eccentric?
(a) Planets
(b) Comets
(c) Asteroids
(d) None of the above

Answer:  B

Question. “The telescope was duly installed and long were the dark nights that Duttada spent in—–.”
(a) Star-gazing
(b) Dreaming
(c) Researching
(d) All of these

Answer:  A

Question. Who detected a faint stranger ?
(a) Dibya
(b) Nabin babu
(c) Indrani debi
(d) Duttadacorrect

Answer:  D

Question. Whose sleep was disturbed by a burst of cool breeze from the window?
(a) Duttada
(b) Dibya
(c) Indrani Debi
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. What was her husband utterly oblivious of?
(a) Practical problems of living
(b) Her advice
(c) Dibya
(d) All of these

Answer:  A

Question. “So he has gone to hobnob with that wretched ——–!”
(a) Indrani Debi
(b) Duttada
(c) Friend
(d) Dibya

Answer:  D

Question. Whom did Duttada call ‘ Dibya Chakshu’?
(a) Dibya
(b) Indrani Debi
(c) Duttada, himself
(d) None of them

Answer:  A

Question. Who picked up the woollen pullower ?
(a) Indrani debicorrect
(b) Dibya
(c) both A and B
(d) Duttada

Answer:  A

Question. Who also orbit round the sun?
(a) Comets
(b) Planets
(c) Earth
(d) Moon

Answer:  A

Question. Duttada was fed up of:
(a) unwelcome publicity
(b) working hard
(c) discovering comets
(d) all the above

Answer:  A

Question. ‘Two days later the —– came out with the news:’
(a) Telegraph
(b) Ananda Bazar Patrika
(c) Sangbad pratidin
(d) The statesman

Answer:  B

Question. Whom did he inform about discovering of new comet?
(a) Indrani Debi
(b) ISRO
(c) IIA
(d) No one

Answer:  C

Question. Who was the defence science advisor to the U.K. Government?
(a) Taylor
(b) Dr. James
(c) Sir John Macpherson
(d) Manoj Dutta

Answer:  C

Question. How did Dutta feel to attend numerous receptions and functions?
(a) Happy
(b) Proud
(c) Digest
(d) Angry

Answer:  C

Question. ‘In the specious dining hall of king’s college,
(a) California
(b) Cambridge
(c) Oxford
(d) Harvard

Answer:  B

Question. What was Duttada’s ambition in life?
(a) To have a decent house
(b) To discover a comet
(c) To have a lot of money
(d) All the above

Answer:  B

Question. When was the next cometary collision supposed to happen?
(a) One year
(b) Ten months
(c) Eleven months
(d) Two years

Answer:  B

Question. Who did he inform about his finding?
(a) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(b) Indian Space Research Organisation
(c) Indian Institute of Astrophysics
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  C

Question. According to Indrani Debi, comets bring _____.
(a) Ill-luck
(b) Luck
(c) Money
(d) Prosperity

Answer:  A

Question. What would John have not tolerated if it were not Sir John in front of him?
(a) Aspersions on the accuracy of his work
(b) An order to suppress his work
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these

Answer:  C