CBSE Class 8 English The Great Stone Face–II MCQs

Question. When the poet went to meet Ernest, what was he doing?
(a) Taking tea
(b) Praying to God
(c) Writing something
(d) Reading a book

Answer : D

Question. When he was reading, he lifted his eyes to :
(a) the hills
(b) to the Great Stone Face
(c) the mountain
(d) the sky

Answer : C

Question. The fame had come to Ernest
(a) unsought for and undesired
(b) with his hard work
(c) because of his resemblance with the Great Stone Face
(d) because of his wealth

Answer : A

Question. How did Ernest treat his visitors?
(a) Rudely
(b) Greedily
(c) Gently
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. What did the people accept as true about Ernest?
(a) That he looked like Great Stone Face
(b) That he was very rich
(c) That he loved people
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Was the poet true about Ernest being the prophecy?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) May be
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Did the Great Stone Face agree with the writer of the book being the man in the prophecy?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Maybe not

Answer : B

Question. Who never saw the Great Stone Face look so hospitably at a stranger?
(a) People of the village
(b) Poet
(c) Ernest
(d) All of the Above

Answer : C

Question. Ernest examined the poet’s features again and again because
(a) he was so charmed by his looks
(b) he felt he had met him somewhere
(c) he felt he had a disease
(d) he was comparing him with the Great Stone Face

Answer : D

Question. Ernest had become famous for his
(a) health
(b) wisdom
(c) wealth
(d) love.

Answer : B

Question. When Ernest’s work of the day was over he
(a) prayed to God for a long time
(b) read a lot
(c) helped the villagers
(d) would stand for hours before the Great Stone Face

Answer : D

Question. ‘The years hurried on, and brought —- hairs upon the head Ernest, and ——–‘
(a) Black
(b) White
(c) Brown
(d) Red

Answer : B

Question. He began to speak to the people what was in his —- and —-‘
(a) Mouth
(b) Heart
(c) Mind
(d) Both (b) & (c)

Answer : D

Question. Whom were the reasons the poet denied to be the face of the Great Stone Face?
(a) His friend
(b) Neighbour
(c) Poet
(d) He, himself

Answer : C

Question. Who arrived at Ernest’s door one summer?
(a) Great Stone Face
(b) Poet
(c) Villagers
(d) All of them

Answer : B

Question. Who said, “I am not worthy to be its likeness”?
(a) Poet
(b) Ernest
(c) No one
(d) None of the Above

Answer : A

Question. Name the lesson.
(a) A Visit to Cambridge
(b) The Great Stone Face-II
(c) This is Jody’s Fawn
(d) A Short Monsoon Diary

Answer : B

Question. “Ernest threw a look of familiar __________ around upon his audience.”
(a) Rudeness
(b) Disgust
(c) Disappointment
(d) Kindness

Answer : D

Question. Who/what did the golden light of the sun fall upon?
(a) The Great Stone Face
(b) Ernest
(c) Poet
(d) Audience

Answer : A

Question. “I think i never saw the Great Stone Face look so hospitably at a stranger” – Whom did the poet identify this line?
(a) The villagers
(b) Poet himself
(c) Ernest
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Choose the meaning of ‘obscure’ from the following options.
(a) Not well known
(b) Hidden
(c) Dead
(d) Lost

Answer : B

Question. ‘As he read he lifted his eyes to the ——‘
(a) Mountain
(b) Sky
(c) Stars
(d) Moon

Answer : A

Question. Why did the people want to talk to them?
(a) He was rich
(b) He helped the poor
(c) He attended all
(d) He received all with gentle sincerity

Answer : D

Question. Did Ernest agree with everyone when they found the man with likeness of the Great Stone Face?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. What was Ernest to the various people who came to meet Ernest?
(a) Teacher
(b) Doctor
(c) Counsellor
(d) Tourist Guide

Answer : C

Question. Whom were the reasons the poet denied to be the face of the Great Stone Face?
(a) His friend
(b) Neighbour
(c) Poet
(d) He, himself

Answer : C

Question. What does the poet compare Ernest’s life with?
(a) The Great Stone Face
(b) Poetry
(c) Himself
(d) Ernest’s mother

Answer : B

Question. Ernest examined the poet’s features again and again because
(a) he was so charmed by his looks
(b) he felt he had met him somewhere
(c) he felt he had a disease
(d) he was comparing him with the Great Stone Face

Answer : D

Question. Which word in the passage means ‘looked into’.
(a) beside
(b) gazed
(c) flung
(d) gifted

Answer : B

Question. ‘As he read he lifted his eyes to the ——‘
(a) Mountain
(b) Sky
(c) Stars
(d) Moon

Answer : A