CBSE Class 8 English How the Camel Got His Hump MCQs

Question. Camel lived in the Howling Desert because
(a) he loved the desert
(b) he could eat thorns and pickles
(c) he didn’t want to work for man
(d) he was hiding himself from other animals

Answer :  C

Question. How much work did the animals have to do?
(a) Single time
(b) Double time
(c) Triple time
(d) No work

Answer :  B

Question.Why did the camel live in the middle of the desert?
(a) The camel lived in the desert because his parents lived there.
(b) The camel lived in desert because he loved the place.
(c) The camel lived in the desert because he worked there.
(d) The camel lived in the desert because he did not want to work.

Answer :  D

Question.“…he has never yet learnt to behave”. In the light of this, what is the writer’s opinion about the camel?
(a) The camel is very obedient.
(b) The camel is very hard working.
(c) The camel is still a lazy animal.
(d) The camel fights with others.

Answer :  C

Question. What, according to the Djinn, was the use of the “humph”?
(a) It made the camel look better than the others.
(b) It made the camel look tall.
(c) The camel could work for three days without eating.
(d) The camel looked more attractive.

Answer :  C

Question. Whom did the animals start to work for?
(a) Themselves
(b) Man
(c) Djinn
(d) Camel

Answer :  B

Question. What was the reply of camel to everyone?
(a) Humph
(b) Trumph
(c) Hump
(d) Grumph

Answer :  C

Question. Who said, “Camel, O camel, come out and trot like the rest of us”?
(a) Ox
(b) Man
(c) Dog
(d) Horse

Answer :  D

Question. Who complained about the idleness of the camel?
(a) Man
(b) Dijnn
(c) Animals
(d) None of the above

Answer :  C

Question. Who attempted to talk to the camel secondly?
(a) Man
(b) Dog
(c) Djinn
(d) Horse

Answer :  B

Question. Who did not want to work?
(a) Dog
(b) Ox
(c) Camel
(d) Horse

Answer :  C

Question. What did the camel not want to do?
(a) Live
(b) Cat
(c) Sleep
(d) Work

Answer :  D

Question. The camel said, “Humph” repeatedly. How did it affect him?
(a) He did not have to work like others.
(b) All others became friends with him.
(c) His back suddenly grew a lump.
(d) He was asked to leave the desert.

Answer :  C

Question. “There a thing in the middle of your desert with a long neck and long legs, and…” – who/what is the ‘thing’ referred here?
(a) Horse
(b) Camel
(c) Ox
(d) Dog

Answer :  C

Question. What was the camel doing when the Djinn found him?
(a) He was crying under the tree
(b) He was chewing thorns
(c) He was looking at his own reflection in the water
(d) None of these

Answer :  C

Question. What bulged out on the camel’s back?
(a) Big hump
(b) Horn
(c) Bones
(d) All of these

Answer :  A

Question. Name of the author of ‘How the camel got his hump
(a) Thomas Hardy
(b) Rudyard Kipling
(c) RK Narayan
(d) Jane Austen

Answer :  C

How did the Djinn know the horse was complaining against the camel?
(a) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because he said that it had long legs and a long neck.
(b) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because he knew he disliked the camel.
(c) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because he always got complaints about the camel from others.
(d) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because the camel had already told him about the fight they had had.

Answer :  A

Question. Camel lived in the Howling Desert because
(a) he loved the desert
(b) he could eat thorns and pickles
(c) he didn’t want to work for man
(d) he was hiding himself from other animals

Answer :  C

Question. When the Djinn went to the Camel
(a) the Camel obeyed him at once
(b) asked him to go away
(c) the Camel asked him why he had come
(d) the Camel went on looking at his own reflection in the water

Answer :  D

Question.What was the camel doing?
(a) Eating
(b) Working
(c) Looking his reflection in a pool of water.
(d) Sleeping

Answer :  C

Question. What was the dog taking in his hand?
(a) Bread
(b) A stick
(c) A piece of cloth
(d) A bone

Answer :  B

Question.Where did the camel live all alone?
(a) On a hill
(b) In the middle of the desert
(c) In a nalley
(d) In a cave

Answer :  C

Question. The Ox asked the Camel
(a) to run away from the desert
(b) to fetch and carry
(c) to obey the man
(d) to plough the field

Answer :  D

Question. ‘…… there was a —–, and he lived in the middle of a howling desert…..’
(a) Bear
(b) Ox
(c) Camel
(d) Crocodile

Answer :  C

Question. On which day the Horse same to the camel?
(a) Saturday
(b) Monday
(c) Friday
(d) Thursday

Answer :  B

What tasks, do you think, were assigned to the dog and the ox?
(a) The dog was asked to fetch things and the ox to plough fields.
(b) The dog and the ox were asked to trot and to play.
(c) The dog and the ox were asked to take rest.
(d) They were asked to dance.

Answer :  A