CBSE Class 8 English The Last Bargain MCQs

Question. What was the time then?
(a) Sunset
(b) Noon
(c) Sunrise
(d) Late night

Answer:  A

Question. What did the young maiden offer to hire him with?
(a) power
(b) money
(c) smile
(d) None of the above

Answer:  C

Question. Who said “ I will hire you with my money,”?
(a) Old man
(b) The speaker
(c) Child
(d) King

Answer:  A

Question. Who said “I will hire you with a smile.”?
(a) Old man
(b) King
(c) Speaker
(d) Fair maid

Answer:  D

Question.  A——is a agreement in which both parties promise to do something for each other.

(a) Arguing
(b) Conversation
(c) Bargain
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. What did the child offer to hire him with
(a) Power
(b) smile
(c) Money
(d) Nothing

Answer:  D

Question. Who offered a flower?
(a) King
(b) Child
(c) Old man
(d) Fair maid

Answer:  D

Question. What did the child hire the speaker with?
(a) Flower
(b) Gold
(c) Nothing
(d) Power

Answer:  C

Question. Name the poet of the poem ‘The Last Bargain’
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) John Keats
(c) Zulfikar Ghose
(d) None of them

Answer:  A

Question. “_____ in hand the King came in his chariot”
(a) Power
(b) Sword
(c) Gold
(d) Wealth

Answer:  B

Question. What is in the kings hand?
(a) A bag of gold
(b) Money
(c) Sword
(d) Nothing

Answer:  C

Question. What do you mean by the word “naught”?
(a) Nothing
(b) Knot
(c) Naughty
(d) None of the above

Answer:  A

Question. Whose offer did the speaker take?
(a) King
(b) Old man
(c) Fair lady
(d) Child

Answer:  D

Question. Who said “ I will hire you with my money,”?
(a) Old man
(b) The speaker
(c) Child
(d) King

Answer:  A

Question. Why does the man accept the child’s offer?
(a) It made him a free man
(b) It made him a noble man
(c) It made him selfless
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  A

Question. ‘Her smile—-and melted into tears, and she went back alone into the dark.’
(a) Glowed
(b) Paled
(c) Rosed
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. ‘In the heat of the mid-day the houses stood with—–‘
(a) Open doors
(b) Shut windows
(c) Open windows
(d) Shut doors

Answer:  D

Question. With what emotion did he accept the child’s offer?
(a) Happiness
(b) Sacrifice
(c) Sadness
(d) Boredom

Answer:  A

Question. What did the old man offer the speaker?
(a) Power
(b) A bag of gold
(c) Flowers
(d) Money

Answer:  B

Question. Who came there to have a bargain?
(a) An old man
(b) A maid
(x) A king
(d) A small child

Answer:  A

Question. Give the meaning of ‘ponder’.
(a) to walk
(b) to think
(c) to help
(d) to say

Answer:  B

Question. According to the speaker, what was the child doing?
(a) Playing with shells
(b) Playing with toys
(c) Studying
(d) Doing nothing

Answer:  A

Question. What was the result of the offer?
(a) The poet accepted it
(b) The poet rejected it
(c) The poet shouted at the old man
(d) The poet became mute

Answer:  B

Question. What was the child doing?
(a) Playing with flowers
(b) Playing with sand
(c) Playing with sea
(d) Playing with sea shells

Answer:  D

Question. “An old man came out with his bag of _____”
(a) Sword
(b) Gold
(c) Notes
(d) None of the above

Answer:  B

Question. Where was the speaker walking?
(a) On the streets
(b) On the stone paved road
(c) On the highways
(d) All of these

Answer:  B