CBSE Class 8 English Language and Literature MCQs

2. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Question. Which is a part of „The Mahabharta‟
a) Arthashastra
b) Gitanjali
c) Vedas
d) Bhagavad Gita

Answer: D

Question. Author of „Daughters of the East‟ :-
a) Salim Ali
b) Benazir Bhutto
c) R.K. Narayan
d) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: B

Question. The Permanent account number that Income Tax authorities give to Indian citizens:
a) VRS
b) PRS
c) PAN
d) GRS

Answer: C

Question. A person who is upto date with the latest gadgets
a) e-commerce
b) user friendly
c) tech savvy
d) icon

Answer: C

Question. Fear of dolls is :-
a) chorophobia
b) pediophobia
c) pyrophobia
d) hydrophobia

Answer: B

Question. “We learn from History that we learn nothing from History” :
a) Robert Frost
b) Aristotle
c) George Bernard Shaw
d) Keats

Answer: C

Question. Which one writes in Hindi language :
a) Munshi Premchand
b) Sant Tukaram
c) Nanak Singh
d) Kaifi Azmi

Answer: A

Question. Ad Valorem :-
a) For purpose
b) In bed faith
c) In secret
d) According to Value

Answer: D

Question. A greedy little boy who ate his Christmas pie without table manners:
a) Alladin
b) Dennis
c) Jack Horner
d) Rumpel Stilt Skin

Answer: A

Question. „The Animal Farm‟ by:
a) Leo Tolstoy
b) E.M. Forster
c) Ved Vyas
d) George Orwell

Answer: D

Question. King of Denmark in Hamlet
a) Claudius
b) Mcbeth
c) Duncan
d) Caesar

Answer: A

Question. “The unexamined life in not worth living” by:
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Thomas Edison
c) Socrates
d) John Milton

Answer: C

Question. To waste time :
a) Agog
b) Kernel
c) Mien
d) Dawdled

Answer: D

Question. Spitz :
a) chocolate
b) small dog
c) saliva
d) biscuit

Answer: B

Question. „The Glass Palace‟ written by:
a) Amitav Ghosh
b) Shashi Tharoor
c) R.K. Narayan
d) Amit Chaudhuri

Answer: A

Question. To put the cart before the horse
a) to put things in the wrong order
b) to praise one self
c) stop working
d) to work hard

Answer: A

Question. Who wrote „Rip Van Winkle‟
a) Thomas Wolfe
b) Raymond Chandler
c) Robert Penn Warren
d) Washington Irving

Answer: D

Question. “Superstition is the religion of feeble minds”
a) Edmund Burke
b) Napolean
c) J.F. Kennedy
d) F.D. Roosevelt

Answer: A

Question. “Ramayana” is written by
a) Kautilya
b) Kalidas
c) Valmiki
d) Vivekanand

Answer: C

Question. „The tunnel of time‟ autobiography by :
a) R.K. Narayan
b) R.K. Laxman
c) Adolf Hitler
d) Jack Welch

Answer: B