CBSE Class 8 English The Selfish Giant MCQs

Question. The children stopped their games to
(a) look at the beauty
(b) eat fruit in the garden
(c) pick beautiful flowers
(d) listen to the birds

Answer: D

Question The Nature was unhappy with the giant because
(a) he would not allow the children
(b) he would not water the plants properly to play
(c) he was very cruel
(d) he loved cold and frost

Answer: A

Question. ‘Years went by and the giant grew ——.
(a) Old
(b) Strong
(c) Feeble
(d) Both (a) & (c)

Answer: D

Question. “…..And underneath it stood the —– he had loved”
(a) Little boy
(b) Little giant
(c) Flower
(d) Linnet

Answer: A

Question. The little boy could not climb the tree because he
(a) was afraid
(b) was too small
(c) was lame
(d) found that the tree was too high

Answer: B

Question. Why did the flower slip back into the ground?
(a) On seeing the high walls
(b) On seeing the empty garden
(c) On seeing the Giant
(d) On seeing the notice-board

Answer: D

Question. Where else did the children try to play?
(a) Other gardens
(b) Home
(c) Road
(d) Bridge

Answer: C

Question. Who is the writer of the story “The Selfish Giant”?
(a) Rudyard Kipling
(b) Oscar Wilde
(c) T.S. Eliot
(d) Paulo Coelho

Answer: B

Question. What did the autumn give to every garden?
(a) Flowers
(b) Birds
(c) Golden fruit
(d) None of these

Answer: C

Question: How did the children creep in?
(a) By climbing the wall
(b) By breaking the wall
(c) Through a big hole in the wall
(d) Through a small hole in the wall

Answer: D

Question. When did the children go to the Giant’s garden?
(a) Morning
(b) Afternoon
(c) Evening
(d) Night

Answer: B

Question. Why did they not like the new place of playing?
(a) Dusty
(b) Full of hard stones
(c) Both A and B
(d) They liked the new place

Answer: C

Question. “One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music”. Whose music was it?
(a) King’s musicians
(b) Children
(c) Linnet’s
(d) None of the above

Answer: C

Question. Why did the child not see the approaching Giant?
(a) He was not looking
(b) He had teary eyes
(c) He was not wearing his spectacles
(d) He had his head bent

Answer: B

Question. Who, according to the Giant, were the most beautiful flowers of all?
(a) The flowers in his garden
(b) Children
(c) Stars
(d) The flowers in the neighbour’s garden

Answer: B

Question. Where did the children go to play?
(a) Giant’s house
(b) Cornish ogre’s garden
(c) Giant’s garden
(d) None of these

Answer: C

Question: In which season the garden bore rich fruit?
(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(c) Spring
(d) Autumn

Answer: D

Question. The spring arrived all over the country, what was the reason in the giant’s garden?
(a) Autumn
(b) Winter
(c) Monsoon
(d) Summer

Answer: B

Question. Whom did the snow and the frost invite to stay?
(a) Rain
(b) North wind
(c) Fog
(d) All of them

Answer: B

Question. “Climb up. Little boy!” – Who said this?
(a) Tree
(b) Giant
(c) Birds
(d) Spring

Answer: A

Question. Who were the only people that were pleased?
(a) North Wind and the Hail
(b) The Snow and the Frost
(c) The giant
(d) Children

Answer: B

Question. What did the Hail do?
(a) Covered the grass with white cloak
(b) Painted the trees silver
(c) Roared all day about the garden
(d) Rattle on the roof of the castle

Answer: D

Question.W hat happened to the garden when the giant put the little boy in the tree?
(a) It bloomed again
(b) Birds came and sang
(c) Spring arrived again
(d) All of these

Answer: D

Question. What did the people found in the most beautiful garden?
(a) Birds singing
(b) Children fighting
(c) Giant playing with the children
(d) None of these

Answer: C

Question. When did the people notice the giant playing with children?
(a) While going to the market
(b) At twelve o’ clock
(c) Both a and b
(d) They never noticed them

Answer: C

Question. Why did the Autumn not give golden fruit to the Giant’s garden?
(a) There were no children
(b) There were huge walls
(c) There was a notice board
(d) The Giant was too selfish

Answer: D

Question. For how many years he stayed with his friend?
(a) Five
(b) Ten
(c) Seven
(d) Nine

Answer:  C

Question. What was written on the notice –board?
(a) Trespassers will be executed
(b) Trespassers will be welcomed
(c) Trespassers will be prosecuted
(d) None of these

Answer: C