CBSE Class 8 English A Short Monsoon Diary MCQs

Question. Name the arrival of some seasonal visitors heralded by the rain.
(a) Leopard
(b) Wild bears
(c) Thousand leeches
(d) Both (a) & (c)

Answer : D

Question. Who are the obnoxious visitors that arrive at the hill station?
(a) Leopards and leeches
(b) Drongos and minivets
(c) Drongos and leopards
(d) Leopards and minivates

Answer : A

Question. Monsoon rain is
(a) cold and unpleasant
(b) very small
(c) warm and humid
(d) hot

Answer : C

Question. Who was chopping up sticks?
(a) Woman
(b) Girl
(c) Man
(d) Farmer

Answer : A

Question. How did he describe the early monsoon rain?
(a) Cold and humid
(b) Cold and breezy
(c) Warm and humid
(d) Warm and breezy

Answer : C

Question. “Even as I write, I see a _________ forming.”
(a) Rainbow
(b) Cloud
(c) Storm<
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Perhaps that’s what makes the mist so —–‘
(a) Melancholy
(b) Beautiful
(c) Exciting
(d) Dreadful

Answer : A

Question. For how many days they have not seen the sun?
(a) For to five
(b) Eight to nine
(c) Ten to fifteen
(d) Seven to eight

Answer : B

Question. During rains, for whom there is no dearth of food?
(a) Herbivorous insects
(b) Carnivorous birds
(c) Insectivorous
(d) All of these

Answer : C

Question. What do you mean by the word “ravine”?
(a) Rain
(a) Devine
(b) Plateau
(d) valley

Answer : D

Question. ‘The seeds of the cobra lily are turning —‘ signifying that the rains are coming to an end.’
(a) Yellow
(b) Black
(c) Red
(d) Blue

Answer : C

Question. Who came along with the minivets?
(a) A pair of drongos
(b) Some birds Some
(c) Insects
(d) butterflies

Answer : A

Question. Fearing whom does the leopards run away?
(a) Bijju
(b) Bijju’s sister
(c) Bijju’s grandmother
(d) Bijju’s mother

Answer : C

Question. “——- are lucky — They bring money!”
(a) Rats
(b) Cockroach
(c) Lizard
(d) Chuchundars

Answer : D

Question. All night the —- has been drumming on the corrugated tin roof’
(a) Storm
(b) Rain
(c) Thunder
(d) Lightning

Answer : B

Question. Which birds cannot conceal themselves?
(a) Drongo
(b) Scarlet minivet
(c) Cuckoo
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. Which late monsoon flowers began to appear by August 12?
(a) Dahlias
(b) Ground orchids
(c) Wild balsam
(d) All of the Above

Answer : D

Question. Where do we go straight from monsoon season?
(a) Summer rain
(b) Spring
(c) Winter rain
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Insectivorous birds are happy in the monsoon season
(a) as they get plenty of food
(b) because they breed in this season
(c) because they love water
(d) as the weather is to their liking

Answer : A

Question. ‘And the first —- rears its head from the ferns as I walk up to the bank and post office.
(a) Coneflower
(b) Cobra lily
(c) White Water lily
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Name the most famous diary published as a book.
(a) Robert Scott’s Captain’s Log
(b) Samuel Pepy’s Secret Diary
(c) The Bunker Diary
(d) The Diary of Anne Frank

Answer : D

Question. ‘The blackest cloud I’ve even squatted over —–‘
(a) Mussorie
(b) Gulmarg
(c) Darjeeling
(d) Gangtok

Answer : A

Question. “. Ground orchids, mauve lady’s slipper and the white butterfly orchids put on a fashion display on the grassy slopes of __________”
(a) Valley
(b) Mussoorie
(c) Landour
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question. Who did the seasonal visitor lift from near the servant’s quarters?
(a) Dog
(b) Cat
(c) Leopard
(d) All of the above

Answer : A

Question. Name the lesson.
(a) A Visit to Cambridge
(b) The Tsunami
(c) A Short Monsoon Diary
(d) The Great Stone Face-II

Answer : C

Question. Name the arrival of some seasonal visitors heralded by the rain.
(a) Leopard
(b) Wild bears
(c) Thousand leeches
(d) Both (a) & (c)

Answer : D

Question. What happened on the first day of monsoon?
(a) There was a lot of rain
(b) There was snow everywhere
(c) Mist had covered the hills
(d) A cold wind was blowing

Answer : C

Question. Which female birds are yellow mentioned in this story?
(a) Drongo
(b) Cuckoo
(c) Scarlet minivet
(d) Dove

Answer : C

Question. When was the first day of monsoon mist mentioned in this story?
(a) May 20
(b) July 12
(c) Aug 5
(d) June 24

Answer : D

Question. This Diary is written by
(a) Michael Morpurgo
(b) S.D. Sawant
(c) Satyajit Ray
(d) Ruskin Bond

Answer : D