CBSE Class 9 English The Fun They Had MCQs

Question. Tommy walked away with the ______ book beneath his arm
(a) Torn
(b) Dusty
(c) Imaginary
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer :   B

Question. “……..If you don’t like it, you don’t have to read the book”- Who said this?
(a) Tommy
(b) Margie
(c) County Inspector
(d) Mrs. Jones

Answer :   A

Question. Who are Margie and Tommy?
(a) cousins
(b) brother sister
(c) friends
(d) neighbors

Answer :   D

Question. How long (approx.) did the inspector take to fix the mechanical teacher?
(a) 2 hours
(b) 1 hour
(c) 3 hours
(d) 4 hours

Answer :   B

Question. What was the diffrence between old schools and modern schools/
(a) old schools had many friends and modern school had no fellows
(b) old schools had human teachers and modern schools had robots
(c) old schools had playgrounds and modern school had only computers
(d) All

Answer :   D

Question. “Why would anyone write about school” -Who said this?
(a) Tommy
(b) Margie
(c) Mrs. Jones
(d) Blair

Answer :   B

Question. Margie was scornful-
(a) About her geography scores
(b) Knowing that the real book detailed about school
(c) About Tommy’s scores
(d) About festivals

Answer :   B

Question. The section of which subject was completely deleted from Tommy’s computer?
(a) English
(b) History
(c) Social Studies
(d) Geography

Answer :   B

Question. How old is Tommy?
(a) 10 years old
(b) 13 years old
(c) 15 years old
(d) 12 years old

Answer :   B

Question. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?
(a) Mathematics
(b) Science
(c) Geography
(d) All

Answer :   D

Question. According to Margie, in an older time, the schools were
(a) Big
(b) Brown
(c) Funny
(d) Stupid

Answer :   C

Question. Margie had to write out her homework
(a) In Russian
(b) In Punch code
(c) In English
(d) None of the above

Answer :   B

Question. The kids in the old schooling pattern went home together
(a) In between classes
(b) During afternoon breaks
(c) During festivals
(d) At the end of the day

Answer :   D

Question. What did the teacher in the real book do?
(a) Teaches through computer
(b) Gives lessons online
(c) Taught and gave questions in person
(d) Mailed them the lesson

Answer :   C

Question. How much time was taken to repair Tommy’s teacher?
(a) 5 days
(b) 25 days
(c) 20 days
(d) one month

Answer :   D

Question: Tommy got old book forms –
(a) His own house
(b) Library
(c) Margie’s house
(d) Friend’s house

Answer:    A

Question. Who was the regular teacher who taught the lessons?
(a) human teacher
(b) computer teacher
(c) who teaches
(d) mechanical robot teacher who teaches Margie and Tommy

Answer :   D

Question. Where was Margie’s school?
(a) in a village
(b) in a city outskirt
(c) in her own house
(d) in a room in her house where a computer was set up

Answer :   D

Question. Where did Tommy find the book?
(a) in a public library
(b) in a library
(c) in his house
(d) on the roadside

Answer :   C

Question. How old is Margie?
(a) 10 years old
(b) 11 years old
(c) 12 years old
(d) 13 years old

Answer :   B

Question. To which world does the story take the readers to?
(a) future world
(b) past world
(c) present World
(d) future world where computers will play a major role

Answer :   D

Question. Who is the main character of the story?
(a) parents
(b) children
(c) Margie
(d) Tommy

Answer :   C

Question. What did Tommy find?
(a) an old book with yellow crinky pages
(b) a yellow pages book
(c) a brand new book
(d) a diary

Answer :   A

Question: Margie was writing the diary on –
(a) 17th June 2157
(b) 17th May 2158
(c) 16th May 2057
(d) 17th May 2157

Answer:   D

Question. What is a telebook?
(a) an e-book
(b) an electronic book
(c) book stored in a computer
(d) all

Answer :   D

Question. Who went to school?
(a) Margie
(b) Tommy
(c) Teachers
(d) Margie and Tommy’s ancestors

Answer :   D

Question. Why did Margie’s mother call the County Inspector?
(a) to repair a leakage
(b) to talk to Margie
(c) to talk to Tommy
(d) to check the fault in Margie’s teacher in the Geography section

Answer :   D

Question. Why did Margie hate school?
(a) because of machine work
(b) no fun was there
(c) no new things
(d) All

Answer :   D

Question: The writer of the story “The fun they had”
(a) Isaac Asimov
(b) Arthur Rimbaud
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Gieve Patel

Answer:  A