CBSE Class 9 English Iswaran the Storyteller MCQs

Question. was the narrator of the story.
(a) Ganesh
(b) Ramesh
(c) Suresh
(d) Mahendra

Answer:  A

Question. Who is a mahout ?
(a) a labourer
(b) an elephant’s driver
(c) a cook
(d) a writer

Answer:  B

Question. How does Iswaran describe a fallen tree ?
(a) a huge mountain
(b) a huge building
(c) an enormous bushy beast
(d) a small thing

Answer:  C

Question According to Iswaran earlier the factory site was a
(a) Market place
(b) Dumping round
(c) Burial
(d) Cite dal

Answer:  C

Question swaran was a good
(a) Painter
(b) Story teller
(c) Speaker
(d) Listener

Answer:   B

Question his imaginative story Iswaran imagined the hug tree as a
(a) Elephant
(b) Beast
(c) Crocodile
(d) House

Answer:  A

Question. How was the mad elephant breaking the walls ?
(a) like toys
(b) like kettles
(c) like matchsticks
(d) like puppets

Answer:  C

Question. From where was Iswaran watching this incident
(a) from a room
(b) from the cupboard
(c) from a tree
(d) from the rooftop

Answer:  D

Question the middle of the story Iswaran went to
(a) Prepare dinner
(b) Washroom
(c) Shop
(d) Wash cloth

Answer:  A

Question. What was Mahendra’s job ?
(a) he was the manager of a cinema
(b) he worked in a government office
(c) he was a supervisor in a construction company
(d) he was a storyteller

Answer:  C

Question Is waran was writing for Mahendra with his —- at the door.
(a) Lunch bag
(b) Dahi
(c) Letter
(d) Flower

Answer:  A

Question. Which art helped Iswaran to bring down the beast ?
(a) boxing
(b) wrestling
(c) ju-jitsu
(d) yoga

Answer:  C

Question Who is the writer of this lesson?
(a) R.K Laxman
(b) D.K.Tiwana
(c) Khushwant Singh
(d) None

Answer:  A

Question Whose story did Iswaran tell Mahendra?
(a) leopard’s
(b) lion’s
(c) mad elephants
(d) none

Answer:  C

Question What did Iswaran often see at night at his workplace?
(a) ghosts
(b) elephants
(c) strange birds
(d) All

Answer:  A

Question. What was Iswaran’s special quality ?
(a) He could produce delicious dishes.
(b) He could weave endless stories on varied subjects.
(c) Both a and b above.
(d) Neither a nor b.

Answer:  C

Question. What did Mahendra see from the window?
(a) A cat running after a mouse
(b) dark cloud like form holding a bundle
(c) a mouse
(d) a friend

Answer:  B

Question. How did Iswaran describe the uprooted tree?
(a) adding suspense and surprise
(b) using hands and eyes dramatically
(c) catching the attention
(d) all

Answer:  D

Question What influenced Iswaran’s style of narration?
(a) Tamil Thrillers
(b) his father
(c) his grandmother
(d) none

Answer:  A

Question What kind of a person did Mahendra claim himself to be?
(a) intelligent
(b) well read
(c) brave and rational
(d) All

Answer:  C

Question What kind of person was Iswaran?
(a) curious learner
(b) dedicated, loyal and obedient worker
(c) multitalented full of positive traits
(d) all

Answer:  D

Question. How did Iswaran say he brought down the mad elephant ?
(a) By hitting at its tusk.
(b) By hitting at its trunk.
(c) By hitting at its third toenail.
(d) By hitting at its back with a stick.

Answer:  C

Question. Name the writer of the story, Iswaran the Storyteller’.
(a) Mulk Raj Anand.
(b) Ruskin Bond.
(c) Laxman.
(d) A.K. Ramanujan.

Answer:  C

Question. What had Mahendra to do as a junior supervisor ?
(a) Keep an eye on the activities at the worksite.
(b) Arrange for the materials required at the work site.
(c) Distribute salaries to the workers at the work site.
(d) Keep an account of all the amount spent at the work site.

Answer:  A

Question. What kind of story teller Iswaran was?
(a) good
(b) very good
(c) master storyteller
(d) none

Answer:  C

Question.Who was Iswaran?
(a) The clerk who kept Mahendra’s accounts.
(b) The washerman who washed Mahendra’s clothes.
(c) The sweeper who swept Mahendra’s office.
(d) The cook who was attached to Mahendra.

Answer:  D

Question. Where did the school boys hide themselves to see the mad elephant ?
(a) on trees
(b) in thcir houses
(c) in their classrooms
(d) in the Headmaster’s room

Answer: C

Question. In Iswaran story from where the tusker escaped ?
(a) cage
(b) timber yard
(c) forest
(d) circus

Answer: B

Question. How did Iswaran say the elephant was revived?
(a) He said he gave the elephant an injection.
(b) He said he gave the elephant artificial respiration.
(c) He said a veterinary doctor was called there.
(d)He said a man from the zoo helped to revive the elephant.

Answer: C