CBSE Class 8 English – MCQ and Online Tests – It So Happened – Unit 10 – The Comet 2
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CBSE Class 8 English – MCQ and Online Tests – It So Happened – Unit 10 – The Comet 2
Question 1.
What questions came to Duttada’s mind after reading the letter?
(a) Will it achieve the rendezvous in time and at the right place?
(b) Will the remote control detonation work?
(c) What if the gigantic nuclear pile fails to fire?
(d) All of the Above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the Above
Question 2.
What was the first thing experts did in the meeting?
(a) Checked and rechecked James’ calculations
(b) Came to solutions
(c) Disagreed upon James’ predictions
(d) Had lunch
Answer
Answer: (a) Checked and rechecked James’ calculations
Question 3.
What did Sir John and Duttada’s friendship grow out of?
(a) Duttada’s comet discover
(b) Sir John’s power
(c) Their appreciation for each other’s work
(d) Their collective hatred for astronomy
Answer
Answer: (c) Their appreciation for each other’s work
Question 4.
Duttada toured the British Isles for
(a) a month
(b) two weeks
(c) one week
(d) two months
Answer
Answer: (b) two weeks
Question 5.
Duttada became quite friendly with
(a) many Britishers
(b) Forsyth
(c) Sir Macpherson
(d) nobody
Answer
Answer: (c) Sir Macpherson
Question 6.
Cometary collisions are expected to occur
(a) at regular intervals
(b) once in a 100 years
(c) once in a thousand years
(d) once in ten million years
Answer
Answer: (d) once in ten million years
Question 7.
Who performed the yajna?
(a) Duttada
(b) Sibaji Babu
(c) Khoka
(d) No one
Answer
Answer: (c) Khoka
Question 8.
How close did Comet Dutta come near Earth?
(a) Very close
(b) 50,000 kilometres
(c) 80,000 kilometres
(d) Not so close
Answer
Answer: (c) 80,000 kilometres
Question 9.
when did he receive the next message from Sir John?
(a) October 10
(b) November 15
(c) December 15
(d) November 18
Answer
Answer: (d) November 18
Question 10.
How long did the Conference continue for?
(a) A day
(b) Two days
(c) A week
(d) Two weeks
Answer
Answer: (c) A week
Question 11.
Who was Sir John’s special invitee?
(a) Indrani Debi
(b) James Forsyth
(c) Manoj Dutta
(d) All of the Above
Answer
Answer: (c) Manoj Dutta
Question 12.
The scientific world was much worried because the Comet Dutta was about to
(a) disappear
(b) burn away
(c) hit the earth
(d) hit the moon
Answer
Answer: (c) hit the earth
Question 13.
The conference went under total cover of secrecy because
(a) the news could cause panic
(b) it was their habit to be secretive
(c) comet brings ill-luck
(d) nobody likes comets
Answer
Answer: (a) the news could cause panic
Question 14.
“May I know what specific advantage there is in this ceremony?” What was the specific advantage?
(a) Ensuring peace
(b) Prevent ill-effects of the comet
(c) Preventing bad luck
(d) Welcoming him from London
Answer
Answer: (b) Prevent ill-effects of the comet
Question 15.
What was the crowd at his home for?
(a) Greeting him
(b) A yajna
(c) Lunch
(d) Star-gazing
Answer
Answer: (b) A yajna
Question 16.
“The success of the experiment depended on _____________.”
(a) The timing of their operation
(b) The amount of nuclear load
(c) The distance of the comet from the Earth
(d) How massive the comet was
Answer
Answer: (d) How massive the comet was
Question 17.
What was the name of their operation?
(a) Project Light Action
(b) Project Camera Action
(c) Project Nuclear Brigade
(d) Project Light Brigade
Answer
Answer: (d) Project Light Brigade
Question 18.
What measure(s) did the experts dismiss?
(a) Defensive
(b) Offensive
(c) No action
(d) Both a and b
Answer
Answer: (a) Defensive
Question 19.
The experts decided to have
(a) defensive measures
(b) no worry at all
(c) aggressive measures
(d) faith in God
Answer
Answer: (c) aggressive measures
Question 20.
How far Sir Macpherson was hopeful about the success ?
(a) fully
(b) not at all
(c) some hope
(d) he didn’t think about the hope
Answer
Answer: (c) some hope
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