CBSE Class 8 English – MCQ and Online Tests – It So Happened – Unit 9 – The Comet 1
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CBSE Class 8 English – MCQ and Online Tests – It So Happened – Unit 9 – The Comet 1
Question 1.
What was Duttada’s secret ambition?
(a) To discover an asteroid
(b) To buy a telescope
(c) To spend nights star-gazing
(d) To discover a comet
Answer
Answer: (d) To discover a comet
Question 2.
“ Barring rare circumstances, the collision is inevitable.” What were those rare circumstances?
(a) Collision with an asteroid
(b) Splitting near the sun
(c) Evaporating
(d) All of the Above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the Above
Question 3.
The telescope was for Duttada
(a) an instrument
(b) something to help him
(c) fulfilment of an ambition
(d) a good investment
Answer
Answer: (c) fulfilment of an ambition
Question 4.
Navin Babu was to Duttada
(a) a friend
(b) a doctor
(c) a son
(d) a brother
Answer
Answer: (b) a doctor
Question 5.
Duttada’s secret ambition was to
(a) discover a new comet
(b) go to London
(c) be famous and wealthy
(d) Just look into the sky and watch it
Answer
Answer: (a) discover a new comet
Question 6.
Who had James given the manuscript to?
(a) Nature
(b) IIA
(c) Sir John
(d) Taylor
Answer
Answer: (a) Nature
Question 7.
What does his wife think of Dibya?
(a) A telescope
(b) A designing woman
(c) A man
(d) His husband’s friend
Answer
Answer: (b) A designing woman
Question 8.
What do you mean by ‘tete-a-tete’?
(a) Public meeting
(b) Public announcement
(c) Private meeting
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) Private meeting
Question 9.
Indrani had woken up because
(a) Duttada had gone
(b) She felt for the adjoining pillow and found no one there
(c) she did not know where Duttada was
(d) there was a burst of cool breeze
Answer
Answer: (d) there was a burst of cool breeze
Question 10.
Dibya was a
(a) woman who was Dutta’s friend
(b) woman who was Indrani’s friend
(c) maid who worked for them
(d) telescope which Duttada had
Answer
Answer: (d) telescope which Duttada had
Question 11.
How would you describe Johnson?
(a) Quiet
(b) Efficient
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) Both a and b
Question 12.
Who was Johnson?
(a) Provost of King’s College
(b) Butler
(c) Security officer at Whitehall
(d) Defence Science Advisor, Her Majesty’s government
Answer
Answer: (c) Security officer at Whitehall
Question 13.
Where did the envelope tell him to come?
(a) London
(b) Canada
(c) New York
(d) India
Answer
Answer: (a) London
Question 14.
“ There is no __________ whatsoever with the arrival of a comet and the calamities of the earth.”
(a) Correlation
(b) Proof
(c) Finding
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) Correlation
Question 15.
Duttada laughed. “I see that even an MA degree has not cured you of your __________!
(a) Dumbness
(b) Sarcasm
(c) Doubt
(d) Superstitions
Answer
Answer: (d) Superstitions
Question 16.
Did he like the publicity he was receiving?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned in the story
Answer
Answer: (b) No
Question 17.
Duttada was absent-minded about daily chores. How was he with his calculations?
(a) Absent-minded
(b) Oblivious
(c) Meticulous
(d) Forgetful
Answer
Answer: (c) Meticulous
Question 18.
Why could professionals not discover a comet?
(a) They are busy with pre-assigned programmes
(b) They are busy looking at faint stars
(c) They are busy looking at nebulous galaxies
(d) All of the Above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the Above
Question 19.
Comets are different from planets because they
(a) orbit round the sun
(b) are small in size
(c) can be new unlike the planets
(d) are generally close to the sun
Answer
Answer: (c) can be new unlike the planets
Question 20.
Professional astronomers
(a) generally discover comets
(b) generally look at faint stars
(c) discover planets
(d) are not interested in discoveries
Answer
Answer: (b) generally look at faint stars
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