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CBSE Class 8 English - MCQ and Online Tests- It So Happened - Unit 9 - The Comet 1

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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