CBSE Class 8 English – MCQ and Online Tests – Poem – Unit 2 – Geography Lesson
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CBSE Class 8 English – MCQ and Online Tests – Poem- Unit 2 – Geography Lesson
Question 1.
The earth has more _____ than _____.
(a) Land, sea
(b) Water, forest
(c) Life, land
(d) Sea, land
Answer
Answer: (d) Sea, land
Question 2.
When did it become clear that the earth was round?
(a) At a height of ten thousand miles
(b) At a height of six miles
(c) At a height of six inches to the mile
(d) At a height of six thousand miles
Answer
Answer: (b) At a height of six miles
Question 3.
What became clear when the jet reached ten thousand feet?
(a) Why cities ran along the river
(b) Why valleys are populated
(c) Logic of geography
(d) All of the Above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the Above
Question 4.
“There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard”. What do you mean by the word “haphazard”?
(a) That cannot be avoided
(b) That can be avoided
(c) Without plan or order
(d) With plan or order
Answer
Answer: (c) Without plan or order
Question 5.
Who is the poet of the poem “Geography Lesson”?
(a) Zulfikar Ghose
(b) Zulfikar Khosla
(c) Aesop
(d) Roald Dahl
Answer
Answer: (a) Zulfikar Ghose
Question 6.
What was not clear from the sky?
(a) Why men on earth found causes to hate each other
(b) Why men on earth built walls to divide cities
(c) Why men on earth kill each other
(d) All of the Above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the Above
Question 7.
When did it become clear as to why the city had developed the way it is?
(a) At a height of ten thousand miles
(b) At a height of six miles
(c) At a height of six inches to the mile
(d) At a height of six thousand miles
Answer
Answer: (c) At a height of six inches to the mile
Question 8.
Why men found reasons to kill each other was _____.
(a) Easier to understand
(b) Difficult to understand
(c) Not needed to be understood
(d) Not mentioned in the poem
Answer
Answer: (b) Difficult to understand
Question 9.
What was the “logic of geography”?
(a) Land and water attracted man
(b) Why valleys were populated
(c) Why cities ran along the river
(d) How cities are developed
Answer
Answer: (a) Land and water attracted man
Question 10.
“There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard”. What do you mean by the word “inevitability”?
(a) That cannot be avoided
(b) That can be avoided
(c) Without plan or order
(d) With plan or order
Answer
Answer: (a) That cannot be avoided
(1)
When the jet sprang into the sky,
it was clear why the city
had developed the way it had,
seeing it scaled six inches to the mile.
Question 1.
The word ‘scaled’ in the passage means :
(a) measured
(b) spotted
(c) climbed
(d) like a scale.
Answer
Answer: (a) measured
Question 2.
The poet realised why
(a) he was in the sky
(b) the city had developed
(c) there were new ways in the city
(d) the city had taken the shape it had.
Answer
Answer: (d) the city had taken the shape it had.
Question 3.
The city appeared from the sky
(a) very big
(b) very small
(c) very wide
(d) very beautiful.
Answer
Answer: (b) very small
Question 4.
The ‘jet’ in the passage refers to :
(a) jet black
(b) jet engine
(c) jet liner
(d) jet stream.
Answer
Answer: (c) jet liner
(2)
When the jet reached ten thousand feet,
it was clear why the country
had cities where the rivers ran
and why the valleys were populated.
Question 1.
The word ‘valley’ means the same as
(a) vale
(b) valet
(c) valour
(d) value.
Answer
Answer: (a) vale
Question 2.
The cities are developed
(a) in the open space
(b) on the hill-side
(c) by the river-side
(d) in the deserts.
Answer
Answer: (c) by the river-side
Question 3.
From the height of ten thousand feet the poet was observing
(a) his city
(b) his country
(c) the earth
(d) the sky.
Answer
Answer: (b) his country
Question 4.
The valleys are populated because
(a) the climate is good
(b) people love the hills
(c) the life is safe there
(d) the water is easily available.
Answer
Answer: (d) the water is easily available.
(3)
When the jet rose six miles high,
it was clear the earth was round
and that it had more sea than land.
But it was difficult to understand
Question 1.
The noun form of ‘difficult’ is
(a) difference
(b) diffident
(c) diffract
(d) difficulty
Answer
Answer: (d) difficulty
Question 2.
From that height the poet saw that
(a) the earth is full of people
(b) the earth has hills and deserts
(c) the earth has much water
(d) the earth has much land.
Answer
Answer: (c) the earth has much water
Question 3.
From the height of the jet, the earth
(a) flat
(b) round
(c) rectangular
(d) triangular.
Answer
Answer: (b) round
Question 4.
The passage has been taken from :
(a) Geography Lesson
(b) The ant and the Cricket
(c) The Last Bargains
(d) Macavity: The Mystery Cat.
Answer
Answer: (a) Geography Lesson
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