CBSE Class 8 English – MCQ and Online Tests – Prose – Unit 1 – The Best Christmas Present in the World
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CBSE Class 8 English – MCQ and Online Tests – Prose – Unit 1 – The Best Christmas Present in the World
Question 1.
According to Jim, a Christmas morning should be
(a) cold and frosty
(b) warm and comfortable
(c) beautiful with the sun-shining
(d) rainy
Answer
Answer: (a) cold and frosty
Question 2.
“I began work on it on Christmas Eve”. In the above sentence ‘it’ stands for
(a) a junk shop
(b) the garage
(c) the roll-top desk
(d) the drawers
Answer
Answer: (c) the roll-top desk
Question 3.
The narrator found a shallow space below a secret drawer when he
(a) pulled out the first drawer
(b) began to mend the desk
(c) pulled out the last drawer
(d) had finished working
Answer
Answer: (c) pulled out the last drawer
Question 4.
January 25, 1915 was the date on which
(a) the narrator pulled out the drawers
(b) Jim’s letter came to Connie
(c) Jim wrote the letter
(d) Jim met Hans Wolf
Answer
Answer: (b) Jim’s letter came to Connie
Question 5.
The narrator bought the desk from a junk shop because
(a) such a desk was not available anywhere else
(b) the author wanted an ancient roll-top desk
(c) its roll-top was in several pieces
(d) the narrator could not afford a new roll-top desk
Answer
Answer: (d) the narrator could not afford a new roll-top desk
Question 6.
“But the truth, I am ashamed to say, is that Fritz began it.” In the above sentence ‘Fritz’ refers to
(a) the German soldier
(b) the German commander in the story
(c) the British soldier
(d) the British commander in the story
Answer
Answer: (a) the German soldier
Question 7.
The Christmas celebrations were initiated by
(a) the British
(b) the Germans
(c) both of the above
(d) chance
Answer
Answer: (b) the Germans
Question 8.
Jim’s first reaction to the ‘Happy Christmas’ by the Germans was one of
(a) suspicion
(b) surprise
(c) anger
(d) disgust
Answer
Answer: (b) surprise
Question 9.
Schnapps is
(a) a kind of meat
(b) a German wine
(c) a sauce
(d) a British dish
Answer
Answer: (b) a German wine
Question 10.
By which Christmas did Jim promise to be back home?
(a) 1913
(b) 1914
(c) 1915
(d) 1916
Answer
Answer: (c) 1915
Question 11.
Does Connie’s wait for her husband come to an end?
(a) yes
(b) may be
(c) not sure
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) yes
Question 12.
What was the speaker’s reaction when he realizes
(a) He was ashamed.
(b) He gets very angry
(c) He was embarrassed
(d) He began to cry
Answer
Answer: (a) He was ashamed.
Question 13.
Why did she become happy?
(a) Because it was Christmas
(b) At the sight of the visitor
(c) Because the matron had served apple pie
(d) On seeing the decoration and the Christmas tree
Answer
Answer: (b) At the sight of the visitor
Question 14.
Who did she think had come?
(a) Jim
(b) Hans Wolf
(c) Her father
(d) Her brother
Answer
Answer: (a) Jim
Question 15.
On which date does Connie receive Jim’s letter?
(a) 4th July, 1776
(b) 16th December, 1914
(c) 6th August, 1945
(d) 30th January, 1948
Answer
Answer: (b) 16th December, 1914
Question 16.
What is the “best Christmas present in the world”?
(a) Jim’s letter
(b) Jim’s return
(c) Jim’s present
(d) Jim’s picture
Answer
Answer: (b) Jim’s return
Question 17.
Sausage is
(a) a wine
(b) slice of meat and bread
(c) a sauce
(d) a British dish
Answer
Answer: (b) slice of meat and bread
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow choosing the correct options from among the given ones :
(1)
It was going for very little money. I thought I could restore it. It would be a risk a challenge, but I had to have it.
Question 1.
The ‘it’ in the first sentence refers to
(a) a country
(b) a chair
(c) a desk
(d) a letter.
Answer
Answer: (c) a desk
Question 2.
The temptation to buy it was
(a) a risk
(b) a challenge
(c) the quality
(d) the cheap price.
Answer
Answer: (d) the cheap price.
(2)
When we had got over the surprise, some of us shouted back. “Same to you, Fritz ! Same to you !” I thought that would be that. We all did. But then one of them was up there in his grey greatcoat and waving a white flag.
Question 1.
‘I thought that would be that’. It means that I thought that
(a) it was all
(b) it was a mistake
(c) it was a joy
(d) it was dangerous.
Answer
Answer: (a) it was all
Question 2.
‘Same to you’ here means
(a) Happy Christmas
(b) good feelings
(c) we are same
(d) we are fine
Answer
Answer: (a) Happy Christmas
Question 3.
The speaker of these lines is
(a) the narrator
(b) the author
(c) Jim
(d) Connie.
Answer
Answer: (a) the narrator
Question 4.
‘We’ in the first line refers to
(a) French soldiers
(b) the british soldiers
(c) Jim and Connie
(d) the narrator and his friend
Answer
Answer: (b) the british soldiers
Question 5.
The phrase ‘got over’ means
(a) passed
(b) overcame
(c) excited
(d) got out.
Answer
Answer: (b) overcame
(3)
Our boys gave them a rousing chorus of While Shepherds Watched. We exchanged carols for a while and then we all fell silent. We had had our time of peace and goodwill, a time I will treasure as long as I live.
Question 1.
Who prompted these boys to sing ?
(a) their boss
(b) their commander
(c) their friends
(d) the German soldiers.
Answer
Answer: (d) the German soldiers.
Question 2.
Carols are sung on
(a) Christmas
(b) Good Friday
(c) Holi
(d) Diwali.
Answer
Answer: (a) Christmas
Question 3.
The phrase ‘our boys’ refers to
(a) the students
(b) German soldiers
(c) some British soldiers
(d) the author’s sons
Answer
Answer: (c) some British soldiers
(4)
As I was speaking her eyes never left my face. I opened the tin box and gave it to her. That was the moment her eyes lit up with recognition and her face became suffused with a sudden glow of happiness. I explained about the desk, about how I had found it, but I don’t think she was listening.
Question 1.
The lady being talked to, is
(a) Connie
(b) the matron
(c) Hans Wolf’s wife
(d) none of the above three.
Answer
Answer: (a) Connie
Question 2.
The lady was not listening because
(a) she was sick
(b) she was deaf
(c) she was too happy
(d) she had recognised the speaker
Answer
Answer: (c) she was too happy
(5)
Question 3.
The speaker of the above passage is
(a) the author
(b) the narrator
(c) Jim
(d) Hans Wolf.
Answer
Answer: (d) Hans Wolf.
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