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Unit - 8 : A Short Monsoon Diary · CBSE STD 8 (CBSE - English Medium). 23 questions.

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MCQ 11 Mark
The writer spends his time by $......$
  • A
    pacing the room. 
  • B
    watching lush hillsides from the window. 
  • C
    counting umbrellas. 
  • ✓
    Both $(A)$ and $(C)$
Answer
Correct option: D.
Both $(A)$ and $(C)$
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MCQ 21 Mark
The writer cannot go out because of ... 
  • A
    continuous rain. 
  • B
    lack of sunlight. 
  • C
    being damp and soggy everywhere. 
  • ✓
    Both $(A)$ and $(C)$
Answer
Correct option: D.
Both $(A)$ and $(C)$
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MCQ 31 Mark
The synonymous word for a number of' in the extract is 
  • ✓
    corrugated. 
  • B
    downpour. 
  • C
    unaccountable. 
  • D
    tropical. 
Answer
Correct option: A.
corrugated. 
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MCQ 41 Mark
Because of the continuous rain at night ... 
  • A
    the writer cannot sleep. 
  • B
    the writer goes to sleep. 
  • C
    the writer is greatly frightened. 
  • ✓
    Both $(A)$ and $(B)$
Answer
Correct option: D.
Both $(A)$ and $(B)$
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MCQ 51 Mark
How do the minivets plan to fly away unnoticed ? 
  • A
    Hiding themselves in a leafy tree. 
  • ✓
    Making their brightness dull. 
  • C
    We. Not making any noise. 
  • D
    Flying away in dark at night. 
Answer
Correct option: B.
Making their brightness dull. 
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MCQ 71 Mark
The trees turning grey gives the diarist a feeling of 
  • A
    attractiveness. 
  • ✓
    dreariness. 
  • C
    loneliness. 
  • D
    loveliness. 
Answer
Correct option: B.
dreariness. 
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MCQ 81 Mark
Grandmother advised the children not to kill Chuchundars as they $........ $
  • A
    are cute. 
  • B
    are harmless. 
  • C
    bring ill $-$ luck. 
  • ✓
    bring money. 
Answer
Correct option: D.
bring money. 
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MCQ 91 Mark
The leopard had to flee at the approach of 
  • A
    a barking dog. 
  • ✓
    Bijju's mother. 
  • C
    the continuous rains. 
  • D
    the leeches. 
Answer
Correct option: B.
Bijju's mother. 
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MCQ 101 Mark
A paradise might have been' is the description of $.......$ 
  • A
    hill station and landscapes. 
  • ✓
    hill station and valley. 
  • C
    landscapes and forests. 
  • D
    valley and landscapes. 
Answer
Correct option: B.
hill station and valley. 
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MCQ 111 Mark
The author could hear Bijju $...$
  • A
    chopping the sticks. 
  • B
    crying in the forests. 
  • C
    running about on the hillside. 
  • ✓
    singing songs loudly. 
Answer
Correct option: D.
singing songs loudly. 
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MCQ 131 Mark
The hillsides are lush because of the appearance of flowers during
  • A
    Rarly monsoon
  • B
    mid monsoon
  • ✓
    late monsoon
  • D
    end of monsoon
Answer
Correct option: C.
late monsoon
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MCQ 141 Mark
How dose Bijju’s cow get saved?
  • A
    By gunshot
  • B
    By thunders
  • ✓
    The approach of Bijju’s grandmother
  • D
    cow hit at it
Answer
Correct option: C.
The approach of Bijju’s grandmother
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MCQ 151 Mark
Fearing whom does the leopards run away?
  • A
    Bijju
  • B
    Bijju’s sister
  • ✓
    Bijju’s grandmother
  • D
    Bijju’s mother
Answer
Correct option: C.
Bijju’s grandmother
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MCQ 161 Mark
Who are the obnoxious visitors that arrive at the hill station?
  • ✓
    Leopards and leeches
  • B
    Drongos and minivets
  • C
    Drongos and leopards
  • D
    Leopards and minivates
Answer
Correct option: A.
Leopards and leeches
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MCQ 171 Mark
The sound of the falling rain on tin roof
  • A
    disturbs the author in his reading
  • ✓
    helps the author to read
  • C
    annoys the author
  • D
    makes the author leave that place
Answer
Correct option: B.
helps the author to read
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MCQ 181 Mark
Insectivorous birds are happy in the monsoon season
  • ✓
    as they get plenty of food
  • B
    because they breed in this season
  • C
    because they love water
  • D
    as the weather is to their liking
Answer
Correct option: A.
as they get plenty of food
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MCQ 191 Mark
The drongos
  • A
    sing like minivets
  • B
    are very beautiful
  • C
    are there in all seasons
  • ✓
    charge the minivets away
Answer
Correct option: D.
charge the minivets away
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MCQ 221 Mark
The author could hear Bijju but could not see him because of
  • A
    the distance
  • B
    the wall
  • ✓
    the mist
  • D
    the fact that he was not in the line of his vision
Answer
Correct option: C.
the mist
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MCQ 231 Mark
This Diary is written by
  • A
    Michael Morpurgo
  • B
    $S.D$. Sawant
  • C
    Satyajit Ray
  • ✓
    Ruskin Bond
Answer
Correct option: D.
Ruskin Bond
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