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MCQ Questions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 10 The Banyan Tree with Answers

Question 1.
The banyan tree was
(a) cut by the wood merchant
(b) sixty five years old
(c) as old as Dehra Dun itself
(d) a hundred years old

Answer

(c) as old as Dehra Dun itself

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Question 2.
The narrator used to
(a) climb it twice a day
(b) spy on the world below
(c) worship it
(d) sit on the tree to eat food

Answer

(b) spy on the world below

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Question 3.
The squirrel had found a friend
(a) in the boy
(b) who lived in its branches
(c) because the boy was harmless
(d) to support it

Answer

(a) in the boy

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Question 4.
The tree was the noisiest place as
(a) the boy sang loudly
(b) the myna and the crow hawked
(c) the birds flocked in its branches
(d) the bees murmured loudly

Answer

(c) the birds flocked in its branches

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Question 5.
The banyan tree served as
(a) a resting place
(b) a reading room
(c) a thing of beauty
(d) a shady haunt

Answer

(b) a reading room

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Question 6.
One afternoon was a strange one as
(a) the wood merchant started
(b) there was a fight between a cobra and axing it a mongoose
(c) the boy fell down and a mongooseand a mongoose
(d) there was no fight between a cobra

Answer

(b) there was a fight between a cobra and axing it a mongoose

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Question 7.
Coming out from behind the cactus was
(a) a fairy
(b) my dear friend
(c) a big black cobra
(d) a white liquid

Answer

(c) a big black cobra

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Question 8.
The battle of champions took place
(a) on the stage
(b) beneath the banyan tree
(c) on the tree
(d) in the wrestling ring

Answer

(b) beneath the banyan tree

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Question 9.
The presence crow and myna show that
(a) They were ideal
(b) they are interest in the proceedings
(c) they were free
(d) wanted to take part in the proceedings

Answer

Answer: (d) wanted to take part in the proceedings

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Question 10.
The fight was between were
(a) the grandfather and a boy
(b) the mongoose and the cobra
(c) a myna and a crow
(d) the crow and the cobra

Answer

Answer: (b) the mongoose and the cobra

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Question 11.
The banyan tree was
(a) a tree house
(b) sixty five years old
(c) as old as Dehra Dun itself
(d) a hundred years old

Answer

Answer: (c) as old as Dehra Dun itself

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Question 12.
The narrator used to
(a) climb it twice a day
(b) read on the tree
(c) worship it
(d) sit on the tree to eat food

Answer

Answer: (b) read on the tree

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Question 13.
The squirrel befriended the boy
(a) the boy has toys
(b) who lived in its branches
(c) because the boy was harmless
(d) to support it

Answer

Answer: (a) the boy has toys

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Question 14.
The tree was the noisiest place in the fig season because
(a) the boy sang loudly
(b) the myna and the crow hawked
(c) the birds flocked in its branches
(d) the bees murmured loudly

Answer

Answer: (c) the birds flocked in its branches

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Question 15.
The tree was a favourite place as
(a) a resting place
(b) a reading room
(c) a thing of beauty
(d) a shady haunt

Answer

Answer: (b) a reading room

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Question 16.
One afternoon was a strange one as
(a) the wood merchant started axing it
(b) there was a fight between a cobra and a mongoose
(c) the boy fell down
(d) there was no fight between a cobra and a mongoose

Answer

Answer: (b) there was a fight between a cobra and a mongoose

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Question 17.
Behind the cactus came out
(a) a fairy
(b) my dear friend
(c) a big black cobra
(d) a white liquid

Answer

Answer: (c) a big black cobra

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Question 18.
The place where the fight Was carried out was
(a) on the stage
(b) beneath the banyan tree
(c) on the tree
(d) in the wrestling ring

Answer

Answer: (b) beneath the banyan tree

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Question 19.
Word search
Cheerful, Collide, Combatants, Mangoose, Sniffing, Squabbling, Squirrels, Unwinking, Venomous.

Answer

Answer:

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Question 20.
Crisscross Puzzle

Across
7. Those who watch a show
8. Outcome
9. Participants
10. The nosed month of an animal
Down
1. Dislike
2. Sound made by a snake
3. Extremely beautiful
4. Long, sharp teeth
5. Moving smoothly
6. Move quickly

Answer

Answer:
Across
7. Spectators
8. Result
9. Combatants
10. Shout

Down
1. Resent
2. Hiss
3. Gorgeous
4. Fangs
5. Gliding
6. Dart

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(1)

Though the house and grounds belonged to my grandparents, the magnificent old banyan tree was mine-chiefly because Grandfather, at sixty-five, could no longer climb It.

Question 1.
The speaker of the passage is a/an
(a) child
(b) youngman
(c) middle aged man
(d) oldman

Answer

(a) child

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Question 2.
The banyan tree was the speaker’s because
(a) he had paid for it
(b) he was the only one who spent his time on the tree
(c) he had planted it
(d) he looked after it

Answer

(b) he was the only one who spent his time on the tree

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Question 3.
The speaker’s grandfather was at that time
(a) dead
(b) young
(c) old
(d) middle-aged

Answer

(c) old

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Question 4.
A magnificent tree is supposed to be
(a) small
(b) mid-sized
(c) tall
(d) very tall

Answer

(d) very tall

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Question 5.
The verb form of ‘magnificent’ is
(a) magnify
(b) magnitude
(c) magnifier
(d) magnum

Answer

(a) magnify

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(2)

In the spring, when the banyan tree was full of small red figs. birds of all kinds would flock Into its branches: the red-bottomed bulbul. cheerful and greedy: parrots, myna and crows squabbling with one another. During the fig season, the banyan tree was the noisiest place in the garden.

Question 1.
The passage has been taken from the lesson
(a) Taro’s Reward
(b) Who I Am
(c) Fair Play
(d) The Banyan Tree

Answer

(d) The Banyan Tree

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Question 2.
The author of the passage is
(a) RN. Tagore
(b) Ruskin Band
(c) E.V. Lucas
(d) Caro Moore

Answer

(b) Ruskin Band

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Question 3.
In the spring season, a tree is
(a) at its best
(b) at Its worst
(c) with leaves fallen
(d) div and withered

Answer

(a) at its best

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Question 4.
The fig season is the noisiest place because of
(a) the spring season
(b) the speaker
(c) the birds
(d) the people

Answer

(c) the birds

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Question 5.
‘Greedy’is
(a) noun
(c) adjective
(b) verb
(d) adverb

Answer

(c) adjective

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(3)

In a clearing beneath the banyan tree. In bright sunshine, they came face to face. The cobra knew only too well that the grey mongoose, three feet long, was a superb fighter. clever and aggressive. But the cobra, too, was a skilful and experienced fighter.

Question 1.
They’ In the passage stands for
(a) persons
(b) the speaker and a boy
(c) a cobra and a mongoose
(d) some animals

Answer

(c) a cobra and a mongoose

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Question 2.
The cobra knew that mongoose was
(a) poisonous
(b) weak
(c) strong
(d) a fighter

Answer

(d) a fighter

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Question 3.
The fight was being watched by
(a) two birds also
(b) a cow
(c) only the narrator
(d) many persons

Answer

(a) two birds also

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Question 4.
Human beings are afraid of
(a) mongoose
(b) cobra
(c) both-the cobra and the mongoose
(d) neither

Answer

(b) cobra

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Question 5.
The noun form of ‘aggressive’ Is
(a) aggress
(b) aggression
(c) aggrieved
(d) aggro

Answer

(b) aggression

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(4)

Though the combatants were unaware of my presence In the tree, they were soon made aware of the arrival of two other spectators. One was a myna, the other a jungle crow. They had seen these preparations for battle, and had settled on the cactus to watch the outcome.

Question 1.
The combatants were
(a) the narrator and a boy
(b) the mongoose and the cobra
(c) a myna and a crow
(d) the crow and the cobra

Answer

(b) the mongoose and the cobra

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Question 2.
The combatants were unaware of the presence of
(a) the crow
(b) the myna
(c) the narrator
(d) a squirrel

Answer

(c) the narrator

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Question 3.
The myna was
(a) able to see the outcome
(b) unable to see the outcome
(c) killed in the battle
(d) able to kill the snake

Answer

(a) able to see the outcome

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Question 4.
The crow was
(a) able to see the outcome
(b) unable to see the outcome
(c) killed In the battle
(d) able to kill the snake

Answer

(c) killed In the battle

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Question 5.
The word ‘unaware’ is
(a) noun
(b) verb
(c) adjective
(d) adverb

Answer

(c) adjective

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(5)

The myna flew on and reached its perch, but the crow tiled to pull up In mid-air and turn back. In the second that it took the bird to do this the cobra whipped his head back and struck with great force, his snout thudding against the crow’s body.

Question 1.
The crow and myna
(a) were Just flying
(b) were quietly watching the proceedings
(c) were quarreling with each other
(d) wanted to take part in the proceedings

Answer

(d) wanted to take part in the proceedings

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Question 2.
The two birds
(a) collided In mid air
(b) quarreled
(c) reached their perches
(d) died

Answer

(a) collided In mid air

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Question 3.
The crow
(a) was killed by the mongoose
(b) was killed by the snake
(c) survived the battle
(d) killed the myna

Answer

(b) was killed by the snake

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Question 4.
The passage has been taken from the lesson
(a) Fair Play
(b) A Game of Chance
(c) The Banyan Tree
(d) Desert Animals

Answer

(c) The Banyan Tree

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Question 5.
Back is
(a) noun
(b) verb
(c) adjective
(d) adverb

Answer

(d) adverb

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MCQ Questions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 9 Desert Animals with Answers

Question 1.
All desert animals struggle
(a) to survive in harsh conditions
(b) to get sleep
(c) to win
(d) to get food

Answer

(a) to survive in harsh conditions

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Question 2.
The animals to save themselves
(a) play
(b) attack
(c) sleep
(d) shout

Answer

(b) attack

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Question 3.
Some animals are predators as
(a) they are hunters
(b) they prey on other animals
(c) they are victimised
(d) they hibernate

Answer

(b) they prey on other animals

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Question 4.
Deserts are the driest places on earth
(a) True
(b) to settle
(c) to build palaces
(d) to grow crops

Answer

(a) True

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Question 5.
Gerbils spend the hottest part of the day
(a) under trees
(b) in the valleys
(c) in cool underground burrows
(d) in water

Answer

(c) in cool underground burrows

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Question 6.
Camels get the necessary water
(a) from the desert plants they
(b) from mirages eat
(c) from their humps
(d) from the body

Answer

(a) from the desert plants they

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Question 7.
A thirsty camel can drink thirty gallons of water
(a) in 15 minutes
(b) in 10 minutes
(c) in 25 minutes
(d) in one minute

Answer

(b) in 10 minutes

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Question 8.
The camel’s hump is
(a) full of water
(b) full of food
(c) full of fat
(d) full of carbohydrates

Answer

(c) full of fat

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Question 9.
The word ‘forage’ means
(a) search for food
(b) search for the birds
(c) search for work
(d) search for water

Answer

(a) search for food

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Question 10.
Some animals are dangerous
(a) only when they are threatened
(b) because of the non-poisonous
(c) for they are attackers
(d) for they are mammals

Answer

(a) only when they are threatened

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Question 11.
As animals are getting extinct, our motto should be
(a) Preserve Trees
(b) Preserve Wildlife
(c) Make Reserves for Wildlife
(d) Ban Poaching

Answer

(b) Preserve Wildlife

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Question 12.
Animals are the creation of God
(a) True
(b) Creation of the Wild
(c) Creation of the Movies
(d) Creation of Discovery Channel

Answer

(a) True

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Question 13.
Deserts experience rains
(a) Very little
(b) enough to water plants
(c) no rains at all
(d) normal

Answer

Answer: (a) Very little

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Question 14.
The desert animals can survive
(a) without water
(b) with very little water
(c) without food
(d) with cactus

Answer

Answer: (b) with very little water

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Question 15.
The rattlesnakes
(a) avoid people
(b) hunts people
(c) are fierce
(d) attacks when threatened

Answer

Answer: (d) attacks when threatened

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Question 16.
The noise of the tail is audible to
(a) the snake
(b) the intruder
(c) by every creature nearby
(d) by none

Answer

Answer: (c) by every creature nearby

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Question 17.
Mongooses have the habit of hunting
(a) alone
(b) in group
(c) in day’s
(d) in threes

Answer

Answer: (b) in group

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Question 18.
Even while hunting they are scared of
(a) being hunted
(b) the snakes
(c) the rains
(d) parrots

Answer

Answer: (a) being hunted

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Question 19.
Watching the mongooses while hunting is
(a) dangerous
(b) horrible
(c) pitiable
(d) a pleasure

Answer

Answer: (d) a pleasure

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Question 20.
Mangoose kill snakes as
(a) they are more poisonous
(b) they are stronger
(c) they react very quickly
(d) snakes fear them

Answer

Answer: (c) they react very quickly

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Question 21.
In a fight between a snake and a mongoose, the mongoose
(a) is the first to attack
(b) wants to run away
(c) hides behind a bush
(d) lets the snake attack and attack first

Answer

Answer: (d) lets the snake attack and attack first

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Question 22.
The mongoose wins the battle by
(a) means of poison
(b) its strength
(c) the help of its paws
(d) tiring the snake

Answer

Answer: (d) tiring the snake

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Question 23.
Bactrian camel has
(a) one hump
(b) two humps
(c) three humps
(d) no hump

Answer

Answer: (b) two humps

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Question 24.
The hump is a container of
(a) fat
(b) water
(c) bones
(d) muscles

Answer

Answer: (a) fat

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Question 25.
The hump helps the camel to
(a) move in the desert
(b) be useful to man
(c) to ride
(d) survive in desert

Answer

Answer: (d) survive in desert

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Question 26.
Predators are the
(a) hunters
(b) they prey on other animals
(c) domestic animals
(d) they hibernate

Answer

Answer: (b) they prey on other animals

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Question 27.
Gerbils spend the hottest part of the day
(a) Under trees
(b) in the valleys
(c) in cool underground burrows
(d) in water

Answer

Answer: (c) in cool underground burrows

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Question 28.
Word search
Chipmunks, Frighting, Gerbils, Moisture, Overturning, Poisonous, Predators, Rattle, Scorching, Sprinkled, Underground, Widespread

Answer

Answer:

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Question 29.
Crisscross Puzzle

Across
2. causing laughter and providing entertainment. (Comical)
4. become adjusted to new conditions. (Adapt)
5. likely to cause harm. (Damage)
8. a liquid to flow in a small stream. (Trickle)
9. decreases in size. (Shrink)
10. a person who intrudes, especially into a building with criminal intent. (Intruder)
Down
1. unpleasantly rough.
3. mark the surface of with a sharp or pointed object.
6. continue to live. (Survive)
7. Moving by turning over and over on an axis

Answer

Answer:
Across
2. Comical
4. Adapt
5. Damage
8. Trickle
9. Shrink
10. Intruder

Down
1. ??
3. ?
6. Survive
7. ?

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(1)

Deserts are the driest places on earth and sometimes go for months, or even years, without rain. But even the desert animals cannot survive without water, or for long periods in the scorching sun, so they have had to find different ways of coping with the harsh conditions. For example, gerbils spend the hottest part of the day in cool underground burrows.

Question 1.
Deserts have generally
(a) very little rainfall
(b) much rainfall
(c) no rainfall
(d) normal rainfall

Answer

(a) very little rainfall

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Question 2.
The desert animals have learnt to survive
(a) without water
(b) with very little water
(c) on sand alone
(d) with nothing at all

Answer

(b) with very little water

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Question 3.
Living in the deserts is
(a) safe
(b) easy
(c) difficult
(d) unhappy

Answer

(c) difficult

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Question 4.
To avoid the heat some animals live
(a) under the trees
(b) in the pond
(c) in houses
(d) in underground burrows

Answer

(d) in underground burrows

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Question 5.
‘Coping with’ means the same as
(a) living in
(b) fighting with
(c) being comfortable with
(d) dealing with

Answer

(d) dealing with

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(2)

However, if its warnings are ignored – and it feels threatened it will coil ready to bite. But the rattler itself cannot hear the noise its own tail makes. Like most snakes, it ‘hears’ things through vibrations in the ground. If a person walks nearby the snake can feel the movement. But if the same person were to shout, it would not hear a thing.

Question 1.
The passage is about
(a) cobra
(b) rattle snake
(c) mongoose
(d) a water snake

Answer

(b) rattle snake

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Question 2.
The rattler
(a) avoids people
(b) hunts people
(c) bites without reason
(d) attacks when threatened

Answer

(d) attacks when threatened

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Question 3.
The noise made by the tail Is heard
(a) only by the snake
(b) only by the Intruder
(c) by every creature nearby
(d) by none

Answer

(c) by every creature nearby

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Question 4.
The snake described here, is found in
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Bangladesh
(d) America

Answer

(d) America

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Question 5.
The noun form of ignored’ Is
(a) ignore
(b) ignorant
(c) ignominy
(d) ignorance

Answer

(d) ignorance

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(3)

Mongooses like to hunt together, but they always keep a lookout for dangerous predators nearby. Poking their noses into holes, overturning rocks with their paws and scratching the ground with their sharp claws, banded mongooses are very amusing animals to watch. A common sight in many parts of Africa, they travel in groups of about twenty to forage for beetles, millipedes and other small creatures.

Question 1.
Mongooses hunt
(a) alone
(b) in groups
(c) in two’s
(d) in threes

Answer

(b) in groups

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Question 2.
Even while hunting they are afraid of
(a) being hunted
(b) the snakes
(c) the weather
(d) man

Answer

(a) being hunted

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Question 3.
Watching the mongooses while hunting is
(a) dangerous
(b) horrible
(c) pitiable
(d) a pleasure

Answer

(d) a pleasure

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Question 4.
Mongooses generally hunt
(a) snakes
(b) cats
(c) insects
(d) rats

Answer

(c) insects

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Question 5.
The word ‘lookout’ means the same as
(a) look for
(b) outlook
(c) watchful
(d) watch

Answer

(d) watch

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(4)

Mongooses are famous for being able to kill snakes without getting hurt themselves. Their reactions are so fast that they can dodge each time the snake strikes. They continually make a nuisance of themselves until, after a while, when the snake gets tired, they quickly dive in for the

Question 1.
Mongooses are famous for
(a) being harmless
(b) killing Insects
(c) killing snakes
(d) living In deserts

Answer

(c) killing snakes

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Question 2.
They are able to kill snakes because
(a) they are more poisonous
(b) they are stronger
(c) they react very quickly
(d) snakes fear them

Answer

(c) they react very quickly

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Question 3.
In a fight between a snake and a mongoose, the mongoose
(a) Is the first to attack
(b) wants to run away
(c) hides behind a bush
(d) lets the snake attack and attack first

Answer

(d) lets the snake attack and attack first

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Question 4.
The mongoose wins the battle by
(a) means of poison
(b) its Strength
(c) the help of its paws
(d) tiring the snake

Answer

(d) tiring the snake

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Question 5.
The adjective form of ‘quickly is
(a) quick
(b quickness
(c) quick lines
(d) quiet

Answer

(a) quick

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(5)

There are two different kinds of camel. One, known as the Dromedary, has only a single hump: the other is called a Bactrian camel and has two humps. The humps help the animal to survive In the desert, by acting as storage containers.

Question 1.
Dromedary is a kind of
(a) snake
(b) mongoose
(c) camel
(d) ass

Answer

(c) camel

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Question 2.
Bactrian camel has
(a) one hump
(b) two humps
(d) three humps
(d) no hump

Answer

(b) two humps

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Question 3.
The hump is a container of
(a) fat
(b) water
(c) bones
(d) muscles

Answer

(a) fat

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Question 4.
The hump helps the camel to
(a) move In the desert
(b) be useful to man
(c) cant loads
(d) survive In desert

Answer

(d) survive In desert

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Question 5.
The noun form of different is
(a) differ
(b) differential
(c) difference
(d) differentiate

Answer

(c) difference

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MCQ Questions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 8 A Game of Chance with Answers

Question 1.
The festival of Eid had
(a) many rotten eatables
(b) many ordinary competitions
(c) a big show
(d) many game stalls

Answer

(c) a big show

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Question 2.
Rasheed’s uncle took ‘them’ to the fair. Them’ here refers to
(a) the two brothers
(b) Rasheed and bhaiya
(c) sister and bhaiya
(d) the two sisters

Answer

(b) Rasheed and bhaiya

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Question 3.
The uncle instructed them
(a) to move freely
(b) to eat pizzas
(c) not to buy anything
(d) to buy clothes

Answer

(c) not to buy anything

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Question 4.
The ‘Lucky Shop’ allowed
(a) people to try their luck
(b) boys to play the game
(c) losers to take prizes
(d) all to take money

Answer

(a) people to try their luck

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Question 5.
Rasheed was upset because
(a) he had made money
(b) he had won prizes
(c) he did not win any prize
(d) he was sick

Answer

(c) he did not win any prize

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Question 6.
The old man and the boy had
(a) a lot of money
(b) won big prizes
(c) played tricks
(d) bad intentions

Answer

(b) won big prizes

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Question 7.
‘Playing tricks’ means
(a) cheating
(b) playing
(c) enjoying
(d) blowing

Answer

(a) cheating

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Question 8.
The shopkeeper had made Rasheed a
(a) winner
(b) fool
(c) tradesman
(d) loser

Answer

(b) fool

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Question 9.
The shopkeeper was buying back the articles because
(a) he needed them
(b) he was getting rich
(c) he wanted to entice the narrator
(d) he was a generous man

Answer

Answer: (c) he wanted to entice the narrator

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Question 10.
The narrator
(a) was trapped
(b) was able to see through the game
(c) started crying
(d) called his uncle

Answer

Answer: (a) was trapped

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Question 11.
The people were laughing at the narrator because
(a) he was funny
(b) of his dress
(c) he looked like a fool
(d) he had lost all his money

Answer

Answer: (c) he looked like a fool

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Question 12.
The narrator looked upset because
(a) some people were laughing at him
(b) nobody sympathized with him
(c) he had lost all his money
(d) he was not well.

Answer

Answer: (c) he had lost all his money

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Question 13.
The friends of the shopkeeper were
(a) two old persons
(b) one old man and a boy
(c) a boy and a girl
(d) two young people

Answer

Answer: (b) one old man and a boy

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Question 14.
Uncle told him not to tell anybody because
(a) he could not get his money back
(b) people have no sympathy
(c) he would be rewarded
(d) they would also laugh at him

Answer

Answer: (d) they would also laugh at him

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Question 15.
The uncle instructed them
(a) to stay at one place
(b) to eat pizzas
(c) not to buy anything
(d) to buy clothes

Answer

Answer: (c) not to buy anything

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Question 16.
The ‘Lucky Shop’ allowed
(a) people to try their luck
(b) boys to play the game
(c) to take prizes
(d) all to take money

Answer

Answer: (a) people to try their luck

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Question 17.
The old man and the boy had
(a) a lot of money
(b) won big prizes
(c) played tricks
(d) bad intentions

Answer

Answer: (b) won big prizes

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Question 18.
The shopkeeper had made Rasheed a
(a) winner
(b) fool
(c) tradesman
(d) loser

Answer

Answer: (b) fool

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Question 19.
Word search
Active, Articles, Cautioned, Favoured, Fortune, Occasion, Occurred, Present, Tradesmen, Urged

Answer

Answer:

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Question 20.
Crisscross Puzzle

Across
2. persuade (someone) to do something.
3. come or go back to a place or person.
6. assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen.
7. at the present time.
Down
1. went out of sight.
4. a large number of people.
5. give support.
8. by the time.
10. feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune.

Answer

Answer:
Across
2. Persuade
3. Return
6. Promise
7. Current
Down
1. Vanished
4. Crowd
5. Supportive
8. Then
10. Empathy

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(1)

Uncle took me to the fair. Bhaiya, who worked for us at home, came with us. There was a big crowd at the fair. Uncle was leading us through the crowd when he met a few of his friends. They wanted him to spend some time with them.

Question 1.
The narrator is
(a) an old man
(b) a young boy
(c) a young girl
(d) the brother of Bhaiya

Answer

(b) a young boy

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Question 2.
This was a fair held on the occasion of
(a) Diwali
(b) Holi
(c) Eid
(d) Christmas

Answer

(c) Eid

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Question 3.
When the Uncle met his friends, he
(a) took them along
(b) sent them away
(c) went away with them
(d) sent the narrator with them

Answer

(c) went away with them

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Question 4.
Bhaiya was
(a) a domestic servant
(b) the narrator’s brother
(c) a man in the crowd
(d) a neighbour of the narrator

Answer

(a) a domestic servant

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Question 5.
“Uncle was leading us” means
(a) Uncle was a leader
(b) Uncle was the eldest
(c) Uncle gave the order
(d) Uncle was showing us the way

Answer

(d) Uncle was showing us the way

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(2)

The shopkeeper obliged him by buying it back for 15 rupees. The old man went away very pleased. Then a boy, a little older than I, tried his luck. He got a comb worth 25 paise. The shopkeeper looked neither happy nor sad. He bought the comb from the boy for 25 paise. The boy tried his luck again. He now got a fountain-pen worth three rupees. Then he tried a third time and got a wrist watch worth 25 rupees.

Question 1.
The shopkeeper’s obligation was
(a) real
(b) a drama
(c) natural
(d) just what the narrator felt

Answer

(b) a drama

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Question 2.
The shopkeeper was buying
(a) he needed them
(b) he was getting them cheap
(c) he wanted to entice the
(d) he was a generous man

Answer

(c) he wanted to entice the

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Question 3.
The narrator
(a) was trapped
(b) was able to see through the game
(c) went away from there narrow
(d) called his uncle

Answer

(a) was trapped

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Question 4.
The boy was now
(a) alone
(b) with his Uncle
(c) with Bhalya
(d) with a friend

Answer

(c) with Bhalya

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Question 5.
The noun form of ‘obliged is
(a) oblige
(b) obliging
(c) obligatory
(d) obligation

Answer

(d) obligation

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(3)

Peopic were looking at me. Some were laughing at my bad luck, but none showed any sympathy. Bhalya and I went to the place where Uncle had left us and waited for him to return. Presently he came. He looked at me and said, Rasheed. you look upset. What Is the matter ?

Question 1.
The people were laughing at the narrator because
(a) of his looks
(b) of his dress
(c) he looked a fool
(d) he had lost all his money

Answer

(c) he looked a fool

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Question 2.
The Uncle had gone
(a) to roam about
(b) with his friends
(c) home
(d) on business

Answer

(b) with his friends

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Question 3.
The passage has been taken from the lesson
(a) Taro’s Reward
(b) A Different Kind of School
(c) Fair Play
(d) A Game of Chance

Answer

(d) A Game of Chance

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Question 4.
The narrator looked upset because
(a) some people were laughing at him
(b) nobody sympathised with him
(c) he had lost all his money
(d) he was feeling home-sick

Answer

(c) he had lost all his money

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Question 5.
The word ‘presently’ In the passage, means
(a) after a long time
(b) after some time
(c) soon
(d) late

Answer

(c) soon

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(4)

You don’t know, child,” Uncle said, they were all friends of the shopkeeper. They were playing tricks to tempt you to By your luck. They wanted your money and they got it. Now forget about it, and don’t tell anybody of your bad luck or your foolishness.”

Question 1.
Uncle was speaking to
(a) his son
(b) Bhalya
(c) the narrator
(d) a child In the crowd

Answer

(c) the narrator

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Question 2.
The friends of the shopkeeper were
(a) two old persons
(b) one old man and a boy
(c) a boy and a girl
(d) two young people

Answer

(b) one old man and a boy

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Question 3.
They got the money
(a) by cheating
(b) by selling goods
(c) by doing service
(d) gambling

Answer

(a) by cheating

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Question 4.
Uncle told him not to tell anybody because
(a) he could not get his money back
(b) people have no sympathy
(c) they would be upset
(d) they would also laugh at him

Answer

(d) they would also laugh at him

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Question 5.
The adjective form of foolishness is
(a) fool
(b) foolish
(c) folly
(d) fooling

Answer

(b) foolish

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