This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > English > A Short Monsoon Diary > Class 8 English Chapter 8 A Short Monsoon Diary – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter 8 A Short Monsoon Diary Quiz 2 (48 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Major H.P.S Ahluwalia ..... A) Climbed Mount Everest in 1965. B) Was a member of the first successful Indian expedition to Mt.Everest. C) Was amember of a trekking camp. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 2. In evening whom attacked the Bijju's Cow? A) Leopard. B) Tiger. C) Lion. D) Panther. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leopard. 3. Who was called by Biju? A) His aunt. B) His sister. C) His grand ma. D) His mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His sister. 4. The passage is written by A) Satyajit Ray. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Ruskin Bond. D) Rabindranath Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ruskin Bond. 5. Where was the crow? A) Seesham Tree. B) Oak Tree. C) The Nearby Electricity Pole. D) Peepal tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oak Tree. 6. Where is the other summit that Major H.P.S.Ahluwalia refers to? A) Just below the Everest. B) In one's mind. C) Just above the sky. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In one's mind. 7. The meaning of heralded- A) Publicly announced. B) Conceal. C) Suppress. D) Critic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Publicly announced. 8. For a climb to a summit to a summit ..... is required. A) Endurance. B) Will power. C) Persistence. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 9. Who came to run away the leapard? A) Bijju's brother. B) Bijju's father. C) Bijju's mother. D) Bijju's sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bijju's mother. 10. The first cobra lily rears it's head from where? A) A plant. B) Soil. C) Ferns. D) Mosses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ferns. 11. Why couldnt the author sleep on August 2 night? A) Thunder storm. B) Wolves are howling. C) Tiger tried eating cow. D) Rain was pouring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rain was pouring. 12. What does one do when there is continuous rain for too many days? A) Go outside. B) Go to unimportant places. C) Pace in the room. D) Go sight-seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pace in the room. 13. Standing on Everest, the writer was ..... A) Overjoyed. B) Very sad. C) Jubliant and sad. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jubliant and sad. 14. What comes in the monsoons as mentioned in the chapter? A) Humidity. B) Moisture. C) Fog. D) Mist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mist. 15. What helps author to lie awake? A) The whistling thrush emerging. B) The beautiful plants like-dahlias. C) The steady swish of a tropical downpour. D) The heavy thunderstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The steady swish of a tropical downpour. 16. Find the correct meaning of the word "Lush" from the given text. A) Dry and barren. B) Green and abundant. C) Bitter and unpleasant. D) Colorless and dull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green and abundant. 17. What is the main topic of the short monsoon diary? A) The main topic of the short monsoon diary is the history of monsoon in the region. B) The main topic of the short monsoon diary is the recipes for monsoon season. C) The main topic of the short monsoon diary is the impact of monsoon on agriculture. D) The main topic of the short monsoon diary is the experiences and observations during the monsoon season. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The main topic of the short monsoon diary is the experiences and observations during the monsoon season. 18. What is "falling noisily" be called in the poem? A) Drummling. B) Darkling. C) Drumming. D) Drawning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drumming. 19. A sudden violent gust of wind or localized storm, especially one bringing rain, snow, or sleet A) Gale. B) Showers. C) Squall. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Squall. 20. The phrase hailed 'marbles ' indicates A) AHailstorm. B) Heat. C) Rain. D) Threw piece of marbles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AHailstorm. 21. How does the author describe the first day of monsoon mist? A) The mist got out of hills. B) There was noise made by the birds. C) The forest was deadly as midnight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The forest was deadly as midnight. 22. ". Ground orchids, mauve lady's slipper and the white butterfly orchids put on a fashion display on the grassy slopes of ..... " A) Valley. B) Mussoorie. C) Plant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plant. 23. What is a scarlet minivet? A) Bird. B) Mammal. C) Insect. D) A new species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bird. 24. Who brings money, according to the grandmother? A) C. Leeches. B) D. leopards. C) B. Snakes. D) .Untouchable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) .Untouchable. 25. What is the meaning of a ravine/oak and melancholy A) Valley, Afraid, Happiness. B) Valley, A tree, Sickness. C) Valley, A tree, Very sad. D) Waterfall, sick, guilty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valley, A tree, Very sad. 26. " Now that the rains are here, there is no dearth of food for the ..... " A) Insectivorous birds. B) Carnivorous birds. C) Herbivorous birds. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insectivorous birds. 27. Which is the last but one monsoon mist? A) January 26. B) June 6. C) December 15. D) July 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) January 26. 28. A pool of liquid on the ground or floor, formed by filling up the holes in uneven surfaces A) Bore hole. B) Puddle. C) Pond. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Puddle. 29. What was the season during the beginning of the diary? A) Autumn. B) Monsoon. C) Spring. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoon. 30. What all did the mist do? A) Conceal the hills. B) Silence the birds. C) Make it feel as if it were midnight. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 31. Who chases the minivets away? A) Leopard. B) Scarlet minivet. C) Drgo. D) Leeches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drgo. 32. What do you mean by the word "ravine" ? A) Rain. B) Devine. C) Plateau. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Valley. 33. The emotion that gripped him was one of ..... A) Victory over hurdles. B) Humility and a sense of smallness. C) Greatness and self importance. D) Joy of discovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humility and a sense of smallness. 34. What is the meaning of the word 'RAVINE'? A) Mountain. B) Valley. C) Hills. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valley. 35. What did the author receive in the mail? A) A Post. B) A Letter. C) His Salary. D) A Cheque. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Cheque. 36. According to the author, a a hailstorm A) Gives rise to a rainbow. B) Makes the clouds disappear. C) Is good for the farmers. D) Is good for us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes the clouds disappear. 37. Which late monsoon flowers began to appear by August 12? A) Dahlias. B) Ground orchids. C) Wild balsam. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 38. Who said this line '' A paradise that might have been." A) A schoolboy. B) Ruskin Bond. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruskin Bond. 39. Word that describe the distinct smell of rain A) Cumulonimbus. B) Petrichor. C) Precipitation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petrichor. 40. Scarlet minivets are like A) Jewels. B) Stars. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jewels. 41. A storm or instance of heavy rain A) Torrent. B) Drip. C) Mizzle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torrent. 42. Give the meaning of the word ' melancholy' A) Sad and gloomy. B) Happiness. C) Joy. D) Surprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sad and gloomy. 43. Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season A) Rainfall. B) Cyclone. C) Monsoon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsoon. 44. The meaning of drumming- A) Imitating. B) Silence. C) Welcome. D) Falling noisily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling noisily. 45. From which season to which season the author had gone on October 3rd? A) Monsoon to winter. B) Winter to spring. C) Winter to monsoon. D) Monsoon to spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoon to winter. 46. Rain announced the presence of A) Leeches. B) Earthworms. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leeches. 47. Rain containing some ice, as when snow melts as it falls. A) Downpour. B) Grack of gravel. C) Sleet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleet. 48. How does the author's perspective on the monsoon change throughout the diary? A) The author's perspective changes from happiness to sadness. B) The author's perspective changes from excitement to frustration. C) The author's perspective changes from indifference to excitement. D) The author's perspective changes from contentment to anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's perspective changes from excitement to frustration. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 English Chapter 8 A Short Monsoon Diary Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books