This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > English > English Supplementary > Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 5 Princess September – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 5 Princess September Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happened to Princess September's parrot one day? A) She found her parrot lying dead. B) She found her parrot ran away. C) She found her parrot taken back. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She found her parrot lying dead. 2. Princess September got a green parrot in a golden cage A) On the Queen's birthday. B) On her birthday. C) On her sister's Birthday. D) On the king's birthday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the king's birthday. 3. What does the author mean by ugly and disagreeable? A) They are ugly and doesn't look nice. B) They are cruel and very selfish, cunning and ruthless on the inside. C) They don't like to be open and doesn't agree on anything. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are cruel and very selfish, cunning and ruthless on the inside. 4. WHAT MADE THE PRINCESS DELIGHTED? A) THE MAIDS. B) A LITTLE BIRD. C) THE PARROT. D) HER SISTERS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A LITTLE BIRD. 5. WHY WAS PRINCESS SEPTEMBER GLUM? A) BECAUSE SHE WAS ANGRY WITH MAIDS OF HONOUR. B) BECAUSE SHE LOST HER PARROT GIFTED BY HER FATHER ON HER BIRTHDAY. C) BECAUSE SHE LOST HER PARROT GIFTED BY HER FATHER ON HIS BIRTHDAY. D) BECAUSE SHE WAS SCOLDED BY HER MOTHER. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BECAUSE SHE LOST HER PARROT GIFTED BY HER FATHER ON HIS BIRTHDAY. 6. Who are the maids of honour? A) Slave of the king. B) Women working in the palace. C) Women attending the princess. D) Slave of the princess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Women attending the princess. 7. What mode of transport was used for Princess September's marriage? A) An elephant. B) A carriage. C) A chariot. D) A horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An elephant. 8. Who is the author of the story 'Princess September'? A) William. B) Robert hook. C) Somerset Maugham. D) William Somerset Maugham. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Somerset Maugham. 9. The king had a peculiar habit A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 10. What number is greater than 27? A) 26. B) 27. C) 28. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 28. 11. How many daughters did the king and queen of Siam have A) 89. B) 9. C) 7. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9. 12. The king received gifts on his birthday that they distributed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. To win a game, Mario should get a score that is greater than 38. Which score should he get to win the game? A) 35. B) 38. C) 40. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 14. All the sisters of Princess September offered to buy her a parrot because A) They were jealous of the bird. B) They really wanted her to have a pet bird. C) The King had asked them to do so. D) The Queen had asked them to do so. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were jealous of the bird. 15. What were the two words said by the parrot? A) Pretty Polly and good morning. B) Hi and pretty polly. C) God save the king and good morning. D) God save the king and pretty Polly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) God save the king and pretty Polly. 16. What did the bird tell Princess September about singing? A) It was tired of singing. B) It could sing anytime. C) It couldn't sing in the cage. D) It loved to sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It couldn't sing in the cage. 17. How many daughters did the king and queen have? A) 9. B) 10. C) 8. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9. 18. When the little bird had finished his sone, the Princess A) Shut the window. B) Forgot her hunger. C) Kissed the bird. D) Let the bird fly away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgot her hunger. 19. What did the princess see on a fine morning A) Her parrot laying dead in the bottom of her cage. B) A nice morning with birds tweeting and flowers blooming. C) A Siamese cat which was a gift from her father. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her parrot laying dead in the bottom of her cage. 20. Why were the princess vexed? A) The praise of the little bird. B) The teacher had scolded them. C) At the praise of princess September. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 21. What is the other word given in the lesson instead of "traps for catching birds and animals" ? A) Snares. B) Ominously. C) Prowling. D) Pop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snares. 22. Why were the sisters of princess september vexed? A) Because their bird told the same word in seen different languages. B) Because princess september got a new bird. C) Because the king scolded the princesses. D) Not mentioned . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because their bird told the same word in seen different languages. 23. Who came to befriend the Princess when she was all alone, sad and lonely? A) A little bird. B) Pigeon. C) Parrot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A little bird. 24. In how many different languages could the parrot say, "god save the king "and"pretty polly" ? A) 15. B) 5. C) 10. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 25. What is the king s peculiar habit? A) He used force everyone asking gifts for his birthday. B) He used to not take gifts from anyone in his birthday. C) Instead of receiving gifts on his birthday he gave them. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Instead of receiving gifts on his birthday he gave them. 26. What peculiar habit does the king have? A) To give gifts on his birthday instead of receiving. B) To have new clothes. C) To have so many gifts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give gifts on his birthday instead of receiving. 27. What does word peculiar mean? A) Worried. B) Sad. C) Anxious. D) Strange. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strange. 28. What reason did the Princess give to the bird for capturing it in a cage A) There were cats prowling outside. B) Eagles were preying outside. C) There was a snake on the loose. D) There were dogs hunting outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There were cats prowling outside. 29. Which set of numbers is arranged in decreasing order? A) 72, 63, 81. B) 81, 72, 63. C) 63, 72, 81. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 81, 72, 63. 30. His gifted his daughters a golden cage in a green parrot. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. WHAT VALUE HAS THIS LESSON? A) VALUE OF FREEDOM. B) VALUE OF INSIDE THE CAGE. C) LOVE EVERYONE. D) VALUE OF SINGING. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) VALUE OF FREEDOM. 32. What did the bird need to sing? A) Food. B) Nature. C) Rain. D) Animals around it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nature. 33. Why was princess september vexed?(choose any two) A) She was vexed as their sisters birds told only few words. B) She was vexed when she saw the bird laying in the cage. C) She thought it ate poison. D) She thought that the bird would not come back to her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was vexed when she saw the bird laying in the cage. 34. What is the expanded form of this number?673 A) 600+70+3. B) 60+7+30. C) 6+7+3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 600+70+3. 35. "i will take you out everyday" who said this to whom? A) Princess september told this to the old bird. B) The king told this to princesses september. C) The new bird told this to princesses september. D) Princess september told this to the new bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Princess september told this to the new bird. 36. What is the expanded form of this number?650 A) 600+50+0. B) 60+500+0. C) 6+5+0. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 600+50+0. 37. How many daughters did the royal couple have? A) 9. B) 5. C) 7. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9. 38. Where had the little bird gone? A) To visit his father. B) To visit his mother-in-law. C) To visit his mother. D) To visit his father-in-law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To visit his father-in-law. 39. What did the parrots remind the King of? A) His daughters. B) Nature. C) Parrots. D) His councillors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His councillors. 40. The youngest of the queen's daughter was named A) December. B) October. C) March. D) September. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) September. 41. Who is the writer of the story "Princess September" ? A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) T.S. Eliot. C) Rudyard Kipling. D) Somerset Maugham. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somerset Maugham. 42. When the little bird had finished his song, the Princess A) Kissed the bird. B) Let the bird fly away. C) Kissed the bird. D) Forgot her hunger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgot her hunger. 43. What did the king give his daughters on his birthday A) Green parrot in a golden cage. B) Yellow parrot in a golden cage. C) Red and yellow parrot. D) Love birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Green parrot in a golden cage. 44. What made to queen become so angry towards to Princess September? A) Princess September was staying up late and was not listening to the Queen. B) She was sad because she wanted her own castle and all the people to rule but her parents didn't allow and was crying alot. C) She wanted a different parrot and wanted something that her. D) She was sad and was crying because of the death of her parrot and nothing that maids of honor said comforted her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was sad and was crying because of the death of her parrot and nothing that maids of honor said comforted her. 45. What was peculiar habit of the King? A) To receive gifts. B) To give gifts. C) To give and receive gifts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give gifts. 46. Who was Princess September married to? A) King of Siam. B) King of England. C) King of Cambodia. D) King of Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King of Cambodia. 47. What offer did the other Princesses make to Princess September? A) To buy her the bird. B) To buy her a cage. C) To buy her a dog. D) To buy her a green and yellow parrot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To buy her a green and yellow parrot. 48. Why did the bird reject September's offer to take him out everyday? A) He did not like the view through the bars of the cage. B) He did not like Princess September. C) He loved looking through the window. D) He loved staying inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He did not like the view through the bars of the cage. 49. The daughters were named after what? A) Days. B) Months. C) Dates. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Months. 50. Where the princess helpful to princess September? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. In how many language could the parrot say "Pretty Polly" ? A) 6. B) 5. C) 4. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 52. Did the bird come back and kept his promise? A) Yes, he did, but only once. B) Yes, he did and continued to do so. C) No, he did not. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, he did and continued to do so. 53. When the parrot died, the Queen A) Didn't do anything. B) Punished September. C) Gave another parrot to Princess September. D) Consoled her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't do anything. 54. Who is the author of Princess September A) O Henry. B) William Wordsworth. C) Somerset Maugham. D) Rudyard Kipling. E) William Blake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somerset Maugham. 55. In how many languages could they say 'Pretty Polly'? A) Nine. B) Eleven. C) Five. D) Seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seven. 56. Were the maids of honor successful in making Princess September quite? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 57. The Queen of Siam named her daughters after the months because ..... A) The Queen loved those names. B) It was easy to remember. C) The king had asked her to do so. D) They were born in those months. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was easy to remember. 58. What did the parrots say A) Pretty polly. B) Good morning. C) Long live the king. D) Good day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pretty polly. 59. How many daughters did the king have? A) Eight. B) Nine. C) Seven. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nine. 60. What did Princess September do when she thought the bird had died? A) Called for help. B) Opened the cage. C) Ignored it. D) Cried. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cried. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 English Supplementary Chapter 5 Princess September Quiz 2Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 5 Princess September Quiz 3Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 1 How The Camel Got His Hump QuizClass 8 English Supplementary Chapter 2 Children At Work QuizClass 8 English Supplementary Chapter 3 The Selfish Giant QuizClass 8 English Supplementary Chapter 4 The Treasure Within QuizClass 8 English Supplementary Chapter 6 The Fight QuizClass 8 English Supplementary Chapter 7 Jalebis Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books