This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > English > The Best Christmas Present In The World > Class 8 English Chapter 1 The Best Christmas Present In The World – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter 1 The Best Christmas Present In The World Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the Roll Top desk made of? A) Oak. B) Maple. C) Mahogany. D) Walnut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oak. 2. Which game did the soldiers play? A) Cricket. B) Hockey. C) Football. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Football. 3. What is the meaning of 'scorch marks'? A) Water mark. B) Wound mark. C) Burn mark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burn mark. 4. What is schnapps? A) A German sweet made from grain. B) A British drink made from grain. C) A German drink made from grain. D) A German savory made from grain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A German drink made from grain. 5. I just want to hear your voice again. I'd love that so much. And then perhaps we'll have some tea. I've made you a nice Christmas cake, marzipan all around. I know how much you love marzipan." **Who used to love marzipan? A) Hans. B) Jim. C) Brigade. D) Wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim. 6. What damaged the Roll Top Desk? A) Rain and wind. B) Flood and storm. C) Fire and water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fire and water. 7. Where did the author writes the letter A) 1, january 1969. B) 25, December 1920. C) 30, december 1903. D) 26, december 1914. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26, december 1914. 8. Hans belonged to which place? A) Dorset. B) Bridport. C) Dusseldorf. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dusseldorf. 9. Where did the two armies meet? A) German. B) Britain. C) No where. D) No man's land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No man's land. 10. When did the first World War start? A) 1920. B) 1939. C) 1914. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1914. 11. Where did the narrator find the roll top desk? A) Furniture shop. B) Junk shop. C) Shopping mall. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Junk shop. 12. Who played the cello during the Christmas truce? A) Connie. B) Hans Wolf. C) The author. D) Jim Macpherson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hans Wolf. 13. When did the narrator start the repair work? A) On Christmas eve. B) On the day after Christmas. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On Christmas eve. 14. They shared schnapps, sausages and rum. The two officers, Jim and Hans Wolf developed a good bond over a chit-chat. They both were of the view that countries should negotiate peacefully and resolve conflicts by playing football.** Hans belong to which place? A) London. B) Dorset. C) Bridport. D) Dusseldorf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dusseldorf. 15. What special event took place on Christmas Eve? A) The soldiers stopped fighting and celebrated together. B) Jim Macpherson proposed to Connie. C) The war ended. D) The soldiers exchanged letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The soldiers stopped fighting and celebrated together. 16. Who began the celebration? A) Germans. B) Americans. C) Indians. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Germans. 17. What did the soldiers exchanged on the previous night of the Christmas? A) Carols. B) Food. C) Marzipans. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carols. 18. How did Hanswolf know about Dorset? A) He had visited the place. B) He lied. C) It was his native. D) He had read in books. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had read in books. 19. Where did the two teams meet? A) Border of Germany. B) No man's land. C) Border of England. D) Border of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No man's land. 20. Where did the author find the roll top desk A) Junk shop in Bridport, a roll-top desk. B) In a mall. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Junk shop in Bridport, a roll-top desk. 21. What was "The Best Christmas present in the World" ? A) Jim. B) Author. C) Letter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jim. 22. For whom has the word Fritz been used? A) German soldier. B) British soldier. C) Jim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) German soldier. 23. The letter was written by Jim on A) Dec26, 1914. B) Jan25, 1915. C) Dec25, 1914. D) Jan26, 1914. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dec26, 1914. 24. What did the narrator find in the secret drawer? A) A letter. B) A pot of gold. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A letter. 25. By whom was the letter written? A) Connie. B) Jim Macpherson. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim Macpherson. 26. Did Jim returned from war A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 27. What did the narrator find at the junk shop? A) A desk. B) A rolltop desk. C) A table. D) A cupdoard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A rolltop desk. 28. A war between the British and the Germans took place in ..... A) 1915. B) 1910. C) 1919. D) 1914. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1914. 29. Hans Wolf's favourite writer was ..... A) Charles Dickens. B) Thomas Hardy. C) Shakespeears. D) John Keats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Hardy. 30. The phrase 'got over' means A) Passed. B) Overcame. C) Excited. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overcame. 31. Jim Macpherson was a German soldier. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. Bridport is a market in A) France. B) Germany. C) England. D) Dubai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England. 33. The narrator found a shallow space below a secret drawer when he A) Pulled out the last drawer. B) Pulled out the first drawer. C) Had finished working. D) Began to mend the desk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulled out the last drawer. 34. The roll top desk was found in a A) Wholesale shop. B) Junk shop. C) Street shop. D) Showroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Junk shop. 35. What is meaning of 'cello A) Thermas. B) A musical instruments. C) A German drink. D) Tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A musical instruments. 36. What did Hans do before he became a soldier? A) He played cello. B) He was a school teacher. C) He was an artist. D) He was a football player. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He played cello. 37. Where is the workroom of the narrator? A) At his study room. B) At the Back of his garage. C) In the front of his house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the Back of his garage. 38. Hans Wolf had been to Dorset. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 39. What did the author find inside the secret drawer of the desk? A) A photograph. B) A medal. C) Money. D) A Letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Letter. 40. What did the author find in it? A) A gift box. B) An envelope. C) Cello tape. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An envelope. 41. The author of the book 'Far from the Madding Crowd' is A) Charles Dickens. B) Thomas Hardy. C) Hans Wolf. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Hardy. 42. What mrs Jim best present in the world? Did she mistook A) Santa sent her a gift. B) Her husband came back home. No she didn't mistook. C) Her husband came back home. She mistook that the author was her husband. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her husband came back home. She mistook that the author was her husband. 43. But the truth, I am ashamed to say, is that Fritz began it." In the above sentence 'Fritz' refers to A) The German commander in the story. B) The British soldier. C) The German soldier. D) The British commander in the lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The British soldier. 44. Find the synonym of the word "found '' A) Spotted. B) Lost. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spotted. 45. The narrator revealed his identity to Mrs. Jim A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 46. What is the meaning of 'stuck fast'? A) Opened. B) Shut tight. C) Removed. D) Restored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shut tight. 47. What did he find inside the secret drawer? A) A big white tin box. B) A small black tin box. C) Money. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A small black tin box. 48. Is Connie was alive after the fire accident A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 49. What did the author think was something "he had to do" ? A) Return the letter to Jim. B) Return the letter to Connie. C) Throw away the letter. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Return the letter to Connie. 50. By which Christmas did Jim promise to be back home? A) 1914. B) 1916. C) 1915. D) 1913. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1915. 51. What was Connie's Best Christmas Present? A) The letter. B) Marzipan. C) The author. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The letter. 52. How old was Connie? A) A hundred and ten years old. B) A hundred and one years old. C) A hundred and five years old. D) A hundred and eight years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hundred and one years old. 53. Who was the favourite writer of Hans Wolf? A) Edward Lear. B) Robert Frost. C) Thomas Hardy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Hardy. 54. When was the Roll top Desk made? A) In early 19$^{th}$ Century. B) In 20$^{th}$ Century. C) In 18$^{th}$ Century. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In early 19$^{th}$ Century. 55. Jim's letter was written on A) 26 December 1914. B) 25 December 1914. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26 December 1914. 56. What sport did Tommies prefer? A) Football. B) Cricket. C) Baseball. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cricket. 57. The chapter is written by: A) Thomas Hardy. B) Satyajit Ray. C) Michael Morpurgo. D) Isaac Asimov. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michael Morpurgo. 58. Who is the author of The Best Christmas Present in the World? A) Michael Morpurgo. B) Charles Dickens. C) O. Henry. D) Ruskin Bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael Morpurgo. 59. What historical event is mentioned in the story? A) The American Civil War. B) World War I. C) World War II. D) The Cold War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) World War I. 60. How many years old was Connie when the narrator met her? A) 100 years old. B) 99 years old. C) 102 years old. D) 101 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 101 years old. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 English Chapter 1 The Best Christmas Present In The World Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books