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 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter 1 The Best Christmas Present In The World Quiz 2 (54 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The roll-top desk was in perfect condition when the author bought it. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. The war was between the which soldiers? A) German and French. B) British and French. C) British and Germans. D) British and Russians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) British and Germans. 3. Who were the two armies fighting in the war? A) British and Germans. B) French and Germans. C) Americans and British. D) Russians and Germans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British and Germans. 4. Does Connie's wait for her husband come to an end? A) Yes. B) May be. C) Not sure. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 5. 'Silent Night' Means ..... A) Silent night. B) Silence. C) Silent Day. D) Slient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silent night. 6. The name of the author is ..... A) Michael Morpurgo. B) Thomas Hardy. C) Michael Angelo. D) Charles Dickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael Morpurgo. 7. The Christmas celebrations were initiated by A) The British. B) The Germans. C) Both A & B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Germans. 8. Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Entitled' A) Feeling inferior. B) Qualified. C) Feeling deprived. D) Ineligible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qualified. 9. What did the author find in the roll top desk? A) Chain. B) Letter. C) Gift. D) Chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Letter. 10. Where was Connie? A) Orphanage. B) Old age home. C) Nursing home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nursing home. 11. The roll top desk was made up of A) Oak. B) Neem. C) Banyan. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oak. 12. How author open the last drawer A) Very brute force. B) Brute force. C) Easily. D) Very easily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brute force. 13. Burlington House is on the ..... road. A) London. B) Dorchester. C) Dorset. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dorchester. 14. Connie received the letter on ..... A) January 24, 1915. B) January 25, 1915. C) January 26, 1915. D) January 25, 1914. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) January 25, 1915. 15. Where narrator find the roll top desk A) London. B) In a junk shop. C) America. D) In a junk shop bridport. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a junk shop bridport. 16. We were all standing in our trenches yesterday morning. What was the morning all about> A) New Year Morning. B) Christmas Morning. C) Birthday Morning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 17. What is the meaning of 'taken their toll on'? A) Repaired. B) Damaged. C) Bought. D) Kept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Damaged. 18. The soldiers exchanged Christmas gifts during the ceasefire. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. The roll top desk was completely damaged by A) Fire. B) Water. C) Both a and b. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 20. The letter described a football match between the British and German soldiers. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. What was in the secret box? A) Nothing. B) A pen. C) A paper. D) An letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An letter. 22. The letter was written by A) Michael Morpurgo. B) Jim macpherson. C) Clown. D) Morris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim macpherson. 23. The letter was written in ..... A) Chalk. B) Pen. C) Pencil. D) Marker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pencil. 24. Who wrote the letter that the author found? A) Hans Wolf. B) Jim Macpherson. C) Michael Thomas. D) John Macpherson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim Macpherson. 25. To whom was the letter addressed? A) The author. B) Jim's wife, Connie. C) The British government. D) Jim's mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim's wife, Connie. 26. Author go to the Jim machperson wife A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. What was Hans Wolf's occupation? A) School Teacher. B) Plays cello in orchestra. C) Headmaster. D) Football player. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plays cello in orchestra. 28. Connie was still alive when the author visited her. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. Why was the narrator not able to buy a roll top desk so far? A) They were expensive. B) They were unavailable. C) They were not good. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were expensive. 30. What is the meaning of 'spotted it'? A) Saw it. B) Made mark on it. C) Broke it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw it. 31. "I began work on it on Christmas Eve" . In the above sentence 'it' stands for A) The drawers. B) A junk shop. C) The garage. D) The roll-top desk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The roll-top desk. 32. The roll top desk had A) Scorch marks. B) Burnt marks. C) Both a and b. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 33. How many rupees pay the author A) Very much. B) Very little. C) Free. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very little. 34. What did the author find in a junk shop? A) A roll-top desk. B) An table. C) A Christmas gift. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A roll-top desk. 35. Whom did Connie mistook the author to be? A) Jim. B) Hans. C) Narrator. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jim. 36. The author didn't read the letter Of Jim A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. Where was Connie MacPherson staying? A) Nursing home. B) Old age home. C) Orphanage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nursing home. 38. What is meaning of '' taken their toll on A) Talking up. B) Musical song. C) Matter. D) Dameaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dameaged. 39. Which team won the football match? A) Tommy. B) Fritz. C) English. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fritz. 40. It said that it was his last letter and was dated December 26, 1914.It was written at the time of the war between Germany and Britain. It enlisted the series of events that followed on the day of Christmas that year 1914 or "a wonderful thing that happened" , in the words of Jim.** The war was fought between soldiers of- A) Germany and USA. B) France and Britian. C) Swiss and German. D) Britain and Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Britain and Germany. 41. When did the narrator begin to work on the Roll Top Desk? A) On a Holiday. B) On Diwali. C) On the Day of Christmas. D) On Christmas Eve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On Christmas Eve. 42. The soldiers played cricket on the no man's land. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. In what material in the desk was made of? A) Wood. B) Oak. C) Cotton. D) Pastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oak. 44. Who is the author of the lesson "The best Christmas Present in the World? A) Ruskin Bond. B) Paulo Coelho. C) Michael Morpurgo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michael Morpurgo. 45. What did the author buy from the junk shop? A) A roll-top desk. B) A Wooden Box. C) A diary. D) A Christmas card. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A roll-top desk. 46. What is meaning of ' scotch marks' A) Burn. B) Saw it. C) Position. D) Repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burn. 47. What Jim Macpherson thought the British soldiers should've played? A) Chess. B) Cricket. C) Football. D) Hockey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cricket. 48. Hans Wolf by profession was a ..... A) Soldier. B) Teacher. C) Cello player. D) Guitar player. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cello player. 49. The narrator couldn't buy one Roll Top Desk earlier because ..... A) He didn't have a big room to keep it. B) He didn't find Roll Top Desks. C) Roll Top Desks were very big. D) Roll Top Desks were far too expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roll Top Desks were far too expensive. 50. Jim Macpherson was a school teacher from Dorset. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. The roll top desk was A) Clumsily mended. B) Perfectly mended. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clumsily mended. 52. Who is Jim machperson A) Soldier. B) Auto driver. C) Had of the soldiers. D) Footballer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soldier. 53. The narrator bought the desk from a junk shop because A) The author wanted an ancient roll-top desk. B) The narrator could not afford a new roll-top desk. C) Such a desk was not available anywhere else. D) Its roll-top was in several pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The narrator could not afford a new roll-top desk. 54. Jim machperson is living in hospital A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 English Chapter 1 The Best Christmas Present In The World Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books