This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > English > The Fun They Had > Class 9 English Chapter 1 The Fun They Had – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 English Chapter 1 The Fun They Had Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. For ..... , or hundreds of years, we've learned a lot from books. A) Centuries. B) Superior. C) Mechanical. D) Insert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Centuries. 2. To act as if it didn't matter; causally A) Nonchalantly. B) Loftily. C) Superior. D) Waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonchalantly. 3. 'They' in the title 'The Fun They Had' refers to ..... A) Margie & Tommy. B) The students of the past. C) The classmates of Margie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The students of the past. 4. Which of these technological advances is most clearly featured in the science-fiction story "The Fun They Had" ? A) The Internet. B) On-screen readers. C) The Global Positioning System (GPS). D) Satellite TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On-screen readers. 5. Who went to school?A) MargieB) Tommy C) TeachersD) Margie and Tommy's ancestors A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 6. Which adverb tells how? A) Soon. B) Later. C) Here. D) Neatly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neatly. 7. Improvement ..... A) Progress. B) Dispute. C) Inspector. D) Insert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Progress. 8. In "The Fun They Had, " how is Margie's teacher different from the teachers that most students who attend schools today have? A) Margie's teacher is a person at a remote location. B) Margie's teacher has been told very little about her. C) Margie's teacher is her mother. D) Margie's teacher is a machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Margie's teacher is a machine. 9. Why did Margie's call the country inspector? A) To reset the level. B) To beat her. C) To manage the wire of machine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To reset the level. 10. It was a very old book. Margie's grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper. They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to-on a screen, you know. 1. Who found the real book? A) Margie's mother. B) Margie. C) Tommy's father. D) Tommy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tommy. 11. What is the setting of 'The Fun They Had'? A) A futuristic world. B) A historical village. C) A modern city. D) A fantasy land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A futuristic world. 12. What is the name of Margie's mother? A) Mrs. Dane. B) Mrs. John. C) Mrs. Jane. D) Mrs. Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mrs. Jones. 13. This story is set in ..... A) The Future. B) The Present. C) The Past. D) Can't say. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Future. 14. "Why would anyone write about School?"Who asks whom? A) Tommy to Margie. B) Margie's mother to Tommy. C) Margie to Tommy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Margie to Tommy. 15. Margie was scornful. "School? What's there to write about school? I hate school. Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test and she had been doing worse after worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the County Inspector.4. 'Scornful' in the extract is the opposite of A) Appreciative. B) Handy. C) Contemptuous. D) Probable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appreciative. 16. How many subjects are mentioned in this chapter A) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 17. Did Margie have fixed hours of study? A) No. B) She studied off and on. C) Yes she had fixed time and hours daily to study except Saturday and Sunday. D) She studied on Saturdays and Sundays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes she had fixed time and hours daily to study except Saturday and Sunday. 18. What is the main difference between old schools and future schools mentioned in 'The Fun They Had'? A) Old schools had rooms to study and modern school had no rooms. B) Old schools had human teachers and modern schools had robots programmed to teach. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old schools had human teachers and modern schools had robots programmed to teach. 19. Adverbs can describe ..... , ..... , & ..... A) Pronouns, verbs, adjectives. B) Verbs, adjectives, adverbs. C) Verbs, adverbs, nouns. D) Nouns, verbs, adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbs, adjectives, adverbs. 20. Did Margie like her current classroom, teacher, and education? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 21. (iii) Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s(F) and opinion/s (O) of the students below.1. Both Margie and Tommy like the idea of old schools.2. Margie will hate going to the old kind of schools.3. Tommy is not excited about reading.4. Margie hated school A) F-1, 2, and O-3, 4. B) F-2, 3 and O-1, 4. C) F-4 and O-1, 2, 3. D) F-2, 4 and O-1, 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) F-4 and O-1, 2, 3. 22. TRUE OR FALSE:The author of this story believes that technology is a better mode of education than human interaction. A) A) TRUE. B) B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) False. 23. Who is Mrs.Jones A) Margie's mother. B) Tommy's mother. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margie's mother. 24. To which world does the story take the readers to? A) Present World. B) Future world. C) Future world where computers will play a major role. D) Past world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future world where computers will play a major role. 25. How old is Tommy?A) 10 years oldB) 13 years oldC) 15 years oldD) 12 years old A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 26. What kind of teachers did Tommy and Margie have? A) Teacher. B) Trainer. C) Mechanical teachers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mechanical teachers. 27. What was Margie's age? A) 10 years. B) 11 years. C) 14 years. D) 12 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 11 years. 28. Why does Margie think human teachers can't teach as well as mechanical teachers? A) They aren't as smart as machines. B) They can't understand their students. C) They make their students take too many tests. D) They can't teach all the subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They aren't as smart as machines. 29. Which of these adjectives would best describe someone who loftily answers a question? A) Snobby. B) Inspirational. C) Thoughtful. D) Kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snobby. 30. Who are Margie and Tommy? A) Friends. B) Brother sister. C) Cousins. D) Neighbors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neighbors. 31. What is Virtual Reality?A) heavenly worldB) imaginary worldC) reality created by computer softwareD) none A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 32. Who is elder? Tommy or Margie? A) Tommy. B) Can't decide. C) Margie. D) Not given. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tommy. 33. At which of these events would a person most likely speak sorrowfully? A) A wedding. B) A funeral. C) A concert. D) A graduation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A funeral. 34. What is being talked about in the given extract? A) Margie's T.V. B) Margie's cell phone. C) Margie's mechanical teacher. D) Margie's laptop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Margie's mechanical teacher. 35. Which one of these is NOT true about the old kind of teachers? A) They were human beings. B) They told the boys and girls things. C) They gave them homework and asked them questions. D) They taught the students through digital mode only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They taught the students through digital mode only. 36. Where did grandmother send Kezia on Sunday afternoons? A) To the playground. B) To friend's house. C) To her father and mother in drawing room. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To her father and mother in drawing room. 37. How old are Margie and Tommy? A) Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen years old. B) Margie is thirteen and Tommy is eleven years old. C) Margie was eleven and Tommy was thirteen years old. D) Margie are eleven and Tommy are thirteen years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen years old. 38. Something used without result ..... A) Average. B) Progress. C) Insert. D) Waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waste. 39. According to Tommy, the real book was A) Fiction. B) Wrong. C) Boring. D) A waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A waste. 40. HOW MUCH TIME DOES MARGIE AND TOMMY TEACHER TAKEN TO REPAIR? A) 1 MONTH & 1 DAY. B) 5 DAYS AND 3 HOURS. C) 1 MONTH AND 1 DAY. D) 6 DAYS AND 1 WEEK. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 MONTH AND 1 DAY. 41. A telebook is ..... A) A virtual book. B) Can be read on a screen. C) Doesn't require to turn pages. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 42. If you ..... a book on disc into a portable CD player, you can learn on the go. A) Waste. B) Calculated. C) Ladybug. D) Insert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insert. 43. About what has been written in the old book? A) Online school. B) Digital school. C) Hi-tech School. D) Traditional school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traditional school. 44. In what year is the story set? A) 2157. B) 2700. C) 2020. D) 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2157. 45. WHO TOLD TOMMY'S GRANDFATHER ABOUT THAT REAL BOOK? A) FATHER. B) UNCLE. C) GRANDFATHER'S GRANDFATHER. D) Friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) GRANDFATHER'S GRANDFATHER. 46. Which quote shows her education suited her own specific abilities? A) My mother says teacher has to be adjusted to fit each child. B) Mechanical teacher gave her test after test. C) Sure they had a teacher but it wasn't a regular teacher. D) It was always on at the same time every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mother says teacher has to be adjusted to fit each child. 47. "Gee, " "What a waste. When you're through with th e book, you just throw it away, I guess." Who said this? A) Tommy. B) Margie. C) Margie's mother. D) Tommy's grandfather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tommy. 48. How were the words in the book? A) Fast. B) Great. C) Moving. D) Steady. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steady. 49. What does the word inspector mean in the sentence below?The inspector looked for clues at the crime scene. A) Teacher. B) Student. C) Criminal. D) Examiner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Examiner. 50. Margie and Tommy were ..... A) Neighbours. B) Classmates. C) Enemies. D) Good friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good friends. 51. State whether the following statement is True or False.>In the Old kind of system the teachers didn't live in thehouse of the students. They had a special building and all the kids went there. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. "Gee, what a waste ..... " who said this? A) Tommy. B) Margie. C) Robotic teacher. D) Mrs Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tommy. 53. What does Margie imagine about the schools of the past? A) They were boring. B) They were fun and interactive. C) They were strict and harsh. D) They were communal and social. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were communal and social. 54. Kezia's father brought her in his room during night and A) Tucked up his child. B) Readout a book to his child. C) Gave her Mathematics lessons. D) Switched on the music system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tucked up his child. 55. What did the County Inspector give her? A) A plum. B) An Apple. C) An Orange. D) A Banana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An Apple. 56. Who suggested Kezia to make a gift for her father? A) Grandmother. B) Mother. C) Mr. Macdonald. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grandmother. 57. Why did Margie's mother call the County Inspector? A) To check the fault in Margie's teacher in the Geography section. B) To talk to Margie. C) To talk to Tommy. D) To repair a leakage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To check the fault in Margie's teacher in the Geography section. 58. Find out the name of the author of '' The Fun They Had" . A) Isaac Asimov. B) Deborah Cowley. C) Vicom Muhammad Bashir. D) Katherine Mansfield. E) Vikram Seth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isaac Asimov. 59. Whose teacher was away for a month A) Margie. B) Tommy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tommy. 60. 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