This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 English Chapter 8 A Short Monsoon Diary ā Quiz 4 š Homepage š Download PDF Books š Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter 8 A Short Monsoon Diary Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. ". 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. 3. What is a scarlet minivet? A) Bird. B) Mammal. C) Insect. D) A new species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bird. 4. Who brings money, according to the grandmother? A) .Untouchable. B) B. Snakes. C) C. Leeches. D) D. leopards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) .Untouchable. 5. 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. 6. " 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. 7. Which is the last but one monsoon mist? A) June 6. B) December 15. C) January 26. D) July 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) January 26. 8. 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. 9. What was the season during the beginning of the diary? A) Summer. B) Spring. C) Autumn. D) Monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monsoon. 10. 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. 11. Who chases the minivets away? A) Drgo. B) Leopard. C) Leeches. D) Scarlet minivet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drgo. 12. What do you mean by the word "ravine" ? A) Rain. B) Devine. C) Plateau. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Valley. 13. 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. 14. What did the author receive in the mail? A) A Letter. B) A Cheque. C) A Post. D) His Salary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Cheque. 15. According to the author, a a hailstorm A) Makes the clouds disappear. B) Is good for us. C) Is good for the farmers. D) Gives rise to a rainbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makes the clouds disappear. 16. 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. 17. Meaning of imprecations is A) Implications. B) Curses. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curses. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. Scarlet minivets are like A) Jewels. B) Stars. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jewels. 21. A storm or instance of heavy rain A) Torrent. B) Drip. C) Mizzle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torrent. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. The meaning of drumming- A) Imitating. B) Silence. C) Welcome. D) Falling noisily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling noisily. 25. From which season to which season the author had gone on October 3rd? A) Monsoon to winter. B) Winter to monsoon. C) Winter to spring. D) Monsoon to spring. 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