MCQ Questions for Class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 3 The Selfish Giant with Answers

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Q1. The Nature was unhappy with the giant because

(a) he would not allow the children
(b) he would not water the plants properly to play
(c) he was very cruel
(d) he loved cold and frost

Answer: (a) he would not allow the children

Q2. What did the notice board say?

(a) Trespassers will be rewarded
(b) Trespassers will be punished
(c) Trespassers will be appreciated
(d) Trespassers will be prosecuted

Answer: (d) Trespassers will be prosecuted

Q3. In the selfish giant’s garden there was always

(a) summer
(b) spring
(c) autumn
(d) winter

Answer: (d) winter

Q4. Where else did the children try to play?

(a) Other gardens
(b) Home
(c) Road
(d) Bridge

Answer: (c) Road

Q5. The sweet music which the giant heard was of

(a) king’s musicians
(b) a piano
(c) a wind instrument
(d) a little linnet

Answer: (d) a little linnet

Q6. Why did they not like the new place of playing?

(a) Dusty
(b) Full of hard stones
(c) Both A and B
(d) They liked the new place

Answer: (c) Both A and B

Q7. The trees had covered themselves with blossoms once again because of the

(a) weather
(b) Giant
(c) children
(d) spring

Answer: (c) children

Q8. Which season was it in the garden when it was spring all over the country?

(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(c) Spring
(d) Autumn

Answer: (b) Winter

Q9. The little boy could not climb the tree because he

(a) was afraid
(b) was too small
(c) was lame
(d) found that the tree was too high

Answer: (b) was too small

Q10. “ the trees forgot to _”

(a) Bloom
(b) Bear fruit
(c) Sing
(d) Blossom

Answer: (d) Blossom

Q11. The children stopped their games to

(a) look at the beauty
(b) eat fruit in the garden
(c) pick beautiful flowers
(d) listen to the birds

Answer: (d) listen to the birds

Q12. Who is the writer of the story “The Selfish Giant”?

(a) Rudyard Kipling
(b) Oscar Wilde
(c) T.S. Eliot
(d) Paulo Coelho

Answer: (b) Oscar Wilde

Q13. The Giant was angry when he saw

(a) the wall broken
(b) the trees fallen
(c) the children playing
(d) the birds singing

Answer: (c) the children playing

Q14. When did the children go to the Giant’s garden?

(a) Morning
(b) Afternoon
(c) Evening
(d) Night

Answer: (b) Afternoon

Q15. The Giant thought that the children in his garden were

(a) playful
(b) dirty
(c) beautiful
(d) trespassers

Answer: (d) trespassers

Q16. How many peach-trees were there in his garden?

(a) Ten
(b) Eleven
(C) Twelve
(d) Fourteen

Answer: (C) Twelve

Q17. He was selfish because he thought that his garden

(a) was a rare beauty
(b) was for him only
(c) was not for spring
(d) for the little boy

Answer: (b) was for him only

Q18. Who had the Giant gone to visit?

(a) Spanish Ogre
(b) Cornish Ogre
(C) English Ogre
(D) Indian Ogre

Answer: (b) Cornish Ogre

Q19. The Nature was unhappy with the giant because