CBSE Class 8 English It So Happened Book Lesson 3 The Selfish Giant Multiple Choice Questions with Answers
The Selfish Giant MCQs – Here is a compilation of Free Class 8 English It So Happened Book Lesson 3 The Selfish Giant. Students can practice free MCQs as have been added by CBSE in the new Exam pattern. At the end of Multiple Choice Questions, the answer key has also been provided for your reference.
1. Who is the writer of the story “The Selfish Giant”?
A. Rudyard Kipling
B. Oscar Wilde
C. T.S. Eliot
D. Paulo Coelho
2. When did the children go to the Giant’s garden?
A. Morning
B. Afternoon
C. Evening
D. Night
3. How many peach-trees were there in his garden?
A. Ten
B. Eleven
C. Twelve
D. Fourteen
4. Who had the Giant gone to visit?
A. Spanish Ogre
B. Cornish Ogre
C. English Ogre
D. Indian Ogre
5. For how many years had he been away?
A. One
B. Five
C. Seven
D. Nine
6. 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
7. Where else did the children try to play?
A. Other gardens
B. Home
C. Road
D. Bridge
8. 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
9. Which season was it in the garden when it was spring all over the country?
A. Summer
B. Winter
C. Spring
D. Autumn
10. “ the trees forgot to _____”
A. Bloom
B. Bear fruit
C. Sing
D. Blossom
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11. Why did the flower slip back into the ground?
A. On seeing the high walls
B. On seeing the empty garden
C. On seeing the Giant
D. On seeing the notice-board
12. Who were the only people that were pleased?
A. North Wind and the Hail
B. The Snow and the Frost
C. The giant
D. Children
13. What did the Snow do?
A. Covered the grass with white cloak
B. Painted the trees silver
C. Roared all day about the garden
D. Rattle on the roof of the castle
14. What did the North Wind do?
A. Covered the grass with white cloak
B. Painted the trees silver
C. Roared all day about the garden
D. Rattle on the roof of the castle
15. What did Frost do?
A. Covered the grass with white cloak
B. Painted the trees silver
C. Roared all day about the garden
D. Rattle on the roof of the castle
16. What did the Hail do?
A. Covered the grass with white cloak
B. Painted the trees silver
C. Roared all day about the garden
D. Rattle on the roof of the castle
17. Which colour was the hail dressed in?
A. White
B. Grey
C. Silver
D. Black
18. What was the North Wind wrapped in?
A. Blanket
B. Quilt
C. Shawl
D. Fur
19. Why did the Autumn not give golden fruit to the Giant’s garden?
A. There were no children
B. There were huge walls
C. There was a notice board
D. The Giant was too selfish
20. “One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music”. Whose music was it?
A. King’s musicians
B. Children
C. Linnet’s
D. None of the above
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21. From where did the children creep in?
A. Through a hole in the wall
B. Through the door
C. Through a window
D. By climbing the wall
22. “ it bent its branches down as low as it could; but the boy was too ____”
A. Lazy
B. Sad
C. Tiny
D. Arrogant
23. “He was really very _____ for what he had done”
A. Guilty
B. Sorry
C. Ashamed
D. Sad
24. Why did the child not see the approaching Giant?
A. He was not looking
B. He had teary eyes
C. He was not wearing his spectacles
D. He had his head bent
25. What gestures of the boy enlightened the Giant?
A. Hug
B. Kiss
C. Crying
D. Both A and B
26. Did the Giant knock down the wall?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D.Not mentioned in the story
27. When did the people notice the giant playing with children?
A. While going to the market
B. At twelve o’ clock
C. Both A and b
D. They never noticed them
28. Who, according to the Giant, were the most beautiful flowers of all?
A. The flowers in his garden
B. Children
C. Stars
D. The flowers in the neighbour’s garden
29. “ He did not hate the ______ now”
A. Children
B. Giant
C. Winter
D. Garden
30. What was the child’s garden?
A. Paradise
B. Heaven
C. The Giant’s garden
D. His parent’s garden
Answer Key for Class 8 English It so Happened Book Lesson 3 The Selfish Giant MCQs
Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer |
1 | B | 11 | D | 21 | A |
2 | B | 12 | B | 22 | C |
3 | C | 13 | A | 23 | B |
4 | B | 14 | C | 24 | B |
5 | C | 15 | B | 25 | D |
6 | D | 16 | D | 26 | A |
7 | C | 17 | B | 27 | C |
8 | C | 18 | D | 28 | B |
9 | B | 19 | D | 29 | C |
10 | D | 20 | C | 30 | A |