Class 8 English It So Happened MCQ The Comet 1

Question :Duttada’s secret ambition was to

(a) discover a new comet
(b) go to London
(c) be famous and wealthy
(d) Just look into the sky and watch it

Question :Duttada laughed. “I see that even an MA degree has not cured you of your __________!

(a) Dumbness
(b) Sarcasm
(c) Doubt
(d) Superstitions

Question :Did he like the publicity he was receiving?

(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned in the story

Question :Duttada was absent-minded about daily chores. How was he with his calculations?

(a) Absent-minded
(b) Oblivious
(c) Meticulous
(d) Forgetful

Question :Why could professionals not discover a comet?

(a) They are busy with pre-assigned programmes
(b) They are busy looking at faint stars
(c) They are busy looking at nebulous galaxies
(d) All of the Above

Question :Comets are different from planets because they

(a) orbit round the sun
(b) are small in size
(c) can be new unlike the planets
(d) are generally close to the sun

Question :Professional astronomers

(a) generally discover comets
(b) generally look at faint stars
(c) discover planets
(d) are not interested in discoveries

Question :Indrani had woken up because

(a) Duttada had gone
(b) She felt for the adjoining pillow and found no one there
(c) she did not know where Duttada was
(d) there was a burst of cool breeze

Question :Dibya was a

(a) woman who was Dutta’s friend
(b) woman who was Indrani’s friend
(c) maid who worked for them
(d) telescope which Duttada had

Question :The telescope was for Duttada

(a) an instrument
(b) something to help him
(c) fulfilment of an ambition
(d) a good investment

Question :Navin Babu was to Duttada

(a) a friend
(b) a doctor
(c) a son
(d) a brother

Question :“ Barring rare circumstances, the collision is inevitable.” What were those rare circumstances?

(a) Collision with an asteroid
(b) Splitting near the sun
(c) Evaporating
(d) All of the Above

Question :Who had James given the manuscript to?

(a) Nature
(b) IIA
(c) Sir John
(d) Taylor

Question :How would you describe Johnson?

(a) Quiet
(b) Efficient
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above

Question :Who was Johnson?

(a) Provost of King’s College
(b) Butler
(c) Security officer at Whitehall
(d) Defence Science Advisor, Her Majesty’s government

Question :Where did the envelope tell him to come?

(a) London
(b) Canada
(c) New York
(d) India

Question :“ There is no __________ whatsoever with the arrival of a comet and the calamities of the earth.”

(a) Correlation
(b) Proof
(c) Finding
(d) None of the above

Question :What was Duttada’s secret ambition?

(a) To discover an asteroid
(b) To buy a telescope
(c) To spend nights star-gazing
(d) To discover a comet

Question :What does his wife think of Dibya?

(a) A telescope
(b) A designing woman
(c) A man
(d) His husband’s friend

Question :What do you mean by ‘tete-a-tete’?

(a) Public meeting
(b) Public announcement
(c) Private meeting
(d) None of the above

Question :Who was he hobnobbing with?

(a) Dibya
(b) Indrani Debi
(c) Himself
(d) No one

Question :“IT was a moonless night in __________”

(a) September
(b) October
(c) November
(d) December

Question : Who was professor at King’s College, Cambridge?

(a) Dr. James Forsyth
(b) Sir John Macpherson
(c) Manoj Dutta
(d) Taylor

Question : Whom did Duttada call ‘ Dibya Chakshu’?

(a) Dibya
(b) Indrani Debi
(c) Duttada, himself
(d) None of them

Question : Professional astronomers

(a) generally discover comets
(b) generally look at faint stars
(c) discover planets
(d) are not interested in discoveries

Question : Who was Duttada?

(a) A Scientist
(b) A Lecturer
(c) A teacher
(d) A Professor of Arts.

Question : What was her husband utterly oblivious of?

(a) Practical problems of living
(b) Her advice
(c) Dibya
(d) All of these