Class 8 English It So Happened MCQ The Selfish Giant

Question :In the selfish giant’s garden there was always

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

Question :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

Question :Which colour was the hail dressed in?

(a) White
(b) Grey
(c) Silver
(d) Black

Question :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

Question :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

Question :The sweet music which the giant heard was of

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

Question :The trees had covered themselves with blossoms once again because of the

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

Question :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

Question :The little boy did not run from there because

(a) he was too small to run
(b) he was not afraid of the Giant
(c) he did not see the Giant
(d) he wanted to challenge the Giant

Question :“ He did not hate the ______ now”

(a) Children
(b) Giant
(c) Winter
(d) Garden

Question :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

Question :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

Question :The Giant was angry when he saw

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

Question :The Giant thought that the children in his garden were

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

Question :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

Question :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

Question :What gestures of the boy enlightened the Giant?

(a) Hug
(b) Kiss
(c) Crying
(d) Both a and b

Question :“He was really very _____ for what he had done”

(a) Guilty
(b) Sorry
(c) Ashamed
(d) Sad

Question :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

Question :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

Question :Which season was it in the garden when it was spring all over the country?

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

Question :Where else did the children try to play?

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

Question :For how many years had he been away?

(a) One
(b) Five
(c) Seven
(d) Nine

Question :How many peach-trees were there in his garden?

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

Question :Who is the writer of the story “The Selfish Giant”?

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

Question : What was the name of his friend?

(a) Cornish Ogre
(b) Cornwall Ogre
(c) Turkish Ogre
(d) None of these

Question : The sweet music which the giant heard was of

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

Question : Who built a wall around the garden?

(a) A contractor
(b) A landlord
(c) A giant
(d) Some army men

Question : In which season the garden bore rich fruit?

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

Question : 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

Question : The giant’s garden was:

(a) very big
(b) small
(c) beautiful
(d) far away from the school

Question : How did the giant knock the wall down?

(a) With his fist
(b) With his axe
(c) With his mighty stick
(d) None of the above