Class 8 English (Balbharati) – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
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In 'Dick Whittington and his Cat', how many times was Dick elected Lord Mayor of London?
Chapter 2: Dick Whittington and his Cat
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Answer: C. Three times
Dick became a successful merchant, married Alice and was elected Lord Mayor of London three times.Which of these words has three syllables?
Chapter 2: Dick Whittington and his Cat
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Answer: A. happiness
hap-pi-ness has three vowel sounds; 'thread' and 'man' have one syllable and 'giraffe' has two.Revathi's balsam plants bent towards her when she played her favourite raga on the violin. Which raga was it?
Chapter 4: Revathi’s Musical Plants
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Answer: C. Mohanam
Revathi was very fond of raga 'Mohanam'; her plants leaned towards her whenever she played it.In 'The Happy Prince', who received the prince's FIRST blue jewel eye?
Chapter 9: The Happy Prince
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Answer: D. The young writer in a cold room
The young writer was too cold and hungry to finish his story, so the Swallow took him the first eye; the red jewel had gone to the sick boy's mother.Choose the correct indirect speech: Meena said, "I am busy today."
Chapter 9: The Happy Prince
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Answer: A. Meena said that she was busy that day.
In indirect speech the pronoun changes (I → she), the tense goes back (am → was) and 'today' becomes 'that day'.In 'The Last Leaf', who secretly painted the last ivy leaf on the wall?
Chapter 12: The Last Leaf
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Answer: B. Old Behrman
Behrman painted the leaf on the wall on the stormy night the real last leaf fell; it was his masterpiece.In 'The Last Leaf', which illness did Johnsy suffer from?
Chapter 12: The Last Leaf
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Answer: B. Pneumonia
After a few months in New York, Johnsy became ill with pneumonia, which was hard to cure in those days.Who is the poet of 'Leisure' ("What is this life if, full of care, / We have no time to stand and stare?")?
Chapter 13: Leisure
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Answer: B. William Henry Davies
The poem 'Leisure' in the book is by William Henry Davies.In the poem 'The Vet', what is the Arctic fox suffering from?
Chapter 14: The Vet
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Answer: D. Heat
The poem says 'If the Arctic fox is suffering from heat' — while the lion has caught a cold.In 'Ramanujan', what was the number of Hardy's taxi-cab that Ramanujan called a very interesting number?
Chapter 17: Ramanujan
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Answer: A. 1729
Ramanujan said 1729 is the smallest number that can be written as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.
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All questions are written by PadhaiNotes in our own words from the chapters of the official Maharashtra State Board Balbharati textbook (ebalbharati.in). Each question shows its chapter.