Question bank

Chapter-1   I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) The poet saw the daffodils beside the ____________ and beneath the ____________.
(b) The flowers were shining as ____________ twinkle in the sky.
(c) The flowers were fluttering and ____________ in the breeze.
(d) The poet's wart filled with ____________.
(e) The poet was in a ____________ mood.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) The poet was wandering with his friend.
(b) He saw a few daffodils.
(c) He compares the daffodils with the stars.
(d) The poet gazed but thought little.
(e) The daffodils were over the hills.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Who was wardering lonely as a cloud?

(i)

Bird

(ii)

Cloud

(iii)

Poet
Q-2 Which colour Daffodil flowers were of?

(i)

Silver

(ii)

Golden

(iii)

While
Q-3 The daffodils in the poem are described as ____________.

(i)

crowd

(ii)

alone

(iii)

sad
Q-4 Who was dancing like the daffodils?

(i)

Bird

(ii)

Tree

(iii)

flower
Chapter-2   The Tiger in Chao-Cheng
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) She told her story to the ___________.
(b) But the old woman would not be ___________.
(c) The magistrate asked his attendants to undertake ___________.
(d) He did not trouble himself much ___________.
(e) He went to ____________ in the eastern suburb of the city.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) A wolf killed the old woman's son.
(b) The warrant was issued against the tiger.
(c) Li Neng went to a temple in eastern subrub of the city.
(d) Next morning, the tiger lay tied in front of the door.
(e) The tiger was not faithful.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 At his death, his mother was so overwhelmed with grief that ...........................

(i)

she did not want to go anywhere.

(ii)

she did not wish to meet anyone.

(iii)

she hardly wished to live anymore.
Q-2 Li Neng felt his mistake thinking ...........................

(i)

how he can arrest a tiger.

(ii)

what promise he had made.

(iii)

why he was so fool.
Q-3 In the court, in front of the magistrate, the tiger was asked, ...........................

(i)

“Did you eat up the old woman’s son?”

(ii)

“Where did you hide the old woman’s son?”

(iii)

“Why do you eat flesh?”
Q-4 Next morning, when she opened the door, ...........................

(i)

the tiger was roaring in front of the door.

(ii)

there lay a dead deer before it.

(iii)

the food was lying in a packet.
Q-5 The people of the Chao-Cheng built a ...........................

(i)

shrine in honour of the Faithful Tiger.

(ii)

a temple in honour of the old woman.

(iii)

a tomb in honour of the dead son of the old woman.
Chapter-3   The Flight of a Man
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Daedalus was able to escape from the ___________.
(b) It was fun making the ___________.
(c) ___________ in the fields below stopped their work.
(d) The wax wings became soft and began to ___________.
(e) When he arrived in Sicily, he went straight to the temple of ___________.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Daedalus was imprisoned by the king.
(b) Daedalus had a son named Icarus.
(c) Daedalus could not make the wings of feathers.
(d) Icarus flew successfully.
(e) Daedalus was drowned in the sea.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Daedalus was made a prisoner in a high:

(i)

tower

(ii)

building

(iii)

hill
Q-2 Daedalus asked his son to gather all the:

(i)

birds

(ii)

feathers

(iii)

animals
Q-3 Daedalus fastened the wings to his:

(i)

neck

(ii)

head

(iii)

shoulders
Q-4 Only a few feathers floated on the surface of the:

(i)

river

(ii)

pond

(iii)

sea
Chapter-4   Long, Long Ago
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) There were no ___________.
(b) Passing in a _________!
(c) No mail ___________ stopping.
(d) At every ___________.
(e) Who were the ___________.
(f) Of ___________ then?
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Long, long ago there were no:

(i)

motorcars

(ii)

trains

(iii)

both of them
Q-2 Who carried loads?

(i)

man

(ii)

woman

(iii)

children
Chapter-5   APJ Abdul Kalam
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Kalam’s mother was a ___________ and pious lady.
(b) Kalam’s parents were ___________ –minded.
(c) Kalam was always surrounded by ___________.
(d) Teacher invited Kalam to ___________ at his house.
(e) The ___________ of the sky continued to fascinate him.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Abdul Kalam is an ideal man.
(b) Abdul Kalam used to go to temple in the morning.
(c) Abdul Kalam does not know how to read.
(d) Abdul Kalam was twenty when the World War II started.
(e) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam became the President of India.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is a source of:

(i)

inspiration

(ii)

love

(iii)

sympathy
Q-2 Abdul Kalam was born in a village of:

(i)

Ahmedabad

(ii)

Rameshwaram

(iii)

Puducherry
Q-3 Shamsuddin was Kalam’s:

(i)

brother

(ii)

nephew

(iii)

cousin
Q-4 Pandit Shiva Subrahmanyam Iyar taught Kalam:

(i)

Mathematics

(ii)

English

(iii)

Science
Chapter-6   Marco Polo
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Men had to travel mainly by ___________ routes.
(b) Many persons died on the way due to lack of ___________ and ___________.
(c) In ___________, seventeen years old Marco Polo started on a journey to China.
(d) The Polos went to the court of ___________.
(e) Marco Polo’s ___________ became very famous.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Kublai Khan treated the Polos very badly.
(b) Travelling was dangerous in the past.
(c) Bharat and China were considered to be rich beyond dreams.
(d) Marco Polo started on a journey in 1271.
(e) In 1290, Marco Polo started for Persia.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Marco Polo started on a journey to China:

(i)

in 1271

(ii)

in 1371

(iii)

in 1720
Q-2 Marco Polo set himself the task of learning the:

(i)

English language

(ii)

Mongol language

(iii)

Sanskrit language
Q-3 Marco Polo asked the emperor’s permission to go back home in:

(i)

1192

(ii)

1290

(iii)

1860
Q-4 People in Europe had little knowledge about:

(i)

south

(ii)

north

(iii)

east
Chapter-7   Migratory Birds
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Some ___________ and fish too migrate.
(b) The Arctic tern flies from the ___________ to the ___________ and back again.
(c) Huge flocks of ___________ fly over the Himalayas.
(d) Human activities disturb ___________ birds.
(e) The air over Afghanistan was so ___________ that some died.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) As summer sets in, many birds leave their breeding grounds and fly long distances to cold places.
(b) Mammals and fish also migrate.
(c) The Arctic tern flies the longest distance.
(d) The huge flocks of geese fly as high as a jet plane.
(e) The Siberian Crane reached India in 2002.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 As winter sets in, many birds leave their:

(i)

breeding grounds

(ii)

eating grounds

(iii)

living grounds
Q-2 The birds fly back to their homes in:

(i)

winter

(ii)

monsoon

(iii)

spring
Q-3 Annual journey of the birds is called:

(i)

habitation

(ii)

migration

(iii)

immigration
Q-4 The greatest traveller bird is:

(i)

sparrow

(ii)

crow

(iii)

Arctic tern
Chapter-8   A Horrible Storm
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) We were crowded in the ___________.
(b) Not a ___________ would dare to sleep.
(c) It was ___________ on the ___________.
(d) And a ___________ on the deep.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) The passengers were happy and contented on board the ship.
(b) The ship was sailing smoothly on a calm sea.
(c) The tempest occurs in the sea during every summer.
(d) The captain of the ship hadn’t lost hope.
(e) The captain’s little daughter raised hope in the minds of the passengers.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 All were crowded in the:

(i)

hut

(ii)

cabin

(iii)

cave
Q-2 The storm rose:

(i)

in the morning

(ii)

in the evening

(iii)

at midnight
Q-3 All the people were busy in:

(i)

prayers

(ii)

hardworking

(iii)

reading
Chapter-9   King Arthur
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Merlin was a powerful ___________ with magic at the top of his ___________.
(b) They walked on until they came to a narrow ___________.
(c) ___________ will come when it is time but admit defeat I will not.
(d) Merlin helped the dazed king mount his ___________ .
(e) ___________ remained with King Arthur till he fought his last ___________.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Arthur was the king of Britain.
(b) Two fierce-looking boys were chasing his father.
(c) King Arthur saved Merlin.
(d) Merlin killed the knight.
(e) Excalibur remained with Arthur as long as he lived.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Arthur became the king of:

(i)

Britain

(ii)

India

(iii)

Pakistan
Q-2 Arthur drew in the reins and leapt down from the:

(i)

tree

(ii)

saddle

(iii)

roof
Q-3 The knight broke Arthur’s:

(i)

stick

(ii)

gun

(iii)

sword
Q-4 The hand along with Excalibur vanished into the:

(i)

forest

(ii)

river

(iii)

lake
Q-5 Merlin took Arthur to a hermit who knew all the:

(i)

plants

(ii)

animals

(iii)

diseases
Q-6 Excalibur remained with King Arthur till he fought his:

(i)

first battle

(ii)

last battle

(iii)

last breath
Chapter-10   In Harmony with Nature
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) The ___________ has definitely changed.
(b) I feel that this is a ___________ sign in me.
(c) Patrick Geddes was a great ___________.
(d) He wanted ___________ to grow up with a first-hand knowledge of the world.
(e) The poem Nehruji recalls is said to have been written to a ___________ seen from a train.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Nehruji found relief in:

(i)

spinning

(ii)

weaving

(iii)

both of them
Q-2 Nehruji had become too much of a:

(i)

worm

(ii)

bookworm

(iii)

silkworm
Q-3 Nehruji wrote this letter when he was in:

(i)

jail

(ii)

school

(iii)

temple
Chapter-11   A Boon for Kindness
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) The forest looked quiet and enchanting because of ___________.
(b) Sunder was a little ___________.
(c) Sunder found that the ___________ was wounded.
(d) He gave it some ___________ to eat.
(e) Sunder’s family became ___________ and lived a happy life.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) The Fairy Godmother was kind to good people.
(b) Sunder saw a bird lying on the ground.
(c) Sunder killed the bird.
(d) Sunder was happy because the bird had disappeared.
(e) The hens laid golden eggs.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 There was a forest high up in the:

(i)

mountains

(ii)

hills

(iii)

rocks
Q-2 A Fairy Godmother lived in that:

(i)

hill

(ii)

forest

(iii)

mountain
Q-3 Sunder went to the forest to get:

(i)

fruits

(ii)

vegetables

(iii)

fuel
Q-4 The two hens were sitting on the:

(i)

wall

(ii)

hill

(iii)

golden eggs
Chapter-13   Winter's Night
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Jabra put his ___________ on Halku’s knees and brought his muzzle ___________.
(b) Night would last another ___________ hours or so.
(c) Halku sat in front of ___________ and let it warm him.
(d) Halku heard the sound of ___________ and ___________ in the field.
(e) Munni’s face was shadowed with ___________ but Halku was ___________.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Halku was a poor farmer.
(b) Halku’s wife saved thirty rupees.
(c) In the night, a gentle breeze was blowing.
(d) Jabra did not give a bark and ran towards the field.
(e) The cattle ate up Halku’s crop.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Halku’s wife had only:

(i)

three rupees

(ii)

four rupees

(iii)

five rupees
Q-2 She took out the money and handed over to:

(i)

landlord

(ii)

Halku

(iii)

shopkeeper
Q-3 Jabra was the name of Halku’s:

(i)

brother

(ii)

landlord

(iii)

dog
Q-4 Halku set fire and began to gather the:

(i)

dry leaves

(ii)

green leaves

(iii)

plants
Chapter-14   A Bird came down the walk
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The bird bit an angle-worm in:

(i)

halves

(ii)

three parts

(iii)

four parts
Q-2 Then the bird drank a dew from a convenient:

(i)

plant

(ii)

grass

(iii)

tree
Q-3 The poet offered the bird a:

(i)

biscuit

(ii)

chocolate

(iii)

crumb
Q-4 Who was seeing the bird?

(i)

worm

(ii)

farmer

(iii)

poet
Chapter-15   Prevention is Better than Cure
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) We should not do anything which may cause harm to ___________.
(b) Germs are the main cause of various ___________.
(c) ___________ himself is one of our best helpers when he falls ill.
(d) We were enjoying ourselves, unaware of any ___________.
(e) Many of our ___________ were killed.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Prevention is better than cure.
(b) We need not to take care of our health.
(c) Germs and bacteria cause several diseases.
(d) Flies are our best friends.
(e) We should always follow the safety rules.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Prevention is better than:

(i)

cure

(ii)

care

(iii)

car
Q-2 Germs and bacteria are our greatest:

(i)

friends

(ii)

enemies

(iii)

doctors
Q-3 The germs cause:

(i)

shelter

(ii)

job

(iii)

diseases
Q-4 We should always be careful about our:

(i)

wealth

(ii)

books

(iii)

health
Q-5 We should wash our hands:

(i)

before meals

(ii)

after meals

(iii)

both of them
Chapter-16   The Story of West Lake
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Golden Phoenix nodded in ___________.
(b) So, they settled down on the fairy ___________, guarding the pearl.
(c) Queen Mother prepared a grand ___________.
(d) I’m the Mother of the Heavenly ___________.
(e) The three struggled over the golden ___________ with all their might.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Jade Dragon and Golden Phoenix were two friends.
(b) Jade Dragon lived in the Celestial River.
(c) Gradually, the ball turned into a kite.
(d) Queen Mother kept the pearl in her pocket.
(e) The pearl turned into a clear, green lake.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Jade Dragon was:

(i)

snow-white

(ii)

black-white

(iii)

colourful
Q-2 Phoenix lived in the great:

(i)

banyan tree

(ii)

forest

(iii)

grass
Q-3 They settled down on the fairy islands, guarding the:

(i)

river

(ii)

Queen Mother

(iii)

pearl
Q-4 The pearl turned into a clear, green:

(i)

tree

(ii)

grass

(iii)

lake
Chapter-17   It's All in the State of Mind
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 According to the poet, the life is a:

(i)

battle

(ii)

market

(iii)

playground
Q-2 As you think so will you:

(i)

lose

(ii)

find

(iii)

both of them
Chapter-18   A Visit to Old Age Home
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Christmas won’t be Christmas without any ___________.
(b) You can take some of your ___________ with you.
(c) They marched away to carry out their ___________.
(d) Amanda knocked boldly on the ___________ of the corner room.
(e) Seeing the beautiful ___________, Amanda was overjoyed.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Amanda was a ten year old girl.
(b) Amanda went to the old people’s home to wish them.
(c) Peter wished Mrs Smith.
(d) The old people did not wish the children.
(e) Amanda was overjoyed seeing the gift.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 On the Christmas Day, children are very:

(i)

excited

(ii)

hopeless

(iii)

pleased
Q-2 Amanda cheered up because her mother’s idea was very:

(i)

dull

(ii)

novel

(iii)

sorrowful
Q-3 Mrs Chawla was very:

(i)

kind

(ii)

sympathetic

(iii)

both of them
Q-4 Amanda got gift from:

(i)

her mother

(ii)

Peter

(iii)

Mrs Smith
Chapter-19   A Witty Jester 'Tenali Rama'
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) He was always playing ___________ or making fun of people.
(b) His ___________ was pleased with him.
(c) His teacher taught him a __________.
(d) He then set off to recite the mantra at the ___________.
(e) The goddess was ___________.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Tenali was a naughty boy.
(b) Tenali made fun of people.
(c) The teacher taught Tenali science.
(d) The goddess was happy with Tenali.
(e) Tenali became the courtier of Krishnadev Ray.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Tenali was a very ___________ boy.

(i)

clever

(ii)

good looking

(iii)

both of them
Q-2 The poor lady was in a:

(i)

thought

(ii)

dilemma

(iii)

dream
Q-3 The goddess became very:

(i)

happy

(ii)

smiley

(iii)

furious
Q-4 Tenali became a famous:

(i)

writer

(ii)

singer

(iii)

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