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KRISHNA PUBLIC SCHOOL, RAIPUR

Session - 2023-24
Class - VIII
Time - 20 minutes Literary Club - Quiz MM. 30
LITERATURE
1. Who was Venkat Raman Singh Shyam’s
grandfather?
A. Parsadi Lal Uikey
B. Daddi Singh
C. Jangarh Singh
D. S. Anand
2. Kuttan said that by the time someone realized
Karichal I was damaged, it would be ‘too late’ to
A. Repair the boat
B. Win the race
C. Catch Kesavan
D. Stop the race
3. Who is the poet of ‘Brueghel’s Winter’?
A. Ruskin Bond
B. Roald Dahl
C. Hellen Keller
D. Walter de la Mare
4. Hanson Robotics developed which of the following
robots?
A. Miko
B. Transformers
C. Sophia
D, Chat GPT
5. Who was the ‘Untrained Mathematician?
A. Ramanujan
B. GH Hardy
C. Arybhatta
D. BR Ambedkar
6. Hilaire Belloc’s poem ‘The Microbe’ describes a microbe.
Which of the following is not true about the description of the
microbe as written in the poem?
A. It has seven tufted tails
B. It has a green eyebrow
C. It has a hundred rows of teeth
D. None of the above
7. Who wrote the poem ‘In the Bazaars of Hyderbad’?
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Lata Mangeshkar
D. Ruskin Bond
8. Jabberwocky comes at the very beginning of which of the
following books?
A. Alice in Wonderland
B. Harry Potter
C. Percy Jackson
D. Lord of the Rings
9. Arun Krishnamurthy founded which of the following NGOs?
A. Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI)
B. Greenpeace India
C. Vanshakti
D. Youth Environment Foundation (YEF)
10. Advia means-
A. Food
B. Help
C. Medicine
D. Stop

11. He beat him ………………….. a stick.


(a) for
(b) with
(c) by
(d) to
12. He fell ……………… the horse.
(a) of
(b) at
(c) against
(d) off
13. She ……………….. in this house since 1980. (live)
(a) will be living
(b) has been living
(c) will live
(d) has lived
14. My brother ……………….. (return) from karnal presently.
(a) has returned
(b) will return
(c) returning
(d) return
15. God helps those who ……………. themselves. (help)
(a) helps
(b) has helped
(c) helped
(d) help
16. Which is the relative pronoun in the sentence "A
postman gave a letter to woman whom opened a door."
A) to
B) a
C) door
D) Whom
17. Which is the interrogative pronoun in the sentence "Why
did you act like this? This matter has been perplexing me."
A) you
B) this
C) why
D) me
18. He ___________ around the filthy room in distaste.
A) looked
B) looking
C) am looks
D) is looks
19. Be careful, there is a hive of bees on the tree. (Which
word is a collective noun?)
A) tree
B) there
C) hive of bees
D) careful
20. A wise person once says that it is important for people
____ know themselves.
A) to
B) about
C) for
D) in
MISCELLANEOUS

21. Who wrote the famous book series ‘Harry Potter’?


A. JK Rowling
B. Ruskin Bond
C. James Mill
D. Rick Riordan
22. ‘He is a night owl’. Identify the figure of speech.
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Alliteration
23. The game will ___________ at 3 P.M. sharp.
A. Iron out
B; Leave out
C. Kick off
D. Hang up
24. Complete the proverb- ‘Too many cooks-
A. Make tasty food
B. Spoil the broth
C. Are free
D. Flock together
25. In the bestselling book ‘Harry Potter’, who among
the following was Harry’s best friend?
A. Ron Weasly
B. Neville Longbottom
C. Seamus Finnigan
D. Draco Malfoy
26. Who is the author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’?
A. Jane Austen
B. JK Rowling
C. Herman Melville
D. William Shakespeare
27. Spicy is to bland as lose is to
A. Opposite
B. Find
C. Synonym
D. Cry
28. Identify the idiom. To be loyal no matter what
A. Through thick and thin
B. Once in a blue moon
C. Till death do us part
D. See eye to eye
29. To give away a secret
A. Spill the beans
B. Spill the milk
C. Loosen the buttons
D. Lay waste
30. ‘Hope is a thing with feathers’ is a
poem written by
A. Jane Austen
B. Charles Babbage
C. William Shakespeare
D. Emily Dickinson

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