MCQ Questions for Class 9 English Moments A House is Not a Home with Solutions
Chapter Name | Multiple Choice Questions for A House is Not a Home |
Author Name | Zan Gaudioso |
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Book Name | NCERT Moments Textbook for Class 9 |
MCQ Questions for A House is Not a Home Class 9 English
1. What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon?
(i) smoke pouring in through the ceiling
(ii) water pouring in through the ceiling
(iii) wind breaking windows
(iv) all of the above
Answer
(i) smoke pouring in through the ceiling
2. What was the author did when he saw smoke pouring in through the window?
(i) playing in the courtyard
(ii) doing his homework
(iii) taking his meal
(iv) Watching Television
Answer
(ii) doing his homework
3. Who did the author find missing after the fire accident?
(i) his dog
(ii) his mother
(iii) his monkey
(iv) his cat
Answer
(iv) his cat
4. Who caught the author when he rushed after his mother in the burning house?
(i) a policeman
(ii) a neighbour
(iii) a fireman
(iv) a friend
Answer
(iii) a fireman
5. On which day did the fire accident take Place?
(i) Saturday
(ii) Sunday
(iii) Monday
(iv) Tuesday
Answer
(ii) Sunday
6. How long did it take to blow out the fire?
(i) two hours
(ii) three hours
(iii) four hours
(iv) five hours
Answer
(iv) five hours
7. What did the author borrow from his aunt to go to school?
(i) tennis shoes
(ii) bag
(iii) uniform
(iv) books
Answer
(i) tennis shoes
8. Where did the author and his mother spend their night after the fire accident?
(i) in the house of grandparents
(ii) in the house of neighbours
(iii) in the fire brigade building
(iv) in the author’s school
Answer
(ii) in the house of neighbours
9. Where did the author and his mother have to borrow money?
(i) grandparents
(ii) neighbours
(iii) bank
(iv) private financial institutions
Answer
(i) grandparents
10. Who made a collection of money for the author?
(i) the students in the new high school
(ii) the teachers in the old primary school
(iii) neighbours
(iv) social workers
Answer
(i) the students in the new high school
11. Why did the narrator feel strange in high school?
(i) because he was fresh
(ii) all his friends went to other places
(iii) because he was all alone
(iv) All
Answer
(iv) All
12. What is a house?
(i) a building which people use to live
(ii) a place
(iii) a property
(iv) None
Answer
(i) a building which people use to live
13. Who noticed the fire first?
(i) Zan’s friends
(ii) Zan’s mother
(iii) Zan
(iv) zan’s grandmother
Answer
(iii) Zan
14. What was Zan doing when fire broke out?
(i) was playing
(ii) was in neighbourer’s house
(iii) was sleeping
(iv) was doing his homework
Answer
(iv) was doing his homework
15. What did the cat do to entertain herself?
(i) jump on the bed
(ii) would hit Zan’s pen with its tail
(iii) shout and cry meow
(iv) None
Answer
(ii) would hit Zan’s pen with its tail
16. What did Zan notice while doing his homework?
(i) cat was jumping
(ii) cat was sleeping
(iii) smoke pouring through the ceiling
(iv) None
Answer
(iii) smoke pouring through the ceiling
17. Which words tell that Zan was able to accept his new life and came out of his gloom?
(i) “My cat was back and so was I”
(ii) I am happy
(iii) I got a new life
(iv) All
Answer
(i) “My cat was back and so was I”
18. Mention the words which express the author’s embarrassment.
(i) embarrassed
(ii) geek and strange
(iii) weird and backpack
(iv) all
Answer
(iv) all
19. What changed Zan’s perception of life and made him accept his new life?
(i) his new friends’ compassionate behavior
(ii) arrangement of all basic necessities by his classmates
(iii) when his new friends started inviting him to their place
(iv) All
Answer
(iv) All
20. What is the story ‘A House is not a Home’ about?
(i) defines a home
(ii) defines a house
(iii) None
(iv) differentiates between a house and a home
Answer
(iii) None
21. What is a home?
(i) where people live together and share a bond of love and care
(ii) a house only
(iii) a property
(iv) None
Answer
(i) where people live together and share a bond of love and care
22. What is most precious according to this lesson?
(i) a well furnished house
(ii) bond of love and care amongst the members of a family
(iii) a house
(iv) None
Answer
(ii) bond of love and care amongst the members of a family
23. Why was the author feeling shy in the school?
(i) he was not wearing shoes
(ii) because he did not have his school bag and books
(iii) his dress was casual
(iv) All
Answer
(iv) All
24. Why did the author want to die?
(i) because he was not happy
(ii) because his desires were not fulfilled
(iii) because he was not ready to face the harsh miserable life state after the fire
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) because he was not ready to face the harsh miserable life state after the fire
25. Who used to wake up the cat?
(i) Zan’s mother
(ii) Zan’s aunt
(iii) Zan
(iv) None
Answer
(iii) Zan
26. What did the teachers of the old school tell Zan?
(i) gradually, he will adjust and accept his new school
(ii) they will support him
(iii) they will help him
(iv) none
Answer
(i) gradually, he will adjust and accept his new school
27. Why did the author cry after the fire?
(i) because of smoke
(ii) because he was not able to find his cat
(iii) because smoke choked his throat
(iv) all
Answer
(ii) because he was not able to find his cat
28. Where did the author run when the fire broke out?
(i) to his neighbour’s house
(ii) to his grandparents
(iii) on the roof
(iv) all
Answer
(i) to his neighbour’s house
29. Why did the author run to his neighbour’s house?
(i) to ask for help
(ii) to call the fire department
(iii) to get water
(iv) All
Answer
(ii) to call the fire department
30. Where did the author’s mother run and why?
(i) to the backyard of their house to save few precious memories
(ii) to their neighbours
(iii) to the roof
(iv) none
Answer
(i) to the backyard of their house to save few precious memories