A Different Kind of School MCQs with Answers

Question-1. “Then they moved on”. Who are they in above lines?

1. The boy, the girl
2. The girls
3. The boy, the girl with bandages
4. Miss Beam and the girl

Question-2. A little boy was leading the blind girl between the?

1. Rooms
2. Tree
3. Flower beds
4. None

Question-3. According to the author a homesick child was likely to

1. fear her
2. hate her
3. respect her
4. trust her

Question-4. Being blind has enabled her to

1. appreciate this misfortune
2. value her eyes
3. befoul others
4. play a game

Question-5. Did he like Miss Beam's schooling system?

1. Yes
2. No
3. It was difficult for students
4. Can't say

Question-6. How is blind day observed?

1. By organising programmes
2. By helping the blind
3. By being blindfolded
4. None of these

Question-7. In the sentence You cant see a thing, & means

1. one
2. some
3. any
4. every

Question-8. Miss Beam as an administrator was

1. authoritative and egoistic
2. kind and arrogant
3. kindly and understanding
4. strict

Question-9. Miss Beam seemed

1. powerful but sympathetic
2. angry yet kind
3. middle-aged and wise
4. philosophical and thoughtful

Question-10. Miss Beam wanted her students to become

1. Selfish
2. Responsible
3. Self centred
4. Money minded

Question-11. Miss Beam was

1. middle-aged
2. full of authority
3. kind and understanding
4. all of the above

Question-12. Miss Beam's school runs her school with an aim to

1. to teach the three R's
2. to make the children responsible citizen
3. to take them for excursions
4. to promote continuous evolution

Question-13. On the blind day, the child

1. helps the blind
2. goes to blind school
3. reads about the blind
4. is bandaged for a day

Question-14. Other children are given

1. good treatment
2. the duty of helping them
3. a lot of homework
4. rewards for good work

Question-15. Other children assist them to do

1. gardening
2. guide them
3. a lot of homework
4. rewards for good work

Question-16. Sharing the misfortune makes one

1. love it
2. sympathetic
3. fortunate
4. unfortunate

Question-17. Sitting down is a relief because she

1. is tired of walking
2. doesn't know the way
3. loves to sit
4. Is tired of dodging things

Question-18. The author asked Miss Beam about the way

1. she lived
2. she taught
3. she handled children
4. the children were taught

Question-19. The author was heavy hearted before leaving as

1. he sympathized the disabled
2. he loved all children
3. he liked Miss beam
4. there was still much to learn

Question-20. The author was sorry to leave because

1. he loved the disabled
2. he loved all children
3. he liked Miss Beam
4. there was stiff much to learn

Question-21. The author was unhappy as

1. he saw all unhealthy children
2. he saw them laughing at all times
3. few children were not healthy and active
4. he had lost his mother

Question-22. The Important part of this system is that children

1. learn well
2. respect their teacher
3. share each other's misfortune
4. share their happiness

Question-23. The narrator felt that he had become more

1. learned
2. intelligent
3. healthy
4. understanding

Question-24. The normal children are bandaged overnight

1. so that they wake up as blind
2. to make them used to It
3. so that they can rest
4. to enable them to see better

Question-25. The purpose of special days in Miss Beam's school was to make the children .................

1. appreciate misfortune
2. understand misfortune
3. appreciate and understand misfortune
4. none of these

Question-26. The school is meantime as different as

1. children come in beautiful uniform
2. children were better behaved
3. children were taught to be thoughtful
4. children were running

Question-27. The school was different because

1. children scored good marks
2. children were better behaved
3. children were taught to be thoughtful
4. children were running

Question-28. The schooling was a learning experience

1. for the abnormal
2. for the helpers
3. for the normal
4. for everyone

Question-29. The speaker In the passage Is

1. a blind girl
2. an actor
3. a bandaged girl
4. a teacher

Question-30. The word appreciate' here, means

1. admire
2. value
3. esteem
4. acknowledge

Question-31. The word gradually means

1. fast
2. gratefully
3. with difficulty
4. slowly

Question-32. The writer replied to Miss Beam,I see …................

1. some very beautiful grounds
2. few teachers outside
3. few children outside
4. a girl and younger boy outside

Question-33. To bring change in the outlook of the people, one must

1. Feel difficult
2. be quiet
3. take more interest in it
4. begin telling lies

Question-34. To make children appreciate and understand misfortune, they were made to share

1. Fortune
2. Their meals with others
3. In misfortune too
4. Their happiness with others

Question-35. What are the children made to undergo during the term?

1. One blind day
2. One deaf or dumb day
3. One lame day
4. All of these

Question-36. What did he observe in the playground?

1. Children playing
2. Children sitting
3. Children studying
4. Children working

Question-37. What did Miss Beam mean by ‘thought fulness'?

1. Kindness to others
2. Being responsible citizens
3. Both a and b
4. None of these

Question-38. What did the author gain from his visit to school?

1. became more intelligent
2. Became more knowledgeable
3. became more thoughtful
4. Enjoyed a lot

Question-39. What did the narrator ask Miss Beam?

1. about her children
2. about her students
3. about her teaching methods
4. none of these

Question-40. What does she feel on a blind day?

1. It was so awful
2. It was so interesting
3. It was so boring
4. None of these

Question-41. What is the unique feature of Miss Beam's schooling system?

1. To teach them good manners
2. To understand the disability of others.
3. To teach them how to over come difficulties
4. None of these

Question-42. What was nothing but a game?

1. To play the role of disabled
2. To talk to narrator
3. To be blind
4. None of these

Question-43. What was the age of girl?

1. 10 yrs
2. 12 yrs
3. 14 yrs
4. 16 yrs

Question-44. Where did the narrator arrive?

1. Miss Beam's school
2. The girl's class
3. The boy's school
4. Ms. Beam's college

Question-45. Which type of dress Millie is wearing?

1. A black cotton skirt and a blue blouse
2. A blue cotton skirt and a pink blouse
3. A pink shirt
4. A white shirt and a black pent

Question-46. Who was asked to come into the garden?

1. Miss Beam
2. The boy
3. The girl
4. The narrator

Question-47. Why does she play the game of being blind?

1. Just a game
2. To realise the feeling of blind
3. They were asked to do so
4. None of the above

Question-48. Write some qualities of Miss Beam.

1. Full of authority
2. Kindly
3. Understanding
4. All of these