A Different Kind of School MCQs with Answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-4. Being blind has enabled her to

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

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

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

Question-6. How is blind day observed?

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

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

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

Question-8. Miss Beam as an administrator was

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

Question-9. Miss Beam seemed

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

Question-10. Miss Beam wanted her students to become

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

Question-11. Miss Beam was

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

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

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

Question-13. On the blind day, the child

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

Question-14. Other children are given

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

Question-15. Other children assist them to do

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

Question-16. Sharing the misfortune makes one

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

Question-17. Sitting down is a relief because she

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

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

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

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

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

Question-20. The author was sorry to leave because

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

Question-21. The author was unhappy as

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

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

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

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

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

Question-24. The normal children are bandaged overnight

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

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

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

Question-26. The school is meantime as different as

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

Question-27. The school was different because

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

Question-28. The schooling was a learning experience

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

Question-29. The speaker In the passage Is

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

Question-30. The word appreciate' here, means

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

Question-31. The word gradually means

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-42. What was nothing but a game?

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

Question-43. What was the age of girl?

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

Question-44. Where did the narrator arrive?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-48. Write some qualities of Miss Beam.

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