The Ant and the Cricket MCQs with Answers

Question-1. During which time, the crickets cupboard were empty?

1. Monsoon
2. Spring
3. Winter
4. Summer

Question-2. How would the cricket die if not helped by the ants?

1. Starvation
2. Sorrow
3. Both (b) & (c)
4. From depression

Question-3. I am your servant and friend.?

1. Cricket to ant
2. Ant to cricket
3. None of these
4. Ant to cricket

Question-4. The meaning of 'famine' ?

1. Happy moments
2. Scarcity of food
3. None of them
4. Lots of food

Question-5. The meaning of 'Quoth' ?

1. Said
2. Ordered
3. Exclaimed
4. Advised

Question-6. The word 'fable' here means

1. poem
2. epilogue
3. story with a moral.
4. able

Question-7. What did he do during the summer and spring?(?) He sang during summer

1. He sang during spring
2. He sang during summer and worked during spring
3. He sang during summer and spring

Question-8. What did the ant recommend the cricket at the end?

1. Travel everywhere
2. Sing and dance
3. None of them
4. To work hard

Question-9. What did the cricket want to ask the ant?

1. He wanted shelter and some grain for himself
2. He wanted his shelter
3. None of these
4. He wanted some grains

Question-10. What does the cricket do through out the summer days?

1. Travel
2. Sing
3. Dance
4. Work hard

Question-11. What help did the cricket ask from to the ant?

1. Food to eat
2. Both (a) & (b)
3. None of these
4. Shelter from rain

Question-12. When did the cricket wish to repay?

1. Tomorrow
2. Two days later
3. Never
4. One month later

Question-13. When does the cricket begin to complain?

1. His cupboard was empty
2. His house was burnt
3. None of these
4. His cupboard was full

Question-14. Which word in the passage means ?suffering from hunger?.

1. trembling
2. sorrow
3. starvation
4. dripping

Question-15. Whom did the cricket ask for food and shelter?

1. Lizard
2. Cockroach
3. Ant
4. Mosquito

Question-16. Why was the young cricket called silly?

1. He was always sleepy
2. He did not think for winters
3. None of these
4. He was lazy

Question-17. Accustomed to' means

1. unhappy
2. used to
3. irritated.
4. happy

Question-18. Did he wish to repay the ant?

1. No
2. Maybe
3. Not mentioned in the poem
4. Yes

Question-19. The ant scolded the Cricket because

1. he never borrowed
2. he never saved
3. he was foolish.
4. he never lent

Question-20. The passage is taken from

1. The Ant and the Cricket
2. On the Grasshopper and Cricket
3. The Duck and the Kangaroo.
4. Geography Lesson

Question-21. The poet has described the cricket as-

1. Young
2. Accustomed to sing
3. All of the above
4. Silly

Question-22. The two qualities Of the Cricket described here are

1. wise and a singer
2. foolish and a writer
3. intelligent and a speaker.
4. foolish and a singer

Question-23. The weather in the poem is

1. cold and dry
2. rainy and stormy
3. hot and sunny.
4. warm and gay

Question-24. The word 'Quoth' means

1. laughed
2. said
3. asked.
4. wept

Question-25. What did he expect to get from the miserly ant ?

1. food
2. shelter
3. food and shelter.
4. good advice

Question-26. What did he want from the ant?

1. Shelter from rain
2. New clothes
3. Only a and b
4. Mouthful of grain

Question-27. What did the ant advise him to do all winter?

1. Dance
2. Sleep
3. Rest
4. Sing

Question-28. What do the ants not do according to the passage?

1. neither borrow nor lend
2. don?t lend
3. don?t help.
4. dont borrow

Question-29. What do you think that of the ant's behaviour ? What was it like ?

1. a friend
2. both
3. neither
4. a servant

Question-30. What does the poet mean when he says that 'some crickets have two legs' ?

1. The poet dislikes all crickets.
2. The poet is referring to people who do not save for a rainy day.
3. All men are crickets with two legs.
4. These are some strange crickets with two legs.

Question-31. What does the word 'grant' mean ?

1. generous
2. take
3. give.
4. kind

Question-32. What was the policy of the ants?

1. Always give and take
2. Share and grow
3. None of the above
4. Never borrow, never lend

Question-33. What would he die of, if the ant didn?t help him?

1. Starvation and sorrow
2. Starvation and poverty
3. Starvation and weakness
4. Starvation and famine

Question-34. When did the cricket begin to complain?

1. When he was drenched in rain
2. When he found his cupboard was empty
3. All of the above
4. Summers and spring

Question-35. Which word is closest to the meaning ?scarcity of food??

1. Hunger
2. Misery
3. Famine
4. Sarvation

Question-36. Who said 'I am your servant and friend'?

1. cricket
2. both
3. no one
4. ant

Question-37. Who was suffering from starvation and famine ?

1. the Cricket
2. the poet
3. a man.
4. the Ant

Question-38. Whose fables is the poem 'The Ant and The Cricket' adapted from?

1. Paulo Coelho
2. Dan Brown
3. Aesop
4. Rudyard Kipling

Question-39. Why did he lift the wicket ?

1. because he was tired.
2. because he wanted his visitor to go.
3. because it was cold.
4. because it was so light.

Question-40. Why was he 'dripping with wet' ?

1. He had dived in a pond.
2. He had no shelter.
3. He had taken a bath.
4. It was raining hard.