The Ant and the Cricket MCQs with Answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-4. The meaning of 'famine' ?

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

Question-5. The meaning of 'Quoth' ?

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

Question-6. The word 'fable' here means

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-17. Accustomed to' means

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

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

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

Question-19. The ant scolded the Cricket because

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

Question-20. The passage is taken from

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

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

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

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

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

Question-23. The weather in the poem is

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

Question-24. The word 'Quoth' means

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-39. Why did he lift the wicket ?

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

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

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