The Banyan Tree MCQs with Answers

Question-1. The first of the Author was

1. a big Squirrel
2. a small red squirrel
3. a small grey Squirrelcorrect
4. a big grey squirrel

Question-2. Behind the cactus came out

1. a fairy
2. my dear friend
3. a big black cobra
4. a white liquid

Question-3. The speaker saw a fight between

1. A mongoose and squirrel
2. A cobra and squirrel
3. A mongoose and a cobra

Question-4. The banyan tree was

1. a tree house
2. sixty five years old
3. as old as Dehra Dun itself
4. a hundred years old

Question-5. The crow was

1. able to see the outcome
2. unable to see the outcome
3. killed In the battle
4. able to kill the snake

Question-6. In the spring season, a tree is

1. at its best
2. at Its worst
3. with leaves fallen
4. div and withered

Question-7. The myna and the jungle crow dived at the snake and ……… .

1. bumped into each othercorrect
2. flew away
3. bit the snake
4. helped the mongoose

Question-8. The speaker of the passage is a/an

1. child
2. youngman
3. middle aged man
4. oldman

Question-9. The narrator used to

1. climb it twice a day
2. spy on the world below
3. worship it
4. sit on the tree to eat food

Question-10. The myna peered into the bushes from a

1. Close distance
2. Rare distance
3. Safe distance

Question-11. Who bushed his tail?

1. Cobra
2. Gerbil
3. Mongoose

Question-12. Who trying to mesmerise the mongoose into making a false move?

1. Cobra
2. Myna
3. Jungle crow

Question-13. The two birds

1. collided In mid air
2. quarreled
3. reached their perches
4. died

Question-14. The speaker's grandfather was at that time

1. dead
2. young
3. old
4. middle-aged

Question-15. The passage has been taken from the lesson

1. Fair Play
2. A Game of Chance
3. The Banyan Tree
4. Desert Animals

Question-16. With whom did the speaker's house and grounds belong to in the story ‘The banyan tree'?

1. Father
2. Grandparents
3. Uncle

Question-17. In which round the both birds dived at the cobra but they missed?

1. First round
2. Second round
3. Third round

Question-18. Mongoose biting the snake on the

1. Front
2. Back
3. None of these

Question-19. The house and grounds belonged to the speakers –

1. Grand father
2. Grandparents
3. Father

Question-20. The banyan tree was the speaker's because

1. he had paid for it
2. he was the only one who spent his time on the tree
3. he had planted it
4. he looked after it

Question-21. Who thought him (the author) foolish and headstrong for trusting a human ?

1. His parents
2. His friends
3. His relatives
4. Both B and C

Question-22. Where does the speaker hide himself in banyan tree?

1. In its branches
2. Behind the tree
3. Beneath the tree

Question-23. Where in the tree the speaker had built a crude platform?

1. In the bottom
2. In the top
3. In the halfway up

Question-24. The squirrel had found a friend

1. in the boy
2. who lived in its branches
3. because the boy was harmless
4. to support it

Question-25. Who was the writer of the story ‘The banyan tree'?

1. Indra Mukherjee
2. Ruskin bond
3. Rabindranath Tagore

Question-26. Where was the squirrel delving?

1. Into the speakers bag
2. Into the speakers pockets
3. None of these

Question-27. What is the meaning of 'Fangs' ?

1. Long sharp nail
2. Long hair
3. Long legs
4. Long sharp teeth

Question-28. The verb form of 'magnificent' is

1. magnify
2. magnitude
3. magnifier
4. magnum

Question-29. Who emerged from the bushes?

1. Mongoose
2. Cobra
3. Squirrel

Question-30. Who has hissing defiance?

1. Mongoose
2. Cobra
3. Jungle craw

Question-31. Human beings are afraid of

1. mongoose
2. cobra
3. both-the cobra and the mongoose
4. neither

Question-32. The battle of champions took place

1. on the stage
2. beneath the banyan tree
3. on the tree
4. in the wrestling ring

Question-33. They' In the passage stands for

1. persons
2. the speaker and a boy
3. a cobra and a mongoose
4. some animals

Question-34. The cobra knew that mongoose was

1. poisonous
2. weak
3. strong
4. a fighter

Question-35. A magnificent tree is supposed to be

1. small
2. mid-sized
3. tall
4. very tall

Question-36. Cobra could move

1. Swiftly
2. Slowly
3. Rapidly

Question-37. I saw the bird flung nearly….....................across the garden

1. Ten feet
2. Twenty feet
3. Fifteen feet

Question-38. The squirrel befriended the boy

1. the boy has toys
2. who lived in its branches
3. because the boy was harmless
4. to support it

Question-39. The combatants were unaware of the presence of

1. the crow
2. the myna
3. the narrator
4. a squirrel

Question-40. The fight was between were

1. the grandfather and a boy
2. the mongoose and the cobra
3. a myna and a crow
4. the crow and the cobra

Question-41. Who was very wise?

1. The myna
2. The crow
3. The cobra

Question-42. The combatants were

1. the narrator and a boy
2. the mongoose and the cobra
3. a myna and a crow
4. the crow and the cobra

Question-43. The fig season is the noisiest place because of

1. the spring season
2. the speaker
3. the birds
4. the people

Question-44. One afternoon was a strange one as

1. the wood merchant started axing it
2. there was a fight between a cobra and a mongoose
3. the boy fell down
4. there was no fight between a cobra and a mongoose

Question-45. The presence crow and myna show that

1. They were ideal
2. they are interest in the proceedings
3. they were free
4. wanted to take part in the proceedings

Question-46. The fight was being watched by

1. two birds also
2. a cow
3. only the narrator
4. many persons

Question-47. The length of the mongoose was

1. Two feet long
2. Three feet long
3. Five feet long

Question-48. The crow and myna

1. were Just flying
2. were quietly watching the proceedings
3. were quarreling with each other
4. wanted to take part in the proceedings

Question-49. What is the color of small squirrel?

1. While
2. Black
3. Grey