The Tsunami Class 8 English HoneyDew Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

Question-1. Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka,…..................seemed to know what was about to happen?

1. humans
2. wild and domestic animals
3. Wild animals
4. Domestic animals

Question-2. Almas fainted. When she woke up, she was in a…................in Kamorta.

1. house
2. Hospital
3. Sea shore
4. Relief camp

Question-3. Almas javed was ? years old.

1. Ten
2. Five
3. Seven
4. Fourteen

Question-4. Did Ignesious anticipate it to be a tsunami?

1. None of the above
2. Yes
3. No
4. Maybe

Question-5. Did Meghnas family manage to stay alive?

1. None of the above
2. Yes
3. No
4. Maybe

Question-6. How old was Meghna?

1. None of these
2. 10
3. 15
4. 11

Question-7. How old was Meghna?

1. fifteen
2. Ten
3. Twelve
4. Thirteen

Question-8. Ignesious was the manager of a cooperative society in ??.

1. Kalpeni
2. Majuli
3. Baratang
4. Katchal

Question-9. Penny is describing a scene from

1. Thailand.
2. India
3. England
4. America

Question-10. The tsunami came on 26 December

1. 2001
2. 2004
3. 2005
4. 2002

Question-11. Tilly smith saved many lives when the tsunami struck ?- in Thailand.

1. Sairee Beach
2. Lamai Beach
3. Phuket Beach
4. Long Beach

Question-12. What did Almas father had?

1. All of these
2. Petrol pump
3. Bunglow
4. Hotel

Question-13. What did Meghna hold on to in the water?

1. None of the above
2. Wooden log
3. Wooden door
4. Both of these

Question-14. What did the dogs in Galle do?

1. Both A and C
2. Refused to go for a run
3. Went for the run enthusiastically
4. Managed to save the man?s life too

Question-15. What was Meghna holding on to in the sea?

1. None of these
2. Tree
3. Wooden door
4. Boat

Question-16. Where did Almas' live'

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Nancowry Island
3. Port Blair
4. Sri Lanka

Question-17. Which incident is being talked about?

1. The flood
2. The earthquake
3. The Tsunami
4. The draught

Question-18. Which member of the Smith?s family recognised it was a tsunami?

1. None of the above
2. Penny Smith
3. Colin Smith
4. Tilly Smith

Question-19. Which places in India, Tsunami attacked?

1. Both (i) & (ii)
2. Andaman and Nicobar island
3. Maharashtra
4. Tamil Nadu

Question-20. Who all were saved from the waves ?

1. Sanjeev, his wife, his daughter and the cook
2. Sanjeev?s wife and daughter
3. Cook and his wife
4. Sanjeev, his wife and his daughter

Question-21. Who was saved with Ignesious?

1. All of them
2. His wife
3. Three other children
4. His father

Question-22. Why did he put the television down on the ground?

1. So that it would not fall and break
2. So that it would not fall
3. So that it would not break
4. So that they could take it out safely

Question-23. 6. Almas Javed, the 10 year old girl was saved

1. by a policeman
2. because of her father who had sensed the danger
3. by her mother and aunts who stood clinging to a coconut tree
4. by a log of wood floating in the water

Question-24. A tsunami is a sea wave caused by

1. earthquakes under the sea
2. the high tide
3. the sea storm
4. earthquakes on the land

Question-25. Animals' sense of hearing'as compared to human beings'is

1. negligible.
2. better
3. worse
4. same

Question-26. How did Meghna save her life?

1. She was saved by Sanjeev
2. She was saved by thfe relief helicopters
3. She made use of a parachute
4. She kept floating on a wooden board

Question-27. How did Tilly become aware of the upcoming calamity?

1. Through books
2. Video on tsunami
3. Through a friend
4. Through a Manager

Question-28. How many senses do the humans have ?

1. five.
2. seven
3. eight
4. four

Question-29. How many times did Meghna see the relief helicopters?

1. Thirteen times
2. Ten times
3. Eleven times
4. Twelve times

Question-30. How was Tilly forewarned?

1. Because of the news she saw on the television.
2. Because of her geography lesson
3. Because of the warning written on the board near the beach
4. Because of her friends who called her up.

Question-31. Ignesious and his family rushed out of the house because

1. they just wanted to go out
2. they feared the coming of tsunami
3. they felt an earthquake
4. they heard the noise

Question-32. is the path of the Nicobar group of islands.

1. Andrott
2. Kalpeni
3. Katchal
4. Neill island

Question-33. Meghna saved herself from tsunami by

1. the relief helicopters
2. swimming towards the shore
3. holding on to a wooden door
4. the help of the other 77 people who were swept away with her

Question-34. Penny is describing a scene from

1. Thailand.
2. India
3. England
4. America

Question-35. Penny Smith was

1. an American woman.
2. an iron-smith
3. Tilly's mother
4. a teacher

Question-36. Sanjeev was swept away

1. because he tried to save the guesthouse cook
2. while trying to save someone else
3. while trying to save his family
4. because he was a policeman on duty near the sea

Question-37. The little girl who saved many lives during the tsunami rage was

1. Penny Smith
2. Meghna
3. Almas Javed
4. Tilly Smith

Question-38. The tsunami waves were triggered by a massive earthquake

1. off the Nicobar islands
2. off northern Sumatra
3. off Thailand
4. off Andamans islands

Question-39. The water referred to in the above lines is

1. none of the above.
2. the boiling water in a pot
3. the water of a river
4. the sea water

Question-40. The word 'acute' in the passage means

1. bad
2. sharp
3. small
4. good

Question-41. These lines have been taken from the lesson named

1. This is Jody's Fawn.
2. Tsunami
3. The best Christmas present in the world
4. The Summit Within

Question-42. They ran in the opposite direction because of

1. his parents.
2. chaos
3. Tsunami
4. confusion

Question-43. Two of Ignesious's children died because

1. they remained sleeping
2. they were separated from their parents
3. Ignesious could not hold their hands
4. they had gone in the opposite direction

Question-44. What was the occupation of Sanjeev?

1. Teacher
2. Policeman
3. Guesthouse cook
4. Doctor

Question-45. Where is the Yala National Park situated?

1. Sri Lanka
2. Thailand
3. England
4. India

Question-46. Where was Tilly's school?

1. Sri Lanka
2. Thailand
3. India
4. England

Question-47. Whose children were they

1. Almas's.
2. Javed's
3. Ignesious
4. Sanjeev's

Question-48. Why were no animal carcasses found?

1. Nature saves them
2. Animals are smart.
3. For being close to the nature
4. Sixth sense