DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, RAIRU,GWALIOR

(Under the aegis of DPS Society, New Delhi)

MCQs - LITERATURE
Subject- English
Class- IX
Session – 2021-22
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Answer the following questions in brief:

Question 1. Why did the writer feel awkward during her first year of high school?
Question 2. Why was the cat so attached to the writer?
Question 3. Why did the writer’s mother run back into the burning house?
Question 4. How long did it take to bring the fire under control? Was the house habitable?
Give reasons for your answer.
Question 5. Who did they borrow money from? Why?
Question 6. What surprised the writer on entering the gym?
Question 7. Why had the woman been trying to contact the writer?

EXTRACT BASED QUESTIONS

‘He held on to me while other firefighters ran into the house. He knew that I wasn’t
acting very logically and that if I were to let go I’d run. He was right.
“It’s all right. They’ll get her”, he said.
He wrapped a blanket around me and sat me into our car.

(a) To whom does the word ‘he’ refer to?

(b) To whom does the word ‘her’ refer to?
(c) If allowed to go, where would have ‘I’ run to?
(d) Which word in the extract is synonymous to ‘covered’?

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Question 1.
Who made a collection of money for the author?
(a) the students in the new high school
(b) the teachers in the old primary school
(c) neighbours
(d) social workers
Question 2.
What did the author lose in the fire?’
(a) school shoes
(b) uniform
(c) bag and -books
(d) all of the above

Question 3.
Where did the author and his mother spend their night OM- the fire accident?
(a) in the house of grandparents
(b) in the house of neighbours
(c) in the fire brigade building
(d) in the author’s school

Question 4.
How long did it take to blow out the fire?
(a) two hours
(b) three hours
(c) four hours
(d) five hours

Question 5.
Who caught the author when he rushed after his mother in the burning house?
(a) a policeman
(b) a neighbour
(c) a fireman
(d) a friend

Question 6.
What was the author did when he saw smoke pouring in through the window?
(a) playing in the courtyard
(b) doing his homework
(c) taking his meal
(d) Watching Television

Question 7.
In the beginning how does the author fed in the new high school?
(a) happy
(b) excited
(c) isolated
(d) all of the above

Question 8.
Where did the author’s mother run and why?
(a) to the backyard of their house to save few precious memories
(b) to their neighbours
(c) to the roof
(d) to the grandparents’ house
Question 9.
Where did the author run when the fire broke out?
(a) to his neighbour’s house
(b) to his grandparents
(c) on the roof
(d) to the backyard

Question 10.
What did the teachers of the old school tell Zan?
(a) gradually he will adjust and accept his new school
(b) they will support him
(c) they will help him
(d) he cannot come and visit them

Question 11.
What changed Zan’s perception of life and made him accept his new life?
(a) his new friends’ compassionate behavior
(b) arrangement of all basic necessities by his classmates
(c) when his new friends started inviting him to their place
(d) All of the above

Question 12.
Who used to wake up the cat?
(a) Zan’s mother
(b) Zan’s aunt
(c) Zan
(d) Zan’s grandmother

Question 13.
What did Zan notice while doing his homework?
(a) cat was jumping
(b) cat was sleeping
(c) smoke pouring through the ceiling
(d) cat had died

Question 14.
What was Zan doing when fire broke out?
(a) was playing
(b) was in neighbourer’s house
(c) was sleeping
(d) was doing his homework

Question 15

What is most precious according to this lesson?

(a) a well furnished house
(b) bond of love and care amongst the members of a family
(c) a house
(d) a good vacation

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