A House is not a Home MCQs with Answers NCERT Class 9 English Chapter 8

 

A House Is Not A Home MCQ Questions with Answers

 

“A House is not a Home” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 9 English Moments Book Chapter 8

 

A House is not a Home MCQs of Class 9 English Chapter 8, by Zan Gaudioso have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 9 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 8 A House is not a Home from NCERT Moments book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of A House is not a Home MCQ Question Answers Quiz. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.

 

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Chapter 8 MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are a type of objective assessment in which a person is asked to choose one or more correct answers from a list of available options. An MCQ presents a question along with several possible answers. Also see Class 9 English MCQs

 

Q1- What is the story ‘A House is not a Home’ about?
A) defines a home
B) defines a house
C) None
D) differentiates between a house and a home

Q2- What is a house?
A) a building which people use to live
B) a place
C) a property
D) None

Q3- What is a home?
A) where people live together and share a bond of love and care
B) a house only
C) a property
D) None

Q4- 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) None

Q5- Why did the narrator feel strange in high school?
A) because he was fresh
B) all his friends went to other places
C) because he was all alone
D) All

Q6- 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

Q7- Who noticed the fire first?
A) Zan’s friends
B) Zan’s mother
C) Zan
D) zan’s grandmother

Q8- What did Zan notice while doing his homework?
A) cat was jumping
B) cat was sleeping
C) smoke pouring through the ceiling
D) None

Q9- Why was the author feeling shy in the school?
A) he was not wearing shoes
B) because he did not have his school bag and books
C) his dress was casual
D) All

Q10- Mention the words which express the author’s embarrassment.
A) embarassed
B) geek and strange
C) weird and backpack
D) all

Q11- Why did the author want to die?
A) because he was not happy
B) because his desires were not fulfilled
C) because he was not ready to face the harsh miserable life state after the fire
D) none

Q12- Who used to wake up the cat?
A) Zan’s mother
B) Zan’s aunt
C) Zan
D) None

Q13- What did the cat do to entertain herself?
A) jump on the bed
B) would hit Zan’s pen with its tail
C) shout and cry meow
D) None

Q14- 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

Q15- Which words tell that Zan was able to accept his new life and came out of his gloom?
A) “My cat was back and so was I”
B) I am happy
C) I got a new life
D) All

Q16- What did the teachers of the old school tell Zan?
A) graduall, he will adjust and accept his new school
B) they will support him
C) they will help him
D) none

Q17- Why did the author cry after the fire?
A) because of smoke
B) because he was not able to find his cat
C) because smoke choked his throat
D) all

Q18- 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) all

Q19- Why did the author run to his neighbour’s house?
A) to ask for help
B) to call the fire department
C) to get water
D) All

Q20- 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) none

Q21-. The narrative “A House Is Not a Home” describes a ___________ difficulty adjusting to new
surroundings.
A) villager’s
B) teenager’s
C) infant’s
D) elderly’s

Q22- The narrator is the story’s protagonist, and the plot revolves around the narrator. Name the narrator.
A) Zadie Smith
B) Zan Gaudioso
C) Chinua Achebe
D) Zac Titus

Q23- The narrator joins a new __________ and finds it difficult to adjust to the new place and make new friends.
A) hobby class
B) high school
C) foster home
D) play group

Q24- Which of the following is true about Zan Gaudioso?
A) She feels lonely and isolated.
B) She misses his old friends, teachers and of course
C) She misses his old school
D) All of the above

Q25- The author had a pet _______.
A) camel
B) cow
C) cat
D) crab

Q26- The author’s house caught ________ .
A) in tornado
B) fire
C) wildfire
D) electric shock

Q27- Who stoked the fire in “The House is not a Home”?
A) Zan Gaudioso
B) Author’s mother
C) Cat
D) Stranger

Q28- The author’s mother went into the blazing house to get-
A) Her jewelry
B) Some clothes
C) pictures and letters of her husband
D) To look for cat

Q29- Who prevented the author from going after her mother?
A) Stranger
B) Fireman
C) Grandparents
D) Neighbours

Q30- What made the author suffer?
A) New school
B) Loss of cat
C) Fire in house
D) All of the above

Q31- Where did the author and her mother stay?
A) At grandparent’s house
B) At a hotel
C) At a homeless shelter
D) On a roadside bench

Q32- Where did the author’s peers plan a surprise?
A) At a garden
B) At the gymnasium
C) In a classroom
D) On the terrace

Q33- What did the author’s peers collect on the table?
A) School Supplies
B) Top and Jeans
C) Sweat suits
D) All of the above

Q34- Which of the following is not true in context of the chapter “ A House is not a Home”.
A) Zan loved the new school and made friends
B) Zan’s house caught fire
C) Zan was very fond of the red tubby cat
D) The tragedies made Zan sad

Q35- Which of the following is not true in context of the chapter “ A House is not a Home”.
A) The cat was scared and ran away from the house
B) Author’s telephone number was written on the cat’s collar
C) The stranger woman called the author and informed them that the cat was with her and they could come take her back.
D) The cat was rescued by Zan when it was a small kitten

Q36- Upon receiving the surprise from classmates, Zan felt like it was the festival of ________.
A) Holi
B) Diwali
C) Easter
D) Christmas

Q37- The author felt gratitude for ___________
A) New friends
B) Kindness of a stranger
C) Loud purr of the cat
D) All of the above

Q38. The author said “I just wanted to curl up and die. I walked around school like a __________.
A) vampire
B) Dragon
C) Werewolf
D) Zombie

Q39. Author’s pet was a _______
A) Scottish Fold Cat
B) Red Tabby Cat
C) Persian Cat
D) Maine Coon Cat

Answer key

1 C 21 B
2 A 22 B
3 A 23 B
4 B 24 D
5 D 25 C
6 D 26 B
7 C 27 B
8 C 28 C
9 D 29 B
10 D 30 D
11 C 31 A
12 C 32 B
13 B 33 D
14 D 34 A
15 A 35 C
16 A 36 D
17 B 37 D
18 A 38 D
19 B 39 B
20 A

 

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