Class 9 English - Iswaran the Storyteller - MERIT YARD
Class 9 English - Iswaran the Storyteller - MERIT YARD
1 / 40Who is the author of 'Iswaran the Storyteller'?
A) Mulk Raj Anand
B) R.K. Laxman
C) Ruskin Bond
D) Isaac Asimov
2 / 40What was Mahendra's role in the construction firm?
A) Junior Supervisor
B) Head Engineer
C) Main Contractor
D) Security Guard
3 / 40Which language's thrillers did Iswaran usually read?
A) Hindi
B) English
C) Telugu
D) Tamil
4 / 40Mahendra's job was to keep an eye on the activities at the ______?
A) Railway station
B) Work site
C) School building
D) Mining area
5 / 40Iswaran was a master at the art of ______?
A) Fighting
B) Painting
C) Storytelling
D) Teaching
6 / 40The elephant in Iswaran's story had escaped from a ______?
A) Timber yard
B) Wild circus
C) Local zoo
D) Dense forest
7 / 40How did Iswaran describe a fallen tree on the highway?
A) A bushy animal
B) A giant snake
C) An enormous bushy beast
D) A mountain of wood
8 / 40What was Mahendra's marital status?
A) Married
B) Widower
C) Bachelor
D) Engaged
9 / 40Iswaran would follow Mahendra wherever he was ______?
A) Posted
B) Invited
C) Born
D) Residing
10 / 40In the school brickyard, children ran to the ______ when the elephant came.
A) Classrooms
B) Playground
C) Roof
D) Gates
11 / 40Iswaran claimed he used ______ to bring down the elephant.
A) Magic
B) A gun
C) Karate
D) Jiu-jitsu
12 / 40Iswaran hit the elephant on its ______ toenail.
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
13 / 40Mahendra used to listen to Iswaran's stories ______?
A) Uncritically
B) With doubt
C) Angrily
D) Fearfully
14 / 40The construction site was once a ______ according to Iswaran.
A) Palace ground
B) Burial ground
C) Dense forest
D) Battlefield
15 / 40What did the female ghost carry in its arms?
A) A sword
B) A foetus
C) A lamp
D) A skull
16 / 40Mahendra called Iswaran ______ when he first heard about the ghost.
A) A liar
B) Crazy
C) Brave
D) Foolish
17 / 40The ghost usually appeared during ______ moon nights.
A) Full
B) New
C) Half
D) No
18 / 40One night, Mahendra was woken up by a low ______ sound.
A) Screaming
B) Laughing
C) Moaning
D) Whispering
19 / 40Initially, Mahendra thought the moaning sound was a ______?
A) Ghost
B) Cat
C) Dog
D) Thief
20 / 40At the end, Mahendra decided to ______ his job at that site.
A) Continue
B) Quit / Resign
C) Enjoy
D) Report
21 / 40Iswaran was a great ______ to Mahendra.
A) Partner
B) Teacher
C) Asset
D) Relative
22 / 40Iswaran would miraculously conjure up ______ in a desolate landscape.
A) Vegetables
B) Gold
C) Water
D) People
23 / 40How did Iswaran's stories end?
A) With a joke
B) With a cliffhanger / unfinished
C) With a moral
D) With a song
24 / 40Mahendra had to sleep in a ______ tent?
A) Silk
B) Plastic
C) Canvas
D) Leather
25 / 40Iswaran's storytelling substituted for a ______ in Mahendra's life.
A) Family
B) TV
C) Friend
D) Radio
26 / 40What made Iswaran's stories so vivid?
A) Gestures and expressions
B) Drawings
C) Real evidence
D) Recorded sounds
27 / 40Mahendra's job involved moving from a coal mine to a ______?
A) Forest
B) City
C) Railway bridge site
D) Sea port
28 / 40The elephant story showed Iswaran was ______?
A) Scared
B) Imaginative
C) Angry
D) Lazy
29 / 40Iswaran would chat away with Mahendra at ______?
A) Morning
B) Noon
C) Night
D) Evening
30 / 40Iswaran worked as a ______ for Mahendra.
A) Driver
B) Guard
C) Cook
D) Gardener
31 / 40Who was the story of Iswaran being told to at the beginning?
A) Ganesh
B) Mahendra
C) Iswaran
D) Sastry
32 / 40Iswaran's stories were inspired by ______ literature.
A) Telugu
B) Malayalam
C) Tamil
D) Kannada
33 / 40The elephant went ______ before entering the school.
A) Blind
B) Mad / Wild
C) Sleep
D) Hungry
34 / 40Iswaran used a ______ to hit the elephant.
A) Sword
B) Rope
C) Cane / Stick
D) Stone
35 / 40Mahendra would listen to Iswaran even if the story was ______?
A) Short
B) Illogical
C) Boring
D) Fact
36 / 40Mahendra used to peer into the ______ outside his window.
A) Garden
B) Darkness
C) Street
D) Sky
37 / 40Iswaran was great at ______ with whatever was available.
A) Building
B) Cooking
C) Writing
D) Singing
38 / 40What was the ghost's appearance like?
A) Beautiful
B) Ugly and matted hair
C) Shining
D) Normal
39 / 40How did Mahendra feel after seeing the ghost?
A) Relaxed
B) Angry
C) Terrified
D) Curious
40 / 40The theme of the lesson is ______?
A) Ghost hunting
B) Storytelling as a skill
C) Construction work
D) Forest life
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