Class 9 English - Iswaran the Storyteller - MERIT YARD PANDWA
Class 9 English - Iswaran the Storyteller - MERIT YARD
1 / 40Who is the author of 'Iswaran the Storyteller'?
A) R.K. Laxman
B) Ruskin Bond
C) Mulk Raj Anand
D) Isaac Asimov
2 / 40What was Mahendra's occupation?
A) A cook
B) A junior supervisor in a construction firm
C) A teacher
D) A storyteller
3 / 40What was the name of Mahendra's cook?
A) Ganesh
B) Tommy
C) Iswaran
D) Sastry
4 / 40Iswaran was an ______ to Mahendra.
A) Asset
B) Burden
C) Enemy
D) Stranger
5 / 40What would Iswaran do after Mahendra left for work?
A) Tidy up the shed, wash clothes and take a bath
B) Sleep all day
C) Go to the market
D) Play games
6 / 40Which language books did Iswaran usually read?
A) English
B) Hindi
C) Tamil thrillers
D) Telugu stories
7 / 40Iswaran's stories were greatly influenced by ______.
A) Movies
B) The Tamil authors he read
C) Mahendra
D) News
8 / 40How did Iswaran describe an uprooted tree on the highway?
A) Simply as a fallen tree
B) Like an enormous bushy beast lying across the road
C) Like a small plant
D) He didn't describe it
9 / 40In the story of the elephant, where did the elephant escape from?
A) A zoo
B) A timber yard
C) A circus
D) A forest
10 / 40The wild elephant entered Iswaran's ______?
A) House
B) School brickyard
C) Garden
D) Kitchen
11 / 40What were the children doing when the elephant entered the school?
A) Playing football
B) Smashed into classrooms and ran to the roof
C) Eating lunch
D) Dancing
12 / 40Iswaran claimed he controlled the elephant using a ______ art.
A) Karate
B) Boxing
C) Japanese art (Jiu-jitsu or Karate)
D) Yoga
13 / 40Where did Iswaran hit the elephant to make it collapse?
A) On its trunk
B) On its stomach
C) On its third toenail
D) On its head
14 / 40Mahendra used to listen to Iswaran's stories ______?
A) With anger
B) Uncritically
C) With boredom
D) By sleeping
15 / 40Iswaran claimed the construction site was once a ______?
A) Palace
B) Burial ground
C) School
D) Market
16 / 40What scary thing did Iswaran see at night?
A) A thief
B) A female ghost carrying a foetus
C) A wild animal
D) Nothing
17 / 40When did the ghost usually appear?
A) Every morning
B) On full moon nights
C) Every Sunday
D) At noon
18 / 40What was Mahendra's initial reaction to the ghost story?
A) He was scared
B) He scolded Iswaran and called him crazy
C) He cried
D) He went to find the ghost
19 / 40One night Mahendra heard a low ______ close to his window.
A) Laugh
B) Moaning sound
C) Shouting
D) Music
20 / 40What did Mahendra decide to do the next morning after seeing the ghost?
A) To give Iswaran a reward
B) To hand in his papers and leave the haunted place
C) To buy a new house
D) To kill the ghost
21 / 40Iswaran was a master at ______?
A) Painting
B) Storytelling
C) Music
D) Sports
22 / 40How did Iswaran produce vegetables in a desolate landscape?
A) By magic
B) He would miraculously conjure them up
C) He stole them
D) He didn't
23 / 40Mahendra was a ______.
A) Married man
B) Bachelor
C) Old man
D) King
24 / 40Iswaran would follow Mahendra like a ______?
A) Dog
B) Shadow
C) Cat
D) Bird
25 / 40The elephant story was told to highlight Iswaran's ______?
A) Fear
B) Bravery (real or imagined)
C) Greed
D) Laziness
26 / 40Mahendra had to move from place to place because of his ______?
A) Family
B) Job
C) Health
D) Friends
27 / 40Iswaran would weave out endless ______ and anecdotes.
A) Songs
B) Stories
C) Problems
D) Lessons
28 / 40Mahendra slept in a ______?
A) Hotel
B) Canvas tent or temporary shed
C) Palace
D) Tree
29 / 40What was the 'enormous bushy beast'?
A) An elephant
B) A fallen tree
C) A lion
D) A ghost
30 / 40How did the elephant feel after being hit on the toe?
A) Happy
B) Paralyzed / Collapsed
C) Angry
D) It started laughing
31 / 40Iswaran's storytelling was very ______?
A) Dull
B) Dramatic and suspenseful
C) Scientific
D) Short
32 / 40Mahendra saw the ghost-like shape through his ______?
A) Door
B) Window
C) Mirror
D) Telescope
33 / 40Who was the listener of Iswaran's stories in the starting of the lesson?
A) Mahendra
B) Ganesh
C) Iswaran
D) The Reader
34 / 40Iswaran's stories were like a ______ for Mahendra?
A) Headache
B) Television
C) Punishment
D) Secret
35 / 40The female ghost was holding a ______ in its arms.
A) Sword
B) Foetus (unborn baby)
C) Flower
D) Bag
36 / 40Mahendra was a man of ______ and didn't believe in ghosts initially.
A) Magic
B) Reason / Science
C) Fear
D) Dreams
37 / 40What was the theme of the story?
A) Science
B) The power of imagination and storytelling
C) Cooking skills
D) Wildlife
38 / 40Mahendra's job was to keep an ______ on the construction site.
A) Camera
B) Eye
C) Light
D) Map
39 / 40The moaning sound was first thought by Mahendra to be a ______?
A) Ghost
B) Cat prowling for mice
C) Dog barking
D) Wind
40 / 40Did Iswaran actually stop the elephant or was it just a story?
A) Yes, he did
B) It's likely an exaggerated story
C) He killed it
D) The story doesn't say
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