11th class English unit 10 MCQs
chapter 10 MCQs 11th Class English
A Mild Attack of Locusts The Gift of the Magi:
Q1. Choose the correct answer.
1. Why did the cook boy run?
a. To inform the landlady
b. To kill the insects
c. To see the locusts
d. To summon the laborers
2. Why did the houseboy run off to the store?
a. To collect any bit of metal
b. To shut the door
c. To burn fire
d. To cover the store
3. Why did they throw wet leaves on to the fire?
a. To burn the leaves
b. To make the smoke acrid and black
c. To burn the insects
d. To extinguish the fire
4. “And they neither went bankrupt nor get very rich” means that they were:
a. Enjoying a moderate living
b. Hand to mouth
c. Penniless
d. Just pulling on their lives
5. How did the locusts attack the crops?
a. In swarms
b. One by one
c. In formation
d. In groups
6. Why did the people beat the tin cans?
a. To kill the insects
b. To let the insects enjoy music
c. To fill the cans with insects
d. To keep the insects away
7. What did the farmers do at the time of attack?
a. They covered their crops
b. They ran away from the place
c. They shut themselves in their houses
d. They took precautionary measures to keep the locusts away
8. Locusts attack in the area of:
a. Fifty miles
b. One mile
c. Hundred miles
d. Ten miles
9. What made the boughs of trees weighted to the ground?
a. Birds
b. Fruit
c. Wind storm
d. Locusts
10. How did the land look after the locusts had moved to the south?
a. Beautiful
b. All green
c. A devastated landscape
d. Barren