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MCQs For Class 9 Beehive
Chapter 1 : The Fun They Had
MCQs For Class 9 Beehive Chapter 1 The Fun They Had
Q1. On which date did Margie make an entry in her diary about the real book?
A. 17 May 2157
B. 17 May 2156
C. 17 May 2158
D. 17 May 2155
Correct Answer: A
Q2. Who found a real book?
A. Margie
B. Tommy
C. Tommy’s teacher
D. Margie’s mother
Correct Answer: B
Q3. How old was Margie?
A. 10 years old
B. 11 years old
C. 12 years old
D. 13 years old
Correct Answer: B
Q4. How old was Tommy?
A. 10 years old
B. 11 years old
C. 12 years old
D. 13 years old
Correct Answer: D
Q5. Where did Tommy find the book?
A. In a public library
B. In a school
C. In his house (in the attic)
D. On the roadside
Correct Answer: C
Q6. What was strange about the book for Margie?
A. Its title
B. Its pages were yellow and crinkly
C. The words stood still instead of moving
D. Both B and C
Correct Answer: D
Q7. What was the book about?
A. Robots
B. Future schools
C. Old schools
D. Space travel
Correct Answer: C
Q8. What was Margie’s opinion about school?
A. She loved it
B. She hated it
C. She was indifferent
D. She found it exciting
Correct Answer: B
Q9. Why did Margie hate school more than ever?
A. Because of the homework
B. Because of her mechanical teacher
C. Because she was failing in Geography tests
D. Because she had no friends
Correct Answer: C
Q10. Who was the mechanical teacher?
A. A human being
B. A robot/computer screen
C. Tommy
D. The County Inspector
Correct Answer: B
Q11. Who came to fix the mechanical teacher?
A. A doctor
B. Tommy
C. The County Inspector
D. Margie’s father
Correct Answer: C
Q12. What did the County Inspector look like?
A. A tall, thin man
B. A round little man with a red face
C. A robot
D. An old man
Correct Answer: B
Q13. What did the County Inspector give to Margie?
A. A book
B. A chocolate
C. An apple
D. A toy
Correct Answer: C
Q14. Why was the Geography sector of Margie’s teacher geared a little too quick?
A. Because Margie was very smart
B. Due to a technical fault
C. Because the teacher was angry
D. None of the above
Correct Answer: B
Q15. To which level did the County Inspector reset the Geography sector?
A. 5-year level
B. 10-year level
C. 12-year level
D. 15-year level
Correct Answer: B
Q16. What part of the mechanical teacher did Margie hate the most?
A. The screen
B. The speakers
C. The slot where she had to put homework
D. The keyboard
Correct Answer: C
Q17. In which language did Margie have to write her homework?
A. English
B. Punch code
C. Binary
D. French
Correct Answer: B
Q18. According to Tommy, how old were the "old kinds of school"?
A. Hundreds and hundreds of years ago
B. Fifty years ago
C. Ten years ago
D. One thousand years ago
Correct Answer: A
Q19. Who taught the students in the old schools?
A. A robot
B. A mechanical teacher
C. A human teacher
D. A computer
Correct Answer: C
Q20. Where was the old school located?
A. In the teacher's house
B. In a special building
C. In an attic
D. Online
Correct Answer: B
Q21. How did the kids go to the old schools?
A. Alone
B. With their parents
C. Together, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard
D. They didn't go
Correct Answer: C
Q22. What did Margie think about the old schools?
A. They were boring
B. They were funny
C. They were tough
D. They were fun
Correct Answer: D
Q23. Why did Margie think the old schools were fun?
A. Because they had no homework
B. Because all kids of the same age learned the same things and helped each other
C. Because they had mechanical teachers
D. Because they had robots
Correct Answer: B
Q24. Who said "A man can't be a teacher"?
A. Tommy
B. Margie
C. Mrs. Jones
D. County Inspector
Correct Answer: B
Q25. What was Margie’s mother’s name?
A. Mrs. Smith
B. Mrs. Jones
C. Mrs. Benedict
D. Mrs. Brown
Correct Answer: B
Q26. Where was Margie’s schoolroom?
A. In a separate building
B. In a park
C. Right next to her bedroom
D. In the attic
Correct Answer: C
Q27. On which days did Margie have no school?
A. Sunday and Monday
B. Saturday and Sunday
C. Every day was school
D. Friday and Saturday
Correct Answer: B
Q28. Why did Margie’s mother insist on regular hours for school?
A. To keep her busy
B. Because little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours
C. To punish her
D. None of the above
Correct Answer: B
Q29. What was the mechanical teacher teaching Margie when she was thinking about the old schools?
A. Geography
B. History
C. Arithmetic (Addition of proper fractions)
D. Spelling
Correct Answer: C
Q30. Who is the author of the lesson "The Fun They Had"?
A. Robert Frost
B. Isaac Asimov
C. Katherine Mansfield
D. Coates Kinney
Correct Answer: B
Q31. Tommy called the real book "waste" because:
A. It was torn
B. It was useless after reading once
C. It was very old
D. It had no pictures
Correct Answer: B
Q32. What did Tommy find about the "old school" that surprised Margie?
A. That teachers were humans
B. That students went to a building
C. That everyone learned the same thing
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: D
Q33. "Margie was scornful." What does 'scornful' mean?
A. Happy
B. Showing dislike or disrespect
C. Excited
D. Sad
Correct Answer: B
Q34. What was the "telebook"?
A. A physical book
B. A book displayed on a screen
C. A diary
D. A newspaper
Correct Answer: B
Q35. How many subjects are mentioned in the chapter?
A. History, Geography, Arithmetic
B. Science, Math, English
C. Hindi, English, Social Science
D. History, Science, Physics
Correct Answer: A
Q36. What happened to Tommy's teacher once?
A. It was stolen
B. Its history sector had blanked out completely
C. It was broken
D. It was upgraded
Correct Answer: B
Q37. For how long was Tommy's teacher taken away?
A. One week
B. Two weeks
C. Nearly a month
D. Two months
Correct Answer: C
Q38. Why was Margie disappointed when the County Inspector repaired her teacher?
A. She wanted to play
B. She hoped it would be taken away for some time
C. She didn't like the County Inspector
D. She wanted a new teacher
Correct Answer: B
Q39. What did Tommy call the book?
A. A treasure
B. A waste
C. A masterpiece
D. A boring thing
Correct Answer: B
Q40. "They had a teacher, but it wasn't a regular teacher." What does 'regular' mean here?
A. Human teacher
B. Mechanical teacher
C. Strict teacher
D. Smart teacher
Correct Answer: B
Q41. Margie’s grandfather said that his grandfather told him about books. What kind of books?
A. E-books
B. Audio books
C. Stories printed on paper
D. Video books
Correct Answer: C
Q42. Tommy walked away with the dusty book ________.
A. Happily
B. Beneath his arm
C. In his bag
D. To the library
Correct Answer: B
Q43. What did Margie write in her diary?
A. I hate school
B. Today Tommy found a real book
C. The mechanical teacher is bad
D. I want to go to old schools
Correct Answer: B
Q44. What was the screen of the mechanical teacher like?
A. Small and black
B. Large, black, and ugly
C. Colorful and bright
D. Round and small
Correct Answer: B
Q45. How did Tommy react when Margie asked if a man could be a teacher?
A. He cried
B. He laughed out loud
C. He got angry
D. He ignored her
Correct Answer: B
Q46. Tommy told Margie that the teachers didn't live in the ________.
A. School
B. House
C. Attic
D. Library
Correct Answer: B
Q47. Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. "It" refers to:
A. The mechanical teacher
B. The real book
C. The old school
D. The computer
Correct Answer: C
Q48. Which year is the story set in?
A. 2024
B. 2100
C. 2157
D. 2257
Correct Answer: C
Q49. What did Margie find most interesting about the old schools?
A. The human element and social interaction
B. The big buildings
C. The colorful books
D. The human teachers' clothes
Correct Answer: A
Q50. The story "The Fun They Had" is a ________ story.
A. Historical
B. Science Fiction
C. Mystery
D. Horror
Correct Answer: B