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MCQs For Class 9 Moments Supplementary Reader
Chapter 5 : The Happy Prince
MCQs For Class 9 Moments Supplementary Reader Chapter 5 The Happy Prince
Q1. Who is the author of the story "The Happy Prince"?
A. Mulk Raj Anand
B. Oscar Wilde
C. Ruskin Bond
D. Anton Chekhov
Correct Answer: B
Q2. Where did the statue of the Happy Prince stand?
A. In a dark alley
B. High above the city on a tall column
C. In the middle of a park
D. Near the river
Correct Answer: B
Q3. What was the statue of the Happy Prince covered with?
A. Thin leaves of fine gold
B. Silver plates
C. Paint
D. Velvet cloth
Correct Answer: A
Q4. What were the eyes of the Happy Prince made of?
A. Diamonds
B. Rubies
C. Bright Sapphires
D. Emeralds
Correct Answer: C
Q5. What was fixed on the hilt of the Prince's sword?
A. A large red ruby
B. A pearl
C. A diamond
D. A sapphire
Correct Answer: A
Q6. Where was the little Swallow going?
A. To India
B. To Egypt
C. To France
D. To Italy
Correct Answer: B
Q7. Why did the Swallow's friends leave him behind?
A. He was ill
B. He was in love with a Reed
C. He wanted to stay in the city
D. He lost his way
Correct Answer: B
Q8. Where did the Swallow decide to sleep for the night?
A. In a tree
B. On a chimney pot
C. Between the feet of the Happy Prince
D. In a birdhouse
Correct Answer: C
Q9. What did the Swallow think was a "golden bedroom"?
A. The Prince's palace
B. The space between the Prince's feet
C. A rich man's house
D. A flower
Correct Answer: B
Q10. What woke up the Swallow when he was about to sleep?
A. A loud noise
B. A large drop of water fell on him
C. The wind
D. Another bird
Correct Answer: B
Q11. Why was the Happy Prince crying?
A. He was lonely
B. He could see all the ugliness and misery of his city
C. He wanted to be human again
D. He was cold
Correct Answer: B
Q12. What was the Prince called when he was alive?
A. The Sad Prince
B. The Golden Prince
C. The Happy Prince
D. The Great Prince
Correct Answer: C
Q13. Where did the Prince live when he was alive?
A. In a cottage
B. In the Palace of Sans-Souci
C. In a forest
D. In a tent
Correct Answer: B
Q14. What does "Sans-Souci" mean?
A. Without care/sorrow
B. Very rich
C. Beautiful
D. Golden
Correct Answer: A
Q15. Who was the first person the Prince wanted to help?
A. A playwright
B. A poor seamstress
C. A matchgirl
D. A beggar
Correct Answer: B
Q16. Why was the seamstress's son crying?
A. He wanted a toy
B. He had a fever and wanted oranges
C. He was hungry
D. He was cold
Correct Answer: B
Q17. What did the Prince ask the Swallow to take to the seamstress?
A. A sapphire from his eye
B. The ruby from his sword hilt
C. A leaf of gold
D. His sword
Correct Answer: B
Q18. What did the Swallow do after dropping the ruby in the seamstress's house?
A. He flew away immediately
B. He fanned the boy’s forehead with his wings
C. He ate some food
D. He started singing
Correct Answer: B
Q19. Why did the Swallow feel warm even though it was cold?
A. He wore a coat
B. Because he had done a good action
C. He sat near a fire
D. He drank warm water
Correct Answer: B
Q20. Who was the second person the Prince wanted to help?
A. A little girl
B. A young playwright in a garret
C. An old man
D. A soldier
Correct Answer: B
Q21. Why was the playwright unable to finish his play?
A. He was lazy
B. He was too cold and hungry to write
C. He lost his pen
D. He had no ideas
Correct Answer: B
Q22. What did the Prince give to the playwright?
A. The ruby
B. One of his sapphire eyes
C. A gold leaf
D. His crown
Correct Answer: B
Q23. Where had the sapphires come from?
A. India, a thousand years ago
B. Egypt
C. Africa
D. America
Correct Answer: A
Q24. Who was the third person the Prince helped?
A. A poor fisherman
B. A little matchgirl
C. A blind man
D. A prisoner
Correct Answer: B
Q25. What happened to the matchgirl's matches?
A. They were stolen
B. They fell into the gutter and were spoiled
C. She sold them all
D. They caught fire
Correct Answer: B
Q26. Why was the matchgirl crying?
A. She was lost
B. Her father would beat her if she didn't bring home money
C. She was hungry
D. She was cold
Correct Answer: B
Q27. What did the Prince give to the matchgirl?
A. His other sapphire eye
B. A gold coin
C. His sword
D. A ruby
Correct Answer: A
Q28. Why did the Swallow decide to stay with the Prince forever?
A. He liked the city
B. The Prince was now blind
C. It was too late to go to Egypt
D. He was tired
Correct Answer: B
Q29. What did the Swallow see when he flew over the city?
A. Only beautiful parks
B. The rich making merry and the beggars sitting at the gates
C. No one on the streets
D. A parade
Correct Answer: B
Q30. What did the Prince ask the Swallow to do with the gold leaves on his body?
A. Keep them for himself
B. Take them off and give them to the poor
C. Sell them in the market
D. Throw them in the river
Correct Answer: B
Q31. How did the children react when they got the gold?
A. They cried
B. Their faces grew rosier and they laughed and played
C. They bought toys
D. They ignored it
Correct Answer: B
Q32. What happened when the snow and frost came?
A. The Swallow grew colder and colder
B. The Swallow flew to Egypt
C. The Prince became warm
D. The city was happy
Correct Answer: A
Q33. Why did the Swallow not leave the Prince even in the freezing cold?
A. He couldn't fly
B. He loved the Prince too much to leave him
C. He was waiting for his friends
D. He liked the snow
Correct Answer: B
Q34. When the Swallow realized he was going to die, what did he ask from the Prince?
A. Some gold
B. To kiss his hand
C. A warm place to sleep
D. To go to Egypt
Correct Answer: B
Q35. Where did the Swallow die?
A. On a tree
B. In the seamstress's house
C. At the Prince's feet
D. In the river
Correct Answer: C
Q36. What strange sound was heard inside the statue when the bird died?
A. A loud explosion
B. A curious cracking sound, as if something had broken
C. A whistle
D. A cry
Correct Answer: B
Q37. What part of the Prince broke into two?
A. His head
B. His leaden heart
C. His sword
D. His feet
Correct Answer: B
Q38. Who noticed the statue's shabby appearance the next morning?
A. The poor children
B. The Mayor and the Town Councillors
C. The seamstress
D. The playwright
Correct Answer: B
Q39. What did the Mayor say the Prince looked like?
A. An angel
B. Little better than a beggar
C. A king
D. A ghost
Correct Answer: B
Q40. Why did they pull down the statue of the Happy Prince?
A. It was dangerous
B. Because he was no longer beautiful and no longer useful
C. To build a new road
D. To sell the gold
Correct Answer: B
Q41. What did they do with the statue after pulling it down?
A. They buried it
B. They melted it in a furnace
C. They threw it in the river
D. They painted it
Correct Answer: B
Q42. What was the one thing that would not melt in the furnace?
A. The gold
B. The broken leaden heart
C. The sapphires
D. The sword
Correct Answer: B
Q43. Where was the dead Swallow thrown?
A. In the river
B. On a dust-heap where the dead Swallow was also lying
C. In a garden
D. In a museum
Correct Answer: B
Q44. What did God ask His Angel to bring Him?
A. Gold and Silver
B. The two most precious things in the city
C. The Mayor's crown
D. A beautiful flower
Correct Answer: B
Q45. Which two things did the Angel bring to God?
A. The ruby and the sapphire
B. The leaden heart and the dead bird
C. The statue and the Mayor
D. The gold and the sword
Correct Answer: B
Q46. What reward did God give to the Swallow?
A. A golden cage
B. He shall sing forever in the garden of Paradise
C. He became a man
D. He was sent back to Earth
Correct Answer: B
Q47. What reward did God give to the Happy Prince?
A. He became a real King
B. In the city of gold, he shall praise God
C. He was made of diamonds
D. He was given a new heart
Correct Answer: B
Q48. The story "The Happy Prince" teaches us about:
A. How to build statues
B. True beauty lies in love and sacrifice
C. How to travel to Egypt
D. How to become rich
Correct Answer: B
Q49. What was the Mayor's selfish suggestion at the end?
A. To build a statue of himself
B. To ban birds from dying near statues
C. To sell the city
D. To go on a holiday
Correct Answer: A
Q50. The Prince's heart was made of:
A. Gold
B. Lead
C. Stone
D. Wood
Correct Answer: B