MCQ Questions for Class 11 English Snapshots Chapter 8 The Tale of Melon City with Answers

Question 1.
What is the genre of “The Tale of the Melon City”?
(a) Thriller
(b) Humorous
(c) Ironical
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer

Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)


Question 2.
What impression do you form of the crowd of the state?
(a) They were of no good
(b) They were supportive of their King
(c) They were indifferent who was throned
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer

Answer: (d) Both (a) and (c)


Question 3.
After reading “The Tale of the Melon City”, what opinion do you form of the King?
(a) He was a just King
(b) He was a rule abiding King
(c) He was a foolish King
(d) He was a wise King

Answer

Answer: (c) He was a foolish King


Question 4.
What is most important to the public of the state?
(a) Their peace and liberty
(b) How the state is ruled
(c) Their wealth
(d) Their involvement in state decisions

Answer

Answer: (a) Their peace and liberty


Question 5.
Why did the idiot reply the way he did?
(a) Because he liked melons
(b) Because he rode horses
(c) Because he knew how to use sword
(d) Because he grew melons

Answer

Answer: (a) Because he liked melons


Question 6.
Who passed the City Gate?
(a) An old wise man
(b) An idiot
(c) A beggar
(d) A child

Answer

Answer: (b) An idiot


Question 7.
Finally, who was tall enough to reach the noose?
(a) The chief of the builders
(b) The architect
(c) Someone from the crowd
(d) The King

Answer

Answer: (d) The King


Question 8.
What was the public demand that the King sought to fulfill?
(a) They wanted no one to be hanged
(b) They wanted a hanging
(c) They wanted the arch to be demolished
(d) The wanted a new king

Answer

Answer: (b) They wanted a hanging


Question 9.
Why was it shameful to hang the arch’?
(a) Because it was innocent
(b) Because it was non-living
(c) Because it was newly built
(d) Because it had touched the King’s head

Answer

Answer: (d) Because it had touched the King’s head


Question 10.
Listening about his own hanging, who did the King call for?
(a) The oldest man in the country
(b) The wisest man in the country
(c) The wisest minister in his administration
(d) All the people

Answer

Answer: (b) The wisest man in the country


Question 11.
What reason did the workmen give to the King?
(a) Instructions given were wrong
(b) Time provided was less
(c) Bricks were of the wrong size
(d) Changes were made at the last point

Answer

Answer: (c) Bricks were of the wrong size


Question 12.
What order did the King give after the incident?
(a) He ordered workmen to be hanged
(b) He ordered to hang the chief of builders
(c) He ordered to summon the architect
(d) He ordered to gather all people

Answer

Answer: (b) He ordered to hang the chief of builders



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