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Ant and the Cricket and Fair play

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reference to context.

Who said these words to whom in the poem Ant and the Cricket?

"You sang, sir, you say?''

a)

Cricket to the ant.

b)

Ant to the cricket.

2.

What arrangement was made between Jumman and his aunt after she transferred her property to him?

a)

She would stay with him

b)

She would stay with him and he would look after her.

c)

She would stay with him and his wife would look after her.

3.

Which of the following adjectives describe the cricket?

a)

Careless

b)

Hard-working

c)

wicked

4.

Reference to context.

Who said these line to whom in the lesson Fair play?

"God in the heart of the panch and his voice of god"

a)

Jumman to Algu.

b)

Algu to Jumman.

c)

Jumman's aunt to Algu.

d)

Sahu to Jumman

5.

Algu approached the panchayat because

a)

Sahu refused to pay him for the bullock .

b)

Sahu took away the bullock by force.

c)

Sahu threatened him.

6.

What were the hardships of the winter months that the cricket faced?

a)

Flowers did not bloom so there were no nectar for the cricket.

b)

The snow-covered ground did not have even a speck of food.

c)

Both A and B

7.

Why did Sahu propose Jumman's name?

a)

Sahu knew jumman was honest.

b)

Sahu was Jumman's friend.

c)

Sahu already knew that Jumman and Algu were enemies.

8.

____________ awaited the cricket when it concentrated only on enjoyment and forgot to work hard.

a)

Suffering and starvation.

b)

Crumbs, nectar and leaves.,

c)

Happiness and food

9.

Which line from poem shows that the cricket was worried for his well-being?

a)

Away he set off to miserly ant.

b)

He'd repay it tomorrow.

c)

'Oh, what will become, says the cricket, 'of me'.

10.

Why couldn't the cricket find flowers and leaves to feed on because of all snow all around?

a)

Plants need sunlight and warmth to grow.

b)

Snow and winters do not allow plants to grow and flowers to bloom.

c)

Both A and B

11.

Why cricket go to the ant?

a)

Cricket wanted to play with the Ant.

b)

Cricket wanted to teach Ant a lesson.

c)

The cricket went to the ant for shelter and grains to eat.

12.

Find in the poem the lines that mean the same as “Neither a borrower not a lender be”

a)

If you live without work, you must live without food.

b)

"But we ants never borrow; we ants never lend”.

c)

He wished only to borrow, He'd repay it tomorrow.

13.

When did the cricket sing?

a)

During Winter

b)

In warm and sunny months of summer and spring.

c)

At night.

14.

Reference to context.

Who says this to whom.

“My wife knows best how to run the house.”

a)

Jumman to Jumman's aunt.

b)

Algu to Jumman's aunt

15.

Reference to context.

Who said this to whom.

“I can’t pay you a penny for the wretched beast you sold me.”

a)

Sahu to Jumman

b)

Sahu to Algu

c)

Algu to Sahu

d)

Jumman to Sahu

16.

Which of the following sums up the story best?

(A) I also know that you will not kill your conscience for the sake of friend­ship.”

(B) “Let no one deviate from the path of justice and truth for friendship or enmity.”

(C) ‘The voice of the Panch is the voice of God.”

a)

(A) I also know that you will not kill your conscience for the sake of friend­ship.”

b)

(B) “Let no one deviate from the path of justice and truth for friendship or enmity.”

c)

(C) ‘The voice of the Panch is the voice of God.”

17.

Synonym for the word

Allowance

a)

Allotment

b)

Refusal

c)

Prohibition

18.

Synonym of Famine

a)

Shortage of food for a long period of time.

b)

State of suffering caused by having no food.

c)

Not store some food

19.

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