MCQ Question and Answer
1. What did Jaya collect?
(a) Paper
(b) Plastic
(c) Glass
(d) All of the Above
Answer: (d) All of the Above
2. What did they do with all the stuff?
(a) Sell it to a factory
(b) Sell it to Jam Bazaar Maggu
(c) Sell it to Mam Bazaar Jaggu
(d) Sell it to Jam Bazaar Jaggu
Answer: (d) Sell it to Jam Bazaar Jaggu
3. Why was Velu unable to read the signs?
(a) They were in Tamil
(b) They were in English
(c) They were in Hindi
(d) He did not know how to read
Answer: (a) They were in Tamil
4. What work had Velu done before?
(a) Ragpicking
(b) Cow gazing at farm
(c) In a factory
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Ragpicking
5. “Velu’s bare feet burned. It was not like walking on a _____”
(a) Cement road
(b) Mud road
(c) Beach side
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Cement road
6. Why did he decide to follow the strange girl?
(a) He liked her
(b) He wanted work
(c) He had nowhere else to go
(d) All of the Above
Answer: (d) All of the Above
7. What was the name of the train that he boarded?
(a) Tamil Express
(b) Kanyakumari Express
(c) Chennai Express
(d) Tamil Nadu Express
Answer: (b) Kanyakumari Express
8. What did Jaya find for Velu to eat?
(a) Banana and vada
(b) Vada and apple
(c) Banana and apple
(d) Apple and vada
Answer: (a) Banana and vada
9. What was the girl picking up from the platform?
(a) Plastic cups
(b) Newspapers
(c) Money
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Plastic cups
10. What was the day when the lazy animal got his lesson?
(a) Monday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Thursday
(d) Friday
Answer: (a) Monday
11. How did he escape from the ticket collector?
(a) By hiding in the washroom
(b) Ticket collector was absent
(c) Ticket collector did not notice him
(d) Ticket collector did not come to the unreserved department
Answer: (d) Ticket collector did not come to the unreserved department
12. What did Velu carry in his small bundle?
(a) Pants, shirt and towel
(b) Shirt, towel and comb
(c) Shirt, towel and teddy
(d) Towel, comb and money
Answer: (b) Shirt, towel and comb
13. What did Velu feel when he was on the platform?
(a) Good and relaxed
(b) Refreshed and active
(c) Miserable but active
(d) Miserable and exhausted
Answer: (d) Miserable and exhausted
14. What was the girl wearing?
(a) Dress
(b) Frock
(c) Banian
(d) Shirt and pants
Answer: (b) Frock
15. Did Velu get enough sleep on the train?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned in the story
Answer: (b) No
16. What did Velu feel when he was on the platform?
(a) Good and relaxed
(b) Refreshed and active
(c) Miserable but active
(d) Miserable and exhausted
Answer: (d) Miserable and exhausted
17. What made his head spin?
(a) Traffic
(b) Noises
(c) Smoke and dust
(d) The strange girl
Answer: (c) Smoke and dust
18. What did the huts in Velu’s village made of?
(a) Metal sheets
(b) Tyres and bricks
(c) Wood and plastic
(d) Mud and palm leaves
Answer: (d) Mud and palm leaves
19. “He only takes ____ food.”
(a) Used
(b) Leftover
(c) Untouched
(d) Covered
Answer: (b) Leftover
20. Why had he run away from his home?
(a) To become rich
(b) He couldn’t stand his sisters
(c) He couldn’t stand his father beating him
(d) He didn’t run away from his home
Answer: (c) He couldn’t stand his father beating him
21. Who was fighting over a banana leaf?
(a) Goats
(b) Velu and Jaya
(c) Velu and a goat
(d) Jaya and a goat
Answer: (a) Goats
22. What did Jaya collect?
(a) Paper
(b) Plastic
(c) Glass
(d) All of the Above
Answer: (d) All of the Above
23. Till when did Velu decide to do the work?
(a) Till he became rich
(b) Till he grew up
(c) Till he could find a better job
(d) Till he could get something to eat
Answer: (d) Till he could get something to eat
24. How old was Velu?
(a) Ten
(b) Eleven
(c) Twelve
(d) Fourteen
Answer: (c) Twelve
25. What did they do with all the stuff?
(a) Sell it to a factory
(b) Sell it to Jam Bazaar Maggu
(c) Sell it to Mam Bazaar Jaggu
(d) Sell it to Jam Bazaar Jaggu
Answer: (d) Sell it to Jam Bazaar Jaggu
26. Where did Velu reach by train?
(a) Thiruvananthapuram
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) Karnataka
Answer: (b) Chennai
27. What did Velu carry in his small bundle?
(a) Pants, shirt and towel
(b) Shirt, towel and comb
(c) Shirt, towel and teddy
(d) Towel, comb and money
Answer: (b) Shirt, towel and comb
28. “Velu’s bare feet burned. It was not like walking on a _____”
(a) Cement road
(b) Mud road
(c) Beach side
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Cement road
29. What did he carry in his small bundle?
(a) Pants, shirt and towel
(b) Shirt, towel and comb
(c) Shirt, towel and teddy
(d) Towel, comb and money
Answer: (b) Shirt, towel and comb
30. Why did he decide to follow the strange girl?
(a) He liked her
(b) He wanted work
(c) He had nowhere else to go
(d) All of the Above
Answer: (d) All of the Above
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