CBSE Class 10 English Mijbil the Otter MCQs

Question : Early in the new year of 1956 Maxwell travelled to ____
(a) London
(b) Southern Iraq
(c) India
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : Why were Otters known as Maxwell Otters?
(a) they were found by Maxwell
(b) they are fount at a place called Maxwell
(c) Its the species name in science
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A 

Question : The name of the Otter was –
(a) Mijbil
(b) Mole
(c) Mujibul
(d) Miky

Answer :  A

Question : Mljbil would spend hours shuffling:
(a) some grains
(b) some marbles
(c) a rubber ball
(d) some twigs

Answer :  C

Question : The author travelled to ——- Iraq.
(a) Southern
(b) Eastern
(c) Western
(d) Northern

Answer :  A

Question : Mijbil used to behave like —— while roaming around the street.
(a) Dog
(b) School kids
(c) Cat
(d) Old man

Answer :  B

Question : What is wasted and provoking when left static? 
(a) sand
(b) tea
(c) juice
(d) water

Answer :  D

Question : How many days later did the author’s mail arrive?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7

Answer :  C

Question : ‘’ here refers to:
(a) Consulate-General
(b) Macwell
(c) friend from Basra
(d) none

Answer :  B

Question : How was Mij to be transported to England?
(a) By packing in a box
(b) On a seat
(c) Through Ship
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : The Otters full body was covered with –
(a) Grass
(b) Mud
(c) Thorn
(d) Sand

Answer :  B

Question : The word ‘apathy’ means:
(a) absence of interest
(b) absence of love
(c) absence of rudeness
(d) absence of hatred

Answer :  A

Question : Early in the new year of 1956 Maxwell travelled to __
(a) London
(b) Southern Iraq
(c) India
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : Why were Otters known as Maxwell Otters?
(a) they were found by Maxwell
(b) they are fount at a place called Maxwell
(c) Its the species name in science
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : In the beginning, the Otter was _____.
(a) friendly
(b) hostile
(c) aloof and indifferent
(d) sad

Answer :  C

Question : How did the airline wanted him to carry Mijbil?
(a) In a separate compartment
(b) In a box
(c) In his bag
(d) None of the above

Answer :  B

Question : The author thought that he should keep:
(a) a tiger a Sapet
(b) a cow a Sapet
(c) an otter as a pet
(d) an ox as a pet

Answer :  C

Question : What did Mij do to the box?
(a) made it wet
(b) tore the lining of the box
(c) overturned it
(d) All of the above

Answer :  B

Question : Select the option that DOES NOT state the possible reason for Maxwell’s cutting the box edges off.
(a) Mij could have injured himself further.
(b) It could have made the place untidy.
(c) Mij could have accidently swallowed the torn pieces
(d) It could have obstructed the shutting of the lid.

Answer :     B

Question : What kept Mij engaged when they shifted to London?
(a) Ping-pong game
(b) the children
(c) the author
(d) All of the above

Answer :  A

Question : were Mij’s favourite toys for playing.
(a) Football
(b) Water bucket
(c) Marbles
(d) Teddy

Answer :  C

Question : Early in the new year of 1956 Maxwell travelled to ____
(a) London
(b) Southern Iraq
(c) India
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : Camusfearna is a place surrounded by –
(a) Grenary
(b) Water
(c) Mountain
(d) Forest

Answer :  B

Question : What was the name given to the otter?
(a) Major
(b) Mijbil
(c) Mad
(d) Majhis

Answer :  B

Question : On the second of calling the telephone exchange was closed due to –
(a) Religious holiday
(b) National holiday
(c) Breakdown
(d) Technical fault

Answer :  A

Question : “Mijbil was neither hostile nor friendly; he was simply aloof and indifferent…” From the actions of the given set of friends, choose the person who’s behaviour is likely to resemble Mijbil’s.
(a) Akanksha rudely tells her best friend to stop calling.
(b) Piyush was amicable since the day he walked into his new classroom.
(c) Rishabh became nasty as soon as he started earning money.
(d) Urvashi was distant for a while after losing her grandmother.

Answer :    D

Question : How would Mij follow the author?
(a) With a lead
(b) Via a thread
(c) Without a lead
(d) None of the Above

Answer :    C

Question : What group of animals does otters belongs to?
(a) Elk
(b) Hedgehogs
(c) Mustellines
(d) by his friend

Answer :    C

Question : Where does the author live?
(a) London
(b) Southern Iraq
(c) India
(d) None of the Above

Answer :    A

Question : What is the meaning of apathy?
(a) absence of interest
(b) the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
(c) unfriendly
(d) rude

Answer :    A

Question : What is the meaning of "an appalling spectacle"?
(a) a safe space
(b) a funny scene
(c) a mysterious situation
(d) a shocking scene

Answer :    D

Question : What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?
(a) baby seal
(b) squirrel
(c) a hippo
(d) All of the above

Answer :    D

Question : What was the name given to the otter?
(a) Major
(b) Mijbil
(c) Mad
(d) Majhis

Answer :    B

Question : What had trickled out of the box?
(a) juice
(b) blood
(c) water
(d) paint

Answer :    B

INTRODUCTION—

Gavin Maxwell lived in a cottage in Camusfearna, in the West Highlands in Scotland. He was fond of keeping pets. After the death of his pet dog Jennie, he was too sad to think of a dog again. The author was in Basra city of Iraq on a visit. There, one of his friends presented him an otter. He took his otter to England where he had a flat of his own. He had some interesting experiences during his air journey from Basra to Paris and London.

SUMMARY—

Early in 1956, Gavin Maxwell went to Southern Iraq. He decided to keep an otter as a pet instead of a dog as the place, he was living in Camusfearna, was ringed by water. The author’s friend suggested that he should get one from ‘The Tigris Marshes’ as there were plenty of otters there. They went to Basra to
collect their mail but the author’s mail had not arrived. When his mail finally arrived, he went to his room and found two Arabs there. They had brought an otter for him.
The otter which looked more like a dragon, completely changed his life. He was covered with mud, which took months to shed.
The author named it Mijbil.
Aloof at first, he soon started taking an interest in his surroundings. He enjoyed playing with water in the bath tub.
Mijbil soon started answering to his name. He would play for hours with a rubber ball. He would often lie on his back and juggle with small objects between his paws. The author feared how he would fly with Mijbil to England as the British Airlines would not allow animals. Finally, he booked a flight to Paris and from there to London. Mijbil had to travel in a box. Mijbil was not used to that and tried to get out by tearing the inner lining. In the process, he had cut himself badly and was covered with blood. The author had to take him on the flight in that very way.
He took air hostess in his confidence and she advised him to keep Mijbil on his knee. Soon Mijbil disappeared from his box and created a commotion in the plane as people thought it was a rat.
Mijbil and the author stayed in London for a month. Mijbil played for hours with toys like ping-pong balls, marbles, rubber, fruits, etc. The author used to exercise Mijbil on a lead outside. Mijbil would often take the author towards a primary school and gallop on its outer wall, much to the amusement of the
pupils and distraction of the teacher. People wondered what kind of animal he was. Some thought it was a seal, others a squirrel or walrus, a hippo, a leopard etc.
The author, however, awarded the highest marks to a labourer who stared at Mijbil and demanded to know exactly what it supposed to be.

Extract Based Questions

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :

Early in the New Year of 1956, I travelled to Southern Iraq. By then it had crossed my mind that I should like to keep an otter instead of a dog, and that Camusfearna, ringed by water a stone’s throw from its door, would be an eminently suitable spot for this experiment.

(a) Maxwell thought to keep what as a pet instead of a dog?
(i) an ox
(ii) an otter
(iii) an owl
(iv) a rabbit

Answer :B

(b) Camusfearna was suitable for his experiment, because it was ringed by __________.
(i) ice
(ii) fire
(iii) water
(iv) mountains

Answer :C

(c) Write the meaning of the phrase, ‘Crossed my mind’.
(i) a thought came into my mind
(ii) an idea vanished
(iii) something crossed my head
(iv) a question arised in my mind

Answer :A

(d) In which year did the author travel?
(i) 1965
(ii) 1986
(iii) 1946
(iv) 1956

Answer :D

The creature that emerged from this sack on to the spacious tiled floor of the consulate bedroom resembled most of all a very small, medievally–conceived, dragon. From the head to the tip of the tail he was coated with symmetrical pointed scales of mud armour, between whose tips was visible a soft velvet fur like that of a chocolate-brown mole.

(a) What was the name of author’s pet ?
(i) Molly
(ii) Mijbil
(iii) Micky
(iv) Mini

Answer :B

(b) What was the colour of otter’s velvet fur ?
(i) Dark brown
(ii) Brown
(iii) Chocolate-brown
(iv) Light brown

Answer :C

(c) Otter resembled a small, medievally conceived ___________ .
(i) cat
(ii) tiger
(iii) dragon
(iv) elephant

Answer :C

(d) Find a word from the passage that means the same as ‘came out of’.
(i) emerged
(ii) creature
(iii) consulate
(iv) resembled

Answer :A

Mijbil, as I called the otter, was, in fact, of a race previously unknown to science and was at length christened by zoologists ‘Lutrogale perspicillata Maxwelli’, or Maxwell’s otter. For the first twenty-four hours Mijbil was neither hostile nor friendly; he was simply aloof and indifferent, choosing to sleep on the floor as far from my bed as possible. The second night Mijbil came on to my bed in the small hours and remained asleep in the crook of my knees until the servant brought tea in the morning and during the day, he began to lose his apathy and take a keen, much too keen interest in his surroundings.

(a) For how many hours Mijbil was neither hostile nor friendly ?
(i) Eight hours
(ii) Forty-eight hours
(iii) Twenty-four hours
(iv) Seventy-two hours

Answer :C

(b) When did the otter tried to be friendly ?
(i) next night
(ii) next afternoon
(iii) next morning
(iv) next afternoon

Answer :B

(c) Who bought tea in the morning ?
(i) Author’s friend
(ii) Author’s relative
(iii) Author’s mother
(iv) Author’s servant

Answer :D

(d) Which word in the passage means the same as ‘Scientist’ ?
(i) Botanist
(ii) Zoologist
(iii) Physicist
(iv) Cardiologist

Answer :B

Very soon Mij would follow me without a lead and come to me when I called his name. He spent most of his time in play. He spent hours shuffling a rubber ball round the room like a four-footed soccer player using all four feet to dribble the ball, and he could also throw it, with a powerful flick of the neck, to a surprising height and distance.

(a) Who does ‘I’ stand for ?
(i) Otter
(ii) Author
(iii) Author’s friend
(iv) None of them

Answer :B

(b) How did the otter spend most of his time ?
(i) hiding
(ii) running
(iii) eating
(iv) playing

Answer :D

(c) Find a word from the passage that means the same as ‘trickle’ ?
(i) shuffling
(ii) soccer
(iii) dribble
(iv) flick

Answer :C

(d) How many feet did the otter use to dribble the ball ?
(i) one
(ii) four
(iii) three
(iv) two

Answer :B

But the real play of an otter is when he lies on his back and juggles with small objects between his paws.
Marbles were Mij’s favourite toys for his pastime. He would lie on his back rolling two or more of them up and down his wide, flat belly without ever dropping one to the floor.

(a) What did otter juggled between his paws?
(i) Small objects
(ii) Tiny objects
(iii) Big objects
(iv) Huge objects

Answer :A

(b) What was the Mij’s favourite toys for his pastime?
(i) Ball
(ii) Dolls
(iii) Marbles
(iv) Cards

Answer :C

(c) Find the word from the passage that means ‘most preferred’ ?
(i) juggles
(ii) pastime
(iii) belly
(iv) favourite

Answer :D

(d) How many marbles did Mij roll?
(i) one or more
(ii) two or more
(iii) four or more
(iv) three or more

Answer :B

There was complete silence from the box, but from its airholes and chinks around the lid, blood had trickled and dried. I whipped off the lock and tore open the lid, and Mij, exhausted and blood-spattered, whimpered and caught my leg. He had torn the lining of the box to shreds when I removed the last of it so that there were no cutting edges left, it was just ten minutes until the time of the flight, and the airport was five miles distant.

(a) Whose blood had trickled and dried ?
(i) Author’s
(ii) Mijbil’s
(iii) Author friend’s
(iv) None of them

Answer :B

(b) How many minutes were left in the flight ?
(i) Five
(ii) Fifteen
(iii) Ten
(iv) Twenty

Answer :C

(c) The airport was at the distance of how much ?
(i) Ten miles
(ii) Five miles
(iii) Fifteen miles
(iv) Forty miles

Answer :B

(d) Find a word from the passage which means ‘to flow in drops’.
(i) airholes
(ii) chinks
(iii) trickled
(iv) whipped

Answer :C