CBSE Class 10 English The Tale of Custard the Dragon MCQs

Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful,
Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival,
They all sat laughing in the little red wagon
At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon.

Question : Who is Belinda ?
(a) a lady
(b) a little girl
(c) an old woman
(d) a married woman

Answer :  B

Question : Who tickled the dragon ?
(a) ink
(b) blink
(c) mustard
(d) Belinda

Answer :  D

Question : Where all sat laughing ?
(a) in little room
(b) in library
(c) in little red wagon
(d) in study room

Answer :  C

Question : Find the word in the passage that means same as ‘unkind’.
(a) unmerciful
(b) rudely
(c) percival
(d) cowardly

Answer :  A

Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth,
And spikes on top of him and scales underneath,
Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose,
And realio, trulio daggers on his toes.

Question : Who was Custard ?
(a) dog
(b) kitten
(c) rat
(d) dragon

Answer :  D

Question : What was beneath his body ?
(a) spikes
(b) scales
(c) fireplace
(d) chimney

Answer :  B

Question : How does his nose looked like ?
(a) scales
(b) chimney
(c) fireplace
(d) spikes

Answer :  B

Question : Which poetic device is used in the above lines, ‘Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose’ ?
(a) personification
(b) metaphor
(c) simile
(d) alliteration

Answer :  C

Belinda paled, and she cried Help ! Help !
But Mustard fled with terrified yelp,
Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household,
And little mouse Blink strategically mousehold. 

Question : Who cried for help ?
(a) Mustard
(b) Ink
(c) Blink
(d) Belinda

Answer :  D

Question : What did Mustard, Ink and Blink do ?
(a) ran away
(b) faced the pirate
(c) hid themselves
(d) saved Belinda

Answer :  A

Question : Ink trickled down to the .................. of the household.
(a) top
(b) underneath
(c) bottom
(d) outer

Answer :  C

Question : Name the rhyme scheme of the stanza.
(a) aaab
(b) abab
(c) aabb
(d) abba

Answer :  C

Belinda embraced him, Mustard licked him, No one mourned for his pirate victim.
Ink and Blink in glee did gyrate Around the dragon that ate the pirate.

Question : Everyone embraced Custard because he had killed the ........................ .
(a) pirate
(b) boy
(c) man
(d) lion

Answer :  A

Question : Name the bravest creature who saved every body in Belinda’s house ?
(a) ink
(b) mustard
(c) blink
(d) custard

Answer :  D

Question : Which word in the passage means the same as ‘hug’ ?
(a) gaped
(b) embraced
(c) mourned
(d) gyrate

Answer :  B

Question : Actually the dragon was not .......................... .
(a) brave
(b) a coward
(c) courageous
(d) weak

Answer :  B

Question : Who does ‘him’ stand for in the first line ?
(a) pirate
(b) mustard
(c) custard
(d) blink

Answer :  C

Question : Who is the victim ?
(a) mustard
(b) ink
(c) blink
(d) pirate

Answer :  D

Question : The name of the black kitten was –
(a) Mustard
(b) Ink
(c) Custard
(d) Blink

Answer :  B

Question : The rhyme scheme of the stanza is
(a) abba
(b) abab
(c) aabb
(d) abbb

Answer :  C

Question : The pirate attacked the dragon by firing ——- bullets.
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 5

Answer :  B

Question : Which word means the same as ‘culprit’ in the stanza ?
(a) licked
(b) embraced
(c) victim
(d) gyrate

Answer :  C

Question : Who is the poet of the poem "The tale of Custard the Dragon"?
(a) Carl Sandburg
(b) Ogden Nash
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  B

Question : Name the poetic device used in the line "And the little yellow dog was sharp as mustard"
(a) Oxymoron
(b) metaphor
(c) Assonance
(d) Simile

Answer :  D

Question : Who saved everyone from the pirate?
(a) kitten
(b) mouse
(c) dragon
(d) dog

Answer :  C

Question : Belinda was as brave as a group of –
(a) Lion
(b) Tiger
(c) Bear
(d) Elephant

Answer :  C

Question :  Who was called cowardly?
(a) Blink
(b) Custard
(c) Ink
(d) Rither

Answer :  B

Question :  Who did Belinda used to tease?
(a) kitten
(b) mouse
(c) dragon
(d) dog

Answer :  C

Question : The pirate had a wooden ——–.
(a) Leg
(b) Teeth
(c) Hand
(d) Pistol

Answer :  A

Question : Belinda lived in a little ——- coloured house.
(a) White
(b) Brown
(c) Red
(d) Yellow

Answer :  A