[ 1 ] His hens were producing an average of –
(A) three hundred eggs
(B) two hundred eggs
(C) one hundred eggs
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 2 ] Benjy’s father was –
(A) a doctor
(B) a teacher
(C) a preacher
(D) a painter
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 3 ] Benjy’s father valued…
(A) sweat
(B) fate
(C) both
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 4 ] Benjy’s parents planned for a ceremony when he was
(A) thirty
(B) twenty-five
(C) twenty-one
(D) fifteen
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 5 ] H.E. Bates was born in—
(A) 1906
(B) 1905
(C) 1915
(D) 1925
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 6 ] HE, Bates died in–
(A) 1974
(B) 1984
(C) 1964
(D) 1954
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 7 ] H.E. Bates’ first novel was published when he was only –
(A) 20 years old
(B) 21 years old
(C) 25 years old
(D) 30 years old
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 8 ] The name of Johnsons’ son was
(A) Jack
(B) Tom
(C) Benjy
(D) Tony
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 9 ] The Johnsons’ son was-
(A) insane
(B) blind
(C) lame
(D) simple
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 10 ] The doctor advised the parents to give to Benjy—
(A) medicine
(B) toys
(C) some work
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 11 ] The doctor suggested to let him keep
(A) cows
(B) hens
(C) horses
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 12 ] At first Benjy kept-
(A) ten or a dozen hens
(B) two dozen hens
(C) four dozen hens
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 13 ] Benjy left the school at-
(A) twenty
(B) twelve
(C) fourteen
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 14 ] When he left the school he had
(A) forty or fifty hens
(B) thirty of forty hens
(C) sixty or seventy hens
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 15 ] ‘The Earth’ has been written by –
(A) Germaine Greer
(B) H.E. Bates
(C) Anton Chekhov
(D) Shiga Naoya
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 16 ] H.E. Bates has written the story-
(A) A Pinch of Snuff
(B) The Artist
(C) The Earth
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 17 ] v’s parents did not like ……….. because of grey.
(A) Rekha
(B) Shikha
(C) Mary
(D) Florence
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 18 ] Benjy purchased land from –
(A) Sanders
(B) Meanders
(C) Randers
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 19 ] Florence later on became the wife of –
(A) Benjy’s friend
(B) Benjy
(C) Ranjay
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 20 ] Benjy was the son of –
(A) Robinsons
(B) Stevensons
(C) Rocksons
(D) Johnsons
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 21 ] …………. Was the real owner of the land.
(A) Landers
(B) Manders
(C) Sanders
(D) Randers
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 22 ] Benjy wanted to marry
(A) Clorence
(B) Florence
(C) Rupani
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 23 ] Johnson was a poor
(A) farmer
(B) teacher
(C) doctor
(D) trader
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 24 ] Benjy’s parents.gave him a passbook when he was ………. years old.
(A) 20
(B) 21
(C) 22
(D) 23
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 25 ] Johnson was in the possession of ………… land.
(A) two acre
(B) three acre
(C) four acre
(D) five acre
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 26 ] Benjy should be allowed to keen
(A) Hens
(B) Dogs
(C) Cows
(D) Cats
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 27 ] The ………….. suggested that Benjy should be allowed to keep bens.
(A) teacher
(B) doctor
(C) friend
(D) saint
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 28 ] “The Earth’ is a –
(A) poem
(B) essay
(C) drama
(D) story
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 29 ] Benjy told his parents to eat in the –
(A) drawing room
(B) bathroom
(C) bedroom
(D) kitchen
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 30 ] Benjy left his ……….. on the pavement.
(A) brother
(B) parents
(C) sister
(D) wife
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 31 ] ……………… drives his parents from their house.
(A) Johnson
(B) Benjy
(C) Sanders
(D) Florence
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 32 ] For many years Benjy’s father had been a local
(A) doctor
(B) teacher
(C) preacher
(D) farmer
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 33 ] Johnson vented land from —
(A) Sanders
(B) Randers
(C) Panders
(D) Landers
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 34 ] Benjy moved into the house with………. as his wife at the age of 40.
(A) Clorence
(B) Florence
(C) Victoria
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
Short Answer Type Question
1. What did the doctor advise Benjy’s parents to ensure his mental growth?
Ans.-The doctor had advised them that Benjy needed interest that would strenthen his mind. It would be good if they gave him something to do, some occupation which helps his development.
2. What did Benjy understand about a hen?
Ans.-Benjy understood the first and last thing about a hen, that it exists for the purpose of laying eggs.
3. What did Benjy understand about the business of hens?
Ans.-Benjy understood about the business of hens, that they lay eggs and eggs could be sold to customers and the money from these eggs was put carefully, almost religiously, into a large white basin that stood on the top shelf of the kitchen cupboard.
4. Why had their land not yielded much?
Ans. The earth had yielded low for them. The reason was not in the earth but in their iddleness and backwardness.
5. How did Benjy’s parents feel when he silently put the passbook in his pocket?
Ans. They did not hope and did not mean that Benjy should give it back to them, but there was something about the silent, simple finality of his putting the pass-book into his pocket that struck them like a blow in the face.
6. What had Benjy’s parents expected when they handed him the, passbook?
Ans. They had expected something else, a word of thanks, perhaps a concession, a willingess that they should share the money they had helped to save.
7. What did Benjy want to do with money?
Ans. Benjy wanted to buy a piece of land and creating more houses for more hens and then selling more eggs and making more money.
8. Who had Johnson rented their land from?
Ans. -Johnson got the land for forty years, on a yearly lease tenancy from Mr. sanders.
9. What information did Sanders give them that made them happy?
Ans. Sanders who had rented his four acre land to Mr. Johnson gave him the information that his (Johnson’s) son would buy that land from sanders. This information made Johnson and his wife happy.
10. Who was Florence?
Ans. Florence, was a girl, working in Benjy’s chicken house and got married with Benjy afterwards.
11. Why did Benjy want to marry Florence?
Ans.-Benjy did not need a distinguished, intelligent girl. He needed a woman to help him in his work of poultry farming. So he decided to marry Florence.