Multiple Choice Questions
The Book of Nature
Practice Questions with Answers
Total 50 questions available
Q. 1
What do children do on the beach mentioned in the passage?
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Make sand castlesB
Sleep in the sunC
Catch fishD
Swim in the oceanClick an option to check your answer
Q. 2
Why does a broken rock piece have rough edges?
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Because it is freshly brokenB
Because it is underwaterC
Because it is largeD
Because it is softClick an option to check your answer
Q. 3
What is the main purpose of the writer’s letter?
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To entertainB
To explain earth’s storyC
To scold the childD
To teach grammarClick an option to check your answer
Q. 4
How old is the earth according to the passage?
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Ten million years oldB
A few hundred years oldC
Millions and millions of years oldD
Thousands of years oldClick an option to check your answer
Q. 5
What does the writer call things like rocks and fossils?
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RubbishB
Waste materialsC
ToysD
Nature’s booksClick an option to check your answer
Q. 6
Where would the pebble end up after becoming sand?
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In a desertB
Inside a caveC
Inside a volcanoD
On a beautiful beachClick an option to check your answer
Q. 7
What is the main idea of the story of the pebble?
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Pebbles are made by machinesB
Nature tells its own storyC
Stones are dangerousD
Beaches are funClick an option to check your answer
Q. 8
What does the writer plan to write about in his letters?
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Science and technologyB
Weather and seasonsC
The earth and its countriesD
Stories and novelsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 9
How can we understand that early earth had no life?
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By studying rocks and fossilsB
By reading about kingsC
By reading fairy talesD
By watching cartoonsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 10
What does the writer want the child to think about?
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The world and its peopleB
Only IndiaC
His school friendsD
History of kingsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 11
What is needed to read a language like Hindi or English?
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A dictionaryB
An alphabetC
A storyD
A penClick an option to check your answer
Q. 12
What does the pebble do if we can see and hear well?
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It turns into sandB
It tells us its storyC
It breaksD
It disappearsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 13
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a source of the earth’s early tale?
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RiversB
RocksC
FossilsD
ComputersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 14
What kind of questions does the child ask the writer?
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About many thingsB
About gamesC
About homeworkD
About foodClick an option to check your answer
Q. 15
Where do we usually read history?
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On the wallsB
In the skyC
In booksD
On stonesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 16
What is England described as in the text?
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A big countryB
A small islandC
A powerful kingdomD
A continentClick an option to check your answer
Q. 17
What feeling does the writer express about the content he can share?
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Fear it is too littleB
AngerC
He can write a lotD
JoyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 18
What do rocks and fossils tell us?
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Weather reportsB
The names of old citiesC
The history of living beings on earthD
Stories about the futureClick an option to check your answer
Q. 19
Who lived on earth before humans?
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Dinosaurs onlyB
Birds and insectsC
Plants onlyD
AnimalsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 20
What can a little stone on the road or mountain side represent?
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A piece of wasteB
A page in nature’s bookC
A dangerD
A lost gemClick an option to check your answer
Q. 21
What might happen if we only imagined the past?
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We could learn scienceB
We could guess factsC
We would become smarterD
We could create fairy talesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 22
What do scientists say about the early earth?
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It was covered in iceB
It had forests everywhereC
It was too hot for lifeD
It was filled with riversClick an option to check your answer
Q. 23
According to the passage, India is a big country but —
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very coldB
a small part of the earth's surfaceC
not interestingD
larger than the earthClick an option to check your answer
Q. 24
What does the writer suggest we should observe to learn nature’s story?
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Only booksB
Rocks, mountains, and riversC
TV programsD
Forests onlyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 25
Why couldn’t any living being survive on early earth?
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There was too much waterB
There was no oxygenC
It was too coldD
It was extremely hotClick an option to check your answer
Q. 26
What do pebbles lack that rock pieces have?
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CracksB
ShineC
ColorsD
Corners and rough edgesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 27
What was there before animals appeared on earth?
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Only waterB
Only plantsC
No life at allD
Air and sunlightClick an option to check your answer
Q. 28
What should we begin to learn from rocks and mountains?
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Climbing mountainsB
Making buildingsC
The earth’s storyD
Reading fairy talesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 29
What shape is a pebble usually?
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Flat and dullB
SquareC
TriangleD
Round and shinyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 30
What was the pebble once part of?
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A mountain goatB
A glassC
A treeD
A piece of rockClick an option to check your answer
Q. 31
Why is imagination not always helpful in history?
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It needs approvalB
It is boringC
It may not be based on factsD
It is costlyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 32
How does the writer describe the future learning of the child?
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As interesting as novelsB
Difficult to understandC
Very boringD
Less fun than gamesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 33
What makes it difficult to imagine the early earth?
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It was underwaterB
It was full of life nowC
Lack of mapsD
It had no continentsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 34
What question does the writer ask at the end of the passage?
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Who made the pebble?B
What is a mountain?C
How big is a rock?D
How much more can we learn from nature?Click an option to check your answer
Q. 35
Where was the rock probably resting before it became a pebble?
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Under the soilB
On the mountain sideC
Inside a volcanoD
In the oceanClick an option to check your answer
Q. 36
Why did the pebble become smooth and round?
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Because it was polished manuallyB
Because it was magicC
Due to rolling in waterD
Due to heatClick an option to check your answer
Q. 37
Why were no books written in the very old times?
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The earth was underwaterB
Men did not existC
People could not speakD
People forgot to writeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 38
What carried the rock down from the mountain?
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A birdB
LavaC
RainwaterD
The windClick an option to check your answer
Q. 39
What must we not do to learn about the past?
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Just imagine thingsB
Study fossilsC
Learn from scientistsD
Study old booksClick an option to check your answer
Q. 40
What happened as the pebble rolled at the bottom of the river?
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It stopped movingB
It grew biggerC
Its edges became smooth and shinyD
It disappearedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 41
What are fossils?
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Dead plantsB
Pieces of broken rocksC
Remains of old animalsD
Footprints in cavesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 42
What might have happened if the pebble kept moving in the river?
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It would turn into a diamondB
It would become a grain of sandC
It would turn into a fishD
It would return to the mountainClick an option to check your answer
Q. 43
What helps us learn about the earth’s early days?
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Books by scientistsB
NovelsC
Ancient scrollsD
ComicsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 44
What must we learn to understand nature’s story?
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Tree namesB
Animal namesC
Nature’s alphabetD
River routesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 45
What helps us know about far-off days even if books weren’t written then?
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Mobile phonesB
Stars onlyC
Natural objects like rocks and fossilsD
ComputersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 46
Where is the writer staying while writing this letter?
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DelhiB
AllahabadC
MussoorieD
MumbaiClick an option to check your answer
Q. 47
What kind of books does the writer expect the child to read when grown?
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Fairy talesB
StorybooksC
Fat books on earth’s storyD
History booksClick an option to check your answer
Q. 48
What pushed the rock into a little river?
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A bulldozerB
A cartC
A manD
A mountain streamClick an option to check your answer
Q. 49
Where did the little river take the pebble?
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To the big riverB
Back to the mountainC
Into the forestD
Into the skyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 50
What is the best way to understand nature’s story?
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Watching moviesB
Going to nature and studying itC
Playing gamesD
Asking friendsClick an option to check your answer
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