Class VII : Unit : 3 - Gopal And The Hilsa Fish

ROUND – 1: Comprehension (Story Understanding)

(1) Why was everyone talking about the hilsa fish?

A) It was very costly

B) It was easily available

C) It was the season of hilsa fish

D) The king ordered it

Ans: C

(2) Whom did the king challenge to stop people from talking about hilsa fish?

A) The minister

B) Gopal

C) The cook

D) The queen

Ans: B

(3) How did Gopal decide to accept the challenge?

A) By scolding the people

B) By telling everyone to stop

C) By doing something unusual

D) By hiding the fish

Ans: C

(4) What did Gopal do to look strange?

A) He shaved half of his beard

B) He wore rags

C) He smeared himself with ash

D) All of these

Ans: D

(5) Where was Gopal going with the hilsa fish?

A) To the market

B) To the palace

C) To the river

D) To a friend’s house

Ans: B

(6) What did the people on the street do when they saw Gopal?

A) Praised him

B) Laughed at him

C) Ignored him

D) Ran away

Ans: B

(7) Why was Gopal stopped at the palace gate?

A) He didn’t bring the fish

B) Guards didn’t recognize him

C) He came late

D) He was dressed like a king

Ans: B

(8) Who recognized Gopal finally?

A) The minister

B) The king

C) The guards

D) The queen

Ans: B

(9) What did the king realize at the end?

A) The hilsa was rotten

B) TV spread the news

C) No one talked about the fish around Gopal

D) Gopal cheated

Ans: C

(10) What is the moral of the story?

A) Money is important

B) Be proud of yourself

C) Intelligence can solve problems

D) Always tell the truth

Ans: C

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ROUND – 2: Character Based Questions

(11) Gopal was known for his ________.

A) Anger

B) Wisdom and wit

C) Laziness

D) Greed

Ans: B

(12) The king wanted to see if Gopal could ________.

A) Sing and dance

B) Buy a fish

C) Make people stop talking about fish

D) Catch a fish

Ans: C

(13) The guards thought Gopal was ______.

A) A holy man

B) A mad man

C) A rich man

D) A thief

Ans: B

(14) Gopal’s wife thought he was ______ when she first saw his appearance.

A) Mad

B) Handsome

C) Tired

D) Sad

Ans: A

(15) The story has mainly a ______ tone.

A) Serious

B) Funny

C) Sad

D) Horror

Ans: B

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ROUND – 3: Vocabulary

(16) “Hilsa” is a type of ______.

A) Bird

B) Animal

C) Fish

D) Vegetable

Ans: C

(17) Synonym of “ridiculous”

A) Serious

B) Foolish

C) Smart

D) Brave

Ans: B

(18) Opposite of “forgot”

A) Thought

B) Remembered

C) Learned

D) Knew

Ans: B

(19) Meaning of “muttered”:

A) Shouted loudly

B) Spoke unclearly

C) Sang sweetly

D) Laughed loudly

Ans: B

(20) “Smearing” means:

A) Cleaning

B) Rubbing something on a surface

C) Washing

D) Cutting

Ans: B

(21) Opposite of “expensive”

A) Rare

B) Cheap

C) Fresh

D) Damaged

Ans: B

(22) Synonym of “challenge”

A) Task

B) Food

C) Weapon

D) Support

Ans: A

(23) Meaning of “commotion”

A) Silence

B) Confusion and noise

C) Happiness

D) None

Ans: B

(24) Opposite of “strange”

A) Funny

B) Normal

C) Shiny

D) Bright

Ans: B

(25) “Wit” means:

A) Anger

B) Cleverness

C) Strength

D) Beauty

Ans: B

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ROUND – 4: Grammar

(26) Choose the correct article: He bought ___ hilsa fish.

A) a

B) an

C) the

D) no article

Ans: an

(27) Change to past tense: “He buys a fish.”

A) He buy a fish

B) He buying a fish

C) He bought a fish

D) He had buy fish

Ans: C

(28) Select the correct pronoun: ___ went to the market. (Gopal)

A) He

B) Him

C) His

D) They

Ans: A

(29) Choose the correct preposition: He walked ___ the palace gate.

A) in

B) into

C) on

D) up

Ans: B

(30) Identify adjective: “The big hilsa fish.”

A) big

B) hilsa

C) fish

D) the

Ans: A

(31) Choose the suitable question tag: Gopal accepted the challenge, ___?

A) didn’t he

B) did he

C) wasn’t he

D) does he

Ans: A

(32) Plural of “fish” when referring to different kinds:

A) fishes

B) fishs

C) fish

D) fishies

Ans: A

(33) Correct reported speech: The king said, “Bring the fish here.”

A) The king said bring the fish here.

B) The king ordered to bring the fish there.

C) The king said that bring fish there.

D) The king had bring the fish.

Ans: B

(34) Choose correct conjunction: He was tired ___ he continued.

A) but

B) or

C) so

D) and

Ans: A

(35) Change to comparative: “Gopal is clever.”

A) Gopal is more clever.

B) Gopal is cleverer.

C) Gopal is most clever

D) Gopal cleverest

Ans: B

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ROUND – 5: Mixed Application

(36) People talked only about ______.

A) Mangoes

B) Clothes

C) Hilsa fish

D) River

Ans: C

(37) Gopal’s idea worked because it was ______.

A) ordinary

B) simple

C) unexpected

D) copied

Ans: C

(38) The king finally ______ Gopal.

A) Punished

B) Praised

C) Ignored

D) Dismissed

Ans: B

(39) The guards did not allow Gopal because he looked ______.

A) Rich

B) Proud

C) Strange

D) Happy

Ans: C

(40) Gopal succeeded because of his ______.

A) Wealth

B) Looks

C) Clever plan

D) Friends

Ans: C

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ROUND – 6: Higher Order Thinking Questions

(41) What would have happened if Gopal dressed normally?

A) People would still talk about fish

B) He would be praised

C) He would be punished

D) None

Ans: A

(42) Why did Gopal not feel embarrassed?

A) He was forced

B) He was confident

C) He didn’t know

D) He was angry

Ans: B

(43) The king was amused because Gopal ______.

A) Played music

B) Brought the fish without anyone mentioning it

C) Cried loudly

D) Threatened the guards

Ans: B

(44) What lesson do we learn from the king?

A) Give up easily

B) Appreciate talent

C) Always scold servants

D) Talk only about fish

Ans: B

(45) Why did people laugh at Gopal on the street?

A) He was singing

B) He looked funny

C) They knew him

D) He scolded them

Ans: B

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ROUND – 7: Vocabulary in Sentences

(46) The streets were full of commotion. Here, commotion means:

A) silence

B) noise

C) sadness

D) boredom

Ans: B

(47) He muttered something. Here, muttered means:

A) spoke clearly

B) whispered unclearly

C) shouted

D) laughed

Ans: B

(48) He became the laughing stock. Meaning:

A) respected man

B) very angry

C) object of laughter

D) winner

Ans: C

(49) He smeared himself with ash. Means:

A) washed

B) put ash on his body

C) removed ash

D) burnt

Ans: B

(50) His wife was astonished. Means:

A) tired

B) surprised

C) angry

D) sad

Ans: B

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ROUND – 8: Grammar (More Practice)

(51) Choose the correct verb: The people ____ laughing.

A) was

B) were

C) be

D) have

Ans: B

(52) Identify the noun: “Gopal danced in the market.”

A) danced

B) in

C) Gopal

D) market

Ans: C and D (main noun: Gopal)

(53) Form adverb: quick.

A) quicker

B) quickful

C) quickish

D) quickly

Ans: D

(54) Fill in the blank: The king spoke ______.

A) gentle

B) gently

C) gentlely

D) more gentle

Ans: B

(55) Choose correct tense: He _____ (go) to the palace yesterday.

A) go

B) gone

C) went

D) going

Ans: C

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ROUND – 9: Final Quick Check

(56) The story is mainly based on:

A) War

B) Intelligence

C) Love

D) Magic

Ans: B

(57) Gopal reached the palace with the fish but no one ______ the fish.

A) Cared about

B) Talked about

C) Sold

D) Ate

Ans: B

(58) This story teaches:

A) Hard work is everything

B) Cleverness can solve difficult tasks

C) Fish is expensive

D) Don’t talk to strangers

Ans: B

(59) The king was surprised by:

A) The size of fish

B) Gopal’s smartness

C) The guards

D) The minister

Ans: B

(60) Gopal proved that he was:

A) Lazy

B) Foolish

C) Clever

D) Afraid

Ans: C