NCERT English Class 11 | Chapter 8 | The Tale of Melon City | MCQs |

1. How was the king described in the poem?

A. Just

B. Placid

C. Dumb

D. Both a and b

Answer: (D) Both A and B

2. What did the king proclaim?

A. To build a new castle

B. To build a tomb

C. To build an arch

D. To build a forest

Answer: (C) To build an arch

3. What did the king lose when he went out?

A. His jewels

B. His crown

C. His chariot

D. His clothes

Answer: (A) His jewels

4. Why did the king lose his belonging?

A. Because the forest was dense

B. Because the castle was confusing

C. Because the arch was built too low

D. Because the tomb was built too low

Answer: (C) Because the arch was built too low.

5. Whom did the King decide to hang at first?

A. Workmen

B. Masons

C. The chief of the builders

D. The architect

Answer: (C) The chief of the builders.

6. Why did the king order to make such a thing?

A. To edify spectators

B. To give a speech to the spectators

C. To understand the problems of his people

D. All of the above

Answer: (A) To edify spectators

7. Who is the author of the poem ‘The Tale of Melon City’?

A. Vikram Seth

B. A. J. Cronin

C. Sarojini Naidu

D. Girish Karnad

Answer: (D) Girish Karnad

Read the following lines and answer the questions

 “But only one man was so tall

 He fitted. One man. That was all.”

8. Who is the one man referred to in the above lines?

A. The wise man

B. The architect

C. The Councillor

D. The king

Answer: (D) The king

9. Why was every man being measured?

A. To be hanged on the scaffold

B. To be punished

C. To be whipped

D. All of the above

Answer: (A) To be hanged on the scaffold.

10. Who became the final king of the city?

A. An old wise man

B. A mango

C. A melon

D. The Councillor

Answer: (B) A melon

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