6th Samacheer English – The Jungle Book – Quiz
1. Who wrote “The Jungle Book”?
A) Ruskin Bond
B) Rudyard Kipling
C) Robert Louis Stevenson
D) William Makepeace Thackeray
Ans: B) Rudyard Kipling
2. The play mainly deals with the early childhood of:
A) Tabaqui
B) Shere Khan
C) Mowgli
D) Father Wolf
Ans: C) Mowgli
3. Where does Scene I of the play open?
A) Waingunga River
B) Seeonee Hills
C) A village
D) A mountain town
Ans: B) Seeonee Hills
4. At what time does the scene open?
A) Five o'clock in the evening
B) Six o'clock in the evening
C) Seven o'clock in the evening
D) Eight o'clock in the evening
Ans: C) Seven o'clock in the evening
5. What does Father Wolf do after waking from his day's rest?
A) Goes back to sleep
B) Gets ready for the hunt
C) Plays with the cubs
D) Leaves the jungle
Ans: B) Gets ready for the hunt
6. How many cubs does Mother Wolf have?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
Ans: C) Four
7. Where does Mother Wolf put her cubs?
A) Near the river
B) Into the mouth of the cave
C) Under a tree
D) Behind a rock
Ans: B) Into the mouth of the cave
8. Who is Tabaqui?
A) A bear
B) A tiger
C) A jackal
D) A panther
Ans: C) A jackal
9. Tabaqui acts as _________ to the wolves.
A) a guard
B) a messenger
C) a teacher
D) a hunter
Ans: B) a messenger
10. Which qualities best describe Tabaqui?
A) Brave and honest
B) Spiteful and cunning
C) Gentle and generous
D) Quiet and shy
Ans: B) Spiteful and cunning
11. Whose arrival does Tabaqui warn the wolves about?
A) Baloo
B) Bagheera
C) Shere Khan
D) Akela
Ans: C) Shere Khan
12. Where did Shere Khan normally live?
A) Near the Waingunga River
B) Inside the wolves' cave
C) Beside the village
D) Near the sea
Ans: A) Near the Waingunga River
13. How far was Shere Khan's usual hunting area from Seeonee Hills?
A) Ten miles
B) Fifteen miles
C) Twenty miles
D) Thirty miles
Ans: C) Twenty miles
14. What name did Shere Khan's mother give him?
A) Raksha
B) Lungri
C) Mowgli
D) Tabaqui
Ans: B) Lungri
15. Why was Shere Khan called Lungri?
A) He had lost his tail
B) He had been lame in one foot from birth
C) He was smaller than other tigers
D) He could not see properly
Ans: B) He had been lame in one foot from birth
16. For how long had Shere Khan decided to hunt among the Seeonee Hills?
A) For one day
B) For one week
C) For the next moon
D) For one year
Ans: C) For the next moon
17. According to Father Wolf, what does the Law of the Jungle forbid Shere Khan to do without warning?
A) Drink from the river
B) Change his hunting quarters
C) Speak to Tabaqui
D) Enter a cave
Ans: B) Change his hunting quarters
18. Whom did Mother Wolf realise Shere Khan intended to hunt?
A) A deer
B) A buffalo
C) A man
D) A wolf
Ans: C) A man
19. According to the Law of the Jungle, beasts are generally forbidden to:
A) Hunt deer
B) Eat man
C) Leave their caves
D) Hunt at night
Ans: B) Eat man
20. Why did Shere Khan suddenly give an “untigerish howl”?
A) He saw the wolves
B) He fell into the river
C) He jumped into a woodcutter's campfire and burnt his feet
D) He was attacked by a man
Ans: C) He jumped into a woodcutter's campfire and burnt his feet
21. What did Father Wolf find among the bushes?
A) A tiger cub
B) A man-cub
C) A jackal
D) A hunter
Ans: B) A man-cub
22. What did the man-cub do when he looked into Father Wolf's face?
A) Cried
B) Ran away
C) Laughed
D) Fell asleep
Ans: C) Laughed
23. Where did the man-cub go after entering the wolves' cave?
A) He hid behind Father Wolf
B) He pushed between the wolf cubs to reach the warm hide
C) He climbed a tree
D) He ran back into the forest
Ans: B) He pushed between the wolf cubs to reach the warm hide
24. Why could Shere Khan not easily enter the wolves' cave?
A) The cave was filled with water
B) Father Wolf blocked it
C) The mouth of the cave was too narrow for a tiger
D) A fire was burning at the entrance
Ans: C) The mouth of the cave was too narrow for a tiger
25. What did Shere Khan demand from the wolves?
A) Their food
B) Their cave
C) The man-cub
D) Their four cubs
Ans: C) The man-cub
26. Who bravely stood up to Shere Khan and refused to surrender the man-cub?
A) Tabaqui
B) Mother Wolf
C) Father Wolf
D) Baloo
Ans: B) Mother Wolf
27. Mother Wolf's eyes are compared to:
A) Two bright stars
B) Two green moons
C) Two burning fires
D) Two shining lamps
Ans: B) Two green moons
28. What name did Mother Wolf give the man-cub?
A) Baloo
B) Akela
C) Mowgli
D) Lungri
Ans: C) Mowgli
29. What does the name “Mowgli” mean in the lesson?
A) Little tiger
B) Little frog
C) Brave hunter
D) Jungle boy
Ans: B) Little frog
30. What is the central idea of the Samacheer play “The Jungle Book”?
A) Wealth is more important than family
B) Courage, protection and motherly love can stand against cruelty
C) Wild animals should never help humans
D) Strength alone always wins
Ans: B) Courage, protection and motherly love can stand against cruelty
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