8th Samacheer English – Hobby Turns into a Successful Career – Quiz
1. What is a hobby?
A) An activity done only for money
B) An activity done in one's spare time
C) A compulsory school subject
D) A difficult profession
Ans: B) An activity done in one's spare time
2. According to the lesson, hobbies are:
A) The same for everyone
B) Unique to people
C) Useful only for children
D) Meant only to pass time
Ans: B) Unique to people
3. What difficulty did Mani have during his childhood?
A) He could not paint
B) He had difficulty in reading and writing
C) He could not play games
D) He had difficulty in hearing
Ans: B) He had difficulty in reading and writing
4. Who helped Mani develop an interest in reading?
A) His father
B) His teacher
C) His grandfather
D) His friend
Ans: C) His grandfather
5. How did Mani's grandfather help him?
A) By teaching him painting
B) By reading bedtime stories to him
C) By buying him a carrom board
D) By sending him abroad
Ans: B) By reading bedtime stories to him
6. Mani imagined a world with:
A) Music and musicians
B) Buildings and sculptures
C) Magic and magicians
D) Games and players
Ans: C) Magic and magicians
7. When Mani started writing, he was unable to:
A) Describe things accurately
B) Imagine stories
C) Hold a pen
D) Read his own writing
Ans: A) Describe things accurately
8. Mani feels writing is like:
A) Engraving the voice
B) Painting the voice
C) Designing the voice
D) Hiding the voice
Ans: B) Painting the voice
9. What did Mani gradually begin to write?
A) Only letters
B) His own stories and essays
C) Newspaper reports only
D) Science experiments
Ans: B) His own stories and essays
10. Mani's hobby eventually helped him become a:
A) Painter
B) Writer
C) Carrom player
D) Musician
Ans: B) Writer
11. Ajay Kumar Garg is a talented:
A) Writer
B) Artist
C) Singer
D) Athlete
Ans: B) Artist
12. Where does Ajay Kumar Garg live?
A) Chennai
B) Jaipur
C) Delhi
D) Mumbai
Ans: B) Jaipur
13. What happened to Ajay at the age of three?
A) He won an art competition
B) He suffered an injury to his ears
C) He began learning carrom
D) He became a professional artist
Ans: B) He suffered an injury to his ears
14. The treatment Ajay received left him:
A) Permanently blind
B) Permanently deaf
C) Unable to walk
D) Unable to paint
Ans: B) Permanently deaf
15. What did Ajay's father buy for him?
A) A camera
B) A paint set
C) A carrom board
D) A storybook
Ans: B) A paint set
16. Who recognised Ajay's artistic talent when he was about five years old?
A) Asha Devi
B) Shri Sua Lal
C) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
D) Irudayaraj
Ans: B) Shri Sua Lal
17. Shri Sua Lal was a court artist of:
A) Dholpur
B) Jaipur
C) Chennai
D) Delhi
Ans: A) Dholpur
18. Who taught Ajay the traditional Indian miniature painting technique?
A) Ilavazhagi
B) Asha Devi
C) Mani
D) His grandfather
Ans: B) Asha Devi
19. What did Ajay master in miniature painting?
A) Preparing colours and brushes
B) Making sculptures
C) Printing photographs
D) Writing poems
Ans: A) Preparing colours and brushes
20. What does Ajay use while creating miniature paintings?
A) A large roller
B) A magnifying glass and a single-haired brush
C) A printing machine
D) A piece of charcoal only
Ans: B) A magnifying glass and a single-haired brush
21. Ajay is also gifted in creating images on:
A) A grain of rice
B) A grain of sand
C) A leaf
D) A coin
Ans: A) A grain of rice
22. How many paintings did Ajay display in one exhibition?
A) 100
B) 125
C) 150
D) 200
Ans: C) 150
23. How many of the 150 displayed paintings did Ajay sell?
A) 100
B) 120
C) 144
D) 150
Ans: C) 144
24. Who presented Ajay with a National Award of Accomplishment in 2004?
A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Dr. Radhakrishnan
Ans: A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
25. What is one of Ajay's present goals?
A) To stop miniature painting
B) To revitalise traditional Indian miniature painting
C) To become a carrom champion
D) To become a writer
Ans: B) To revitalise traditional Indian miniature painting
26. Who was Ilavazhagi's father?
A) Shri Sua Lal
B) A. Irudayaraj
C) Ajay Garg
D) Mani
Ans: B) A. Irudayaraj
27. Ilavazhagi's father was a district-level champion in:
A) Chess
B) Carrom
C) Cricket
D) Badminton
Ans: B) Carrom
28. Against whom did Ilavazhagi win her first carrom match?
A) Her sister
B) Her coach
C) Her father
D) A national champion
Ans: C) Her father
29. Where did Ilavazhagi live with her family?
A) Vyasarpadi, Chennai
B) Jaipur, Rajasthan
C) Dholpur
D) Madurai
Ans: A) Vyasarpadi, Chennai
30. What made Ilavazhagi succeed and become a world champion?
A) Her passion for carrom and determination
B) Her interest in writing
C) Her skill in painting
D) Her interest in music
Ans: A) Her passion for carrom and determination
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