8th Samacheer English – The Woman on Platform 8 – Quiz
1. Who wrote “The Woman on Platform 8”?
A) Ruskin Bond
B) R.K. Narayan
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: A) Ruskin Bond
2. At which railway station was Arun waiting for his train?
A) Delhi
B) Ambala
C) Dehradun
D) Chandigarh
Ans: B) Ambala
3. On which platform was Arun sitting?
A) Platform No. 4
B) Platform No. 6
C) Platform No. 8
D) Platform No. 10
Ans: C) Platform No. 8
4. Arun was in his ______ year at boarding school.
A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth
Ans: B) second
5. About how old was Arun?
A) Ten
B) Eleven
C) Twelve
D) Fifteen
Ans: C) Twelve
6. When was Arun's train expected to arrive?
A) Ten o'clock
B) Eleven o'clock
C) Twelve o'clock midnight
D) One o'clock
Ans: C) Twelve o'clock midnight
7. How had Arun arrived at Ambala?
A) By train
B) By bus
C) By car
D) By bicycle
Ans: B) By bus
8. What did Arun feed to the stray dogs?
A) Samosas
B) Bread
C) Broken biscuits
D) Sweetmeat
Ans: C) Broken biscuits
9. What did the platform resemble whenever a train arrived?
A) A quiet garden
B) An inferno of heaving, shouting people
C) An empty street
D) A peaceful classroom
Ans: B) An inferno of heaving, shouting people
10. Which of the following was sold by vendors on the platform?
A) Curds and lemons
B) Furniture
C) Clothes
D) Toys only
Ans: A) Curds and lemons
11. How did the strange woman appear?
A) She had a pale face and dark kind eyes
B) She wore expensive jewellery
C) She wore a bright red dress
D) She looked angry
Ans: A) She had a pale face and dark kind eyes
12. How was the strange woman dressed?
A) In an expensive silk dress
B) Simply in a white sari
C) In a blue uniform
D) In a black coat
Ans: B) Simply in a white sari
13. Whom did the woman ask to look after Arun's suitcase?
A) Satish
B) A policeman
C) A coolie
D) The ticket collector
Ans: C) A coolie
14. Where did the woman take Arun?
A) To the station dining-room
B) To her house
C) To the ticket office
D) To another platform
Ans: A) To the station dining-room
15. What did the woman order for Arun?
A) Coffee and cake
B) Tea, samosas and jalebis
C) Milk and biscuits
D) Juice and fruit
Ans: B) Tea, samosas and jalebis
16. What did the woman prefer doing while Arun talked?
A) Reading
B) Sleeping
C) Listening
D) Writing
Ans: C) Listening
17. What did the woman NOT ask Arun about?
A) His family or where he lived
B) His school
C) His friends
D) His likes and dislikes
Ans: A) His family or where he lived
18. Why did the woman suddenly clutch Arun's arm?
A) A boy ran across the railway tracks near an engine
B) Arun tried to run away
C) She saw Satish
D) She dropped her bag
Ans: A) A boy ran across the railway tracks near an engine
19. Who was Satish?
A) Arun's brother
B) One of Arun's schoolfellows
C) The ticket collector
D) The woman's son
Ans: B) One of Arun's schoolfellows
20. According to Satish, Arun was the best ______ in the class.
A) batsman
B) singer
C) bowler
D) runner
Ans: C) bowler
21. How is Satish's mother described?
A) Small and timid
B) Large and imposing, wearing spectacles
C) Young and silent
D) Poor and weak
Ans: B) Large and imposing, wearing spectacles
22. What did the strange woman say when Satish's mother assumed she was Arun's mother?
A) “No, I am not.”
B) “Yes, I am Arun's mother.”
C) “I am his teacher.”
D) “I am his aunt.”
Ans: B) “Yes, I am Arun's mother.”
23. What warning did Satish's mother give Arun?
A) Never travel by train
B) Never talk to strangers
C) Never eat sweets
D) Never go to boarding school
Ans: B) Never talk to strangers
24. How did Arun respond to Satish's mother's warning?
A) “I am afraid of strangers.”
B) “I never meet strangers.”
C) “I like strangers.”
D) “You are right.”
Ans: C) “I like strangers.”
25. What news did Satish give Arun?
A) They had a new Headmaster
B) Their school was closed
C) Their holidays were extended
D) Their teacher had resigned
Ans: A) They had a new Headmaster
26. What did Satish's mother hand to Satish?
A) A bag of fruit, a cricket bat and a big box of chocolates
B) A suitcase and books
C) Samosas and jalebis
D) A football and a bottle of milk
Ans: A) A bag of fruit, a cricket bat and a big box of chocolates
27. Which advice did Satish's mother give the boys before the train left?
A) Jump from moving trains
B) Keep their heads outside the windows
C) Do not jump on and off moving trains
D) Buy food from every station
Ans: C) Do not jump on and off moving trains
28. How did Arun show affection to the strange woman before leaving?
A) He gave her chocolates
B) He kissed her on the cheek
C) He wrote her a letter
D) He gave her his suitcase
Ans: B) He kissed her on the cheek
29. What were Arun's final words to the strange woman?
A) “Thank you, madam.”
B) “Goodbye, aunt.”
C) “Goodbye — mother.”
D) “See you tomorrow.”
Ans: C) “Goodbye — mother.”
30. Who among the following is NOT a character in “The Woman on Platform 8”?
A) Arun
B) Satish
C) Satish's mother
D) Satish's father
Ans: D) Satish's father
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