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| English 11th Lesson No. 3: DARK THEY WERE, AND GOLDEN-EYED Questions Bank |
English 1st Year Chapter 3 Dark they were and Golden eyed Questions Bank
MCQs
Please select the right answer.
1. “I fell like a salt crystal in a mountain stream” who said?
2. “Mother, Father- the war, Earth!” she sobbed. Here the word sobbed means
3. “Such odd, such ridiculous houses the earth people built” .Here the word odd means
4. “Such odd, such ridiculous houses the earth people built” .Here the word ridiculous means
5. “The town’s empty, but we found ____________ like in the hills, sir.”
6. “They hadn’t the foggiest ____________ of what happened to this town or its people.
7. According to Harry, all ____________ cities have some kind of ghosts in them.
8. After how much time did the rescue rocket come to Mars?
9. All dead cites have some kind of ____________ in them.
10. At any moment the Martian air might ____________.
11. At any moment the Martian air might draw his sour from him, as ____________ comes from a white bone.
12. At what age did harry work in a metal shop?
13. Doesn’t it scare you? .Here the word scare means
14. Harry had worked in a metal shop when he was____________.
15. He ____________Laura’s head against him and said, “ The rockets will get through someday.”
16. He drenched in the hotness of his fear. Here the word drenched means
17. He felt submerged in a chemical. Here the word submerged means
18. He looked with dismay at their houses. Here the word dismay means
19. How did Harry feel when he landed on Mars?
20. How did men change on Mars?
21. How did the Martians sound to the rescue party?
22. How many dollars did he offer to sell the metal?
23. How many dollars did Sam demand to sell the metal____________?
24. How many people stepped from the interior of the rocket?
25. How much distance they had travelled?
26. How much time according to Sam would it take to build a rocket?
27. I fell like a salt ____________ he said, in a mountain steam, being washed away.
28. In the quiet autumn Mr. Bittering stop upon the slope above____________ looking at the valley.
29. In which season did Mr. Bittering stand very golden-eyed____________?
30. Its lid gave a bulging pop. Here the word bulging means
31. Men ____________of the rocket, shouting.
32. Other passengers whirled away across the Martian meadow. Here the word whirled away means
33. Rubber tires upon which children had swung in backyards hung suspended like stopped clock pendulums in the___________ air.
34. She dashed blindly into the porch. Here the word dashed means
35. She was golden and slender as their daughter. Here the word slender means
36. Summer moved like flame upon the ____________.
37. The captain established headquarter in an abandoned __________
38. The children hollered at the deep dome of Martian sky. Here the word hollered means
39. The children, small seeds, might at any instant be sown to all the martian____________
40. The fear lay with them as a third unbidden partner. Here the word unbidden means
41. The man felt as if he were standing at the centre of a____________.
42. The man felt his hair flutter and the tissues of this body draw tight as if he were_________.
43. There were little, very dim flecks of new gold captured in the blue of his eyes. Here the word flecks means
44. They found a flimsy rocket frame. Here the word flimsy means
45. They saw the old cities, lost in their ____________
46. What did they do after building a cottage?
47. What did they do after building a cottage____________?
48. What did they feel after the war on the earth?
49. What did they feel on Mars after the attack on Earth ____________?
50. What did they see on Mars?
51. What did they see on Martian hills____________?
52. What is the distance between Earth and Mars?
53. What is the name of Harry’s wife?
54. What its ____________ interior stepped a man, a woman, and three children.
55. What was the news Laura told her parents____________?
56. What were the men doing in town on the shadowy step of the grocery store ____________?
57. What were the weather conditions on Mars?
58. Which city was attacked?
59. Which one of the cities was attacked____________?
60. Who was the third unbidden partner of Bittering and his wife?
61. Why did Harry want to return to Earth soon after he landed on Mars?
Short Questions
1. Describe the appearance of the old man.
2. What are the names of the vegetables the old man grew in his form?
3. What did everybody say when the old man bought that farm?
4. What did the old man remember?
5. What did the son remember from the childhood?
6. What had the doctors told the old man?
7. What is the moral of the story?
8. What was the reason that the old man planted that garden on that mountain?
9. What were the feelings of old man at the age twenty?
10. Where did the old man take his son?
11. Who are the characters of the story?
12. Why did the old man make a fence around the clearing?
13. Why did the old man not follow the advice of a doctor?
14. Why did the old man remember that mountain?
15. Why did the son at the age of six cried and cried?
16. Why had the old man planted his secret garden?
17. Why the old man did take the steep path?
18. Why were there so many paths circling around the mountain?
19. Why did the son not use the car to come to his father's house?
Long Questions
"1. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (Short Stories Book-I)
The wind blew as if to flake away their identities. At any moment the Martian air might draw his soul from him, as marrow comes from a white bone. He felt submerged in a chemical that could dissolve his intellect and burn away his past. They looked at the Martian hills that time had worn with a crushing pressure of years. They saw the old cities, lost in their meadows, lying like children’s delicate bones among the blowing lakes of grass."
"2. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (Short Stories Book-I)
Summer burned the canals dry. Summer moved like flame upon the meadows. In the empty Earth settlement, the painted houses flaked and peeled. Rubber tires upon which children had swung in back yards hung suspended like stopped clock pendulums in the blazing air."
"3. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (Short Stories Book-I)
The rocket metal cooled in the meadow winds. Its lid gave a bulging pop. From its clock interior stepped a man, a woman and three children. The other passengers whirled away across the Martian meadow, leaving the man alone among his family. The man felt his hair flutter and the tissues of his body draw tight as if he were standing at the centre of a vacuum. His wife, before him, seemed almost to whirl away in smoke. The children, small seeds, might at any instant be sown to all the Martian climes. The children looked up at him, as people look to the sun to tell what time of their life it is. His face was cold. "
"4. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (Short Stories Book-I)
For a long time there was only the sound of the wind in the late afternoon. Alone, thought Bittering. Only a thousand of us here. No way back. No way. No way. Sweat poured out from his face and his hands and his body; he was drenched in the hotness of his fear. He wanted to strike Laura, cried, “No, you’re lying! The rockets will come back!” Instead, he stroked Laura’s head against him and said, “The rockets will get through someday.”"