The following multiple choice questions are based on the Class 9 English textbook chapter “The Sound of Music.” These questions and answers have been designed to help students understand the material and prepare for exams.
The questions are based on the latest exam format and have been crafted to provide a thorough understanding of the chapter. To further aid in their studies, students can also utilize the NCERT solutions for Class 9 English Beehive available on this website.
MCQ Questions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 2 The Sound of Music with Answers
Q1. Which of the following character faced a loss of hearing in this story :
a) Evelyn James
b) Evelyn Glennie
c) Bismillah Khan
d) Jimmy Glenn’s
Ans:- Evelyn Glennie
Q2. What was her age when she went to the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London.
a) fifteen years old
b) sixteen years old
c) seventeen years old
d) look like a teenager
Ans:- 17 years old
Q3. How was she realized about the approaching train by feeling it’s :-
a) Sound
b) Crowd
c) Vibration
d) All of these
Ans:- Vibration
Q4. Where was Evelyn Glennie lived in
a) London
b) France
c) America
d) Scotland
Ans:- Scotland
Q5. What type of bigger challenge that she faced than most :-
a) that she was profoundly deaf
b) that she was blind
c) that she was not able to express the music
d) None of these
Ans:- that she was profoundly deaf
Q6. At which of the following age Evelyn’s mother notice that Evelyn had hearing problem :
a) seven year old
b) eight year old
c) nine year old
d) at the age of teenager
Ans:- eight year old
Q7. Which of the following Evelyn managed to hide her growing deafness problem from :
a) grandmother
b) friends and teachers
c) father and mother
d) All of these
Ans:- friends and teachers
Q8. When did Evelyn says “Everything suddenly looked Balck” .
a) When she was advised to use hearing aids and go to deaf school
b) When she was advised to go to deaf school
c) When she get poor number in exams
d) When she was rejected in music auditions
Ans:- When she was advised to use hearing aids and go to deaf school
Q9. Evelyn decide that she didn’t give up and pursue her interest in :-
a) music
b) Study
c) dance
d) Art
Ans:- music
Q10. What does the meaning of ‘xylophone’ from the story :-
a) type of smartphone
b) a type of orchestra
c) a music instrument with row wooden bars of different lengths
d) None of these
Ans:- a music instrument with row wooden bars of different lengths
Q11. What does Ron Forbes advice to Evelyn Glennie ?
a) to travel all the places of the world
b) to score well in the examination
c) that he was not able to hear the sound in her overall life
d) to hear the sound of music through the other body part instead of ears
Ans:- to hear the sound of music through the other body part instead of ears
Q12. Evelyn started feel the sound of drum through her
a) mind
b) heart
c) waist
d) Ears
Ans:- waist
Q13. Who spotted Evelyn’s potentiality in this story
a) His mother
b) Ron Forbes
c) His friends
d) All of them
Ans:- Ron Forbes
Q14. At which places Evelyne performed a free concert .
a) Old age homes
b) garden
c) Orphanage
d) Prisons and hospitals
Ans:- prisons and hospitals
Q15. Why did the men with bushy beards give trouble to evelyn?
a) They speak very low
b) evelyn could not read their eyes
c) evelyn could not read their smile
d) evelyn could not read their lips
Ans:- evelyn could not read their lips
Q16. Which of the two things is important for success in life? According to Evelyn Glennie.
a) Aim and hardwork
b) Ambitious and knowledge
c) hardwork and money
d) Aim and money
Ans:- Aim and hardwork
Q17. What were the two languages that she learned after his deafness problem?
a) English and French
b) French and basic Japanese
c) basic Japanese and Chinese
d) English and Chinese
Ans:- French and basic Japanese
Q18. While performing evelyn always removed ________ to feel the vibrations of music .
a) Earplugs
b) Coat
c) shoes
d) Headphones
Ans:- shoes
Q19. In which year she received the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Soloist of the year award?
a) In 1985
b) In 1990
c) In 1991
d) In 1995
Ans:- In 1991
Q20. She got the mastery of playing _________ musical instruments together.
a) many musical instruments
b) ten musical instruments
c) hundreds of musical instruments
d) thousands of musical instruments
Ans:- thousands of musical instruments
Q21. What is the moral of this story :-
a) don’t do anything against the life
b) fought against the disability and make your own life a success story
c) do hard work and achieve your aim
d) None of these
Ans:- fought against the disability and make your own life a success story
Q22. Who is the author of this story:
a) Evelyn Glennie
b) Ron Forbe
c) Deborah Cowley
d) James Blade
Ans:- Deborah Cowley