The Tale of Custard the Dragon, mcq, class 10 ten, by Podmeswar


Lesson: ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’, MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) Questions and answers

Note:

The students should read and memorise the whole/complete poem for any mcq.

 

With reference to the poem, ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’, chose the correct option-

 

1. From your reading of ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’, choose the correct option.

(A) Dog : Black, Kitten : Yellow

(B) Kitten : Grey, Dog : Black

(C) Dog : Black, Mouse : Grey

(D) Kitten : Black, Mouse : Grey

Answer: (D) Kitten : Black, Mouse : Grey

(2024)

 

2. From your reading of ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’, choose the correct option.

(A) Black Kitten: Ink, Yellow Dog: Blink,

(B) Yellow Dog: Mustard, Grey Mouse: Ink,

(C) Grey Mouse: Blink, Dragon: Mustard

(D) Dragon: Custard, Black Kitten: Ink

Answer: (D) Dragon: Custard, Black Kitten: Ink

(*Note: Remember the animals’ Name)

 

3. Belinda lived in

(A) a big bungalow

(B) a red colour flat

(C) a little white house

(D) a yellow hut

Answer: (C) a little white house

 

4. Who is realio and trulio among the Belinda’s animal?

(A) The black kitten, Ink

(B) The dragon, Custard

(C) The yellow dog, Mustard

(D) The grey mouse, Blink

Answer: (B) The dragon Custard

 

5. Among the Belinda’s animal, which animal is very sharp ?

(A) The black kitten, Ink

(B) The dragon, Custard

(C) The yellow dog, Mustard

(D) The grey mouse, Blink

Answer: (C) The yellow dog, Mustard

 

6. Who had big sharp teeth among the Belinda’s pet?

(A) Ink

(B) Blink

(C) Mustard

(D) Custard

Answer: (D) Custard

 

7. What is on top of the dragon, Custard?

(A) spikes

(B) scales

(C) fire

(D) draggers

Answer: (A) spikes

 

8. Custard, the dragon’s mouth was like a

(A) wind blow.

(B) green field.

(C) fireplace.

(D) playground.

Answer: (C) fireplace.

 

9. What is the thing that compared with the dragon’s nose?

(A) fireplace

(B) daggers

(C) spikes

(D) chimney

Answer: (D) chimney

 

10. Where is the dagger of the dragon, Custard?

(A) on top of him

(B) on his toes

(C) underneath

(D) in his mouth

Answer: (B) on his toes

 

11. Ironically, Belinda’s brave is compared with

(A) a lion

(B) a tiger in a rage

(C) a barrel full of bears

(D) Shaktiman

Answer: (C) a barrel full of bears

 

12. Ironically, who chased lions down the stairs?

(A) Ink and Blink

(B) Mustard and Custard

(C) Custard and Blink

(D) Ink and Mustard

Answer: (A) Ink and Blink

 

13. Ironically, who is as brave as a tiger in a rage?

(A) Ink

(B) Blink

(C) Mustard

(D) Dragon

Answer: (C) Mustard

 

14. Who tickled Custard, the dragon unmercifully?

(A) Ink

(B) Blink

(C) Mustard

(D) Belinda

Answer: (D) Belinda

 

15. Which type of cart had Belinda in her house?

(A) A little red wagon

(B) An auto rickshaw

(C) A winger

(D) A bolero pickup

Answer: (A) A little red wagon

 

16. What is the colour of the Belinda’s house?

(A) Green

(B) Pink

(C) White

(D) Red

Answer: (C) White

 

17. Which is the correct match as per the poem, ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’?

(A) House: White, Wagon: Red

(B) House: Red, Wagon: White

(C) House: Yellow, Wagon: Black

(D) House: Grey, Wagon: White

Answer: (A) House: White, Wagon: Red

 

19. In the poem, ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’, the Belinda’s pet Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called Custard, the dragon as

(A) Custard

(B) Mustard

(C) Percival

(D) Junior ‘G’

Answer: (C) Percival

 

20. In the poem, ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’, the Belinda’s pet Ink, Blink and Mustard, they all sat laughing in the

Or: Where did Belinda, Ink, Blink and Mustard (they) all sit laughing in?

(A) in the little white house

(B) in the outside field

(C) in the nearest park

(D) in the little red wagon

Answer: (D) in the little red wagon

 

21. ‘They all sat laughing….’, who are they mentioned in the line?

(A) Ink and Blink

(B) Mustard and Custard

(C) Belinda and Ink

(D) Belinda, Ink, Blink and Mustard

Answer: (D) Belinda, Ink, Blink and Mustard

 

22. Who cried for a nice safe cage in the poem, ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’?

(A) Ink

(B) Custard

(C) Blink

(D) Belinda

Answer: (B) Custard

 

23. Who is giggling for a mouse?

(A) Ink

(B) Custard

(C) Blink

(D) Belinda

Answer: (C) Blink

 

24. Who rudely asked the dragon’s age?

(A) Ink and Mustard

(B) Ink and Blink

(C) Belinda and Ink

(D) Belinda and Mustard

Answer: (A) Ink and Mustard

 

25. In the poem, ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’, what did suddenly Belinda and her pets heard?

Or:

‘Suddenly, suddenly they heard……….’

(A) a musical sound

(B) a flute sound

(C) a nasty sound

(D) a harmonium’s tune

Answer:  (C) a nasty sound

 

26. When Belinda and her pets heard a nasty sound then, which of the option is matched with the situation?

(A) Mustard: growled, Ink Cried: Meowch ! Belinda Cried: ooh!,

(B) Belinda Cried: ooh!, Ink Cried: ooh!, Mustard cried: Meowch!,

(C) Belinda: growled, Mustard cried: Meowch!, Ink cried: ooh!,

(D) Ink cried: ooh!, Mustard: growled, Belinda: growled,

Answer: (A) Mustard: growled, Ink Cried: Meowch ! Belinda Cried: ooh!,

 

27. Why did Belinda and her pets suddenly cry and terrify?

(A) Because, there was a pirate, climbing in the winda.

(B) Because, they heard a musical sound.

(C) Because, there was the earthquake that sudden happened.

(D) Because, the dragon, Custard cried for a nice safe cage.

Answer: (A) Because, there was a pirate, climbing in the winda.

 

28. Choose the correct option about the physical features of the pirate?

(A) Pistol: in his pocket, Teeth: totally black colour, beard: red, one leg: iron

 (B) Pistol: Only in Right Hand, Teeth: red colour, beard: yellow, one leg: bamboo

(C) Pistol: only in left hand, Teeth: clean white, beard: grey, one leg: iron

(D) Pistol: Both left & Right Hands, Teeth: a cutlass bright, beard: black, one leg: wood

Answer: (D) Pistol: Both left & Right Hands, Teeth: a cutlass bright, beard: black, one leg: wood

 

29. When the pirate entered Belinda’s house, which of the option is matched with the situation?

(A) Belida: paled & cried help, Mustard: fled with a terrified yelp,

Ink: tricked down to household, Blink: entered mouse holed,

Custard: jumped up the pirate

(B) Belida: fled with a terrified yelp, Mustard: paled & cried help,

Ink: entered mouse holed, Blink: jumped up the pirate

,

Custard: tricked down to household

 

 (C) Belida: fled to the field, Mustard: jumped up the pirate like a tiger,

Ink: said wao wao!, Blink: said bah ! bah!,

Custard: cried for a nice safe cage

 

(D) Belida: danced, Mustard: singing,

Ink: crying, Blink: growling,

Custard: fled,

 

Answer:

(A) Belida: paled & cried help, Mustard: fled with a terrified yelp,

Ink: tricked down to household, Blink: entered mouse holed,

Custard: jumped up the pirate

 

30. Who is really brave among the Belinda’s pets?

(A) Ink

(B) Blink

(C) Custard

(D) Mustard

Answer: (C) Custard

 

31. Who jumped up the pirate and kill the pirate?

(A) Ink

(B) Blink

(C) Custard

(D) Mustard

Answer: (C) Custard

 

32. Custard jumped up and snorting like

(A) an engine

(B) a tiger

(C) a lion

(D) a dog

Answer: (A) an engine

 

33. During the fight time, the dragon, Custard’s tail like

(A) a tiger in a rage

(B) irons in a dungeon

(C) a tractor in the farming

(D) a wheelchair going the floor

Answer: (B) irons in a dungeon

 

34. A dungeon is

(A) a dark; usually underground prison or cell

(B) a beautiful park

(C) a natural scenry

(D) a building floor

Answer: (A) a dark usually underground prison cell

 

35. In the poem, the poet Ogden Nash, with which bird-situation is compared with Custard, the dragon during the fight?

(A) The Robin at a worm

(B) The parrot at a worm

(C) The Dove at a worm

(D) The crow at a worm

Answer: (A) The Robin at a worm

 

36. What did the pirate gulp from his pocket flagon during the fight?

(A) Coca Cola

(B) Pepsi

(C) Some grog (a type of alcoholic drink)

(D) Only water

Answer: (C) Some grog (a type of alcoholic drink)

 

37. What is grog?

(A) A type of Coca Cola

(B) A type of Pepsi

(C) A type of alcoholic drink

(D) A fresh filter water

Answer: (C) A type of alcoholic drink

 

38. How many bullets that the pirate fired at the dragon which did not hit?

(A) five

(C) six

(C) three

(D) two

Answer: (D) two

 

39. After eaten/killed the pirate by Custard, which is the correct option that matched with the situation?

(A) Belinda: embraced, Mustard: Licked, Ink-Blink: Gyrate in glee

(B) Belinda: singing, Mustard: Dancing, Ink-Blink: Embraced

(C) Belinda: Cried Help, Mustard: Growled, Ink-Blink: Fled

(D) Belinda: Fled away, Mustard: cried, Ink-Blink: Licked

Answer: (A) Belinda: embraced, Mustard: Licked, Ink-Blink: Gyrate in glee

 

40. Ironically, who is twice brave than the dragon, Custard if he hadn’t been flustered when the pirate came?

(A) the little black kitten, Ink

(B) the little grey mouse, Blink

(C) the little dog, Mustard

(D) Belinda

Answer: (C) the little dog, Mustard

 

41. As mentioned in the poem ironically, who are three times brave as they think than the dragon, Custard?

(A) Ink and Blink

(B) Blink and Mustard

(C) Belinda and Ink

(D) Ink and Mustard

Answer: (A) Ink and Blink

 

42. Where does Belinda still live?

(A) in her big building

(B) in her little white house

(C) in the groove

(D) in the jungle

Answer: (B) in her little white house

 

43. Who keeps crying for a nice safe cage?

(A) Ink

(B) Blink

(C) Custard

(D) Mustard

Answer: (C) Custard

 

44. Why did Custard cry for a nice safe cage?

(A) Because Custard, the dragon was a coward, everybody else in the house was brave.

(B) Because, Belinda often sang song in the day and night.

(C) Because, it was often coming the pirate.

(D) Because, the dragon was afraid of pirate and thief.

Answer: (A) Because Custard, the dragon was a coward, everybody else in the house was brave.

 

45. Why is the dragon called “cowardly dragon”?

(A) It is called a ‘cowardly dragon’ because everybody else in the house was brave.

(B) It is called a ‘cowardly dragon’ because he was afraid of tiger.

(C) It is called a ‘cowardly dragon’ because he feared for the pirate.

(D) It is called a ‘cowardly dragon’ because he had no strength.

Answer: (A) It is called a ‘cowardly dragon’ because everybody else in the house was brave.