English (Compulsory) For Class IX - Unit 8 - People And Places - MCQs and Fill In The Blanks

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Gazi's Diary

MCQs and Fill In The Blanks

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Read the text and tick (✓) OR circle the correct answer:
1. The writer 'Ghazi' is living in:
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Karachi ✓
(c) Lahore
(d) Sukkur

2. The writer, Ghazi, is desperately missing his:
(a) wife
(b) childhood
(c) daughter
(d) village ✓

3. Village houses were made of:
(a) mud ✓
(b) leaves
(c) blocks
(d) cement

4. The villagers are very simple and:
(a) talkative
(b) fat
(c) carefree ✓
(d) tall

5. Village people did not need vehicles, they just walked and this exercise kept them:
(a) wealthy
(b) smart
(e) tired
(d) healthy ✓

6. In the village, the meeting place for men was:
(a) Otaq ✓
(b) village well
(c) fields
(d) school

7. In the village, the meeting place for women was:
(a) Otaq
(b) village well ✓
(c) fields
(d) school

8. Rivers have served as:
(a) traffic routes
(b) trade routes ✓
(c) travel routes
(d) transit routes

9. Most towns in ancient times were built near:
(a) seas
(b) canals
(c) rivers ✓
(d) lakes

10. There is a shortage of water in the rivers during the:
(a) summer season
(b) autumn season
(c) spring season
(d) winter season ✓

11. A barrage which blocks the flow of water is a kind of:
(a) wall ✓
(b) dam
(c) slope
(d) barrier

12. A barrage has gates through which water passes in a:
(a) plentiful quantity
(b) large quantity
(c) limited quantity ✓
(d) small quantity

13. The purpose of a dam is to control the flow of water in floods and:
(a) deposit
(b) collect
(c) store it ✓
(d) accumulate

14. The Guddu Barrage is built on the river:
(a) Jhelum
(b) Chenab
(c) Indus ✓
(d) Satlej

15. In length, the Guddu Barrage is:
(a) 1155 m
(b) 1255 m
(c) 1355 m ✓
(d) 1455 m

16. Through the Guddu Barrage, can pass a flood of:
(a) 1.2 cusecs ✓
(b) 2.2 cusecs
(c) 3.2 cusecs
(d) 4.2 cusecs

17. The Guddu Barrage has a system of:
(a) 3 main canals ✓
(b) 4 main canals
(c) 5 main canals
(d) 6 main canals

18. The barrage is meant to irrigate an area of:
(a) 1.7 million acres
(b) 2.7 million acres ✓
(c) 3.7 million acres
(d) 4.7 million acres

19. Most of the area irrigated by the Guddu Barrage lies in Sukkur and:
(a) Khairpur districts
(b) Mirpur districts
(c) Tharparkar districts
(d) Jacobabad districts ✓

20. The Guddu Barrage also irrigates some areas of:
(a) Kalat ✓
(b) Zhob
(c) Ziarat
(d) Punjab

21. The Guddu Barrage was put into operation on 4^th February:
(a) 1960
(b) 1961
(c) 1962 ✓
(d) 1963

22. Begari Sindh Feeder and Desert Pat Feeder are on the:
(a) right bank ✓
(b) left bank
(c) north bank
(d) south bank

23. Ghotki Feeder is on the:
(a) right bank
(b) left bank ✓
(c) north bank
(d) south bank

24. The engineers, technicians and labourers worked day and night to complete the Guddu Barrage were:
(a) 3,000
(b) 4,000
(c) 5,000 ✓
(d) 6,000