Q1. What is the name of the boy in the story about the big laddoo?
A. Jithu
B. Ramu
C. Arjun
D. Mohan
Q2. What is the name of his friend?
A. Sita
B. Meena
C. Priya
D. Kavya
Q3. What can Meena not do properly?
A. Hear
B. Walk
C. See
D. Speak
Q4. What did Jithu gift Meena?
A. A book
B. Flowers
C. A box of mixed sweets
D. A kite
Q5. What did Meena pick up from the box?
A. A barfi
B. A gulab jamun
C. A laddoo
D. A jalebi
Q6. Why was Jithu surprised?
A. Meena dropped the sweet
B. Meena correctly identified the laddoo without seeing it
C. Meena didn't like sweets
D. Meena ate all the sweets
Q7. What is khichdi usually cooked with?
A. Wheat and vegetables
B. Rice and lentils
C. Wheat and lentils
D. Rice and sugar
Q8. Which festival is khichdi traditionally prepared for?
A. Diwali
B. Holi
C. Sankranti
D. Onam
Q9. What is the Sankranti festival also called?
A. Rain Festival
B. Spring Festival
C. Harvest Festival
D. Flower Festival
Q10. Which outdoor activity is popular during Sankranti?
A. Swimming
B. Flying kites
C. Playing cricket
D. Cycling
Q11. What does the poem 'The Big Laddoo' imagine by saying 'If all the laddoos were one Laddoo'?
A. A real giant laddoo
B. A fun imaginary scenario of making something very big
C. A recipe for laddoos
D. A story about food
Q12. What would happen if the BIG child threw the BIG laddoo into the BIG sea?
A. The sea would overflow
B. There would be a BIG SPLISH-SPLASH
C. The laddoo would dissolve
D. Nothing would happen
Q13. What does 'Meena cannot see properly' tell us?
A. Meena needs glasses
B. Meena has a visual impairment
C. Meena is tired
D. Meena is afraid of the dark
Q14. How did Meena know the sweet was a laddoo?
A. She guessed
B. She used her sense of touch
C. She smelled it
D. Someone told her
Q15. What does Jithu's gift of mixed sweets to Meena tell us about him?
A. He wanted to share his food
B. He was thoughtful and gifted Meena something sweet on her birthday
C. He had extra sweets
D. He wanted to trade
Q16. Why is it significant that Meena correctly identified the laddoo?
A. It shows she is smart
B. It shows she used her other senses (touch) to compensate for her visual impairment
C. She was guessing
D. Laddoos are easy to identify
Q17. What does 'Festivals help us stay together' mean in the context of khichdi?
A. Festivals are loud
B. Festival foods like khichdi create shared experiences that bond communities
C. Festivals are only for families
D. Festivals need food
Q18. What does 'different variations' of khichdi across India show?
A. India has poor communication
B. Cultural diversity across Indian states leads to regional variations in common dishes
C. Only one type is correct
D. Khichdi is not popular
Q19. What does the Harvest Festival celebrate?
A. The beginning of winter
B. A successful harvest as a gift from the Sun God
C. The rains
D. A king's birthday
Q20. Why is khichdi known by different names across India?
A. Because people cannot agree
B. Because different regions speak different languages and have their own culture and names
C. It is a foreign dish
D. It was invented separately in each state
Q21. What is the connection between the poem about the big laddoo and the story about Jithu and Meena?
A. There is no connection
B. Both involve laddoos — the poem imagines one huge laddoo while the story shows Meena identifying a real laddoo
C. They are completely different stories
D. The poem is a recipe
Q22. What does the poem's structure of 'If all X were one X, Oh! What a BIG X it would be!' show?
A. The poem is about real events
B. The poem uses imagination and exaggeration for fun and wonder
C. The poem is about nature
D. The poem is a lullaby
Q23. What does Meena's ability to identify the laddoo by touch show about people with visual impairments?
A. They cannot enjoy sweets
B. They develop other senses more strongly to compensate for not seeing
C. They need help always
D. They cannot identify objects
Q24. What is the connection between the content about khichdi in this chapter and the festival theme?
A. There is no connection
B. Khichdi connects the themes of food, festivals, and India's regional diversity
C. Khichdi is only a dinner food
D. Festivals don't include food
Q25. Why is the birthday context important in the Jithu-Meena story?
A. Birthdays mean lots of sweets
B. It shows the occasion on which Jithu gifted Meena — an act of friendship and inclusion
C. Birthdays are always surprising
D. Jithu is showing off
Q26. What does listing different regional names for khichdi teach children?
A. That India is divided
B. That India has rich cultural diversity that can be seen even in a single dish
C. That khichdi is only from one state
D. That regional food names are unimportant
Q27. How does the story of Jithu and Meena promote inclusion?
A. By excluding Meena
B. By showing Meena participating fully in a social activity despite her visual impairment
C. By making Meena the hero
D. By saying Meena is different
Q28. What is the effect of the repetition in the poem 'Oh! What a BIG ... it would be!'?
A. It shows the poet forgot words
B. It creates emphasis and builds excitement about how big each imaginary thing would be
C. It is a mistake
D. It makes the poem shorter
Q29. Which names for the Sankranti festival are mentioned in the text?
A. Pongal
B. Lohri
C. Bihu
D. Diwali
Q30. Which states and their khichdi names are mentioned?
A. Gujarati khichdi from Gujarat
B. Pongal from Tamil Nadu
C. Moong khetchir from Kashmir
D. Kichuri from West Bengal
✓ Correct Answer: A,B,C,D
Q31. What is the theme of the chapter 'The Big Laddoo' taken as a whole?
A. Competition
B. The joy of imagination, the beauty of friendship and inclusion, and India's diverse food culture
C. Cooking recipes
D. Sports and games
Q32. What does the juxtaposition of the imaginative poem and the real story of Jithu and Meena achieve?
A. Nothing specific
B. It moves from fantasy (imagining a giant laddoo) to reality (a real laddoo connecting friends)
C. It confuses the reader
D. It shows the poet likes sweets
Q33. What can we infer about Meena's character from her excited identification of the laddoo?
A. She is competitive
B. Despite her visual impairment she is joyful, capable, and enthusiastic
C. She is sad
D. She is showing off her sense of touch
Q34. How does this chapter reflect respect for people with different abilities?
A. By asking Meena to leave
B. By showing Meena participating fully in a birthday celebration and identifying the laddoo through touch
C. By making Meena look helpless
D. By giving Meena special treatment
Q35. What does the connection between festivals, food, and culture in this chapter suggest?
A. Food has nothing to do with culture
B. Food like khichdi is a powerful carrier of cultural identity and regional diversity in India
C. Only sweets represent culture
D. Culture is not connected to festivals
Q36. Which elements of the poem 'The Big Laddoo' make it imaginative and fun?
A. Imagining all laddoos becoming one giant laddoo
B. Imagining all children becoming one big child
C. Imagining all seas becoming one big sea
D. The idea of a BIG SPLISH-SPLASH
✓ Correct Answer: A,B,C,D
Q37. Which facts about khichdi are mentioned in the chapter?
A. It is prepared during Sankranti
B. It is cooked with rice and lentils
C. It is known by different names across India
D. It is only eaten in one state
Q38. What qualities does the friendship between Jithu and Meena show?
A. Thoughtfulness (Jithu gifted sweets on her birthday)
B. Inclusion (Meena participated in the birthday activity)
C. Competition
D. Honesty (Jithu surprised by Meena's identification)
Q39. Which different names for khichdi are mentioned in the chapter?
A. Pongal
B. Kichuri
C. Bisi bele bhat
D. Moong khetchir
✓ Correct Answer: A,B,C,D
Q40. What are the themes explored across the full chapter 'The Big Laddoo'?
A. Imagination and fun
B. Food and festivals
C. Friendship and inclusion
D. India's cultural diversity through food
✓ Correct Answer: A,B,C,D
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