A Visit to Cambridge Class 8 Worksheet English Honeydew

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Q1: What is the main subject of "A Visit to Cambridge"?
(a) Physics
(b) Astrophysics
(c) Travel
(d) Disability
Ans: (c)
The main subject of "A Visit to Cambridge" is Firdaus Kanga's travel experience, particularly his visit to Cambridge University.

Q2: Who is the author of "A Brief History of Time"?
(a) Isaac Newton
(b) Firdaus Kanga
(c) Stephen Hawking
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)
"A Brief History of Time" is authored by Stephen Hawking, as mentioned in the text.

Q3: What was Firdaus Kanga's initial reaction upon meeting Stephen Hawking?
(a) Surprised
(b) Disappointed
(c) Angry
(d) Happy
Ans: (a)
Firdaus Kanga was surprised when he met Stephen Hawking, as mentioned in the text.

Q4: What did Firdaus ask Stephen Hawking about dealing with his situation?
(a) How he became paralyzed
(b) How he dealt with things courageously
(c) Why people patronized him
(d) What his favorite book was
Ans: (b)
Firdaus asked Stephen Hawking about how he dealt with his situation, and Hawking's response is mentioned in the text.

Q5: Why did Stephen Hawking find it funny when people patronized him?
(a) Because he didn't like attention
(b) Because he had no other option but to be brave
(c) Because he found humor in the situation
(d) Because he was annoyed by it
Ans: (c)
According to the text, Stephen Hawking found it funny when people patronized him, indicating a sense of humor about the situation.

Fill in the Blanks

Q1: Firdaus Kanga expressed his desire to write a book based on his visit to ____________.
Ans: England

Q2: Stephen Hawking succeeded Sir Isaac Newton’s chair in the ____________ Department at Cambridge University.
Ans: Physics

Q3: The assistant gave Firdaus an appointment between ____________ for the meeting with Stephen Hawking.
Ans: 3:30 and 4 p.m.

Q4: According to Hawking, disabled people should focus on the ____________ in themselves rather than their disability.
Ans: good

Q5: The interview with Stephen Hawking ended with him going into his ____________.
Ans: garden

Answer the following Questions

Q1: What was the name of the book written by Stephen Hawking that the author immediately remembered?
Ans: The author remembered that Stephen Hawking as the same brilliant, but completely paralyzed astrophysicist who wrote biggest best-sellers titled- “A Brief History of Time”.

Q2: What did the author do as soon as he finished the tour?
Ans: As soon as the tour finished, the author Firdaus Khan reached the phone booth to make a call at Stephen Hawking’s house.

Q3: Who received his call and why did the author call at Stephen’s Hawking’s house?
Ans: Stephen Hawking received Firdaus Khan’s call. He had called up to talk to his assistant and even told him that he had come in a wheelchair from India to write about his travel in Britain and even had to meet Professor Hawking. 

Q4: How much time did the author ask for to meet Professor Hawking and how much time his assistant gave him?
Ans: The author asked for merely 10-min to meet Professor Hawking but the assistant gave him 30-minutes.

Q5: What did people tell the author to be as he was disabled?
Ans. The author mentioned that growing up as a disabled, people often told him to be brave, and always have courage. He believed that the only thing that could make him strong was to meet someone like him who achieved something great in his life which could be figured out and understood only when one could figure out the journey the person had travelled and the journey the author need to travel.

Q6: What does the author ask Professor Hawking? What does Professor respond?
Ans: The author who himself was disabled asked the professor that a lot of people think that disabled persons are constantly not happy. He knew that it is not true, but does the professor often laugh inside? The professor took around 3-min pause and then responded that he finds it funny when people patronize him.

Q7: What does Professor respond to the author’s next question “And do you find it annoying when someone like me comes and disturbs you in your work?” how does the author feel about it?
Ans: On hearing the question related to his work, Professor Hawking, instantly answered “yes”, which indicates that he found it annoying when people disturbed him in his work. As the professor smiled, the author understood that he was looking at the most beautiful man in the whole world.

Q8: What was the first glimpse of the professor, the author had?
Ans: The author had a first glimpse of the professor as a shocking one. He looked like a still photograph. The author thought that all of his photographs from the newspapers, magazines had been turned into a 3D figures. When the professor twisted his head sideways into a slump, one could see the shrunk torso inside the pale blue shirt. His fingers were pale and fragile too, his legs were wasted and eyes looked as if they could speak something hard to figure out.

Q8: What the scientist Stephen Hawking, advice the disabled people?
Ans: When the author asked Stephen Hawking that what he would advise to the disabled people, the scientist who was a disabled person but a great human being, advised the disabled people to do what they were good at and that they shouldn’t copy any normal person. He felt that things like disabled Olympics were a waste of time and they should not underestimate themselves and should focus on achieving things that are in their hands.

Q10: How the author related himself to the professor’s advice? What permission did he ask for to the professor?
Ans: The author related himself to the professor’s advice instantly. He told the professor that he could relate to what he meant. The author remembered the years when he had spent his time trying to play a Spanish guitar that was larger than he was and cheerfully broke it and broke its strings to one night. The author knew that half an hour was up so he asks for the professor’s permission to leave and thanked him for his time.