MCQ Questions for Class 10 English Chapter 1 A Triumph of Surgery Footprints without Feet
1. What was the name of Mrs. Pumphrey’s dog?
(a) Tricki
(b) Tommy
(c) Ben
(d) Jonny
► (a) Tricki
2. When Tricki was seriously ill, who did Mrs Pumphrey make a frantic call?
(a) to a vet doctor Mr Herriott
(b) to her husband
(c) to her son
(d) to her daughter
► (a) to a vet doctor Mr Herriott
3. Who was Mrs. Pumphrey worried about?
(a) herself
(b) her maid-servant
(c) her dog Tricki
(d) her son
► (c) her dog Tricki
4. What did the doctor give Tricki at his clinic?
(a) many injections
(b) medicines
(c) no food for two days
(d) only milk
► (c) no food for two days
5. Where did Mr Herriot take Tricki?
(a) to his clinic
(b) to Mrs Pumphrey’s house
(c) to a public hospital for vets
(d) in the lawn
► (a) to his clinic
6. The dogs at the clinic took no interest in Tricki because he was:
(a) of small size
(b) not of their race
(c) dull and boring
(d) more powerful than them
► (c) dull and boring
7. When Mr Herriot took Tricki to his clinic, Mrs Pumphrey was:
(a) happy
(b) excited
(c) wailing
(d) sad
► (c) wailing
8. Why was Tricki admitted to the hospital?
(a) He needed an urgent surgery
(b) He was not eating and was vomiting
(c) He had hurt himself badly
(d) None of these
► (b) He was not eating and was vomiting
9. How did Tricki, the pet dog of the story ‘A Triumph of Surgery’ appear?
(a) Fat
(b) Red eyed
(c) Rheumy
(d) All of these
► (d) All of these
10. What did the doctor advise Mrs. Pumphrey, the mistress of Tricki, the pet dog?
(a) To feed the dog more food
(b) To cut down on sweet things
(c) To give proper diet
(d) To give only bitter foods
► (b) To cut down on sweet things
11. What did Mrs. Pumphrey feed Tricki every night?
(a) Malt
(b) Cod liver oil
(c) Horlicks
(d) All of these
► (d) All of these
12. Why did Mrs. Pumphrey think that Tricki, her pet dog was seriously ill?
(a) he kept lying on the carpet
(b) he had some bouts of vomiting
(c) he wasn’t eating anything
(d) All of these
► (d) All of these
13. Why was Mrs. Pumphrey swooned by the vet surgeon’s suggestion in regards to Tricki, the pet dog?
(a) by the thought of his surgery
(b) by the thought that Tricki couldn’t live a single day without her
(c) by the thought that she might lose him
(d) All of these
► (b) by the thought that Tricki couldn’t live a single day without her
14. What did Tricki, the pet dog do all day?
(a) Kept lying on the carpet
(b) Kept playing out in the garden
(c) Kept sleeping all day
(d) All of the above
► (a) Kept lying on the carpet
