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MCQ Questions for Class 10 English Chapter 6 The Making of a Scientist Footprints without Feet

1. Richard H. Ebright was a famous :

(a) singer

(b) scientist

(c) writer

(d) doctor

► (b) scientist

2. According to Ebright what was required for winning a prize in the science fair?

(a) real experiment

(b) mere display of things

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) none of these

► (a) real experiment

3. What did Ebright start collecting in childhood?

(a) butterflies

(b) rocks

(c) coins

(d) all of these

► (d) all of these

4. Which theory is discovered by Ebright?

(a) how mutation works

(b) how motion works

(c) how cells work

(d) all of these

► (c) how cells work

5. Which butterflies were not eaten by birds?

(a) viceroy

(b) monarch

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) none of these

► (b) monarch

6. Who encouraged Ebright in his interest in learning?

(a) his mother

(b) his father

(d) his neighbour

(d) his teacher

► (a) his mother

7. What did Ebright start searching in the 2nd year of high school?

(a) An unknown hormone in the gold spots of butterflies

(b) An unknown hormone in the green spots of leaves

(c) An unknown hormone in the different species of butterflies

(d) An unknown hormone in the gold spots of monarch butterflies

► (a) An unknown hormone in the gold spots of butterflies

8. What was Ebrights’ hobby as a kid?

(a) collecting things

(b) collecting stamps

(c) collecting books

(d) collecting currency

► (a) collecting things

9. What did the book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’ give Ebright a thorough knowledge about?

(a) Knowledge about the monarch rocks

(b) Knowledge about the monarch fossils

(c) Knowledge about the monarch butterflies

(d) Knowledge about the monarch coins

► (c) Knowledge about the monarch butterflies

10. What was Ebright fascinated with?

(a) butterflies

(b) stars

(c) rocks

(d) plants

► (a) butterflies

11. Richard H Ebright is a leading scientist who has contributed significantly to which branches of science?

(a)Biochemistry

(b) Molecular Biology

(c) Biology

(d) Both (a) and (b)

► (d) Both (a) and (b)

12. What did Ebright do eagerly as a little child?

(a) Stargazing

(b) Simple experiments

(c) Collecting weird things

(d) None of these

► (a) Stargazing

13. What did Ebright realise?

(a) that this wasn’t his foray

(b) that chasing the butterflies one by one won’t enable him to catch many

(c) that it was a difficult task

(d) all of these

► (b) that chasing the butterflies one by one won’t enable him to catch many

14. What did the book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’ describe?

(a) how monarch butterflies migrate to Southern America

(b) how monarch butterflies migrate to Northern America

(c) how monarch butterflies migrate to Central America

(d) how monarch butterflies migrate to Western America

► (c) how monarch butterflies migrate to Central America

15. What did Ebright start tagging?

(a) insects

(b) monarch butterflies

(c) vibrant butterflies

(d) none of these

► (b) monarch butterflies

MCQ Questions for Class 10 English Chapter 5 Footprints without Feet

1. Why was it a bad time to wander about in London without clothes?

(a) it was bitterly cold

(b) it was very hot

(c) it was a rainy season

(d) none of these

► (a) it was bitterly cold

2. Griffin discovered a medicine that could make his body

(a) large

(b) invisible

(c) small

(d) healthy

► (b) invisible

3. For what did Griffin enter the big London store?

(a) for warmth

(b) for coldness

(c) for money

(d) all of these

► (a) for warmth

4. Whose house did Griffin set on fire?

(a) Mrs Hall

(b) the clergyman

(c) the landlord

(d) the shopkeeper

► (c) the landlord

5. Griffin left his muddy footprints on the steps of a house in the middle of

(a) London

(b) Paris

(c) Berlin

(d) Warsaw

► (a) London

6. Griffin, the brilliant scientist of the chapter Footprints without Feet’ degenerated himself into a lawless person because

(a) he committed a crime

(b) his discovery was illegal

(c) he misused his discovery

(d) all of these

► (c) he misused his discovery

7. What did Griffin use his discovery for, as in the chapter ‘Footprints without Feet’?

(a) To threaten, trouble and beat innocent persons and rob them

(b) To make illegal entries in stores and shops and steel things from there

(c) To commit burglaries

(d) All of these

► (d) All of these

8. What was Griffin’s discovery as in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet??

(a) A drug that could make one invisible

(b) Time machine

(c) Invisible ink

(d) None of these

► (a) A drug that could make one invisible

9. Griffin the scientist of the chapter ‘Footprints without Feet committed a burglary in

(a) a clergyman’s house in Iping

(b) a jewellery store

(c) a mall

(d) none of these

► (a) a clergyman’s house in Iping

10. Why was it not easy for Griffin to walk without clothes, as in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet’?

(a) People were watching him

(b) It was winter

(c) He was feeling ashamed

(d) All of these

► (b) It was winter

11. What did Griffin steal from the kitchen of the store, in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet’?

(a) Meat, coffee, sweets and wine

(b) Burgers and fries

(c) Pizza and coke

(d) All of these

► (a) Meat, coffee, sweets and wine

12. What did Griffin do after he set the house on fire?

(a) He took the drug

(b) He took off his clothes

(c) He became invisible & went out

(d) All of these

► (d) All of these

13. Where did Griffin sleep?

(a) On the floor

(b) On the kitchen table

(c) On a pile of quilts

(d) In the changing room

► (c) On a pile of quilts

14. Why couldn’t the shop assistants catch hold of Griffin, in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet’?

(a) He ran out too fast

(b) He had become invisible

(c) He drove away quickly

(d) He was lost in the busy street

► (b) He had become invisible

15. What was the name of the landlady at the Iping inn, as in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet’?

(a) Mrs D’costa

(b) Mrs Root

(c) Mrs Hall

(s) Mrs Hales

► (c) Mrs Hall

MCQ Questions for Class 10 English Chapter 4 A Question of Trust Footprints without Feet

1. Horace Danby did the job of:

(a) making toys

(b) making locks

(c) fixing leakages

(d) making jewellery

► (b) making locks

2. Where had the servant at Shotover Grange gone that afternoon?

(a) to their cinema

(b) to the market

(c) to the park

(d) to the mall

► (a) to their cinema

3. How many times did Horace Danby make a theft in a year?

(a) only once

(b) twice

(c) thrice

(d) every month

► (a) only once

4. Horace Danby was fond of:

(a) reading rare and expensive books

(b) listening to music

(c) going to public parks

(d) watching movies

► (a) reading rare and expensive books

5. What did the young lady threaten to do?

(a) to raise alarm

(b) to let Sherry loose at him

(c) to inform the police

(d) to call the neighbours

► (c) to inform the police

6. Where did Horace decide to make a theft this time?

(a) Montex Grange

(b) Shotover Grange

(c) Westbury Grange

(d) Mintunbury Grange

► (b) Shotover Grange

7. What does Horace do for the owner’s wife?

(a) He cooks her a meal

(b) He opens the safe

(c) He cleans the cupboards

(d) None of these

► (b) He opens the safe

8. Who does Horace meet at the site of robbery?

(a) A young lady

(b) A police officer

(c) A fireman

(d) The house owner

► (a) A young lady

9. What is the young lady’s reality?

(a) She owns the house

(b) She too is a burglar

(c) She is a house help

(d) She is a tenant

► (b) She too is a burglar

10. What did Horace want to do?

(a) Marry the lady burglar

(b) Handover the lady to cops

(c) Rob the safe

(d) None of these

► (c) Rob the safe

11. Who did Horace handover the jewels to?

(a) to the house lady

(b) to the cops

(c) to burglar no. 2

(d) None of these

► (c) to burglar no. 2

12. What did Horace request the lady in red to do?

(a) To inform the police

(b) To help him

(c) To go away

(d) To keep shut

► (c) To go away

13. Who was the lady in red?

(a) Burglar no. 2

(b) Househelp

(c) Lady cop

(d) House owner

► (a) Burglar no. 2

14. How do you think was the smartest character?

(a) The lady in red

(b) Horace Danby

(c) The owner’s wife

(d) None of these

► (a) The lady in red

15. Where had the two servants of the house gone?

(a) to the market

(b) for a movie

(c) to their native place

(d) to the mall

► (b) for a movie

MCQ Questions for Class 10 English Chapter 3 The Midnight Visitor Footprints without Feet

1. What was Fowler’s profession?

(a) writer

(b) actor

(c) fireman

(d) policeman

► (a) writer

2. Who was Max?

(a) Fowler’s friend

(b) another secret agent

(c) Ausable’s friend

(d) manager of the hotel

► (b) another secret agent

3. Who knocked at Ausable’s door?

(a) a policeman

(b) a fireman

(c) the waiter

(d) Fowler

► (c) the waiter

4. Ausable was brought to Paris twenty years ago from:

(a) London

(b) Berlin

(c) Kathmandu

(d) Boston

► (d) Boston

5. Where was Ausable’s room situated in the hotel?

(a) on the ground floor

(b) on the sixth and top floor

(c) on the first and third floor

(d) on the fourth floor

► (b) on the sixth and top floor

6. Who came to meet Ausable?

(a) Fowler

(b) Policeman

(c) Ausable’s father

(d) Max

► (a) Fowler

7. What leads to Max’s death?

(a) Fighting

(b) Trick

(c) Bullet

(d) Shooting

► (b) Trick

8. Who was the intruder?

(a) Ausable

(b) Max

(c) Robert

(d) None of these

► (b) Max

9. What was Ausable expecting?

(a) An important magazine

(b) An important paper

(c) An important information

(d) All of these

► (b) An important paper

10. What did Max carry with him while trying to get the paper from Ausable?

(a) Pistol

(b) Tobacco

(c) Rifle

(d) Knife

► (a) Pistol

11. What were the qualities of Ausable’s fertile brain?

(a) invent and cook up stories

(b) invent and cook up situations that would confuse and unnerve his rivals

(c) work under pressure

(d) Both (a) and (b)

► (d) Both (a) and (b)

12. What did Ausable not live up to?

(a) to the romantic picture of a secret agent from a book or movie

(b) to his commitment

(c) to his parents’ advice

(d) all of these

► (a) to the romantic picture of a secret agent from a book or movie

13. How was Ausable’s physical appearance?

(a) Fat and sloppy

(b) Fair and heighted

(d) Extremely good looking

(d) Tall, dark and handsome

► (a) Fat and sloppy

14. Who was ‘quick of action’ in the story?

(a) Robert

(b) Max

(c) Ausable

(d) None of these

► (c) Ausable

15. What was the result of the stories cooked up by Ausable?

(a) His papers were safe and Max was killed

(b) Max looted him

(c) Max killed him

(d) None of these

► (a) His papers were safe and Max was killed

MCQ Questions for Class 10 English Chapter 2 The Thief’s Story Footprints without Feet

1. How old was Anil?

(a) 20 years

(b) 22 years

(c) 23 years

(d) 25 years

► (d) 25 years

2. How old was the thief boy?

(a) 10 years

(b) 15 years

(c) 16 years

(d) 18 years

► (b) 15 years

3. Anil lived in a room in a shop named:

(a) Jumna Sweet Shop

(b) Ganga Sweet Shop

(c) Ganesh Sweet Shop

(d) Shankar Sweet Shop

► (a) Jumna Sweet Shop

4. What did the boy ask Anil?

(a) to give him some money

(b) to employ him

(c) to give him some food

(d) to tell him the way

► (b) to employ him

5. Who hires Hari Singh as a helping hand in his house?

(a) Anil

(b) Ganesh

(c) Aniket

(d) Gaurav

► (a) Anil

6. What did Anil do to the food cooked by the boy the first day?

(a) ate it with happiness

(b) put it in the refrigerator

(c) threw it to a stray dog

(d) asked the boy to eat it all

► (c) threw it to a stray dog

7. What was Anil doing when the thief boy met him?

(a) watching a match

(b) writing an article

(c) playing badminton

(d) going on the road

► (b) writing an article

8. What made Anil give up on his decision to throw Hari Singh out?

(a) his happy face

(b) his honesty

(c) his appealing smile

(d) his hard work

► (c) his appealing smile

9. Where did Anil come across with Hari Singh?

(a) At the market

(b) At a wrestling match

(c) In a mall

(d) At an exhibition

► (b) At a wrestling match

10. Why did Anil throw away Hari Singh’s first cooked meal to the dogs?

(a) because Hari Singh did not know how to cook 

(b) because the food was poisoned

(c) because the food was stale

(d) because the food was too spicy

► (a) because Hari Singh did not know how to cook 

11. What was Anil’s profession as mentioned?

(a) Writer

(b) Wrestler

(c) Shopkeeper

(d) Engineer

► (a) Writer

12. Where did Anil keep the bundle of money?

(a) under his mattress

(b) under the pillow

(c) in the locker

(d) under the table

► (a) under his mattress

13. What kind of jobs did Hari Singh do for Anil?

(a) making tea

(b) bringing day’s supplies

(c) doing odd jobs

(d) all of these

► (d) all of these

14. When did Hari Singh remember Anil?

(a) while eating food

(b) when he missed the train

(c) when he got drenched in rain

(d) while walking in the bazaar

► (c) when he got drenched in rain

15. What did Hari Singh do upon missing the train to Lucknow?

(a) roamed on the streets

(b) walked in the bazaars

(c) went to watch a movie

(d) went shopping

► (b) walked in the bazaars

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

For Anne Gregory MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

But I can get a hair-dye
And set such colour there,
Brown or black, or carrot,
That young men in despair
May love me for myself alone
And not your yellow hair

Question :  Who is ‘I’ in the stanza ?
(a) Anne
(b) poet
(c) reader
(d) lady stranger

Answer :  A

Question : What is the colour of her hair ?
(a) brown
(b) black
(c) carrot
(d) yellow

Answer :  D

Question : Name the poem.
(a) Amanda
(b) For Anne Gregory
(c) Fog
(d) Dust of Snow

Answer :  B

Question : Find the word in the passage which means same as ‘hopelessness’.
(a) sorrow
(b) despair
(c) dejection
(d) gloom

Answer :  B

Never shall a young man
thrown into despair
By those great honey coloured
Ramparts at your ear
Love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair

Question : Name the poet.
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Walt Whitman
(c) Carl Sandburg
(d) William Butler Yeats

Answer :  D

Question : ‘You’ in the above mentioned lines refers to ………………. .
(a) Anne Gregory
(b) (you) reader
(c) poet
(d) some unknown person

Answer :  A

Question : A young man should never be thrown into ………………. .
(a) serious problem
(b) mass
(c) sadness
(d) despair

Answer :  D

Question : Find a word in the passage which is ‘compared to wall’ ?
(a) protected
(b) guarded
(c) covered
(d) rampart

Answer :  D

Question : Name the literary device used in the line “honey-coloured ramparts at your ear”
(a) Oxymoron
(b) metaphor
(c) Assonance
(d) None of these

Answer :  B

Question : Anne Gregory has a —— colored hair.
(a) Red
(b) Brown
(c) Yellow
(d) Black

Answer :  C

Question : What did the young lady expect?
(a) her lover should love her for wealth.
(b) her lover should love her for herself only.
(c) her lover should love her for behaviour only.
(d) None of the above

Answer :  B

Question : What feature of the woman has put the young man into despair?
(a) The outer part of the woman’s nose
(b) The outer part of the woman’s eyes
(c) The outer part of the woman’s ear
(d) The outer part of the woman’s lips

Answer :  C

Question : How will the young man react to seeing the honey coloured ramparts?
(a) He will be thrown into despair.
(b) He will be thrown into happiness.
(c) He will be thrown into confused.
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : What does the girl think she can do to get rid of lovers?
(a) cut her hair
(b) dye her hair
(c) cover her hair
(d) all of them

Answer :  B

Question : What does the girl want?
(a) To be loved for herself
(b) to be loved for her hair
(c) to be loved for her appearance
(d) to be loved for her riches

Answer :  A

Question : What would the kids bet about in class?
(a) who is more talkative
(b) who would pass the class
(c) football matches
(d) baseball matches

Answer :  B

Question : To make the young man really fall for her the girl will ——-.
(a) Not put any makeup
(b) Wear ordinary dress
(c) Dye her hair
(d) Behave property

Answer :  C

Question : Who was it that the poet had heard?
(a) A Priest
(b) An old religious man.
(c) A King
(d) None of the above

Answer :  B

Question : Why does she give a brief sketch about her family in the diary?
(a) no one would understand it if she dove right in
(b) to introduce Kitty to her family
(c) she would forget facts about her family
(d) she liked talking about her family

Answer :  A

Question : What hair colour is the lover attracted to?
(a) carrot
(b) black
(c) brown
(d) yellow

Answer :  D

Question : Which subject was she not sure of passing?
(a) Maths
(b) science
(c) English
(d) all of the above

Answer :  A

Question : How old was Anne’s father when he married her mother?
(a) 34
(b) 35
(c) 36
(d) 32

Answer :  C

Question : What is the mood of the young man?
(a) sad
(b) happy
(c) romantic
(d) miserable

Answer :  A

Question : Who is Anne’s long awaited friend?
(a) Her pen
(b) Her cat
(c) Her diary
(d) Her Dog

Answer :  C

Question : Who can love us for who we are and not for how we look?
(a) poet
(b) young boy
(c) God
(d) None of these

Answer :  C

Question : Name the literary device used in the line “honey-coloured ramparts at your ear”
(a) Oxymoron
(b) metaphor
(c) Assonance
(d) None of these

Answer :  B

Question : Who would Anne allow to read her diary?
(a) her sister
(b) her parents
(c) a real friend (if she got one)
(d) no one

Answer :  C

Question : How many siblings did Anne have?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Answer :  A

Question : For what will the man love her?
(a) The man will love her for behaviour.
(b) The man will love her for wealth.
(c) The man will love her for herself.
(d) The man will love her for beauty.

Answer :  C

Question : Who was the only survivor from Anne’s family
(a) Anne
(b) Anne’s father
(c) Anne’s mother
(d) Anne’s sister

Answer :  B

Question : Who is the poet of the poem “For Anne Gregory”?
(a) Carl Sandburg
(b) William Butler Yeats
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  B

Question : Why does Anne want to keep a diary?
(a) she has no close friends
(b) she loves to write
(c) she wants people to read about her later
(d) she likes the idea of it

Answer :  A

Question : What shows Anne’s love for her grandmother?
(a) she still thinks about her
(b) she misses her
(c) she let her birthday pass with little celebration
(d) both 1 and 2

Answer :  D

Question : What is the colour of the ramparts of the young lady?
(a) Golden
(b) Honey
(c) Silver
(d) Brown

Answer :  B

Question : When was Anne’s born?
(a) On 12th June 1929
(b) On 12th June 1930
(c) On 12th June 1931
(d) On 12th June 1932

Answer :  A

Question : What was the subject on which she had to write?
(a) Necessity of Walking
(b) Necessity of Running
(c) Necessity of Talking
(d) Necessity of Studying

Answer :  C

The Tale of Custard the Dragon MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful,
Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival,
They all sat laughing in the little red wagon
At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon.

Question : Who is Belinda ?
(a) a lady
(b) a little girl
(c) an old woman
(d) a married woman

Answer :  B

Question : Who tickled the dragon ?
(a) ink
(b) blink
(c) mustard
(d) Belinda

Answer :  D

Question : Where all sat laughing ?
(a) in little room
(b) in library
(c) in little red wagon
(d) in study room

Answer :  C

Question : Find the word in the passage that means same as ‘unkind’.
(a) unmerciful
(b) rudely
(c) percival
(d) cowardly

Answer :  A

Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth,
And spikes on top of him and scales underneath,
Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose,
And realio, trulio daggers on his toes.

Question : Who was Custard ?
(a) dog
(b) kitten
(c) rat
(d) dragon

Answer :  D

Question : What was beneath his body ?
(a) spikes
(b) scales
(c) fireplace
(d) chimney

Answer :  B

Question : How does his nose looked like ?
(a) scales
(b) chimney
(c) fireplace
(d) spikes

Answer :  B

Question : Which poetic device is used in the above lines, ‘Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose’ ?
(a) personification
(b) metaphor
(c) simile
(d) alliteration

Answer :  C

Belinda paled, and she cried Help ! Help !
But Mustard fled with terrified yelp,
Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household,
And little mouse Blink strategically mousehold. 

Question : Who cried for help ?
(a) Mustard
(b) Ink
(c) Blink
(d) Belinda

Answer :  D

Question : What did Mustard, Ink and Blink do ?
(a) ran away
(b) faced the pirate
(c) hid themselves
(d) saved Belinda

Answer :  A

Question : Ink trickled down to the ……………… of the household.
(a) top
(b) underneath
(c) bottom
(d) outer

Answer :  C

Question : Name the rhyme scheme of the stanza.
(a) aaab
(b) abab
(c) aabb
(d) abba

Answer :  C

Belinda embraced him, Mustard licked him, No one mourned for his pirate victim.
Ink and Blink in glee did gyrate Around the dragon that ate the pirate.

Question : Everyone embraced Custard because he had killed the …………………… .
(a) pirate
(b) boy
(c) man
(d) lion

Answer :  A

Question : Name the bravest creature who saved every body in Belinda’s house ?
(a) ink
(b) mustard
(c) blink
(d) custard

Answer :  D

Question : Which word in the passage means the same as ‘hug’ ?
(a) gaped
(b) embraced
(c) mourned
(d) gyrate

Answer :  B

Question : Actually the dragon was not …………………….. .
(a) brave
(b) a coward
(c) courageous
(d) weak

Answer :  B

Question : Who does ‘him’ stand for in the first line ?
(a) pirate
(b) mustard
(c) custard
(d) blink

Answer :  C

Question : Who is the victim ?
(a) mustard
(b) ink
(c) blink
(d) pirate

Answer :  D

Question : The name of the black kitten was –
(a) Mustard
(b) Ink
(c) Custard
(d) Blink

Answer :  B

Question : The rhyme scheme of the stanza is
(a) abba
(b) abab
(c) aabb
(d) abbb

Answer :  C

Question : The pirate attacked the dragon by firing ——- bullets.
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 5

Answer :  B

Question : Which word means the same as ‘culprit’ in the stanza ?
(a) licked
(b) embraced
(c) victim
(d) gyrate

Answer :  C

Question : Who is the poet of the poem “The tale of Custard the Dragon”?
(a) Carl Sandburg
(b) Ogden Nash
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  B

Question : Name the poetic device used in the line “And the little yellow dog was sharp as mustard”
(a) Oxymoron
(b) metaphor
(c) Assonance
(d) Simile

Answer :  D

Question : Who saved everyone from the pirate?
(a) kitten
(b) mouse
(c) dragon
(d) dog

Answer :  C

Question : Belinda was as brave as a group of –
(a) Lion
(b) Tiger
(c) Bear
(d) Elephant

Answer :  C

Question :  Who was called cowardly?
(a) Blink
(b) Custard
(c) Ink
(d) Rither

Answer :  B

Question :  Who did Belinda used to tease?
(a) kitten
(b) mouse
(c) dragon
(d) dog

Answer :  C

Question : The pirate had a wooden ——–.
(a) Leg
(b) Teeth
(c) Hand
(d) Pistol

Answer :  A

Question : Belinda lived in a little ——- coloured house.
(a) White
(b) Brown
(c) Red
(d) Yellow

Answer :  A

Fog MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

Question : The fog comes
on little cat feet
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

Question : Who is ‘It’ in the above lines ?
(a) cut
(b) fog
(c) city
(d) harbour

Answer :  B

Question : How does fog comes on ?
(a) little dog feet
(b) little rat feet
(c) little birds feet
(d) little cat feet

Answer :  D

Question : Where does the fog sit on ?
(a) harbour and city
(b) top of the mountains
(c) top of the tall trees
(d) top of buildings

Answer :  A

Question : Name the poem.
(a) Daffodils
(b) The snow
(c) The cat
(d) Fog

Answer :  D

Question : The fog is compared to what ?
(a) mouse
(b) cat
(c) dog
(d) ant

Answer :  B

Question : The figure of speech used in these lines is ?
(a) personification
(b) analogy
(c) personification/analogy
(d) none of them

Answer :  C

Question : How does the cat sits ?
(a) on its paws
(b) on its back
(c) on its haunches
(d) on its stomach

Answer :  C

Question : Name the poet.
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Robin Klein
(c) John Berryman
(d) Carl Sandburg

Answer :  D

Question : Name the poet of the poem “Fog”.
(a) Carl Sandburg
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  A

Question : After sitting, the fog _
(a) Disappears
(b) sits there only
(c) moves on
(d) gets dense

Answer :  C

Question : What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
(a) ababab
(b) aababa
(c) aabaab
(d) no rhyme scheme

Answer :  D

Question : What does the fog do while it looks over the city and the harbour?
(a) sits
(b) moves
(c) stands
(d) dances

Answer :  A

Question : What is the rhyming scheme of poem?
(a) aabb
(b) abab
(c) Free Verse
(d) None of the Above.

Answer :  C

Question : What is the name of the poet?
(a) Sylvia Plath
(b) Carl Sandburg
(c) Robert Frost
(d) Robert Burns

Answer :  B

Question : Fog comes like a –
(a) Cat
(b) Bear
(c) Dog
(d) Skyline

Answer :  A

Question : What is the rhyme scheme of the poem ‘Fog’?
(a) aabbccdd
(b) abcd
(c) aabc aabc
(d) no rhyme scheme

Answer :  D

Question : Name the poet of the poem “Fog”.
(a) Carl Sandburg
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer : A

Question : Here fog has compared with the cat because of his –
(a) Soft nature
(b) Unpredictable manner
(c) Silent manner
(d) Witty manner

Answer :  B

The Trees MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

Q. 1. The trees inside are moving out into the forest.
the forest that was empty all these days
Where no bird could sit
no insect hide
no sun bury its feet in shadow.

Question : Where are the trees inside moving to ?
(a) on road
(b) in plains
(c) on mountains
(d) into the forest

Answer :  D

Question : Who cannot sit on the trees ?
(a) monkeys
(b) birds
(c) children
(d) fishes

Answer :  B

Question : Which word here means ‘hide from view’ ?
(a) bury
(b) disengage
(c) shuffling
(d) boughs

Answer :  A

Question : Who cannot hide in the trees ?
(a) birds
(b) animals
(c) insects
(d) children

Answer :  C

I sit inside, doors open to the verandah
Writing long letters
In which I scarcely mention the departure
of the forest from the house.
The night is fresh, the whole moon shines
in a sky still open
the smell of leaves and lichen
still reaches like a voice into the rooms.

Question : What is the name of the poem ?
(a) The Animals
(b) The Trees
(c) The Ball Poem
(d) How to Tell Wild animals

Answer :  B

Question : Where does the doors open ?
(a) verandah
(b) balcony
(c) garden
(d) backyard

Answer :  A

Question : Which word in the passage means the same as ‘fragrance’ ?
(a) perfume
(b) deodorant
(c) air-freshner
(d) smell

Answer :  D

Question : The figure of speech used in the last line “still reaches like a voice into the rooms”.
(a) imagery
(b) simile
(c) alliteration
(d) metaphor

Answer :  B

Winds rush to meet them,
The moon is broken like a mirror;
Its pieces flash now in the crown
Of the tallest oak.

Question : Who rushes to meet trees ?
(a) sun
(b) winds
(c) rain
(d) moon

Answer : B

Question : The moon is broken like a ………………… .
(a) crystal
(b) glass
(c) mirror
(d) toy

Answer : C

Question : Whose pieces flash now in the crown of the oak ?
(a) sun
(b) earth
(c) moon
(d) planets

Answer : C

Question : Its piece flash now in the ……………….. of the tallest oak.
(a) crown
(b) branches
(c) leaves
(d) fruits

Answer : A

All night the roots work
disengage themselves from the cracks
in the veranda floor

Question : Who composed these lines ?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Carolyn Wells
(c) Ogden Nash
(d) Adrienne Rich

Answer :  D

Question : The roots are entangled in the
(a) earth
(b) pot
(c) cracks
(d) stone

Answer :  C

Question : The cracks have appeared on
(a) the ceiling
(b) the flower pots
(c) the roof
(d) the veranda floor

Answer :  D

Question : The word ‘disengage’ means
(a) combine
(b) separate
(c) join
(d) refuse

Answer :  B

Question : Name the poet of the poem “The trees”
(a)  Adrienne Rich
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  A

Question : The dramatic changes in body features associated with puberty are mainly because of the secretions of:
(a) Estrogen from testes and testosterone from ovary
(b) Estrogen from adrenal gland and testosterone from pituitary gland
(c) Testosterone from testes and estrogen from ovary
(d) Testosterone from thyroid gland and estrogen from pituitary gland

Answer :  C

Question : What rushes to meet the trees?
(a) wind
(b) light
(c) Sun
(d) Moon

Answer :  A

Question : What had been empty?
(a) trees
(b) forest
(c) house
(d) World

Answer :  B

Question : Name the literary device used in “The moon is broken like a mirror,”
(a) metaphor
(b) simile
(c) alliteration
(d) imagery

Answer :  B

Question : The number of pairs of nerves which arises from the spinal cord is:
(a) 21
(b) 31
(c) 41
(d) 51

Answer :  B

Question : A big tree falls in a forest, but its roots are still in contact with the soil. The branches of this fallen tree grow straight up (vertically). This happens in response to:
(a) Water and light
(b) Water and minerals
(c) Gravity and water
(d) Light and gravity

Answer :  D

Question : What does the poetess compare the tree branches to?
(a) An old patient.
(b) A newly discharged patient.
(c) A Doctor
(d) None of the above

Answer :  B

Question : The pieces of the moon can be seen in the crown of which tree?
(a) Apple tree
(b) Hemlock tree
(c) oak tree
(d) walnut tree

Answer :  C

Question : Name the literary device used in “The moon is broken like a mirror,”
(a) metaphor
(b) simile
(c) alliteration
(d) imagery

Answer :  B

Question : Trees are usually the shelter of –
(a) Birds
(b) Human beings
(c) Rabbits.

Answer:  A

Question : What do the roots do all night?
(a) try to free themselves
(b) try to respire
(c) try to appear long
(d) none of the above

Answer :  A

Question : Name the poet of the poem “The trees”
(a) Adrienne Rich
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman

Answer :  A

Question : The plant hormone which triggers the fall of mature leaves and fruits from the plant body is:
(a) Auxin
(b) Gibberellin
(c) Abscisic acid
(d) Cytokinin

Answer :  C

Question : Why can’t birds sit and insects hide in them?
(a) Because they are very tall.
(b) Because they are too much short.
(c) Because they are decorative trees
(d) All of the above

Answer :  C

Question : Where do the decorative plants grow?
(a) in open areas.
(b) in small pots and pans.
(c) in houses
(d) none of the above 

Answer :  B

Question : In a summer tree –
(a) Make a cool shelter
(b) Give us no cool shelter
(c) Make us warmer

Answer :  A

Question : What do the roots do all night?
(a) try to free themselves
(b) try to respire
(c) try to appear long
(d) none of the above 

Answer :  A