Class 10th English Objective

3. The Bet -Anton Chekov


1. Who is the author of “The Bet”?

(A) Premchand.
(B) Dr. Rana S. P. Singh
(C) Anton Chekhov
(D) John Galsworthy

 Answer ⇒ C

2. Why was the banker afraid of honouring the Bet ?

(A) Lawyer was confined for long period
(B) The banker’s economic condition had become weak
(C) The banker was very rich
(D) None of these

 Answer ⇒ B

3. Who were the persons involved in the Bet ?

(A) The banker
(B) The lawyer & a young man
(C) A rich & young person
(D) All of the above

 Answer ⇒ D

4. Is capital punishment justified ?

(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) Sometimes justified
(D) Not justified except in some cases

 Answer ⇒ B

5. Why did the banker weep to read the notes of the lawyer?

(A) To read the notes
(B) Because he was filled with guilt
(C) Felt contempt for herself
(D) None of these

 Answer ⇒ B

6. The bet was struck between the banker and the

(A) Lawyer
(B) Scholar
(C) Journalist
(D) Doctor

 Answer ⇒ A

7. The banker was sure that the lawyer would not agree to stay imprisoned in a cell for ……………. years.

(A) Five
(B) Ten
(C) Fifteen
(D) Twenty

 Answer ⇒ A

8. The lawyer read only books with …………….. themes in his first year of confinement.

(A) Serious
(B) Sad
(C) Light
(D) Violent

 Answer ⇒ C

9. The banker decided to murder the …..

(A) Guard
(B) Servant
(C) Gardener
(D) Lawyer

 Answer ⇒ D

10. To prove that the lawyer hated everything that the world…………… he was going to give up his right to the two million.

(A) Criticized
(B) Valued
(C) Lost
(D) Found

 Answer ⇒ B

11. What was staked in the bet ?

(A) one million
(B) two millions
(C) three millions
(D) none of these

 Answer ⇒ B

12. Who had agreed to stake his freedom ?

(A) the banker
(B) the guest
(C) a lawyer
(D) none of these

 Answer ⇒ C

13. What was the age of the lawyer ? .

(A) twenty years
(B) twenty-two years
(C) twenty-three years
(D) twenty-five years

 Answer ⇒ D

14. Who was the host of the party in ‘The Bet’?

(A) lawyer
(B:) banker
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) none of these

 Answer ⇒ B

15. The banker staked his two millions for ..

(A) three years
(B) four years
(C) five years
(D) six years

 Answer ⇒ C

16. The period of confinement of the lawyer was from twelve o’clock of November 14, 1870 to twelve o’clock of November ……………

(A) 14, 1884
(B) 13, 1885
(C) 14, 1885
(D) 15, 1885

 Answer ⇒ C

17. Why did the banker lock the lawyer’s note in his safe?

(A) to keep secrecy
(B) to avoid unnecessary rumour
(C) to read it later
(D) none of these

 Answer ⇒ B

18. Anton checkov, the author was

(A) English
(B) German
(C) Russian
(D) None of these

 Answer ⇒ C

19. Anton checkov was born on

(A) January 17, 1860
(B) January 17, 1680
(C) January 18, 1860
(D) January 17, 1862

 Answer ⇒ A

20. How many plays did Anton Chekhov write ?

(A) Five
(B) Fifteen
(C) Seven
(D) Seventeen

 Answer ⇒ D

21. Anton Checkov wrote almost …………….. Stories.

(A) Sixteen
(B) Six
(C) Six hundred
(D) Six thousand

 Answer ⇒ C

22. The banker gave a party in

(A) Spring
(B) autumn
(C) Summer
(D) All of these

 Answer ⇒ B

23. The discussion about capital punishment and life imprisonment went on in a …

(A) Club
(B) court
(C) home
(D) Party

 Answer ⇒ D

24. Most of theguests were against

(A) Capital punishment
(B) life imprisonment
(C) Both
(D) None of these

 Answer ⇒ A

25. Who did not agree with the opinion of his guests?

(A) The banker
(B) The lawyer
(C) Both :
(D) None of these

 Answer ⇒ A

26. Death sentence’ is same in meaning as . .

(A) contempt
(B) Shaggy
(C) Capital punishment
(D) threshold

 Answer ⇒ C

27. Having no money

(A) sunker
(B) lost
(C) bankruptcy
(D) Smother

 Answer ⇒ C

Class 10th English Objective Question

 S.N ENGLISH PROSE SECTION OBJECTIVE
 1The Pace For Living 
 2 Me And The Ecology Bit 
 3Gillu 
 4What Is Wrong with Indian Film 
 5Acceptance speech 
 6Once Upon A Time 
 7The Unity Of Indian Culture 
 8Little Girl Wiser Than Man
 S.N ENGLISH POETRY SECTION OBJECTIVE
 1God Made The Country
 2Ode On Solitude
 3Polythene Bag 
 4Thinner Than A Crescent
 5The Empty Heart
 6Koel
 7The Sleeping Porter
 8Martha
 S.N  Supplementry English Reader -II
 1The January Night
 2Allergy
 3The Bet
 4Quality
 5Sun And Moon
 6Two Horizones
 7Love Defiled

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