All important MCQs are provided for the chapter The Thief’s Story for class 10. Students are requested to practice all MCQ which will be helpful in their exam preparation. MCQs provided are as per the latest pattern announced by CBSE.
Q1.Who is easier to rob?
(1) a greedy man
(2) a careless man
(3) Anil
(4) a trusting man
Answer
Answer: a greedy man
Q2.A queer way to earn money..What is the meaning of the word queer?
(1) famous
(2) strange
(3) illegal
(4) rare
Answer
Answer: strange
Q3.How, according to the narrator, would Anil feel upon finding out?
(1) fear
(2) angry
(3) sad
(4) acceptance
Answer
Answer: sad
Q4.What did Anil promise him to teach?
(1) cook
(2) write his name
(3) all of the above
(4) write full sentences
Answer
Answer: all of the above
Q5.Did Anil say anything about the robbery?
(1) no
(2) yes
(3) none of the above
(4) maybe
Answer
Answer: no
Q6.How was the meal he cooked first night?
(1) mouth-watering
(2) delicious
(3) terrible
(4) finger-licking good
Answer
Answer: terrible
Q7.What was the name of the shop above which Anil lived?
(1) Rasgulla Sweet Shop
(2) Laddu Sweet Shop
(3) Jumna Sweet Shop
(4) Jamun Sweet Shop
Answer
Answer: Jumna Sweet Shop
Q8.What name did he tell Anil?
(1) Hari Lal
(2) Anil Singh
(3) Anil Lal
(4) Hari Singh
Answer
Answer: Hari Singh
Q9.How has the narrator described Anil?
(1) kind
(2) simple
(3) all of the above
(4) easy-going
Answer
Answer: all of the above
Q10.How often did he change his name?
(1) every week
(2) every day
(3) every year
(4) every month
Answer
Answer: every month
Q11.What did the boy ask Anil for?
(1) to employ him
(2) to give him food
(3) to teach him
(4) to give him money
Answer
Answer: to employ him
Q12.Who do you blame for Trickis illness?
(1) Tricki
(2) Mrs. Pumphrey
(3) Vet
(4) Herriot
Answer
Answer: Mrs. Pumphrey
Q13.How would you decribe the vet?
(1) over-doing
(2) tactful
(3) irrational
(4) careless
Answer
Answer: tactful
Q14.What did they use out of these?
(1) cushions
(2) toys
(3) none of the above
(4) coats
Answer
Answer: none of the above
Q15.What made the narrator call Mrs Pumphrey after a fortnight?
(1) Tricki got unwell
(2) Tricki got recovered
(3) both a and c
(4) he knew she is suffering
Answer
Answer: both a and c
Q16.what did Mrs Pumphrey bring at first?
(1) four dozen fresh eggs
(2) two dozen fresh eggs
(3) both a and c
(4) wine
Answer
Answer: four dozen fresh eggs
Q17.What does the narrator refer to Tricki as, in the group of other dogs?
(1) shaggy little object
(2) silky little object
(3) none of the above
(4) he didn’t say anything
Answer
Answer: silky little object
Q18.what is the meaning of the word jostling?
(1) struggling
(2) running
(3) none of the above
(4) walking
Answer
Answer: struggling
Q19.Who was Joe?
(1) pug
(2) nurse
(3) cat
(4) greyhound
Answer
Answer: greyhound
Q20.Why did the other dogs ignore Tricki?
(1) he was ill
(2) he was an uninteresting object
(3) all of the above
(4) he was furious
Answer
Answer: all of the above
Q21.How was Tricki acting?
(1) didn’t go for walks
(2) refusing to eat his favourite food
(3) all of the above
(4) vomiting
Answer
Answer: all of the above
Q22.Was the narrator waiting for a call from Mrs Pumphrey?
(1) yes
(2) no
(3) maybe not
(4) maybe
Answer
Answer: yes
Q23.What was the dog unable to play?
(1) walk
(2) ring-throw
(3) all of the above
(4) hide and seek
Answer
Answer: ring-throw
Q24.Did Mrs Pumphrey cut down on sweets as was advised?
(1) no
(2) yes
(3) she was not advised anything like that
(4) only for a while
Answer
Answer: only for a while
Q25.What is the name of the veterinary surgeon?
(1) Mrs. Pumphrey
(2) Tricki
(3) Mr. Herriot
(4) Hodgkin
Answer
Answer: Hodgkin
Q26.Who is the author of the story A Triumph of Surgery?
(1) Ruskin Bond
(2) James Herriot
(3) Victor Canning
(4) Robert Arthur
Answer
Answer: James Herriot
Q27.The thief boy was grateful to Anil for
(1) giving him money
(2) giving him a job
(3) talking with him
(4) watching wrestling match with him
Answer
Answer: giving him a job
Q28.What did Anil do with the money when he received a cheque?
(1) bought household things
(2) deposited it in his account
(3) paid salary to the boy
(4) went out to celebrate
Answer
Answer: went out to celebrate
Q29.What did Had Singh want from Anil?
(1) shelter
(2) help
(3) work
(4) money
Answer
Answer: work
Q30.What did the boy ask Anil?
(1) to employ him
(2) to give him some money
(3) to tell him the way
(4) to give him a lift
Answer
Answer: to employ him
Q31.What was Anil doing when the thief boy met him?
(1) watching a match
(2) writing an article
(3) go ing on the road
(4) playing cricket
Answer
Answer: watching a match
Q32.Who is the narrator of the story The Thiers Story?
(1) Anil
(2) Hari Singh
(3) none of these
(4) Ruskin Bond
Answer
Answer: Hari Singh
Q33.How old was the thief boy?
(1) 15 years
(2) 10 years
(3) 14 years
(4) 16 years
Answer
Answer: 15 years
Q34.At the beginning of the story the thief met with a fellow named –
(1) Ali
(2) Anil
(3) Amal
(4) Amit
Answer
Answer: Anil.
Q35.At that time the thief was —– years old.
(1)20
(2)14
(3)25
(4)15
Answer
Answer: 15.
Q36.Anil was —— years old when the thief met him.
(1)25
(2)30
(3)20
(4)35
Answer
Answer: 25.
Q37.Anil was a ——–.
(1) Footballer
(2) Wrestler
(3) Chess player
(4) Cricketer
Answer
Answer: Wrestler.
Q38.The house of Anil was over the –
(1) Bhajram sweet shop
(2) Jamuna sweet shop
(3) Sharma Motors
(4) Jamuna Textile
Answer
Answer: Jamuna sweet shop.
Q39.Anil instructed the thief to sleep on the –
(1) Balcony
(2) Study
(3) Drawing room
(4) Dinning room
Answer
Answer: Balcony.
Q40.The thief used to take —— from the money everyday which was given by Anil for grocery shopping.
(1) 50 RS
(2) 10 RS
(3) RS 1
(4) 5 RS
Answer
Answer: RS 1.
Q41.Anil put the money –
(1) Inside the locker
(2) Inside the cup boar
(3) Inside the drawer
(4) Under the mattress
Answer
Answer: Under the mattress.
Q42.There was a little lit of light over Anils bed because of –
(1) Road light
(2) Bedside lamp
(3) Moonlight
(4) Tube light
Answer
Answer: Moonlight.
Q43.Hari planned to leave the city by —— after stealing the money from Anil.
(1) 1’O clock
(2) 10:30 p.m.
(3) 1 p.m.
(4) 12:30 p.m.
Answer
Answer: 10:30 p.m.
Q44.Hari planned to catch —– while escaping.
(1) Delhi mail
(2) Dhanbad mail
(3) Satabdi Express
(4) Lucknow Express
Answer
Answer: Lucknow Express.
Q45.Hari got successful to steal worth RS –
(1)500
(2)1000
(3)600
(4)12000
Answer
Answer: 600.
Q46.Hari kept all the stolen notes in his –
(1) Pocket
(2) Hand bag
(3) Hand
(4) Pyjama
Answer
Answer: Pyjama.
Q47.It was the time of —— when the incident happened.
(1) January
(2) Mid December
(3) Mid November
(4) Early February
Answer
Answer: Mid November.
Q48.At the incident night Hari took shelter –
(1) In the tea shop
(2) Under the clock tower
(3) In the barandah of the house
(4) At the church
Answer
Answer: Under the clock tower.
Q49.It was —— by the clock tower.
(1) 1 O’ clock
(2) 11:30 p.m.
(3) 12 O’ clock
(4) 12:30 a.m.
Answer
Answer: 12 O’ clock.
Q50.Anil gave RS —— to Hari from the stolen money.
(1)50
(2)100
(3)150
(4)20
Answer
Answer: 50.
Q51.Hari was actually supposed to loss —— by stealing money.
(1) Money
(2) Knowledge of stealing
(3) House
(4) Trust
Answer
Answer: Trust.
Q52.Hari got ——– after returning.
(1) Permanent Job
(2) Trust
(3) Friend
(4) House
Answer
Answer: Permanent Job.