CBSE Class 10 English A Triumph of Surgery MCQs Set 03

Question. Who is the author of the story “A Triumph of Surgery”?
(a) James Herriot
(b) Ruskin Bond
(c) Robert Arthur
(d) Victor Canning
Answer: (a) James Herriot

Question. Who does “I” refer to in the story?
(a) Tricki
(b) Mrs. Pumphrey
(c) Veterinary surgeon
(d) none of the options
Answer: (c) Veterinary surgeon

Question. What is the name of the veterinary surgeon?
(a) Tricki
(b) Mrs. Pumphrey
(c) Hodgkin
(d) Mr. Herriot
Answer: (d) Mr. Herriot

Question. What problem does Mrs Pumphrey think Tricki has?
(a) diarrhoea
(b) malnutrition
(c) allergies
(d) all of the options
Answer: (b) malnutrition

Question. Did Mrs Pumphrey cut down on sweets as was advised?
(a) yes
(b) no
(c) only for a while
(d) she was not advised anything like that
Answer: (c) only for a while

Question. Who is Hodgkin?
(a) dog owner
(b) gardener
(c) Veterinary surgeon
(d) Dog
Answer: (b) gardener

Question. What was the dog unable to play?
(a) ring-throw
(b) walk
(c) hide and seek
(d) all of the options
Answer: (a) ring-throw

Question. What did the doctor advise?
(a) cut his food
(b) give him more exercise
(c) keep him on a very strict diet
(d) all of the options
Answer: (d) all of the options

Question. Was the narrator waiting for a call from Mrs Pumphrey?
(a) no
(b) yes
(c) maybe
(d) maybe not
Answer: (b) yes

Question. What is the meaning of ‘distraught’?
(a) bend
(b) worried
(c) upset
(d) both b and c
Answer: (d) both b and c

Question. How was Tricki acting?
(a) refusing to eat his favourite food
(b) didn’t go for walks
(c) vomiting
(d) all of the options
Answer: (d) all of the options

Question. What was best according to the vet?
(a) to take him to the hospital
(b) to take him for a walk
(c) to let him have sugar
(d) both b and c
Answer: (a) to take him to the hospital

Question. Why did the other dogs ignore Tricki?
(a) he was an uninteresting object
(b) he was ill
(c) he was furious
(d) all of the options
Answer: (a) he was an uninteresting object

Question. For how many days he was given no food?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5
Answer: (b) 2

Question. Who was Joe?
(a) nurse
(b) pug
(c) greyhound
(d) cat
Answer: (c) greyhound

Question. What did the dogs know about food?
(a) last ones will be liable to have competition for the leftover food
(b) there was no competition
(c) it wasn’t good
(d) it was the best part of the day
Answer: (a) last ones will be liable to have competition for the leftover food

Question. What is the meaning of the word “jostling”?
(a) running
(b) struggling
(c) walking
(d) none of the options
Answer: (b) struggling

Question. What is the meaning of the word “scrimmage”?
(a) fight
(b) play
(c) run
(d) none of the options
Answer: (a) fight

Question. What does the narrator refer to Tricki as, in the group of other dogs?
(a) silky little object
(b) shaggy little object
(c) he didn’t say anything
(d) none of the options
Answer: (a) silky little object

Question. What is the meaning of the word “convalescing”?
(a) condescending
(b) worsen
(c) disappointing
(d) recover
Answer: (d) recover

Question. What did Mrs Pumphrey bring first?
(a) Eggs
(b) Brandy
(c) Wine
(d) None of the options
Answer: (a) Eggs

Question. How did the staff benefit from Mrs Pumphrey’s overdoing?
(a) breakfast with eggs
(b) lunch with wine
(c) dinner with brandy
(d) all of the options
Answer: (d) all of the options

Question. What made the narrator call Mrs Pumphrey after a fortnight?
(a) Tricki got recovered
(b) Tricki got unwell
(c) he knew she is suffering
(d) both a and c
Answer: (d) both a and c

Question. “In two weeks he had been transformed into a lithe, hard-musled animal” . What is the meaning of the word “lithe”?
(a) dirty
(b) graceful
(c) misbehaving
(d) rude
Answer: (b) graceful

Question. What did they use out of these?
(a) toys
(b) cushions
(c) coats
(d) none of the options
Answer: (d) none of the options

Question. How would you describe Mrs. Pumphrey?
(a) loving
(b) over-doing
(c) intelligent
(d) rational
Answer: (b) over-doing

Question. How would you decribe the vet?
(a) tactful
(b) over-doing
(c) careless
(d) irrational
Answer: (a) tactful

Question. Was Tricki happy on seeing Mrs. Pumphrey?
(a) yes
(b) No
(c) maybe
(d) she showed no emotions
Answer: (a) yes

Question. Who do you blame for Tricki’s illness?
(a) Mrs. Pumphrey
(b) Tricki
(c) Herriot
(d) Vet
Answer: (a) Mrs. Pumphrey

Question. Why is the narrator tempted to keep Tricki as a permanent guest?
(a) because he loved Tricki
(b) he thought Mrs. Pumphrey woudn’t take good care of Tricki
(c) they would lose all Luxuries like eggs, wine and brandy
(d) none of the options
Answer: (c) they would lose all Luxuries like eggs, wine and brandy

Question. What was Tricki’s main fault?
(a) fatness
(b) inactivity
(c) laziness
(d) greed
Answer: (d) greed

Question. Mrs Pumphrey was a very _____ Lady.
(a) miser
(b) poor
(c) cruel
(d) rich
Answer: (d) rich

Question. What did Mrs Pumphrey think her dog is suffering from?
(a) fever
(b) malnutrition
(c) stomach pain
(d) footsore
Answer: (b) malnutrition

Question. “I think I know a cure for you.” Who is ‘I’?
(a) Mrs Pumphrey
(b) Mrs Pumphrey’s husband
(c) Mr Herriot
(d) Mrs Pumphrey’s servant
Answer: (c) Mr Herriot