CBSE Class 10 English The Necklace MCQs Set 03

Question. Who is the author of the story “The Necklace”?
(a) HG Wells
(b) Robert W. Peterson
(c) Guy De Maupassant
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) Guy De Maupassant

Question. What all did they do to repay?
(a) Sent away the maid
(b) Change their lodgings
(c) Husband working the evenings and nights too
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. What did they do to buy themselves time?
(a) Stopped answering the friend’s calls
(b) Wrote to her that the jewel needs repair
(c) Distracted her from the necklace
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) Wrote to her that the jewel needs repair

Question. Why did she utter a cry?
(a) Seeing other ladies wrapping themselves in fur
(b) Poverty
(c) The jewels were not to be seen when she reached home
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) The jewels were not to be seen when she reached home

Question. How did she look on the day of the ball?
(a) Elegant
(b) Gracious
(c) Full of joy
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. What solution did her husband come up with?
(a) Helping her find a dress
(b) Telling her to wear natural flowers in the name of jewels
(c) He didn’t suggest anything
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) Telling her to wear natural flowers in the name of jewels

Question. What did his face look like upon hearing the amount her wife asked from him?
(a) Pale
(b) Fine
(c) Unbothered
(d) None of the options
Answer: (a) Pale

Question. How did the husband expect her to react on handing her the letter?
(a) Happy
(b) Sad
(c) Jealous
(d) None of the options
Answer: (a) Happy

Question. When would she weep for whole days?
(a) After dinner
(b) After lunch
(c) After visiting her friend
(d) Any time
Answer: (c) After visiting her friend

Question. What tortured and angered her?
(a) Shabby walls
(b) Worn chairs
(c) Poverty
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. What does she think she deserves?
(a) Suffering
(b) Luxury
(c) Delicacies
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)

Question. What was the actual cost of Mme Forestier’s necklace?
(a) Five hundred francs
(b) Ten thousand francs
(c) One hundred francs
(d) Five thousand francs
Answer: (a) Five hundred francs

Question. How did the loan affect Mrs Loisel’s life?
(a) She learned the odious work of a kitchen
(b) She washed the dishes
(c) She took down the refuse to the street
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. How much Loisels had to spend to replace the necklace?
(a) Eighteen thousand francs
(b) Thirty-six thousand francs
(c) Forty thousand francs
(d) Fifty thousand francs
Answer: (b) Thirty-six thousand francs

Question. What spoiled Mr and Mrs Loisel pleasure?
(a) The loss of necklace
(b) The loss of the dress
(c) The loss of money
(d) All of the options
Answer: (a) The loss of necklace

Question. Matilda always remained
(a) happy
(b) unhappy
(c) contended
(d) delighted
Answer: (b) unhappy

Question. What did Mrs Loisel borrow from Mme Forestier?
(a) A bracelet
(b) A necklace
(c) A Venetian Cross
(d) All of the options
Answer: (b) A necklace

Question. For what had Loisel saved four hundred francs?
(a) To buy a gun
(b) To buy a T.V.
(c) To buy a shirt
(d) To buy a bicycle
Answer: (a) To buy a gun

Question. How did Loisel feel on receiving the invitation?
(a) Sad’
(b) Elated
(c) Puzzled
(d) Surprised
Answer: (b) Elated

Question. Whom was Matilda married to?
(a) A petty clerk
(b) A minister
(c) An officer
(d) A businessman
Answer: (a) A petty clerk

Question. Matilda was born into a family of
(a) ministers
(b) officers
(c) clerks
(d) shopkeepers
Answer: (c) clerks

Question. She always remained _____.
(a) happy
(b) unhappy
(c) fulfilled
(d) grateful
Answer: (b) unhappy

Question. What is the actual state of her family?
(a) Rich
(b) Middle-class
(c) Poor
(d) Wealhy
Answer: (c) Poor

Question. What did she dream of while having dinner?
(a) Elegant dinner
(b) Exquisite food
(c) Marvellous dishes
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. Who did he receive an invitation from?
(a) The Minister of Public Instruction
(b) The Minister of Public Health
(c) The Minister of Public Safety
(d) The Minister of Public Education
Answer: (a) The Minister of Public Instruction