CBSE Class 10 English The Thief’s Story MCQs Set 03

Question. What promise did Anil make to the thief boy?
(a) giving him a good job
(b) giving him good clothes
(c) teaching him reading and writing
(d) playing with him
Answer: (c) teaching him reading and writing

Question. Which of the following traits describes Anil?
(a) easy-going
(b) careful
(c) greedy
(d) extravagant
Answer: (a) easy-going

Question. What was the boy’s real profession?
(a) a household servant
(b) theft
(c) cheating
(d) working honestly
Answer: (b) theft

Question. What did Anil do for a living?
(a) wrote articles for magazines
(b) wrestling
(c) acting
(d) business
Answer: (a) wrote articles for magazines

Question. What was the name of the thief boy?
(a) Anil
(b) Ajit Singh
(c) Hari Singh
(d) Chander
Answer: (c) Hari Singh

Question. At the beginning of the story the thief met with a fellow named
(a) Anil
(b) Ali
(c) Amit
(d) Amal
Answer: (a) Anil

Question. Anil was a _____.
(a) Wrestler
(b) Footballer
(c) Cricketer
(d) Chess player
Answer: (a) Wrestler

Question. The house of Anil was over the
(a) Jamuna sweet shop
(b) Bhajram sweet shop
(c) Jamuna Textile
(d) Sharma Motors
Answer: (a) Jamuna sweet shop

Question. Anil instructed the thief to sleep on the
(a) Study
(b) Balcony
(c) Dinning room
(d) Drawing room
Answer: (b) Balcony

Question. The thief used to take _____ from the money everyday which was given by Anil for grocery shopping.
(a) 10 Rs
(b) 50 Rs
(c) 5 Rs
(d) Rs 1
Answer: (d) Rs 1

Question. Anil put the money
(a) Inside the cup boar
(b) Inside the locker
(c) Under the mattress
(d) Inside the drawer
Answer: (c) Under the mattress

Question. There was a little lit of light over Anil’s bed because of
(a) Bedside lamp
(b) Road light
(c) Tube light
(d) Moonlight
Answer: (d) Moonlight

Question. Hari planned to leave the city by _____ after stealing the money from Anil.
(a) 10:30 p.m.
(b) 1’O clock
(c) 12:30 p.m.
(d) 1 p.m.
Answer: (a) 10:30 p.m.

Question. Hari planned to catch _____ while escaping.
(a) Dhanbad mail
(b) Delhi mail
(c) Lucknow Express
(d) Satabdi Express
Answer: (c) Lucknow Express

Question. Hari kept all the stolen notes in his
(a) Hand bag
(b) Pocket
(c) Pyjama
(d) Hand
Answer: (c) Pyjama

Question. It was the time of _____ when the incident happened.
(a) Mid December
(b) January
(c) Early February
(d) Mid November
Answer: (d) Mid November

Question. At the incident night Hari took shelter
(a) Under the clock tower
(b) In the tea shop
(c) At the church
(d) In the barandah of the house
Answer: (a) Under the clock tower.

Question. Anil gave Rs _____ to Hari from the stolen money.
(a) 100
(b) 50
(c) 20
(d) 150
Answer: (b) 50

Question. Hari was actually supposed to loss _____ by stealing money.
(a) Money
(b) Knowledge of stealing
(c) Trust
(d) House
Answer: (c) Trust

Question. Hari got _____ after returning.
(a) Trust
(b) Permanent Job
(c) House
(d) Friend
Answer: (b) Permanent Job

Question. ‘I hadn’t had much luck of late’ means that the boy hadn’t
(a) ever conned people successfully.
(b) been successful in duping people lately.
(c) understood the consequences of thievery till date.
(d) considered the role of fate in deceiving others.
Answer: (b) been successful in duping people lately.

Question. The thief boy was grateful to Anil for:
(a) giving him a job
(b) giving him money
(c) watching wrestling match with him
(d) talking with him
Answer: (a) giving him a job

Question. What did Anil do with the money when he received a cheque?
(a) deposited it in his account
(b) bought household things
(c) went out to celebrate
(d) paid salary to the boy
Answer: (c) went out to celebrate

Question. What did Had Singh want from Anil?
(a) help
(b) shelter
(c) money
(d) work
Answer: (d) work