CBSE Class 10 English The Hack Driver MCQs Set A

Question : Who is the author of the story "The Hack Driver"?
(a) HG Wells
(b) Robert W. Peterson
(c) Guy De Maupassant
(d) Sinclair Lewis

Answer : D

Question :  Who was Oliver Lutkins?
(a) Fritz
(b) Gustaff
(c) Bill
(d) Gray

Answer : C

Question :  How did he travel to New Mullions?
(a) Car
(b) Train
(c) Rickshaw
(d) Bus

Answer : B

Question : What did he hate?
(a) unpleasant work
(b) the side of city it revealed to him
(c) both of these
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question :  The summons for Lutkins were for what case?
(a) theft
(b) murder
(c) cheating
(d) as a witness

Answer : D

Question : How did he expect New Mullions to be?
(a) sweet and simple
(b) muddy streets
(c) raw shops
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question : The narrator was sent to New Mullion to serve a summons on:
(a) Fritz
(b) Gustaff
(c) Oliver Lutkins
(d) Oliver Lutkins’ mother

Answer : C

Question : Where did Fritz send them?
(a) Gray’s barber shop
(b) Gustaff’s barber shop
(c) poolroom
(d) no where

Answer : B

Question : Where did the go after lunch?
(a) Gray’s barber shop
(b) Gustaff’s barber shop
(c) poolroom
(d) Oliver’s mother’s farm

Answer : D

Question :  Where did the narrator and the hack driver enjoy their lunch?
(a) in a big restaurant
(b) at Oliver’s house
(c) at Fritz’s house
(d) on Wade’s Hill

Answer : D

Question :  Was the narrator successful in serving a summons on Lutkins on his second visit?
(a) yes
(b) no
(c) maybe
(d) may not be

Answer : A

Question : Who was Lutkins?
(a) Fritz
(b) Swede
(c) Gray
(d) Bill

Answer : D

Question :  How far was New Mullions from his place of employment?
(a) 40kms
(b) 45kms
(c) 42kms
(d) 48kms

Answer : A

Question : In which direction was Oliver’s mother’s farm?
(a) south
(b) east
(c) north
(d) west

Answer : C

Question :  What did Oliver’s mother have in her hand while she ran after them?
(a) a pistol
(b) a knife
(c) an iron rod
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question :  Where was the narrator sent one day?
(a) New Mullion
(b)’ Old Mullion
(c) Red Mullion
(d) Hill Mullion

Answer : A

Question :  What is the meaning of the word “enormous”?
(a) huge
(b) vast
(c) broad
(d) all of the above

Answer : D

Question :  What was Gustaff?
(a) a barber
(b) a butcher
(c) a hack driver
(d) a carpenter

Answer : A

Question : According to Bill, Oliver owed him fifty cents for a game of ___
(a) chess
(b) poker
(c) horse race
(d) all of them

Answer : B

Question : Who was Oliver Lutkins?
(a) Fritz
(b) Gustaff
(c) Bill
(d) Gray

Answer : C

Question :  Who accompanied him on his trip to New Mullions the second time?
(a) his boss
(b) his friend
(c) his sister
(d) a man familiar with Oliver Lutkins

Answer : D

Question :  Who was the Hack Driver actually?
(a) Fritz
(b) Gustaff
(c) Oliver Lutkins
(d) Gray

Answer : C

Question :  What was Bill’s other name?
(a) Magnuson
(b) Magie
(c) Maddie
(d) Magpie

Answer : A

Question : What was Bill’s other name?
(a) Magnuson
(b) Magie
(c) Maddie
(d) Magpie

Answer :  A

Question : Where did the narrator and the hack driver enjoy their lunch?
(a) in a big restaurant
(b) at Oliver’s house
(c) at Fritz’s house
(d) on Wade’s Hill

Answer :  D

Question : Who accompanied him on his trip to New Mullions the second time?
(a) his boss
(b) his friend
(c) his sister
(d) a man familiar with Oliver Lutkins

Answer :  D

Question : According to Bill, Oliver owed him fifty cents for a game of _
(a) chess
(b) poker
(c) horse race
(d) all of them

Answer :  B

Question : What was the man’s first guess on his purpose to find Lutkins?
(a) to get money back
(b) to present him a summon
(c) to arrest him
(d) None of the above

Answer :  A

Question : Who was sent with the narrator on his second visit to New Mullion?
(a) a relative of Lutkins
(b) an experienced lawyer
(c) a man who had worked with Lutkins
(d) none of the above

Answer :  C

Question : Who offered the narrator to help in locating Oliver Lutkins?
(a) Gustaff
(b) Fritz
(c) Oliver’s mother
(d) The Hack Driver

Answer :  D

Question : Where did Fritz send them?
(a) Gray’s barber shop
(b) Gustaff’s barber shop
(c) poolroom
(d) no where

Answer :  B

Question : Name the barber in the story
(a) Garry
(b) Mustafa
(c) Gustaff
(d) Guard

Answer :  C

Question : What did Oliver’s mother have in her hand while she ran after them?
(a) a pistol
(b) a knife
(c) an iron rod
(d) None of the above

Answer :  C

Question : How did he travel to New Mullions?
(a) Car
(b) Train
(c) Rickshaw
(d) Bus 

Answer :  B

Question : He was so open and friendly that I glowed with the warmth of his affection. I knew, of course that he wanted the business, but his kindness was real.

(a) Who is ‘he’ in these lines?
(a) Gustaff
(b) Fritz
(c) Bill Magnuson
(d) Gray

Answer :  C

Question : Give an instance of his kindness
(a) He offered to take the narrator to the court to find Lutkins
(b) He offered to take the narrator to the city to find Lutkins
(c) He offered to find a match for the narrator
(d) He offered to take the narrator through the village to find Lutkins

Answer :  D

Question : Find a word from the extract which means ‘a gentle feeling of fondness’.
(a) Open
(b) Affection
(c) Warmth
(d) Kindness

Answer :  B

Question : What is the opposite of kindness?
(a) Unkind
(b) Benevolence
(c) Cruelty
(d) Loyalty

Answer :  C

Question : I had to go to dirty and shadow corners of the city to seek out my victims. Some of the larger and more self-confident ones even beat me up.

Question :   Who is ‘I’?
(a) The young doctor
(b) The junior assistant clerk
(c) The hack driver
(d) The chief

Answer :  B

Question : What was the nature of his job?
(a) To serve summons on people
(b) To prepare legal briefs
(c) To meet new clients
(d) To take interview of new joinees

Answer :  A

Question : Find the word from the extract which means ‘find’.
(a) Search
(b) Seek
(c) Detect
(d) Seek out

Answer :  D

Question : What is the opposite of ‘dirty’?
(a) Shabby
(b) Squeaky
(c) Pristine
(d) Soiled

Answer :  C