CBSE Class 10 English A Triumph of Surgery MCQs Set A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 above
Answer: d

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 above
Answer: a

Question: Meaning of chauffeur is –
a) Driver
b) Helicopter
c) Car
d) Dog
Answer: a

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

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

Question: What is the meaning of the word ‘jostling’?
a) running
b) struggling
c) walking
d) none of the above
Answer: b

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

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

Answer :   B

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 above

Answer :   C

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

Answer :   B

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 above

Answer :   D

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

Answer :   D

Question : The dogs at the clinic took no interest in Tricki because he was:
(a) dull and boring
(b) not of their race
(c) of small size
(d) more powerful than them

Answer :  A

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

Answer :   C

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 above

Answer :   D

Question : At the dinner Mr. Herriot should keep his eyes specially on –
(a) Tricki
(b) Joe
(c) Titan
(d) Tristan

Answer :   D

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 above

Answer :   A

Question : Tricki’s owner used to give a bowl of apart from his regular diet along with malt and cod liver oil –
(a) Milk
(b) Horlicks
(c) Water
(d) Juice

Answer :   B

Question : What did Mrs Pumphrey bring at first?
(a) two dozen fresh eggs
(b) four dozen fresh eggs
(c) wine
(d) both a and c

Answer :   B

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

Question : What was the name of Mrs Pumphrey’s dog?
(a) Ben
(b) Tommy
(c) Tricki
(d) Jonny

Answer : C

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

Answer : B

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

Answer :  A

Question : Why is the narrator tempted to keep Tricki as a permanent guest?
(a) because he loved Tricki
(a) 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 above

Answer :  C

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

Answer :  B

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

Answer :  A

Question : Tricki was a pet –
(a) Dog
(b) Wolf
(c) Cat
(d) Bear

Answer :  A

Question : Mr. Herriot suggested Mrs. Pumphrey to get Tricki hospitalized and keep him under observation for —— days.
(a) 3
(b) 15
(c) 5
(d) 20

Answer :  B