CBSE Class 12 English The Rattrap MCQs Set C

Question. 'You must have patience, my little girl,' said the father.
The given line shows that the iron master was a ……………..
(a) Loving father
(b) Rational person
(c) Egoist
(d) Both a and b

Answer : D

Question. The Peddler had the idea of the world in ……… .
(a) Happy moments
(b) Odd moments
(c) Difficult moments
(d) Distractive moments

Answer : B

Question. 'Yes, that was a line fellow you let into the house,' said her father.
What light does the given line throw on the ironmaster as a father?
(a) The ironmaster was disapproving of Edla’s decision to let the peddler stay.
(b) The ironmaster blamed his daughter for harbouring a criminal at home.
(c) The ironmaster was being playful with Edla, and supported her decisions.
(d) The ironmaster loved Edla but thought her to be too naive and idealistic.

Answer : A

Question. Select the suitable option for the given statements, based on your reading of ‘The Rattrap’.
1. The vagabond enjoyed the company of the crofter and wanted to help him out.
2. The vagabond stole the money so that he could find a living for himself.
(a) 1 can be inferred but 2 cannot be.
(b) 1 is cannot be inferred 2 can be.
(c) Both 1 and 2 can be inferred.
(d) Both 1 and 2 cannot be inferred.

Answer : B

Question. What gift did Edla receive from the peddler?
(a) A silver spoon
(b) A tiny rat
(c) A tiny rat tap
(d) A tiny rattrap

Answer : D

Question. According to the peddler, the world is a ………
(a) A place to live in
(b) A big rattrap
(c) A big rat
(d) A big bait

Answer : B

Question. What is the message of the story?
(a) Love and kindness are powerful reformers
(b) Kindness encourages thieves
(c) Thieves need reprimand
(d) Kindness is powerless

Answer : A

Question. What made the peddler finally change his ways?
(a) Edla’s beauty
(b) His mistaken identity
(c) His greed
(d) Kindness and care

Answer : D

Question. Where did the crofter hang his pouch?
(a) Loft
(b) Door
(c) Frame
(d) Window pane

Answer : D

Question. From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a Rattrap?
(a) From crofter’s behavior
(b) From his friend’s situation
(c) From Edla’s words
(d) From his circumstances and miserable life condition

Answer : D

Question. Why id Edla bring the peddler to her house for Christmas cheer?
(a) Because he was funny
(b) Because she Knew him
(c) Because of his resemblance to her father’s friend
(d) He was goodlooking

Answer : C

Question. Select the suitable option for given statements, based on your reading of ‘The Rattrap’.
1. The ironmaster is skeptical of letting the peddler stay with them.
2. This fears come out to be true as the peddler is identified as a thief.
(a) Both 1 and 2 are true.
(b) Both 1 and 2 are false
(c) 1 is true but 2 is false
(d) 1 is false but 2 is true.

Answer : A

Question. Why was the peddler’s life sad and monotonous ?
(a) Because he had no family.
(b) Because he had to work hard.
(c) Because he was poor and lonely.
(d) Because he had no respect in the society.

Answer : C

Question. 'Every now and then one of them got up to stir the glowing mass with a long iron bar, returning in a few moments dripping with prespiration, though, as was the custom,' What was the custom?
(a) To sit with the helper in the dark forge
(b) To wear nothing but a long shirt and a pair of wooden shoes
(c) Shovelling the charcoal into the maw of the furnace
(d) Dripping with perspiration but still working through the furnace.

Answer : B

Extract Based MCQs

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

…it was a big and confusing forest which he had gotten into. He tried, to be sure, to walk in a definite direction, but the paths twisted back and forth so strangely! He walked and walked without coming to the end of the wood, and finally he realised that he had only been walking around in the same part of the forest. All at once he recalled his thoughts about the world and the rattrap. Now his own turn had come. He had let himself be fooled by a bait and had been caught. The whole forest, with its trunks and branches, its thickets and fallen logs, closed in upon him like an impenetrable prison from which he could never escape.

Question. The consequence of ‘his own turn’ having come was that the peddler had …………
(a) got irreversibly lost in the thick, warped forest.
(b) been fooled and imprisoned in a hopeless prison.
(c) been walking around the same part of the forest.
(d) walked the whole forest without finding the end.

Answer : A

Question. The above extract richly employs literary devices. Look at the table below. Choose the option that correctly matches the instances/examples in column A with literary devices in column B.
(a) 1-(i); 2-(ii); 3-(iii); 4-(iv)
(b) 1-(iv); 2-(i); 3-(ii); 4-(iii)
(c) 1-(iii); 2-(iv); 3-(i); 4-(ii)
(d) 1-(ii); 2-(iii); 3-(iv); 4-(i)

Answer : B

Question. By what bait had the peddler been fooled?
(a) He had chosen to take the ‘safe’ forest route.
(b) He had decided to avoid the public highway.
(c) He had stolen money from the trusting crofter.
(d) He didn’t realize the power of his rattrap analogy.

Answer : C

Question. For the Peddler, the forest had become
(a) an inevitable prison
(b) a hopeless trap
(c) an unending circle
(d) an impenetrable maze

Answer : C

Question. How would you characterise the mood of the above extract?
(a) Mysterious, restful
(b) Ominous, despairing
(c) Thoughtful, whimsical
(d) Philosophical, anguished

Answer : B

Assertion Reason Question

Question. Assertion: The essential goodness in a human being never dies.
Reason: One deserves a second chance to redeem oneself.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) A and R both are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Answer : B

Question. Assertion: The peddler made no attempt to delude them any longer.
Reason: He explained that he said to the ironmaster that he was Nils Olof.
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Answer : C

Question. Assertion: The peddler felt pleased with his smartness.
Reason: The peddler went to Ramsjo ironworks to find a shelter for the night.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Answer : B

Question. Assertion: The blacksmith did not notice that a man had opened the gate and entered the forge, until he stood close up to the furnace
Reason: Outside roared the waterfall, and a sharp north wind whipped the rain against the brick-tiled roof.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true.

Answer : A

Question. Assertion: The peddler had to beg and even steal to survive.
Reason: The business of rattrap selling was not profitable.
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Answer : A

Question. Assertion: The peddler did not clear the misunderstanding of the ironmaster initially.
Reason: The peddler thought the ironmaster will give a couple of kronor.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Answer : A

Question. Assertion: While coming back from the church Edla hung her head even more dejectedly than usual.
Reason: Edla’s trust was broken because the peddler had stolen money from the house of Mr. Willmansson.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Answer : B

Question. Assertion: The peddler often thought about people who had been tempted to touch the bait.
Reason: He was of thoughtful nature.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
(b) A and R both are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Answer : C

Source Based Question

Read the lines given below and answer the following questions
‘It looks as though Captain Von Stahle preferred to stay with you tonight, Stjernstrom’’, he said to the master blacksmith, and turned on his heel. But he laughed to himself as he went away, and the blacksmith, who knew him, understood very well that he had not said his last wor(d) It was not more than half an hour before they heard the sound of carriage wheels outside the forge, and a new guest came in, but this time it was not the ironmaster. He had sent his daughter, apparently hoping that she would have better powers of persuasion than he himself.

Question. Why did the ironmaster call the peddler, Captain Von Stahle?
(a) he thought he was indeed Captain Von Stahle
(b) he recognized him as an old friend
(c) Both A and B
(d) Neither A nor B

Answer : C

Question. Why was Edla brought to the iron mill?
(a) she knew him very well
(b) she could persuade him to accept their invitation
(c) Edla would be very happy to see him
(d) To verify if he was indeed the captain

Answer : B

Question. Who was Edla’s father?
(a) Ragamuffin
(b) Valet
(c) Captain Von Stahle
(d) The Ironmaster

Answer : D

Question. What does the word ‘compassionately’ mean?
(a) With affection
(b) Angrily
(c) Without care and love
(d) None of these

Answer : A

True/False Question 

Question. Edla gave a cry of joy because she found a small rattrap and food in a small package. (T/F) (Understanding)
Answer : false

Question. Edla’s kind and compassionated behavior had transformed the Peddler.( T/F)
Answer : True

Question. The peddler got the power to clear himself because he had been raised to captain. (T/F) (Understanding)
Answer : True

Question. The whole world with its lands and seas, its cities and villages was nothing but a big rattrap. (T/F) (Understanding)
Answer : True