CBSE Class 9 English If I Were You MCQs

Question. Who entered his cottage?
(a) A hawker
(b) A thief
(c) A criminal
(d) All

Answer :   C

Question. What was the intruder’s plan?
(a) to kill Gerrard and disguise himself as Gerrard
(b) to rob Gerard
(c) to stay with Gerrard
(d) all of the above

Answer :   A

Question. The entrance of the cottage was in the
(a) Left
(b) In front
(c) Right
(d) Back

Answer:    C

Question. Who was the intruder?
(a) a thief
(b) a criminal
(c) a priest
(d) a soldier

Answer :   B

Question. What is this story about?
(a) About a playwright ,Gerrard
(b) About an incident from a poet’s life
(c) About a thief
(d) None

Answer :   A

Question. According to Gerrard who comes to visit him?
(a) the banker
(b) the greengrocer
(c) the milkman
(d) all of the above

Answer :   D

Question. Why was the police looking for the intruder?
(a) Because he had a charge of theft
(b) Because he robbed a bank
(c) Because he comitted a murder
(d) Because he ran from the jail.

Answer :   C

Question. Who did Gerrard live with?
(a) his wife
(b) his son
(c) his friend
(D) alone

Answer :   D

Question. Gerrard was wearing —- shaped spectacles.
(a) Horn
(b) Cat eye
(c) Round
(d) Rectangular

Answer:    A

Question. How did Gerrard save himself from the intruder?
(a) By pushing him inside a cupboard and locking it from outside
(b) By showing him gun
(c) By calling police
(d) By shouting

Answer :   A

Question. I said it with bullets", why did Gerrard say this to the intruder?
(a) To kill him
(b) To distract him
(c) To save himself from the intruder
(d) All

Answer :   C

Question. How many times have the words,’This is your big surprise’ been used in the play?
(a) Five times
(b) Once
(c) Thrice
(d) Twice

Answer :   D

Question. What was the intruder already wanted for?
(a) theft
(b) robbery
(c) murdercorrect
(d) kidnapping

Answer :   C

Question. What according to the intruder would stop and scare Gerrard?
(a) Knowledge of intruder’s plan of murdering him
(b) His true identity
(c) Gunpoint
(d) His shouting

Answer :   A

Question. The intruder sat on the
(a) Floor
(b) Chair
(c) Sofa
(d) Divan

Answer:   D

Question. What is the meaning of melodrama?
(a) Display of emotions in a exaggerated manner
(b) Bad scenes
(c) False scenes
(d) Vague things

Answer :   A

Question. The props were for
(a) Play
(b) Selling in the market
(c) Disguise
(d) To throw

Answer:   A

Question. What was Gerrard’s full name?
(a) Bill Gerrard
(b) William Gerrard
(c) Henry Gerrard
(d) Vincent Charles Gerrard

Answer:   D 

Question. What did Gerrard say to the intruder when the phone bell rang?
(a) It’s time for rehersal
(b) Police has come
(c) It’s time to leave
(d) All

Answer :   C

Question. What did the intruder have in his hand?
(a) a revolvercorrect
(b) a knife
(c) an iron rod
(d) none of the above

Answer :   A

Question. A baker, green grocer and a —- used to visit the house cay Gerrard.
(a) gardener
(b) Driver
(c) Milkman
(d) Postman

Answer:  C

Question. Who was cleverer?
(a) Gerard
(b) Intruder
(c) Sergeant
(d) all of the above

Answer :   A

Question. Who is the author of the lesson ‘If I Were You’?
(a) Vikram seth
(b) Douglas Jamescorrect
(c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer :   B

Question. The intruder once killed a
(a) Cop
(b) Business person
(c) Bank Manager
(d) Trader

Answer:   A

Question. Do you think Gerrard was actually a murderer?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not known

Answer :   B

Question. What does the intruder say about his speciality?
(a) murder
(b) kidnapping
(c) jewel robbery
(d) all of the above

Answer :   C

Question. Gerrard lived in a
(a)Beautiful cottage
(b)Crowded cottage
(c)Lonely cottage
(d)Mansion

Answer :   C

Question. Gerrard was dressed in a
(a)Greatcoat
(b)Sweater
(c)Track pants
(d)Tee shirt

Answer :   A

Question. The criminal comes inside and asked Gerrard
(a)To take his paws up
(b)To handover the valuables
(c)To feed him with desserts
(d)To hand over one crore of money

Answer :   A