CLASS IX ENGLISH THE PRICELESS GIFT PART-01

CLASS-IX ENGLISH THE PRICELESS GIFT -P-01

Quiz

 

1. The writer felt that the restaurant was --.
   1.   very crowded
   2.   very lonely
   3.   very noisy
   4.   very beautiful
2. The writer found some of the chairs and tables --.
   1.   were empty
   2.   has been broken
   3.   had been pushed into a corner
   4.   all the above
3. The writer noticed a very young girl in the restaurant --.
   1.   reading a newspaper
   2.   singing a song
   3.   giving him a sad look
   4.   talking loudly
4. The writer had the forst impression that the girl --.
   1.   was very poor
   2.   was rather unhappy
   3.   was very joyful
   4.   was hungry
5. The girl asked the cashier in a low voice whether --.
   1.   the writer was a soldier
   2.   he could lend her some money
   3.   the writer was an indian
   4.   she could have something to eat
6. The girl's -- aroused the writer's curiosity in her.
   1.   sad look
   2.   talking to the cashier
   3.   interest in him
   4.   low voice
7. The writer felt guilty about himself because --.
   1.   he couldn't help the poor girl
   2.   he had told a lie to Mrs Bethy about her son
   3.   he couldn't meet Mrs Bethy
   4.   he couldn't find the young girl's brother
8. The writer chose the corner table in the restaurant because --.
   1.   he didn't like the people sitting there
   2.   he wanted to avoid the young girl
   3.   he wanted to read a newspaper
   4.   he wanted to talk to Maggie
9. After his return to India Mr Gupta was to enter --
   1.   the Govt. of India service
   2.   the legal profession
   3.   the punjab service
   4.   the Punjab Education service
10. I did not have the heart to tell the mother and daughter that the ring was nothing much. Here the idiom "not have the heart to tell" means --.
    1.   be unable to do something unkind
    2.   think about something seriously
    3.   become too depressed
    4.   do something with a lot of effort
11. Mr. Gupta had -- in a vegitarian restaurant in london.
    1.   dinner
    2.   supper
    3.   breakfast
    4.   lunch
12. At the restaurant Mr. Gupta was -- the newspaper sitting at a corner table.
    1.   browsing through
    2.   scanning through
    3.   shimming through
    4.   none of the above
13. Maggie's gift was priceless. Here 'priceless' means --.
    1.   of no value or use
    2.   costing a lot of money
    3.   very valuable and impossible to replace
    4.   extremely useful in helping you to achieve something
14. Maggie thanked Mr. Gupta for assuring her that he would --.
    1.   write to her
    2.   visit her again next time
    3.   visit her brother's grave near the frontier
    4.   put flowers on her brother's grave on her behalf
15. Mr. Gupta was in a fix when he visited Maggie and Mrs Bethy because --
    1.   he did not know how to console the mother
    2.   he had told Mrs Bethy that her son was alive and well.
    3.   he did not like to tell them a lie
    4.   Maggie begged him to tell her mother that Franky was all right
16. Maggie said goodbye to Mr. Gupta --
    1.   on the eve of his deparature.
    2.   just before his deparature
    3.   at lunchtime before his deparature
    4.   on the morning of the day of his deparature
17. What aroused Mr Gupta's curiosity in the young girl?
    1.   her looking at him again and again
    2.   The sad expression in her eyes
    3.   Her asking the cashier about him
    4.   Her poverty-stricken and anxious fighure
18. Mr. Gupta asked -- about the girl he saw in the restaurant.
    1.   the cashier
    2.   the waiter
    3.   the waitress
    4.   the gatekeeper
19. Mr Gupta was able to get talking to the girl in the restaurant by --.
    1.   going up to her
    2.   taking the chair opposite her at the same table
    3.   wishing her a good afternoon and then by making one remark after another
    4.   all the above
20. saturday night is a time of festivity in poor neighbourhoods en
    1.   all kind of things are sold
    2.   the streets are unusually crowded
    3.   the people can afford to spend a little from their weekly wages
    4.   all the above
21. Mrs Bethy didn't shake hands with Mr Gupta as --
    1.   she didn't like the Indian gentleman.
    2.   she didn't approve of her daughter's friendship with him
    3.   her hand were covered with flour
    4.   she was too ill to do so