MCQ Questions Answers and Summary for The Bet Class 10 English Reader Part 2 Bihar Board
The Bet - Anton Chekov MCQ and Summary
Chapter Name | Multiple Choice Questions for The Bet |
Author Name | Anton Chekov |
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Book Name | English Reader Part 2 |
Short Summary for The Bet by Anton Chekov
- In this story, a rich banker gives a party where a discussion arose among the guests and the host regarding capital punishment and life imprisonment.
- The discussion turned into a bet.
- A young lawyer ready to stay in a cell as a prisoner for fifteen years.
- The banker would have to pay him two million roubles.
MCQ Questions for Bet Class 10 English Matric
1. The author of The Bet', is ____
(A) Leo Tolstoy
(B) John Galsworthy
(C) Anton Chekhov
(D) Katherine Mansfield
Answer
(C) Anton Chekhov
2. During his period of confinement, the lawyer was deprived of the right to cross the ____
(A) garden
(B) boundary
(C) threshold
(D) town
Answer
(C) threshold
3. During the first year of imprisonment the lawyer in 'the Bet' ____
(A) suffered terribly
(B) enjoyed happily
(C) ate heavily
(D) listened to music
Answer
(D) listened to music
4. 'The Bet' is a story about ____
(A) a banker and a doctor
(B) a lawyer and a doctor
(C) a banker and a lawyer
(D) a doctor and a farmer
Answer
(C) a banker and a lawyer
5. In the story 'The Bet', what was the weather like on the day the banker went to kill the lawyer ?
(A) It was raining and very cold
(B) It was sunny and very hot
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
Answer
(A) It was raining and very cold
6. Russian author Anton Chekhov was born on ____
(A) January 17, 1860
(B) January 17, 1861
(C) January 17, 1862
(D) January
Answer
(A) January 17, 1860
7. Anton Chekhov is the writer of ____
(A) short story
(B) novel
(C) fiction
(D) essay
Answer
(A) short story
8. Who informed the banker that the lawyer had escaped from the cell?
(A) Watchman
(B) Prisoner
(C) Gardener
(D) Passersby
Answer
(A) Watchman
9. Who told that the both these for punishment were equally wrong?
(A) The banker
(B) The young lawyer
(C) The guest
(D) The old merchant
Answer
(B) The young lawyer
10. The lawyer was a young man about ____
(A) twenty one
(B) twenty five
(C) twenty seven
(D) thirty
Answer
(B) twenty five
11. The lawyer had to begin the confinement from 12o'clock of November 14 ____
(A) 1850
(B) 1860
(C) 1870
(D) 1880
Answer
(C) 1870
12. Fifteen years confinement had taught him to sit ____
(A) silently
(B) idle
(C) actively
(D) motionless
Answer
(D) motionless
13. Capital punishment kills by ____.
(A) instantly
(B) hanging
(C) degrees
(D) slowly
Answer
(C) degrees
14. In the tenth year the lawyer read only ____
(A) Philosophy
(B) Politics
(C) History
(D) New Testament
Answer
(D) New Testament
15. The banker took the sheet from the table and ____
(A) read
(B) tore
(C) burnt
(D) threw away
Answer
(A) read
16. The bet was struck between the banker and the ____
(A) lawyer
(B) scholar
(C) journalist
(D) doctor
Answer
(A) lawyer
17. Anton Chekhov wrote ____ plays.
(A) fifteen
(B) sixteen
(C) fourteen
(D) seventeen
Answer
(D) seventeen
18. Who was against capital punishment?
(A) Most of the guests
(B) Banker
(C) Lawyer
(D) Teacher
Answer
(A) Most of the guests
19. How many books the lawyer read four years?
(A) Three hundred
(B) Four hundred
(C) Five hundred
(D) Six hundred
Answer
(A) Three hundred
20. In the sixth year the lawyer study ____
(A) History and Geography
(B) Philosophy and Ethics
(C) Philosophy and History
(D) Political science and Philosophy
Answer
(C) Philosophy and History
21. At 3o'clock the banker went towards ____
(A) the garden
(B) forest
(C) hill
(D) market
Answer
(A) the garden
22. What did the watchman tell the banker in the story "The Bet'?
(A) That the lawyer was in the cell
(B) That the lawyer was ill
(C) That the lawyer had secaped
(D) That the lawyer was sleeping.
Answer
(C) That the lawyer had escaped
23. The banker was sure that the lawyer would not agree to stay in prison for ____ years.
(A) ten
(B) seven
(C) fifteen
(D) five
Answer
(D) five
24. According to the bet, the lawyer had to remain in the cell for ____ years.
(A) twenty
(B) ten
(C) twelve
(D) fifteen
Answer
(D) fifteen
25. What was the amount of the bet between the banker and the lawyer?
(A) Two thousand dollar
(B) Two million roubles
(C) Two thousands roubles
(D) Two billion roubles
Answer
(B) Two million roubles
26. In 'The Bet', the prisoner read only ____ after the tenth era.
(A) Shakespeare
(B) Eliot
(C) Gita
(D) The New Testament
Answer
(D) The New Testament
27. The terms and conditions of the bet were decided by the banker and the ____
(A) doctor
(B) lawyer
(C) cashier
(D) teacher
Answer
(B) lawyer