Bihar Board 10th English Objective Questions and Answers
BSEB Bihar Board 10th English Reader Objective Answers Chapter 3 The Bet
Question 1.
Who is the author of this title ‘ ‘The Bet” ?
(A) Dr. Rana S. P. Singh
(B) Premchand
(C) Anton Chekov
(D) John Galsworthy
Answer:
(C) Anton Chekov
Question 2.
Why was the banker afraid of honouring the Bet ?
(A) Lawyer was confined for long period
(B) The bankers economic condition had become weak
(C) The banker was very rich
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) The bankers economic condition had become weak
Question 3.
Who were the persons involved in the Bet ?
(A) The banker
(B) The lawyer & a young man
(C) A rich & young person
(D) All of the above
Answer:
(D) All of the above
Question 4.
Is capital punishment justified ?
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) Sometimes justified
(D) Not justified except in some cases
Answer:
(B) No
Question 5.
Why did the banker weep to read the notes of the lawyer ?
(A) To read the notes
(B) Because he was filled with guilt
(C) Felt contempt for herself
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) Because he was filled with guilt
Question 6.
The bet was struck between the banker and the
(A) Lawyer
(B) Scholar
(C) Journalist
(D) Doctor
Answer:
(A) Lawyer
Question 7.
The banker was sure that the lawyer would not agree to stay imprisoned in a cell for years.
(A) Five
(B)Ten
(C) Fifteen
(D) Twenty
Answer:
(A) Five
Question 8.
The lawyer read only books with themes in his first year of confinement.
(A) Serious
(B) Violent
(C) Light
(D) Sad
Answer:
(C) Light
Question 9.
The banker decided to murder the
(A) Guard
(B) Servant
(C) Gardener
(D) Lawyer
Answer:
(D) Lawyer
Question 10.
To prove that the lawyer hated everything that the world ………….. he was going to give up his right to the two million.
(A) Criticized
(B) Valued
(C) Lost
(D) Found
Answer:
(B) Valued
Question 11.
Who is the author of “The Bet”?
(A) Premchand
(B) Dr. Rana S.P. Singh
(C) Anton Chekhov
(D) John Galsworthy
Answer:
(C) Anton Chekhov
Question 12.
Why was the banker afraid of honouring the Bet?
(A) Lawyer was confined for long period
(B) The banker’s economic condition had become weak
(C) The banker was very rich
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) The banker’s economic condition had become weak
Question 13.
The bet was struck between the banker and the …………..
(A) lawyer
(B) scholar
(C) journalist
(D) doctor
Answer:
(A) lawyer
Question 14.
The banker decided to murder the [2018 (A)]
(A) guard
(B) servant
(C) gardener
(D) lawyer
Answer:
(D) lawyer
Question 15.
Who were the persons involved in the Bet?
(A) The banker
(B) The lawyer & a young man
(C) A rich 7 young person
(D) All of the above
Answer:
(D) All of the above
Question 16.
Is capital punishment justified?
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) Sometimes justified
(D) Not justified except in some cases
Answer:
(B) No
Question 17.
The lawyer read only books with ………….. themes in his first year of confinement.
(A) Serious
(B) Sad
(C) Light
(D) Violent
Answer:
(C) Light
Question 18.
To prove that the lawyer hated everything that the world ………….he was going to give up his right to the two million.
(A) Criticized
(B) Valued
(C) Lost
(D) Found
Answer:
(B) Valued
Question 19.
The period of confinement of the lawyer was from twelve O’clock of November 14,1870 to twelve O’clock of November………………..
(A) 14,1884
(B) 13,1885
(C) 14,1885
(D) 15,1885
Answer:
(C) 14,1885
Question 20.
Why did the banker lock the lawyer’s note in his safe?
(A) to keep secrecy
(B) to avoid unnecessary rumour
(C) to read it later
(D) none of these
Answer:
(B) to avoid unnecessary rumour
Question 21.
What was staked in the bet?
(A) one million
(B) two millions
(C) three millions
(D) none of these
Answer:
(B) two millions
Question 22
W’ho had agreed to stake his freedom?
(A) the banker
(B) the guest
(C) a lawyer
(D) none of these
Answer:
(C) a lawyer
Question 23.
What was the age of the lawyer?
(A) twenty years
(B) twenty-two years
(C) twenty-three years
(D) twenty-five years
Answer:
(D) twenty-five years
Question 24.
The discussion about capital punishment and life imprisonment went on in a
(A) Club
(B) court
(C) home
(D) Party
Answer:
(D) Party
Question 25.
Most of the guests were against
(A) Capital punishment
(B) life imprisonment
(C) Both
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) Capital punishment
Question 26.
Who did not agree with the opinion of his guests?
(A) The banker
(B) The lawyer
(C) Both
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) The banker
Question 27.
‘Death sentence’ is same in meaning as
(A) contempt
(B) Shaggy
(C) Capital punishment
(D) threshold
Answer:
(C) Capital punishment
Question 28.
Having no money
(A) sunker
(B) lost
(C) bankruptcy
(D) Smother
Answer:
(C) bankruptcy
Question 29.
Who was the host of the party in ‘The Bet’?
(A) lawyer
(B) banker
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) none of these
Answer:
(B) banker
Question 30.
The banker staked his two millions for……………….
(A) three years
(B) four years
(C) five years
(D) six years
Answer:
(C) five years
Question 31.
The banker was sure that the lawyer would not agree to stay imprisoned in a cell for……………….years.
(A) Five
(B) Te.n
(C) Fifteen
(D) Twenty
Answer:
(A) Five
Question 32.
Anton checkov, the author was
(A) English
(B) German
(C) Russian
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) Russian
Question 33.
Anton checkov was born on
(A) January 17,1860
(B) January 17,1680
(C) January 18,1860
(D) January 17,1862
Answer:
(A) January 17,1860
Question 34.
How many plays did Anton Chekhov write?
(A) Five
(B) Fifteen
(C) Seven
(D) Seventeen
Answer:
(D) Seventeen
Question 35.
Anton Checkov wrote almost ……………….Stories.
(A) Sixteen
(B) Six
(C) Six hundred
(D) Six thousand
Answer:
(C) Six hundred