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Class 10 English MCQ Question Paper with Answers

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(Q.No.1-3)

Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow :

About five hundred years ago, a town called Hamelin, in North Germany was over-run with rats. The rats were so big that they used to fight the dogs and kill the cats and bite the babies in the cradles. At last, all the people came to the town hall to see the Mayor who was the chairman of the town. They begged him to do something to rid them of the rats. The next day, the Mayor held a meeting. A tall man in queer long coat from heel to head entered the hall. He went up to the table and said; “I can rid your town of rats, if you pay me thousand pieces of gold.” “We shall be glad to give you much more than that, to be rid of the rats,” said the Mayor.

1. The town Hamelin was in __________.
(a) East Germany
(b) West Germany
(c) North Germany
(d) South Germany

Ans: (c) North Germany

2. A tall man in queer long coat demanded __________.
(a) One thousand pieces of gold
(b) Five hundred pieces of gold
(c) Ten thousand pieces of gold
(d) five thousand pieces of gold

Ans: (a) One thousand pieces of gold

3. Which word in the passage means ‘strange’?
(a) big
(b) tall
(c) queer
(d) bite

Ans: (c) queer

(Q.No.4-8)

4. Mohan is taking rest __________ a tall tree.
(a) under (b) in (c) about (d) within

Ans: (a) under

5. The train __________ before I reached the station.
(a) starts (b) started (c) had started (d) will start

Ans: (c) had started

6. Rearrange the following word clusters to make a meaningful sentence :
The road / of / obey / we / rules / the / must.

Ans: (c) We must obey the rules of the road.

7. Which of the following words is misspelt?
(a) Destinguish (b) Accomplish (c) Perish (d) Punish

Ans: (a) Destinguish

8. He had to repent ______ what he had done.
(a) at (b) of (c) over (d) for

Ans: (d) for

(Q.No.9-10)

Read the passage given below and choose the correct option :

9. Mr. Keesing had assigned to Anne the task of :
(a) drawing a scene (b) collecting stamps (c) painting a glass (d) writing an essay

Ans: (d) writing an essay

10. Anne’s argument about talking was that :
(a) talking is a fundamental right
(b) talking is a student’s trait
(c) talking is a birth-right
(d) talking is a duty

Ans: (b) talking is a student’s trait

(Q.No.11-13)Choose the correct option to answer the following questions :

11. Which party did Mandela join?
(a) Indian National Congress
(b) African National Congress
(c) National African Party
(d) He did not join any party

Ans: (b) African National Congress

12. Was Rajvir a fan of detective stories?
(a) Yes (b) No (c) may be (d) don't know

Ans: (a) Yes

13. What moved Siddhartha to seek out enlightenment?
(a) a sick man (b) an aged man (c) a monk begging (d) all of the above

Ans: (d) all of the above

(Q.No.14-15)Read the given extract and choose the correct option to answer the following questions :

14. Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.Who composed the above lines?
(a) Adrienne Rich (b) Robert Frost (c) Robin Klein (d) Walt Whitman

Ans: (b) Robert Frost

15. The poet was in a :
(a) pleasant mood (b) playful mood (c) rough mood (d) sad mood

Ans: (d) sad mood

(Q.No.16-20)

16. Mrs. Pumphrey was a :
(a) poor lady (b) selfish lady (c) rich lady (d) gentle lady

Ans: (c) rich lady

17. __________ encouraged Ebright’s in his interest in learning.
(a) His father (b) His mother (c) His friends (d) His teacher

Ans: (b) His mother

18. Ramlal had __________.
(a) three daughters and four sons
(b) three sons and four daughters
(c) two sons and five daughters
(d) five sons and two daughters

Ans: (b) three sons and four daughters

19. Richard Ebright was an :
(a) actor (b) singer (c) engineer (d) scientist

Ans: (d) scientist

20. In which profession, the boy was trained?
(a) typing (b) theft (c) household work (d) cooking

Ans: (b) theft