CBSE Class 10 English, Supplementary Reader, A TRIUMPH OF SURGERY, Extract Based MCQ

CBSE, Class 10 English, Supplementary Reader

A TRIUMPH OF SURGERY

By James Herriot.

EXTRACT BASED MCQ

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Read the following extract and answer the questions selecting the most appropriate options.

1. "I had pulled up my car when I saw him in the street with his mistress and I was shocked at his appearance. He had become hugely fat, like a bloated sausage with a leg at each corner. His eyes, bloodshot and rheumy, stared straight ahead and his tongue lolled from his jaws"

1. Who says it?

(a) Dr. James Herriot

(b) Mrs. Pumphrey

(c) Mr. Hodgkin

(d) Mr. Tristan

 

2." When I saw him in the street with his mistress" Whom did he see?

(a) Dr. James Herriot

(b) Tricki, the dog

(c) Mr. Hodgkin

(d) Mr. Tristan

 

3. He had become hugely fat, like a bloated sausage" What literary device is used here?

(a) Personification

(b) Metaphor

(c) Simile

(d) Pun

 

4. What is the meaning of the word "rheumy eyes"?

(a) red eyes

(b) wet eyes

(c) calm eyes

(d) hungry eyes

Ans: 1(a),      2(b),          3(c),          4(b)

 

2."And did you cut down on the things as I told you?"

     "Oh, I did for a bit, but he seemed to be so weak I had to relent. He does love cream

       cakes and chocolates o. I can't bear to refuse him"

     I looked down again at the little dog. That was the trouble. Tricki's only fault was greed.

5. What did the doctor tell her?

(a) to give the dog sufficient food

(b) control its diet

(c) give it cream cakes and chocolates only

(d) chain him round the clock

 

6. Why didn't she obey the doctor?

(a) Because she didn't believe him fully.

(b) Because the doctor didn't tell the matter black and white

(c) Because he was not a veterinary doctor

(d) Because he liked her dog very much

 

7. What was the fault of the dog?

(a) He used to sleep round the clock

(b) He would not bark at the strangers

(c) He was very lazy and lethargic

(d) He had excessive desire to have food.

 

8. What is the synonym of the word "relent"?

(a) continue

(b) stop

(c) ecstasy

(d) none the above

Ans: 5 (b),      6(d),        7(d),       8(b)

 

3"I watched their progress with growing concern. Tricki was tottering along in his little tweed coat; he had a whole wardrobe of these coats- for the cold weather and a raincoat for the wet days. He struggled on, drooping in his harness. I thought it would be long before I heard from Mrs. Pumphrey"

 

9. What type of progress mentioned here?

(a) The dog's health progressed slowly

(b) Mrs. Pumphrey's  wealth progressed

(c) His growing concern progressed

(d) The dog and its Mistress walked away.

 

10. Tricki had put on a tweed coat. What do you mean by tweed coat?

(a) The dog's coat

(b) Woolen fabric coat

(c) Silk and costly coat

(d) Hand woven pretty coat

 

11. "He struggled on, drooping in his harness' What was the support mentioned here?

(a) The seat belt of the car was its support

(b) A small stick carried by Mrs. Pumphrey, was its support

(c) A small rope tied on its neck carried by Mrs. Pumphrey, was its support

(d) There was no support to it.

12. "I thought  it wouldn't be long before I heard from Mrs. Pumphrey" What does it mean?

(a) She would call me at the earliest

(b) She would be a deaf ear towards his advice

(c) It would be a closed chapter to her

(d) She wouldn't call me at her earliest.

Ans: 9(d),        10(b),       11(c),       12(

 

4. "At the surgery, the household dog surged round me. Tricky looked down at the noisy pack with dull eyes and, when put down , lay motionless on the carpet. The other dog, after sniffing round him for a few seconds, decided he was an uninteresting object and ignored him"

 

13. What is the synonym of "surge"?

(a) move

(b) stand

(c) inrush

(d) inertia

 

14. What was the noisy pack mentioned here?

(a) The servants of Mrs. Pumphrey's house

(b) The workers of the veterinary hospital

(c) The birds which lived on the nearby trees

(d) The dogs that were admitted in the hospital

 

15. Who was the uninteresting object?

(a) The doctor

(b) The nurses

(c) All the dogs

(d) Tricki

 

16. Why did Tricki lie motionless on the carpet?

(a) Because it disliked the atmosphere of the hospital

(b)Because it was very tired and unable to stand

(c) Because the attendants of the hospital threatened it

(d) Because it liked beautiful carpets

Ans: 13 (c),      14(d),       15(d),       16(b)

 

5."It was a temptation to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest, but I knew Mrs. Pumphrey was suffering and after a fortnight, felt compelled to phone and tell her that the little dog had recovered and was awaiting collection

     Within minutes , about 30 feet of gleaming blackmetal drew up outside the surgery. The chauffeur opened the door and I could just make out the figure of Mrs. Pumphrey almost lost in the interior"

 

17. Why did they want to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest?

(a) Tricki was a beautiful dog and they liked it.

(b) They played with Tricki and they wanted to continue it

(c) They got many eggs and many bottles of brandy from its house

(d) Thricki showed them many tricks and became their favourite one

 

18. How  many days were Tricki hospitalized  ?

(a) One month

(b) 15 days

(c) 14 days

(d) one week

 

19. What is the synonym of 'chauffeur'?

(a) Cook

(b) Cooker

(c) Driver

(d) gardener 

 

20. What do you mean by 'about 30 feet of gleaming metal' ?

(a) A shining metal cabinet

(b) A costly car

(c) It is a surgery desk seen in the hospital

(d) It is a phrase to magnify about Mrs. Pumphrey.

Ans: 17(c),    18(c),       19(c),       20(b)

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