“A Question of Trust” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 10 English Footprints without Feet Book Chapter 4
A Question of Trust MCQs – Here is a compilation of Class 10 English MCQs of Chapter 4, A Question of Trust by Victor Canning have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 10 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 4- A Question of Trust from the NCERT Footprints without Feet book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the MCQs of A Question of Trust. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.
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Q1. What is the meaning of ‘Honour among thieves’?
A. Thieves will not steal from each other.
B. Criminals observe a moral code of honour in what they do.
C. Not to do anything illegal to their partners in crime.
D. All of the above
Q2. Which of the following is an example of ‘Honour among thieves’?
A. ‘‘I grew up in the old school,’’ Torres would often tell Cabral. ‘‘I got morals and principles.’’ He had an odd reformulation of the Golden Rule: ‘‘I have always believed there is honour among thieves. You respect the next thief.’’
B. There is honour among thieves. A group of Texas inmates busted out of their cell to save a prison guard having a heart attack.
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
Q3. What does Horace Danby like to collect?
A. Expensive Cars
B. Rare and Expensive Books
C. Expensive Clothes
D. Rare Artefacts
Q4. In ‘A Question of Trust’, Horace commits theft ___________.
A. annually
B. biennially
C. triennially
D. Octennial
Q5. The Lady in red pretends to be the ______ of the owner.
A. sister
B. wife
C. mother
D. friend
Q6. Who is the real culprit in ‘A Question of Trust’?
A. The lady thief
B. Horace Danby
C. Sherry
D. Servant
Q7. Horace Danby is a –
A. blacksmith
B. locksmith
C. jewelsmith
D. metalsmith
Q8. Horace Danby is about ________ years old.
A. thirty
B. fifty
C. fourty
D. sixty
Q9. Horace Danby chose a house at ________ for his next robbery.
A. American River Grange
B. Pilot Hill Grange
C. Boulder Valley Grange
D. Shotover Grange
Q10. There was jewellery of about _________ in the safe of the house.
A. Fifteen thousand pound
B. Ten thousand pound
C. Fifty thousand pound
D. Sixty thousand pound
Q11. What did Horace Danby forget to put on while entering the house in Shotover Grange?
A. Helmet
B. Weapons
C. Gloves
D. Shoes
Q12. Horace is __________ in the prison.
A. Assistant Professor
B. Assistant Librarian
C. Sanitation worker
D. None of the above
Q13. Horace had attacks of _______ in summer.
A. Hay Fever
B. Sinus
C. Rhinitis
D. Influenza
Q14. Which of the following is not true for Horace Danby in ‘A Question of Trust’?
A. He had a good social reputation of being a good and honest person.
B. He secretly bought the books he loved through an agent.
C. Horace opened the safe for the young lady and handed her the jewels.
D. Horace felt a sense of pride when someone mentioned “Honour among thieves”.
Q15. Choose the most suitable antonym of the word “Hinder”.
A. Obstruct
B. Shackle
C. Hamper
D. Facilitate
Q16. Choose the most suitable antonym of the word “Frighten”
A. Reassure
B. Petrify
C. Eldritch
D. Startle
Q17. Grange is a country house with farm buildings attached. Choose the incorrect use of the word grange in a sentence.
A. Beamore was a monastic grange farm owned by the Cistercian abbey of Beaubec in Normandy.
B. At least 11 buildings burned, including several homes, two rivers lodge, a historic grange hall and a thrift store.
C. Julia asked the community’s farmers to meet at the Howard family grange to help raise a new barn
D. None of the above
Q18. Choose the most suitable synonym of the word “Desperate”
A. Euphoric
B. Buoyant
C. Ecstatic
D. Forlorn
Q19. Which of the following is not true about the lady in red?
A. She was successful in befooling Horace Danby.
B. She trapped another person for her greed and bad intentions.
C. She knew the number of the safe.
D. She lacked honour.
Q20. What did everyone think about Horace Danby?
A. he was good
B. he was honest
C. both of these
D. none of these
Q21. Whom did Horace live with?
A. wife
B. friends
C. children
D. none of the above
Q22. What did he study about the house?
A. rooms and garden
B. electric wiring
C. paths
D. all of the above
Q23. Where did the family who lived in the Grange go?
A. London
B. Las Vegas
C. Los Angeles
D. none of the above
Q24. Where was the safe?
A. bedroom
B. kitchen
C. bathroom
D. drawing room
Q25. Where was the safe hidden?
A. behind a painting
B. inside an almirah
C. it was kept open
D. none of the above
Q26. “How _____ people are when they own valuable things, Horace thought”
A. selfish
B. foolish
C. lucky
D. fortunate
Q27. How did he come to know about the safe?
A. from a servant
B. by eavesdropping
C. by spying on them
D. from a magazine article
Q28. How did she respond when he told her to forget she ever saw him?
A. she forgot she saw him
B. she told him she won’t pretend anything like that
C. she didn’t respond
D. none of the above
Q29. What was the piece of evidence against Horace?
A. his lighter
B. his gloves
C. his fingerprints
D. all of the above
Q30. What was Horace allergic to?
A. dust
B. smell of flowers
C. pollen
D. milk
ANSWER KEY
| 1 | D | 16 | A |
| 2 | C | 17 | D |
| 3 | B | 18 | D |
| 4 | A | 19 | C |
| 5 | B | 20 | C |
| 6 | A | 21 | D |
| 7 | B | 22 | D |
| 8 | B | 23 | A |
| 9 | D | 24 | D |
| 10 | A | 25 | A |
| 11 | C | 26 | B |
| 12 | B | 27 | D |
| 13 | A | 28 | B |
| 14 | D | 29 | C |
| 15 | D | 30 | B |
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