CBSE Class 10 English Chapter 7 “The Necklace” Multiple Choice Questions with Answers from Footprints without Feet Book
The Necklace MCQs – Here is a compilation of Class 10 English MCQs of Chapter 7 The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 10 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 7- The Necklace from 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 The Necklace. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.
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Q1. From whom did M Loisel receive an invitation?
A) the Minister of Public Instruction
B) the Minister of Public Health
C) the Minister of Public Safety
D) the Minister of Public Education
Q2. Why did Matilda throw away the letter?
A) she had no dress to wear
B) she had no jewelry to carry
C) she had no bag to carry
D) both A and B
Q3. What do you mean by the word “dismay”?
A) shock
B) surprise
C) concern
D) all of these
Q4. What did M Loisel’s face look like upon hearing the amount of money that his wife asked from him?
A) pale
B) fine
C) unbothered
D) none of the above
Q5. What was M Loisel planning to do with the money he had saved?
A) buy her a dress
B) buy a gun for himself
C) invest somewhere
D) all of these
Q6. Did M Loisel agree to give his wife that money?
A) yes
B) no
C) maybe
D) none of the above
Q7. Matilda had no jewelry to wear. What solution did Matilda’s husband come up with?
A) advised her not to wear any jewels
B) suggested her to wear natural flowers in the name of jewels
C) he didn’t suggest anything
D) none of the above
Q8. How did Matilda look on the day of the ball?
A) elegant
B) gracious
C) full of joy
D) all of these
Q9. Why did Matilda utter a cry?
A) seeing other ladies wrapping themselves in fur
B) due to the family’s poverty-ridden condition
C) the jewels were not to be seen when she reached home
D) none of the above
Q10. What did the Loisels do in an attempt to find the necklace?
A) the husband went looking for it
B) complained to the police
C) posted an advertisement and offered a reward
D) all of these
Q11. What did the Loisels do to repay the loan?
A) sent away the maid
B) change their lodgings
C) husband worked double shifts
D) all of these
Q12. Did her friend recognise Matilda years later?
A) yes
B) no
C) they did not bump into each other
D) none of the above
Q13. What did Matilda’s friend say when she was told the entire story?
A) she got angry
B) she laughed
C) she cursed her
D) she told her that her necklace was false
Q14. How much was the lost necklace actually worth?
A) forty thousand
B) thirty-six thousand
C) five hundred
D) none of the above
Q15. Matilda was born into a family of _____
A) Scientists
B) doctors
C) engineers
D) clerks
Q16. What does Matilda think she deserves?
A) suffering
B) luxury
C) delicacies
D) both B and C
Q17. What did Matilda dream of while having dinner?
A) elegant dinner
B) exquisite food
C) marvellous dishes
D) all of these
Q18. How did the husband expect Matilda to react on handing her the letter?
A) she would be happy
B) she would be sad
C) she would be jealous
D) none of the above
Q19. What do you mean by the word “stupefied?
A) make someone unable to think
B) make someone to think
C) to think but unable to decide
D) none of the above
Q20. What does the story tell us about Matilda’s education?
A) She did not attend school
B) She went to a convent school
C) Nothing is mentioned
D) She went to a government school
Q21. Which of the following images best describes a ‘tureen’?
Q22. Why would Matilda weep after meeting her school friend?
A) The friend would humiliate Matilda
B) Matilda felt that she was not as beautiful as her friend
C) Matilda suffered despair and disappointment for not being as rich as her friend
D) All of these
Q23. M Loisel suggested that Matilda wear the dress that she wore when they went to the ____________
A) Office
B) Theatre
C) Wedding
D) All of these
Q24. Why did the husband want to buy a gun?
A) He planned to kill Matilda
B) He desired to go on hunting
C) For Self-defence
D) He liked to collect different weapons
Q25. The friends went to shoot _______ on _______.
A) Pigeons, Saturdays
B) Crows, Mondays
C) Lions, Sundays
D) Larks, Sundays
Q26. Francs was the currency of ______
A) India
B) UK
C) France
D) Finland
Q27. The Loisels wanted time to arrange the lost necklace. What alibi did they give to Jeanne Forestier?
A) It had broken and had to be repaired
B) It had been lost
C) It had stains and had to be polished
D) they had to go out of station and would return it when they were back
Q28. The chaplet of diamonds at the Palais Royal was priced at _____
A) Fortyfive thousand francs
B) Forty thousand francs
C) Thirty-six thousand francs
D) Fifty thousand francs
Q29. M Loisel had eighteen thousand francs as ______________
A) his savings
B) An inheritance from his father
C) As a dowry from his in-laws
D) the money to be deposited in the bank’s account
Q30. “They looked at each other utterly cast down” Cast down means _______
A) To put light on a surface
B) to vote
C) to throw with force
D) Dejected
ANSWER KEY
| 1 | A | 16 | D |
| 2 | D | 17 | D |
| 3 | D | 18 | A |
| 4 | A | 19 | A |
| 5 | B | 20 | B |
| 6 | A | 21 | C |
| 7 | B | 22 | C |
| 8 | D | 23 | B |
| 9 | C | 24 | B |
| 10 | D | 25 | D |
| 11 | D | 26 | C |
| 12 | B | 27 | A |
| 13 | D | 28 | B |
| 14 | C | 29 | B |
| 15 | D | 30 | D |
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