This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > English > Supplementary > The Thief’S Story > Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 2 The Thief’S Story – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 2 The Thief’S Story Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did Hari earn extra money during shopping? A) By begging. B) By selling newspapers. C) By keeping the change. D) By stealing from Anil's wallet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By keeping the change. 2. Where did Anil meet Hari Singh for the first time? A) At a library. B) At a train station. C) At the market. D) At a wrestling match. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At a wrestling match. 3. Why is it harder to steal from a trusting person, according to Hari? A) They never notice. B) They are poor. C) They give too many things. D) The guilt is greater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The guilt is greater. 4. Why does Hari return the money? A) He got money from other sources. B) He did not like money. C) He wanted to learn to write. D) He was worried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wanted to learn to write. 5. Where did Hari decide to go after robbing Anil A) He would catch the 10:00 express to lucknow. B) He would catch a bus to a neighboring village. C) He would catch the 10:30 express to lucknow. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He would catch the 10:30 express to lucknow. 6. Anil looked easy-going, kind and simple to the narrator. Which of the given characteristics would NOT fit in with this description? A) Carefree. B) Compassionate. C) Suave. D) Uncomplicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suave. 7. What was Anil's job? A) Shopkeeper. B) Wrestler. C) Writer. D) Painter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writer. 8. What did Hari Singh decided to do after stealing the money? A) He decided to go to his friend's house. B) He decided to go to the bus stop. C) He decided to catch Lucknow Express at 10:30. D) He decided to catch Luchnow Express at 11:30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He decided to catch Lucknow Express at 10:30. 9. What was the boy's real profession? A) A household servant. B) Theft. C) Cheating. D) Working honestly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theft. 10. Why doesn't Anil react to the theft? A) He wanted to test Hari. B) He didn't know. C) He forgave Hari silently. D) He planned to report to police. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He forgave Hari silently. 11. What is Hari a "fairly successful hand" at? A) Deceiving. B) Wrestling. C) Stealing. D) Working hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stealing. 12. What do you mean by the word "unlined" ? A) In a line. B) Showing no sign of worry or anxiety. C) Showing signs of anxiety. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Showing no sign of worry or anxiety. 13. Where did Anil let Hari sleep? A) On the balcony. B) In the kitchen. C) In the drawing room. D) On the terrace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the balcony. 14. Who is the author of the story A) Coates Kinney. B) Robert Frost. C) Ruskin Bond. D) Rk Narayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ruskin Bond. 15. There was a little light over Anil's bed because of A) Moon Light. B) Tube light. C) Road light. D) Bedside lamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moon Light. 16. Who is Hari Singh? A) A peddler. B) A thief. C) A write. D) A wrestler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A thief. 17. Explain the phrase 'by fits and starts'. A) Now and then. B) Once a week. C) At any cost. D) Very frequently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Now and then. 18. How old was Anil? A) 25 years. B) 15 Years. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25 years. 19. Why did Hari return to Anil's house? A) To get his bag. B) To steal again. C) To return the money and learn. D) To say goodbye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To return the money and learn. 20. What did Anil promise him to teach? A) Write his name. B) Cook. C) Write full sentences. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 21. How did Hari justify stealing Anil's money? A) He was out of practice. B) Anil would waste the money on his friends. C) Anil didn't pay him. D) All of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the options. 22. Where did Anil hide the money? A) Under his mattress. B) In the cupboard. C) In his coat pocket. D) Inside a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under his mattress. 23. According to the narrator who is easy to rob A) A careless man. B) A trusting man. C) Anil. D) A greedy man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A greedy man. 24. What can be said about Hari's honesty at the end? A) He remained a thief. B) He stole again. C) He faked it. D) He chose the path of honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He chose the path of honesty. 25. How does the story end? A) Goes to Jail Day. B) Anil throws him out. C) Hari returns the money and stays. D) Anil takes back the money and leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hari returns the money and stays. 26. ' I may be able to get into the young man's confidence'. Choose the option that DOES NOT display what the statement means A) He wanted him to share his thoughts without caution. B) He wanted him to feel comfortable revealing more details about himself. C) He wanted to win his trust. D) He wanted to be able to spend quality time with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wanted to be able to spend quality time with him. 27. How much money did Hari steal? A) Rs 700. B) Rs 500. C) Rs 600. D) Rs 800. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rs 600. 28. Was Hari Singh a good cook? A) No. B) I don't know. C) Yes. D) Maybe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 29. What did Anil promise Hari to teach him? A) Cooking. B) Write his name. C) Write full sentences. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 30. What does the phrase 'a study of men's faces' mean? A) He is a great author. B) He is cunning. C) He is knowledgeable. D) He is good at observing people and their reactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is good at observing people and their reactions. 31. How did Hari Singh imagine to spend the money he had stolen? A) Like a rich man. B) Like a king. C) Like a bussiness man. D) Like a rich-oil Arab for a week or two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Like a rich-oil Arab for a week or two. 32. What is hari singh a fairly successful hand at A) Robbing. B) Kidnapping. C) Wrestling. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robbing. 33. How old is the thief? A) 15 Years. B) 25 Years. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15 Years. 34. Who is not easier to be robbed? A) Greedy man. B) Rich man. C) Careless man. D) Poor man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Careless man. 35. Today we'll start writing sentences, " he said. He knew. But neither his lips nor his eyes showed anything. I smiled at Anil in my most appealing way. And the smile came by itself, without any effort.16. Did Anil say anything about the robbery? A) No. B) Yes. C) May be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 36. How did the narrator attempt at being friends with Anil? A) Flattering him. B) Teasing him. C) Introducing himself. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flattering him. 37. The thief boy was grateful to Anil for: A) Talking with him. B) Giving him a job. C) Giving him money. D) Watching wrestling match with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving him a job. 38. He was about 25-a tall, lean fellow-and he looked easy-going, kind and simple enough for my purpose. I hadn't had much luck of late and thought I might be able to get into the young man's confidence.20. What was Anil's age? A) 15. B) 25. C) 20. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25. 39. In the story, Anil was a A) Thief. B) Common man. C) Writer, journalist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writer, journalist. 40. The thief boy was very grateful to Anil in many ways. Out of these, the greatest one was ..... ? A) Giving him money. B) Talking to him. C) Giving him job and teaching him. D) Watching wrestling match with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving him job and teaching him. 41. Name the shop over which Hari lived in a room. A) Ganesh Sweet shop. B) Ganga Sweet Shop. C) Jumna Sweet shop. D) Shah Sweet Shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jumna Sweet shop. 42. Hari continued making money by ..... A) Earning a rupee a day. B) Going to the market. C) By cheating Anil while buying the day's supplies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By cheating Anil while buying the day's supplies. 43. Why did Hari not run with Anil's money? A) He got caught. B) He wanted to learn to read and write. C) He wanted to to back to Anil. D) Both B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both B and C. 44. Which value is most strongly depicted in Anil's character? A) Forgiveness. B) Intelligence. C) Generosity. D) Strictness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgiveness. 45. Did he get away on the Lucknow Express? A) Yes. B) May be. C) No. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No. 46. What kind of person was Anil? A) Kind. B) Most trusting. C) Caring. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 47. What was Anil's profession? A) He was a teacher. B) He was a thief. C) He was a doctor. D) He was a writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was a writer. 48. Why does Hari say "I was out of practice" ? A) He hadn't stolen in a while. B) He had stopped cooking. C) He was not studying. D) He forgot how to write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hadn't stolen in a while. 49. Where did Hari go after missing the train? A) To a hotel. B) To the maidan. C) To the sweet shop. D) To the police. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the maidan. 50. What was Hari's motive to be educated? A) To be a learned man. B) To be smarter and better at his job. C) To be a writer. D) To start a school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be smarter and better at his job. 51. How did Anil make money? A) By fits and starts. B) He wrote for magazines. C) He owned a shop. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 52. How did Anil earn 600 rupees? A) He stole from someone. B) He borrowed from a money lender. C) He sold a book to a publisher. D) His friends gave him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He sold a book to a publisher. 53. What did Hari Singh do with the money? A) He changed its place. B) He did nothing. C) He stole it and ran with it. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He stole it and ran with it. 54. What did Anil do for a living? A) He was a shopkeeper. B) He was a police officer. C) He was a banker. D) He wrote for magazines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wrote for magazines. 55. How did the narrator believe that there would be no limits to what he could achieve A) When he could learn how to write like and educated man. B) When he would rob Anil. C) When he won a lottery. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When he could learn how to write like and educated man. 56. The young boy was watching the wrestling match because he A) Had been invited there by the wrestlers. B) Was supposed to meet someone there. C) Loved wrestling and followed it very closely. D) Was looking for simple people to dupe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was looking for simple people to dupe. 57. Why did Hari use flattery over Anil? A) To make him feel confident. B) To make friends with him. C) To make him his employer. D) To fool him and rob him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make him his employer. 58. Why did Hari change his name every month? A) It kept him ahead of the police. B) It saved him from former employers. C) Both A and B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 59. How did Anil earn his livelihood? A) Cycling. B) Acting. C) Wrestling. D) Wrote articles for magazines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrote articles for magazines. 60. What was Anil doing when first met him? A) He was writing his new play. B) He was watching a wrestling match. C) He was playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was watching a wrestling match. Next →Related QuizzesSupplementary QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 10 English Supplementary Chapter 2 The Thief’S Story Quiz 2Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 2 The Thief’S Story Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books