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 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 2 The Thief’S Story Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the damp fifty-rupee note symbolize? A) Hari's Crime. B) The rain. C) Hari's inner struggle and change. D) Bad luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hari's inner struggle and change. 2. Why didn't Anil mind Hari making a profit in shopping? A) He didn't know. B) He was careless and kind. C) He planned to punish him. D) He found it funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was careless and kind. 3. The greedy man showed fear; the rich man showed anger; the poor man showed acceptance. But I knew that Anil's face when he discovered the theft, would show only a touch of sadness. Not for the loss of money, but for the loss of trust.14. How, according to the narrator, would Anil feel upon finding out? A) Angry. B) Acceptance. C) Fear. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sad. 4. Why did Hari decide to return the money? A) He was afraid. B) He had no place to go. C) He valued the trust and education more. D) He missed Anil's cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He valued the trust and education more. 5. Who is easier to rob? A) A trusting man. B) A greedy man. C) A careless man. D) Anil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A greedy man. 6. What lie did Hari Singh tell Anil when they met? A) That he was a wrestler. B) That he was 20 years old. C) That he knew how to write. D) That he could cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That he could cook. 7. How often did the boy change his name A) Every week. B) Every month. C) Every year. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every month. 8. What message does the story convey? A) Education is a waste of time. B) Crime always pays. C) Kindness and trust can change a person. D) Poor people are always thieves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kindness and trust can change a person. 9. How was Anil described? A) Easy going, kind and simple. B) Strict, cold and unfriendly. C) Untrustworthy, mysterious and shady. D) Trustworthy, nice and friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Easy going, kind and simple. 10. The reference to making a little money 'this way' refers to a way that is viewed by most people as A) Charitable. B) Aggressive. C) Inappropriate. D) Sensible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charitable. 11. It's easy to rob a greedy man because he can afford to be robbed, but it's difficult to rob a careless man-sometimes he doesn't even notice he's been robbed and that takes all the pleasure out of the work. 11. What takes all the pleasure out of work? A) Robbing a careless man. B) Robbing a greedy man. C) When someone doesn't notice they've been robbed. D) Both a and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and c. 12. How was the meal he cooked first night? A) Delicious. B) Finger-licking good. C) Mouth-watering. D) Terrible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Terrible. 13. What did the boy thief decide to do at last? A) Find another place to steal. B) Run away to Lucknow. C) Go to the police station. D) Go back to Anil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go back to Anil. 14. How much money did anil paid to Hari A) 10 rupees. B) 100 rupees. C) 50 rupees. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50 rupees. 15. Why would Anil be sad when he know about the theft? A) The trust he had on the boy was broken. B) He would not have any money. C) He would not have a domestic help anymore. D) The boy would be arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The trust he had on the boy was broken. 16. What did Anil do with the bad food Hari cooked? A) Threw it away. B) Forced Hari to eat it. C) Ate it anyway. D) Gave it to a stray dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gave it to a stray dog. 17. How did the bundle of notes become wet? A) It fell into a drainage. B) It had rained and he was drenched. C) He poured water on the notes. D) The notes became wet because of his sweat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It had rained and he was drenched. 18. What kind of transformation does Hari undergo? A) From liar to writer. B) From thief to police officer. C) From boy to man. D) From criminal to honest learner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From criminal to honest learner. 19. ..... is an Indian author of British descent. A) Pavlova. B) Ruskin Bond. C) Ravindranath tagore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruskin Bond. 20. What was the narrator's age when he met Anil? A) 17. B) 18. C) 15. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15. 21. What did Anil said to Hari that he would teach him? A) Giving him a good job. B) Giving him good clothes. C) Teaching him how to read and write. D) Playing with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teaching him how to read and write. 22. Anil walked away. I followed casually. "Hello again, " he said. I gave him my most appealing smile. "I want to work for you, " I said. "But I can't pay you." 4. What did the boy ask Anil for? A) To teach him. B) To give him money. C) To employ him. D) To give him food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To employ him. 23. It's easy to rob a greedy man because he can afford to be robbed, but it's difficult to rob a careless man-sometimes he doesn't even notice he's been robbed and that takes all the pleasure out of the work. 10. Who is easier to rob? A) A careless man. B) Anil. C) A greedy man. D) A trusting man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A greedy man. 24. Why do you think Anil did not hand over Hari to the police? A) He wanted Hari to become literate. B) He knew that a thief will always remain a thief. C) He knew that Hari had decided to change himself. D) He decided to make him a thief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He knew that Hari had decided to change himself. 25. What did Hari Singh ask Anil? A) If he could give him some money. B) If he could work for him. C) If he could befriend him. D) If he could teach him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If he could work for him. 26. Why did the drizzle add discomfort to Hari Singh? A) Because he stole from a nice person. B) He had gotten wet and felt cold. C) He had only a pyjama and he was cold. D) He had nowhere to go on that wet night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he stole from a nice person. 27. Where did Anil hide his money A) In his pocket. B) In a drawer. C) Under the mattress. D) Under the pillow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under the mattress. 28. What was the boy's age? A) 15. B) 25. C) 20. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15. 29. What did Anil do with the food Hari Singh made for the first time? A) He threw it to the cows. B) He threw it to the stray dogs. C) He ate it. D) He threw it to the crows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He threw it to the stray dogs. 30. What name did he tell Anil? A) Mogambo. B) Anil Singh. C) Singh's day. D) Lal day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singh's day. 31. What was more difficult for Hari Singh? A) To steal something. B) To tell a lie. C) To return something without being detected. D) To tell a truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To return something without being detected. 32. The synonym for 'appealing' is ..... A) Hatred. B) Very frown. C) Attractive. D) Cunning looks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attractive. 33. What is the central theme of the story? A) Adventure. B) Greed and crime. C) Trust and transformation. D) Jealousy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trust and transformation. 34. What did Anil promise to teach Hari Singh? A) Swimming. B) Cooking. C) How to fight. D) Reading and writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reading and writing. 35. Which character do you like? A) The thief. B) Ruskin Bond. C) Anil. D) Your English Teacher:). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your English Teacher:). 36. Where did Anil kept the money? A) Under the mattress. B) Under the pillow. C) In the locker. D) In the cupboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the mattress. 37. What takes all the pleasure out of work A) Robbing a careless man. B) Robbing a greedy man. C) When someone doesn't notice they've been robbed. D) Both a and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and c. 38. How much rupees did Anil had? A) 500 in fifties. B) 200 in fifties. C) 600 in fifties. D) 1000 in fifties. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 600 in fifties. 39. 5-What do you mean by the word "unlined" ? A) A) in a line. B) B) showing no sign of worry or anxiety. C) C) none of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) showing no sign of worry or anxiety. 40. How much money did the narrator initially steal A) 50 Rupees. B) 600 Rupees. C) 100 Rupees. D) 450 Rupees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 600 Rupees. 41. What was Hari Singh tempted to steal? A) A typewriter. B) A gold watch. C) Anil's shoes. D) A bundle of currency notes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A bundle of currency notes. 42. How long was the narrator working for Anil A) About a month. B) About a week. C) About 3 months. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About a month. 43. Anil had given me a key to the door, and I could come and go as I pleased. He was the most trusting person I had ever met. And that is why it was so difficult to rob him.9. Who was the most trusting person narrator had ever met? A) Anil. B) Publisher. C) Anil's friends. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anil. 44. What was Anil doing when the boy met him? A) Writing an article. B) Playing. C) Cooking. D) Watching a match. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watching a match. 45. Hari's stolen notes were ..... from rain. A) Damp. B) Dry. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damp. 46. How much money Anil brought one day? A) 600. B) 1000. C) 700. D) 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 600. 47. He took me to his room over the Jumna Sweet Shop and told me I could sleep on the balcony. But the meal I cooked that night must have been terrible because Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off.6. How was the meal he cooked first night? A) Finger-licking good. B) Terrible. C) Mouth-watering. D) Delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terrible. 48. The boy changed his name in order to stay ahead of ..... A) Police. B) Employers. C) None of them. D) Both of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both of them. 49. I was still a thief when I met Anil. And though only 15, I was an experienced and fairly successful hand. Anil was watching a wrestling match when I approached him.19. What was the boy's age? A) 15. B) 25. C) 20. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15. 50. Anil tucked the money under the ..... A) Mattress. B) Sheet. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mattress. 51. Based on your understanding of Anil in the extract, choose the option that synchronises with his thinking. A) So what if I don't have much money? Giving it to that person is important as they could do with a helping hand. B) I better learn how to protect my money. I think I'm being looted. C) I earn money with such tremendous effort. Where does it all go?. D) I wish I had children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So what if I don't have much money? Giving it to that person is important as they could do with a helping hand. 52. What did Anil ask Hari to do? A) To clean his house. B) To cook. C) To paint his house. D) To iron his clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cook. 53. '' I want to work for you, " I said. (Change into reported speech) A) I said that I wanted to work for you. B) I told that he wanted to work for me. C) I said that he wanted to work for him. D) I said that I wanted to work for him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I said that I wanted to work for him. 54. What aspect of Anil's nature influenced Hari most? A) His money. B) His clothes. C) His trust and kindness. D) His laziness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His trust and kindness. 55. What was the weather like that night? A) Hot and dry. B) Cold and rainy. C) Stormy. D) Calm and warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold and rainy. 56. What was Anil's work? A) He was a wrestler. B) He was an accountant. C) He wrote for magazines. D) He had a small shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wrote for magazines. 57. How much money did Hari Singh steal? A) 700. B) 600. C) 800. D) 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 600. 58. At night Anil gave food to ..... A) Stray dog. B) Stray cat. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stray dog. 59. Why did Hari Singh want to be friend with Anil? A) Because he was impressed by the qualities of Anil. B) Because he wanted to rob him. C) Because he wanted to teach him a lesson. D) Because he wanted a favour from Anil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he wanted to rob him. 60. What was Anil doing when Hari spotted him as his next target? A) Watching a match. B) Shopping. C) Going on the road. D) Playing cricket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watching a match. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSupplementary QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 10 English Supplementary Chapter 2 The Thief’S Story Quiz 1Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 2 The Thief’S Story Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books