CBSE Class 10 English Bholi MCQs

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MCQ for Class 10 English Chapter 9 Bholi

Class 10 English students should refer to the following multiple-choice questions with answers for Chapter 9 Bholi in Class 10.

Chapter 9 Bholi MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

Then she began to cry and tears flowed from her eyes in a helpless flood. She kept her head as she sat in her corner, not daring to look up at the girls, who, she knew were still laughing at her.

Question : Who is ‘she’?
(a) Bholi’s teacher
(b) Bholi’s mother
(c) Sulekha
(d) Bholi’s friend

Answer :   C

Question : Why were the girls laughing at her?
(a) Because she had made mistake
(b) Because she could not solve the sum given by her teacher
(c) Because she did not come in proper uniform
(d) Because she had stammered while seeing her name when asked by the teacher

Answer :   D

Question : What does the word ‘daring’ mean?
(a) Wanting
(b) Showing
(c) Teasing
(d) Seeking

Answer :   A

Question : What is the opposite of ‘laughing’?
(a) Smiling
(b) Crying
(c) Complaining
(d) Teasing

Answer :   B

Question : What do you mean by the word "simpleton"?
(a) simple
(b) foolish
(c) basic
(d) none of the above

Answer :   B

Question : What was Bholi’s reaction when Ramlal ask her to go to school for the first time?
(a) she was not given new clothes
(b) I she was excited
(c) she cried with fear
(d) none of the above

Answer :   C

Question : Who is referred to as the “artist” in the lesson?
(a) Bholi’s friend
(b) Bholi
(c) Bholi’s cow
(d) Bholi’s teacher

Answer :   D

Question : Who was her father?
(a) Village Numberdar
(b) Village Sarpanch
(c) Village Tehsildar
(d) none of the above

Answer :   A

Question : Who is the artist’s work of art?
(a) Bholi’s friend
(b) Bholi
(c) Bholi’s cow
(d) Bholi’s teacher

Answer :   B

Question : Why did she talk very little?
(a) she stammered
(b) other kids mimicked her and made fun of her
(c) she was an introvert
(d) none of the above

Answer :   B

Question : How did Ramlal’s wife react about sending her girls to school?
(i) she laughed
(ii) she got angry
(iii) no reaction
(iv) she cried 

Answer :   D

Question : Why did Bholi’s parents accept Bishamber’s marriage proposal?
(a) he has a big shop
(b) he has a house
(c) he has good bank balance
(d) all of the above

Answer :   D

Question : Who came to marry Bholi?
(a) Bishamber Nath
(b) Hari Nath
(c) Pran Nath
(d) Deena Nath

Answer :   A

Question : Who was Lakshmi?
(a) Bholi’s mother
(b) Bholi’s cow
(c) Bholi’s teacher
(d) Bholi’s classmate

Answer :   B

Question : How did Ramlal’s wife react about sending her girls to school?
(a) she laughed
(b) she got angry
(c) no reaction
(d) she cried

Answer :   D

Question : What did it take for Bholi to believe she was being taken to a place better than home?
(a) clean dress
(b) hair oiling
(c) a bath
(d) all of the above

Answer :   D

Question : Why did the girls laugh at Bholi?
(a) at her dress
(b) at her looks
(c) at her stammering
(d) all of the above

Answer :   C

Question : How did she leave school on the first day?
(a) sad
(b) with a ray of hope for new life
(c) depressed that she’ll stay where she is
(d) none of the above

Answer :   B

Question : What happened when she was two years old?
(a) falling off a cot
(b) falling off the stairs
(c) falling off a verandah
(d) small-pox

Answer :   D

Question : —— Marriage had also been settled.
(a) Sulekha
(b) Mangla
(c) Radha
(d) Champa

Answer :   B

Question : Why did she suggest they send Bholi to school?
(a) there was little chance of her getting married
(b) her husband couldn’t disobey Tehsildar’s orders
(c) she took it to teachers at school to worry about her
(d) all of the above

Answer :   D

Question : Who was Lakshmi?
(a) Bholi’s friend
(b) Bholi’s classmate
(c) Bholi’s sister
(d) Bholi’s cow

Answer :   D

Question : How did he react on seeing Bholi’s face?
(a) asked for compensation
(b) got frightened
(c) both of these
(d) none of the above

Answer :   A

Question : Bishamber was near about —– years old.
(a) 45/50
(b) 40/45
(c) 50/60
(d) 30/35

Answer :   A

Question : How many siblings did Bholi have?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 6

Answer :   D

Question : How many children did Ramlal have?
(a) four
(b) five
(c) six
(d) seven

Answer :   D

Question : Who is the real artist in the story ‘Bholi’?
(a) the teacher
(b) Ramlal
(c) Bholi
(d) Bishamber Nath

Answer :   A

Question : Whose paintings did she see in the classroom wall?
(a) cow
(b) goat
(c) parrot
(d) all of the above 

Answer :   D

Question : Who is referred to as the "artist" in the lesson?
(a) Bholi’s friend
(b) Bholi
(c) Bholi’s cow
(d) Bholi’s teacher

Answer :   D

Question : The real name of Bholi was –
(a) Sulekha
(b) Sumedha
(c) Suricha
(d) Samridhi

Answer :   A

Question : Little Sulekha could not —— till she five –
(a) Listen
(b) Walk
(c) Speak
(d) Sit

Answer :   C

The lady teacher who was in class was saying something to the girls but Bholi could understand nothing.
Question : Where was Bholi?
(a) Bholi was in the principal’s room in the village school
(b) Bholi was in her house
(c) Bholi was in the playground
(d) Bholi was in the classroom in the village school

Answer :   D

Question : Why could she understand nothing?
(a) because the teacher was not teaching properly
(b) because it was her second day at school
(c) because it was her first day at school
(d) because the teacher was teaching in English and she did not know English

Answer :   C

Question : What is the opposite word of ‘everything’ in the extract?
(a) something
(b) nothing
(c) anything
(d) none of these

Answer :   B

Question : The opposite of ‘lady teacher’ would be
(a) male teacher
(b) Professor
(c) lady teacher
(d) guest teacher

Answer :   A

 

Extract-Based Questions

Q. 1. “Ramlal stood rooted to the ground, his head bowed low with the weight of grief and shame.
The flames of the sacred fire slowly died down. Everyone was gone. Ramlal turned to Bholi and said, “But what about you, no one will ever marry you now. What shall we do with you?”
And Sulekha said in a voice that was calm and steady. “Don’t you worry, Pitaji! In your old age I will serve you and Mother and I will teach in the same school where I learnt so much. Isn’t that right, Ma’am?”
The teacher had all along stood in a corner, watching the drama. “Yes, Bholi, of course,” she replied. And in her smiling eyes was the light of a deep satisfaction that an artist feels when contemplating the completion of her masterpiece.”

Question : Bholi had refused to get married as
(a) her father couldn’t afford the dowry that was demanded
(b) the bridegroom had been greedy and was disrespectful
(c) the bridegroom had insulted her father
(d) her father was getting her married to a man older to her

Answer : B

 

Question : Pick the option that includes the correct matches of Column A with Column B.

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(a) I-(ii); II-(iv); III-(iii)
(b) I-(i); II-(iv); III-(iii)
(c) I-(iii); II-(ii); III-(i)
(d) I-(iii); II-(iii); III-(iv)

Answer : B

Question : Pick the sentence that brings out the meaning of ‘contemplating’ as used in the extract.
(a) Contemplating sharing my belongings with someone is definitely tough.
(b) She took some time to respond as she was contemplating what to say.
(c) I was contemplating my reflection in the mirror and was speechless.
(d) She was contemplating though the pages of the document that was with her.

Answer : B

 

Question : Ramlal stood rooted to the ground because he
(a) was moved by what he heard.
(b) was influenced by Bholi’s words
(c) was in a state of shock.
(d) was in an immovable position.

Answer : C

Question : Why did the teacher stand in one corner watching the drama?
(a) She was elated to see what was happening.
(b) She wanted to see what Bholi would be doing.
(c) She didn’t want to interfere in a family matter.
(d) She had faith in Bholi standing up for herself.

Answer : D

Q. 2. “What’s the matter with you, you fool? Shouted Ramlal. “I am only taking you to school.”
Then he told his wife, “Let her wear some decent clothes today or else what will the teachers and the other school girls think of us when they see her?
New clothes had never been made for Bholi. The old dresses of her sisters were passed on to her. No one cared to mend or wash her clothes. But today she was lucky to receive a clean dress which had shrunk after many washings and no longer fitted Champa. She was even bathed and oil was rubbed into her dry and matted hair. Only then did she believe that she was being taken to a place better than her home! When they reached the school, the children were already in their classrooms.”

Question : Pick the sentence that brings out the meaning of ‘decent’ as used in the extract.
(a) He gets a decent amount of salary.
(b) One must be decent when having a conversation with strangers.
(c) She was dressed in a decent manner for the interview.
(d) It was very decent of him to lend me some money.

Answer : C

Question : Why was Bholi’s hair matted?
(a) It was entangled and oiled.
(b) It was never oiled or combed.
(c) It was not combed regularly.
(d) It was unkempt and oiled.

Answer : B

 

Question : Why did Ramlal call Bholi a fool?
This was because
(a) Bholi had become hysterical and was screaming.
(b) Bholi shouted in fear and pulled her hand away.
(c) Bholi was behaving foolishly and was running away.
(d) Bholi had been behaving very strangely with her father.

Answer : B

Question : What fear did Bholi have when she was told about being taken to school?
(a) She thought she was going to be neglected by her parents.
(a) She thought her parents were going to get rid of her.
(c) She felt that she would be thrown out of the house and sold.
(d) She thought her parents were thinking of ways to throw her out.

Answer : C

 

Question : Pick the option that best describes how Bholi felt at the end of her first day in school.
(a) lost and scared
(b) calm and peaceful
(c) elated and peaceful
(d) hopeful and elated

Answer : D

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