CBSE Class 10 English The Necklace MCQs

Question : Mme Forestier was touched and took both her hands as she replied, “Oh My poor Matilda! Mine were false. They were not worth over 500 francs.”

Question : Why was Mme Forestier touched?
(a) She was touched by Matilda’s plight which could have been avoided if only Matilda had told a lie.
(b) She was touched by Matilda’s gesture of helping her.
(c) She was touched my Matilda’s way of treating her
(d) She was touched by Matilda’s plight which could have been avoided if only Matilda had told the truth

Answer : D

Question : Mine were false.” What does ‘mine’ refer to in these words?
(a) The diamond necklace that Mme Forestier had lent Matilda’s husband
(b) The Pearl necklace that Mme Forestier mmb had lent to Matilda.
(c) The diamond pendant that Mme Forestier had lent to Matilda
(d) The diamond necklace that Mme Forestier had lent to Matilda

Answer : D

Question : Find the word from the extract that means same as ‘agitated’.
(a) touched
(b) worth
(c) broached
(d) perturbed

Answer : A

Question : What is the opposite of ‘false’?
(a) real
(b) time
(c) fake
(d) genuinely

Answer : A

Question : Who is the author of the story "The Necklace"?
(a) HG Wells
(b) Robert W. Peterson
(c) Guy De Maupassant
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question : Did her friend recognise her years later?
(a) yes
(b) no
(c) they did not bump into each other
(d) none of the above

Answer : B

Question : What all did she do there?
(a) danced with enthusiasm
(b) intoxicated with pleasure
(c) thought of all the admiration
(d) all of these

Answer : D

Question : What does she think she deserves?
(a) suffering
(b) luxury
(c) delicacies
(d) both 2 and 3

Answer : D

Question : Who did he receive an invitation from?
(a) the Minister of Public Instruction
(b) the Minister of Public Health
(c) the Minister of Public Safety
(d) the Minister of Public Education

Answer : A

Question : How did she look on the day of the ball?
(a) elegant
(b) gracious
(c) full of joy
(d) all of these

Answer : D

Question : What do you mean by the word "dismay"?
(a) shock
(b) surprise
(c) concern
(d) all of these

Answer : D

Question : Did he agree to give her that money?
(a) yes
(b) no
(c) maybe
(d) none of the above

Answer : A

Question : Monsieur Loisel works for the Ministry of ___.
(a) Finance
(b) Foreign Affairs
(c) Education
(d) Culture

Answer : C

Question : What all did they do to repay?
(a) sent away the maid
(b) change their lodgings
(c) husband working the evenings and nights too
(d) all of these

Answer : D

Question : Why did she throw away the letter?
(a) she had nothing to weak
(b) she had no jewellery to carry
(c) she had no bag to carry
(d) both A and B

Answer : D

Question : Mathilde's was born into a family of ___.
(a) Lawyers
(b) Doctors
(c) Clerks
(d) Dockworkers

Answer : C

Question : What solution did the come up to?
(a) wearing natural flowers in the name of jewels
(b) asking her friend to lend some of her jewels
(c) buy some new jewellery
(d) none of the above

Answer : B

Question : The husband of the lady worked as a clerk in the –
(a) Board of education
(b) Electricity board
(c) Bank
(d) Post Office

Answer : A

Question : Which word does ‘delicacies’ NOT correspond to?
(a) etherealness
(b) elegance
(c) exquisiteness
(d) robustness

Answer: D

Question : What did her friend say when she was told the entire story?
(a) she was angry
(b) she hated her for that
(c) she cursed her
(d) she told that hers were false

Answer : D

Question : Both the couple noticed that —– was missing after returning from the party.
(a) Diamond Necklace
(b) Money
(c) Diamond earrings
(d) Fur wrap

Answer : A

Question- Why did she utter a cry?
(a) seeing other ladies wrapping themselves in fur
(b) poverty
(c) the jewels were not to be seen when she reached home
(d) none of the above

Answer : C

Question : After paying 36,000 francs to replace the necklace, what does Matilda learn the original necklace was worth?
(a) 50,000 francs
(b) 30,000 francs
(a) 5,000 francs
(a) Nothing

Answer : D

Question : What do you mean by the word “dismay”?
(a) shock
(b) surprise
(c) concern
(d) all of these

Answer : D

Question : Mme Loisel threw the invitation card on the ——–.
(a) Table
(b) Floor
(c) Bed
(d) Sofa

Answer : A

Question : What tortured and angered her?
(a) shabby walls
(b) worn chairs
(c) poverty
(d) all of these

Answer : D

Question : For what had Loisel saved four hundred francs?
(a) to buy a gun
(b) to buy a T.V.
(c) to buy a shirt
(d) to buy a bicycle

Answer : A

Question- How did they pay for the new jewels?
(a) using the money gave by his father
(b) borrowing
(c) her money
(d) both 1 and 2

Answer : D

Question : What is the actual state of her family?
(a) rich
(b) middle-class
(c) poor
(d) wealhy

Answer : C

Question : Loisel suggested Matilda to borrow Jewellery for the dinner party from her friend Mme –
(a) Fedrich
(b) Forestier
(c) William
(d) Welson

Answer : B

Question : In reality the necklace borrowed by Matilda from Mme Forestier was not a real diamond necklace and was not worth more than –
(a) 500 Frances
(b) 600 Frances
(c) 100 Frances
(d) 1000 Frances

Answer : A

Question : How much was the necklace actually worth?
(a) forty thousand
(b) thirty six thousand
(c) five hundred
(d) none of the above

Answer : C

Question : What was the actual cost of Mme Forestier’s necklace?
(a) five hundred francs
(b) ten thousand francs
(c) one hundred francs
(d) five thousand francs

Answer : A

Question : How much time did they take to repay the loan?
(a) two years
(b) five years
(c) ten years
(d) twenty years

Answer : C

Question : How did Mrs Loisel perform at the ball?
(a) she had great success
(b) none noticed her
(c) she did not enjoy the ball
(d) all of the above

Answer : A

Question : Monsieur Loisel underestimates the depth of his wife's ___.
(a) Intelligence
(b) Confidence
(c) Unhappiness
(d) Resourcefulness

Answer : C

He threw around her shoulders that modest wraps they had carried whose poverty clashed with the elegance of the ball costume. She wished to hurry away…
Question : What precedes these lines?
(a) Matilda’s absence at the ball
(b) Matilda’s success at the ball where she was idolized
(c) Matilda’s failure to impress anyone at the ball
(d) Matilda’s success on convincing Mme Forestier to lend her necklace to her

Answer : B

Question : ‘She’ wished to hurry away. Why?
(a) to escape the notice of the host
(b) to escape the notice of M Loisel
(c) to escape the notice of Mme Forestier
(d) to escape the notice of the rich women

Answer : D

Question : ____ in the given extract has the same meaning as ‘not expensive’?
(a) elegance
(b) inexpensive
(c) modest
(d) cheap

Answer : C

Question : What is opposite of ‘poverty’?
(a) affluent
(b) rich
(c) modesty
(d) affluence

Answer : D