The Rattrap MCQs with Answers NCERT Class 12 English Lesson 4

 

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“The Rattrap” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 12 English Flamingo Book Lesson 4

The Rattrap MCQs of Class 12 English Chapter 4, by Selma Lagerlof  have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 12 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 4 The Rattrap from NCERT Flamingo book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the The Rattrap MCQ Question Answers Quiz. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.

 

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Class 12 English Flamingo The Rattrap Chapter 4 Multiple Choice Questions

 

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are a type of objective assessment in which a person is asked to choose one or more correct answers from a list of available options. An MCQ presents a question along with several possible answers.

 

  1. Who is the author of The Rattrap?
    A) Selma Lagerlof
    B) Thomas B. Allen
    C) Howard Phillips
    D) Sudha Murth
  2. Where has the story been set up?
    A) Jewellery shops
    B) Forests of Sweden
    C) Roads of Sweden
    D) Mines of Sweden
  3. Sweden Mines are rich in which ore?
    A) Brass
    B) Copper
    C) Steel
    D) Iron ore
  4. In what manner has the story been narrated?
    A ) Non-fictious style
    B) Realistic manner
    C) Fairy tale manner
    D) None of these
  5. What is the message of the story?
    A) Love and kindness are powerful reformers.
    B) Kindness is powerless
    C) Kindness encourages thieves
    D) Thieves need reprimand
  6. This story revolves around whom?
    A) Around Crofter and his daughter
    B) Around crofter
    C) Around ironman
    D) Around peddler- the Rattrap seller
  7. What does the rattrap seller have to do to make his both ends meet?
    A) Peddling
    B) Selling
    C) Begging
    D) Thievery and begging
  8. Why does the peddler knit up various kind of thoughts?
    A) Because of greed
    B) Because of travelling
    C) Because of loneliness and poverty
    D) None
  9. In peddler’s view, what does the world look like?
    A) A Rat
    B) A Jungle
    C) A Jigsaw
    D) A Rattrap
  10. According to the seller what leads us to various miseries?
    A) Attractions
    B) People
    C) Friends
    D) Wishes and greed of comfort
  11. Why did the peddler have to take shelter?
    A) Because of his wishes
    B) Because he wants to steal
    C) Because he wants to be with his friends
    D) Because he had no home
  12. Who offered shelter to the Peddler?
    A) A beggar
    B) A friend
    C) A milkman
    D) An old Crofter
  13. What made the Peddler finally change his ways?
    A) Edla’s beauty
    B) His mistaken identity
    C) His greed
    D) Kindness and care
  14. What does the metaphor Rattrap in the lesson signify?
    A) Humans
    B) Thieves
    C) Attractions
    D) Human greed and distractions
  15. From where did the Peddler get the idea of the world being a Rattrap?
    A) From his friends’ situation
    B) From Crofter’s behavior
    C) From Edla’s words
    D) From his circumstances and miserable life condition
  16. Why was the ironmaster so talkative and friendly with the Peddler?
    A) Because he knew him.
    B) He was his friend
    C) He was his neighbour
    D) Because of his resemblance to one of his old friend
  17. Why did Elda bring the Peddler to her house for Christmas cheer?
    A) Because she knew him
    B) He was very funny
    C) He was good looking
    D) Because of his resemblance to her father’s old friend
  18. Why did the Peddler leave the stolen money in a Rattrap?
    A) Because of his plan
    B) To deceive them
    C) Because of Edla’s kindness
    D) None
  19. Why did the Peddler not reveal his true identity?
    A) Because of fear
    B) He didn’t want to hurt them
    C) In the greed of getting money
    D) None of these
  20. Why did the Peddler feel that he had fallen into the Rattrap?
    A) Because he fell into a pit
    B) Because he fell in love with Edla
    C) Because his heart is changed
    D) Because of his greedy action and pitiable circumstances
  21. Who used to make rattraps?
    A) Crofter
    B) Edla
    C) Ironmaster
    D) Peddler
  22. From where did the Peddler get the material to make rattraps?
    A) Furnaces
    B) Roads
    C) Hospitals
    D) Stores
  23. How did Crofter treat the Peddler?
    A) Very rudely
    B) In a strange manner
    C) Friendly manner
    D) None of these
  24. Why did Peddler sign himself as Captain Von Stahle?
    A) He didn’t want to hurt them
    B) Because he forgets his name
    C) Because he wants to meet Edla’s expectations of him being an armyman
    D) He wanted to hide his true identity
  25. When does the ironmaster realise his mistake?
    A) when the peddler speaks
    B) when he sees an old photograph
    C) when the peddler changes clothes and cleans his face
    D) All of these
  26. How much money had the peddler stolen from Crofter?
    A) 20 kronors
    B) 10 kronors
    C) 40 kronors
    D) 30 kronors
  27. Why did Edla plead her father not to send the Vagabond away?
    A) Because of her father
    B) Because he resembled her father’s friend
    C) Because she liked him
    D) Because of sympathy and his poor life condition
  28. The purpose of Edla’s visit to the iron mill was to
    A) persuade the rattrap seller to spend Christmas Eve at their house
    B) propose to him
    C) counsel him
    D) advise him to give up stealing
  29. Imagine that the peddler from ‘The Rattrap’ turned his life around, and decided to write of his experience. Which of the following is likely to be the peddler’s book, from the popular books shown below? (CBSE QB,2021)

The Rattrap Books

  1. A) Option (i)
    B) Option (ii)
    C) Option (iii)
    D) Option (iv)
  2. “Left to his own meditations”, one day the peddler fell into “a line of thought, which really seemed to him entertaining”. What does the peddler’s conception of the world as a rattrap, signify about him? (CBSE QB, 2021)
    A) The peddler had a lot of time on his hands, with nothing much to do.
    B) The peddler was a reflective man whose wisdom did not depend on his status.
    C) The peddler was a lonely vagrant trying to make sense of his fortunes.
    D) The peddler was a rattrap seller, and his work deeply inspired him.
  3. “Yes, that was a fine fellow you let into the house,” said her father
    What light does the given line throw on the ironmaster as a father? (CBSE QB, 2021)
    A) The ironmaster was disapproving of Edla’s decision to let the peddler stay.
    B) The ironmaster blamed his daughter for harboring a criminal at home.
    C) The ironmaster was being playful with Edla, and supported her decisions.
    D) The ironmaster loved Edla but thought her to be too naïve and idealistic.
  4. Though the reader does not meet Captain von Stahle in person, they encounter the captain symbolically. How? (CBSE QB, 2021)
    A) The ironmaster misidentifies the peddler as his old friend, the Captain and invites him home.
    B) The reader realizes the peddler is actually Captain von Stahle when he signs off the letter
    C) Edla attends to the peddler as respectfully, caringly and kindly, as she would have the Captain.
    D) The peddler accepts the error of his ways, and displays the qualities expected of a Captain.
  5. ‘The Rattrap’ is which figure of speech?
  6. A) Simile
    B) Metaphor
    C) Rhyme
    D) Allusion
     The story ‘The Rattrap’ is set in the month of _____
    A) January
    B) September
    C) December
    D) June
    35. What do we know about the Ironmaster’s wife?
    A) She was dead
    B) She lived with her son
    C) She was mad
    D) Nothing is mentioned
  7. The name of the Ironmaster’s wife is Elizabeth.
    A) False
    B) True
    C) Not mentioned in the story
    D) None of these
  8. Why did the vagabond not clear the mistaken identity to the ironmaster at the first instance?
  9. A) He feared the police as he had committed theft
  10. B) He wanted to stay at the ironmill and rest
  11. C) He was greedy and wanted favours from the ironmaster
  12. D) All of these
  13. The crofter had been kind. Then why did he steal his money?
  14. A) He had lured the poor man by showing him money
  15. B) The vagabond needed money
  16. C) The crofter had been selfish for he had needed company
  17. D) All of these
  18. Edla was accompanied by a ____
  19. A) Cook
  20. B) Valet
  21. C) chauffeur
  22. D) Assistant
  23. The ironmaster’s house is called _____
  24. A) Manor House
    B) Presidency Mansion
    C) Colossal Bunglow
  25. D) Dak Bunglow

 

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ANSWER KEY

1 A 26 D
2 D 27 D
3 D 28 A
4 C 29 B
5 A 30 C
6 D 31 A
7 D 32 D
8 C 33 B
9 D 34 C
10 D 35 A
11 D 36 B
12 D 37 A
13 D 38 D
14 D 39 B
15 D 40 A
16 D
17 D
18 C
19 A
20 D
21 C
22 D
23 C
24 C
25 C

 

 

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