CBSE Class 10 English Chapter 8 “Bholi” Multiple Choice Questions with Answers from Footprints without Feet Book
Bholi MCQs –Here is a compilation of Class 10 English MCQs of Chapter 8 Bholi by K A Abbas have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 10 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 8- Bholi from NCERT First Flight book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the MCQs of Bholi. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.
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Q1. What was the purpose of the Tehsildar’s village visit?
A) to inaugurate a girl’s school
B) to address complaints of the village
C) to meet the people of the village
D) none of the above
Q2. What did the Tehsildar ask Ramlal to do?
A) drop him back to the city
B) have dinner with him
C) send his daughters to school
D) none of the above
Q3. Why did Ramlal’s wife 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 left it to teachers at school to worry about Bholi
D) all of the above
Q4. What was Bholi’s first reaction on hearing that she was going to school?
A) she cried with tears of joy
B) she cried with fear
C) she screamed
D) she was excited
Q5. 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
Q6. Why did the girls laugh at Bholi?
A) at her dress
B) at her looks
C) at her stammering
D) all of the above
Q7. Who comforted Bholi?
A) her friends
B) her father
C) her mother
D) her teacher
Q8. Whose paintings did Bholi see on the classroom wall?
A) cow
B) goat
C) parrot
D) all of the above
Q9. How did Bholi 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
Q10. Who was Lakshmi?
A) Bholi’s friend
B) Bholi’s classmate
C) Bholi’s sister
D) Bholi’s cow
Q11. 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
Q12. How did Bishamber react on seeing Bholi’s face?
A) asked for compensation
B) got frightened
C) both of these
D) none of the above
Q13. How does Bholi describe her prospective husband?
A) mean
B) greedy
C) coward
D) all of the above
Q14. Who is referred to as the “artist” in the lesson?
A) Bholi’s friend
B) Bholi
C) Bholi’s cow
D) Bholi’s teacher
Q15. Who is the artist’s work of art?
A) Bholi’s friend
B) Bholi
C) Bholi’s cow
D) Bholi’s teacher
Q16. Who is the author of the story “Bholi”?
A) KA Abbas
B) Mark Twain
C) Guy De Maupassant
D) Sinclair Lewis
Q17. What do you mean by the word “simpleton”?
A) simple
B) foolish
C) basic
D) none of the above
Q18. What was Bholi’s real name?
A) Sulekha
B) Sudekha
C) Champa
D) Chamla
Q19. Bholi’s father was the _____________________
A) Village Numberdar
B) Village Sarpanch
C) Village Tehsildar
D) none of the above
Q20. What damaged some part of Bholi’s brain?
A) falling off a cot
B) falling off the stairs
C) falling off a verandah
D) small-pox
Q21. How is the situation of the house described?
A) poor
B) miserable
C) prosperous
D) fine
Q22. 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
Q23. How is Ramlal’s wife related to Bholi?
A) She is her sister
B) She is her aunt
C) She is her mother
D) They are not related
Q24. Bholi had ___ siblings.
A) 7
B) 4
C) 6
D) 2
Q25. Why was Ramlal worried about Bholi?
A) She got a step-motherly treatment from his wife
B) She lacked intelligence
C) She lacked good looks
D) Both B and C
Q26. Which of the following is NOT a name of Bholi’s sisters?
A) Champa
B) Sita
C) Mangla
D) Radha
Q27. Bholi feared that she too would be turned out of the house like _____.
A) Mangla
B) Her mother
C) Laxmi
D) Champa
Q28. Who says “What will that witless one say? She is like a dumb cow.”
A) Ramlal
B) Champa
C) Bholi’s teacher
D) Ramlal’s wife
Q29. Bishamber was a _______
A) Landlord
B) Grocer
C) Farmer
D) Teacher
Q30. Bholi’s bridal dress was ____ in colour.
A) Red
B) Golden
C) Maroon
D) Green
ANSWER KEY
| 1 | A | 16 | A |
| 2 | C | 17 | B |
| 3 | D | 18 | A |
| 4 | B | 19 | A |
| 5 | D | 20 | A |
| 6 | C | 21 | C |
| 7 | D | 22 | B |
| 8 | D | 23 | C |
| 9 | B | 24 | C |
| 10 | D | 25 | D |
| 11 | D | 26 | B |
| 12 | A | 27 | C |
| 13 | D | 28 | D |
| 14 | D | 29 | B |
| 15 | B | 30 | A |
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