MCQs For NCERT Class 10 English Chapter 5 Footprints without free

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Question. Who called the incident “an extraordinary affair”?
a. clergyman
b. clergyman’s wife
c. Mrs Hall
d. all of the above

Question. What was he working on?
a. making fake footprints
b. making human bodies invisible
c. making a fool of children
d. all of the above

Question. After making a theft in the shop of a theatrical company where did Griffin decide to go?
a. Iping village
b. Oxford city
c. Paris
d. London

Question. Mr. Jaffers was –
a. The constable
b. Village head
c. Another scientist
d. Ownerof the another inn

Question. According to Mrs Hall, what type of a scientist was her guest?
a. good
b. brilliant
c. eccentric
d. all of the above

Question. Finally Jaffers failed to catch Griffin as he –
a. Ran away
b. Proved his innocence
c. became invisible
d. Was a great scientist

Question. He was leaving his imprints in _____
a. Paris
b. London
c. Iping
d. Canada

Question. What did Griffin do in the big London store?
a. he wore shoes
b. he wore an overcoat
c. he ate cold meat and sweets
d. all of the above

Question. Why was Mrs Hall prepared and ready to tolerate
strange habits and irritable temper?
a. he had paid in advance
b. he was a scientist
c. both a and b
d. none of the above

Question. Griffin swallowed certain rare drugs and his body became as _____ as a sheet of glass.
a. shining
b. thin
c. transparent
d. thick

Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct option.

Then to his amazement he realised that the room appeared to be empty. He and his wife looked under the desk, and behind the curtains, and even up the chimney. There wasn’t a sign of anybody. Yet the desk had been opened and the housekeeping money was missing.
“Extraordinary affair!” the clergyman kept saying for the rest of the day.

Question. The extraordinary affair was of:
a. listening to someone
b. not seeing anyone
c. looking for someone
d. both a. and b.

Question. The _______________ was missing.
a. housekeeping money
b. desk
c. curtains
d. documents

Question. The room appeared to be:
a. dark
b. empty
c. large
d. bright

Question. Who looked under the desk?
a. Clergyman
b. His daughter
c. His wife
d. Both a. and c.

Question. Which word means the same as ‘to understand clearly’?
a. Appeared
b. Affair
c. Amazement
d. Realised

Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct option.

The feeling among the neighbours was that the trouble was caused by witchcraft. But witchcraft or not, when news of the burglary at the clergyman’s home became known,the strange scientist was strongly suspected of having had a hand in it. Suspicion grew even stronger when he suddenly produced some ready cash, though he had admitted not long before that he had no money.

Question. People suspected the scientist for the:
a. kidnapping
b. murder
c. burglary
d. witchcraft

Question. The feeling among the neighbours was that the trouble was caused by:
a. the clergyman
b. the scientist
c. the witchcraft
d. none of these

Question. The burglary happened at:
a. a store
b. the neighbourhood
c. the clergyman’s house
d. all of these

Question. Suspicion grew on the scientist because:
a. he looked like a thief
b. he had once done this
c. people wanted to get rid of him
d. he had admitted earlier that he had no money

Question. Which word means the same as ‘to believe to be guilty’?
a. Known
b. Suspected
c. Strange
d. Admitted

Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct option.

Brilliant scientist though he was, Griffin was rather a lawless person. His landlord disliked him and tried to eject him. In revenge Griffin set fire to the house. To get away without being seen he had to remove his clothes. Thus it was that he became a homeless wanderer, without clothes, without money, and quite invisible — until he happened to step in some mud, and left footprints as he walked!

Question. Griffin’s landlord:
a. praised him always.
b. tried to eject him.
c. gave him a present.
d. made sumptuous dinners for him.

Question. This extract has been picked up from the story:
a. Footprints without Feet
b. The Making of a Scientist
c. A Triumph of Surgery
d. None of these

Question. How could Griffin become invisible?
a. When he used to swallow rare dugs.
b. When he used to put on his clothes.
c. When he used to put off his clothes.
d. When he used to talk to the landlord.

Question. Lawless and revengeful Griffin:
a. walked out of his landlord’s house.
b. did not pay his rent for months.
c. abused his landlord.
d. set his landlord’s house on fire.

Reference to Context

1. Brilliant scientist though he was, Griffin was rather a lawless person. His landlord disliked him and tried to eject him. In revenge Griffin set fire to the house. To get away without being seen he had to remove his clothes. Thus it was that he became a homeless wanderer, without clothes, without money, and quite invisible — until he happened to step in some mud, and left footprints as he walked.

Question. Why did Griffin’s landlord dislike him?
(a) Griffin was short-tempered and resorted to harming others
(b) he was a lawless person
(c) he wished to do as he pleases, without considering the consequences.
(d) All of these

Question. Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. Griffins landlord disliked him because he was short tempered.
2. Griffin’s landlord disliked him because he was a law abiding person.
3. Griffin’s landlord disliked him because he pleased others.
4. Griffin’s landlord liked him.
5. Griffin became homeless.
6. Griffin had no money.
7. Griffin left footprints.
(a) 2, 3, 4
(b) 1, 2, 3
(c) 2, 3, 5
(d) 2, 3, 7

Question. Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s (F) and myths (M) about Griffin.

(a) F – 1, 3 and M – 2, 4
(b) F – 1, 2 and M – 3, 4
(c) F – 1, 4 and M – 2, 3
(d) F – 2, 4 and M – 1, 3

Question. The synonym of revenge is____________.
(a) sympathy
(b) pardon
(c) forgive
(d) avenging

Question. The term wanderer means:
(a) loser
(b) vagabond
(c) player
(d) fighter

2. Satisfied that her guest was an eccentric scientist, and in view of the fact that he had paid her in advance, Mrs. Hall was prepared to excuse his strange habits and irritable temper. But the stolen money did not last long, and presently Griffin had to admit that he had no more ready cash. He pretended, however, that he was expecting a cheque to arrive at any moment.

Question. Why did Mrs. Hall excuse Griffin?
(a) because he paid her in cash.
(b) because he still had to pay her
(b) because she was scared of him
(d) none of these

Question. Why was Griffin pretending to receive a cheque?
(a) because he wanted to run away
(b) because he wanted to stay in the hotel
(c) because he was waiting for money
(d) none of these

Question. Why did Mrs. Hall avoid Griffin’s mischiefs?
(a) she was greedy
(b) she was needy
(c) she was poor
(d) none of these

Question. What do you mean by the term ‘ eccentric’?
(a) normal
(b) fine
(c) weird
(d) none of these

Question. The antonym of the word ‘pretend’ is:
(a) assume
(b) bluff
(c) profess
(d) reveal

Question. This time he decided to try the stock of a theatrical company in the hope of finding not only clothes but also something that would hide the empty space above his shoulders. Shivering with cold he hurried to Drury Lane, the centre of the theatre world.
(a) Why did he go into the theatrical company especially?
(b) What did come out wearing?
Ans. (a) Griffin went into the theatre because he not only wanted clothes but also something that would help him cover his face to make it visible.
(b) He came out fully dressed in trousers, shirt, coat and bandages wrapped around his face.

Question. The explanation of the mystery was really simple enough. The bewildered boys had been following a scientist who had just discovered how to make the human body transparent.
(a) Why were these boys bewildered?
(b) Who is the scientist being mentioned here? What did he discover?
Ans. (a) The two boys were bewildered because they had seen footprints appearing on their own without a person in sight. They tried to follow the footprints too but they disappeared soon.
(b) The scientist is Griffin. He had been successful in his experiments of making a human invisible.

Question. The feeling among the neighbours was that the trouble was caused by witchcraft. But witchcraft or not, when news of the burglary at the clergyman’s home became known, the strange scientist was strongly suspected of having had a hand in it. Suspicion grew even stronger when he suddenly produced some ready cash, though he had admitted not long before that he had no money.
(a) Why were the neighbours complaining about witchcraft?
(b) Why was everyone suspicious about the scientist?
Ans. (a) The clergyman and his wife had seen a chair flying at them when they went to inspect Griffin’s room. They thought the room was haunted by spirits.
(b) Everyone was suspicious about Griffin because he was always cooped up in his room and had informed the landlords of the establishment that he had no money. But soon, he was able to pay the rent.

Question. If only Griffin had managed to wake up in good time all might have been well. As it was, he did not wake up until the assistants were already arriving next morning. When he saw a couple of them approaching, he panicked and began to run. They naturally gave chase. In the end he was able to escape only by quickly taking off his newly found clothes. So once more he found himself invisible but naked in the chill January air.
(a) “All might have been well” – What had gone well for Griffin?
(b) Why was he in the chill January air without clothes?
Ans. (a) Griffin had been walking around without clothes in the January cold. He had managed to get into a London shop and found clothes and food. He could have gone on living in the shop had he done more planning.
(b) He had burned down his house as he had not paid the rent and the owner had been demanding money. Thus, he had nothing to his name anymore.