MCQs For NCERT Class 10 English Chapter 7 Necklace

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Necklace Class 10 MCQ Questions with Answers

Please see below Necklace Class 10 English  MCQ Questions, solve the questions and compare your answers with the solutions provided below.

Question. Why did Matilda need the jewels?
(a) To go to a party of rich people
(b) For a photoshoot
(b) To get a replica made
(d) for wearing them at home   

Question. Loisel had to reach office after the party at ………… .
(a) Seven o’clock
(b) Ten o’clock
(c) Eight o’clock
(d) Nine o’clock   

Question. Which of the following sentences tell us that Matilda greatly desired the necklace?
1. Her heart began to beat with uncontrolled desire.
2. Her hands trembled as she took it. She fastened it around her neck and stood lost in ecstasy.
3. Then she asked anxiously, hesitating, “Would you lend me this, just this?”
4. She threw her arms around her friend’s neck embraced her with passion, then went away with her treasure.
(a) Only 1
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 3 and 4
(d) All of these   

Question. Identify the option that aptly describes M Loisel.
(a) Greedy yet kind
(b) Considerate and selfless
(c) Proud and honourable
(d) Brilliant but lawless 

Question. Where did Matilda find her friend Mme Forestier after ten years of sufferings?
(a) Drury Lane
(b) On the street
(c) At minister’s ball
(d) Champs-Elysees   

Question. How do you think Mme Loisel feel when she got to that the necklace she borrowed was fake? Choose the correct option.
(i) Mme Forestier cheated with me!
(ii) I should have told the truth to Mme Forestier.
(iii) She should have told me that the necklace was fake.
(iv) How stupid I am! I wasted ten years of my life because of that fake necklace!
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(c) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(d) All of these   

Question. What made Mme Liosel cry out in joy?
(a) Her husband’s suggestion.
(b) Her husband’s permission.
(c) The thought of looking good.
(d) Her husband’s promotion.   

Question. Where did Loisel sleep when his wife was enjoying the party?
(a) At his own house
(b) At the venue of the party
(c) In a little salon
(d) Outside in a carriage  

Question. Where did Loisel used to work?
(a) Board of Education
(b) Board of Public Instruction
(c) Ministry of Public Instruction
(d) Ministry of Education  

Question. Select the correct option for (i) and (ii).
(i) Loisels suffered for ten long years to repay the rent.
(ii) Mme Loisel was regretting her decision of borrowing the necklace.
(a) (i) is true (ii) is false
(b) (ii) is true (i) is false
(c) Both (i) and (ii) are false
(d) (ii) furthers the meaning of (i)   

Question. What does Matilda’s husband suggest her?
(a) That she does not wear any jewellery.
(b) That she should go out and buy a piece of beautiful jewellery.
(c) That she should wear what she has.
(d) That she sould borrow jewels from her rich friend.   

Question. Matilda was …………….. regarding the invite.
(a) doubtful
(b) stressed
(c) confused
(d) dejected 

Reference to Context

1. Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped,
she threw the invitation spitefully upon the table
murmuring, “What do you suppose I want with that?”

Question. What did the husband hope for?
(a) that his wife will be happy
(b) that his wife will be angry
(c) that his wife will be surprised
(d) that his wife will be crying

Question. Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. Matilda was happy at the invitation.
2. Her husband hoped to see her happy at the invitation.
3. Matilda threw the invitation.
4. Matilda happily sang after seeing the invitation.
5. Matilda asked her husband what she supposed to do with the invitation.
6. Matilda threw the invitation out of the window.
7. Matilda didn’t know what to do with the invitation.
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1, 3, 5
(c) 1, 4, 6
(d) 1, 6, 7

Question. Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s (F) and myths (M) of the students below.

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

Question. What do you understand by the wife’s behaviour?
(a) wife was unhappy
(b) wife was surprised
(c) wife was joking
(d) wife was busy

Question. Which of the following words means ‘speaking in a low voice’?
(a) delighted
(b) murmuring
(c) spiteful
(d) suppose

2. And she responded, “I am vexed not to have a jewel, nothing to adorn myself with. I shall have such a poverty-stricken look. I would prefer not to go to this party.” He replied, “You can wear some natural flowers. In this season they look very chic.” She was not convinced. “No”, she replied, “there is nothing more humiliating than to have a shabby air in the midst of rich women.”

Question. Which party is she referring to?
(a) the party hosted by The Minister of Public Instruction
(b) the party hosted by Madame Forestier
(c) the party hosted by her father
(d) none of these

Question. Why did she not want to go to the party?
(a) because she didn’t have a dress to wear
(b) because she didn’t have a jewel to wear
(c) because she would look poverty-stricken
(d) all of these

Question. Who is ‘he’ in the extract?
(a) Mathilde’s father
(b) her husband, M. Loisel
(c) The minister
(d) none of these

Question. What do you mean by ‘Shabby’?
(a) clean
(b) fresh
(c) worn
(d) good

Question. The antonym of ‘adorn’ is:
(a) dress up
(b) ugly
(c) beautify
(d) enhance

Question. How would it have been if she had not lost the necklace? Who knows? How singular is life, and how full of changes! How small a thing will ruin or save one!
(a) How had a necklace changed her life?
(b) What all did she have to go through because of the necklace?
Ans. (a) The necklace, which she understood to be made of diamond, had changed her life forever. She had to go through a lot of hardships to repay for the loan.
(b) As Mrs. Loisel had lost the necklace, she and her husband had worked their fingers to the bone trying to payback the debt they had taken to replace the necklace. They changed homes, let go of the maid and the husband worked double shifts. She had aged ten years in a short time and had lost all her beauty and grace.

Question. She had a rich friend, a schoolmate at the convent, who she did not like to visit — she suffered so much when she returned. She wept for whole days from despair and disappointment.
(a) Who is she in the passage? Why did she not like visiting her friend?
(b) Do you think her disappointment is reasonable?
Ans. (a) She is Mrs. Loisel. She did not like going to her friend’s place because she was a rich woman who had the things that Mrs. Loisel craved for.
(b) No. She lives a comfortable life with a loving husband. Yet, it was her hankering for finer and more expensive things in life that made her miserable and ungrateful.

Question. “I returned another to you exactly like it. And it has taken us ten years to pay for it. You can understand that it was not easy for us who have nothing. But it is finished and I am decently content.” Mme Forestier stopped short. She said, “You say that you bought a diamond necklace to replace mine?”
(a) What did Mrs Loisel return to Mme Forestier?
(b) What made Mme Forestier stop short?
Ans. (a) Mrs. Loisel had returned a diamond necklace costing thirty-six thousand francs to Mme Forestier but it was not the same necklace that Loisel had borrowed from her friend. Instead, as she had lost the necklace, she had replaced it with another one that looked just like it.
(b) Forestier had stopped short because the necklace she had given Loisel was made not of real diamonds.

Question. “Yes, I felt it as we came out.”
“But if you had lost it in the street, we should have heard it fall. It must be in the cab.”
“Yes, it is possible. Did you take the number?”
“No. And you, did you notice what it was?”
“No.”
(a) What are the people in the passage talking about?
(b) Where are they coming from?
Ans. (a) They were talking about a diamond necklace that Mrs. Loisel had borrowed from her friend. Mrs. Loisel had lost the necklace.
(b) They are coming back from a party for which Mrs. Loisel had made a lot of preparations.

Extract Based MCQs :

Read the extract to attempt the questions that follow.
“She suffered incessantly, feeling herself born for all delicacies and luxuries.
She suffered from the poverty of her apartment, the shabby walls and the worn chairs. All these things tortured and angered her. When she seated herself for dinner opposite her husband who uncovered the tureen with a delighted air, saying, “Oh! the good potpie! I know nothing better than that…,” she would think of elegant dinners of shining silver; she thought of the exquisite food served in marvellous dishes. She had neither frocks nor jewels, nothing. And she loved only those things. She had a rich friend, a schoolmate at the convent, who she did not like to visit- she suffered so much when she returned. She wept for whole days from despair and disappointment.” 

Question. Choose the answer that lists the correct option of what a ‘tureen’ is?

(a) Option (1)
(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4)  

Question. Choose the option that list the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. Matilda was very pleased with her life.
2. Matilda envied her friend for being well-off.
3. MLoisel didn’t appreciate whatMatilda cooked.
4. Matilda despised the fact that she lived a life of poverty.
5. Matilda never felt troubled, though she desired a luxurious life.
6. Matilda thought of grand dinners and silverware sitting at the dinner table.
7. Matilda felt depressed after visiting her friend.
(a) 1, 3, 6
(b) 3, 5, 7
(c) 1, 3, 5
(d) 2, 4, 7 

Question. Choose the characteristic displayed by M Loisel in the extract.
(a) Conceited
(b) Contended
(c) Appeased
(d) Subdued 

Question. The extract uses the phrase ‘elegant dinners’. Which of the following expressions is incorrect with respect to the word ‘elegant’?

(a) Option (1)
(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4)   

Question. Which word does ‘delicacies’ NOT correspond to?
(a) Etherealness
(b) Elegance
(c) Exquisiteness
(d) Robustness 

Read the extract to attempt the questions that follow.
“He was silent, stupefied, in dismay, at the sight of his wife weeping. He stammered, “What is the matter? What is the matter?” By a violent effort, she had controlled her vexation and responded in a calm voice, wiping her moist cheeks, “Nothing. Only I have no dress and consequently I cannot go to this affair. Give your card to some colleague whose wife is better fitted out than I.’’ He was grieved, but answered, “Let us see, Matilda. How much would a suitable costume cost, something that would serve for other occasions, something very simple?” She reflected for some seconds thinking of a sum that she could ask for without bringing with it an immediate refusal and a frightened exclamation from the economical clerk.”

Question. M Loisel was astonished seeing his wife’s reaction.
He writes a diary entry that night. Complete the entry by choosing the correct option.
                                 11th January, Monday 9:00 pm I thought Matilda would be _____(i) _____ seeing the invitation in my hand. However, her reaction has left me _____(ii)______. I don’t know how I would be able to _____(iii)_____ a new dress for her.
(a) (i) vexed (ii) disturbed (iii) bring
(b) (i) elated (ii) disturbed (iii) afford
(c) (i) keen (ii) depressed (iii) bring
(d) (i) elated (ii) distressed (iii) afford   

Question. Pick the correct set that matches with the feelings of the highlighted words related to the characters:
Matilda By : a violent effort, she had controlled… M Loisel :He was grieved….
(1) Matilda felt aggressive; M Loisel was troubled
(2) Matilda was irritated; M Loisel was upset and cried
(3) Matilda tried extremely hard; M Loisel felt intense sorrow
(4) Matilda was quite calm; M Loisel’s heart ached for love
(a) Option (1)
(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4)    

Question. What does ‘economical clerk’ indicate?
(a) M Loisel was a spend thrift even though he earned a lot.
(b) M Loisel was thrifty as he had a meagre income.
(c) M Loisel calculated money all the time as he was a clerk.
(d) M Loisel was stingy about money and didn’t spend it.   

Question. Pick the option that correctly classifies Fact’s (F) and Opinion’s (O) of the people below:

(a) F-1, 2 and O-3, 4
(b) F-3, O-1,2, 4
(c) F-2, 4, O-1,3
(d) F-2, 3, 4, O-1   

Question. Choose the option that gives the most appropriate response to the statement made by the speaker.
M Loisel over-pampered his wife and readily accepted her demands.
(a) I think Matilda was being unreasonable and unrealistic.
(b) I feel that M Loisel loved Matilda and wanted her to be happy.
(c) Inmy opinionMLoiselwas being too harshwithMatilda.
(d) I feel that M Loisel should not have brought the invite home.