MCQs For NCERT Class 10 English Chapter 9 Madam Rides The Bus

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Madam Rides The Bus Class 10 MCQ Questions with Answers

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Question. What was the timing of the afternoon nap taken by Valli’s mother?
(a) 1 to 3
(b) 1 to 4
(c) 2 to 4
(d) 2 to 3  

Question. What does the phrase ‘a fixed stare from its lifeless eyes’ from ‘Madam Rides the Bus’ mean?
(a) The animal was asleep
(b) The animal was dead
(c) The animal was watching sky
(d) The animal was staring at Valli   

Question. Which word was used by Valli and her friends as a slang expression for disapproval?
(a) Okay! Okay!
(b) Yeah! Yeah!
(c) Proud! Proud!
(d) Oh okay!  

Question. Given below is the list of some adjectives. Choose the ones which can be associated with Valli based on the chapter ‘Madam Rides the Bus’.
1. Intelligent
2. Cunning
3. Mature
4. Responsible
5. Cranky
6. Mannerless
7. Curious
8. Active listener
(a) 1, 3, 4, 7, 8
(b) 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
(c) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(d) 2, 3, 4, 7, 8  

Question. What was the next challenge once she’d saved enough money?
(i) Know about the timings of the bus
(ii) Buy a ticket
(iii) To sneak out of the house
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(a) Only (i)
(b) Only (iii)
(c) Only (ii)
(d) All of these 

Question. From the following options, identify the conductors intention behind calling Valli ‘Madam’.
(a) Hatred
(b) Envy
(c) Joke
(d) Sarcasm  

Question. What thoughts do generally come in mind of an eight-year old child before travelling alone?
(i) I should go for an adventure alone.
(ii) What if I get lost and will never be able to come back to my parents and family!
(iii) I should not go without my parents’ permission.
(iv) I am grown up enough to take care of things myself.
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(a) (i) and (iv)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(d) (ii), (iii) and (iv)  

Question. Rearrange Valli’s bus journey in order as given in the story.
(i) The bus passed the train station.
(ii) The bus started from village.
(iii) The bus moved along the canal.
(iv) The bus moved through a busy and crowded street.
(v) The bus reached the town.
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(a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
(b) (v), (iii), (ii), (iv) and (i)
(c) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv) and (v)
(d) (iii), (iv) (i), (ii) and (v) 

Question. Select the correct option for (i) and (ii).
(i) Valli found the elderly woman repulsive.
(ii) The woman had large piercings in her ears, wore ugly earrings and chewing betel nut.
(a) (ii) is true (i) is false
(b) (i) is true (ii) is false
(c) Both (i) and (ii) are false
(d) (ii) is the cause for (i)  

Question. The conductor called Valli as …………… .
(a) Baby
(b) Madam
(c) Child
(d) Daughter  

Question. “Valli would stare wistfully at the people who got on or off the bus.” What is the meaning of wistfully?
(a) Longingly
(b) Fearfully
(c) Carefully
(d) Willingly  

Question. What does it tell you about Valli when she refused to accept the conductor’s treat?
(a) Responsible
(b) Stubborn
(c) Rude
(d) Disrespectful 

Extract Based MCQs :

Read the extract to atempt the questions that follow.
“Day after day she watched the bus and gradually a tiny wish crept into her head and grew there: she wanted to ride on that bus, even if it was just once. This wish became stronger, until it was an overwhelming desire. Valli would stare wistfully at the people who got on and off the bus when it stood at the street corner. Their faces would kindle in her longings, dreams and hopes. If one of her friends happened to ride the bus and tried to describe the sights of the town to her. Valli would be jealous to listen and would shout, in English: “Proud! Proud!”

Question. What does the line “gradually a tiny wish crept into her head and grew there”, mean?
(a) The wish developed in her head over a period of time
(b) The wish was a feeling of wanting to prove her strength
(c) The wish was planted in her head by someone’s suggestion
(d) The wish was small and was overpowered by a sense of doubt   

Question. Pick the option that shows the list of words that collocate with ‘overwhelming’ (e.g. overwhelming desire)
1. response
2. lies
3. support
4. majority
5. pets
6. places
(a) 1, 5 and 6
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 5
(d) 3, 5 and 6 

Question. Valli would stare wistfully at the people as she
(a) had been watching the bus for a long time
(b) was inspired by the people travelling on the bus
(c) had a strong desire to take a ride on the bus
(d) envied the people who could travel on the bus 

Question. A part of the extract has been paraphrased. Choose the option that includes the most appropriate solution to the blanks.
The desire became so (i) …………………. that it transformed into an (ii) …………….. one. Valli would look (iii) ………………. at people who boarded the bus and got off.
(a) (i) active ii) overt iii) longingly
(b) (i) vigorous (ii) overpowering (iii) cheerfully
(c) (i) staunch (ii) overt (iii) joyfully
(d) (i) vigorous (ii) overpowering (iii) longingly  

Question. ‘Valli would be jealous to listen…’ This indicates Valli’s
(a) longing to ride the bus
(b) nature as an envious person
(c) denial to accept her situation
(d) inclination to trouble travellers 

Read the extract to attempt the questions that follow.
Over many days and months, Valli listened carefully to conversations between her neighbours and people who regularly used the bus and she also asked a few discreet questions here and there. This way she picked up various small details about the bus journey. The town was six miles from her village.

Question. Active listener (iv) Irritating
(v) Cautious (vi) Interrupting
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(a) (ii), (iii) and (vi)
(b) (i), (ii), (iii) and (v)
(c) (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi)
(d) (i), (ii) and (iv)  

Question. What was Valli’s overwhelming desire?
(a) To have friends
(b) To travel by bus
(c) To top the class
(d) None of these  

Question. The synonym of ‘discreet’ is
(a) Carefully
(b) Details
(c) Cautious
(d) Regularly  

Question. Select the correct option for (i) and (ii).
1. Valli listened to the conversations between her neighbours and the regular passengers of the bus.
2. Valli wanted to travel in the bus.
(a) Both 1 and 2 cannot be inferred from the extract
(b) 2 is true 1 is false.
(c) 1 contradicts 2.
(d) 2 is the cause for 1.  

Question. How did Valli picked up small details about the bus journey?
(a) Listening to conversations of neighbours.
(b) Asking a few discreet questions.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above  

Read the extracts given below and attempt ANY ONE, by answering the questions that follow.
Suddenly she was startled by a voice. “Listen, child,” said the voice, “you shouldn’t stand like that. 
Sit down.”
Sitting down, she looked to see who had spoken. It was an elderly man who had honestly been concerned for her, but she was annoyed by his attention.
“There’s nobody here who’s a child,” she said haughtily. “I’ve paid my thirty paise like everyone else.”
The conductor chimed in. “Oh, sir, but this is a very grown-up madam. Do you think a mere girl could pay her own fare and travel to the city all alone?”
Valli shot an angry glance at the conductor and said, “I am not a madam. Please remember that. And you’ve not yet given me my ticket.”
“I’ll remember,” the conductor said, mimicking her tone. Everyone laughed, and gradually Valli too joined in the laughter.

(a) How did Valli feel when the elderly man expressed concern that she was standing?
(a) rather shocked
(b) somewhat happy
(c) fairly displeased
(d) quite embarrassed

(b) Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. Valli was travelling without a guardian.
2. The conductor was bullying Valli.
3. Valli was nervous in her interactions.
4. Valli was a child passenger.
5. Valli followed the elderly man’s advice.
6. Valli’s response to the elderly man was respectful.
7. It took Valli some time to participate in the jocular conversations.
(a) 2, 3, 4
(b) 5, 6, 7
(c) 3, 5, 7
(d) 2, 3, 6

(c) Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s(F) and opinion/s(O) of the students below.

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

(d) Which word does ‘chimed in’ NOT correspond to?
(a) intervened
(b) interrupted
(c) intersected
(d) interjected

(e) Choose the characteristic displayed by the conductor when he addressed Valli and declared that she couldn’t be ‘a mere girl’.
(a) encouragement
(b) indulgence
(c) embarrassment
(d) authority

2 “May we start now, madam?” the conductor asked, smiling. Then he blew his whistle twice, and the bus moved forward with a roar. It was a new bus, its outside painted a gleaming white with some green stripes along the sides. Inside, the overhead bars shone like silver. Directly in front of Valli, above the windshield, there was a beautiful clock. The seats were soft and luxurious. Valli devoured everything with her eyes. But when she started to look outside, she found her view cut off by a canvas blind that covered the lower part of her window. So she stood up on the seat and peered over the blind.

(a) Why does the conductor call Valli ‘madam’?
(a) Because Valli paid for her own ticket
(b) because Valli was a lady
(c) because Valli was married
(d) none of these

(b) Why does Valli stand up on the seat?
(a) because she was tired of sitting
(b) because she was not enjoying
(c) because she wanted to look outside the window
(d) none of these

(c ) With whom was Valli riding the bus?
(a) her mother
(b) her father
(c) her friend
(d) alone

(d) What is the meaning of ‘gleaming’?
(a) dark
(b) dull
(c) bright
(d) gloomy

(e) An antonym of ‘peered’ is______________.
(a) invisible
(b) lurk
(c) emerge
(d) all of these 

Question. The town was six miles from her village. The fare was thirty paise one way — “which is almost nothing at all,” she heard one well-dressed man say, but to Valli, who scarcely saw that much money from one month to the next, it seemed a fortune. The trip to the town took forty-five minutes.
(a) Why did Valli know all these details of a journey?
(b) What did Valli wish for with all her heart?
Ans. (a) These details were of a bus journey to the town from Valli’s village. Valli had discreetly enquired people about the time and bus fare because she wanted to travel by bus.
(b) Valli wished to travel in the bus. She longed to sit in the bus and go to other towns to see the sights of different places. It was her favourite pastime to watch the bus coming at the bus stop.

Question. Suddenly Valli clapped her hands with glee. A young cow, tail high in the air, was running very fast, right in the middle of the road, right in front of the bus. The bus slowed to a crawl, and the driver sounded his horn loudly again and again. But the more he honked, the
more frightened the animal became and the faster it galloped — always right in front of the bus.
(a) Valli was thoroughly enjoying herself on the bus. Who all has she met so far?
(b) How have the people on the bus treated her?
Ans. (a) Valli has met the bus conductor who was a friendly guy, the driver, an old woman and a man in the beginning of her journey on the bus.
(b) People have been extremely cooperative, friendly and loving towards the little girl who got on the bus all by herself. They were also concerned for her well-being and asked her to sit lest she fell.

Question. “Oh, yes!” breathed Valli.
“What?” asked her mother. “What’s that you say?”
“Oh,” said Valli, “I was just agreeing with what you said about things happening without our knowledge.”
“Just a chit of a girl, she is,” said her aunt, “and yet look how she pokes her nose into our conversation, just as though she were a grown lady.” Valli smiled to herself.
(a) What kind of a person do you think Valli’s mother is?
(b) Valli smiled to herself. Why do you think Valli smiled at the admonishment?
Ans. (a) Valli had been gone for 45 minutes from her home, in which time she had hopped on a bus, been out of town and back. When she returned home, her mother neither knew where she had been nor bothered to enquire. Thus, her mother could be called careless.
(b) Valli smiled softly to herself because she knew more about the world now than 45 minutes ago. She had met strangers, talked to them, saw the realities of life closely in the death of the poor cow. She was a bit wiser now.