Updated on 27/12/2021
Lesson - 1 A Triumph of Surgery ( James Herriot)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the author of ‘A Triumph of Surgery?
Ans. James Herriot
2. What is the name of the dog of Mrs. Pumphrey?
Ans. Tricki
3. According to Mrs. Pumphrey, the dog was suffering from?
Ans. malnutrition
4. Who was Hodgkin?
Ans. gardener
5. For how many days Tricki was kept only on water?
Ans. Two days
6. What was the name of greyhound?
Ans. Joe
7. Who became an accepted member of the gang?
Ans. Tricki
8. How many eggs daily reached to the hospital?
Ans. Two dozen
9. Who was a Chauffeur?
Ans. Driver
10. Who is James Herriot?
Ans. Veterinary doctor
11. What was Tricki’s real disease?
Ans. over-feeding
12. Which type of Lady was Mrs. Pumphrey?
Ans. rich lady
13. What was Tricki’s main fault?
Ans. He was greedy
Lesson - 2 The Thief's Story: Ruskin Bond
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the author of ‘The Thief’s Story’?
Ans. Ruskin Bond
2. Who is ‘I’ in the story?
Ans. Hari Singh
3. Who was Hari Singh?
Ans. a thief
4. Who is the master?
Ans. Anil
5. What was Anil?
Ans. a writer
6. What was the timing of train to Luckno?
Ans. 10.30
7. How much money did he steal?
Ans. 600 Rupees
8. How much salary did Anil give to Hari Singh?
Ans. 50 Rs.
9. What was the age of Hari Singh?
Ans. 15 years
10. How old was Anil?
Ans. 25 years
11. Who is the narrator of the story ‘The Thief’s Story?
Ans. Hari Singh
12. What did Anil do for a living?
Ans. He wrote articles for magazines
13. What was Anil doing when the thief boy met him?
Ans. He was watching a match
14. Where did Anil live?
Ans. at Jumna Sweet Shop
15. What promise did Anil make to the thief boy?
Ans. to teach him reading and writing
3. The Midnight Visitor (Robert Arthur)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of the story?
Ans. Robert Arthur
2. Who was the midnight visitor?
Ans. Max
3. What was Ausable’s profession?
Ans. He was a secret agent
4. Where was Ausable staying?
Ans. In a French hotel (Paris)
5. Who came to meet Ausable?
Ans. Fowler
6. What was Fowler’s profession?
Ans. He was a romantic writer
7. Who is the guest in the story?
Ans. Fowler
8. Who was Max?
Ans. Another secret agent
9. Where was Ausable’s room situated in the hotel?
Ans. On the 6th (top) floor
10. Who knocked at Ausable’s door?
Ans. The waiter
11. What was Max holding in his hand?
Ans. A pistol
12. What story Ausable cocked-up to Max?
Ans. About a balcony
13. Where was the balcony?
Ans. Outside the window of the room
14. Who fell down from the top floor of the hotel?
Ans. Max
Lesson - 1 A Triumph of Surgery ( James Herriot)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the author of ‘A Triumph of Surgery?
Ans. James Herriot
2. What is the name of the dog of Mrs. Pumphrey?
Ans. Tricki
3. According to Mrs. Pumphrey, the dog was suffering from?
Ans. malnutrition
4. Who was Hodgkin?
Ans. gardener
5. For how many days Tricki was kept only on water?
Ans. Two days
6. What was the name of greyhound?
Ans. Joe
7. Who became an accepted member of the gang?
Ans. Tricki
8. How many eggs daily reached to the hospital?
Ans. Two dozen
9. Who was a Chauffeur?
Ans. Driver
10. Who is James Herriot?
Ans. Veterinary doctor
11. What was Tricki’s real disease?
Ans. over-feeding
12. Which type of Lady was Mrs. Pumphrey?
Ans. rich lady
13. What was Tricki’s main fault?
Ans. He was greedy
Lesson - 2 The Thief's Story: Ruskin Bond
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the author of ‘The Thief’s Story’?
Ans. Ruskin Bond
2. Who is ‘I’ in the story?
Ans. Hari Singh
3. Who was Hari Singh?
Ans. a thief
4. Who is the master?
Ans. Anil
5. What was Anil?
Ans. a writer
6. What was the timing of train to Luckno?
Ans. 10.30
7. How much money did he steal?
Ans. 600 Rupees
8. How much salary did Anil give to Hari Singh?
Ans. 50 Rs.
9. What was the age of Hari Singh?
Ans. 15 years
10. How old was Anil?
Ans. 25 years
11. Who is the narrator of the story ‘The Thief’s Story?
Ans. Hari Singh
12. What did Anil do for a living?
Ans. He wrote articles for magazines
13. What was Anil doing when the thief boy met him?
Ans. He was watching a match
14. Where did Anil live?
Ans. at Jumna Sweet Shop
15. What promise did Anil make to the thief boy?
Ans. to teach him reading and writing
3. The Midnight Visitor (Robert Arthur)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of the story?
Ans. Robert Arthur
2. Who was the midnight visitor?
Ans. Max
3. What was Ausable’s profession?
Ans. He was a secret agent
4. Where was Ausable staying?
Ans. In a French hotel (Paris)
5. Who came to meet Ausable?
Ans. Fowler
6. What was Fowler’s profession?
Ans. He was a romantic writer
7. Who is the guest in the story?
Ans. Fowler
8. Who was Max?
Ans. Another secret agent
9. Where was Ausable’s room situated in the hotel?
Ans. On the 6th (top) floor
10. Who knocked at Ausable’s door?
Ans. The waiter
11. What was Max holding in his hand?
Ans. A pistol
12. What story Ausable cocked-up to Max?
Ans. About a balcony
13. Where was the balcony?
Ans. Outside the window of the room
14. Who fell down from the top floor of the hotel?
Ans. Max
4. A Question of Trust
(Victor Canning)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. How years old was Horace Danby?
Ans. 50 years old
2. What job did Horace Danby do?
Ans. Making locks
3. What was Horace Danby fond of?
Ans. Reading rare and expensive books
4. Why did Horace rob a safe every year?
Ans. To buy rare and valuable books
5. Where did Horace Danby decide to make a theft this time?
Ans. Shotover Grange
6. Where had the servant at Shotover Grange gone that afternoon?
7. How much worth of jewels were in the Grange safe?
Ans. About 15 thousand pounds
8. What did the young lady threaten to do?
Ans. To inform the police
9. How many times did Horace Danby make a theft in a year?
Ans. Only once
10. Who was Sherry?
Ans. A dog at Shotover Grange
11. Where was the safe in the room?
Ans. Behind a cheap painting in the drawing rooms
12. In which dress was the young lady?
Ans. In red dress
13. Why did Horace take-off his gloves?
Ans. To light the lighter
14. How long did Danby keep his promise to the young lady?
Ans. For two years
15. How was the real mistress of the house looked?
Ans. Sixty years old
16. Who is the real culprit in the story?
Ans. The young woman
5. Footprints without Feet (H.G. Wells)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of ‘Footprints Without Feet’?
Ans. H. G. Wells
2. What was Griffin?
Ans. A scientist
3. What happened when Griffin swallowed certain drugs?
Ans. His body became transparent
4. Whose house did Griffin set fire?
Ans. The landlord
5. What was the name of the landlord’s wife?
Ans. Mrs. Hall
6. What type of a man was Griffin?
Ans. Brilliant scientist by a lawless person
7. According to Mrs. Hall what type of a scientist was her guest?
Ans. Eccentric
8. At Iping where did Griffin stay?
Ans. In an inn
9. Who was secretly sent for to catch Griffin?
Ans. The constable
10. Which type of person was Griffin?
Ans. He was a lawless person
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. How years old was Horace Danby?
Ans. 50 years old
2. What job did Horace Danby do?
Ans. Making locks
3. What was Horace Danby fond of?
Ans. Reading rare and expensive books
4. Why did Horace rob a safe every year?
Ans. To buy rare and valuable books
5. Where did Horace Danby decide to make a theft this time?
Ans. Shotover Grange
6. Where had the servant at Shotover Grange gone that afternoon?
7. How much worth of jewels were in the Grange safe?
Ans. About 15 thousand pounds
8. What did the young lady threaten to do?
Ans. To inform the police
9. How many times did Horace Danby make a theft in a year?
Ans. Only once
10. Who was Sherry?
Ans. A dog at Shotover Grange
11. Where was the safe in the room?
Ans. Behind a cheap painting in the drawing rooms
12. In which dress was the young lady?
Ans. In red dress
13. Why did Horace take-off his gloves?
Ans. To light the lighter
14. How long did Danby keep his promise to the young lady?
Ans. For two years
15. How was the real mistress of the house looked?
Ans. Sixty years old
16. Who is the real culprit in the story?
Ans. The young woman
5. Footprints without Feet (H.G. Wells)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of ‘Footprints Without Feet’?
Ans. H. G. Wells
2. What was Griffin?
Ans. A scientist
3. What happened when Griffin swallowed certain drugs?
Ans. His body became transparent
4. Whose house did Griffin set fire?
Ans. The landlord
5. What was the name of the landlord’s wife?
Ans. Mrs. Hall
6. What type of a man was Griffin?
Ans. Brilliant scientist by a lawless person
7. According to Mrs. Hall what type of a scientist was her guest?
Ans. Eccentric
8. At Iping where did Griffin stay?
Ans. In an inn
9. Who was secretly sent for to catch Griffin?
Ans. The constable
10. Which type of person was Griffin?
Ans. He was a lawless person
6. The Making of a
Scientist (Robert W. Peterson)
Very short type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the
writer of the lesson, ”The Making of a Scientist”?
Ans. Robert W. Peterson
2. Richard H.
Ebright was a famous:
Ans. Scientist
3. What was Richard
Ebright’s fascination for?
Ans. For butterflies
4. What did Ebright
start collecting in his childhood?
Ans. Coins, rocks and
butterflies
5. Which was
Ebright’s home town?
Ans. Reading
6. At what age
did Ebright excite the scientific world with a new theory on how cells
work?
Ans. 22 years
7. Who encouraged
Ebright’s interest in learning?
Ans. His mother
8. How many species
of butterflies had Ebright collected by the time he was in the second?
Ans. 25
9. What qualities
of Ebright made him a scientist?
Ans. First-rate mind,
curiosity and to win for the right Reason
10. Which theory
discovered by Ebright?
Ans. How cells work
11. From where did
Ebright graduate?
Ans. From Harvard
12. According to
Ebright what was required for winning a prize in the science fair?
Ans. Real experiment
13. Which are two
types of butterflies?
Ans. Viceroy and monarch
14. Which book did
Ebright’s mother give him to?
Ans. Travels of Monarch
X
15. What is a part
of the life cycle of butterflies?
Ans. Eggs, caterpillar and pupa
7. The Necklace (Guy De
Maupassant)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of the lesson ‘The
Necklace’?
Ans. Guy de Maupassant
2. Who is invited to a grand party?
Ans. Matilda Loisel
3. In which family was Matilda born?
Ans. In a family of clerks
4. What did Matilda married to?
Ans. Poverty
5. Whom was Matilda Loisel married to?
Ans. To a petty clerk
6. What did her husband want to buy?
Ans. A gun
7. Who invited Mr. and Mrs. Loisel to attend a
ball?
Ans. The Minister of Public Instruction
8. What was the cost of Matilda’s new dress?
Ans. Four hundred francs
9. What did Matilda borrow from her rich friend
to wear in the party?
10. What was the cost of the new diamond
necklace?
Ans. 36000 francs
11. What did Loisel choose from Forester
collections?
Ans. Diamond jewellery
12. When did they go home from the party?
Ans. At 4 o’clock
13. What was the office time of Mr. Loisel?
Ans. 10 o’clock
14. What did Mr. and Mrs. Loisel lose?
Ans. A necklace
15. How much time did the Loisel take to repay
the loan?
Ans. Ten years
16. What was the real name of Mme Forestier?
Ans. Jeanne
17. What was the actual cost of diamond
necklace?
Ans. 500 Franks
18. The necklace that Mrs. Loisel borrowed from
Mme. Forestier was made of-
Ans. False diamonds
8. The Hack Driver
(Sinclair Lewis)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of the story ‘The Hack
Driver’?
Ans. Sinclair Lewis
2. Where was the lawyer sent?
Ans. New Mullion
3. Why was the writer sent to New Mullion?
Ans. To serve summons
4. Who was to be brought out by the lawyer?
Ans. Oliver Lutkins
5. By what did the narrator go to New Mullion?
Ans. By train
6. Who was Oliver Lutkins?
Ans. A Hack Driver
7. Who was the hack driver in reality?
Ans. Lutkins himself
8. What was the name of hack driver?
Ans. Bill or Magnuson
9. Where did the hack driver take the narrator
first of all?
Ans. At Fritz’s shop
10. What was Gustaff?
Ans. A Barber
11. How many restaurants were there in New
Mullion?
Ans. Four
12. Where did the narrator and the hack driver
enjoyed there lunch?
Ans. On Wade’s Hill
13. Who is addressed as old tigress in the
chapter?
Ans. Lutkin’s mother
9. Bholi (K.A. Abbas)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of ‘Bholi’?
Ans. K.A. Abbas
2. What was the real name of ‘Bholi’?
Ans. Sulekha
3. How was Bholi at her birth?
Ans. Fair and pretty
4. What was the name of Bholi’s father?
Ans. Ram Lal
5. Which post did Ram Lal hold in the village?
Ans. Numberdar
6. How much dowry did Bishamber demand from
Ramlal?
Ans. Five thousand rupees
7. Who was Ram Lal’s eldest daughter?
Ans. Radha
8. Who was Laxmi?
Ans. Bholi’s cow
9. Who came to marry Bholi?
Ans. Bishambar Nath
10. At what age did Bholi begin to speak?
Ans. At Five
11. How many siblings did Bholi have?
Ans. Six
12. How many daughters did Ram Lal have?
Ans. Four
13. Which picture did Bholi see on the school
wall?
Ans. Parrot, cow and goat
14. How did Bholi find the teacher on her first
day in the school?
Ans. Kind and loving
15. Who is the real artist in the story?
Ans. The teacher
10. The Book That Saved
the Earth (Claire Boiko)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of the lesson, ”The Book
That Saved the Earth”?
Ans. Claire Boiko
2. In which year was the Martian invasion on the
earth planned?
Ans. In 2040
3. With what name is the twentieth century
called?
Ans. Era of the books
4. In which century is set the story ‘The Book
that Saved the Earth’?
Ans. Twenty-fifth century
5. Who tried to invade the earth in the
twenty-first century?
Ans. Martians
6. Who was the ‘Commander-in-Chief’ of the Mars
Space control?
Ans. Think Tank
7. Who was the deputy of Think-Tank?
Ans. Noodle
8. How many moons does Mars have?
Ans. Two
9. Which book saved the earth from invasion?
Ans. Mother Goose, a book of nursery rhymes
10. Who was the captain of the space craft crew?
Ans. Omega
11. Who was the lieutenant of the space craft
crew?
Ans. Iota
12. What was the name of the sergeant space
craft crew?
Ans. Oop
13. What do the crew members find on the earth?
Ans. Books
14. Who was Great, Mighty and ruler of Mars?
Ans. Think-Tank
15. Finally who decides not to invade the earth?
Ans. Think-Tank