Class 10 Objective Question:
1. "The Pace for Living" is written by........?
( A ) Aung San Suu Kyi
( B ) Toni Morrison
( C ) R.C. Hutchinson
( D ) Satyajit Ray
( C )
R.C. Hutchinson
2. Where did the writer of "The Pace for Living" watch the play ?
( A ) Dubai
( B ) Dublin
( C ) Delhi
( D ) London
( B )
Dublin
3. The main character in "Pace for Living", Which the author saw was a/an __________ corn merchant.
( A ) Elderly
( B ) Handicapped
( C ) Young
( D ) Diabetic
( A )
Elderly
4. The author admits that quick travel does not give the traveller the real of travel.
( A ) Pains
( B ) Pleasure
( C ) Living
( D ) Holiday
( B )
Pleasure
5. R.C. Hutchinson was ……………
( A ) American Novelist
( B ) British Novelist
( C ) French Novelist
( D ) Italian Novelist
( B )
British Novelist
6. Where did the author see a play in which a corn-merchant was the chief character?
( A ) Budapest
( B ) Milan
( C ) Dublin
( D ) Conteburry
( C )
Dublin
7. Who was cheating the corn-merchant ?
( A ) His Son
( B ) His Nephew
( C ) His Daughter
( D ) His Wife
( B )
His Nephew
8. How many girls were there in the film?
( A ) Two
( B ) Three
( C ) Four
( D ) Five
( B )
Three
9. Which word in the passage stands for worship?
( A ) Adore
( B ) Esprit
( C ) Escapiert
( D ) Dispair
( A )
Adore
10. Who did like fast travelling?
( A ) The Corn-merchant
( B ) The wife of Corn-merchant
( C ) The Author
( D ) None of these
( C )
The Author
11. Who didn’t dislike the rapid movement of life?
( A ) Corn-merchant
( B ) Nephew of Corn-merchant
( C ) The Author
( D ) Wife of Corn-merchant
( C )
The Author
12. Which tribe did the author belong?
( A ) Fast thinkers
( B ) Slow thinkers
( C ) Steady thinkers
( D ) None of these
( B )
Slow thinkers
13. The main character in the play which the author saw was a/an ……… corn-merchant.
( A ) Elderly
( B ) Handicapped
( C ) Young
( D ) Diabetic
( A )
Elderly
14. Slow thinkers have a disadvantage when it comes to earning.
( A ) Car
( B ) Factory
( C ) Living
( D ) Holiday
( C )
Living
15. Who was a man of many anxieties and had a dicky heart?
( A ) R.C. Hutchinson
( B ) Corn-merchant
( C ) The nephew of the Corn-merchant
( D ) The wife of the Corn-merchant
( B )
Corn-merchant
16. The man’s complaint was so gloriously irrelevant to his
( A ) Own Character
( B ) Own Mind
( C ) Own Situation
( D ) Own Country
( C )
Own Situation
17. What was the most enchanting line in the play?
( A ) Now that’s too much
( B ) Now that’s too fast
( C ) Is this the same girl as the one we saw at the beginning?
( D ) l’esprit de l’escaliert
( B )
Now that’s too fast
18. Who exhibits an exceptional flair for touching the sensitive issues of the contemporary society?
( A ) William Cowper
( B ) Joan Lexau
( C ) Walter de la Mare
( D ) R.C. Hutchinson
( D )
R.C. Hutchinson
19. The Irish get a subtle truth by the most unlikely.....
( A ) Approaches
( B ) Reproaches
( C ) illusration
( D ) Comic
( A )
Approaches
20. The elderly corn-merchant was a man of.....
( A ) Wealth
( B ) Property
( C ) Anxieties
( D ) Dicky
( C )
Anxieties
21. Altogether the pace of life was getting too much for.
( A ) The narrator
( B ) Dublin
( C ) Com merchant
( D ) The girls
( C )
Com merchant
22. The agony of modern man is captured by
( A ) Dublin
( B ) Joan Lexau
( C ) R. C. Hutchinson
( D ) The Corn-merchant
( C )
R. C. Hutchinson
23. The speaker adores the machines the hurl one about at
( A ) Dublin
( B ) Rapid movement
( C ) Now York
( D ) Battersea
( D )
Battersea
24. Who was a man of many anxieties?
( A ) The narrator himself
( B ) The elderly Corn-merchant
( C ) The Corn-merchant’s nephew
( D ) The Corn-merchant’s wife
( B )
The elderly Corn-merchant
25. The elderly Corn-merchant lived in
( A ) Dublin
( B ) A small Irish country town
( C ) England
( D ) A big Irish country town
( B )
A small Irish country town
26. To dine in London and lunch in New York next day seems to the narrator
( A ) Too fast
( B ) A superficial sense of drama
( C ) Too slow
( D ) A most satisfactory experience
( D )
A most satisfactory experience
27. Weak-hearted’ means same as
( A ) Quicky
( B ) Freaky
( C ) Dicky
( D ) Despair
( C )
Dicky
28. He is going to fall in love with girls.......in that Order.
( A ) A, B, C
( B ) B, A, C
( C ) C, B, A
( D ) B, C, A
( D )
B, C, A
29. When the narrator goes to cinema, he finds himself in
( A ) A peculiar seat
( B ) Great trouble
( C ) A hopeless fog
( D ) A cheerful mood
( C )
A hopeless fog
30. illustration means same as
( A ) Painting
( B ) Drawing
( C ) Example
( D ) Fanciful
( C )
Example
31. The antonym of rapid is
( A ) Fast
( B ) Slow
( C ) Hurl
( D ) Superficial
( B )
Slow
32. The correct meaning of anxieties is
( A ) Happiness
( B ) Worries
( C ) Anger
( D ) Sadness
( B )
Worries
33. Which of the following words is an adjective?
( A ) Mentally
( B ) Mentality
( C ) Mind
( D ) Mental
( D )
Mental
34. Who had the fantastic notion of spending £ 10 on a holiday.
( A ) Son of Corn-merchant
( B ) Daughter of Corn-merchant
( C ) Father of Corn-merchant
( D ) Wife of Corn-merchant
( D )
Wife of Corn-merchant
35. How does the writer classify himself as a thinker in 'The Pace for Living'?
( A ) Son of Corn-merchant
( B ) Daughter of Corn-merchant
( C ) Father of Corn-merchant
( D ) Wife of Corn-merchant
( D )
Wife of Corn-merchant
36. In the essay "The Peace for Living the corn merchant is........
( A ) An ambitious man
( B ) An anxious man
( C ) An adventurous man
( D ) None of these
( B )
An anxious man
37. In 'The Pace for Living' the author saw a.....
( A ) Movie
( B ) Dance
( C ) Play
( D ) Football match
( C )
Play
38. Who is a slow thinker?
( A ) The author
( B ) The corn merchant
( C ) Modern man
( D ) The servant
( A )
The author
39. Who fails to keep up with fast pace of life?
( A ) Modern man
( B ) The corn merchant
( C ) The corn merchant's nephew
( D ) The corn merchant's wife
( B )
The corn merchant
40. Who is the author of Me and the Ecology Bit?
( A ) John Hutchinson
( B ) Joan Lexau
( C ) Toni Morrison
( D ) None of these
( B )
Joan Lexau
41. It is hard to get people to work for.
( A ) Environment
( B ) Harmony
( C ) Forestation
( D ) Ecology
( D )
Ecology
42. What did the author do for environment?
( A ) Doing Plantation
( B ) Avoiding Pollution
( C ) By Awaring People
( D ) None of these
( C )
By Awaring People
43. To whom did the author tell that you should not burn the leaves?
( A ) Mr. John
( B ) Mr. Williams
( C ) Mr. Charles
( D ) None of these
( B )
Mr. Williams
44. Which route does the author follow?
( A ) Physical Route
( B ) Communication Route
( C ) Paper Route
( D ) None of these
( C )
Paper Route
45. Jim told Mr. Johnson that it would reduce.... and save ecology if he did not use his car for travelling to short distances.
( A ) Petrol
( B ) Pollution
( C ) Weight
( D ) Diesel
( B )
Pollution
46. Jim asked Mrs. Greene to keep the old newspapers for the school-going children who.... them.
( A ) Burnt
( B ) Bought
( C ) Read
( D ) Collected
( D )
Collected
47. The narrator told Mr. Vitfiams not to bum leaves as it is..... for the air and ecology.
( A ) Excellent
( B ) Bad
( C ) Good
( D ) Helpful
( B )
Bad
48. What does Mr. Williams actually mean to say to Jim?
( A ) Compost is not suitable for plants
( B ) Compost is not environment friendly
( C ) Compost smells up the whole street
( D ) None of these
( C )
Compost smells up the whole street
49. What according to author is good for garden?
( A ) Fertiliser
( B ) Irrigation
( C ) Comport
( D ) None of these
( C )
Comport
50. Jim’s mother told him that he used up... by watching television all the time.
( A ) Petrol
( B ) Water
( C ) Electricity
( D ) Time
( C )
Electricity
51. What type of pollution is created by compost, according Mr. Williams?
( A ) Air Pollution
( B ) Nose Pollution
( C ) Noise Pollution
( D ) None of these
( B )
Nose Pollution
52. In the lesson, the narrator talks about how he advises everybody what they should do to protect the
( A ) Elderly
( B ) Ecology
( C ) Children
( D ) Pedestrians
( B )
Ecology
53. Which word in the passage is known as ‘filth’?
( A ) Garbage
( B ) Compost
( C ) Ecology
( D ) Fawn
( A )
Garbage
54. Where was Mrs. Greene piling new spapers?
( A ) Next to her garbage bags
( B ) In the comer of garden
( C ) Anywhere in campus
( D ) None of these
( A )
Next to her garbage bags
55. Jim asked Mr. Greene to keep the old newspapers for the school-going children who them?
( A ) Burnt
( B ) Bought
( C ) Read
( D ) Collected
( D )
Collected
56. The narrator told Mr. Williams not to burn leaves as it is..... for the air and ecology.
( A ) Excellent
( B ) Bad
( C ) Good
( D ) Helpful
( B )
Bad
57. In “Me and the Ecology Bit”, he narrator talks about how he advises every body what they should do to protect the.....
( A ) Elderly
( B ) Ecology
( C ) Children
( D ) Pedestrians
( B )
Ecology
58. It is hard to get people to work for.....
( A ) Environment
( B ) Harmony
( C ) Forestation
( D ) Ecology
( D )
Ecology
59. Who is the author of ‘Me and the Ecology Bit’?
( A ) John Hutchinson
( B ) Joan Lexus
( C ) Toni Morrison
( D ) None of these
( B )
Joan Lexus
60. Who has written Gillu?
( A ) Alien
( B ) Animal
( C ) Micro Organism
( D ) Ghost
( B )
Animal
61. Gillu favourite food was:-
( A ) Rice
( B ) Bread
( C ) Kaju
( D ) Jam
( C )
Kaju
62. Mahadevi Varma was the recipient of which of the following award?
( A ) Mangal Prasad Prize
( B ) Bharat Bharti
( C ) Padma Bhushan
( D ) All of these
( D )
All of these
