Important MCQ on The Bet Page 1
MCQ of The Bet of Page 1
Important MCQ on The Bet Page 1
MCQ of The Bet of Page 1
đ The Bet by Anton Chekhov
1. It was a ______ autumn night.
✔️ © dark
2. The old banker was walking ______.
✔️ (b) up and down his study
3. The banker was remembering an event from ______ years before.
✔️ (b) fifteen
4. The banker had given a party in the ______.
✔️ © autumn
5. The party took place in the ______.
✔️ (b) evening
6. There had been many ______ men at the party.
✔️ © clever
7. The conversations at the party were described as ______.
✔️ (d) interesting
8. One of the topics discussed was ______.
✔️ (b) capital punishment
9. Most of the guests were against the ______.
✔️ © death penalty
10. Many of the guests were ______.
✔️ (d) journalists and intellectual men
11. The guests believed the death penalty was ______.
✔️ © outdated and immoral
12. The guests thought the death penalty did not suit ______ States.
✔️ (d) Christian
13. Some guests suggested replacing the death penalty with ______.
✔️ (d) life imprisonment
14. The host of the party was the ______.
✔️ (b) banker
15. The banker said he had never tried either the death penalty or ______.
✔️ © imprisonment for life
16. The banker judged the punishments ______.
✔️ (b) a priori
17. According to the banker, the death penalty is more moral and ______.
✔️ © humane
18. The banker said the death penalty kills a man ______.
✔️ (b) at once
19. Lifelong imprisonment kills a man ______.
✔️ © slowly
20. The banker compared the punishments to different kinds of ______.
✔️ (d) executioners
21. One executioner kills in a few ______.
✔️ (d) minutes
22. The other executioner drags the life out of a person over many ______.
✔️ © years
23. One of the guests said both punishments were equally ______.
✔️ © immoral
24. The reason both punishments are immoral is because they take away ______.
✔️ (d) life
25. The guest argued that the State is not ______.
✔️ (d) God
26. According to the guest, the State cannot take away what it cannot ______.
✔️ (b) Restore
27. The speaker says the State has no right to take away ______.
✔️ © life
28. Among the guests was a young ______.
✔️ (b) lawyer
29. The young lawyer was ______ years old.
✔️ (b) twenty-five
30. The lawyer is described as a young man of ______.
✔️ © five-and-twenty
The Bet – MCQs with Answers
✍️ Based on a Selected Passage
đ° Class XII | WBCHSE | English
✅ 40 Questions with Options & Answers
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1. “Fifteen? Done!” — Who speaks this line?
a) The lawyer
b) The jailer
c) The banker
d) The narrator
✔️ Answer: c) The banker
2. How much money did the banker stake?
a) One million
b) Five million
c) Two million
d) Ten million
✔️ Answer: c) Two million
3. What did the young man stake in the bet?
a) His future
b) His house
c) His health
d) His freedom
✔️ Answer: d) His freedom
4. How is the bet described in the line: “And this wild, senseless bet was carried out”?
a) Rational and useful
b) Sensible and planned
c) Wild and senseless
d) Necessary and logical
✔️ Answer: c) Wild and senseless
5. What does the passage suggest about the banker?
a) He was poor and clever
b) He was spoilt and frivolous
c) He was humble and kind
d) He was wise and experienced
✔️ Answer: b) He was spoilt and frivolous
6. How does the banker react during supper?
a) He cried
b) He supported the young man
c) He made fun of the young man
d) He remained silent
✔️ Answer: c) He made fun of the young man
7. How many years did the banker think the young man would actually stay?
a) Fifteen
b) Ten
c) Three or four
d) One or two
✔️ Answer: c) Three or four
8. What does the banker say about “voluntary confinement”?
a) It is easier to handle
b) It is a joyful experience
c) It is harder to bear than compulsory confinement
d) It brings peace and calm
✔️ Answer: c) It is harder to bear than compulsory confinement
9. What emotion does the banker express toward the young man in the line “I am sorry for you”?
a) Pride
b) Pity
c) Anger
d) Envy
✔️ Answer: b) Pity
10. What was the banker doing while remembering the bet?
a) Talking to others
b) Sitting silently
c) Walking to and fro
d) Writing letters
✔️ Answer: c) Walking to and fro
11. What question does the banker ask himself?
a) Who won the bet?
b) Why was I so rich?
c) What was the object of that bet?
d) Why didn’t the lawyer speak?
✔️ Answer: c) What was the object of that bet?
12. What does the banker say the bet cannot prove?
a) Which prison is better
b) The value of reading
c) Whether death penalty is better or worse than life imprisonment
d) The amount of money lost
✔️ Answer: c) Whether death penalty is better or worse than life imprisonment
13. How does the banker describe his own motivation for the bet?
a) A thoughtful decision
b) A generous act
c) A caprice of a pampered man
d) A well-planned experiment
✔️ Answer: c) A caprice of a pampered man
14. What does the banker say about the young man’s motivation?
a) For justice
b) For freedom
c) Simple greed for money
d) Desire for fame
✔️ Answer: c) Simple greed for money
15. Where was the young man kept during the years of his confinement?
a) In the bank
b) In the jail
c) In a lodge in the banker’s garden
d) In a cave
✔️ Answer: c) In a lodge in the banker’s garden
16. Under what condition was the young man kept?
a) He could freely walk around
b) He could visit the city monthly
c) Under the strictest supervision
d) Without any rules
✔️ Answer: c) Under the strictest supervision
17. How many years was the young man supposed to stay in confinement?
a) Five years
b) Ten years
c) Fifteen years
d) Twenty years
✔️ Answer: c) Fifteen years
18. What was the young man not allowed to do?
a) Read books
b) Drink wine
c) Cross the threshold
d) Play instruments
✔️ Answer: c) Cross the threshold
19. What was he not permitted to hear?
a) Music
b) Human voice
c) Birds chirping
d) News from TV
✔️ Answer: b) Human voice
20. What means of communication was allowed?
a) Face-to-face talks
b) Telephone
c) Letters and a small window
d) Daily newspaper delivery
✔️ Answer: c) Letters and a small window
21. What was specially built for communication?
a) A speaking tube
b) A tunnel
c) A little window
d) A doorway
✔️ Answer: c) A little window
22. What could the young man request during his confinement?
a) Gold and silver
b) Books, wine, and music
c) A servant
d) Visits from friends
✔️ Answer: b) Books, wine, and music
23. How could the young man make requests?
a) By phone
b) Through a servant
c) By writing an order
d) By speaking aloud
✔️ Answer: c) By writing an order
24. How would the items be delivered to him?
a) By hand
b) By drone
c) Through the window
d) Left at the door
✔️ Answer: c) Through the window
25. What did the agreement cover?
a) Only meals and bedding
b) Only entertainment
c) Every detail and trifle
d) Only financial matters
✔️ Answer: c) Every detail and trifle
Part 2 (Questions 26–40):
26. What is the tone of the banker’s statement: “To me two millions are a trifle”?
a) Humble
b) Boastful
c) Scared
d) Sympathetic
✔️ Answer: b) Boastful
27. What is meant by “a trifle” in this context?
a) A very large amount
b) A minor legal issue
c) Something insignificant
d) A dangerous loss
✔️ Answer: c) Something insignificant
28. What kind of confinement does the banker describe as harder to bear?
a) Physical
b) Voluntary
c) Political
d) Compulsory
✔️ Answer: b) Voluntary
29. What does the banker believe will “poison” the young man’s existence in prison?
a) Loneliness
b) Lack of food
c) Thought of liberty
d) Harsh punishments
✔️ Answer: c) Thought of liberty
30. Why does the banker call the young man “unhappy”?
a) Because he lost the bet
b) Because he was arrested
c) Because of his decision to stay in voluntary confinement
d) Because he became poor
✔️ Answer: c) Because of his decision to stay in voluntary confinement
31. According to the banker, what will ruin the young man’s peace?
a) Hunger
b) Bad dreams
c) The right to walk out any time
d) Arguments with the banker
✔️ Answer: c) The right to walk out any time
32. How does the banker reflect on the purpose of the bet later?
a) It was educational
b) It was philosophical
c) It was meaningless
d) It was spiritual
✔️ Answer: c) It was meaningless
33. What word is used to describe the banker’s behavior — “caprice of a pampered man”?
a) Sacrifice
b) Discipline
c) Sudden fancy
d) Wisdom
✔️ Answer: c) Sudden fancy
34. Which of the following best describes the banker’s attitude during the bet’s origin?
a) Angry and violent
b) Generous and helpful
c) Spoilt and careless
d) Scared and silent
✔️ Answer: c) Spoilt and careless
35. What emotional change is observed in the banker later in the story?
a) He becomes cheerful
b) He regrets his decision
c) He feels more powerful
d) He forgets everything
✔️ Answer: b) He regrets his decision
36. What does the word “pampered” suggest about the banker?
a) He was underfed
b) He was neglected
c) He was overindulged and spoiled
d) He was hardworking and poor
✔️ Answer: c) He was overindulged and spoiled
37. Why does the young man agree to such strict terms?
a) For peace
b) For revenge
c) For money
d) For love
✔️ Answer: c) For money
38. What physical structure was created in the banker’s garden for the bet?
a) A library
b) A stone hut
c) A lodge
d) A jail cell
✔️ Answer: c) A lodge
39. What forms of entertainment were allowed for the young man?
a) Internet and TV
b) Phone calls
c) Music and books
d) Acting and dancing
✔️ Answer: c) Music and books
40. How were the details of the agreement described?
a) Vague and loose
b) Basic and unclear
c) Complete and exact
d) Verbal and temporary
✔️ Answer: c) Complete and exact
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