MCQ Questions for Class 9 English Beehive The Snake and the Mirror with Solutions
Chapter Name | Multiple Choice Questions for The Snake and the Mirror |
Author Name | Vaikom Muhammad Basheer |
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Book Name | NCERT First Flight Textbook for Class 9 |
MCQ Questions for The Snake and the Mirror Class 9 English
1. The doctor leaped into the verandah and
(i) Relaxed there
(ii) Ran away
(iii) Took some fresh air
(iv) Witnessed the night sky
Answer
(ii) Ran away
2. How did the doctor’s wife actually look like?
(i) Thin
(ii) Fat
(iii) Short
(iv) None of the above
Answer
(i) Thin
3. The doctor ran and ran until he reached his
(i) Clinic
(ii) Friend’s house
(iii) Wife’s house
(iv) Cousin’s house
Answer
(ii) Friend’s house
4. What did the doctor do immediately after reaching his friend’s house?
(i) Smeared oil all over his body and took a bath
(ii) Drank a glass of water
(iii) Took medicines
(iv) Narrated the incident of the snake
Answer
(i) Smeared oil all over his body and took a bath
5. At what time, the next morning, did the doctor take his friend and few others to move things from his room?
(i) 9 am
(ii) 9:30 am
(iii) 8:30 am
(iv) 7:30 am
Answer
(iii) 8:30 am
6. Why did the doctor have very little things to carry?
(i) Because the storm destroyed most of the things
(ii) He was too poor to have many things
(iii) The room was too small to keep a lot of things
(iv) Some thief had stolen most of the things
Answer
(iv) Some thief had stolen most of the things
7. What was the one thing that the thief left behind?
(i) The mirror
(ii) The book
(iii) The dirty vest
(iv) The coat
Answer
(iii) The dirty vest
8. According to the doctor, the thief had a sense of
(i) Good clothes
(ii) Cleanliness
(iii) Logic
(iv) None of the above
Answer
(ii) Cleanliness
9. The doctor had seen the snake
(i) One more time
(ii) Two more times
(iii) Three more times
(iv) Never again
Answer
(iv) Never again
10. The doctor described the snake as the one
(i) Very poisonous
(ii) Taken with its own beauty
(iii) Thick and ugly
(iv) That had bitten the thief
Answer
(ii) Taken with its own beauty
11. After the doctor finished narrating his story, everyone had
(i) Become happy
(ii) A sigh of relief
(iii) Got bored
(iv) Jumped in excitement
Answer
(ii) A sigh of relief
12. While looking at the mirror, the doctor smiled, and he found his smile
(i) Unattractive
(ii) Attractive
(iii) Wide
(iv) Ugly
Answer
(ii) Attractive
13. What was the lovely thought that came across the doctor’s mind while he was pacing up and down the room?
(i) He would be the best homeopath
(ii) He would marry
(iii) He would go for a hair cut
(iv) He would dance in the rain
Answer
(ii) He would marry
14. How was the doctor’s life saved?
(i) because of the mirror
(ii) because of rats
(iii) because of his dirty vest
(iv) because of his wife
Answer
(i) because of the mirror
15. The doctor wanted his wife to be
(i) Fat
(ii) Thin
(iii) Tall
(iv) Beautiful
Answer
(i) Fat
16. The doctor believed in making himself
(i) Thinner
(ii) Honest
(iii) Hardworking
(iv) Handsome
Answer
(iv) Handsome
17. After hearing the sound, the doctor turned around and saw a
(i) A ghost
(ii) A lizard
(iii) A snake
(iv) A rat
Answer
(iii) A snake
18. Whom did the doctor want to marry?
(i) A scientist
(ii) A teacher
(iii) A woman doctor
(iv) A singer
Answer
(iii) A woman doctor
19. How far was the head of the snake from the doctor’s face?
(i) 2 or 3 inches
(ii) 3 or 4 inches
(iii) 4 or 5 inches
(iv) 1 or 2 inches
Answer
(ii) 3 or 4 inches
20. Suddenly, the doctor heard a dull sound that resembled
(i) Sound of frogs
(ii) Rubber tube falling on the ground
(iii) An opening of a box
(iv) Hails falling on the roof
Answer
(ii) Rubber tube falling on the ground
21. What kind of pain did the doctor feel in his left arm?
(i) A rod of molten fire was slowly but powerfully crushing his arm
(ii) A thick rod was inserted across his arm
(iii) His arm was lit up with fire
(iv) Boiling hot water was poured on his arm
Answer
(i) A rod of molten fire was slowly but powerfully crushing his arm
22. What did the snake to after landing on the doctor’s shoulder?
(i) Coiled around his left arm above the elbow
(ii) Coiled around his right arm above the elbow
(iii) Coiled around his neck
(iv) Coiled around his head
Answer
(i) Coiled around his left arm above the elbow
23. The sex of the snake was
(i) Male
(ii) Female
(iii) Unknown
(iv) Wild male
Answer
(iii) Unknown
24. The doctor turned to
(i) Stone
(ii) Ghost
(iii) Snake
(iv) Devil
Answer
(i) Stone
25. Which two important decisions did the doctor take?
(i) to shave daily and always smile
(ii) not to give medicines
(iii) to leave the room
(iv) to kill the rats
Answer
(i) to shave daily and always smile
26. What kind of a house did the doctor live in?
(ii) A kachcha house
(iii) An unelectrified rented room which was full of rats
(iv) A flat
Answer
(iii) An unelectrified rented room which was full of rats
27. What does the word meagre in the lesson mean?
(i) Big(ii) Huge
(iii) Very little
(iv) Small
Answer
(iii) Very little
28. What was the source of the doctor’s income?
(ii) His research
(iii) His talks
(iv) None
Answer
(i) His medical practice
29. What kind of a sound did the doctor hear?
(i) Music(ii) Hissing sound
(iii) Sound of rats
(iv) None
Answer
(iii) Sound of rats
30. Why did the sound of the rats suddenly stop?
(i) The rats ran out(ii) Rats slept
(iii) Because the rats had seen a snake
(iv) All
Answer
(iii) Because the rats had seen a snake
31. What kind of a person was the doctor?
(i) A poor man(ii) A rich man
(iii) A clever man
(iv) A foolish man
Answer
(i) A poor man
32. What is this story about?
(ii) About a doctor’s plight
(iii) A foolish doctor
(iv) About rats
Answer
(i) About a frightening incident which is narrated in a humorous manner
33. Why does the doctor want to keep a moustache?
(ii) To scare people
(iii) To look handsome
(iv) None
Answer
(i) To look smart and get married
34. What kind of a woman does he want to get married to?
(ii) A beautiful woman
(iii) A slim woman
(iv) None
Answer
(i) To look smart and get married
35. What kind of a woman does he get married to?
(i) A thin reedy woman with a gift of sprinter(ii) A fat woman
(iii) A beautiful woman
(iv) None
Answer
(i) A thin reedy woman with a gift of sprinter
36. What was the plight of the doctor when he noticed a snake around his arm?
(ii) Frightened
(iii) Screaming
(iv) Fear
Answer
(i) Turned into a stone
37. What kind of thoughts did the doctor have when he looked into the mirror?
(i) Reflective(ii) Thoughtful
(iii) Notorious
(iv) Full of joy and contentment
Answer
(iv) Full of joy and contentment
38. Why did he decide to smile always?
(ii) Because he thought that smiling made him look smart
(iii) He could attract people
(iv) All
Answer
(ii) Because he thought that smiling made him look smart
39. Which were the earth shaking decisions taken by the doctor?
(i) To grow moustache and always smile(ii) To leave the room
(iii) To marry
(iv) None
Answer
(i) To grow moustache and always smile
40. What was the regular traffic referred to?
(i) The sound of vehicles(ii) Too many people coming and going
(iii) Traffic of rats roaming here and there
(iv) None
Answer
(iii) Traffic of rats roaming here and there
41. What was the doctor’s room filled with?
(ii) Smell of medicines
(iii) Rats
(iv) People
Answer
(iii) Rats
42. How many times did the doctor hear the sound of rats?
(ii) Twice
(iii) Thrice
(iv) Four times
Answer
(iii) Thrice
43. What are the two most important things in the story?
(i) Snakes and the mirror(ii) Doctor and rats
(iii) Doctor and his wife
(iv) Snake and the doctor
Answer
(iv) Snake and the doctor
44. Who told this story to the writer?
(i) His granny(ii) His mother
(iii) his father
(iv) A homeopath doctor
Answer
(iv) A homeopath doctor
45. What were the doctor’s possessions?
(ii) Few shirts
(iii) Some dhotis and a black coat
(iv) All of these
Answer
(iv) All of these
46. Why did the doctor decide to always smile?
(i) To attract customers(ii) To attract people
(iii) To look more handsome
(iv) None
Answer
(iv) All of these
47. Why did the doctor want to marry a fat woman?
(ii) To make her sit at home all the time
(iii) To give a snobbish look
(iv) None
Answer
(i) To save himself if she tried to chase him
48. What words did the doctor think of writing in his imagination?
(i) Save(ii) Smart
(iii) Look
(iv) O God
Answer
(iv) O God
49. Where did the doctor think of writing O GOD?
(ii) On snake’s hood
(iii) Outside his heart
(iv) None
50. Why did the doctor smile at himself?
(i) For looking into the mirror(ii) For his smart looks
(iii) For his helplessness and foolishness
(iv) None
(iii) For his helplessness and foolishness
51. What did the doctor realize?
(i) He was a handsome doctor(ii) He was a handsome bachelor
(iii) He was smart
(iv) He was a poor man and had nothing to boast of
Answer
(iv) He was a poor man and had nothing to boast of
52. Why did the doctor call himself foolish and poor?
(i) His inability to think of any solution for the trouble he was caught in(ii) He had no money
(iii) No good house to live
(iv) no patients
Answer
(i) His inability to think of any solution for the trouble he was caught in
53. What was the change in doctor’s thoughts?
(ii) From a poor to rich man
(iii) From a frown to smile
(iv) From no moustache to moustache
Answer
(i) From a valuable man to a helpless ,foolish man