English MCQ for Class 10th (The Pace for Living)

Question 1.
“The Pace for Living” is written by …………….
(A) Aung San Suu Kyi
(B) Toni Morrison
(C) R.C. Hutchinson
(D) Satyajit Ray
Answer:
(C) R.C. Hutchinson

Question 2.
Where did the writer of ‘The Pace for Living’ watch the play?
(A) Dubai
(B) Dublin
(C) Delhi
(D) London
Answer:
(B) Dublin

Question 3.
R.C. Hutchinson was…………….
(A) American Novelist
(B) British Novelist
(C) French Novelist
(D) Italian Novelist
Answer:
(B) British Novelist

Question 4.
The main character in “Pace for Living”, which the author saw was a/an …………….corn merchant.
(A) elderly
(B) handicapped
(C) young
(D) diabetic
Answer:
(A) elderly

Question 5.
The author admits that quick travel does not give the traveller the real of travel.
(A) pains
(B) pleasure
(C) living
(D) holiday
Answer:
(B) pleasure

Question 6.
In “The Pace for Living”, the writer captures the agony of …………….man.
(A) modem
(B) ancient
(C) future
(D) uncivilized
Answer:
(A) modem

Question 7.
Where the author saw a play in which a corn-merchant was the chief character?
(A) Budapest
(B) Milan
(C) Dublin
(D) Conteburry
Answer:
(C) Dublin

Question 8.
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
Answer:
(D) Wife of corn-merchant

Question 9.
Who was cheating the corn-merchant?
(A) His Son
(B) His Nephew
(C) His Daughter
(D) His Wife
Answer:
(B) His Nephew

Question 10.
Who did like fast travelling?
(A) The Corn-merchant
(B) The wife of Corn-merchant
(C) The Author
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) The Author

Question 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
Answer:
(C) The Author

Question 12.
Which word in the passage stands for worship?
(A) Adore
(B) Esprit
(C) Despair
(D) Escapiert
Answer:
(A) Adore

Question 13.
Which tribe did the author belong?
(A) Fast thinkers
(B) Slow thinkers
(C) Steady thinkers
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) Slow thinkers

Question 14.
How many girls were in film?
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) Five
Answer:
(B) Three

Question 15.
The main character in the play which the author saw was a/an …………….corn-merchant.
(A) elderly
(B) handicapped
(C) young
(D) diabetic
Answer:
(A) elderly

Question 16.
Slow thinkers have a disadvantage when it comes to earning a…………….
(A) car
(B) factory
(C) living
(D) holiday
Answer:
(C) living

Question 17.
Who was a man of many anxieties and had a dicky heart?
(A) R.C. Hutchinson
(B) Com-merchant
(C) The nephew of the Com-merchant
(D) The wife of the Com-merchant
Answer:
(B) Com-merchant

Question 18.
Who exhibits an exceptional flair for touching the sensitive issues of the contemporary society?
(A) William Cowper
(B) Joan Lexau
(C) Walter dela Mare
(D) R.C. Hutchinson
Answer:
(D) R.C. Hutchinson

Question 19.
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) I’esprit del’ escaliert
Answer:
(B) Now that’s too fast

Question 20.
The man’s complaint was so gloriously irrelevant to his
(A) Own character
(B) Own mind
(C) Own situation
(D) Own country
Answer:
(C) Own situation

Question 21.
The speaker goes in a car at…………….
(A) nineteen miles an hour
(B) fourteen miles an hour
(C) sixteen miles an hour
(D) ninety miles an hour
Answer:
(D) ninety miles an hour

Question 22.
The elderly corn-merchant was a man of…………….
(A) wealth
(B) property
(C) anxieties
(D) dicky
Answer:
(C) anxieties

Question 23.
The Irish get a subtle truth by the most unlikely…………….
(A) approaches
(B) reproaches
(C) illusration
(D) comic
Answer:
(A) approaches

Question 24.
To dine in London and ……………. in New York next day seems to me most satisfactory experiences.
(A) dinner
(B) breakfast
(C) toast
(D) lunch
Answer:
(D) lunch

Question 25.
Slow thinkers are terribly….. in the business of getting a living.
(A) capped
(B) handicapped
(C) disabled
(D) tortured
Answer:
(B) handicapped