OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. The story, “The Bet” has been written by _____
(a) Anton Checkov
(b) John Galsworthy
(c) Catherine Mansfield
(d) Giridhar Jha
2. The bet was stuck between the banker and the ______
(a) teacher
(b) engineer
(c) cricketer
(d) lawyer
3. The bet was stuck between the _____ and the lawyer.
(a) teacher
(b) engineer
(c) banker
(d) police
4. Anton Chekov was born in _____ in South Russia.
(a) Chechen
(b) Taganrog
(c) Dmitri
(d) Moscow
5. Anton Chekov was a _____ author.
(a) Indian
(b) Chinese
(c) Bangladeshi
(d) Russian
6. Anton Chekov was born on ______
(a) January 17, 1860
(b) January 1, 1857
(c) March 5, 1980
(d) August 2, 1950
7. Anton Chekov is amongst the major short ______ writers and dramatists in history.
(a) poem
(b) novel
(c) story
(d) article
8. Anton Chekov is amongst the major short story writers and ______ in history.
(a) novelist
(b) poet
(c) dramatists
(d) editor
9. Anton Chekov wrote _____ plays and almost six hundred stories.
(a) hundred
(b) seventeen
(c) fourteen
(d) fifteen
10. Anton Chekov wrote almost ______ stories.
(a) one hundred
(b) three hundred
(c) two hundred
(d) six hundred
11. Anoton Chekov was born in Taganrog in South Russia on the _____ sea.
(a) Azov
(b) Red
(C) Amazon
(d) Dead
12. It was a dark ______ night when the old banker planned to murder the lawyer.
(a) autumm
(b) spring
(c) rainy
(d) summer
13. The bet was stuck ______ years ago.
(a) thirteen
(b) fifty
(c) twelve
(d) fifteen
14. Most of the guests in the party disapproved of _____.
(a) capital punishment
(b) life imprisonment
(c) punishment
(d) banishment
15. Among the guests at the party were few ______ and journalists.
(a) vendors
(b) businessmen
(c) scholars
(d) IAS aspirants
16. Among the guests at the party were few scholars and ______
(a) IAS aspirants
(b) journalists
(c) cricketers
(d) politicians
17. Some of the guests thought that the capital punishment should be replaced by ____
(a) death sentence
(b) impersonation
(c) banishment
(d) life imprisonment
18. Some of the guests thought that the ______ should be replaced by life imprisonment.
(a) banishment
(b) castration
(c) capital punishment
(d) slow poisoning
19. The host (banker) was of the view that ______ is more humane than life imprisonment.
(a) assassination
(b) murder
(c) capital punishment
(d) slow poisoning
20. Who was the host ?
(a) Politician
(b) Banker
(c) Scholar
(d) Lawyer
21. The host (banker) was of the view that capital punishment is more humane than _______
(a) tiger
(b) life imprisonment
(c) animals
(d) Slow poisoning
22. Who said, “Execution kills instantly, life imprisonment kills by degrees.”
(a) Banker
(b) Lawyer
(c) Politician
(d) Scholar
23. The baker said, “______ kills instantly, life, imprisonment kills by degrees.”
(a) reduction
(b) satisfaction
(c) circumcision
(d) execution
24. The age of the lawyer was nearly _____ years.
(a) twenty five wenty five
(b) forty
(c) thirty
(d) fourteen
25. Who said, “Capital Punishment and life imprisonment are equally immoral: but if I were offered the choice, I would choose the second.”
(a) Lawyer
(b) Banker
(c) Police Officer
(d) Scholar
26. The amount of bet was _____
(a) two millions
(b) fifteen millions
(c) ten millions
(d) one million
27. As per the bet, the lawyer had to stay in the house for _____ years.
(a) twelve
(b) five
(c) fifteen
(d) ten
28. Lawyer had to undergo imprisonment in a garden wing of _______ .
(a) Victoria memorial
(b) banker’s House
(c) Russian monument
(d) lawyer’s House
29. Lawyer was permitted to have _____ instruments.
(a) scientific
(b) mathematical
(c) telecom
(d) musical
30. Lawyer was permitted to _____
(a) smoke tobacco
(b) read newspapers
(c) drink wine
(d) all of the above
31. During the first year of imprisonment, the lawyer suffered from _____–
(a) typhoid and malaria
(b) loneliness and boredom
(c) fever and cough
(d) overjoy and happiness
32. During the first year, voice of ______ room.
(a) crying
(b) laughing
(c) piano
(d) flute
33. He rejected ______ during the first year.
(a) wine
(b) tobacco
(c) piano
(d) both (a) and (b)
34. During first year, the lawyer was sent light character books like _____ .
(a) stories of crime
(b) complicated love interest
(c) fantasy, comedies
(d) all of
35. the above of in the second year _____ was heard no longer and he asked for _____
(a) piano, classics
(b) flute, pop
(c) piano, pop
(d) violin, jazz
36 In the _____ year, music was heard again and he asked for wine.
(a) fifth
(b) sixteen
(c) second
(d) twenty
37. In the fifth year, the prisoner asked for ______
(a) wine
(b) brine
(c) briyani
(d) tobacco
38. What did the observers find him doing in the fifth year ?
(a) eating
(b) lying on bed
(c) drinking
(d) all of the above
39. He talked angrily to ____ during the fifth year.
(a) mother
(b) himself
(c) scholar
(d) banker
40. During the fifth year, more than once he was heard to ______ .
(a) play
(b) laugh
(c) weep
(d) fight
41. When did he start studying languages, philosophy and history ?
(a) third year
(b) second half of sixth year
(c) first year
(d) first half of sixth year
42. During the second half of the sixth year, he started studying _______ .
(a) language
(b) history
(c) philosophy
(d) all of the above
43. During the span of four years, starting from sixth year, _____ volumes were bought at his request.
(a) six hundred
(b) two hundred
(c) six
(d) one hundred fifty
44. After the tenth year, he read only _____ for nearly a year.
(a)’ Old testament
(b) Gospel of John
(c) New testament
(d) Pslams
45. It was agreed that during the period he would be deprived of the right to cross the threshold, to see _____ people, to hear human voices and to receive letters and newspapers.
(a) living
(b) dead
(C) moral
(d) good
46. It was agreed that during the period he would be 2 deprived of the right to cross the threshold, to see living people, to hear human voices and to receive letters and _______ .
(a) musical instrument
(b) newspapers
(c) food
(d) water
47. After the new testament, he read ______ .
(a) old testament
(b) history of religions and theology
(c) nothing
(d) Gita
48. What was the condition of banker after 15 ?
(a) ordinary
(b) very rich
(c) bankrupt
(d) very poor
49. The banker planned to _____ the lawyer, one day before the completion of the bet.
(a) meet
(b) kill
(c) write
(d) see
50. At what time did the banker went out to execute the plan of the murder of the lawyer ?
(a) 3 o’clock
(b) 6 o’clock
(c) 12 o’clock
(d) 5 o’clock
51. The garden was _____ when the banker went out to kill the lawyer.
(a) dark and warm
(b) dark and cold
(c) bright and cold
(d) warm and bright
52. It was ______ when the banker went out to kill the lawyer.
(a) summer
(b) noon
(c) raining
(d) evening
53. Who informed that the lawyer had escaped ?
(a) watchman
(b) banker
(c) scholar
(d) cricketer
54. The books gave the lawyer ______ .
(a) ignorance
(b) wisdom
(c) money
(d) business idea
55. What was the condition of the lawyer at the completion of 15 years.
(a) yellow face
(b) sunken cheek
(c) silvery gray hair
(d) all of the above
56. How did the banker plan to murder the lawyer ?
(a) smothering with pillow
(b) poisoning
(c) using a gun
(d) using a knife
57. When did the banker try to kill the lawyer ?
(a) a week before the completion of the bet
(b) a day before the completion of the bet
58. After 15 years, the lawyer the money.
(a) loved
(b) despised
(c) ate
(D) tasized
59. To avoid unnecessary rumours the banker locked the paper.
(a) in his office
(b) in his safe
(c) in bank locker
(d) in his almirah
60. The banker took the sheet from the table and
(a) read
(b) tore
(c) burnt
(d) put in bag
61. The banker decided to murder the
(a) judge
(b) wife
(c) lawyer
(d) servant
62. The lawyer had to begin the confinement from twelve O’clock of November 14.
(a) 1870
(b) 1947
(C) 1860
(d) 1880
63. The last date of the confinement was twelve O’clock of Novembr 14
(a) 1870
(b) 1947
(c) 1860
(d) 1885
64. Why was the banker afraid of honouring the Bet ?
(a) The banker was very nice
(b) Lawyer was confined for long period
(c) The banker was very poor
(d) The banker economic condition had become weak
65. The banker felt ____ when he read the notes of the lawyer ?
(a) overjoyed
(b) nothing
(c) contempt
(d) cruel
66. The banker and the lawyer are the character of the story _____ .
(a) Antom Checkov
(b) John Galsworthly
(c) Catherine Mansfield
(d) Giridhar Jha
