MCQ Questions Chapter 7 Glimpses of India Class 10 English

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Please refer to MCQ Questions Chapter 7 Glimpses of India Class 10 English with answers provided below. These multiple-choice questions have been developed based on the latest NCERT book for class 10 English issued for the current academic year. We have provided MCQ Questions for Class 10 English for all chapters on our website. Students should learn the objective based questions for Chapter 7 Glimpses of India in Class 10 English provided below to get more marks in exams.

Chapter 7 Glimpses of India MCQ Questions

Please refer to the following Chapter 7 Glimpses of India MCQ Questions Class 10 English with solutions for all important topics in the chapter.

MCQ Questions Answers for Chapter 7 Glimpses of India Class 10 English

Question. Choose the answer that lists the correct option about the recording of the baker’s monthly accounts.

MCQ Questions Chapter 7 Glimpses of India Class 10 English

A) Option (1)
B) Option (2)
C) Option (3)
D) Option (4)

Answer

C

Question. The statement that is TRUE about payment collection, according to the passage is:
A) The baker received payment on a daily basis.
B) The baker was paid for his services at the end of the month.
C) The baker insisted that customers pay before the month-end.
D) The baker chose to receive payment any day of the month.

Answer

B

Question. The extract uses the phrase, ‘invites (the) comments’. Which of the following expressions is
incorrect with respect to the word ‘invites’?

MCQ Questions Chapter 7 Glimpses of India Class 10 English

A) Option (1)
B) Option (2)
C) Option (3)
D) Option (4)

Answer

B

Question. Where did Rajvir and Pranjol study?
A) Assam
B) Coorg
C) Goa
D) Delhi

Answer

D

Question. _____ was called kabai.
A) Baker’s dress
B) baker’s basket
C) baker’s bamboo
D) baker’s song

Answer

A

Question. What is rappelling?
A) travelling in a river in a canoe
B) travelling in a river in a raft
C) going down a cliff by sliding down a rope
D) None of the Above

Answer

D

Question. The words like ‘chai’ and ‘chini’ are derived from _____.
A) Indi
B) China
C) France
D) None of the Above

Answer

D

Question. What did the children long for?
A) Loaves
B) bread bangles
C) banana bread
D) all of the above

Answer

D

Question. Who is the author of “A Baker from Goa”?
A) Arup Kumar Datta
B) Lokesh Abrol
C) Lucio Rodrigues
D) None of the Above

Answer

C

Question. Was Rajvir a fan of detective stories?
A) Yes
B) No
C) maybe
D) don’t know

Answer

A

Question. What was Dhekiabari?
A) name of a station
B) tea garden managed by Pranjol’s father
C) tea garden managed by Rajvir’s father
D) name of a hill

Answer

D

Question. “The climb to the _____hills brings you into a panoramic view of the entire misty landscape of Coorg.”
A) Brahmagiri
B) Himalayan
C) Nilgiri
D) Parvati

Answer

A

Question. In Europe, tea was drunk as more of a _____ than _____.
A) medicine, beverage
B) beverage, medicine
C) sleep waver, medicine
D) sleep banisher, medicine

Answer

A

Question. The baker was also their ______.
A) friend
B) companion
C) guide
D) all of the above

Answer

D

Question. Where is Coorg situated?
A) Mysore
B) Mangalore
C) Karnataka
D) Kerala

Answer

C

Question. What are the activities available in Coorg?
A) River.rafting
B) Canoeing
C) Mountain biking
D) All of the above

Answer

D

The baker or bread-seller of those days had a peculiar dress known as the kabai. It was a single piece long frock reaching down to the knees. In our childhood we saw bakers wearing shirt and trousers which were shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants. Even today, anyone who wears a half pant which reaches just below the knees invites the comment that he is dressed like a pader!

Question. Choose the answer that lists the correct option about the recording of the baker’s monthly accounts.


(i) option 1
(ii) option 2
(iii) option 3
(iv) option 4

Answer

(i)

Question. When the writer says, ‘Baking was indeed a profitable profession in the old days.’, he means that
(i) baking isn’t as popular in Goa currently
(ii) bakers have chosen to adopt other professions
(iii) baking, as a job, isn’t as gainful as it used to be
(iv) bakers’ goods were of a better quality in earlier times

Answer

(iii)

Question. The statement that is TRUE about payment collection, according to the passage is:
(i) the baker received payment on a daily basis
(ii) the baker was paid for his services at the end of the month
(iii) the baker insisted that customers pay before the month-end 
(iv) the baker chose to receive payment any day of the month

Answer

(ii)

Question. The kabai was a ‘peculiar’ outfit as it was
(i) a tight-fitting apparel
(ii) too colourful
(iii) made of unsuitable materials
(iv) a dress-like attire

Answer

(iv)

Question. The extract uses the phrase, ‘invites (the) comments’. Which of the following expressions is incorrect with respect to the word ‘invites’ ? (Img 73)
(i) option 1
(ii) option 2
(iii) option 3
(iv) option 4

Answer

(ii)

Pranjol’s father slowed down to allow a tractor, pulling a trailer-load of tea leaves, to pass. ‘This is the second flush or sprouting period, isn’t it, Mr. Barua?’ Rajvir asked, ‘It lasts from May to July and yields the best tea.’
‘You seem to have done your homework before coming,’ Pranjol’s father said in surprise. ‘Yes, Mr.
Barua,’ Rajvir admitted. ‘But I hope to learn much more when I’m here.’

Question. Why did Mr. Barua feel surprised?
(i) because Rajvir knew so much about tea plantations.
(ii) because Rajvir knew nothing.
(iii) because Rajvir was from Assam
(iv) None of these

Answer

(i)

Question. What is the best period to yield tea?
(i) May to October
(ii) July to August
(iii) May to July
(iv) June to November

Answer

(iii)

Question. What do you mean by ‘second flush’
(i) tea harvest from May to June
(ii) tea harvest from May to December
(iii) tea harvest from May to August
(iv) none of these

Answer

(i)

Question. ____________ means sprouting.
(i) germinating
(ii) stopping
(iii) damaging
(iv) none of these

Answer

(i)

Question. The antonym of ‘surprise’ is _______________.
(i) amaze
(ii) awe
(iii) shock
(iv) calm

Answer

(iv)

Question. What did the baker used to bring for children?
(a) Loaves
(b) Bread Bangles
(c) Sweet bread
(d) Sandwiches  

Answer

B

Question. How is the traditional baker recognised?
(a) With the thud and jingle of the bamboo
(b) With his baking style
(c) With his clothing style
(d) None of the above   

Answer

A

Question. Match the following essentials required during various events as mentioned in ‘A Baker from Goa’. Events Essentials

Codes
     A B C D 
(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 2 3 1 4
(d) 4 1 3 2   

Answer

B

Question. From where did the ‘jhang-jhang’ sound come?
(a) Basket of bread
(b) Musical instrument used by baker
(c) Noises of children
(d) Specially made bamboo staff of baker 

Answer

D

Question. Choose the option that lists the set of sentences that are not true according to the given extract.
(i) The loaves of bread loved by the narrator are Portuguese.
(ii) The loaves of bread are a special delicacy in Goa.
(iii) The baker is a celebrated personality of Goa.
(iv) Baking as a profession is dead in Goa.
(v) The arrival of a baker is a special highlight of the day for the narrator.
(vi) The narrator misses the loaves of Portuguese bread sellers.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) Only 4
(c) Only 6
(d) 3 and 5

Answer

B

Question. The baker used to come ………… .
(a) Once a day
(b) Twice a day
(c) Once a week
(d) Twice a week

Answer

B

Question. What do bakers used to wear during old Portuguese days?
(a) Long shirt
(b) Long frock
(c) Kabai
(d) Bol 

Answer

C

Question. The author is ……… when he says, ‘‘Loaves for the elders and the bangles for the children”.
(a) despairing
(b) proud
(c) nostalgic
(d) regretful  

Answer

B

Question. Who invites the comment – “he is dressed like a pader”?
(a) Anyone who wears a half pant which reached just below the knees
(b) Anyone who wears a long piece of frock till knees
(c) Anyone who wears a shirt and trousers
(d) Anyone who bakes bread  

Answer

A

Extract Based MCQs :

Read the extract to attempt the questions that follow.
“Our elders are often heard reminiscing nostalgically about those good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread. Those eaters might have vanished but the makers are still there. We still have amongst us the mixers, the moulders and those who bake the loaves. Those age-old, time-tested furnaces still exist. The fire in these furnaces has not yet been extinguished. The thud and jingle of traditional baker’s bamboo, heralding his arrival in the morning, can still be heard in some places.”

Question. Those eaters might have vanished but the makers are still there.
Pick the option that expresses the tone of the narrator.
1. elated
2. morose
3. nostalgic
4. hopeful
5. sarcastic
6. critical
7. celebratory
(a) 1 and 7
(b) 2 and 6
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 4 and 5 

Answer

C

Question. Why do you think the baker came in with ‘a thud and a jingle’?
(a) He wanted to make everyone alert and active with his presence
(b) He wanted to wake up everyone from their slumber and ask them to visit the bakery
(c) He was used to making a loud noise as most people responded to just that
(d) He wanted to make people aware that he had come around to sell his goods   

Answer

D

Question. The narrator says that the furnaces were ‘time-tested’ because
(a) they had been thoroughly tested each time, before being used
(b) they had proved the test of time and were working well
(c) they had been tested by modern day experts
(d) they had the power to withstand inexperienced usage

Answer

B

Question. The ‘fire in the furnaces has not yet been extinguished’ implies that
(a) the furnaces are still being used to bake the loaves of bread
(b) the fire is in the process of being reviewed as a replaceable method for heating furnaces
(c) the furnaces are very strong and cannot be shifted for use in other areas
(d) the fire in the furnaces takes a long time to cease burning, once lighted   

Answer

A

Question. Pick the idiom that brings out the same meaning of ‘reminiscing’ as used in the passage.
(a) Train of thought
(b) Commit something to memory
(c) A trip down memory lane
(d) Jog somebody’s memory 

Answer

C

Read the extract to attempt the questions that follow.
The baker made his musical entry on the scene with the ‘jhang jhang’ sound of his specially made bamboo staff. One hand supported the basket on his head and the other banged the bamboo on the ground. He would greet the lady of the house with ‘Good Morning’ and then place his basket on the vertical bamboo. We kids would be pushed aside with a mild rebuke and the loaves would be delivered to the servant. But we would not give up. We would climb a bench or the parapet and peep into the basket, somehow.

Question. Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are not true according to the given extract.
1. The baker was a celebrated individual.
2. The children loved the loaves of bread.
3. The baker was very rude.
4. Only the servant would address the baker.
5. The baker entered with a musical sound.
6. The baker carried the loaves of bread in a box.
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 2, 5 and 6
(c) 1, 3 and 5
(d) 3, 4 and 6  

Answer

D

Question. How would the baker greet the lady of the house?
(a) With Good Evening
(b) With Good Morning
(c) With a Bow
(d) With a Smile 

Answer

B

Question. Why would the children not give up?
(a) Peeping into the basket
(b) Crying to peep into the basket
(c) To choose a bread bangle of their choice
(d) Pushing aside others to peep into the basket  

Answer

C

Question. What did the baker do first once he reached a house?
(a) Place the basket and deliver the loaves
(b) Place the basket on the vertical bamboo and deliver the loaves to the servant
(c) Deliver the loaves to the lady of the house
(d) None of the above  

Answer

B

Question. Select the correct option for (1) and (2).
1. The baker used to push aside the children.
2. The bread loaves were delivered to the servant.
(a) (1) is the result of (2)
(b) (2) is the result of (1)
(c) (1) is independent of (2)
(d) (1) contradicts (2)

Answer

C

MCQ Questions Chapter 7 Glimpses of India Class 10 English