Class 10 English (Kumarbharati) – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
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In Tagore's poem 'Where the Mind is Without Fear', what is compared to the 'dreary desert sand'?
Chapter 1: Where the Mind is Without Fear
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Answer: B. dead habit
The poet wishes that the clear stream of reason should not lose its way in the dreary desert sand of dead habit, i.e. harmful old customs.In 'The Thief's Story', which train did the narrator think he could catch if he took Anil's money?
Chapter 2: The Thief's Story
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Answer: D. the 10.30 Express to Lucknow
He planned to catch the 10.30 Express to Lucknow, but at the station he hesitated and let the train go.In 'All the World's a Stage', which of the seven ages is 'full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard'?
Chapter 4: All the World's a Stage
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Answer: C. the soldier
Shakespeare's soldier swears strange oaths, is bearded like a leopard ('pard') and seeks reputation even in the cannon's mouth.According to the hermit in 'Three Questions', which is the most important time?
Chapter 8: Three Questions
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Answer: A. now, the present moment
The hermit says only one time is important, now, because it is the only time when we have any power.In George Herbert's 'The Pulley', which blessing does God keep back when He pours His gifts on man?
Chapter 10: The Pulley
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Answer: C. rest
Strength, beauty, wisdom, honour and pleasure were given; God held back rest, so that restlessness would bring man to Him.In 'Connecting the Dots', which class at Reed College taught Steve Jobs about serif and san serif typefaces?
Chapter 9: Connecting the Dots
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Answer: B. a calligraphy class
Jobs took a calligraphy class at Reed College; what he learnt about typography later went into the Mac.In 'Night of the Scorpion', what drove the scorpion to crawl beneath a sack of rice?
Chapter 13: Night of the Scorpion
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Answer: A. ten hours of steady rain
The poem opens by saying that ten hours of steady rain had driven the scorpion under a sack of rice.In 'The Luncheon', how much money did the narrator have to last him the rest of the month?
Chapter 20: The Luncheon
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Answer: D. eighty francs
He had eighty gold francs for the month and thought a modest luncheon should cost no more than fifteen.In 'The Gift of the Magi', how much did Madame pay Della for her hair?
Chapter 24: The Gift of the Magi
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Answer: B. twenty dollars
Madame offered twenty dollars for the hair; Della had only one dollar and eighty-seven cents before that, and the fob chain later cost her twenty-one dollars.Choose the correct passive voice of: 'Anil taught me to write my name.'
Chapter 25: Grammar: Tenses, Voice and Do as Directed
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Answer: C. I was taught to write my name by Anil.
Simple past active 'taught' becomes 'was taught' in the passive, and the doer (Anil) comes after 'by'.
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All questions are written by PadhaiNotes in our own words from the chapters of the official Maharashtra State Board Balbharati textbook (ebalbharati.in). Each question shows its chapter.