Students of class 10 English should refer to MCQ Questions Class 10 English The Proposal (play) with answers provided here which is an important chapter in Class 10 English  NCERT textbook. These MCQ for Class 10 English with Answers have been prepared based on the latest CBSE and NCERT syllabus and examination guidelines for Class 10 English. The following MCQs can help you to practice and get better marks in the upcoming class 10 English examination

Chapter 11 The Proposal (play) MCQ with Answers Class 10 English

MCQ Questions Class 10 English The Proposal (play) provided below have been prepared by expert teachers of grade 10. These objective questions with solutions are expected to come in the upcoming Standard 10 examinations. Learn the below provided MCQ questions to get better marks in examinations.

Question. Who does Chubukov call a ‘‘lovesick cat’’?
(a) Lomov
(b) himself
(c) his maid
(d) Natalya 

Question. What did Chubukov had to say about the land?
(a) they were his
(b) They were Lomov’s
(c) they were still disputed
(d) they belong to none of them   

Question. Where do Lomov and Natalya get on the wrong foot?
(a) While talking about the weather
(b) While talking about their land
(c) While talking about their family relations
(d) While the proposal 

Question. What request did Chubukov think Lomov would make?
(a) ask for her daughter’s hand in marriage
(b) borrow money
(c) borrow land
(d) all of the above 

Question. What is Lomov’s side of justification about the land?
(a) their land extended till Burnt Marsh
(b) his grandmother always talked about it
(c) his grandmother gave it to her great grandfather’s peasants
(d) both 1 and 2   

Extract Based Questions :

1. Read the given extracts to attempt the questions that follow:

I shall try to be brief. You must know, honoured Natalya Stepanovna, that I have long, since my childhood, in fact, had the privilege of knowing your family. My late aunt and her husband, from whom, as you know, I inherited my land, always had the greatest respect for your father and your late mother. The Lomovs and the Chubukovs have always had the most friendly, and I might almost say the most affectionate, regard for each other. And, as you know, my land is a near neighbour of yours. You will remember that my Oxen Meadows touch your birchwoods.

Question. How is Natalya related to Chubukov?
(a) His daughter
(b) His servant
(c) His neighbour
(d) His friend   

Question. The speaker claims that the Lomovs and the Chubukovs have always been:
(a) sworn enemies
(b) not on good terms
(c) not on speaking terms
(d) on friendly terms   

Question. The speaker knows Natalya’s family:
(a) since his young days.
(b) since his childhood.
(c) since his school days.
(d) since his college days. 

Question. Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s (F) and opinion/s (O) of the students below.

(a) F – 1, 3 and O – 2, 4
(b) F – 2, 3 and O – 1, 2
(c) F – 1, 2 and O – 3, 4
(d) F – 1, 4 and O – 2, 3   

Question. The extract uses the phrase, ‘privilege of knowing’. Which of the following expressions is INCORRECT with respect to the word ‘privilege’?

(a) Option (1)
(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4)   

2. Read the given extracts to attempt the questions that follow:

And it’s impossible for me not to marry. In the first place, I’m already 35—a critical age, so to speak. In the second place, I ought to lead a quiet and regular life. I suffer from palpitations, I’m excitable and always getting awfully upset; at this very moment my lips are trembling, and there’s a twitch in my right eyebrow. But the very worst of all is the way I sleep. I no sooner get into bed and begin to go off, when suddenly something in my left side gives a pull, and I can feel it in my shoulder and head… I jump up like a lunatic, walk about a bit and die down again, but as soon as I begin to get off to sleep there’s another pull! And this may happen twenty times…

Question. Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. At this moment, Lomov is talking to Chubukov.
2. The speaker wants to marry the listener’s daughter.
3. The speaker is fit and healthy.
4. The speaker takes very sound sleep at night.
5. The speaker and the listener’s daughter had a heated argument over their dogs.
6. The listener does not like to talk with the speaker as she hates the speaker.
(a) 1, 3 and 5
(b) 2, 4 and 6
(c) 3, 4 and 6
(d) 1, 5 and 6   

Question. Which word does ‘get off’ NOT correspond to?
(a) Nap
(b) Doze
(c) Asleep
(d) Run   

Question. The speaker had reached the critical age of 35. So he did not give himself the option of:
(a) marrying.
(b) living an ordinary life.
(c) not marrying.
(d) quarrelling with others. 

Question. Why did Lomov want to marry Natalya?
(a) Because Natalya was average looking
(b) Because Natalya was a good housekeeper
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b) 

Question. Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s (F) and opinion/s (O) of the students below:

(a) F – 1, 2 and O – 3, 4
(b) F – 3, 4 and O – 1, 2
(c) F – 2, 3 and O – 1, 4
(d) F – 1, 4 and O – 2, 3 

3. Read the given extracts to attempt the questions that follow:

There’s some demon of contradiction in you today, Ivan Vassilevitch. First you pretend that the Meadows are yours; now, that Guess is better than Squeezer. I don’t like people who don’t say what they mean, because you know perfectly well that Squeezer is a hundred times better than your silly Guess. Why do you want to say he isn’t?

Question. What opinion about animals is reflected in the above extract?
(a) People tamed animals.
(b) People did not like dogs.
(c) Some people tamed animals.
(d) Dogs were tamed by people.   

Question. Pick the option opposite in meaning to ‘contradiction’.

(a) Option (1)
(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4) 

Question. Lomov won’t prove anything:
(a) by quarrelling.
(b) by showing enmity.
(c) by showing arrogance.
(d) just by crying. 

Question. What did the pet dogs symbolise during the period?
(a) A good family
(b) Usual love for animals
(c) A high social status
(d) None of these   

Question. The speaker doesn’t want to give up:
(a) what he doesn’t have.
(b) what he has.
(c) what he can’t have.
(d) what he will have.