The Bet

1. During his period of confinement, the lawyer was deprived of the right to cross the ………

(A) garden

(B) boundary

(C) threshold

(D) town

Ans.- (C)

2. Who is the author of The Bet?

(A) Premchand

(B) Dr. Rana S. P. Singh

(C) Anton Chekhov

(D) John Galsworthy

Ans. (C)

3. During the first year of imprisonment the lawyer in the Bet- (2019A)

(A) suffered terribly

(B) enjoyed happily

(C) ate heavily

(D) listened to music

Ans. (D)

4. In the story “The Bet’, what was the weather like on the day the banker went to kill the lawyer?

(A) It was raining and very cold.

(B) It was sunny and very hot.

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) None of these

Ans -(A)

5. The banker decided to murder the ……..

(A) Guard

(B) Servant

(C) Gardener

(D) Lawyer

Ans. (D)

6. The bet was struck between the banker and the

(A) Lawyer

(B) Scholar

(C) Journalist

(D) Doctor

Ans.(A)

7. The discussion about capital punishment and life imprisonment went on in a

(A) Club

(B) Court

(C) Home

(D) Party

Ans. (D)

8. Anton checkov was born on

(A) January 17, 1860

(B) January 17, 1680

(C) January 18, 1860

(D) January 17, 1862

Ans.–(A)

9. The banker staked his two millions for…….

(A) Three years

(B) Four years

C) Five years

(D) Six years

Ans.-(C)

10. What was staked in the bet?

(A) One million

(B) Two millions

(C) Three millions

(D) None of these

Ans.(B)