NCERT English Class 10 | Chapter 1 | A Triumph of Surgery | MCQs |

1. What was the name of the dog? 

A. Tricky   

B. Tricki    

C. Trichi    

D. Timmy  

... Answer: "B"

2. Who was the dog's mistress?      

A. Mrs Pumphy  

B. James Herriot 

C. Mrs Pumphrey         

D. The author      

... Answer: "C"

3. In this story, "I" refers to _______.    

A. James Herriot 

B. Mrs Pumphrey         

C. Tricki    

D. None of the above.   

... Answer: "A"

4. What is the name of the Gardner?      

A. Hodge   

B. Hedgehog        

C. Hoglet   

D. Hodgkin

... Answer: "D"

5. Tricki was not given food for how many days?    

A. 1  

B. 2  

C. 3  

D. 4  

... Answer: "B"

6. A Triumph of Surgery is written by _______ .               

A. James Chadwick

B. James Herriot

C. James Thomas

D. None of the above.

... Answer: "B"

7. Mrs. Pumphrey thinks that the dog has ________.         

A. allergies 

B. diarrhoea        

C. malnutrition    

D. All of the above       

... Answer: "C"

8. Mr. Herriot advised Mrs. Pumphrey to _________.       

A. give Tricki more exercise   

B. cut its food     

C. put it on a strict diet 

D. All of the above       

... Answer: "D"

9. What does the underlined word mean?

"Mrs. Pumphrey was distraught."

A. worried 

B. upset     

C. Both 'A' and 'B'        

D. nervous 

... Answer: "C"

10. What did Mrs. Pumphrey say about Tricki over the call?     

A. It was refusing to eat its favourite food.

B. It was vomiting.       

C. It didn't go for a walk.       

D. All of the above       

... Answer: "D"

11. The other dogs ignored Tricki because ________.        

A. It was ill.        

B. It was furious.

C. It was an uninteresting object.     

D. None of the above.   

... Answer: "C"

12. A Joe is a ________.       

A. greyhound      

B. cat

C. pug        

D. nurse     

... Answer: "A"

13. I was pleased to see him jostling his way towards it. What does 'jostling' mean here?

A. walking 

B. struggling        

C. running 

D. jumping

... Answer: "B"

14. In the group of other dogs, what does Mr. Herriot refer to Tricki as?      

A. Shaggy little object   

B. He didn't say anything       

C. Silky little object      

D. None of the above.   

... Answer: "C"

15. How did Mr. Herriot benefit from Mrs. Pumphrey's overdoing?    

A. breakfast with egg    

B. lunch with wine        

C. dinner with a brandy

D. All of the above       

... Answer: "D"

16. Why did the author call Mrs. Pumphrey after a fortnight?   

A. Tricki got unwell      

B. Tricki got recovered 

C. Mrs. Pumphrey was suffering     

D. Both 'B' and 'C'        

... Answer: "D"

17. What does this story tell about Mrs. Pumphrey's character? 

A. rational 

B. loving    

C. over-doing      

D. intelligent        

... Answer: "C"

18. What does this story tell about Mr. Herriot's character?        

A. tactful   

B. over-doing      

C. irrational         

D. careless 

... Answer: "A"