NCERT English Class 10 | Chapter 5 | Footprints without Feet | MCQs |

1. Griffin was a _______ person.

A. law-abiding

B. cool

C. intriguing

D. lawless

... Answer: "D"


2. What was the time of the year when Griffin was wandering the streets of London?

A. It was summer

B. It was spring

C. It was winter

D. It was autumn

... Answer: "C"


3. Where did Griffin find meat and coffee?

A. In the kitchen of a cottage

B. Inside an inn

C. In the kitchen of a restaurant

D. None of the above

... Answer: "C"


4. Mrs Hall was the landlord’s ______

A. mother

B. wife

C. daughter

D. sister

... Answer: "B"


5. Mr Jaffers was a ___________.

A. constable

B. landlord

C. scientist

D. chef

... Answer: "A"


6. The room appeared ______ to the clergyman.

A. clean

B. empty

C. haunted

D. strange

... Answer: "B"


7. Why did Griffin decide to try the stock of a theatrical company?

A. In the hope of becoming fully invisible

B. In the hope of stealing

C. In the hope of finding something to cover his body and face

D. In the hope of hiding

... Answer: "C"


8. What did Griffin tell Mrs Hall?

A. That he would ruin her place

B. That we wanted solitude

C. That he could destroy everything in a second

D. That he was a nice man

... Answer: "B"


9. What do you understand by ‘chink’?

A. A sudden noise

B. A metallic sound

C. A mysterious appearance

D. None of the above

... Answer: "B"


10. Eager to get away from crowded London, what did Griffin do?

A. He took a bus to the Iping Village

B. He took a train to the Iping Village

C. He flew to the Iping Village

D. He drove to the Iping Village

... Answer: "B"


11. The bedclothes in the room were _________.

A. wet

B. warm

C. cold

D. missing

... Answer: "C"


12. What dashed itself onto Mrs Hall’s face?

A. A chair

B. A hat

C. A shirt

D. A pair of trousers

... Answer: "B"


13. ‘Extraordinary affair.’ Who said this?

A. The clergyman

B. Mrs Hall

C. The landlord

D. Griffin

... Answer: "A"


14. What did Mrs Hall hear close to her ear?

A. shout

B. noise

C. sound

D. sniff

... Answer: "D"


15. The feeling among the neighbours was that the trouble was caused by ___________.

A. ghosts

B. witchcraft

C. an invisible scientist

D. None of the above

... Answer: "C"


16. Mrs Hall wanted to know how __________.

A. Griffin became invisible

B. Griffin came out of an empty room and entered a locked room

C. Griffin was there in winter

D. Griffin became lawless

... Answer: "B"


17. The scientist was always ____________.

A. quick-tempered

B. furious

C. sad

D. frustrated

... Answer: "A"


18. What do you understand by the term ‘imprints’?

A. printed sheets of paper

B. marks

C. eatables

D. all of the above 

... Answer: "B"

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