NCERT English Class 10 | Chapter 5 | The Hundred Dresses - I | MCQs |

1. Which of the words below describes Wanda’s smile?

A. pleasant

B. beatific

C. strange

D. crooked

... Answer: "D"

2. Who was the most popular girl in school?

A. Wanda

B. Peggy

C. Maddi

D. Mathilda

... Answer: "B"

3. Why did Peggy and Maddi often wait for Wanda?

A. To chat with one another

B. To share their problems with one another

C. To have some fun

D. To eat at a restaurant

... Answer: "C"

4. Who won the drawing contest?

A. Peggy

B. Madeline

C. Wanda

D. Mason

... Answer: "C"

5. Why did Maddie and Peggy gasp upon entering Room Twelve?

A. There were numerous intriguing designs

B. Their designs were missing

C. Some of the drawings were destroyed

D. They did not like the designs that were showcased

... Answer: "A"

6. Peggy was the _________ girl in the room.

A. most intelligent

B. best-liked

C. most beautiful

D. funniest

... Answer: "B"

7. Where did Wanda usually sit?

A. Next to the last seat in the first row

B. Next to the first seat in the last row

C. Next to the last seat in the last row

D. Next to the first seat in the first row

... Answer: "C"

8. Wanda always wore a _______________ dress.

A. bright blue

B. faded pink

C. bright pink

D. faded blue

... Answer: "D"

9. Why did Maddie not express her thoughts to Peggy?

A. Because Peggy was a cruel girl

B. Because Peggy was her best friend

C. Because she did want to be targeted by Peggy

D. Because she did not want to cause trouble to Wanda

... Answer: "C"

10. What were the boys supposed to design in the drawing contest?

A. Motorboats

B. Motorbikes

C. Cars

D. Buses

... Answer: "A"

11. What was the colour of Madeline’s hair?

A. Black

B. Red

C. Brown

D. Blonde

... Answer: "D"

12. What was the name of the street on the corner of which Peggy and Maddie often waited for Wanda?

A. Boulevard

B. Oliver

C. Wordsworth

D. Raymond

... Answer: "B"

13. Which of the following words best describes the word ‘incredulously?’

A. With shock

B. Funnily

C. Expressing disbelief

D. Incredibly

... Answer: "C"

14. What did Madeline begin to wonder, thinking about the hundred dresses that Wanda spoke of?

A. Who would win the drawing contest

B. How Wanda possessed those many dresses

C. Why Wanda was lying

D. Where she bought those dresses from

... Answer: "A"

15. What do you understand by the word ‘exquisite’?

A. costly

B. interesting

C. excellently crafted

D. peculiar

... Answer: "C"

16. Why were Peggy and Madeline hurrying to school on the day it was raining?

A. They were eager to meet Wanda

B. They wanted to know the result of the drawing contest

C. Their friends were waiting for them

D. They were summoned by Miss Mason

... Answer: "B"

17. What does the idiomatic expression ‘of one’s own accord’ mean?

A. Simply

B. Voluntarily

C. Gently

D. Accordingly

... Answer: "B"

18. According to the girls, how would Wanda have looked in the jungle green dress a red sash?

A. Like a money plant

B. Like a bouquet of flowers

C. Like a Christmas Tree

D. Like a branchless tree

... Answer: "C"