NCERT English Class 10 | Chapter 8 | The Hack Driver | MCQs |

1. A hack is a vehicle drawn by ______.

A. horse

B. cow

C. ox

D. buffalo

... Answer: "A"


2. On the way back to the city, the lawyer was thinking about

A. Bill

B. His boss

C. Lutkins

D. All of the above

... Answer: "A"


3. The narrator is a _______.

A. teacher

B. preacher

C. lawyer

D. doctor

... Answer: "C"


4. The second time, the narrator goes to look for Lutkins with his _____.

A. boss

B. friend

C. trusted aide

D. colleague

... Answer: "D"


5. Who never pays anybody a cent according to Bill?

A. Lutkins

B. He himself

C. The lawyer

D. Lutkins’ mother

... Answer: "A"


6. What does ‘creek’ mean?

A. A small lake

B. A stream

C. A hilly region

D. A valley

... Answer: "B"


7. What do you understand by the term ‘agreeable’?

A. Magnificent

B. Bad

C. Pleasant

D. One who agrees

... Answer: "C"


8. Bill thought that after his credit was over at Gustaff’s, Lutkins had probably gone to Gray’s for ______.

A. lunch

B. a shave

C. a chat

D. none of the above

... Answer: "C"


9. After having driven into poor farmland, the lawyer and Bill were faced by a/an ________

A. Tired old man

B. Tired old woman

C. Cheerful young woman

D. Cheerful old woman

... Answer: "D"


10. Where was Bill when the train arrived at the station?

A. At his home

B. At the station itself

C. At ta restaurant

D. At the barber’s

... Answer: "B"


11. ‘She’ll murder us.’ Who is she?

A. Bill’s wife

B. Lutkins’ mother

C. An old lady at the restaurant

D. The lawyer’s colleague

... Answer: "B"


12. What did Bill talk of on the hilltop?

A. The pastures

B. The creek

C. New Mullion

D. The city life

... Answer: "C"


13. What does the word ‘loafing’ mean?

A. idling

B. crying

C. eating

D. whining

... Answer: "A"


14. The minister’s wife sang the ______ in the church.

A. Best

B. Softest

C. Loudest

D. Sweetest

... Answer: "C"


15. Most people call the hack driver Bill  or _________.

A. Lutkins

B. Magnuson

C. Charlie

D. Loisel

... Answer: "B"


16. ‘He’s good at deceiving people.’ Who said this?

A. The lawyer

B. Bill

C. Lutkins

D. None of the above

... Answer: "B"


17. One of the customers thought he had seen Lutkins walking down the ______________.

A. Main Street

B. Narrow Street

C. Broad Street

D. Hailey Street

... Answer: "A"


18. The lawyer fel the hack driver was ______.

A. dishonest

B. friendly

C. bad

D. evil 

... Answer: "B"

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