NCERT English Class 11 | Chapter 5 | Mother’s Day | MCQs |

1. Where does the play take place?

A. New York

B. Austria

C. London

D. Manhattan

Answer: (C) London


2. What was Mrs. Fitzgerald doing in the household Pearson?

A. Reading fortune cards

B. Reading tarot cards

C. Reading newspaper

D. Having dinner

Answer: (A) Reading fortune cards


3. What advice does Mrs. Pearson give?

A. To cook better

B. To be the boss of the family

C. To become strict with her kids

D. To learn to manage household skills

Answer: (B) To be the boss of the family.


4. What idea does Mrs. Fitzgerald give to Mrs. Pearson?

A. To change personalities

B. To change the interior

C. To follow cooking recipes

D. None of the above

Answer: (A) To change personalities.


5. How do they change their personalities?

A. By reciting a mantra

B. By a yoga chant

C. By hypnotising each other

D. By changing attires

Answer: (A) By reciting a mantra


6. Why does Doris Pearson gets astounded?

A. She sees her mother cleaning the ceiling.

B. She sees her mother cleaning the kitchen

C. She sees her mother smoking cigarette

D. She sees her mother drinking wine

Answer: (C) She sees her mother smoking cigarette.


7. How did Mrs. Pearson describe Charlie Spence?

A. Buck teeth

B. Halfwit

C. Dumb wit

D. Both A and B

Answer: (D) Both A and B


8. Why was Cyril Pearson annoyed?

A. Because food wasn’t cooked

B. Because the house was a mess

C. Because Mrs Pearson was smoking

D. Because tea wasn’t ready

Answer: (D) Because tea wasn’t ready.


9. How many hours did Mrs. Pearson work for the house?

A. Ten hours a day

B. Eight hours a day

C. Five hours a day

D. Twelve hours a day

Answer: (D) Twelve hours a day


10. How does Mrs. Pearson describe her husband?

A. Mr. Pompy-ompy

B. Mr. Pompy-dompy

C. Mr. lazy couch

D. Mr. Hardware

Answer: (A) Mr. Pompy-ompy


11. What advice does Mrs. Pearson give to Cyril her son?

A. Sometimes it is good to hit someone

B. Sometimes it is good to retort

C. Sometimes it is good to hurt someone’s feelings

D. Sometimes it is bad to let things go

Answer: (C) Sometimes it is good to hurt someone’s feelings.


12. Who is the playwright of the drama ‘Mother’s Day?

A. G.B Shaw

B. William Shakespeare

C. Marlowe

D. J.B. Priestley

Answer: (D) J.B. Priestley


13. What is the antonym of the word ‘pompous’?

A. Slow

B. Sleuth

C. Humble

D. Extravagant

Answer: (C) Humble


14. What is the synonym of the word ‘damned’?

A. Cured

B. Doomed’

C. Cursed

D. Harmed

Answer: (C) Cursed


15. What does the phrase “be the boss of your own family” means?

A. To stand up for her own rights

B. To become cruel and strict

C. To demean her family

D. To start afresh

Answer: (A) To stand up for her own rights.


Read the following passage and answer the following

“What’s the matter with you? Have you gone barmy or what?”

16. Who says this and to whom?

A. Cyril says to Mr. Pearson

B. Mr. Pearson says to Mrs. Pearson

C. Mrs. Pearson says this to Doris

D. Doris says to Mrs. Fitsgerald

Answer: (B) Mr. Pearson says to Mrs. Pearson


17. Why does the speaker utter the above words?

A. Because Mr. Pearson acts in a changed manner

B. Because Mr. Pearson acts in a changed manner

C. Because Dorris acts in a changed manner

D. Because Mrs. Fitzgerald acts in a changed manner

Answer: (B) Because Mr. Pearson acts in a changed manner.


18. Why does the person spoken to act in a changed manner?

A. To make the speaker realize her importance

B. To make the speaker understand the household problems

C. To teach the speaker a lesson

D. All of the above

Answer: (A) To make the speaker realize her importance.


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