1.Anton Chekhov began his literary career by writing.
(A) short stories
(B) poetry
(C) comic sketches
(D) novel
Answer:(C) comic sketches
2. How old is Natalia?
(A) Twenty years
(B) Twenty-one
(C) Twenty-eight
(D) Twenty-five
Answer:(D) Twenty-five
3. ‘A Marriage Proposal’ presents characters who cause their own-
(A) Beliefs
(B) Comfort
(C) Comedies
(D) Discomfort
Answer:(D) Discomfort
4. How did Choobokoov react when he comes to know that Lamov wants to marry Natalia?
(A) Happy
(B) Sad
(C) Angry
(D) Thoughtful
Answer:(A) Happy
5. Lomov thinks that his is a critical age because he is-
(A) Forty five years old
(B) Thirty eight years old
(C) Thirty-five years old
(D) Forty-eight years old
Answer:(C) Thirty-five years old
6. Who has got a heart condition, with palpitations all the time?
(A) Choobookov
(B) Natalia
(C) Lomov
(D) Chekhov
Answer:(C) Lomov
7. Who is the writer of the prose piece, ‘A Marriage Proposal’?
(A) William Shakespeare
(B) H.E. Bates
(C) Anton Chekhov
(D) Manohar Malgaonkar
Answer:(C) Anton Chekhov
8. Anton Chekhov was born in-
(A) 1850
(B) 1860
(C) 1855
(D) 1865
Answer:(B) 1860
9. When did Anton Chekhov die?
(A) 1889
(B) 1901
(C) 1902
(D) 1904
Answer:(D) 1904
10. Mr. Stepan Stepanovich Choobookov is a
(A) Lawyer
(B) Landowner
(C) Writer
(D) Poet
Answer:(B) Landowner
11. The name of Lomov’s dog is—
(A) Leap
(B) Guess
(C) Tomy
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) Guess
12. The peasants used the land for—
(A) thirty years
(B) fifty years
(C) forty years
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) forty years
13. “I’ II prove to you in court that they’remine”, said—
(A) Natalia
(B) Choobookov
(C) Lomov
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) Lomov
14. A person who acquires land in any way possible is called—
(A) impertinent
(B) land-grabber
(C) quibbler
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) land-grabber
15. Lomov claims to have the memory of—
(A) a tiger
(B) a lion
(C) an elephant
(D) a fox
Answer:(C) an elephant
16. When Lomov came to Choobookov, the latter-
(A) neglected him
(B) welcomed him
(C) abused him
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) welcomed him
17. Natalia is—
(A) a shrew
(B) an insane
(C) a peace-loving
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) a peace-loving
18. Lomov proposed Natalia—
(A) directly
(B) indirectly
(C) hesitatingly
(D) None of these
Answer:(D) None of these
19. To come back to Natalia, Lomov—
(A) refused
(B) accepted
(C) hesitated
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) accepted
20. To know Lomov’s desire, Mr. Choobookov became
(A) happy
(B) angry
(C) sad
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) happy
21. ‘A Marriage Proposal’ is written by—
(A) Shiga Naoya
(B) Bertrand Russell
(C) Anton Chekhov
(D) Pearl S. Buck
Answer:(C) Anton Chekhov
22. Anton Chekhov has written the lesson—
(A) A Child is Bom
(B) A Marriage Proposal
(C) The Earth
(D) The Artist
Answer:(B) A Marriage Proposal
23. Lomov’was the ……… of Choobookov.
(A) enemy
(B) friend
(C) brother
(D) neighbour
Answer:(D) neighbour
24. …………is the daughter of Choobookov.
(A) Natalia
(B) Satalia
(C) Matalia
(D) Ratalia
Answer:(A) Natalia
25. Natalia’s dog is named—
(A) Weep
(B) Leap
(C) Neap
(D) Deap
Answer:(B) Leap
26. Lomov is years old.
(A) 25
(B) 30
(C) 35
(D) 40
Answer:(C) 35
27. Lomov is a neighbour of—
(A) Monokov
(B) Runokov
(C) Choobookov
(D) Denukov
Answer:(C) Choobookov
28. Lomov has come to ask for daughter. …………… hand in marriage.
(A) Matalia’s
(B) Natalia’s
(C) Ratalia’s
(D) Satalia’s
Answer:(B) Natalia’s
29. ‘A Marriage Proposal’ is act play.
(A) one
(B) two
(C) three
(D) four
Answer:(A) one
30. says that he is having a heart failure
(A) Choobookov
(B) Lomov
(C) Natalia
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) Lomov
31. Natalia is the daughter of
(A) Vassilievich
(B) Ivan
(C) Chekhov
(D) Choobookov
Answer:(D) Choobookov
32. ‘A Marriage Proposal’ presents characters who cause their own
(A) house
(B) comfort
(C) comedies
(D) discomfort
Answer:(D) discomfort
33. Lomov is a ………. of the Stepanovnas.
(A) labour
(B) brother
(C) neighbour
(D) barber
Answer:(C) neighbour
34. The ownership of ………… meadows is disputed.
(A) cow
(B) lamb
(C) sheep
(D) ox
Answer:(D) ox
35. Who is the writer of the prose piece, ‘A Marriage Proposal’?
(A) H.E. Bates
(B) William Shakespeare
(C) Anton Chekhov
(D) Manohar Malgaonkar
Answer:(C) Anton Chekhov
36. Natalia is the daughter of-
(A) Choobookov
(B) Ivan
(C) Chekhov
(D) Vasilievich
Answer:(C) Chekhov