Class-XI
Prose
Chapter- 1
Leela's Friend
-RK Narayan
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| Leela's Friend MCQ |
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
1. What did Leela request her mother to tell a story about?
a) the demon
b) the tiger
c) the elephant
d) the giraffe
Ans: c) the elephant.
2. Mr Sivasanker was brooding over –
a) the salary problem
b) the servant problem
c) the tutor problem
d) the money problem.
Ans: b) the servant problem.
3. Sidda previously worked in the house of a –
a) lawyer
b) grocer
c) doctor
d) teacher.
Ans: c) doctor.
4. Sidda’s salary per month was –
a) ten rupees
b) four rupees
c) thirteen rupees
d) twenty rupees.
Ans: b) four rupees.
5. At first glance Mr Sivasanker liked Sidda because –
a) Siddha was innocent
b) Siddha was honest
c) Sidda was tidy
d) Sidda had presence of mind.
Ans: c) Sidda was tidy.
6. Sidda was –
a) a servant
b) Leela’s teacher
c) the driver of Leela’s father
d) a relative of Leela
Ans : a) a servant.
7. Sidda was not allowed to –
a) tender the garden
b) run errands
c) chop woods
d) sleep inside the room.
Ans: d) sleep inside the room.
8. Leela firmly believed that –
a) Sidda knew the moon
b) Sidda landed on the moon
c) Sidda knew God
d) Sidda stayed on the moon.
Ans: a) Sidda knew the moon.
9. Leela’s age was –
a) six years
b) seven years
c) eight years
d) five years.
Ans: d) five years.
10. Before taking any decision Mr Sivasanker called –
a) his daughter
b) a friend
c) his wife
d) a lawyer.
Ans: a) his daughter.
11. The thing that touched the moon was –
a) the coconut tree
b) the red ball
c) the well
d) the rose plant.
Ans: b) the red ball.
12. Sidda slept –
a) in Leela’s room
b) in the servant’s quarter
c) on Leela’s bed
d) outside the house.
Ans: d) outside the house.
13. The chain was found by –
a) Leela
b) Sidda
c) police
d) Leela’s mother.
Ans : d) Leela’s mother.
14. “Don’t go near him.” – this was said to Leela by –
a) Sivasanker
b) Leela’s mother
c) the police inspector
d) the police constable.
Ans: b) Leela’s mother.
15. “Sidda indicated a vague somewhere.” – Where did Sidda indicate? –
a) towards a hotel
b) towards a house
c) towards a bungalow
d) towards a temple
Ans: c) towards a bungalow.
16. According to Sidda, the moon is –
a) hot
b) dry
c) cold
d) wet.
Ans: d) wet.
17. Leela knew –
a) one or two letters
b) two or three letters
c) five or six letters
d) ten or twelve letters.
Ans: b) two or three letters.
18. Leela was in tears because –
a) her mother scolded her for playing outside the house
b) she had fallen down from the tree
c) the police took Sidda away to the police station
d) her father did not give Leela a new pen.
Ans: c) the police took Sidda away to the police station.
19. “Can’t you tell the story of the elephant?” – this was said to –
a) Leela
b) Leela’s father
c) Leela’s mother
d) Sidda.
Ans: c) Leela’s mother.
20. The gold chain was found in –
a) Sidda’s room
b) the tamarind pot
c) the almirah
d) the show case.
Ans: b) the tamarind pot.
21. Leela’s mother was unable to tell her a story when requested because –
a) she was sleeping
b) she did not know any story
c) she did not want to indulge Leela just then
d) her mind was disturbed with the thoughts of Sidda
Ans: d) her mind was disturbed with the thoughts of Sidda.
22. Leela keenly examined the ball for traces of –
a) dust
b) cloud
c) moon
d) stars
Ans: c) moon.
23. Everyday when Mr Sivasanker came home, he was asked by his wife –
a) about the police
b) about Leela
c) about Sidda
d) about the chain.
Ans: d) about the chain.
24. Before going to bed Leela had the habit of –
a) playing with Sidda
b) listening to the song of her mother
c) reading a story book
d) listening to Sidda’s story.
Ans: d) listening to Sidda’s story.
25. Sidda was hired because –
a) he had a good record of housekeeping
b) he pleaded with Mr. Sivasankar to be hired
c) he came with an introduction from the doctor
d) Leela decided he had to stay.
Ans: d) Leela decided he had to stay.
26. "Leela's Friend" is a/an
a) short-story
b) essay
c) autobiography
d) novel.
Ans: a) Short-Story
27. "Leela’s Friend" is written by
a) Munshi Premchand
b) Khuswant Singh
c) R.K. Narayan
d) M.K. Gandhi.
Ans: c) RK Narayan
28. The source of the story, "Leela’s Friend" is
a) 'Swami and Friends'
b) 'Malgudi Days'
c) 'The Collected Stories'
d) 'Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra'.
Ans: b) 'Malgudi Days'
29. The story, "Leela’s Friend" is set in a
a) town
b) countryside
c) big city
d) village.
Ans: a) Town
30. R. K. Narayan’s story, "Leela’s Friend" reveals
a) the evils of a class-based society
b) the division of religion
c) the evils of linguistic division
d) the evils of superstition.
Ans: a) the evils of a class-based society
31. The title, "Leela's Friend" refers to
a) Sidda
b) the moon
c) Mr. Sivasanker
d) Mrs. Sivasanker.
Ans: a) Sidda
32. The main character of 'Leela’s Friend’ is
a) Leela
b) Mr. Sivasanker
c) Mrs. Sivasanker
d) Sidda.
Ans: d) Sidda
33. Leela’s friend was
a) Leela's matron
b) Leela's family servant
c) Leela's classmate
d) the moon.
Ans: b) Leela’s family servant
34. Mr. Sivasanker was standing
a) in the front veranda
b) in the outer room
c) at the gate
d) in the drawing room.
Ans: a) in the front veranda
35. Sidda was hanging about the gate of Mr. Sivasanker because
a) he was sent for
b) he sought a job
c) he wanted to steal
d) he wanted to play with Leela.
Ans. b) He sought a job
36. Mr. Sivasanker was concerned about
a) financial problem
b) servant problem
c) water problem
d) family problem.
Ans: b) Servant problem
37. While standing in the front veranda Mr. Sivasanker was brooding over the
a) office problem
b) tenant problem
c) servant problem
d) household problem.
Ans: c) Servant problem
38. “At any rate, the fellow looks tidy.” Here ‘the fellow' refers to
a) Sidda
b) Mr. Sivasanker
c) the police inspector
d) the constable.
Ans: a) Sidda
39. “At any rate, the fellow looks tidy.” Here 'tidy' means
a) neat and clean
b) tight
c) tedious
d) filthy.
Ans: a) Neat and clean
40. Sidda attracted Sivasanker’s attention as he was
a) smart
b) innocent
c) tidy
d) queer.
Ans: a) Smart
41. Mr. Sivasanker’s first impression about Sidda was good because he appeared
a) smart
b) tidy
c) strange
d) innocent.
Ans: a) Smart
42. Sidda previously worked in a
a) doctor's house
b) teacher’s house
c) lawyer’s house
d) farmer’s house.
Ans: a) Doctor's house
43. “Where were you before?" In answer to the above question of Mr. Sivasanker, Sidda said that he had been
a) in his native village
b) in a factory
c) in a doctor's bungalow
d) in a town.
Ans: c) In a doctor's bungalow
44. “Sidda indicated a vague somewhere.” Sidda indicated
a) towards a hotel
b) towards a house
c) towards a bungalow
d) towards a temple.
Ans: c) Towards a bungalow
45. Sidda told Mr. Sivasanker that earlier he worked in the house of a
a) doctor
b) lawyer
c) teacher
d) businessman.
Ans: a) Doctor
46. "He lives near the market." Here ‘he' refers to
a) Sidda
b) the doctor
c) Mr. Sivasanker
d) the police officer.
Ans: b) The doctor
47.d) the village. Sidda’s old master lived
a) near the police station
b) near the market
c) near the post office
d) near the church.
Ans: b) Near the market
48. The duty which is not fall in the duties of Sidda is
a) cooking meals
b) chopping wood
c) tending the garden
d) washing clothes.
Ans: a) Cooking meals
49. For doing work in Mr. Sivasankar's house Sidda was given
a) two meals a day and four rupees a month
b) only five rupees per month
c) two meals a day but no money
d) two meals a day and two rupees a month.
Ans: a) Two meals a day and four rupees a month
50. Sidda was given_______________in return for the household work in Leela’s house.
a) four rupees a month
b) two meals a day
c) nothing
d) both (a) and (b).
Ans: d) both (a) and (b)
51. Mr. Sivasanker's house Sidda would get
a) 2 rupees a month
b) 4 rupees a month
c) 8 rupees a month
d) 6 rupees a month.
Ans: b) 4 rupees a month
52. Sidda's company made Leela
a) excited
b) unhappy
c) morose
d) supremely happy.
Ans: d) Supremely happy
53. "Sidda come and play!" ________cried in this way to persuade Sidda to play.
a) Leela
b) Leela's mother
c) Leela's father
d) Leela's brother
Ans: a) Leela
54. The colour of the ball Leela and Sidda played with was
a) red
b) blue
c) yellow
d) white.
Ans: a) Red
55. Leela and Sidda played with
a) a bat and a ball
b) two badminton sticks and a cork
c) a red ball
d) some books and pens.
Ans: c) A red ball
56. “Now this has touched the moon.” Here ‘this’ refers to / The thing that touched the moon was
a) the rose plant
b) the red ball
c) the coconut tree
d) the well.
Ans: b) The red ball
57. Leela checked out with the ball that was thrown for
a) the colour
b) the shape
c) the traces of the moon
d) the power.
Ans: c) The traces of the moon
58. Leela keenly examined the ball for traces of
a) dust
b) cloud
c) moon
d) stars.
Ans: c) Moon
59. "I don't see it." Here 'it' refers to
a) the traces of moon
b) the red ball
c) the moon
d) the coconut tree.
Ans: a) The traces of moon
60. “You must be very quick about it, because it will all evaporate and go back to the moon.” Here the speaker refers to
a) the moonlight on the ball
b) the dewdrops
c) the traces of the moon
d) the ball itself.
Ans: c) The traces of the moon
61. “I see the moon.” Leela saw the moon
a) in the sky
b) in the garden
c) on the ball
d) in the pond.
Ans: c) On the ball
62. According to Sidda, the moon is
a) hot
b) dry
c) cold
d) wet.
Ans: d) Wet
63. Sidda said to Leela that in the sky there lives
a) demon
b) snake
c) God
d) Satan.
Ans: c) God
64. “Does the moon know you?" Here the speaker is
a) Leela
b) Sidda
c) Leela’s mother
d) Leela’s father.
Ans: a) Leela
65. According to Sidda, if someone stood on a coconut tree he would be able to touch
a) the God
b) the sun
c) the stars
d) the sky.
Ans: d) The sky
66. Sidda told Leela that one can touch the sky by
a) standing on the roof
b) standing on the coconut tree
c) going close to the moon
d) praying to God.
Ans: b) Standing on the roof
67. “Now come with me.” Sidda took Leela
a) to the garden
b) to the backyard
c) to the balcony
d) to the roof.
Ans: b) To the backyard
68. “I have asked it to follow us about.” Here ‘it’ refers to
a) the sun
b) the coconut tree
c) the moon
d) the backyard.
Ans: c) The moon
69. Leela clapped her hands and screamed in wonder because she found
a) the sun in the sky
b) the stars twinkling in the sky
c) the moon near the well
d) her parents standing in school uniform.
Ans: c) The moon near the well
70. Leela firmly believed that
a) Sidda knew the moon
b) Sidda landed on the moon
c) Sidda knew God
d) Sidda stayed on the moon.
Ans: a) Sidda knew the moon
71. Leela held a class for Sidda
a) at dawn
b) at dusk
c) in the evening
d) at noon.
Ans: b) At dusk
72. Leela took Sidda's class during
a) evening
b) dusk
c) afternoon
d) morning.
Ans: b) Dusk
73. Leela found great joy to be
a) a teacher to Sidda
b) able to play
c) a singer to Sidda
d) a catcher of the moon.
Ans: a) A teacher to sidda
74. To Leela , the act of teaching Sidda was
a) painful
b) joyful
c) boring
d) tiring.
Ans: b) Joyful
75. Leela took up classes of Sidda on
a) Drawing
b) Philosophy
c) History
d) Geography.
Ans: a) Drawing
76. Leela’s box was filled with
a) chocolates
b) pencils and drawing books
c) catalogues, illustrated books and stumps of pencils
d) toys, dolls and others.
Ans: c) Catalogues, illustrated books and stumps of pencils
77. Leela knew
a) two or three
b) one or two
c) five or six
d) ten or eleven letters of the alphabet.
Ans: a) Two or three
78. Leela could somehow draw a kind of
a) cat and dog
b) cat and crow
c) cat and bee
d) crow and elephant.
Ans: b) Cat and crow
79. Sidda tried to write
a) all English letters
b) the letter ‘B’
c) nothing
d) many words.
Ans: b) The letter 'B'
80. Sidda knew
a) all alphabet
b) one or two letters
c) only one letter
d) no letter at all.
Ans: d) No letter at all
81. “But none of these could Sidda copy even remotely." Here ‘remotely’ means
a) exactly
b) distantly
c) flawlessly
d) nearly.
Ans: c) Flawlessly
82. “......though an adept at controlling the moon." Here the word ‘adept’ means
a) accomplished
b) adopt
c) ordinary
d) unskilled.
Ans: a) Accomplished
83. Sidda was adept at controlling
a) God
b) the sun
c) the moon
d) the sun and the moon.
Ans: c) The moon
84. Sidda was utterly incapable of plying the
a) pen
b) pencil
c) boat
d) bus.
Ans: b) Pencil
85. After dinner Leela ran to
a) her bed
b) Sidda’s bed
c) the well
d) the verandah.
Ans: a) Sidda's bed
86. “Sidda had to be ready with a story.” When
a) Leela went to sleep
b) Leela started taking dinner
c) Sidda had no other work to do
d) Leela took her lunch.
Ans: a) Leela went to sleep
87. Leela was put to sleep by
a) Sidda’s stories
b) Sidda’s singing
c) mother’s singing
d) father’s stories.
Ans: a) Sidda's stories
88. Before going to bed Leela had the habit of
a) playing with Sidda
b) listening to the song of her mother
c) reading a story book
d) listening to Sidda’s story.
Ans: d) Playing with sidda
89. Sidda used to tell story to Leela
a) in the morning
b) at lunch
c) in the evening
d) after dinner.
Ans: d) After dinner
90. While telling stories Sidda sat on
a) Leela’s bed
b) the floor near Leela’s bed
c) a chair
d) near the door.
Ans: b) The floor near Leela's bed
91. Sidda’s stories dealt with
a) animals
b) Gods
c) magicians
d) all of them.
Ans: d) All of them
92. Day by day Leela clung closer to
a) her mother
b) her classmate
c) Sidda
d) her father.
Ans: c) Sidda
93. Leela insisted upon having Sidda’s company all her
a) reading hours
b) working hours
c) waking hours
d) walking hours.
Ans: c) Waking hours
94. The relationship that Sidda and Leela enjoyed was one of
a) friendship and trust
b) employer and employee
c) suspicion and caution
d) hatred and enmity.
Ans: a) Friendship and trust
95. Leela treated Sidda like
a) a friend
b) a foe
c) a foreigner
d) an animal.
Ans: a) A friend
96. Sidda seemed to be
a) a thief
b) a dacoit
c) timid
d) a shy boy.
Ans: c) Timid
97. One evening Leela accompanied Sidda to the market to buy
a) vegetables
b) sugar
c) fruits
d) rice.
Ans: b) Sugar
98. Leela lost her
a) gold chain
b) gold ring
c) nose ring
d) gold bracelet.
Ans: a) Gold chain
99. The loss of Leela’s gold chain was first noticed by
a) Leela
b) Leela’s mother
c) Sidda
d) Leela’s father.
Ans: b) Leela's mother
100. “Her mother gave her a slap.” because
a) Leela had lost her gold chain
b) Leela was sleeping
c) Leela ate all the sugar
d) Leela was playing with Sidda.
Ans: a) Leela had lost her gold chain
101. ‘’The fellow already looked queer." Here the word ‘queer” means
a) strange
b) unnatural
c) mischievous
d) natural.
Ans: a) Strange
102. “His throat went dry.” Sidda’s throat went dry when he
a) found Leela’s gold chain missing
b) was asked about the loss of Leela’s gold chain
c) was caught by the police
d) was reproached by Leela.
Ans: b) Was asked about the loss of Leela's gold chain
103. Sidda was accused of stealing
a) money
b) valuables of house
c) Leela’s chain
d) Leela’s bangles.
Ans: c) Leela's chain
104. "Leela followed her whining." Leela whined for
a) an apple
b) telling stories
c) sugar
d) the gold chain.
Ans: c) Sugar
105. Sidda vanished
a) at dusk
b) at dawn
c) at noon
d) into the night.
Ans: d) Into the night
106. Sidda had vanished into the night because
a) he stole the golden chain
b) he was ready to flee
c) he was fearful about the police
d) he was fearful about study.
Ans: c) He was fearful about the police
107. After her meal Leela refused to go to bed because
a) Sidda was not at her side to tell a story
b) Sidda’s stock of stories was finished
c) she insisted on playing with Sidda
d) her father would not tell her a story.
Ans: a) Sidda was not at her side to tell a story
108. The thought of Sidda, after his disappearance, made Mrs. Sivasanker
a) panicky
b) relieved
c) happy
d) indifferent.
Ans: a) Panicky
109. “The thought of Sidda made her panicky.” because she thought that
a) Sidda might kill her child
b) Sidda might steal all her valuables
c) Sidda might appear as a ghost
d) Sidda would steal Leela.
Ans: b) Sidda might steal all her valuables
110. The word 'harboring' means
a) giving shelter to
b) loving
c) tolerating
d) engaging.
Ans: a) Giving shelter to
111. Leela's mother thought that she had given shelter
a) a hero
b) a thief
c) a villain
d) a traitor.
Ans: c) A villian
112. "It was God's mercy..." God's mercy was that
a) Sidda did not loot the house
b) Sidda did not kill them for money
c) Sidda did not kill Leela for the chain
d) the gold chain was found in the tamarind pot.
Ans: c) Sidda did not kill Leela for the chain
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