The Snake and the Mirror MCQs with Answers

Question-1. How far was the head of the snake from the doctor's face?

1. 1 or 2 inches
2. 2 or 3 inches
3. 3 or 4 inches
4. 4 or 5 inches

Question-2. What kind of a house did the doctor live in ?

1. A flat
2. A beautiful house
3. A kachcha house
4. An unelectrified rented room which was full of rats

Question-3. What kind of a woman does he want to get married to?

1. none
2. a fat, rich doctor
3. a beautiful woman
4. a slim woman

Question-4. Whom did the doctor want to marry?

1. A singer
2. A scientist
3. A teacher
4. A woman doctor

Question-5. After the snake moved towards the mirror, the doctor was

1. A paralyzed man
2. A stone in a flesh
3. A man of flesh and blood
4. A crying man

Question-6. What is this story about?

1. about rats
2. about a frightening incident which is narrated in a humorous manner
3. about a doctor's plight
4. a foolish doctor

Question-7. How was the doctor's life saved?

1. because of his wife
2. because of the mirror
3. because of rats
4. because of his dirty vest

Question-8. Why did the doctor have very little things to carry?

1. Some thief had stolen most of the things
2. Because the storm destroyed most of the things
3. He was too poor to have many things
4. The room was too small to keep a lot of things

Question-9. What does the word meagre in the lesson mean?

1. small
2. big
3. huge
4. very little

Question-10. The doctor ran and ran until he reached his

1. Cousin?s house
2. Clinic
3. Friend?s house
4. Wife?s house

Question-11. What did the snake to after landing on the doctor's shoulder?

1. Coiled around his head
2. Coiled around his left arm above the elbow
3. Coiled around his right arm above the elbow
4. Coiled around his neck

Question-12. Why did the doctor'smile at himself?

1. none
2. for looking into the mirror
3. for his smart looks
4. for his helplessness and foolishness

Question-13. What was the change in doctor's thoughts?

1. from no moustache to moustache
2. from a valuable man to a helpless, foolish man
3. from a poor to rich man
4. from a frown to smile

Question-14. According to the doctor, the thief had a sense of

1. None of the above
2. Good clothes
3. Cleanliness
4. Logic

Question-15. Why did he decide to smile always?

1. all
2. he could hide his inner feelings
3. because he thought that smiling made him look smart
4. he could attract people

Question-16. What was the lovely thought that came across the doctor's mind while he was pacing up and down the room?

1. He would dance in the rain
2. He would be the best homeopath
3. He would marry
4. He would go for a hair cut

Question-17. Who told this story to the writer?

1. a homeopath doctor
2. His granny
3. his mother
4. his father

Question-18. The snake looked at the mirror. Seeing that, the doctor wandered

1. If it?s going to smile
2. If the snake was admiring its own beauty
3. If it?s going to bite him
4. If it?s going to make a noise

Question-19. From the doctor's arm, the snake slithered into his

1. Back
2. Leg
3. Lap
4. Head

Question-20. What was the plight of the doctoe when he noticed a snake around his arm?

1. smiling
2. like a stone image in the flesh
3. frightened
4. screaming

Question-21. What kind of a sound did the doctor hear?

1. none
2. music
3. hissing sound
4. sound of rats

Question-22. How many times did the doctor hear the sound of rats?

1. four times
2. once
3. twice
4. thrice

Question-23. What words did the doctor thnk of writing in his imagination?

1. O God
2. save
3. smart
4. look

Question-24. What did the doctor do immediately after reaching his friend?s house?

1. Narrated the incident of the snake
2. Smeared oil all over his body and took a bath
3. Drank a glass of water
4. Took medicines

Question-25. Suddenly, the doctor heard a dull sound that resembled

1. Hails falling on the roof
2. Sound of frogs
3. Rubber tube falling on the ground
4. An opening of a box

Question-26. The doctor turned to

1. Devil
2. Stone
3. Ghost
4. Snake

Question-27. While sitting wrapped around by a snake, the doctor felt

1. The presence of devils
2. The presence of God
3. The presence of the ghost
4. The presence of rats

Question-28. What was the regular traffic referred to?

1. none
2. the sound of vehicles
3. too many people coming and going
4. traffic of rats roaming here and there

Question-29. How did the doctor's wife actually look like?

1. None of the above
2. Thin
3. Fat
4. Short

Question-30. The doctor believed in making himself

1. Handsome
2. Thinner
3. Honest
4. Hardworking

Question-31. Why did the doctor decide to always smile?

1. none
2. to attract customers
3. to attract people
4. to look more handsome

Question-32. Why does the doctor want to keep a moustache?

1. None
2. To look smart and get married
3. To scare people
4. To look handsome

Question-33. Which two important decisions did the doctor take?

1. to kill the rats
2. to shave daily and always smile
3. not to give medicines
4. to leave the room

Question-34. What was the plight of the doctor when he noticed a snake around his arm?

1. Fear
2. Turned into a stone
3. Frightened
4. Screaming

Question-35. While looking at the mirror, the doctor'smiled, and he found his smile

1. Ugly
2. Unattractive
3. Attractive
4. Wide

Question-36. The doctor described the snake as the one

1. That had bitten the thief
2. Very poisonous
3. Taken with its own beauty
4. Thick and ugly