The Snake and the Mirror MCQs with Answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-6. What is this story about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-26. The doctor turned to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-30. The doctor believed in making himself

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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