The Thief’s Story Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge!

Are you preparing for CBSE Class 10 English (Footprints Without Feet)? Strengthen your understanding of Ruskin Bond’s short story "The Thief’s Story" with this interactive MCQ quiz. These exam-focused questions will help you revise key themes, character analysis, and moral lessons.

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Story Name: The Thief’s Story
Subject: Class 10 English (Footprints Without Feet)
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Difficulty Level: Concept-Based & Exam-Oriented
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✔ Covers all important themes, characters, and moral lessons
✔ Includes competency-based and high-order thinking (HOTs) questions
✔ Perfect for quick revision before CBSE exams

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The Thief's Story

1 / 15

‘I might be able to get into the young man’s confidence.’

Choose the option that DOES NOT display what the statement means.

He wanted to win his trust.

He wanted to be able to spend quality time with him.

He wanted him to share his thoughts without caution.

He wanted him to feel comfortable revealing more details about himself.

2 / 15

I followed casually.

“Hello again,” he said.

I gave him my most appealing smile. “I want to work for you,” I said.

“But I can’t pay you.” I thought that over for a minute. Perhaps I had misjudged my man.

I asked, “Can you feed me?”

“Can you cook?”

“I can cook,” I lied again.

“If you can cook, then maybe I can feed you.”

He took me to his room over the Jumna Sweet Shop and told me I could sleep on the balcony. But the meal I cooked that night must have been terrible because Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off. But I just hung around, smiling in my most appealing way, and he couldn’t help laughing.

Select the option listing Anil’s characteristics, as revealed in the extract.

unassuming

kind

determined

naïve

humourous

(1), (2), and (4)

(2) and (3)

Only (2)

Only (5)

3 / 15

I think he knew I made a little money this way but he did not seem to mind. Anil made money by fits and starts. He would borrow one week, and lend the next. He kept worrying about his next cheque, but as soon as it arrived, he would go out and celebrate. It seems he wrote for magazines—a queer way to make a living!

The information in the extract suggests that Anil could be a

freelancer

businessman

volunteer

salaried professional

4 / 15

I followed casually.

“Hello again,” he said.

I gave him my most appealing smile. “I want to work for you,” I said.

“But I can’t pay you.” I thought that over for a minute. Perhaps I had misjudged my man.

I asked, “Can you feed me?”

“Can you cook?”

“I can cook,” I lied again.

“If you can cook, then maybe I can feed you.”

Even though Hari Singh followed Anil casually, it was a/an …………………

careless action.

staged move.

unusual decision.

bold step.

5 / 15

Anil looked easy-going, kind, and simple to the narrator.

Which of the given characteristics would NOT fit in with this description?

carefree

compassionate

suave

uncomplicated

6 / 15

If borrow: : lend, then pick the ODD pair from the options below

lose: : find

give: : take

buy: : sell

hop: : skip

7 / 15

Based on your understanding of Anil in the extract, choose the option that synchronizes with his thinking.

So what if I don’t have much money? Giving it to that person is important as they could do with a helping hand.

When I become rich, I can begin to help friends then. Right now, I will spend only on myself.

I earn money with such tremendous effort. Where does it all go?

I better learn how to protect my money. I think I’m being looted.

8 / 15

Based on the line, “A little flattery helps in making friends.”, choose the option that displays the quote closest in meaning.

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.

Imitation is the best form of flattery; people generally understand that my comedy is not intended to hurt anybody

I know imitation is the highest form of flattery, but stealing one's identity is totally different.

One may define flattery as a base companionship that is most advantageous to the flatterer.

9 / 15

The phrase hung around suggests that Hari Singh continued to………….

cook.

linger.

smile.

appeal.

10 / 15

Select the most appropriate option based on (1) and (2).

Anil gave his meal to a stray dog.

Hari Singh did not know how to cook.

(2) is false and (1) is true.

(2) is the cause for (1).

(2) is true and (1) is false.

(2) is the result for (1).

11 / 15

Anil’s carelessness made stealing from him _____________for Hari Singh.

difficult

uninteresting

predictable

systematic

12 / 15

Hari had __________ before encountering Anil.

just been released from jail

tried to pull off a big robbery

had a successful career as a thief

been unsuccessful for some time

13 / 15

Anil made money ‘by fits and starts’ means that he

deemed it fit to start investing money.

started earning money in the recent past.

received money intermittently.

put his money to use frequently.

14 / 15

I might be able to get into the young man’s confidence.

Based on the line above, we can say that Hari wanted to __________.

gain Anil's trust to exploit him

impress Anil with his confidence

reduce Anil's confidence to dupe him

trust Anil with protecting him

15 / 15

I followed casually.

“Hello again,” he said.

I gave him my most appealing smile. “I want to work for you,” I said.

“But I can’t pay you.” I thought that over for a minute. Perhaps I had misjudged my man.

I asked, “Can you feed me?”

“Can you cook?”

“I can cook,” I lied again.

“If you can cook, then maybe I can feed you.”

From the following options, identify Hari Singh’s intention behind the appealing smile.

Harm

Deceit

Hatred

Jealousy

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

✔ Character sketch of Hari Singh & Anil
✔ Theme of trust and redemption
✔ Moral values & life lessons from the story
✔ Important extracts & inferences

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