MP Board 9th Beehive The Snake and the Mirror MCQs : Here are 50 important Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with answers for the story “The Snake and the Mirror,” based on the provided webpage.
MP Board 9th Beehive The Snake and the Mirror MCQs
- Who is the author of “The Snake and the Mirror”?
a) Robert Frost
b) Katherine Mansfield
c) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
d) Coates Kinney
Answer: c) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer - What was the narrator’s profession?
a) A lawyer
b) A homeopathic doctor
c) A teacher
d) A writer
Answer: b) A homeopathic doctor - What was the doctor’s financial condition?
a) He was very rich
b) His earnings were very small (meagre)
c) He was middle-class
d) He was unemployed
Answer: b) His earnings were very small (meagre) - What was the weather like on the night of the incident?
a) Cold winter night
b) Rainy night
c) Hot summer night
d) Cool spring night
Answer: c) Hot summer night - Did the doctor’s rented room have electricity?
a) Yes, but it was not working
b) No, it was not electrified
c) Yes, it had full electricity
d) It only had a fan
Answer: b) No, it was not electrified - Why did the doctor believe in making himself look handsome?
a) He was an actor
b) He was unmarried and a doctor
c) He was going to a party
d) His friends told him to
Answer: b) He was unmarried and a doctor - What was the first “important decision” the doctor made while looking in the mirror?
a) To get married
b) To buy a new house
c) To shave daily and grow a thin moustache
d) To leave his practice
Answer: c) To shave daily and grow a thin moustache - What was the second “important decision” the doctor made?
a) To always keep an attractive smile on his face
b) To buy a new mirror
c) To move to a new city
d) To get a pet
Answer: a) To always keep an attractive smile on his face - What sound did the doctor hear just before the snake appeared?
a) A loud crash
b) A dull, heavy sound (thud)
c) A high-pitched scream
d) Complete silence
Answer: b) A dull, heavy sound (thud) - Where did the snake land?
a) On the floor
b) On the table
c) On the doctor’s shoulder
d) On the bed
Answer: c) On the doctor’s shoulder - On which part of the doctor’s body did the snake coil itself?
a) His right arm
b) His neck
c) His left arm
d) His leg
Answer: c) His left arm - How far was the snake’s hood from the doctor’s face?
a) A few feet
b) A few inches
c) Across the room
d) It was not facing him
Answer: b) A few inches - What was the doctor’s immediate reaction to the snake?
a) He jumped and ran
b) He screamed for help
c) He sat still as a stone statue
d) He fainted
Answer: c) He sat still as a stone statue - What did the doctor think of when he was in danger?
a) He remembered his family
b) He remembered God
c) He thought about his career
d) He thought about the snake
Answer: b) He remembered God - What did the doctor feel about his poverty and foolishness?
a) He felt angry
b) He felt sad
c) He laughed at himself
d) He felt proud
Answer: c) He laughed at himself - What is the snake in the story described as?
a) A python
b) A rattlesnake
c) A cobra
d) A viper
Answer: c) A cobra - What distracted the snake?
a) A noise outside
b) Its own reflection in the mirror
c) A rat
d) The doctor’s movement
Answer: b) Its own reflection in the mirror - What does “taken with” mean, in the context of the snake?
a) To be captured
b) To be attracted by
c) To be bitten
d) To be scared
Answer: b) To be attracted by - What did the snake do after seeing its reflection?
a) It attacked the mirror
b) It uncoiled from the doctor’s arm and moved to the table
c) It fell asleep
d) It bit the doctor
Answer: b) It uncoiled from the doctor’s arm and moved to the table - What did the doctor do as soon as the snake moved?
a) He fainted
b) He grabbed a stick
c) He quietly got up and ran to his friend’s house
d) He stayed still, in shock
Answer: c) He quietly got up and ran to his friend’s house - Where did the doctor spend the rest of the night?
a) At his own home
b) At a hospital
c) At his friend’s house
d) On the street
Answer: c) At his friend’s house - What did the doctor find when he returned the next morning?
a) The snake was still there
b) His room had been robbed
c) His room was clean
d) The mirror was broken
Answer: b) His room had been robbed - What was the one item the thief left behind?
a) The doctor’s coat
b) The doctor’s dirty vest
c) The doctor’s medical books
d) The mirror
Answer: b) The doctor’s dirty vest - Why did the thief leave the vest?
a) It was hidden
b) It was a final insult, as it was dirty
c) The thief forgot it
d) The thief felt pity
Answer: b) It was a final insult, as it was dirty - What is the main theme of the story?
a) The friendship between a man and a snake
b) The dangers of living in a rented room
c) The doctor’s pride and his sudden fear
d) The life of a thief
Answer: c) The doctor’s pride and his sudden fear - What is the tone of the story?
a) Tragic and sad
b) Entertaining and humorous
c) Purely terrifying
d) Romantic
Answer: b) Entertaining and humorous - What was Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s nickname?
a) “Beypore Sultan”
b) “The Snake Man”
c) “The Homeo Doctor”
d) “The Malayalam Writer”
Answer: a) “Beypore Sultan” - Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was a famous writer in which language?
a) English
b) Tamil
c) Hindi
d) Malayalam
Answer: d) Malayalam - What does the word “meagre” mean?
a) Very large
b) Very small in amount
c) Very hot
d) Very bright
Answer: b) Very small in amount - What does “slithered” mean?
a) To jump
b) To move smoothly like a snake
c) To make a loud noise
d) To fall heavily
Answer: b) To move smoothly like a snake - What does “wriggled” mean?
a) To sit still
b) To twist and turn with quick movements
c) To fly
d) To shout
Answer: b) To twist and turn with quick movements - What does “thud” mean?
a) A bright flash of light
b) A high-pitched sound
c) A dull, heavy sound
d) A sharp, clicking sound
Answer: c) A dull, heavy sound - What does “gable” refer to?
a) The floor
b) The door
c) The triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a roof
d. The window
Answer: c) The triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a roof - Why did the doctor sit still as a statue?
a) He was posing for a picture
b) He was deep in thought
c) He was paralyzed by fear
d) He was trying to trick the snake
Answer: c) He was paralyzed by fear - The story is told as a…
a) A doctor’s medical report
b) A newspaper article
c) A flashback told by the doctor to his friends
d) A letter
Answer: c) A flashback told by the doctor to his friends - What does the snake’s interest in the mirror suggest?
a) That the snake is also vain
b) That the snake is looking for prey
c. That the snake is blind
d. That the snake is scared
Answer: a) That the snake is also vain - What does the doctor’s decision to grow a thin moustache show?
a) His humility
b) His fear
c) His pride and vanity
d) His religious beliefs
Answer: c) His pride and vanity - What was the snake’s hood spread out like?
a) A flower
b) A fan
c) The story does not say
d) A book
Answer: c) The story does not say - The doctor’s “attractive smile” is an example of his…
a) Fear
b) Happiness
c) Arrogance/Vanity
d) Sickness
Answer: c) Arrogance/Vanity - How did the snake get into the room?
a) Through the door
b) Through the window
c) It fell from the roof/gable
d) The doctor brought it in
Answer: c) It fell from the roof/gable - What does “solitary” mean?
a) A large group
b) Very sunny
c) Single or alone
d) Very dark
Answer: c) Single or alone - What does “lurked” mean?
a) To be hidden
b. To sing loudly
c) To be obvious
d. To shine brightly
Answer: a) To be hidden - What was the “simultaneous” event?
a) The snake falling and the doctor screaming
b) The snake looking in the mirror and the doctor escaping
c) The doctor running and the thief arriving
d) The story does not mention a simultaneous event
Answer: d) The story does not mention a simultaneous event - The story humorously contrasts the doctor’s…
a) Riches and poverty
b) Pride and his panicked reaction to fear
c) Sickness and health
d) Love and hate for his room
Answer: b) Pride and his panicked reaction to fear - What does the doctor do after running to his friend’s house?
a) He goes to the police
b) He smears oil on himself and takes a bath
c) He goes back to his room
d) He goes to the hospital
Answer: b) He smears oil on himself and takes a bath - Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was also a…
a) Freedom fighter
b) Homeopathic doctor
c) Snake charmer
d) Thief
Answer: a) Freedom fighter - What is the final, humorous twist in the story?
a) The snake returns
b) The doctor gets married
c) The doctor’s room is robbed of everything except his dirty vest
d) The doctor becomes rich
Answer: c) The doctor’s room is robbed of everything except his dirty vest - The doctor’s sudden thought of God shows his…
a) Pride
b) Helplessness and fear
c) Anger
d) Happiness
Answer: b) Helplessness and fear - Why did the doctor live in that room?
a) He liked the room
b) His earnings were meagre
c) It was close to his hospital
d) His friend lived there
Answer: b) His earnings were meagre - What does the story suggest about vanity?
a) It is a good quality
b) It is shared by all creatures, even snakes
c. It can be life-saving
d. It is a quality only doctors have
Answer: b) It is shared by all creatures, even snakes