(A) william Wordsworth
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Anton Chekov
Ans- (D) Anton Chekov
(2) The old banker was pacing from corner to corner of his study –
(A) In a dark autumn night
(B) In the night of a spring
(C) In an autumn morning
(D) In a autumn afternoon
Ans – (A) In a dark autumn night
(3) The party was held in the old banker’s house –
(A) Ten years ago
(B) Fifty years ago
(C) Fifteen years ago
(D) Twenty five years ago
Ans – (C) Fifteen years ago
(4) The party was held –
(A) In a banker’s house
(B) In a lawyer’s house
(C) In a journalist’s house
(D) In a garden-wing
Ans – (A) In a banker’s house
(5) There was a bet in the party between –
(A) the lawyer and the journalist
(B) the banker and the doctor
(C) the banker and the lawyer
(D) the lawyer and the doctor
Ans – (C) the banker and the lawyer
(6) Most of the guests in the party found the capital punishment unfitted to –
(A) a democratic state
(B) an independent state
(C) a theocratic state
(D) a Christian state
Ans – (D) a Christian state
(7) How old was the lawyer when he got involved into the bet with the banker ? –
(A) 25 years
(B) 35 years
(C) 40 years
(D) 45 years
Ans – (A) 25 years
(8) The punishment the lawyer proposed to choose was –
(A) Short imprisonment
(B) Death sentence
(C) Capital punishment
(D) Life imprisonment
Ans – (D) Life imprisonment
(9) What amount was offered as bet by the banker?
(A) Two billions
(B) Two trillions
(C) Two millions
(D) Five millions
Ans – (C) Two millions
(10) “They are both equally immoral”-What are referred to by the word ‘they’ ?
(A) The capital punishment and the life imprisonment
(B) The banker and the capital punishment
(C) The banker and the lawyer
(D) Life imprisonment and the lawyer
Ans – (A) The capital punishment and the life imprisonment
(11) How many years of imprisonment for the lawyer were at first proposed by the banker ?
(A) Fifteen years
(B) Five years
(C) Fifty years
(D) Ten years
Ans – (C) Fifty years
(12) “I don’t agree with you”, said the host-Who was the host ?
(A) The banker
(B) The lawyer
(C) The scholar
(D) The journalist
Ans – (A) The banker
(13) When did the banker warn the lawyer about the consequences of his accepting the bet ?
(A) During the lively discussion
(B) During the supper
(C) After the evening party
(D) Before his entering into the prison
Ans – (B) During the supper
(14) The lawyer was imprisoned on –
(A) November 14, 1885
(B) November 4, 1870
(C) November 14, 1870
(D) November 10, 1875
Ans – (C) November 14, 1870
(15) The lawyer was to be imprisoned, according to the agreement prepared after the party –
(A) In the state prison
(B) In the garden wing of the banker’s house
(C) In the garden of the lawyer’s house
(D) In a specially built prison house
Ans – (B) In the garden wing of the banker’s house
The Bet – MCQ Questions and Answers
(16) During his imprisonment the lawyer is not allowed –
(A) To write a letter
(B) To smoke tobacco
(C) To read books
(D) To receive letters
Ans – (D) To receive letters
(17) The lawyer was allowed to communicate with the outside world –
(A) through his voice
(B) through the watchman
(C) by sending notes through a small window
(D) by making a sound with a gong
Ans – (C) by sending notes through a small window
(18) In which year of the imprisonment did the sound of the piano come day and night ?
(A) Fifth year
(B) First year
(C) Second year
(D) Sixth year
Ans – (B) First year
(19) When did the lawyer reject wine and tobacco ?
(A) In the first year of imprisonment
(B) In the second year of imprisonment
(C) In the fifth year of imprisonment
(D) In the sixth year of imprisonment
Ans – (A) In the first year of imprisonment
(20) How many volumes of books did the banker buy for the lawyer in the first four years of imprisonment ?
(A) One hundred volumes
(B) Four hundred volumes
(C) Six hundred volumes
(D) Five hundred volumes
Ans – (C) Six hundred volumes
(21) In the first year of his imprisonment the lawyer read –
(A) Language books
(B) Philosophy books
(C) History books
(D) Novels
Ans – (D) Novels
(22) From what was it evident that the lawyer was terribly suffering from loneliness and boredom ?
(A) From constant piano playing
(B) From short notes sent by him
(C) From his refusal of wine
(D) From his selection of books
Ans – (B) From short notes sent by him
(23) What are the two things that were rejected by the lawyer in his first year of imprisonment ?
(A) Books on crime and fantasy
(B) Wine and books
(C) Tobacco and wine
(D) Music and tobacco
Ans – (C) Tobacco and wine
(24) The musical instrument which the lawyer was allowed to keep with him was –
(A) guitar
(B) piano
(C) violin
(D) panpipe
Ans – (B) piano
(25) According to the lawyer, the ‘chief foes’ of a prisoner are –
(A) Wine
(B) Tobaccos
(C) Desires
(D) Boredoms
Ans – (C) Desires
(26) “Come to your senses, young roan, before it’s too late” – Here ‘young roan’ refers to –
(A) The banker
(B) The lawyer
(C) The watchman
(D) The journalist
Ans – (B) The lawyer
(27) The agreement for the imprisonment of the lawyer was made –
(A) During the supper
(B) Before the supper
(C) After the evening party
(D) At 12 o’clock
Ans – (C) After the evening party
(28) How many languages did the lawyer learn during his imprisonment ?
(A) Five languages
(B) Six languages
(C) Three languages
(D) Four languages
Ans – (B) Six languages
(29) How many shots were fired in the garden to fulfil the prisoner’s desire ?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Six
(D) Three
Ans – (B) Two
(30) The incident narrated in the story ‘The Bet’ takes the time span of –
(A) five years
(B) fifteen years
(C) ten years
(D) fifty years
Ans – (B) fifteen years
The Bet – MCQ Questions and Answers
(31) The year in which the lawyer was supposed to get his freedom is –
(A) 1870
(B) 1780
(C) 1885
(D) 1985
Ans – (C) 1885
(32) The incident narrated in the story ‘The Bet’ occurred in the –
(A) 17th century
(B) 19th century
(C) 18th century
(D) 20th century
Ans – (B) 19th century
(33) After the completion of the tenth year of his imprisonment the lawyer read –
(A) Shakespeare’s books
(B) Byron’s books
(C) The New Testament
(D) Chemistry books
Ans – (C) The New Testament
(34) ccording to the banker, the reason behind his involvement in the bet was –
(A) Haughty behaviour
(B) the caprice of a well-fed man
(C) Arrogant attitude
(D) Possession of great wealth
Ans – (B) the caprice of a well-fed man
(35) Which among these things was not supplied to the lawyer during his imprisonment ?
(A) Books
(B) Wine
(C) Tobacco
(D) Newspaper
Ans – (D) Newspaper
(36) In which year was the lawyer heard to weep and to talk to himself angrily ?
(A) In the first year
(B) In the second year
(C) In the second half of the sixth year
(D) In the tenth year
Ans – (B) In the second year
(37) The lawyer asked the banker to show his letter written in six different languages to –
(A) his friends
(B) his relatives
(C) the experts
(D) the philosophers
Ans – (C) the experts
(38) The lawyer read the Bible at a stretch during his imprisonment –
(A) Nearly a year
(B) Nearly a month
(C) Nearly a week
(D) From time to time
Ans – (A) Nearly a year
(39) At the time of making bet the banker was –
(A) financially weak
(B) moderately wealthy
(C) very rich
(D) neither rich norpoor
Ans – (C) very rich
(40) How old was the lawyer at the time of his release from the imprisonment ?
(A) Twenty-five years old
(B) Thirty years old
(C) Thirty-Five years old
(D) Forty years old
Ans – (D) Forty years old
(41) The lawyer in the story ‘The Bet’ –
(A) was married
(B) was a bachelor
(C) had a family
(D) had a girlfriend
Ans – (B) was a bachelor
(42) The banker went into the garden-wing on the day before the release of the lawyer –
(A) At 3 o’clock in the afternoon
(B) At 3 o’clock at night
(C) At 12 o’clock at night
(D) At 12 o’clock at noon
Ans – (B) At 3 o’clock at night
(43) The banker called twice after reaching the garden-wing at night –
(A) The lawyer
(B) The servant
(C) The watchman
(D) The prisoner
Ans – (C) The watchman
(44) The lawyer addressed the banker in his first letter to him –
(A) My dear friend
(B) My dear banker
(C) My dear gaoler
(D) My dear partner
Ans – (C) My dear gaoler
(45) In the story ‘The Bet’ there are –
(A) Two sections
(B) Single section
(C) Three sections
(D) Four sections
Ans – (A) Two sections
(46) The weather in the night in which the banker ventured into the garden-wing was –
(A) Very bad
(B) Fine and breezy
(C) Moonlit and windy
(D) CInalm and springlike
Ans – (A) Very bad
(47) The banker intended to kill the lawyer –
(A) By stabbing him with a knife
(B) By strangling him to death
(C) By smothering him with a pillow
(D) By drowning him in the bathtub
Ans – (C) By smothering him with a pillow
(48) Where did the banker strike a match in the house at the garden-wing ?
(A) In the prisoner’s room
(B) In the hall
(C) In the watchman’s bedroom
(D) In the narrow passage
Ans – (D) In the narrow passage
(49) In the prisoner’s room –
(A) A lamp was burning
(B) A candle was burning
(C) An electric bulb was burning dimly
(D) There was pitch darkness
Ans – (B) A candle was burning
(50) The room of the prisoner was strewn with –
(A) Papers
(B) Dresses
(C) Cigarettes
(D) Books
Ans – (D) Books
(51) The banker took with him before going to the garden wing –
(A) A torch
(B) A candle
(C) The key of the room
(D) A knife
Ans – (C) The key of the room
(52) When the banker entered into the prison room the lawyer was –
(A) Sleeping
(B) Already dead
(C) Reading a book
(D) Playing the piano
Ans – (A) Sleeping
(53) On the table beside the lawyer’s head there was –
(A) An open book
(B) A sheet of paper
(C) A matchbox
(D) A burning candle
Ans – (B) A sheet of paper
(54) “I heard the syrens singing ” – ‘syrens’ are the characters of –
(A) Russian mythology
(B) Greek mythology
(C) Roman mythology
(D) Indian myths
Ans – (B) Greek mythology
(55) What did the banker observe about the lawyer’s hair ?
(A) Long
(B) Curly
(C) Greying
(D) All of them
Ans – (D) All of them
(56) ‘Mont Blanc’ and ‘Elbruz’ are the names of the –
(A) Cities
(B) Summits
(C) rivers
(D) holy places
Ans – (B) Summits
(57) The lawyer claimed that he had studied the earthly life for –
(A) Fifteen years
(B) Five years
(C) Ten years
(D) All his life
Ans – (A) Fifteen years
(58) Who was against the capital punishment ?
(A) Most of the guests
(B) Banker
(C) Lawyer
(D) Both (A) and (C)
Ans – (D) Both (A) and (C)
