6. Swaminathan was lying- 13.

On realising how strict his father

could be, Swami, changed his-

 A) on the bed in mother’s

room  A) decision
 B) on the bed in father’s room  B) approach
 C) on the bench in his school  C) tactics
 D) on the bench in mother’s  D) mind
room 14. Swaminathan disliked-
7. Father advised Swami to loaf less
on-
 A) Mondays
 B) Tuesdays
MCQ Questions from  A) Saturdays  C) Thursdays
Father’s Help  B) Sundays  D) Saturdays
 C) Tuesdays
 D) Mondays
1. Swami realized with a shudder 8. Swami‘s father was very-
15. Swaminathan‘s mother was-
that it was the morning of-

 A) amiable
 A) rigid
 a) Sunday  B) friendly
 B) lenient
 b) Monday  C) strict
 C) furious
 c) Friday  D) strong
 D) silly
 d) Saturday 9) The name of the teacher whom
16. Swami lied to –
2. It seemed only a moment ago it Swami was afraid of was-
was-
 A) his father
 A) Michael
 B) his mother
 A) Monday  B) Samuel
 B) Sunday
 C) both
 C) Samson
 C) Saturday
 D) None
 D) Philip
17. To loaf about means –
 D) Friday 10) Samuel is especially angry with
3. Swaminathan wailed that he had a the boys who-
headache at-  A) to be lazy
 B) to eat more
 A) are absent from the class
 A) 10 a.m.
 C) to play about
 B) complain to the
 B) 9.30 p.m.  D) to go about
Headmaster
18. According to Swami, the
 C) 9.00 a.m.  C) come late to school
headmaster-
 D) 9.30 a.m.  D) don’t prepare their home
4. Swami was advised to stay at tasks
home by his- 11. ―Even the headmaster is afraid of  A) distrust Samuel
him.‖ Here ‗him‘ refers to-  B) admired Samuel
 A) father
 C) was indifferent to Samuel
 B) mother  A) Swami
 D) was afraid of Samuel
19. Samuel would scold Swami-
 C) aunt  B) Swami-‘s father
 D) grandfather  C the Peon
5. Swaminathan should have been in  D) Samuel  A) if he fails to bring his home
the school prayer hall at- 12. Reason cited by Swami for not task
going to school was-  B) if he would Create
disturbance in the class
 A) 9.15 am
 B) 9.00 am
 C) if he would be late
 A) headache
 D) if he would not bring his
 C) 9.30 am  B) toothache
father’s letter
 D) 10.30 am  C) pain in the toe
 D) None of these
  C) a French-cut beard  A) yellow shirt
 D) an unshaven cheek  B) green shirt
25. The yellow coat was worn by-  C) yellow coat
 D) green coat
33. Swami believed that-
 A) Swami
 B) Swami’s father
 C) Swami’s headmaster  A) Samuel really deserved the
 D) Samuel allegations made against him
26. While going to school Swami  B) Samuel had a particular
was- corner for Swami
 C) Samuel was a bad sort of
teacher
 A) suffering from the qualms
 D) Samuel was a good
of conscience
teacher
 B) Enjoying the scenic beauty.
34. While going to school Swami
20. According to Swami, his  C) anticipating the
was bothered by-
headmaster is very- punishment
 D) gloating over his success
27. While going to school Swami  A) headache
 A) harsh
felt-  B) toothache
 B) furious
 C) fever
 C) polite
 D) conscience
 D) gentle  A) delighted
35. Swami felt that he had mixed
Nice, you have finished 20 MCQ  B) morose
up-
questions from Father’s Help. Let’s  C) guilty
verify the answers at the bottom of the  D) angry
page. 28. Whose behaviour took an  A) abstract and concrete
unexpected turn?-  B) normal and abnormal
 C) real and the imagined
21. On Monday morning Swami felt-
 D) concave and convex
 A) Mother’s
36. In his letter Swami‘s father had
 B) Father’s
 A) curious written about-
 C) Samuel’s
 B) afraid
 D) Swaminathan’s
 C) joyful
29. The author of Father‘s Help is-  A) Swami
 D) pleasant
 B) Samuel
22. Swami should have attended the
 C) discipline
prayer in the–  A) Raja Rao
 D) plenty of things
 B) Mulk Raj Anand
37. As Swami went to school he felt
 C) R K Narayan
 A) Church that he was-
 D) Taru Dutta
 B) house
30. Swami has for his school.
 C) hall
 A) the best boy
 D) school
 B) the worst boy
 A) love
 C) the most obedient boy
 B) Fear
 D) the most intelligent boy
23. Swami stopped on the roadside
 C) Affection
38. Swami regarded himself as the
to-  D) Hatred
worst boy on earth because-
31. Swami‘s father decided to send
the letter to-
 A) change his mind  A) he was a poor student
 B) decide something  B) his teacher was going to
 A) the class teacher
 C) take rest punish him
 B) the Secretary
 D) look for his friend  C) he falsely blamed a good
24. Samuel had-
 C) the head of the institution
teacher
 D) the arithmetic teacher
 D he falsely blamed his friend
 A) a shaved cheek
 B) a long beard
32. Samuel used to put on-
  A) vindictive  A) happy mood
 B) cruel  B) confident mood
 C) amiable  C) dejected mood
 D) quarrelsome  D) unhealthy situation
44. Samuel‘s face was- 52. Swami‘s father composed a long
letter to the Headmaster by the
time-
 A) bright
 B) dark
 C) unshaven  A) Swami took his breakfast
 D) shaven  B) Swami took his bath
45. Samuel‘s moustache was-  C) Swami got ready
 D) Swami collected his books
into the bag
 A) bright
53. The last period ended at-
39. Swami also felt Samuel had a  B) dark
special regard for him.‖ Here  C) unshaven
‗regard‘ means-  D) thin  A) 4.00 p.m.
46. ―Swami asked apprehensively‖-  B) 4.15 p.m.
‗Apprehensively‘ means-  C) 4.30 p.m.
 A) disrespect
 D) 4.45 p.m.
 B) affection
54. Swami decided to deliver the
 C) fun  A) worriedly
letter to the headmaster-
 D) respect  B) gladly
40. Swami felt sorry for his-  C)sorrowfully
 D) cheerfully  A) at the beginning of the day
47. Swami was sure that his  B) during the arithmetic class
 A) father
description of Samuel was-  C) at the end of the day
 B) mother
 D) during the tiffin break
 C) friend
55. Swami had never met anyone as
 D) teacher  A) accurate
good as-
 B) inaccurate
 C) a mixture of the real and
the imagined  A) his father
 D) a figment of imagination  B) Samuel
48. Swami‘s father instructed him to  C) his mother
41. Swami‘s father put the letter in hand over the letter to the  D) his friend
a/an- headmaster – 56. Samuel was a teacher of-

 A) seal  A) after going to class  A) English

 B envelope  B at the end of class  B) Physical Science
 C) file  C) during the tiffin break  C) Numerical Science
 D) a small bag  D) before going to class  D) Math
42. Swami went to school feeling 49. Swami‘s conscience bothered 57. Swami expected Samuel to
that- him. Here bothered‘ means- behave with him-

 A) he was the best boy in the  A) annoyed  A) politely

school  B) disturbed  B) tenderly
 B) he was the worst boy in the  C) inspired  C) rudely
world  D) elated  D) strict
 C) he was the best boy in the 50. Swami was bothered by his-
world
 D) he was the worst boy in
 A) conscience
the class
 B) bad habit
 C) anger
 D) disgust
43. As a man Samuel was- 51. Swami went to school in-
  A) one hour 71. When he learnt that Swami‘s
 B) two hours father had sent him to school,
 C) half an hour Samuel –
 D) three hours
64. Father snatched the letter and-
 A) criticised him
 B) thanked him
 A) gave it to the headmaster  C) praised him
himself  D) patted him
 B) tore it up 72. Samuel was teaching –
 C) threw it in the dustbin
 D) drop in the post office
 A) Geometry
65. When the last period was over
 B) algebra
Swaminathan ran-
 C) trigonometry
 D) arithmetic
 A) out of school 73. The headmaster was on a leave
58. On being late Swami feared that
 B) to the Headmaster’s room for-
Samuel would-
 C) home
 D) to Samuel
 A) a fortnight
 A) chide him 66. We want more parents like him‘
 B) one week
 B) praise him -Here ‗him refers to-
 C) two weeks
 C) pamper him
 D) one month
 D) pester him
74. Swami sat down feeling-
 A) Samuel
59. Swami‘s father knew that Swami
 B) Samuel’s father
wouldn‘t— the letter to the
 C) Swami
headmaster.  A) jubilant
 D Swami’s father
 B) happy
67. Before entering his school
 C) sad
 A) deliver Swami halted –
 D) worried
 B) sell
75. An idea occurred to Swami when
 C) hand out
 A) at a stall he entered-
 D) leave
 B) at the bookstall
60. Swami came to know that the
 C) at the gate of the school
Headmaster was on leave from  A) the office
 D) at the Headmaster’s room
 B) the school gate
68. Swami found that Samuel was-
 C) the classroom
 A) the clerk
 D) the school premises
 B) the peon
 A) not in the class 76. But that day Samuel appeared
 C) the Assistant Headmaster
 B) teaching arithmetic very-
 .D) the janitor
 C) calling rolls
61. Samuel wanted more parents
 D) scolding a boy
like-  A) humorous
69. Samuel might do something to
 B) clumsy
justify –
 C) furious
 A) Samuel’s mother
 D) gentle.
 B) Samuel’s father
 A) Swami’s punishment
 C) Swami’s father
 B) his father’s attitude
 D) Swami’s mother
 C) the letter
62. Samuel gets angry most while
 D) his love
he-
70. Swami claimed that he had-

 A) teaches the class

 A) toothache
 B) conducts the prayer
 B) stomachache
 C) checks the homework
 C) headache
 D) trains the players
 D heartache
63. Swami was late-