"The Bet" by Anton Chekhov - Top 50 MCQ Test Series
প্রিয় ছাত্র-ছাত্রী, আজকে আমি তোমাদের জন্য নিয়ে এসেছি ক্লাস XII, 3rd Semester এর Anton Chekhov এর লেখা একটি গুরুত্বর্ণ ছোটো গল্প "The Bet" থেকে নির্ভরযোগ্য এবং 100% কমনযোগ্য Top 50 টি প্রশ্ন এর MCQ টেস্ট সিরিজ। এখানে রয়েছে পরীক্ষায় আসার মতো সব ধরনের 50 টি প্রশ্ন যা তোমাদের প্রস্তুতিকে আরো শক্তিশালী করে তুলবে। কার স্কোর কত এলো কমেন্টে লিখতে ভুলবে না। চলো শুরু করা যাক!
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Q1. What was the exact stakes of the final bet settled between the banker and the young lawyer?
Q2. In what season and setting does the story open as the banker remembers the party fifteen years ago?
Q3. What was the young lawyer’s age when he voluntarily entered the garden wing lodge?
Q4. During the very first year of imprisonment, what primary activities did the lawyer occupy himself with?
Q5. What kind of beverages and substances was the lawyer strictly prohibited from receiving under the contract, although he eventually asked for one of them in the second year?
Q6. In which year did the sound of the piano completely cease in the lodge, replaced by the lawyer's intense study of classics?
Q7. How many different modern languages did the lawyer master and write in during his sixth year of isolation?
Q8. To confirm his language skills, what action did the lawyer request the banker to perform in the garden?
Q9. For nearly a whole year during his confinement, the lawyer read only one single book. What was it?
Q10. At what precise date and time was the confinement scheduled to end under the terms of the agreement?
Q11.
Assertion (A): The banker, after fifteen years, looked at his financial status with despair and panic.
Reason (R): His reckless stock speculation and wild gambling had reduced his immense wealth to nothing but debts.
Assertion (A): The banker, after fifteen years, looked at his financial status with despair and panic.
Reason (R): His reckless stock speculation and wild gambling had reduced his immense wealth to nothing but debts.
Q12.
Assertion (A): The young lawyer actively requested the banker to supply him with heavy, sweet wine in his first year.
Reason (R): The lawyer found wine highly therapeutic and believed it kept his throat healthy for singing.
Assertion (A): The young lawyer actively requested the banker to supply him with heavy, sweet wine in his first year.
Reason (R): The lawyer found wine highly therapeutic and believed it kept his throat healthy for singing.
Q13.
Assertion (A): The banker resolved to murder the young lawyer in his sleep on the night before the deadline.
Reason (R): Paying two million rubles to the lawyer would mean his complete bankruptcy and ruin.
Assertion (A): The banker resolved to murder the young lawyer in his sleep on the night before the deadline.
Reason (R): Paying two million rubles to the lawyer would mean his complete bankruptcy and ruin.
Q14.
Assertion (A): The lawyer wept bitter tears when he finally saw the banker entering his cell on the final night.
Reason (R): He realized his solitary confinement had been a total waste of his youth.
Assertion (A): The lawyer wept bitter tears when he finally saw the banker entering his cell on the final night.
Reason (R): He realized his solitary confinement had been a total waste of his youth.
Q15.
Assertion (A): The banker locked the lawyer's letter of rejection inside his fireproof safe.
Reason (R): He wanted to hide it to avoid any public scandal and gossip regarding the bet.
Assertion (A): The banker locked the lawyer's letter of rejection inside his fireproof safe.
Reason (R): He wanted to hide it to avoid any public scandal and gossip regarding the bet.
Q16. Match the columns appropriately:
| Column X (Year of Confinement) | Column Y (Primary Activity) |
|---|---|
| 1. First Year | (a) Playing piano, refusing wine/tobacco, reading light novels |
| 2. Fifth Year | (b) Playing piano, drinking wine, and writing nothing |
| 3. Tenth Year | (c) Sitting motionless, reading the New Testament only |
Q17. Match the characters with their initial views on capital punishment vs. life imprisonment:
| Column X (Character) | Column Y (Philosophical View) |
|---|---|
| 1. Most guests at the party | (a) To live anyhow is better than not to live at all |
| 2. The Banker | (b) Found capital punishment more moral and humane |
| 3. The Lawyer | (c) Deemed both capital punishment and life imprisonment equally immoral |
Q18. Match the physical attributes of the lawyer at the start vs. end:
| Column X (Stage) | Column Y (Physical Attribute) |
|---|---|
| 1. Age 25 (Start) | (a) Skeleton-like frame, long shaggy hair, sunken eyes, hollow cheeks |
| 2. Age 40 (End) | (b) Vigorous, proud, handsome, and full of life |
| 3. Banker's View | (c) Old-looking, withered skin, and early gray hair |
Q19. Match the elements of the final night scene:
| Column X (Item/Person) | Column Y (Description) |
|---|---|
| 1. The watchman | (a) Sleeping in his kitchen/lodge from the cold rain |
| 2. The lawyer's desk | (b) Had a single candle burning dimly on it |
| 3. The banker's footsteps | (c) Dead silence, rustling leaves, and cold autumn wind |
Q20. Match the books/disciplines studied with their respective phases in the lodge:
| Column X (Phases of Confinement) | Column Y (Primary Material Studied) |
|---|---|
| 1. Years 5 to 9 | (a) Chemistry, medicine, and a little philosophy |
| 2. Years 11 to 13 | (b) History, philosophy, and over six hundred volumes of classics |
| 3. Years 14 and 15 | (c) Theology, Shakespeare, Byron, and various sciences |
Q21. "To live anyhow is better than not to live at all." (Change to Comparative degree of adjective without changing meaning)
Q22. "The banker remembers the party." (Change to Passive Voice)
Q23. "The lawyer said, 'I will leave five hours before the time fixed.'" (Change into Indirect Speech)
Q24. "He is a skeleton with skin drawn tight over his bones." (Convert to a Complex sentence)
Q25. "No sooner did the banker read the letter than he wept." (Convert to an Affirmative sentence using "As soon as")
Q26. "The garden wing was locked." (Turn into an Active voice sentence with an appropriate assumed agent)
Q27. "He is asleep." (Transform into a Negative sentence without altering meaning)
Q28. "I hate your books." (Convert into an Interrogative sentence)
Q29. Under the agreement, the lawyer was bound to remain ______ the garden wing ______ fifteen years.
Q30. He was allowed to write ______ letters and receive ______ books.
Q31. ______ night was cold and damp, and the banker went ______ to his garden wing.
Q32. He took the key ______ the safe and went ______ the lodge.
Q33. The prisoner sat ______ the table, motionless, and bowed ______ his books.
Q34. The lawyer escaped ______ his window and ran away ______ the garden.
Q35. To avoid ______ unnecessary talk and complications, the banker locked ______ letter in his safe.
Q36. Which of the following statements about the banker’s party is entirely TRUE?
Q37. Which of the following statements is completely FALSE regarding the lawyer's confinement terms?
Q38. Evaluate these two specific statements regarding the lawyer's reading habits:
Statement I: He read only easy, entertaining novels during the final two years.
Statement II: His reading of theology and science was incredibly chaotic and scattered in his final years.
Statement I: He read only easy, entertaining novels during the final two years.
Statement II: His reading of theology and science was incredibly chaotic and scattered in his final years.
Q39. Evaluate the validity of the statements regarding the banker's feelings of guilt:
Statement I: The banker wept and kissed the sleeping lawyer's head with a deep feeling of self-contempt.
Statement II: He went home and slept peacefully, happy that his money was saved without committing a crime.
Statement I: The banker wept and kissed the sleeping lawyer's head with a deep feeling of self-contempt.
Statement II: He went home and slept peacefully, happy that his money was saved without committing a crime.
Q40. What did the watchman report to the banker on the final morning?
Q41. Arrange the major events in the correct chronological order as they occur across the story's overall plot line:
1) The banker holds a party and makes a bet of two million rubles with a young lawyer.
2) The lawyer masters six languages and writes notes in his cell.
3) The banker decides to murder the lawyer because of his near-bankruptcy.
4) The lawyer escapes his cell five hours before the deadline, forfeiting the money.
1) The banker holds a party and makes a bet of two million rubles with a young lawyer.
2) The lawyer masters six languages and writes notes in his cell.
3) The banker decides to murder the lawyer because of his near-bankruptcy.
4) The lawyer escapes his cell five hours before the deadline, forfeiting the money.
Q42. Choose the correct chronological sequence of the banker's actions on the final night:
1. He walks to the garden wing in dead silence.
2. He enters the prisoner's lodge and finds him sleeping like a skeleton.
3. He reads the lawyer's letter containing his rejection of earthly values.
4. He locks the letter inside his fireproof safe after weeping.
1. He walks to the garden wing in dead silence.
2. He enters the prisoner's lodge and finds him sleeping like a skeleton.
3. He reads the lawyer's letter containing his rejection of earthly values.
4. He locks the letter inside his fireproof safe after weeping.
Q43. Select the correct sequential order of the lawyer's intellectual journey in the story:
Q44. Trace the correct chronological sequence of the banker's financial states:
1. He is a proud, extremely wealthy millionaire who loves to throw lavish parties.
2. He is ruined by reckless stock speculation and gambling on change.
3. He panics because paying two million rubles will ruin him completely.
4. He saves his fortune but is left with a heavy sense of self-contempt.
1. He is a proud, extremely wealthy millionaire who loves to throw lavish parties.
2. He is ruined by reckless stock speculation and gambling on change.
3. He panics because paying two million rubles will ruin him completely.
4. He saves his fortune but is left with a heavy sense of self-contempt.
Q45. Identify the correct chronological sequence of the physical states of the garden wing:
Read the extract below to answer questions 46 and 47:
"To-morrow at twelve o'clock he will receive his freedom and the right to the two millions. If I pay him, all is lost; I shall be utterly ruined..."
"To-morrow at twelve o'clock he will receive his freedom and the right to the two millions. If I pay him, all is lost; I shall be utterly ruined..."
Q46. What does the phrase "all is lost" contextually reveal about the banker's personal priorities?
Q47. What action did the banker immediately plan as a direct result of these reflections?
Read the extract below to answer questions 48, 49, and 50:
"You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty... To prove to you in action how I despise all that you live by, I renounce the two millions which I once dreamed of as paradise..."
"You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty... To prove to you in action how I despise all that you live by, I renounce the two millions which I once dreamed of as paradise..."
Q48. Why is the lawyer renouncing the two millions which he once dreamed of as "paradise"?
Q49. What does the phrase "avoid unnecessary talk and complications" contextually indicate about the banker's social priorities?
Q50. Why is it textually significant that the letter is placed specifically inside a "fireproof safe"?
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