Please refer to Chapter 7 Glimpses of India MCQ Class 10 English with answers below. These multiple-choice questions have been prepared based on the latest NCERT book for Class 10 English. Students should refer to MCQ Questions for Class 10 English with Answers to score more marks in Grade 10 English exams. Students should read the chapter Glimpses of India and then attempt the following objective questions.

MCQ Questions Class 10 English Chapter 7 Glimpses of India

The Glimpses of India MCQ Class 10 English provided below covers all important topics given in this chapter. These MCQs will help you to properly prepare for exams.

Question. How many times did the baker come everyday?
(a) Once
(b) Twice
(c) Thrice
(d) varies daily   

Question. Why do the elders think about their past?
(a) They miss the good old days.
(b) They remember their bad days.
(c) They think younger are slow.
(d) None of the Above 

Question. What is ‘bol’?
(a) Sweet
(b) Snacks
(c) Sweet bread
(d) Salty cake 

Question. The baker was also their _____________ .
(a) friend
(b) companion
(c) guide
(d) all of these 

Question. Which one of the following task is done by bakers?
(a) Bake the loaves
(b) Bake the dough
(c) Bake the mould
(d) None of the Above 

Extract Based Questions:

1. Read the given extracts to attempt the questions that follow:

The baker usually collected his bills at the end of the month. Monthly accounts used to be recorded on some wall in pencil. Baking was indeed a profitable profession in the old days. The baker and his family never starved. He, his family and his servants always looked happy and prosperous. Their plump physique was an open testimony to this. Even today any person with a jackfruit-like physical appearance is easily compared to a baker. 

Question. A person is compared to a baker if he has:
(a) a jack-fruit-like physical appearance.
(b) earned a lot of money.
(c) talked to a baker.
(d) None of these   

Question. The baker records his accounts:
(a) in a notebook in pen.
(b) on the wall in pencil.
(c) on a sheet of paper.
(d) all of these.   

Question. What is the antonym of ‘plump’?
(a) Thin
(b) Slender
(c) Skinny
(d) All of these 

Question. Which of these proves that the baker led a happy life?
(a) He wore good clothes.
(b) He ate good food.
(c) He had a plump physique.
(d) All of these   

Question. How was baking profitable in Goa?
(a) The baker’s family was always unhappy.
(b) Children never liked to see the baker.
(c) The baker’s family never suffered hunger.
(d) The baker’s servants never remained faithful to them.   

2. Read the given extracts to attempt the questions that follow:

The baker or bread-seller of those days had a peculiar dress known as the kabai. It was a single piece long frock reaching down to the knees. In our childhood we saw bakers wearing shirt and trousers which were shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants. Even today, anyone who wears a half pant which reaches just below the knees invites the comment  that he is dressed like a pader! 

Question. The kabai was a ‘peculiar’ outfit as it was:
(a) a tight-fitting apparel
(b) too colourful
(c) made of unsuitable materials
(d) a dress-like attire   

Question. When the writer says, ‘Baking was indeed a profitable profession in the old days.’, he means that:
(a) baking isn’t as popular in Goa currently
(b) bakers have chosen to adopt other professions
(c) baking, as a job, isn’t as gainful as it used to be
(d) bakers’ goods were of a better quality in earlier times   

Question. Choose the answer that lists the correct option about the recording of the baker’s monthly accounts.

(a) Option (1)
(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4)   

Question. The statement that is TRUE about payment collection, according to the passage is:
(a) The baker received payment on a daily basis.
(b) The baker was paid for his services at the end of the month.
(c) The baker insisted that customers pay before the month-end.
(d) The baker chose to receive payment any day of the month.   

Question. The extract uses the phrase, ‘invites (the) comments’. Which of the following expressions is incorrect with respect to the word ‘invites’?

(a) Option (1)
(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4) 

3. Read the given extracts to attempt the questions that follow:

Our elders are often heard reminiscing nostalgically about those good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread. Those eaters of loaves might have vanished, but the makers are still there. We still have amongst us the mixers, the moulders and those who bake the loaves. Those age-old, time tested furnaces still exist. The fire in the furnaces has not yet been extinguished. The thud and jingle of the traditional baker’s bamboo, heralding his arrival in the morning, can still be heard in some places. Maybe the father is not alive, but the son still carries on the family profession. These bakers are, even today, known as pader in Goa.

Question. What does “the thud and jingle of the baker’s bamboo” reveal?
(a) His departure
(b) His arrival
(c) His disappearance
(d) None of these 

Question. Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s (F) and opinion/s (O) of the students below.

(a) F – 1, 3 and O – 2, 4
(b) F – 2, 3 and O – 1, 4
(c) F – 1, 2 and O – 3, 4
(d) F – 1, 4 and O – 2, 3   

Question. The extract uses the phrase, ‘reminiscing nostalgically’. Which of the following expressions is INCORRECT with respect to the word ‘nostalgically’?

(a) Option (1)
(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)  
(d) Option (4)   

Question. What reminds us the existence of bakers in Goa?
(a) Age-old furnaces
(b) Mixers
(c) Moulders
(d) All of these   

Question. Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. The story takes us back to the time when Portuguese ruled Goa.
2. The Portuguese left Goa and hence bakers do not exist at all.
3. Everything about baking is still the same.
4. Today we are deprived of hearing the sound of bakers’ arrival and the thud of their bamboo sticks.
5. The bakers were hardly known for their breads.
(a) 1,3,5
(b) 2,3,4
(c) 2,4,5
(d) 1,2,5