The Thief’s Story Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge!

Are you preparing for CBSE Class 10 English (Footprints Without Feet)? Strengthen your understanding of Ruskin Bond’s short story "The Thief’s Story" with this interactive MCQ quiz. These exam-focused questions will help you revise key themes, character analysis, and moral lessons.

About the Quiz

  • Story Name: The Thief’s Story
  • Subject: Class 10 English (Footprints Without Feet)
  • Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
  • Difficulty Level: Concept-Based & Exam-Oriented
  • Leaderboard: Yes (Compete & See Your Rank!)

Why Take This Quiz?

✔ Covers all important themes, characters, and moral lessons
✔ Includes competency-based and high-order thinking (HOTs) questions
✔ Perfect for quick revision before CBSE exams

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The Thief's Story

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I followed casually.

“Hello again,” he said.

I gave him my most appealing smile. “I want to work for you,” I said.

“But I can’t pay you.” I thought that over for a minute. Perhaps I had misjudged my man.

I asked, “Can you feed me?”

“Can you cook?”

“I can cook,” I lied again.

“If you can cook, then maybe I can feed you.”

He took me to his room over the Jumna Sweet Shop and told me I could sleep on the balcony. But the meal I cooked that night must have been terrible because Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off. But I just hung around, smiling in my most appealing way, and he couldn’t help laughing.

Select the option listing Anil’s characteristics, as revealed in the extract.

  1. unassuming
  2. kind
  3. determined
  4. naïve
  5. humourous

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Anil looked easy-going, kind, and simple to the narrator.

Which of the given characteristics would NOT fit in with this description?

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Select the most appropriate option based on (1) and (2).

  1. Anil gave his meal to a stray dog.
  2. Hari Singh did not know how to cook.

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‘I might be able to get into the young man’s confidence.’

Choose the option that DOES NOT display what the statement means.

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I might be able to get into the young man’s confidence.

Based on the line above, we can say that Hari wanted to __________.

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Hari had __________ before encountering Anil.

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I was still a thief when I met Anil. And though only 15, I was an experienced and fairly successful hand. Anil was watching a wrestling match when I approached him. He was about 25; a tall, lean fellow; and he looked easy-going, kind, and simple enough for my purpose. I hadn't had much luck of late and thought I might be able to get into the young man's confidence.

"You look a bit of a wrestler yourself," I said. A little flattery helps in making friends.

"So do you," he replied, which put me off for a moment because at that time I was rather thin.

"Well," I said modestly, "I do wrestle a bit."

"What's your name?"

"Hari Singh," I lied. I took a new name every month. That kept me ahead of the police and my former employers.

Which of these sentences shows the correct usage of the word 'modestly' as used in the extract?

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I followed casually.

“Hello again,” he said.

I gave him my most appealing smile. “I want to work for you,” I said.

“But I can’t pay you.” I thought that over for a minute. Perhaps I had misjudged my man.

I asked, “Can you feed me?”

“Can you cook?”

“I can cook,” I lied again.

“If you can cook, then maybe I can feed you.”

He took me to his room over the Jumna Sweet Shop and told me I could sleep on the balcony. But the meal I cooked that night must have been terrible because Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off. But I just hung around, smiling in my most appealing way, and he couldn’t help laughing.

Even though Hari Singh followed Anil casually, it was a/an …………………

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I think he knew I made a little money this way but he did not seem to mind. Anil made money by fits and starts. He would borrow one week, and lend the next. He kept worrying about his next cheque, but as soon as it arrived, he would go out and celebrate. It seems he wrote for magazines—a queer way to make a living!

The information in the extract suggests that Anil could be a

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I think he knew I made a little money this way but he did not seem to mind. Anil made money by fits and starts. He would borrow one week, and lend the next. He kept worrying about his next cheque, but as soon as it arrived, he would go out and celebrate. It seems he wrote for magazines—a queer way to make a living!

Based on your understanding of Anil in the extract, choose the option that synchronizes with his thinking.

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Anil was watching a wrestling match when I approached him. He was about 25-- a tall, lean fellow – and he looked easy-going, kind, and simple enough for my purpose. I hadn’t had much luck of late and thought I might be able to get into the young man’s confidence.

‘You look a bit of a wrestler yourself,” I said. A little flattery helps in making friends.

According to the extract, the young boy was watching the wrestling match because he

12 / 15

I think he knew I made a little money this way but he did not seem to mind. Anil made money by fits and starts. He would borrow one week, and lend the next. He kept worrying about his next cheque, but as soon as it arrived, he would go out and celebrate. It seems he wrote for magazines—a queer way to make a living!

The reference to making a little money ‘this way’ refers to a way that is viewed by most people as

13 / 15

I was still a thief when I met Anil. And though only 15, I was an experienced and fairly successful hand. Anil was watching a wrestling match when I approached him. He was about 25; a tall, lean fellow; and he looked easy-going, kind, and simple enough for my purpose. I hadn't had much luck of late and thought I might be able to get into the young man's confidence.

"You look a bit of a wrestler yourself," I said. A little flattery helps in making friends.

"So do you," he replied, which put me off for a moment because at that time I was rather thin.

"Well," I said modestly, "I do wrestle a bit."

"What's your name?"

"Hari Singh," I lied. I took a new name every month. That kept me ahead of the police and my former employers.

Which of these about the narrator CANNOT be inferred from the extract?

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I think he knew I made a little money this way but he did not seem to mind. Anil made money by fits and starts. He would borrow one week, and lend the next. He kept worrying about his next cheque, but as soon as it arrived, he would go out and celebrate. It seems he wrote for magazines—a queer way to make a living!

Anil made money ‘by fits and starts’ means that he

15 / 15

I followed casually.

“Hello again,” he said.

I gave him my most appealing smile. “I want to work for you,” I said.

“But I can’t pay you.” I thought that over for a minute. Perhaps I had misjudged my man.

I asked, “Can you feed me?”

“Can you cook?”

“I can cook,” I lied again.

“If you can cook, then maybe I can feed you.”

He took me to his room over the Jumna Sweet Shop and told me I could sleep on the balcony. But the meal I cooked that night must have been terrible because Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off. But I just hung around, smiling in my most appealing way, and he couldn’t help laughing.

From the following options, identify Hari Singh’s intention behind the appealing smile.

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

✔ Character sketch of Hari Singh & Anil
✔ Theme of trust and redemption
Moral values & life lessons from the story
Important extracts & inferences

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