Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (SSC) · English (Second Language)
Chapter: Chapter 9 — Chapter 9: A Lesson in Life from a Beggar (Prose)
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Who does the narrator encounter in the story? [1]
(A) A beggar
(B) A wealthy businessman
(C) A teacher
(D) A politician
2. What does the beggar demonstrate despite lacking possessions? [1]
(A) Wisdom, dignity, or contentment
(B) Only misery
(C) Only anger
(D) Nothing significant
3. What does this encounter challenge? [1]
(A) Assumptions about happiness and wealth
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only the narrator's schedule
(D) Only physical abilities
4. What lesson does the beggar convey? [1]
(A) Contentment and true values matter
(B) Wealth is everything
(C) Status determines worth
(D) Nothing meaningful
5. What does the story encourage readers to reconsider? [1]
(A) Their own values
(B) Nothing important
(C) Only their daily routine
(D) Only their career choices
6. Where does the story suggest we can find life lessons? [1]
(A) In unexpected places and people
(B) Only in books
(C) Only from wealthy people
(D) Only in formal education
7. What theme does this story explore? [1]
(A) Contentment and true worth
(B) Only poverty statistics
(C) Only economic policy
(D) Only social status
8. Why study this story? [1]
(A) To reconsider values around wealth and contentment
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. Who does the narrator encounter in the story? [1]
(A) A beggar
(B) A wealthy businessman
(C) A teacher
(D) A politician
10. What does the beggar demonstrate despite lacking possessions? [1]
(A) Wisdom, dignity, or contentment
(B) Only misery
(C) Only anger
(D) Nothing significant
11. What does this encounter challenge? [1]
(A) Assumptions about happiness and wealth
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only the narrator's schedule
(D) Only physical abilities
12. What lesson does the beggar convey? [1]
(A) Contentment and true values matter
(B) Wealth is everything
(C) Status determines worth
(D) Nothing meaningful
13. What does the story encourage readers to reconsider? [1]
(A) Their own values
(B) Nothing important
(C) Only their daily routine
(D) Only their career choices
14. Where does the story suggest we can find life lessons? [1]
(A) In unexpected places and people
(B) Only in books
(C) Only from wealthy people
(D) Only in formal education
15. What theme does this story explore? [1]
(A) Contentment and true worth
(B) Only poverty statistics
(C) Only economic policy
(D) Only social status
16. Why study this story? [1]
(A) To reconsider values around wealth and contentment
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests