Madam Rides the Bus
Chapter - 9
Class - X
1. What made Valli sad ?
(a) The handicapped passenger
(b) The dead cow
(c) Car accident
(d) All of the above
Ans: (b) The dead cow
2. What was the most fascinating scence for Valli in the street ?
(a) The bus with new set of passengers every time .
(b) The bus with new conductor every time
(c) The bus with new set of curtains every time.
(d) The bus with new driver every time.
Ans: (a) The bus with new set of passengers every time .
3. What did Valli do one fine spring day ?
(a) Caught the bus to the town.
(b) Caught the bus to the village.
(c) Caught the car to the town.
(d) Caught the car to the village.
Ans: (a) Caught the bus to the town.
4. What did Valli wish?
(a) Truck ride
(b) Boat journey
(c) Bus ride
(d) Train travel
Ans: (c) Bus ride
5. What can you tell about the conductor from the text?
(a) He was quiet
(b) He was funny
(c) He was grumpy
(d) All of the above
Ans: (b) He was funny
6. What amused Valli the most?
(a) The sight of dog running in front of the bus.
(b) The sight of buffalo running in front of the bus.
(c) The sight of cow running in front of the bus.
(d) The sight of people running in front of the bus.
Ans: (c) The sight of cow running in front of the bus.
7. What did Valli have to resist on Village Fair Day to save for the ride?
(a) toys
(b) peppermint
(c) balloons
(d) merry go round
Ans: (d) merry go round
8. What was her favourite pastime?
(a) To stand at the front doorway and
(b) To stand at the front doorway and look into the street.
(c) To stand at the back doorway and look every passenger.
(d) None of the Above
Ans: (c) To stand at the back doorway and look every passenger.
9. Why did Vali find the woman repulsive?
(a) She was chewing betel nut which could spill out any moment
(b) She had large piercings in her ears
(c) She wore ugly earrings
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d) All of the above
10. How did she pick up small details about the bus journey ?
(a) Asking a few discreet questions
(b) Listening to conversations of neighbours
(c) All of the above
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c) All of the above
11. "Valli would stare wistfully at the people who got on or off the bus." What is the meaning of wistfully?
(a) willingly
(b) longingly
(c) fearfully
(d) carefully
Ans: (b) longingly
12. What does it tell you about Valli when she refused to accept the conductor's treat?
(a) stubborn
(b) disrespectful
(c) responsible
(d) rude
Ans: (c) responsible
13. What did she have to resist on Village Fair Day to save for the ride?
(a) toys
(b) peppermint
(c) merry go round
(d) toys
Ans: (c) merry go round
14. What did the old man say to Valli that annoyed her?
(a) He merely asked her to sit
(b) He shouted at her
(c) He asked why she's alone
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a) He merely asked her to sit
15. Who is the author of the lesson "Madam rides the Bus"?
(a) Lucio Rodrigues
(b) Lokesh Abrol
(c) Valliikkannan
(d) Arup Kumar Datta
Ans: (c) Valliikkannan
16. Valli told the conductor to mind his own business and laughed as well. This shows that Valli ...
(a) disliked what the conductor said but was amused.
(b) was impressed with what the conductor said.
(c) was not really bothered about what the conductor said.
(d) didn't like the conductor speaking about her.
Ans: (a) disliked what the conductor said but was amused.
17. How many times did the bus cross her street per hour?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Six
Ans: (b) Two
18. What was Valli's age?
(a) Seven
(b) Eight
(c) Nine
(d) None of these
Ans: (b) Eight
19. What does the line 'gradually a tiny wish crept into her head and grew there', mean?
(a) The wish was a feeling of wanting to prove her strength.
(b) The wish developed in her head over a period of time.
(c) The wish was small and was overpowered by a sense of doubt.
(d) The wish was planted in her head by someone's suggestion.
Ans: (b) The wish developed in her head over a period of time.
20. Who is a "real chatterbox"?
(a) Valli's mother
(b) Valli's aunt
(c) The conductor
(d) Valli
Ans: (b) Valli's aunt
21. The fare of the bus was in one way journey.
(a) 20 Paise
(b) 30 Paise
(c) 50 Paise
(d) 75 Paise
Ans: (b) 30 Paise
22. There only reading on the bus with Valli.
(a) Ten
(b) Fifteen
(c) Six-seven
(d) Seven to nine only
Ans: (c) Six-seven
23. The old woman went on with her drivel. Why is the word 'drivel' used here?.
(a) spoke non-stop about herself.
(b) was talking incessantly.
(c) kept muttering a lot of nonsense.
(d) was volunteering advice on request.
Ans: (c) kept muttering a lot of nonsense.
24. had become a single wish of Valli.
(a) Riding on the bus
(b) Playing with other children
(c) Gardening
(d) Watching street activity
Ans: (a) Riding on the bus
25. It talks --to reach to the town.
(a) 30 minutes only
(b) 2 hours and 45 minutes
(c) 45 minutes only
(d) 1 hour and 45 minutes
Ans: (c) 45 minutes only
26. What did the conductor call Valli ?
(a) Lady
(b) Sister
(c) Cute girl
(d) Madam
Ans: (d) Madam
27. What was the next challenge once she'd saved enough money ?
(a) To sneak out of the house
(b) Tell her mom about it
(c) Know about the timings
(d) To buy a ticket
Ans: (a) To sneak out of the house
28. The bus was ______ colour.
(a) White-green
(b) Red-white
(c) Yellow-black
(d) Silver-yellow
Ans: (a) White-green
29. Why did Valli stand up ?
(a) She liked standing
(b) She was tried of sitting
(c) She wanted to enjoy the ride
(d) She wasn't able to look outside properly
Ans: (d) She wasn't able to look outside properly
30. what was Valli's most interesting incident on the road ?
(a) A bus with new passengers regularly .
(b) Bus always with new conductor.
(c) Bus always with new curtains.
(d) A bus with a new driver regularly.
Ans: (a) A bus with new passengers regularly .
31. " Valli was staring at people getting off or getting of the bus." What is the meaning of wistfully?
(a) voluntarily
(b) eagerly
(c) by fear
(d) carefully
Ans: (d) carefully
32. Valli reached home at ______.
(a) 2 : 45 afternoon
(b) 3 : 00 afternoon
(c) 3 : 45 afternoon
(d) 4 : 45 afternoon
Ans: (c) 3 : 45 afternoon
33. How did she collect information about the bus ?
(a) By asking some discreet questions.
(b) By checking the luggage of passengers every time.
(c) By checking the bags of passengers every time.
(d) None of the Above
Ans: (a) By asking some discreet questions.
34. Who was Valliammai ?
(a) Nine year old boy
(b) Eight year old girl
(c) Ten year old boy
(d) Eleven year old girl
Ans: (b) Eight year old girl
35. "And old woman sitting beside Valli was ______ .
(a) Smoking tobacco
(b) Chanting mantras
(c) Chewing betel
(d) Shouting
Ans: (c) Chewing betel
36. "Valli found the woman absolutely repulsive". What do you mean by "repulsive"?
(a) Causing strong dislike
(b) Showing displeasure
(c) Extremely attractive
(d) Admirable
Ans: (a) Causing strong dislike
37. What would make Valli jealous ?
(a) Strangers ravelling by bus
(b) Hearing stories of her friend's bus journey
(c) Her mother travelling the bus
(d) All of the above
Ans: (b) Hearing stories of her friend's bus journey
38. What was the timing of the afternoon nap taken by Valli's mother ?
(a) Between 1P.M to 5 P.M
(b) Between 1 P.M to 3 P.M
(c) Between 1 P.M to 4 P.M
(d) Between 2 P.M to 4 P.M
Ans: (c) Between 1 P.M to 4 P.M
39. Who translated the story 'Madam Rides the Bus' from tamil ?
(a) R.K laxman
(b) Vallikkannan
(c) K.S Sundaram
(d) Arup kumar Datta
Ans: (c) K.S Sundaram
40. What does the phrase 'a fixed stare from its lifeless eyes' from 'madam Rides the Bus' mean ?
(a) The animal was staring at Valli
(b) The animal was watching sky
(c) The animal was asleep
(d) The animal was dead
Ans: (d) The animal was dead
41. Which word was used by Valli and her friends as a slang expression for disapproval ?
(a) Proud! Proud!
(b) Oh okay!
(c) Okay! Okay!
(d) Yeah! Yeah!
Ans: (a) Proud! Proud!
