PSEB CLASS 10TH LITERATURE BOOK Ch. 3. One Thousand Dollars QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
1. To whom did Bobby Gillian give his one thousand dollars?
Ans. Miss Hayden.
2. Robert lost the money on races. (T/F)
Ans. False.
3. Robert Gillian offered a ____ to Miss Lotta Laurier.
Ans. Pendant.
4. Robert Gillian received one million dollars from his uncle’s will. (T/F)
Ans. False.
5. The blind man was selling ____ on the walkside.
Ans. Pencils.
6. Who was Miss Lotta Laurier?
Ans. An actress.
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Who did Gillian talk to next? Why?
Ans. To a blind man. He asked him to know what he would do if he had one thousand dollars.
2. Who gave $1000 to Robert Gillian? Who did the money belong to? Why was it given to him?
Ans. Tolman. The money belonged to Gillian’s uncle. He was asked to spend it and give details.
3. Which suggestion did Gillian accept? What did he do then?
Ans. To give a diamond pendant to Miss Lotta. He booked a cab.
4. What did Gillian write in his note?
Ans. Paid $1000 to the best and the dearest woman on earth.
5. Why did Gillian go to the lawyers again?
Ans. To give details.
6. What was the condition laid down by the lawyer?
Ans. Spend the money and give details.
7. Why did Gillian not get the rest of the money? Was he sorry for his action?
Ans. Because he told a lie. He was not sorry for it.
8. What had Gillian’s uncle written in the postscript of his will?
Ans. Robert would get more $5000 if he had spent the $1000 wisely. Else, the money go to Miss Hayden.
PSEB CLASS 10TH ENGLISH LITERATURE BOOK Ch. 4. The Dying Detective questions and answers
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
1. Holmes got the illness from some ____.
Ans. Chinese sailors.
2. Holmes did not want Watson to touch his things. (T/F)
Ans. True.
3. What was Watson by profession?
Ans. Doctor.
4. Victor Smith killed Culverton Smith. (T/F)
Ans. False.
5. Smith sent Holmes an infected sharp spring in ____.
Ans. An ivory box.
6. Who was charged with the murder of his nephew?
Ans. Culverton Smith.
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Why did Holmes ask Smith to turn up the gas?
Ans. It was a signal for Inspector.
2. Who was Mrs. Hudson? Why did she go to Watson’s house?
Ans. Sherlock Holmes’ landlady. She went to tell him that his friend Sherlock was critically ill.
3. Why did Holmes not let Watson examine him?
Ans. Because Watson was a doctor.
4. What did Holmes ask Watson to tell Mr. Smith?
Ans. Holmes was critically ill and near death; come to his house.
5. Why did Watson not come back with Smith?
Ans. Because Holmes had asked him to do so.
6. Who was Victor Smith? What had happened to him and how?
Ans. Culverton Smith’s nephew. Culverton Smith killed him.
7. Who arrested Smith? What were the charges against him?
Ans. Inspector Morton arrested him for the murder of Victor Smith and an attempted murder of Sherlock Holmes.
8. Should Holmes have spoken so rudely to Watson? Why?
Ans. It was a dramatic necessity.
