Class VIII The Last Bargain - Comprehension Questions

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Rabindranath Tagore


1. Who is the speaker in the poem?
(a) The King.                   (b) A job seeker.        (c) A traveller.               (d) A bargainer
2. What was the speaker looking for?
(a) A hirer                        (b) A child.                (c) A sympathetic man   (d) Love and sympathy
3. Who was the first to respond to the job seeker's request?
(a) The poet                     (b) The King              (c) A fair maid               (d) A child
4. The words that represent the high position of the King were
(a) naught and chariot.    (b) sword and naught (c) sword and chariot    (d) power and naught
5. What did the King offer to hire the job seeker?
(a) Power                         (b) Sword                   (c) Chariot                     (d) Kingdom
6. Why did the King fail to hire the job seeker?
(a) A very huge money was demanded.             (b) The King did not know how to bargain.
(c) The job seeker was not ready to go with the king. (d) Power was not always valuable.
7. The doors of the houses were shut. It shows
(a)  The rich people were not interested to receive the job seeker.
(b)  The day was hot. 
(c)   They usually shut the doors at midday.
(d)  The rich were afraid of strangers and losing money.
8. The crooked lanes stand for
(a) unplanned growth of constructions.                             
(b) the poor people living there.
(c) unsympathetic hearts of the people living there.         
(d) the narrow minds of the people living there
9. What did the old man offer to hire the job seeker?

(a) Gold coins                    (b) His pride                  (c) All his wealth             (d) His profits
10. 'He weighed his coins one by one'...... This shows
(a) The old man was poor at counting money.
(b) The old man was not eager to give away his money.
(c) The old man had very little money.
(d) The old man was careful about his expenses.
11. Why did the job seeker refuse the old man's offer?
(a) He was not attracted by the offer of gold.
(b) He hated the rich people.
(c) He wanted more gold which the old man was unable to offer.
(d) He was a foolish young man.
12. Who met the job seeker at the garden?
(a) An old maid         (b) A fair maid               (c) An attractive young girl     (d) a hedge with flowers
13. What did she offer to hire the job seeker?
(a) Her smile              (b) Books                      (c) Her beautiful garden.         (d) He house in the dark
14. Why did the fair maid's smile fail to hire the job seeker?
(a) Her smile did not last long.                         (b) She was a wicked lady.
(c) The job seeker did not like smiles.              (d) The job seeker did not like Fair Maids.
15. 'She went back alone into the dark' means
(a) The fair maid lost all hopes of hiring the job seeker.
(b) The fair maid failed to hire the job seeker.
(c) The fair maid is unhappy at not buying the job seeker.
(d) The fair maid lived in some unknown place.
16. Where did the job seeker meet the boy?
(a) At the garden     (b) On the seashore      (c) On a stone-paved road.       (d) In a crooked lane
17. Whom did the job seeker finally meet?
(a) The fair maid     (b) The rich old man         (c) His long lost friend          (d) A child
18. What did the child offer to hire the job seeker?
(a) Nothing                 (b) Shells               (c) Thanks         (d) Coins
19. What was the result of the successful bargain of the job seeker?
(a) The job seeker made a good profit from the bargaining.
(b) The child was happy to hire the job seeker.
(c) The job seeker became a free man.
(d) The job seeker was able to make friendship with the child.
20.  Why did the job speaker consider the last bargain the best?
(a) It was easy to work for a boy and make him happy.
(b) The boy is simple and friendly.
(c) The job seeker does not lose his freedom and self-respect.
(d) The child does not treat him like a servant.

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