Covering the beautiful core message of measuring true wealth by a person’s character and generosity, rather than their financial status, Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, presents this humorous and heartwarming short story ‘The Model Millionaire’ to make us realise that genuine compassion and altruism are more valuable than material riches. He also makes us realise that a person’s worth is defined by their character rather than their bank account. And finally the writer, through the story, shows us that kindness is always rewarded. So be kind to all living beings as much as you can and be rewarded.
On this beautiful story I have prepared this important post namely ‘The Model Millionaire MCQ’ with a bunch of different categorical MCQ for you all to improve your knowledge in the story and to gain success in your upcoming examination. So read all questions and answers carefully and enjoy the post and share it to your near and dear ones.
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MCQ – 1 Mark
128 Different Categorical Important MCQ
Informative
Q1. Hughie’s father left for him —
(A) a large estate and property.
(B) a cavalry sword and fifteen volumes of books.
(C) ten thousand pound.
(D) two hundred pound a year.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) a cavalry sword and fifteen volumes of books.
Explanation: Oscar Wilde, in his famous short-story ‘The Model Millionaire’, specifies that Hughie inherited almost nothing from his late father except his cavalry sword and a History of the Peninsular War in fifteen volumes.
Q2. The full name of Hughie was —
(A) Hughie Trevor.
(B) Hugh Hausberg.
(C) Hughie Merton.
(D) Hughie Erskine.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (D) Hughie Erskine.
Explanation: The narrative explicitly states his full name is Hughie Erskine.
Q3. The colour of Hughie’s eyes was —
(A) grey.
(B) hazel.
(C) black.
(D) blue.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (D) blue.
Explanation: Oscar Wilde opens his story ‘The Model Millionaire’ with a physical description of Hughie outlining his crisp brown hair, clear blue eyes, and his good looks.
Q4. Hughie Erskine kept his father’s gift of sword —
(A) in the cupboard.
(B) over the looking glass.
(C) on the shelf.
(D) in a sideboard.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) over the looking glass.
Explanation: The text states that Hughie hung his father’s cavalry sword over his looking glass.
Q5. According to the narrator of the story ‘The Model Millionaire’, the poor should be —
(A) mechanical, hard-working, and realistic.
(B) honest and idealistic.
(C) practical and prosaic.
(D) romantic and imaginative.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) practical and prosaic.
Explanation: The narrator notes that while rich people can afford to be romantic, ‘the poor should be practical and prosaic’.
Q6. ‘… but what was a butterfly to do among bulls and bears?’ — Here ‘butterfly’ refers to:
(A) an insect.
(B) Hughie Erskine.
(C) Alan Trevor.
(D) Baron Hausberg.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) Hughie Erskine.
Explanation: In the above mentioned line Hughie Erskine is referred to as the delicate ‘butterfly’ who is too gentle and artistic to survive amongst the aggressive, money-focused traders (‘bulls and bears’).
Q7. Laura Merton’s father was —
(A) a baron.
(B) a military man.
(C) a lawyer.
(D) a painter.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) a military man.
Explanation: Laura’s father is introduced as a retired Colonel which falls under the category of military service.
Q8. Colonel Merton lost his temper and digestion —
(A) in war.
(B) in Europe.
(C) in India.
(D) in England.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) in India.
Explanation: The text details that the retired Colonel had lost his temper and his digestion in India during his military deployments.
Q9. The situation was worse for Hughie Erskine because of —
(A) his falling in love with Laura Merton.
(B) his good looks and inability to ensure a regular income.
(C) the death of his father leaving no money.
(D) his failure in stock-exchange and trading of tea and dry-cherry.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (A) his falling in love with Laura Merton.
Explanation: The narrator states that his financial problems were bad enough, but things became worse when he fell in love with Laura Merton, as her father required him to have a fortune to marry her.
Q10. ‘Come to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own’ — This was said by:
(A) Hughie Erskine.
(B) Colonel Merton.
(C) Alan Trevor.
(D) Baron Hausberg.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) Colonel Merton.
Explanation: Colonel Merton states this exact requirement to Hughie to prevent an impoverished marriage from taking place.
Q11. The colonel was unwilling to give consent to Hughie’s engagement with Laura because —
(A) he wanted Hughie to earn money of his own before marriage.
(B) the colonel had arranged the marriage of Laura with another man.
(C) he did not want Laura to get married.
(D) he did not like Hughie.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (A) he wanted Hughie to earn money of his own before marriage.
Explanation: The Colonel liked Hughie personally but was unwilling to let his daughter marry someone without a guaranteed financial foundation.
Q12. The amount Hughie got as an allowance for him to live on was —
(A) two hundred pounds daily.
(B) two hundred pounds in a week.
(C) two hundred pounds in a month.
(D) two hundred pounds in a year.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (D) two hundred pounds in a year.
Explanation: The text states that an old aunt gave Hughie an allowance of two hundred pounds a year to survive on.
Q13. Hughie managed to live on the monetary capital of —
(A) his father’s inheritance.
(B) an old aunt.
(C) his friend Alan Trevor.
(D) the retired colonel.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) an old aunt
Explanation: Hughie relied strictly on a recurring yearly allowance granted to him by an old aunt.
Q14. The colour of Hughie’s hair was —
(A) black.
(B) brown.
(C) yellow.
(D) golden.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) brown
Explanation: As noted earlier in the story, Hughie was charmingly handsome with crisp brown hair.
Q15. According to the narrator of the story ‘The Model Millionaire’, permanent income is better than —
(A) temporary income.
(B) huge property.
(C) good looks.
(D) none of these.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) good looks.
Explanation: The text explicitly opens with ‘It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating’. ‘Fascinating’ refers to charm and good looks.
Q16. Hughie was popular for his good looks with —
(A) neither men nor women.
(B) both men and women.
(C) women.
(D) men.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) both men and women.
Explanation: The narrator emphasizes Hughie’s vast social charm by saying he was as popular with men as he was with women.
Q17. ‘… but what was a butterfly to do among bulls and bears?’ — Here ‘bulls and bears’ refers to:
(A) wild animals.
(B) conditions of share-market.
(C) domestic animals.
(D) fighting men.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) conditions of share-market.
Explanation: ‘Bulls and bears’ is standard financial jargon used to describe rising and falling trends in the stock market / share-market.
Q18. Hughie tried to earn a livelihood in the stock exchange for —
(A) a year.
(B) six months.
(C) more than six months.
(D) several years.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) more than six months.
Explanation: The writer states that Hughie went onto the Stock Exchange for six months, but soon left it.
Q19. ‘Pekoe and Souchong’ are the names of —
(A) varieties of tea-leaves.
(B) Laura’s friends.
(C) kinds of dry cherry.
(D) Hughie’s friends.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (A) varieties of tea-leaves.
Explanation: When Hughie briefly tried working as a tea merchant, he sold Pekoe and Souchong, which are distinct traditional varieties of Chinese tea.
Q20. The name of Hughie’s lady-love is —
(A) Elizabeth.
(B) Souchong.
(C) Pekoe.
(D) Laura.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (D) Laura.
Explanation: Hughie Erskine was deeply in love with a girl named Laura Merton.
Q21. Professionally Hughie’s friend Alan Trevor was a —
(A) cavalry man.
(B) painter.
(C) colonel.
(D) banker.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) painter.
Explanation: The text directly explicitly introduces him by stating ‘Trevor was a painter’.
Q22. The Merton family lived —
(A) near the Stock Exchange.
(B) near the house of Alan Trevor.
(C) in Holland Park.
(D) in the neighbourhood of Hughie.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) in Holland Park.
Explanation: Oscar Wilde writes in the story ‘The Model Millionaire’ ‘One morning, as he was on his way to Holland Park, where the Mertons lived …’.
Q23. One morning when Hughie was on the way to the house of his lady-love Laura Merton, he visited —
(A) Baron Hausberg.
(B) his father.
(C) a retired colonel.
(D) Alan Trevor.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (D) Alan Trevor.
Explanation: On his way to Holland Park to see Laura, Hughie dropped in to see a great friend of him, Alan Trevor.
Q24. The narrator describes the looks of Alan Trevor as —
(A) well-groomed.
(B) rough.
(C) handsome.
(D) ugly.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) rough.
Explanation: The narrator describes Trevor’s appearance as ‘Personally he was a strange rough fellow, with a freckled face …’.
Q25. The opinion of Alan Trevor about the good-looking men and women was that —
(A) their lives are easy and comfortable.
(B) they should rule the world.
(C) they are useless fellows.
(D) most of them are foolish.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) they should rule the world.
Explanation: Alan Trevor remarks ‘Men who are dandies and women who are darlings rule the world, at least they should do so’.
Q26. Hughie was permanently allowed to enter —
(A) in Trevor’s studio.
(B) in Laura’s house.
(C) in the Stock Exchange.
(D) in Trevor’s house.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (A) in Trevor’s studio.
Explanation: As Trevor grew fond of Hughie’s buoyant spirits, he ‘had given him the permanent entrée [right to enter] to his studio’.
Q27. When Hughie entered the studio of Alan Trevor, Alan was painting a picture of —
(A) a beautiful natural sight.
(B) a beautiful woman.
(C) himself.
(D) an old beggar.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (D) an old beggar.
Explanation: Upon entering, Hughie found Trevor finishing a life-size picture of a beggar man.
Q28. Alan Trevor had —
(A) black and bushy beard.
(B) red and rugged beard.
(C) trim and neatly cut beard.
(D) white and unkempt beard.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) red and rugged beard.
Explanation: The story explicitly notes that Alan Trevor possessed a freckled face and a red rugged beard.
Q29. The model beggar was standing in the studio on —
(A) on the floor.
(B) on a raised platform.
(C) beside a divan.
(D) on a bench.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) on a raised platform.
Explanation: The text notes ‘The beggar himself was standing on a raised platform in a corner of the studio’.
Q30. According to Alan Trevor, an artist should know the people who are —
(A) intelligent but ugly.
(B) intelligent and beautiful.
(C) stupid and beautiful.
(D) beautiful and dull.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) stupid and beautiful.
Explanation: Trevor used a bit of French wordplay, stating ‘The only people a painter should know … are people who are bête [stupid] and beautiful’.
Q31. The narrator compares the face of the old beggar with —
(A) a flower.
(B) dry fruit.
(C) wrinkled parchment.
(D) the full moon.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) wrinkled parchment.
Explanation: Oscar Wilde describes the beggar’s face as ‘a wizened face, like wrinkled parchment’.
Q32. The beggar man had a _________ cloak on his shoulders.
(A) red
(B) brown
(C) white
(D) black
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) brown.
Explanation: The text notes that he had ‘a brown cloak, all tears and tatters, tattered and torn, slung over his shoulders’.
Q33. When Hughie entered into the studio of Alan Trevor, Alan —
(A) had nearly finished drawing the picture.
(B) had already finished the picture.
(C) was starting to draw the outlines of the beggar.
(D) had not yet started to draw the picture.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (A) had nearly finished drawing the picture.
Explanation: The text states ‘When Hughie came in, he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a wonderful life-size picture …’. This means he had nearly finished.
Q34. The beggar model had worn —
(A) old but well preserved boots.
(B) new and polished boots.
(C) glossy and shining boots.
(D) patched and cobbled boots.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (D) patched and cobbled boots.
Explanation: The narrator explicitly notes ‘his thick boots were patched and cobbled’.
Q35. The beggar model held _____________ in one of his hands.
(A) a handkerchief
(B) a hat
(C) a pot
(D) a dish
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) a hat
Explanation: Wilde describes the model holding out ‘his battered hat for alms’.
Q36. The old beggar model was leaning on a —
(A) table.
(B) tree.
(C) stick.
(D) wall.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) stick.
Explanation: The story states that the old man was ‘leaning on a rough stick’.
Q37. In the title ‘The Model Millionaire’ the character referred to as ‘The Model Millionaire’ is —
(A) Hughie Erskine.
(B) Baron Hausberg.
(C) Colonel Merton.
(D) Alan Trevor.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) Baron Hausberg.
Explanation: The ultimate twist of the story is that the beggar model is actually Baron Hausberg, one of the wealthiest men in Europe, making him a literal ‘millionaire model’ and an exemplary (‘model’) millionaire due to his generosity.
Q38. The old beggar held the old battered hat in one of his hands for —
(A) showing courtesy.
(B) alms.
(C) showing his hair.
(D) saluting Hughie.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) alms.
Explanation: He holds out his battered hat to collect charity (for alms) as part of his posing routine.
Q39. Hughie Erskine was popular among men and women because of —
(A) his friendship with Alan Trevor.
(B) his huge wealth and inheritance.
(C) his good looks and spirited nature.
(D) his joyous nature.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) his good looks and spirited nature.
Explanation: The text opens by defining him as a man of immense personal charm, mentioning his good looks and his buoyant, popular spirits.
Q40. ‘What an amazing model!’ — Here the model refers to:
(A) a beggar man.
(B) a handsome man.
(C) an innocent child.
(D) a beautiful woman.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (A) a beggar man.
Explanation: Hughie whispers this line to Alan while looking directly at the old beggar man standing on the platform.
Q41. According to Alan Trevor, a model gets _______________ for sitting.
(A) a percentage of artist’s income
(B) a shilling an hour
(C) a pound an hour
(D) a few pounds an hour
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) a shilling an hour
Explanation: Alan Trevor explicitly tells Hughie that a model only receives ‘a shilling an hour’.
Q42. The two famous painters mentioned by Alan Trevor about his appreciation of the model are —
(A) Velasquez and Raphael.
(B) Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci.
(C) Picasso and Rembrandt.
(D) Velasquez and Rembrandt.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (D) Velasquez and Rembrandt.
Explanation: Trevor exclaims that ‘Velasquez would have rushed for him, and Rembrandt would have given his best etching for him!’
Q43. The remuneration got by Trevor for drawing the picture of the beggar is —
(A) two thousand franc.
(B) two thousand dollars.
(C) two thousand guineas.
(D) two thousand pounds.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) two thousand guineas.
Explanation: When Hughie asks how much Trevor gets for the painting, Trevor replies that he gets two thousand guineas for this picture.
Note: A guinea was worth slightly more than a pound.
Q44. When Hughie proposes for a percentage of commission for an artist’s model, it reveals that —
(A) he is concerned about the profit of his friend.
(B) he is a kind and sympathetic man.
(C) he is not interested in other people’s affairs.
(D) he is a business-minded fellow.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) he is a kind and sympathetic man.
Explanation: When Hughie learns the artist makes thousands while the poor model gets pennies, he thinks the model should get a percentage. This highlights Hughie’s kind-hearted, empathetic nature.
Q45. According to Trevor, ___________________ get their payments in guineas.
(A) teachers, physicians and physicists
(B) lawyers, painters and poets
(C) philosophers, poets and painters
(D) painters, poets and physician
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (D) painters, poets and physician
Explanation: Trevor notes that the artist gets paid in guineas, stating that ‘painters, poets, and physicians always get guineas’.
Q46. ‘But you must not chatter. I am very busy, smoke a cigarette and keep quiet.’ — Here the speaker is:
(A) Baron Hausberg.
(B) Colonel Merton.
(C) Alan Trevor.
(D) Hughie Erskine.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (C) Alan Trevor.
Explanation: Alan Trevor says this to Hughie so he can focus on finishing his artistic details without being distracted.
Q47. According to Hughie, a model should get a percentage of an artist’s income because —
(A) the model is the source out of which an artist makes his income.
(B) the models are generally ill-paid and poor.
(C) models are the main inspiration for an artist.
(D) the models also work hard like an artist.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (A) the model is the source out of which an artist makes his income.
Explanation: Hughie argues for commission, saying ‘they work quite as hard as you do …’.
Q48. The person came to speak to Alan Trevor during his painting was —
(A) one of his friends.
(B) the frame-maker.
(C) the paint merchant.
(D) the beggar.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (B) the frame-maker.
Explanation: The narrative explicitly states that after some time the frame-maker came to speak to Trevor.
Q49. When Alan Trevor went out to meet the frame maker, the beggar model was —
(A) sitting on a bench.
(B) talking with Hughie.
(C) smoking a cigarette.
(D) eating his breakfast.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (A) sitting on a bench.
Explanation: When Alan steps out ‘the old beggar man took advantage of Trevor’s absence to rest for a moment on a wooden bench’.
Q50. When Hughie visited the studio of Alan Trevor, in his pocket he had —
(A) a sovereign and some coppers.
(B) only a few copper pennies.
(C) a few sovereigns and notes.
(D) a few pounds.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: (A) a sovereign and some coppers.
Explanation: The story details that Hughie ‘felt in his pockets … All he could find was a sovereign and some coppers’.
Q51. Hughie counted the money in Alan Trevor’s studio because —
(A) he wanted to make sure if he had the hansom fare.
(B) he intended to give some money to the beggar model.
(C) he decided to buy a gift for Laura.
(D) he had to pay Alan some money.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) he intended to give some money to the beggar model.
Explanation : Hughie checks his funds to see if he can afford a ride, thinking: “I must see if I have the hansom fare.”
Q52. If Hughie donated money to the beggar model, he —
(A) would not afford buy food for himself.
(B) would have to ask Alan for help.
(C) would have to walk instead of using horse cart.
(D) would have to borrow money.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) would have to walk instead of using horse cart.
Explanation : Giving away his sovereign means he cannot afford transport, forcing him to walk home.
Q53. Hughie donated ______________ to the beggar-model.
(A) a few coppers
(B) a shilling
(C) a sovereign
(D) a pound
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) a sovereign
Explanation : Hughie crosses the studio and slips the sovereign into the beggar’s hand.
Q54. When Hughie gave him the money, the beggar —
(A) burst out crying.
(B) started and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
(C) refused to take the money.
(D) looked at him in wonder.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) started and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
Explanation : Wilde describes the reaction of the old beggar model by writing ‘The old man started, and a faint smile flitted across his withered lips’.
Q55. ‘… but it means no hansoms for a fortnight’ — In this line mean the word ‘hansoms’ means:
(A) a type of dress.
(B) a kind of horse-drawn carriage.
(C) a type of food item.
(D) a kind of drink.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) a kind of horse-drawn carriage.
Explanation : A hansom was a standard 19th-century public horse-drawn cab.
Q56. Hughie was scolded for spending money by —
(A) his family members.
(B) Laura.
(C) Alan Trevor.
(D) Laura’s father.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) Laura.
Explanation : When Hughie leaves, he meets Laura who ‘scolded him gentle for his extravagance’.
Q57. ‘Hughie took his leave, blushing a little at what he had done’ — Hughie had been blushed because:
(A) he had taken a sovereign from Alan without his permission.
(B) he gave money to the beggar without asking Alan.
(C) he had forgotten to meet Laura in appointed time.
(D) he married Laura without her father’s consent.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) he gave money to the beggar without asking Alan.
Explanation : Hughie blushes out of humility because he did a charitable act (giving the sovereign) quietly before exiting.
Q58. ‘All he could find was a sovereign and some coppers’ — In this sentence ‘sovereign and coppers’ refers to:
(A) food items.
(B) metal pieces.
(C) money.
(D) gemstones.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) money.
Explanation : In late Victorian Britain, sovereigns (gold coins) and coppers (bronze coins) were standard forms of currency.
Q59. After donating the money to the beggar, Hughie will be unable to use hansoms —
(A) a few days.
(B) a month.
(C) a fortnight.
(D) a week.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) a fortnight.
Explanation : A fortnight means exactly 14 days (two weeks), which matches Hughie’s internal dialogue statement.
Q60. The word not matched with the appearance of the beggar is —
(A) marvellous.
(B) wretched.
(C) forlorn.
(D) miserable.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (A) marvellous.
Explanation : Words like wretched, forlorn, and miserable match his ragged disguise. ‘Marvellous’ does not describe his outward physical appearance of poverty.
Q61. Hughie met Alan Trevor in the Palette club —
(A) both in the morning and at night.
(B) at eleven o’clock in the morning.
(C) in the evening.
(D) at eleven o’clock at night.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (D) at eleven o’clock at night.
Explanation : The text explicitly mentions ‘That night he strolled into the Palette Club about eleven o’clock…’
Q62. In the Palette club Alan Trevor was sitting —
(A) in the card room.
(B) in the smoking room.
(C) in the bar.
(D) in the billiard room.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) in the smoking room.
Explanation : The narrative explicitly states ‘…and found Trevor sitting by himself in the smoking-room’.
Q63. In the Palette club Alan Trevor was drinking —
(A) orange juice.
(B) hock and seltzer.
(C) coke.
(D) lime and soda.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) hock and seltzer.
Explanation : Trevor was drinking hock and seltzer (a popular Victorian drink mixing German white wine with carbonated water).
Q64. When two friends Alan Trevor and Hughie Erskine met in the Palette club, at first Alan told about the old beggar model that —
(A) the old model had expressed a desire to meet Hughie.
(B) the old model had told him about Hughie’s gift of sovereign.
(C) the old model was devoted to Hughie and curious to know about him.
(D) the old model was very much thankful to Hughie.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) the old model was devoted to Hughie and curious to know about him.
Explanation : Trevor tells Hughie: “My dear boy, that old model is quite devoted to you. He wanted to know all about you.”
Q65. Hughie proposed to give to the old beggar —
(A) a new dress.
(B) an umbrella.
(C) his old clothes.
(D) a few pounds.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) his old clothes.
Explanation : Feeling deep sympathy, Hughie says, “I think he would love to have some of my old clothes. I have a pile of them at home.”
Q66. Hughie was angry when Alan Trevor told him that he had told the old beggar about —
(A) Hughie’s address.
(B) Laura’s father.
(C) his private affairs.
(D) Hughie’s financial condition.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) his private affairs.
Explanation : Hughie exclaims in frustration, “My dear Alan, you don’t mean to say you told him all my private affairs?” referencing his romance and financial terms.
Q67. Alan Trevor told Hughie about the financial condition of the beggar //model that —
(A) he could buy the whole of London in a day.
(B) he was one of the richest men in Europe.
(C) he dined off gold plate and had house in every capital of the country.
(D) all of the above.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (D) all of the above.
Explanation : Alan describes the Baron’s vast wealth using all three descriptions: he can buy London, owns a house in every capital, dines on gold plate, and is one of Europe’s richest men.
Q68. The country which, according to Alan Trevor, can be prevented from going to the war by Baron Hausberg was —
(A) England.
(B) Russia.
(C) France.
(D) Spain.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) Russia.
Explanation : Alan highlights the Baron’s geopolitical influence by stating he can prevent Russia from going to war.
Q69. Alan Trevor got the old suit worn by Baron Hausberg in —
(A) Russia.
(B) Germany.
(C) Spain.
(D) England.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) Spain.
Explanation : In the text it is clearly mentioned by Alan Trevor that he got the old suit worn by Baron Hausberg in Spain.
Q70. Baron Hausberg commissioned Alan Trevor to paint him as a —
(A) homeless man.
(B) beggar.
(C) millionaire.
(D) model millionaire.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) beggar.
Explanation : The Baron explicitly commissioned Alan Trevor to paint him as a beggar, that is why he was wearing rags.
Q71. After hearing the real identity of the beggar model, Hughie felt upset because —
(A) his father and Baron Hausberg were enemies.
(B) he was afraid that Baron Hausberg would punish him.
(C) he had given him a sovereign.
(D) he did not like Baron Hausberg.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) he had given him a sovereign.
Explanation : Hughie feels utterly embarrassed because he had handed a single sovereign as charity to a billionaire.
Q72. “I think you might have told me, Alan” said Hughie sulkily, “and not have let me make such a fool of myself.” — Hughie made a fool of himself:
(A) by donating old clothes to the beggar.
(B) by giving a sovereign to the old beggar.
(C) by thinking the model as a real beggar.
(D) by giving consolation to the old beggar.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) by giving a sovereign to the old beggar.
Explanation : The ultimate irony that makes Hughie feel foolish is treating one of the wealthiest men in the world like a penniless charity case.
Q73. According to Alan, when Hughie left the studio, the old beggar model reacted by —
(A) chuckling to himself and rubbing his hands.
(B) taking to himself and muttering.
(C) getting angry and furious.
(D) lughing loudly and singing.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (A) chuckling to himself and rubbing his hands.
Explanation : Trevor informs Hughie that the old man was ‘chuckling to himself and rubbing his hands’ because he found the tiny donation incredibly charming.
Q74. ‘… the fact is that I really was not at home today to any one’ — In this sentence ‘at home’ means:
(A) inside the house.
(B) remaining in one’s own house.
(C) alone.
(D) comfortable.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) remaining in one’s own house.
Explanation : In Victorian etiquette, being ‘at home’ to someone meant you were accepting visitors at your house. Saying he was ‘not at home to anyone’ means he was refusing guests.
Q75. ‘He was in the highest spirits after you left’ — In this line ‘he’ refers to:
(A) Hughie Erskine.
(B) Baron Hausberg.
(C) Alan Trevor.
(D) Laura’s father.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) Baron Hausberg.
Explanation : Alan is describing Baron Hausberg’s reaction, explaining how delighted the wealthy man was by Hughie’s genuine kindness.
Q76. After Hughie’s departure, Baron Hausberg was —
(A) very sad.
(B) unhappy and frustrated.
(C) very much amused.
(D) very much angry.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) very much amused.
Explanation : The Baron’s chuckling and high spirits show he was deeply amused and touched by Hughie’s innocent gesture.
Q77. Before taking leave from Alan at Palette’s club, Hughie requested him —
(A) to introduce him to Baron Hausberg.
(B) to beg pardon from Baron Hausberg on his behalf.
(C) not to tell about the incident to anyone.
(D) not to tell about the incident to Laura.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) not to tell about the incident to anyone.
Explanation : The text explicitly mentions ‘… my dear Alan, you mustn’t tell any one. I shouldn’t dare show my face in the Row’.
Q78. According to Alan Trevor, Hughie’s donating money to the beggar reflects —
(A) his desperate attitude.
(B) his philanthropy.
(C) his misfortune.
(D) his foolishness.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) his philanthropy.
Explanation : When Hughie calls himself foolish, Alan firmly disagrees and tells him his charity reflects his character, his philanthropic spirit.
Q79. When Hughie was returning home from Palette’s club, he was —
(A) thoughtful.
(B) sad and gloomy.
(C) full of joy.
(D) very unhappy.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (D) very unhappy.
Explanation : Wilde explicitly highlights Hughie’s heavy emotional state at the end of the chapter by writing ‘However, Hughie wouldn’t stop, but walked home, feeling very unhappy, and leaving Alan Trevor in fits of laughter’.
Q80. When the servant of Hughie brought a card for him, Hughie was —
(A) having his breakfast.
(B) looking at the mirror.
(C) shaving his face.
(D) taking bath.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (A) having his breakfast.
Explanation : The narrative explicitly states that in ‘the next morning, as he was having his breakfast, the servant brought him up a card…’.
Q81. The person came to meet Hughie in his house was —
(A) Laura Merton.
(B) M. Gustave Naudin.
(C) Alan Trevor.
(D) Baron Hausberg.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) M. Gustave Naudin.
Explanation : The card brought by the servant reads ‘Monsieur Gustave Naudin, d’Anvers’ indicating the gentleman who came to visit.
Q82. Monsieur Gustave Naudin came to the house of Hughie —
(A) to offer Hughie an apology.
(B) to know his whereabouts.
(C) to give him a sealed envelop.
(D) to ask Hughie for an apology.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) to give him a sealed envelop.
Explanation : Monsieur Naudin explicitly states his business by saying ‘I have come from Baron Hausberg. The Baron has commissioned me to bring you this letter’, which is a sealed envelope.
Q83. The writer of the story ‘The Model Millionaire’ described the appearance of Gustave Naudin as —
(A) an old gentleman with a bald head wearing new suit.
(B) an old gentleman with gold spectacles and grey hair.
(C) an old gentleman with a thick black spectacles.
(D) an old gentleman dressed in an old tattered coat.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) an old gentleman with gold spectacles and grey hair.
Explanation : Wilde describes the visitor explicitly by stating ‘An old gentleman with gold spectacles and grey hair walked into the room…’.
Q84. The accent of M. Gustave Naudin’s English was —
(A) slightly French accent.
(B) slightly Irish accent.
(C) Scottish accent.
(D) American accent.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (A) slightly French accent.
Explanation : The narrative describes his spoken voice directly: ‘…and said, with a slightly French accent, “Have I the honour of addressing Monsieur Erskine?”‘
Q85. M. Gustave Naudin was sent to the house of Hugh Erskine by —
(A) Laura Merton.
(B) Baron Hausberg.
(C) Laura’s father.
(D) Alan Trevor.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) Baron Hausberg.
Explanation : M. Gustave Naudin states directly that he is a representative working on behalf of Baron Hausberg.
Q86. The sealed envelope, sent by Baron Hausberg, contained —
(A) a cheque of thousand rupees.
(B) a letter of an apology.
(C) a cheque of ten thousand pound.
(D) a letter from the Baron.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) a cheque of ten thousand pound.
Explanation : Inside the envelope was a magnificent cheque for £10,000, which was the exact amount Laura’s father demanded Hughie produce to marry his daughter.
Q87. ‘A wedding present to Hugh Erskine and Laura Merton from an old beggar’ — In this line ‘an old beggar’ refers to:
(A) an unknown beggar from London.
(B) Baron Hausberg.
(C) Alan Trevor.
(D) Monsieur Gustave Naudin.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) Baron Hausberg.
Explanation : The text outside the envelope reads ‘A wedding present to Hugh Erskine and Laura Merton, from an old beggar’, which is a playful nod to the Baron’s disguise.
Q88. Baron Hausberg delivered a speech —
(A) at Hughie’s wedding breakfast.
(B) in the Russian Embassy.
(C) in the Stock Exchange of London.
(D) in Alan Trevor’s studio.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (A) at Hughie’s wedding breakfast.
Explanation : The story details the joyful aftermath by stating that ‘The Baron made a speech at the wedding breakfast’.
Q89. The best man at the time of Hughie’s marriage ceremony was —
(A) Colonel Merton.
(B) Baron Hausberg.
(C) Gustave Naudin.
(D) Alan Trevor.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (D) Alan Trevor.
Explanation : Wilde concludes the story by outlining the wedding roles ‘Alan Trevor was the best man…’.
Q90. The elderly beggar posing as a model in Alan Trevor’s studio was —
(A) Colonel Merton.
(B) Baron Hausberg.
(C) Hughie Erskine.
(D) Gustave Naudin.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) Baron Hausberg.
Explanation : The master twist of the entire narrative is that the impoverished old model was merely a disguise adopted by Baron Hausberg.
Q91. Hughie Erskine won him a reward of ten thousand pound for his —
(A) intelligence.
(B) kindness.
(C) joyfulness.
(D) optimism.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) kindness.
Explanation : Hughie’s uncalculated, pure kindness in giving his last gold coin to someone he thought was in need is what deeply moved the billionaire to reward him.
Q92. In the studio, during Alan Trevor’s absence, Hughie —
(A) he began to chat with the model.
(B) he admired the pictures of Alan Trevor.
(C) he gave a sovereign to the beggar model.
(D) he smoked a cigarette.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) he gave a sovereign to the beggar model.
Explanation : While Alan was outside dealing with the frame-maker, Hughie checked his pockets and gave a sovereign to the model beggar.
Fill in the Blanks
Q1. The Beggar model had in one hand a stick and __________ in the other.
(A) a bag
(B) a begging bowl
(C) a pot
(D) a battered hat
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (D) a battered hat
Explanation : Oscar Wilde describes the beggar holding out ‘his battered hat for alms’ while leaning on a rough stick.
Q2. ‘__________ is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed.’
(A) Ambition
(B) Love
(C) Romance
(D) Luxury
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) Romance
Explanation : The narrative opens with the philosophical line ‘Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed’.
Q3. ‘His father bequeathed him his __________ and a History of the Peninsular War in fifteen volumes.’
(A) white horse
(B) cavalry sword
(C) bungalow house
(D) gold ornaments
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) cavalry sword
Explanation : Hughie inherited next to nothing when his father died: only a cavalry sword and a 15-volume history set.
Q4. Hughie fell in love with the daughter of a retired __________, Laura Merton.
(A) history professor
(B) civil servant
(C) colonel
(D) barrister
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) colonel
Explanation : Laura Merton’s father is explicitly introduced as a ‘retired Colonel’ who had lost his temper along with his digestion.
Q5. ‘Come to me, my boy, when you have got __________ of your own.’
(A) a house
(B) ten thousand pounds
(C) a business
(D) a joy with good salary
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) ten thousand pounds
Explanation : The Colonel likes Hughie but refuses to let him marry Laura until he can produce ten thousand pounds of his own.
Q6. Alan Trevor, the artist, had a __________ face and __________ rugged beard.
(A) flushed, red
(B) beautiful, white
(C) rough, black
(D) freckled, red
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (D) freckled, red
Explanation : The narrator details Trevor’s rough looks, highlighting his ‘freckled face and a red rugged beard’.
Q7. Alan Trevor was painting the life-size picture of a __________.
(A) beggar
(B) soldier
(C) child
(D) woman
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (A) beggar
Explanation : Hughie finds Trevor working diligently on a ‘life-size picture of a beggar-man’.
Q8. ‘__________ he wants it more than I do, but it means no __________ for a fortnight.’
(A) drinks
(B) cigarettes
(C) hansoms
(D) luxury
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) hansoms
Explanation : Hughie justifies giving his money away by thinking the beggar needs it more, even though it means giving up horse-drawn cabs (‘no hansoms’) for two weeks.
Q9. According to Alan Trevor, a model is paid a __________ an hour.
(A) dollar
(B) penny
(C) shilling
(D) pound
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) shilling
Explanation : Alan explains the economic imbalance of art by stating models only receive ‘a shilling an hour’.
Q10. ‘All he could find was a __________ and some coppers.‘
(A) guinea
(B) sovereign
(C) silver coin
(D) gold coin
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) sovereign
Explanation : The text describes Hughie digging into his pockets and finding ‘a sovereign and some coppers’.
Q11. According to Trevor, an artist’s __________ is his head.
(A) beauty
(B) heart
(C) power
(D) inspiration
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) heart
Explanation : Alan Trevor explains to Hughie how artists evaluate the world, declaring ‘An artist’s heart is his head’.
Q12. ‘What seems __________ to you is picturesqueness to me.’
(A) beauty
(B) luxury
(C) poverty
(D) wealthiness
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) poverty
Explanation : When Hughie comments on how miserable a beggar’s life looks, Trevor explains that an artist sees ‘picturesqueness’ where a layman sees ‘poverty’.
Q13. ‘That old beggar, as you call him, is one of the __________ men in Europe.’
(A) powerful
(B) richest
(C) famous
(D) poorest
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) richest
Explanation : Alan drops the bombshell revelation that the model beggar is Baron Hausberg, ‘one of the richest men in Europe’.
Q14. Alan Trevor was very much __________ when Hughie told him that he had given the old beggar a sovereign.
(A) amused
(B) distressed
(C) angry
(D) puzzled
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (A) amused
Explanation : Rather than getting angry, Alan Trevor is completely ‘amused’ and bursts out laughing at the thought of Hughie giving a gold coin to a billionaire.
Q15. Inside the envelope sent by Baron Hausberg there was a __________.
(A) document
(B) bill
(C) cheque
(D) letter
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) cheque
Explanation : Inside the envelope brought by M. Gustave Naudin was a cheque for £10,000, presented as a wedding gift.
Column Matching Type
Q1. Match the words in column A with the contents in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Baron Hausberg | (a) A retired colonel |
| (ii) Hughie Erskine | (b) An artist |
| (iii) Colonel Merton | (c) The model millionaire |
| (iv) Alan Trevor | (d) A very handsome young man |
Options
A: (i)-(c), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(b)
B: (i)-(b), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(a)
C: (i)-(c), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(b)
D: (i)-(d), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(a)
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : C: (i)-(c), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(b)
Explanation : Baron Hausberg is the titular model millionaire (i-c), Hughie is a handsome young man (ii-d), Colonel Merton is Laura’s retired father (iii-a) and Alan Trevor is an artist (iv-b).
Q2. Match the words in column A with the contents in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) coarse brown cloak | (a) Gustave Naudin |
| (ii) gold spectacles | (b) Alan Trevor |
| (iii) crisp brown hair | (c) Baron Hausberg |
| (iv) red ragged beard | (d) Hughie Erskine |
Options
A: (i)-(c), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(a)
B: (i)-(c), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(a)
C: (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(b)
D: (i)-(c), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(b)
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : D: (i)-(c), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(b)
Explanation : The beggar (Baron Hausberg) wears a coarse brown cloak (i-c), Gustave Naudin wears gold spectacles (ii-a), Hughie has crisp brown hair (iii-d) and Alan Trevor has a red rugged beard (iv-b).
Q3. Match the words in column A with the contents in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Artist’s studio | (a) visited by Gustave Naudin |
| (ii) Holland park | (b) visited by Hughie at night |
| (iii) Hughie’s house | (c) residence of Laura Merton |
| (iv) Palette club | (d) belonged to Alan Trevor |
Options
A: (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(c)
B: (i)-(d), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(b)
C: (i)-(a), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(d)
D: (i)-(c), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(a)
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : B: (i)-(d), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(b)
Explanation : The studio belongs to Alan Trevor (i-d), Laura Merton lives in Holland Park (ii-c), M. Gustave Naudin visits Hughie’s house (iii-a) and Hughie visits the Palette Club at night (iv-b).
Assertion-Reasoning Type
Q1. Assertion (A): He became nothing, a delightful ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession.
Reason (R): He had every accomplishment except that of making money.
Options
(A) A is right and R is the proper reason.
(B) A is right, R is wrong.
(C) A and R do not match.
(D) Both A and R are wrong.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (A) A is right and R is the proper reason.
Explanation : The narrative explicitly follows this sequence. Hughie was ineffectual and lacked a profession because he lacked the singular capability of making money.
Q2. Assertion (A): Hughie Erskine had been given the permanent entrée to Alan Trevor’s studio.
Reason: ?
Options
(A) Alan needed Hughie’s help for completing the pictures.
(B) Alan loved Hughie for his bright, generous nature.
(C) Hughie bought all Alan’s pictures.
(D) Hughie was a good critic of art works.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) Alan loved Hughie for his bright, generous nature.
Explanation : The text states that Trevor liked Hughie for his buoyant, high spirits, which earned Hughie a permanent right of entry to the studio workspace.
Q3. Assertion: ?
Reason: Hughie slipped the sovereign in the beggar’s hand.
Options
(A) At that time Alan Trevor went out to meet the frame maker.
(B) Hughie thought that he could not avail hansoms for a fortnight.
(C) Hughie could not help pitying the miserable beggar.
(D) The old beggar was taking rest on a wooden bench.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) Hughie could not help pitying the miserable beggar.
Explanation : The logic of the scene shows that Hughie’s overwhelming pity and compassion for the old man’s apparent poverty served as the psychological baseline (‘Assertion’) causing him to give away his coin.
Diagram Based Type
Q. In Oscar Wilde’s short story ‘The Model Millionaire’ there were many incidents taken place during two days, in which Hughie Erskine met four times with different characters. His meeting with other characters follow a particular sequence. Which of the following diagrams follow the right sequence of Hughie’s meeting with other characters?
(A) Laura Merton → Alan Trevor → Alan Trevor → Gustave Naudin
(B) Alan Trevor → Alan Trevor → Laura Merton → Gustave Naudin
(C) Laura Merton → Alan Trevor → Gustave Naudin → Alan Trevor
(D) Alan Trevor → Laura Merton → Alan Trevor → Gustave Naudin
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (D) Alan Trevor → Laura Merton → Alan Trevor → Gustave Naudin
Explanation : On Day 1, Hughie stops by Trevor’s studio, leaves to walk to Holland Park to see Laura Merton, and meets Trevor again late at night at the Palette Club. On Day 2, Gustave Naudin arrives at Hughie’s home during breakfast.
Rearrangement of Sentences
Q1. Arrange the following sentences in their proper order of happening:
(i) The old model was standing on a raised platform in the corner.
(ii) Trevor was putting the finished touches to a picture.
(iii) He dropped in to see his great friend Alan Trevor.
(iv) One morning Hughie was going to Holland Park to meet Laura.
Options
(A) (ii) → (i) → (iv) → (iii)
(B) (iv) → (iii) → (i) → (ii)
(C) (ii) → (iii) → (i) → (iv)
(D) (iv) → (iii) → (ii) → (i)
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (D) (iv) → (iii) → (ii) → (i)
Explanation : Hughie heads out toward Holland Park to meet Laura (iv), stops over at Trevor’s studio along the way (iii), encounters Trevor working on the portrait (ii), and notes the beggar standing on the corner platform (i).
Q2. Arrange the following sentences in their proper order of happening:
(i) Hughie exclaimed that he had given him a sovereign.
(ii) Alan Trevor burst into a roar of laughter.
(iii) When Trevor informed Hughie that he had told his personal affairs to the beggar, Hughie became very angry.
(iv) Trevor told him that the beggar was actually one of the richest men in Europe, Baron Hausberg.
Options
(A) (ii) → (iii) → (i) → (iv)
(B) (iii) → (i) → (iv) → (iii)
(C) (iii) → (iv) → (i) → (ii)
(D) (ii) → (iii) → (iv) → (i)
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) (iii) → (iv) → (i) → (ii)
Explanation : During their late-night conversation, Hughie gets annoyed that Alan shared his secrets (iii). Then Trevor revealed the secret of the beggar model that he was actually one of the richest men in Europe, Baron Hausberg (iv). Hearing that Hughie was very much surprised and admitted that he gave the beggar a gold sovereign (i), which prompted Alan to burst out laughing (ii).
Q3. Arrange the following sentences in their proper order of happening:
(i) Hughie was having his breakfast in the morning.
(ii) A gentleman with grey hair and gold spectacles entered into the room.
(iii) Hughie told him to show the visitor up.
(iv) The servant handed him a visiting card.
Options
(A) (iii) → (ii) → (iv) → (i)
(B) (iii) → (iv) → (ii) → (i)
(C) (i) → (ii) → (iv) → (iii)
(D) (i) → (iv) → (iii) → (ii)
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (D) (i) → (iv) → (iii) → (ii)
Explanation : The scene sequentially opens with Hughie eating breakfast in the morning (i). The servant enters and hands him the visiting card (iv). Hughie looks at it and tells the servant to show the visitor up (iii). Finally, M. Gustave Naudin enters the room (ii).
True and False Type
Q1. Which of the following statements is true?
(A) There was a cheque of £ 10,000 inside the envelope.
(B) Nothing was written on the outer side of the envelope.
(C) Baron Hausberg came to Hughie’s house to hand over the envelope.
(D) Gustave Naudin wore a gold spectacles.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (A) There was a cheque of £ 10,000 inside the envelope.
Explanation : The statement (A) is the only true one among the followings. The central resolution of the plot involves the envelope containing a £10,000 cheque presented as a wedding gift.
Q2. Choose the false statement.
(A) Hughie proposed to give his old clothes to the wretched old model.
(B) Hughie met Trevor again at Palette club.
(C) Trevor was smoking a cigarette in the billiard’s room.
(D) The old wretched model was interested to know about Laura.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) Trevor was smoking a cigarette in the billiard’s room.
Explanation : This statement is entirely false. The text explicitly states that Hughie found Trevor sitting by himself in the smoking-room, not the billiard’s room.
Q3. Choose whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
(i) Baron Hausberg was the model millionaire.
(ii) The Studio of Alan Trevor was in Holland Park.
(iii) Laura Merton’s father was a retired cavalry general.
(iv) The marriage of Hughie and Laura had been possible for Baron Hausberg.
Options
(A) (i)-F, (ii)-F, (iii)-T, (iv)-T
(B) (i)-F, (ii)-T, (iii)-F, (iv)-F
(C) (i)-T, (ii)-F, (iii)-F, (iv)-T
(D) (i)-F, (ii)-T, (iii)-F, (iv)-T
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) (i)-T, (ii)-F, (iii)-F, (iv)-T
Explanation : Statement (i) is True because Baron Hausberg is the model millionaire. Statement (ii) is False because the Mertons lived in Holland Park, not Trevor’s studio. Statement (iii) is False because Laura’s father was a retired Colonel, not a cavalry general. Statement (iv) is True because his financial gift directly fulfilled the marriage conditions.
Case Based Type
Q1. Which of the following lessons should the hero of the short story ‘The Model Millionaire’ Hughie Erskine from his action and the consequences of giving the beggar model a sovereign?
(A) Emotional action can make you a fool.
(B) Showing kindness can upset you.
(C) Appearance can be deceptive.
(D) Rich men can solve each problem.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) Appearance can be deceptive.
Explanation : The overarching thematic irony of Oscar Wilde’s story is that the man appearing to be a wretched, penniless beggar was actually one of the wealthiest financial forces in Europe.
Q2. The title ‘The Model Millionaire’ gives the suggestion that —
(A) the models often turn into millionaires.
(B) the millionaire was model or ideal.
(C) the millionaire once worked as a model.
(D) the millionaire had a love for the models.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (B) the millionaire was model or ideal.
Explanation : Wilde employs a clever double meaning here. Baron Hausberg was literally an artist’s ‘model’, but his immense generosity towards Hughie’s pure heart makes him an ‘ideal’ or ‘model’ millionaire in the societal sense.
Q3. Which of the following character traits do we know about Laura Merton in the story ‘The Model Millionaire’?
(A) Laura was obedient to her father.
(B) Sometimes Laura admonished Hughie.
(C) Laura had the desire to be the owner of a lot of money.
(D) Both (A) and (B)
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (D) Both (A) and (B)
Explanation : The narrative reveals that Laura was obedient to her father (she waited for him to grant marriage permission based on his financial rule) and she mildly admonished /scolded Hughie gently for his financial extravagance when he gave away his hansom fare coin.
Quick Recall
Q1. After learning about Hughie’s kindness, the Baron —
(A) asks him for more money.
(B) ignores him.
(C) sends him a cheque for £10,000.
(D) laughs at him.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) sends him a cheque for £10,000.
Explanation : Baron Hausberg rewards Hughie’s genuine generosity with a life-changing wedding present of a £10,000 cheque.
Q2. Alan Trevor laughed at Hughie because the beggar was actually a ___________.
(A) real beggar
(B) spy
(C) millionaire
(A) prince
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) millionaire
Explanation : Alan Trevor laughed because the ragged model was secretly Baron Hausberg, one of Europe’s richest men.
Q3. Assertion (A): The true identity of the beggar model shocked Hughie.
Reason (R): The beggar was actually Baron Hausberg, one of the richest men in Europe.
(A) A is true, but R is false.
(B) A is false, but R is true.
(C) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(D) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Explanation : Hughie was deeply stunned to discover the poor old model was actually the mega-wealthy Baron in disguise.
Q4. Identify the false statement.
(A) Hughie gave the model a sovereign out of sympathy.
(B) Alan Trevor was a painter and Hughie’s friend.
(C) Hughie Erskine was wealthy and successful from the beginning.
(D) The model in the studio turned out to be a millionaire.
View Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer : (C) Hughie Erskine was wealthy and successful from the beginning.
Explanation : This statement is false because Hughie was actually poor and struggling to make enough money to marry Laura.
Q5. Match the characters in Column A with their descriptions in Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| a. Colonel Merton | 1. He is a kind but financially struggling young man |
| b. Baron Hausberg | 2. He is Laura’s father who demanded a fortune for marriage. |
| c. Hughie Erskine | 3. He is a successful artist and Hughie’s friend. |
| d. Alan Trevor | 4. He is the rich Baron disguised as a beggar. |
Options
(A) a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
(B) a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
(C) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
(D) a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
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Correct Answer : (C) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
Explanation : Oscar Wilde, in his famous short-story ‘The Model Millionaire’, clearly mentions Hughie is the struggling romantic and kind young man, Alan is the artist, Baron is the disguised millionaire, and Colonel Merton is Laura’s strict father.
