CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How long did the struggle continue for?
A
6 months
B
1 year
C
2 years
D
10 years
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Explanation: Both of the work hard for ten years to pay off their debt.

Detailed explanation-2: -Matilda could easily have avoided a great deal of misery in her life by her confession. But she tried to hide the truth from her friend and so she and her husband had to face a lot of hardships and to lead a horrible life for ten years.

Detailed explanation-3: -dismay, appall, horrify, daunt mean to unnerve or deter by arousing fear, apprehension, or aversion. dismay implies that one is disconcerted and at a loss as to how to deal with something.

Detailed explanation-4: -This story is about a woman who does not know how to live within her means. Loisel belongs to a middle class family but wants to live a lavish lifestyle. Her husband is a clerk who cannot afford to fulfill all her demands. For attending a party, Loisel decides to borrow a necklace from her friend who rich.

Detailed explanation-5: -The lesson of the story is ‘Honesty is the best policy. If Matilda honestly told her friend the truth about the necklace, she would have learned that the necklace wasn’t made of real diamonds and that would have saved her from living a miserable life for ten years.

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