The Model Millionaire – MCQs for Class 11 (With Answers)

BY OSCAR WILDE 

Summary:
“The Model Millionaire” is a short story by Oscar Wilde that beautifully blends humor, irony, and morality. It tells the story of Hughie Erskine, a handsome but poor young man in love with Laura Merton, the daughter of a retired colonel. Unfortunately, the colonel refuses to let them marry because Hughie is not financially stable.

One day, Hughie visits his friend Alan Trevor, a painter, who is working on a portrait of a beggar. Hughie feels sorry for the beggar, who is posing for the painting, and gives him a sovereign (a gold coin). Later, he discovers that the “beggar” is a wealthy baron who was posing for the portrait.

Impressed by Hughie’s kind heart and generosity despite being poor, the baron sends him a cheque for £10,000, helping him to marry Laura finally.

Moral:
The story teaches us that true wealth lies in kindness and generosity, not in money. It also shows how good deeds are often rewarded in unexpected ways.

सारांश:
“द मॉडल मिलियनेयर” एक लघु कथा है जिसे ऑस्कर वाइल्ड ने हास्य, विडंबना और नैतिक शिक्षा के साथ प्रस्तुत किया है। यह कहानी ह्यूई एर्स्किन नामक एक सुंदर लेकिन गरीब युवक की है जिसे लॉरा मर्टन से प्रेम है। लॉरा के पिता, एक रिटायर्ड कर्नल, शादी की अनुमति नहीं देते क्योंकि ह्यूई के पास स्थिर आय नहीं है।

एक दिन ह्यूई अपने मित्र एलन ट्रेवर से मिलने जाता है, जो एक भिखारी की पेंटिंग बना रहा होता है। ह्यूई को उस भिखारी पर दया आती है और वह उसे एक सोने का सिक्का दे देता है। बाद में ह्यूई को पता चलता है कि वह “भिखारी” असल में एक अमीर बैरन है, जो केवल मॉडलिंग कर रहा था।

बैरन ह्यूई की दयालुता और उदारता से प्रभावित होकर उसे £10,000 का चेक भेजता है, जिससे ह्यूई लॉरा से शादी कर सकता है।

सीख:
कहानी हमें सिखाती है कि असली अमीरी धन में नहीं, बल्कि अच्छे दिल और दूसरों की मदद करने की भावना में होती है। और यह कि अच्छे कर्मों का फल जरूर मिलता है।

🔹 Section 1: Factual Recall MCQs

Q1. What advice does the narrator give at the start of the story?

a) Always invest in art
b) Romance is the privilege of the rich
c) The poor should dream big
d) Be charming to get rich
✅ Answer: b) Romance is the privilege of the rich

Q2. Who is Hughie Erskine in love with?

a) Laura Merton
b) A painter’s daughter
c) A baroness
d) A servant
✅ Answer: a) Laura Merton

Q3. What does Colonel Merton demand before approving the marriage?

a) A grand house
b) £10,000
c) A career
d) A title
✅ Answer: b) £10,000

Q4. What profession does Alan Trevor have?

a) Writer
b) Artist/painter
c) Merchant
d) Soldier
✅ Answer: b) Artist/painter

Q5. Who is the “model” in Trevor’s studio?

a) A famous actor
b) A real beggar
c) Baron Hausberg in disguise
d) Hughie’s uncle
✅ Answer: c) Baron Hausberg in disguise

🔹 Section 2: Situational Understanding MCQs

Q6. Why does Hughie give the beggar a sovereign?

a) Out of pity
b) To make a painting
c) To show off
d) To get a portrait
✅ Answer: a) Out of pity

Q7. How much does a model get per hour?

a) Five shillings
b) A sovereign
c) A shilling
d) Two guineas
✅ Answer: c) A shilling

Q8. How much does Trevor earn for the painting?

a) £100
b) 2,000 guineas
c) 500 pounds
d) 1,000 guineas
✅ Answer: b) 2,000 guineas

Q9. What does Trevor call the model?

a) A living Velázquez
b) An ugly man
c) A comedian
d) A spy
✅ Answer: a) A living Velázquez

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Q10. Why is Hughie embarrassed after giving money?

a) He spent his allowance
b) He gave the wrong amount
c) He felt foolish in front of an actual millionaire
d) The model refused it
✅ Answer: c) He felt foolish in front of an actual millionaire

🔹 Section 3: Assertion & Reasoning (A/R)

Q11. Assertion: Hughie panicked when he learned who the model was.

reason: He discovered the model was Baron Hausberg and a millionaire.
a) Both true and R explains A
b) Both true but R doesn’t explain A
c) A true but R false
d) A false but R true
✅ Answer: a) Both true and R explains A

Q12. Assertion: Trevor thought the model shouldn’t get a percentage.

Reason: He believed painting was harder than modeling.
a) Both true and R explains A
b) Both true but R doesn’t explain A
c) A true, R false
d) Both false
✅ Answer: a) Both true and R explains A

🔹 Section 4: Analytical MCQs

Q13. Which comment shows Wilde’s satirical tone?

a) “Romance is the privilege of the rich.”
b) “He never said a brilliant thing.”
c) “He lived on £200 a year.”
d) “A butterfly among bulls and bears.”
✅ Answer: a) “Romance is the privilege of the rich.”

Q14. What does “butterfly among bulls and bears” refer to?

a) Hughie at the Stock Exchange
b) A painting style
c) A wildlife metaphor
d) Colin’s hobby
✅ Answer: a) Hughie at the Stock Exchange

Q15. What literary device is used in “living Velázquez”?

a) Hyperbole
b) Metaphor
c) Irony
d) Simile
✅ Answer: b) Metaphor

🔹 Section 5: Character Match & Role-Based MCQs

Q16. Which character is a kind but financially weak young man?

a) Hughie Erskine
b) Alan Trevor
c) Baron Hausberg
d) Colonel Merton
✅ Answer: a) Hughie Erskine

Q17. Who disguises as a beggar?

a) Hughie
b) Alan Trevor
c) Baron Hausberg
d) Colonel Merton
✅ Answer: c) Baron Hausberg

Q18. Which character refuses Hughie’s marriage proposal until he’s rich?

a) Laura
b) Alan Trevor
c) Colonel Merton
d) The Baron
✅ Answer: c) Colonel Merton

Q19. Who arranged for Hughie’s introduction to the Studio model?

a) Colonel Merton
b) Laura
c) Alan Trevor
d) Baron Hausberg
✅ Answer: c) Alan Trevor

Q20. What did Baron Hausberg send Hughie?

a) A letter of apology
b) £10,000 cheque
c) A painting
d) An engagement ring
✅ Answer: b) £10,000 cheque

 Q21. What kind of man was Hughie Erskine?

a. Rich and generous
b. Poor and lazy
c. Charming but poor
d. Miserly and rude
✅ Answer: c. Charming but poor

 Q22. Why couldn’t Hughie marry Laura right away?

a. Laura didn’t love him
b. Her father wanted him to earn 10,000 pounds
c. Hughie was already married
d. Hughie wanted to study first
✅ Answer: b. Her father wanted him to earn 10,000 pounds

 Q23. What profession was Alan Trevor in?

a. Writer
b. Sculptor
c. Banker
d. Lawyer
✅ Answer: b. Sculptor

 Q24. What was Hughie’s impression of the beggar model?

a. He found him amusing
b. He pitied him
c. He ignored him
d. He disliked him
✅ Answer: b. He pitied him

 Q25. How much money did Hughie give to the beggar?

a. One pound
b. Two pounds
c. A sovereign (one gold coin)
d. Ten shillings
✅ Answer: c. A sovereign (one gold coin)

 Q26. What surprising fact did Alan reveal about the beggar?

a. He was an actor
b. He was a criminal
c. He was a millionaire baron
d. He was Alan’s brother
✅ Answer: c. He was a millionaire baron

 Q27. What lesson does the story “The Model Millionaire” convey?

a. Don’t judge people by their appearance
b. Always be suspicious of strangers
c. Money is everything
d. Art is greater than life
✅ Answer: a. Don’t judge people by their appearance

 Q28. What was the name of the millionaire in disguise?

a. Baron Hausberg
b. Lord Alfred
c. Sir Charles
d. Mr. Howard
✅ Answer: a. Baron Hausberg

 Q29. How did Baron Hausberg reward Hughie?

a. He gave him a job
b. He gifted him a house
c. He sent him a cheque for 10,000 pounds
d. He took him on a world tour
✅ Answer: c. He sent him a cheque for 10,000 pounds

 Q30. What quality made Hughie “a model millionaire”?

a. His cleverness
b. His physical strength
c. His compassion and kindness
d. His hard work
✅ Answer: c. His compassion and kindness

 Q31. What does the word “sovereign” refer to in the story?

a. A nobleman
b. A coin worth one pound
c. A sculpture
d. A prince
✅ Answer: b. A coin worth one pound

 Q32. What was Hughie’s financial status?

a. Stable and improving
b. Very rich
c. Dependent on relatives
d. Poor and unemployed
✅ Answer: d. Poor and unemployed

 Q33. Who told Hughie about the beggar’s real identity?

a. Laura
b. Alan Trevor
c. The baron himself
d. A newspaper
✅ Answer: b. Alan Trevor

 Q34. What was Laura’s father’s opinion about Hughie?

a. He disliked him
b. He respected his honesty
c. He thought Hughie was not financially stable
d. He wanted him to leave Laura
✅ Answer: c. He thought Hughie was not financially stable

 Q35. What style is the story written in?

a. Tragic and serious
b. Humorous and witty
c. Satirical and poetic
d. Dark and gloomy
✅ Answer: b. Humorous and witty

 Q36. What role did the baron play in the studio?

a. An artist
b. A beggar model
c. A soldier
d. A gardener
✅ Answer: b. A beggar model

 Q37. What was Hughie’s profession?

a. Soldier
b. Artist
c. No fixed profession
d. Businessman
✅ Answer: c. No fixed profession

 Q38. Why did Hughie feel embarrassed after knowing the truth?

a. He thought the baron mocked him
b. He had given money to a rich man
c. He insulted the model
d. He lied to Laura
✅ Answer: b. He had given money to a rich man

 Q39. What is the tone of the story?

a. Melancholy
b. Ironical and light-hearted
c. Mysterious
d. Aggressive
✅ Answer: b. Ironical and light-hearted

 Q40. What gift did Hughie receive for his act of kindness?

a. A book
b. Gold ring
c. Cheque of 10,000 pounds
d. Horse carriage
✅ Answer: c. Cheque of 10,000 pounds

 Q41. What kind of person was Baron Hausberg?

a. Greedy and selfish
b. Kind and generous
c. Arrogant and proud
d. Secretive and cunning
✅ Answer: b. Kind and generous

 Q42. Who said, “Millionaire models are rare enough, but model millionaires are rarer still”?

a. Laura’s father
b. Baron Hausberg
c. Alan Trevor
d. Oscar Wilde
✅ Answer: c. Alan Trevor

 Q43. How did the baron react to Hughie’s kindness?

a. Ignored it
b. Was insulted
c. Deeply appreciated it
d. Made fun of him
✅ Answer: c. Deeply appreciated it

 Q44. What does the story criticize indirectly?

a. The military
b. The rich who lack compassion
c. Women’s education
d. Rural society
✅ Answer: b. The rich who lack compassion

 Q45. What does the story promote as a virtue?

a. Physical beauty
b. Wealth
c. Kindness and humanity
d. Fame and popularity
✅ Answer: c. Kindness and humanity

 Q46. Why did Hughie visit the studio?

a. To learn sculpture
b. To see Alan’s new work
c. To borrow money
d. To bring lunch
✅ Answer: b. To see Alan’s new work

 Q47. What did Alan think of Hughie’s generosity?

a. Foolish
b. Immature
c. Noble and touching
d. Unnecessary
✅ Answer: c. Noble and touching

 Q48. What helped Hughie get married in the end?

a. His father’s approval
b. A business deal
c. A gift from the baron
d. Alan’s loan
✅ Answer: c. A gift from the baron

 Q49. What quality made the baron decide to help Hughie?

a. His wealth
b. His appearance
c. His genuine kindness
d. His profession
✅ Answer: c. His genuine kindness

 Q50. What does the title “The Model Millionaire” suggest?

a. A rich model’s life
b. The irony of appearance and reality
c. A model’s journey to become rich
d. Millionaires should become models
✅ Answer: b. The irony of appearance and reality

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