Chapter 3: The Bet

VVI questions — the ones the board asked most (2)

1. Q1Short answer2 marksAsked: 2022

   What did the banker do to kill the lawyer ?

   

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   Model answer · The Bet, banker's plan to kill lawyer

   1. 1.The ruined banker could not pay the two million, so he decided the lawyer must die. At three o'clock at night he quietly took from his safe the key of the door unopened for fifteen years and went to the garden lodge while the watchman was away asleep.1 mark
   2. 2.He unlocked the door and entered the room, where the lawyer sat asleep at the table. He planned to throw him on the bed and smother him with a pillow, so that the death would look natural and no one would suspect him.1 mark

   Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme

2. Q2Short answer2 marksAsked: 2023

   What did the lawyer say about capital punishment ?

   

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   Model answer · lawyer's view on capital punishment

   1. 1.The young lawyer said that the death sentence and imprisonment for life are equally immoral.1 mark
   2. 2.But if he had to choose between the two, he would certainly choose imprisonment for life, because "to live anyhow is better than not at all".1 mark

   Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme

Objective questions with the board’s key (10)

1. 1. Bihar Board 2026

   The rich man ruined himself due to his

   • (A) guilt
   • (B) passion
   • (C) love
   • (D) desire ✓

   Answer: (D)

2. 2. Bihar Board 2026

   The rich man prayed for one pot of

   • (A) silver
   • (B) grains
   • (C) dollars
   • (D) gold ✓

   Answer: (D)

3. 3. Bihar Board 2026

   To stop rumours, the banker locked the lawyer's ....................... in his safe.

   • (A) books
   • (B) clothes
   • (C) note ✓
   • (D) wine

   Answer: (C)

4. 4. Bihar Board 2026

   The lawyer played the ....................... during his first year of imprisonment.

   • (A) violin
   • (B) drums
   • (C) piano ✓
   • (D) guitar

   Answer: (C)

5. 5. Bihar Board 2026

   Anton Chekhov was a ....................... author.

   • (A) Indian
   • (B) French
   • (C) Russian ✓
   • (D) German

   Answer: (C)

6. 6. Bihar Board 2026

   Greed destroyed the rich man's

   • (A) family ✓
   • (B) wealth
   • (C) house
   • (D) work

   Answer: (A)

7. 7. Bihar Board 2026

   The banker was ................. when the lawyer escaped before the stipulated time.

   • (A) angry
   • (B) relieved ✓
   • (C) confused
   • (D) sad

   Answer: (B)

8. 8. Bihar Board 2026

   The terms and conditions of the bet were decided by the banker and the

   • (A) guard
   • (B) doctor
   • (C) lawyer ✓
   • (D) cashier

   Answer: (C)

9. 9. Bihar Board 2026

   Chekhov wrote .................... plays.

   • (A) 12
   • (B) 19
   • (C) 17 ✓
   • (D) 20

   Answer: (C)

10. 10. Bihar Board 2026

    The lawyer in the first year rejected

    • (A) food
    • (B) wine ✓
    • (C) juices
    • (D) protein

    Answer: (B)

Questions parents and students ask

How many marks does "The Bet" carry in Bihar Board Class 10 English?

In the Bihar Board papers of 2021–2026, this chapter carried about 2 marks and about 3 questions a year; by marks it ranks 20 in English.

Which are the most important (VVI) questions of "The Bet"?

The 2 questions above are from the board’s real papers, each with the years it was asked; the most-asked come first with their full model answers. All 2 written questions of this chapter, with answers, are in the AskMedha app.

Do the answers follow the board’s marking scheme?

BSEB does not publish a marking scheme. Each answer is written point by point on a structure derived from past papers and checked by a second, independent model; it is never called the board’s official scheme.