1. The narrator had the compartment to himself up to –
A) Saharanpur B) Dehradun C) Rohana D) Mussoorie [H.S. = 2018 & 2022]
Ans. C) Rohana.
2. The narrator of the story was going to –
A)Rohana B) Mussoorie C) Saharanpur D) Dehra
Ans. D) Dehra
3. “…they seemed very anxious…”. –Here ‘they’ refers to –
A) parents of the girl B) friends of the narrator C) co-passengers of the girl D) strangers in the compartment
Ans. A) parents of the girl
4. Her parents were very anxious about –
A) her journey B) her health C) her dress D)her comfort
Ans. D)her comfort
5. Who gave the instructions to the girl? –
A) a stranger B) her father C) a passenger D) the woman
Ans. D) the woman
6. At that time the narrator was –
A) partially blind B) not blind C) totally blind D) blind of one eye
Ans. C) totally blind
7. The eyes of the narrator were sensitive only to –
A) light B) darkness C) light and darkness D) none of these
Ans. C) light and darkness
8. The girl wore –
A) shoes B) slippers C)a beautiful gown D) none of these
Ans. B) slippers
9. The narrator liked the sound of the girl’s –
A) voice B) eyes D) slippers D) laughter
Ans. A) voice
10. ‘Are you going all the way to Dehra?’ who said these words?-
A) a passenger B) the girl C) the narrator D) none of these
Ans. C) the narrator
11. The narrator was sitting –
A) beside a window B) beside a passenger C) beside the girl D) in a dark corner
Ans. D) in a dark corner
12. The narrator had observed that people with good eyesight often –
A) fail to see what is right in front of them B) see what is going on C) fail to use the remaining senses D) see only the essentials
Ans. A) fail to see what is right in front of them
13. “They have too much to take in…” –Here ‘they’ refers to –
A) people with good eyesight B) who cannot see C) people who see very little D) people who see only the essentials
Ans. A) people with good eyesight
14. The narrator did not want to be discovered his –
A) problem B) blindness C) identity D) none of these
Ans. B) blindness
15. The blind girl said that she would get off at
A) Dehra B) Mussoorie C) Saharanpur D) Nainital [H.S. = 2016]
Ans. C) Saharanpur
16. Who would receive the girl at Saharanpur? –
A) by her uncle B) by her father C) by her aunt D) by her mother
Ans. C) by her aunt
17. According to the narrator, aunts are usually –
A) endearing creatures B) formidable creatures C) faithful creatures D) formal creatures
Ans. B) formidable creature
18. The narrator is going to visit –
A) Dehra B) Mussoorie C) Dehra and then to Mussoorie D) Rohana
Ans. C) Dehra and then to Mussoorie
19. The blind girl said that she loved the –
A) tree B) animals C) hills D) forests [H.S. = 2017]
Ans. C) hills.
20. The best time to visit the hills is –
A) September B) November C) October D) December [H.S. = 2015]
Ans. C) October
21. In October the sun is described as –
A) scorching B) delicious C) hidden under the cloud D) none of these
Ans. B) delicious
22. In October the hills are covered with wild –
A) jasmines B) marigolds C) daffodils D) dahlias
Ans. D) dahlias
23. How can one enjoy the beauty of the hills? –
A) by listening songs B) by dancing C) with a little brandy D) by reading story books
Ans. C) with a little brandy
24. In October the roads of the hills are –
A) deserted B) crowded C) noisy D) fearful
Ans. A) deserted
25. The narrator wondered if his words had _______ her. –
A) hurt B) disappointed C) startled D) touched
Ans. D) touched
26. The narrator thought if the girl thought him –
A) a clever fellow B) an impulsive person C) an idiot D)a romantic fool
Ans. D) a romantic fool
27. The narrator moved along the berth –
A) easily B) happily C) slowly D) angrily
Ans. A) easily
28. In the compartment the narrator felt for the –
A) seat B) window ledge C) berth D) luggage
Ans. B) window ledge
29. Sitting beside the window, the narrator was making a pretence of studying –
A) the telegraph posts B) the hills C) the landscape D)none of these
Ans. C) the landscape
30. The narrator could hear –
A) the shouting of the vendors B) the sound of the horns C) the panting of the engine D) the noise of the passengers
Ans. C) the panting of the engine
31. In his mind’s eye the narrator could see –
A) animals B) wheels C) the landscape D) telegraph posts
Ans. D) telegraph posts
32. From the compartment the narrator described the trees that seemed to be –
A) standing still B) disappearing C) moving D) none of these
Ans. A) standing still
33. The girl asked the narrator if he saw any –
A) forest B) mountains C) rivers D) animals
Ans. D) animals
34.The narrator knew that the forest near Dehra had –
A) a great many animals B) hardly any animals C) a wide variety of trees D) a large number of elephants
Ans.
35. The remark “You have an interesting face” was a ___________________ statement.
A) disgraceful B) quite daring C) disheartening D) rather safe
Ans. B) quite daring
36. According to the narrator few girls can resist –
A) danger B) flattery C) temptation D) humiliation
Ans. B) flattery
37. “Well, an interesting face can also be pretty”- This is said by –
A) the narrator B) the girl C) the co-passenger D) none of them
Ans. A) the narrator
38. The girl in the train compartment thought the narrator to be –
A) gallant B) serious C) gallant and serious D) pretentious [H.S. =2019 & 2022]
Ans. C) gallant and serious.
39.The thought of laughter only made the narrator feel –
A) lonely B) happy C) serious D) troubled and lonely
Ans. D) troubled and lonely
40. The girl could not bear to sit in a train for –
A) half an hour B) more than two or three hours C) less than two hours D) one hour
Ans. B) more than two or three hours
41. The narrator was prepared to sit in the train compartment for almost any length of time, just to –
A) listen to the girl B) enjoy the train journey C) see the beauty of the girl D)see the outside beauty
Ans. A) listen to the girl
42. The girl’s voice had the sparkle of a –
A) singing bird B) music C) mountain stream D) child
Ans. C) mountain stream
43. The memory of the brief encounter with a girl will stay with the narrator –
A) for a while B) for the rest of the journey C) for the rest of the journey and for sometime after D) for his whole life
Ans. C) for the rest of the journey and for sometime after
44. When the girl got ready to collect her things in the train, the narrator thought of her –
A) look B) hair C) dress D) complexion
Ans. B) hair
45. A high-pitched female voice was heard when the train drew slowly into the station. It was the voice of her –
A) mother B) uncle C) aunt D) father
Ans. C) aunt
46. What tantalized the narrator was the –
A) ringing laugh of the girl B) sweet talk of the girl C) melodious voice of the girl D) perfume of her hair [H.S. = 2020]
Ans. D) perfume of her hair.
47. The scent of perfume that lingered in the compartment came from the girl’s –
A) hair B) dress C) face D)mouth
Ans. A) hair
48. A man who got into the compartment at Saharanpur spoke –
A) apologetically B) softly C) happily D) rudely
Ans. A) apologetically
49. “Once again, I had a game to play…”-Here the narrator means to signify the game of –
A) cards B) fortune C) deception D) chance
Ans. C) deception
50. The man who came into the compartment at Saharanpur was –
A) genius B) handsome C) disappointed D) not as attractive as the girl
Ans. D) not as attractive as the girl
51. The narrator asked his new companion if he had noticed the girl’s –
A) hair B) eyes C) face D) dress
Ans. A) hair
52. The new passenger said that the girl had beautiful eyes but she was –
A) blind B) dumb C) deaf D) lame
Ans. A) blind
53. The girl was startled when the narrator first spoke to her because – [WBCHSE model question]
A) she did not see him first B) he was sitting in a dark corner C) she was not used to being spoken to in that manner D) she did not know that there was another person in the compartment
Ans. D) she did not know that there was another person in the compartment
54. “Then I made a mistake.”-The ‘mistake’ that the narrator made was to – [WBCHSE model question]
A) ask a wrong question B) behave rudely with the girl C) let slip the fact that he could not see D) crack a joke
Ans. A) ask a wrong question
55. The game that the narrator played with his fellow travellers was to – [WBCHSE model question]
A) pretend that he could see B) pretend that he couldn’t hear C) make conversation about things around them D) make sure that they did not realise that he could not see
Ans. A) pretend that he could see
56. The new fellow traveller’s remark took the narrator by surprise because – [WBCHSE model question]
A) he said that he did not notice the girl’s hairstyle B) he said that there was no girl at all C) he said that the girl was completely blind D) he said that the girl had no sense of humour
Ans. C) he said that the girl was completely blind
57. What is the narrator’s very first clue about his fellow traveller in the train? – [WBCHSE model question]
A) he knows that she wears slippers, from the way they slap against her heels B) he knows that she has light eyes and golden hair C) he knows that she has a radiant smile D) he knows that she wears glasses
Ans. A) he knows that she wears slippers, from the way they slap against her heels
58. What further arouses his curiosity about her? – [WBCHSE model question]
A) voice B) good looks C) perfume D) sense of humour
Ans. A) voice
59. How does the narrator attempt to strike up a conversation with the girl? – [WBCHSE model question]
A) He asks her where she is going B) He asks her what she does for a living C) He tells her about his childhood D) He talks about the weather outside
Ans. A) He asks her where she is going
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