‘The Eyes Have It’ by Ruskin Bond – Questions and Answers(M.C.Q.), Class 12, WBCHSE


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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