The Eyes Have It MCQ West Bengal HS Exam
Important MCQ Questions and Answers from the Chapter The Eyes Have It MCQ. WBCHSE Multiple Choice by Expert Crafted for West Bengal HS Examination 2023. Common MCQ Questions and Answers For Class 12 English The Eyes Have It MCQ with Explanation.
MCQ for The Eyes Have It HS exam
Question 1:
The eyes of the narrator were sensitive to
(a) Light
(b) Shadow
(c) Light and darkness
(d) Darkness
Ans:
(c) Light and darkness
Explanation: As the narrator was totally blind, at the time, his eyes were sensitive only to light and darkness .So he was unable to tell what the girl looked like.
Question 2:
The girl was getting off at –
(a) Mussoorie
(b) Saharanpur
(c) Rohana
(d) Dehra
Ans:
(b) Saharanpur
Explanation: The girl was getting off at Saharanpur where her aunt would meet her at the station.
Question 3:
According to the narrator, aunts are usually
(a) Formidable creatures
(b) Amiable at heart
(c) friendly
(d) Repelling
Ans:
(a) Formidable creatures.
Explanation: The narrator remarked aunts as formidable creatures when the young girl said that her aunt would come to receive her at the station.
Question 4:
The lingered after the girl left
(a) Shadow
(b) Memory
(c) Footmarks
(d) The scent of perfume
Ans:
(d) The scent of perfume.
Explanation: As the girl was ready to leave, the narrator wanted to raise his hand to touch her hair , but she moved away .So the scent of girl perfume was still lingered after she left.
Question 5:
The man broke into the narrator’s
(a) Reverie
(b) Dream
(c) Compartment
(d) Thoughts
Ans:
(a) Reverie
Question 6:
The girl said that the narrator was –
(a) Brave
(b) Coward
(c) Shy
(d) Gallant
Ans:
(d) Gallant
Explanation: The young girl compliment the narrator for being a gallant man, when he tried to remark the girl for having in pretty face.
Question 7:
The narrator could not see the girl’s face because—
(a) The girl was in a different coach
(b) He was stone blind
(c) The girl kept her face covered
(d) The narrator’s vision was only sensitive to light and darkness
Ans:
(d) The narrator’s vision was only sensitive to light and darkness.
Explanation: The narrator was unable to identify how the girl looked like because of his sensibility towards light and darkness but he knew that she was wearing slippers that is slapped against her heels.
Question 8:
The couple who came to see the girl off were –
(a) Sorry about her journey
(b) Worried about her comfort
(c) Angry at her conduct
(d) Disappointed at her blindness
Ans:
(b) Worried about her comfort
Explanation: The couple, whom the narrator probably addressed to be the girl’s parents. They were worried about her comfort, further being a blind.
Question 9:
Even the sound made out of the girl’s ___ was beautiful to the narrator’s ears.
(a) Bangles
(b) Ringing laugh
(c) Slippers
(d) Heart beat
Ans:
(c) Slippers
Explanation: The narrator being sensible towards light and darkness, he was unable to examine how the girl looked like, but he understood that she was wearing slippers which slapped against her heels.
Question 10:
“Aunts are usually formidable creatures” – The meaning of the word ‘formidable’ is
(a) Capable
(b) Movable
(c) Dreadful
(d) Charitable
Ans:
(c) Dreadful
Explanation: ‘Dreadful’ or ‘formidable’ means difficult to defect or overcome.
Question 11:
The scent of the perfume from the girl’s hair was –
(a) Tantalizing
(b) Pleasant
(c) Attractive
(d) Repelling
Ans:
(a) Tantalizing
Explanation: As the girl stood up and about to leave, the narrator described the scent of the perfume from her hair was very tantalizing.
Question 12:
The narrator said that the girl had
(a) An intriguing face
(b) An attractive face
(c) An interesting face
(d) An amusing face
Ans:
(c) An interesting face
Explanation: The narrator commented the girl to have an interesting face instead of telling a pretty face, and that indeed impressed the girl.
Question 13:
The girl’s voice had the spark of —
(a) Stars
(b) Ripples
(c) Mountain stream
(d) Diamonds
Ans:
(c) Mountain stream
Explanation: The narrator liked the girls way of talking and he addressed her voice to had the sparkle of a mountain stream.
Question 14:
According to the narrator few girls can resist –
(a) Flattery
(b) Laughter
(c) Gifts
(d) Mockery
Ans:
(a) Flattery
Explanation: The narrator was trying to make the girl comfortable with his pleasant remark. While the other girls might think that flattery.
Question 15:
The narrator was alone in the compartment till
(a) Dehradun
(b) Rohanna
(c) Saherapur
(d) Mussorie
Ans:
(b) Rohanna
Explanation: The narrator who was going to Dehra, was alone in the train compartment till Rohana, later a young girl got into his compartment.
Question 16:
The narrator was actually going to –
(a) Dehradun
(b) Rohanna
(c) Mussorie
(d) Saharanpur
Ans:
(c) Mussorie
Explanation: The narrator was asked by the girl where he was going. He replied that firstly he would stop at Dehra, and after that to Mussoire.
Question 17:
The best time to visit the hill is –
(a) October
(b) November
(c) August
(d) December
Ans:
(a) October
Explanation: The narrator expressed the best timing to visit hills is especially in October. During that times the hills are covered with wild dahlias, the sun shines brightly, and the night view infront of a log fire is extremely amazing.
Question 18:
The girl could not see the narrator because
(a) The compartment was dark
(b) She was blind
(c) The narrator sat in a dark corner
(d) There was a crowd
Ans:
(b) She was blind
Explanation: After the girl left the compartment, the narrator came to know that the girl was blind from his new fellow passenger.
Question 19:
The girl’s hair was
(a) Tied in a bun
(b) Tied in a braid
(c) Cut short
(d) sweet-smelling
Ans:
(c) Cut short
Explanation: The narrator made an imaginary look of the girl. At first, he wondered if she made a loose bun or it was plaited. Later he declared that her hair was hanging loose over her shoulder because of her short hair.
Question 20:
We and the narrator come to know that the girl was blind –
(a) At the start of the story
(b) At the end of the story
(c) In the middle of the story
(d) as soon as the girl starts speaking
Ans:
(b) At the end of the story
Explanation: We and the narrator come to know that the girl was blind from a new fellow traveler who got in the narrator’s compartment. He revealed that the girl was blind at the end of the story.
Question 21:
The narrator is considered lucky by the girl because —
(a) He was blind
(b) He had a blind co-passenger
(c) He had an interesting co-passenger
(d) He was going to Mussorie
Ans:
(d) He was going to Mussorie
Explanation: According to the girl, the narrator was lucky because he was going to Mussorie where she wished to visit as she loves hilly places especially in October.
Question 22:
The thought of laughter would make the narrator feel
(a) Troubled
(b) Lonely
(c) Troubled and lonely
(d) Sad and lonely
Ans:
(c) Troubled and lonely
Explanation: The narrator tried to become frank with the girl and thought of laughing hard, but he felt himself insecure and lonely.
Question 23:
The girl said, she loved the hills especially in –
(a) September
(b) October
(c) November
(d) December
Ans:
(b) October
Explanation: When the girl heard from the narrator that he was going to Mussoorie, she became really excited and wished to visit Mussoorie because she loved hilly place, especially during October.
Question 24:
The girl was tired of people telling her, she had –
(a) An interesting face
(b) Beautiful eyes
(c) A pretty face
(d) Pleasant voice
Ans:
(c) A pretty face
Explanation: The narrator complicated the girl having an interesting face which the girl happy and blush, because other people appreciate her pretty face, but the narrator’s comment for her was something different.
Question 25:
There were some confusion —
(a) On the platform
(b) near the ticket counter
(c) In the doorway
(d) In the next compartment.
Ans:
(c) In the doorway
Explanation: The narrator said that a new fellow traveler got up into his compartment after the girl left her place and got confusion in the doorway.
Question 26:
The girl could not bear to sit in a train for more than
(a) Two or three hours
(b) Three or four hours
(c) Four of five hours
(d) Five or six hours
Ans:
(a) Two or three hours
Explanation: The girl was told by the narrator that her station would be coming soon. She felt some kind of case because she was unable to take a journey for more than two or three hours in a train.
Question 27:
The narrator wanted to prevent the girl from discovering
(a) That he was there in the
(b) That he felt troubled and lonely compartment
(c) That he was blind
(d) That he knew that even the girl was blind
Ans:
(c) That he was blind
Explanation: The narrator was travelling to Rohana by train, where a girl got into his compartment .Being totally blind at the time, his eyes was sensitive to light and darkness. Thus, he did not want to disclose about his blindness to the girl.
Question 28:
According to the narrator, the high-pitched female voice must have belonged to the girl’s.
(a) Sister
(b) Mother
(c) Friend
(d) Aunt
Ans:
(d) Aunt
Explanation: The narrator imagined a high-pitched female voice to be the girls aunt because as the train drew in to the station, a lot of noises were heard near the carriage door. Among them, the girls aunt was the one with high pitched voice.
Question 29:
The girl said that she could not bear to sit in a train more than
(a) two hours
(b) three hours
(c) Two or three hours
(d) four hours
Ans:
(c) two or three hours
Explanation: The girl was told by the narrator that her station would be coming soon. She felt some kind of relief because she was unable to take a journey for more than two or three hours in a train.
Question 30:
”But her next question removed my doubts.”— The next question was —
(a) ”What is it like outside?”
(b) ”Where are you going?”
(c) ”Why don’t you look out of the window?”
(d) ”Do you see any animals?”
Ans: ”
(c) ”Why don’t you look out of the window?”
Explanation: The narrator was confused if the girl noticed about his blindness. But he became sure when she asked him to look outside through the window himself.
Question 31:
The narrator was alone in the train compartment upto
(a) Saharanpur
(b) Dehra
(c) Rehana
(d) Mussorie
Ans:
(c) Rehana
Explanation: The narrator who was going to Dehra, was alone in the train compartment till Rohana, later a young girl got in to his compartment.
More MCQ from Eyes Have It Chapter:
I.) Tick the correct answers:
1.) When did Ruskin Bond born?
(a) 1932 (b) 1933 (c) 1934 (d) 1935
2.) Where is the setting for most of his stories?
(a) himalayas (b) mountains (c) deserts (d) all of these
3.) Which one of these works are the most notable works?
(a) TheRoom on the Roof (b) The Room on the House (c) TheRoof on the Room (d) The Room of the Roof
4.) What kind of irony Bond exploits in the story?
(a) situational (b) sensational (c) sensuous (d) satiric
5.) Where does the two people meet by chance?
(a) rail line (b) railway platform (c) railway compartments (d) railway station
6.) Who was unaware of their individual blindness?
(a) the young boy (b) the girl (c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’ (d) none
7.) Where did the two protagonist of the story meet?
(a) Rihana (b) Rohana (c) Rohanna (d) Roahana
8.) Who gave detailed instructions to the girl?
(a) mother (b) father (c) parents (d) the young man
9.) What was the young man’s eyes sensitive to?
(a) Light (b) darkness (c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’ (d) none
10.) What was the young girl wearing?
(a) boots (b) slippers (c) heels (d) jordans
11.) Which sound did the blind guy like?
(a) thesound of her voice (b) the sound of her heels (c) the sound of her eating (d) the sound of the train
12.) What did the young man ask the girl?
(a) “Are you going all the way to Derha?” (b) “Are you going all the way to Dehla?” (c) “Are you going all the way to Delhi?” (d) “Are you going all the way to Dehra?”
13.) Where was the young man sitting?
(a) corner seats (b) dark seats (c) dark corner (d) dark bogey
14.) Who fail to see what is right in front of them?
(a) people with good eyesight (b) people with bad eyesight (c) people with worst eyesight (d) none of these
15.) Who could see what is right in front of them?
(a) people with good eyesight (b) people who cannot see (c) people with worst eyesight (d) none of these
16.) “But I heard you come in.” Who said these words?
(a) young man (b) young boy (c) young girl (d) young lady
17.) What did the young man didn’t want the girl to know?
(a) that he was late (b) that he was unable to hear (c) that he was blind (d) that he was in love
18.) Where was the girl supposed to get off?
(a) Saharapur (b) Saharanpur (c) Sahapur (d) none
19.) Whom was the girl going to meet with?
(a) aunt (b) mother (c) uncle (d) father
20.) Who are formidable creatures?
(a) aunt (b) mother (c) uncle (d) father
21.) Where was the young man going to get off first?
(a) Mussorie (b) Dehli (c) Dehra (d) HImalays
22.) Where did the girl wished to go?
(a) Mussorie (b) Dehli (c) Dehra (d) HImalays
23.) In which month did the girl loved the hills?
(a) September (b) October (c) November (d) December
24.) What are the hills covered with?
(a) wild dahlias (b) wild dahlia (c) wild daliahs (d) wild dahlais
25.) What did the young man drink in front of the camp fire?
(a) rum (b) whiskey (c) vodka (d) brandy
26.) Which month is the best for visiting the mountains?
(a) September (b) October (c) November (d) December
27.) What did the man though of himself in front of the girl?
(a) romantic hero (b) romantic emotional (c) romantic fool (d) romantic charm
28.) What was open, and the man faced it, making apretenceof studying the landscape?
(a) door (b) watch (c) window (d) bogey
29.) What did the man hear?
(a) panting of the woman (b) panting of the passenger (c) panting of the train (d) panting of the engine
30.) What seemed to be moving while they seemed tobe standing still?
(a) trees (b) train (c) sky (d) all of these
31.) Were there any animals?
(a) Yes (b) No (c) There were only dogs (d) There were only raccoons
32.) Who had an interesting face?
(a) girl (b) young man (c) ticket collector (d) none of these
33.) Who was becoming daring?
(a) girl (b) young man (c) ticket collector (d) none of these
34.) Who laughed pleasantly?
(a) girl (b) young man (c) ticket collector (d) none of these
35.) What canan interesting face alsobe?
(a) beautiful (b) annonying (c) pretty (d) gorgeous
36.) Who was very gallant?
(a) girl (b) young man (c) ticket collector (d) father
37.) Which thought made him feel troubledand lonely?
(a) love (b) mockery (c) flattery (d) laughter
38.) For how much time could she not bear to sit in a train?
(a) 2 hours (b) 4 hours (c) 6 hours (d) 2-3 hours
39.) What had the sparkle of a mountain stream?
(a) her humour (b) her voice (c) her face (d) her charm
40.) What changed their sound and rhythm?
(a) the carriagewheels (b) the train wheels (c) the engine wheels (d) the girl
41.) What did the man wonder about the girls hair?
(a) if it was platted (b) if it was bun (c) if it was cut short (d) all of these
42.) Who had a high-pitched female voice near the carriage door?
(a) her aunt (b) her mother (c) the girl (d) none
43.) What was tantalising the man?
(a) perfume of her dress (b) perfume on her body (c) perfume on her hair (d) perfume on her luggage
44.) What did the man want to raise; and touch?
(a) hand; luggage (b) hair; hand (c) hand; hair (d) hand; dress
45.) What still lingered where she had stood?
(a) scent of hair (b) scent of dress (c) scent of luggage (d) scent of perfume
46.) Who got into the compartment, and stammered an apology?
(a) the young man (b) another man (c) aunt (d) girl
47.) Where did the man return to?
(a) berth (b) seat (c) bogey (d) train
48.) Who blew his whistle and they moved off?
(a) ticket conductor (b) lines man (c) referee (d) guard
49.) What groaned and shook?
(a) carriage (b) wheels (c) train (d) whistle\
50.) “Can you tell me-did she keep her hair long or short?” Who said these words?
(a) the young man (b) another man (c) aunt (d) girl
Answers:
1.) c
2.) b
3.) a
4.) a
5.) c
6.) c
7.) b
8.) a
9.) c
10.) b
11.) a
12.) d
13.) c
14.) a
15.) b
16.) c
17.) c
18.) b
19.) a
20.) a
21.) c
22.) a
23.) b
24.) a
25.) d
26.) b
27.) c
28.) c
29.) d
30.) a
31.) b
32.) a
33.) b
34.) a
35.) c
36.) b
37.) d
38.) d
39.) b
40.) a
41.) d
42.) a
43.) c
44.) c
45.) d
46.) b
47.) a
48.) d
49.) a
50.) a
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