The Eyes Have It MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

 

Chapter - 1

The Eyes Have It 

-Ruskin Bond

MCQ ( Multiple Choice Questions )

1. The story, ‘The Eyes Have It” is written by –

a. Khushwant Singh

b. Ruskin Bond

c. Rabindranath Tagore

d. James Joyce

Ans. b. Ruskin Bond

2.” The Eyes Have It” is an/a –

a.Autobiography

b.Short story

c.Novel

d.Essay

Ans. b. Short story

3. The couple that saw the girl off at the station was probably her-

a.Relatives

b.Colleagues

c.Parents

d.Friends

Ans. c. Parents

3. The girl’s parents seemed very anxious about her comfort because –

a.She was homesick

b.She was blind

c.She boarded a train for the first time

d.She was young and charming

Ans. b. She was blind.

4. The eyes of the narrator were sensitive to –

a.Light

b.Shadow

c.Light and darkness

d.Darkness

Ans. c. Light and darkness.

5. The narrator’s voice in ‘The Eyes Have It’ –

a.Worried the girl

b.Scared the girl

c.Displeased the girl

d.Startled the girl

Ans. d. startled the girl.

6. According to the narrator people with good eyesight often fail to see things in front of them because –

a.They don’t care about anything else

b.They actually cannot see

c.They have too much to take in

d.They avoid the people in front of them.

Ans. c. They have too much to take in.

7. The narrator decided to conceal his blindness from the girl by –

a.Keeping quiet

b.Keeping to his seat

c.Putting a finger on his lips

d.Quarrelling

Ans. b. keeping to his seat.

8. The journey in ‘The Eyes Have It’ took place in the month of-

a.May

b.October

c.July

d.December

Ans. b. October.

9. From Dehra, Ruskin Bond was going to –

a.Mussoorie

b.Rohana

c.Hill station

d.Saharanpur

Ans.  a. Mussoorie

10. The blind girl said that she loved the –

a.Tree

b.Animals

c.Hills

d.Forests

Ans. c. Hills.

11. In October the hills are covered with –

a.Moss

b.Pine trees

c.Wild Dahlias’

d.Sunflowers.

Ans. c. Wild Dahlias.

12. How are the roads of Mussoorie in the month of October –

a.Crowded

b.Quiet

c.Beautiful

d.Quiet and almost deserted.

Ans.  d. Quiet and almost deserted.

13. ‘Then I made a mistake.’ –The mistake was made by-

a.The girl

b.The girls aunt

c.The co-passenger

d.The narrator

Ans. d. The narrator

14. In the compartment, the narrator felt for the-

a.Seat

b.Berth

c.Window-ledge

d.Luggage

Ans. c. Window ledge.

15.The girl in the train compartment thought the narrator to be –

a.Gallant

b.Serious

c.Gallant and serious

d.Pretentious

Ans. c. gallant and serious.

16. The girl felt relieved as the journey was –

a.A short one

b.A long one

c.Boring

d.Comfortable

Ans.  a. A short one

17. The perfume of the girl’s hair was so tantalizing that the narrator –

a.Touched her hair

b.Wanted to raise his hand to touch her hair

c.Came close to her and touched her hair

d.Smelt her hair and wanted to touch it

Ans. b. wanted to raise his hand to touch her hair.

18. There was 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.

19. The narrator wanted to know from the passenger about the girls –

a.Face

b.Movement

c.Hairstyle

d.Voice

Ans. c. Hairstyle.

20. The surprise of the story is-

a.The girl is also blind like the narrator

b.The parents of the girl are known to the narrator

c.The aunt of the girl is known to the narrator

d.The narrator knows the girl since childhood.

Ans. a. The girl is also blind like the narrator.