The Eyes Have It by Ruskin Bond
Multiple Choice Question from ‘The Eyes Have It’ by Ruskin Bond
1. According to Ruskin Bond, the best time for visiting the hills is-
(a) September
(b) October
(c) November
(d) December
Answer: (b) October
2. The narrator travelled alone in the train up to –
(a) Rohana
(b) Mussoorie
(c) Dehra
(d) Delhi
Answer: (a) Rohana
3. From Dehra, Ruskin Bond was going to
(a) Mussoorie
(b) Rohana
(c) a hill station
(d) Saharanpur
Answer: (a) Mussoorie
4. In October, hills are Covered with –
(a) Dahlia
(b) Lotus
(c) Orchids
(d) Tulips
Answer: (a) Dahlia
5. According to the blind narrator
(a) few girls can resist flattery
(b) all girls like flattery
(c) all girls can resist flattery
(d) no girls like flattery
Answer: (a) few girls can resist flattery
6. The narrator was to get down at –
(a) Dehra
(b) Rohana
(c) Mussoorie
(d) Saharanpur
Answer: (a) Dehra
7. “It would stay with me for the rest of the journey”-Here `it’ refers to the
(a) sweet smile of the girl
(b) sweet words of the girl logo
(c) terrible shock
(d) memory of his brief encounter with the girl
Answer: (d) memory of his brief encounter with the girl
8. The couple with the girl were –
(a) Her Perents
(b) Grand Parents
(c) Uncle & Aunts
(d) Teacher
Answer: (a) Her Perents
9. The person who broke into the narrator’s reverie was-
(a) the girl
(b) the new/ third passenger
(c) the girl’s aunt
(d) the girl’s parents
Answer: (b) the new/ third passenger
10. “Then I made a mistake” The mistake that the narrator made was –
(a) To ask a wrong question
(b) To behave rudely with the girl
(c) To let slip the fact that could not see
(d) To crack a joke
Answer: (a) To ask a wrong question
11. The girl could not bear to sit in a train for more than-
(a) one hour
(b) two hours
(c) two or three hours
(d) six or seven hours
Answer: (c) two or three hours
12. The blind girl got in the train at –
(a) Rohana
(b) Mussoorie
(c) Dehra
(d) Kanpur
Answer: (a) Rohana
13. The writer of ‘The eyes have it’ is –
(a) Ruskin Bond
(b) John keats
(c) Longston Huges
(d) None of these
Answer: (A) Ruskin Bond
14. The voice of the girl had the sparkle of
(a) a mountain stream
(b) a star
(c) glitter
(d) fireworks
Answer: (a) a mountain stream
15. The blind girl said that she would get off at- [HS 2016]
(a) Nainital
(b) Mussoorie
(c) Dehra
(d) Saharanpur
Answer: (d) Saharanpur
16. The blind girl said that she loved the- [HS’17]
(a) tree
(b) animals
(c) hills
(d) forests
Answer: (c) hills
17. The narrator was unable to tell what the girl looked like because
(a) He was blind
(b) She covered her face
(c) The girl sat in a dark corner
(d) The girl was blind
Answer: (a) He was blind
18. The narrator’s eyes were sensitive to
(a) Light only
(b) Darkness only
(c) Both light and darkness
(d) Neither light nor darkness
Answer: (c) Both light and darkness
19. The woman did not instruct the girl about
(a) Keeping her things
(b) Leaning out of the window
(c) Speaking to strangers
(d) Having food during her journey
Answer: (d) Having food during her journey
20. The person who entered the compartment at Rohana was
(a) A young man
(b) A boy
(c) A girl
(d) An old lady
Answer: (c) A girl