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The Night Train At Deoli
Ruskin Bond
The Night Train At Deoli MCQ (Top 50 Multiple Choice Questions)
1. The narrator would spend his summer vacations at/in—
(A) Dehra
(B) Mussourie
(C) Delhi
(D) Deoli
Ans: (A) Dehra
2. When he was a college student the narrator would spend his summer vacations at—
(A) the hostel
(B) his friend’s house
(C) his grandmother’s place
(D) Delhi
Ans: (C) his grandmother’s place
3. How far is Dehra from Deoli?
(A) 20 miles
(B) 30 miles
(C) 30 kilometers
(D) 40 miles
Ans: (B) 30 miles
4. The narrator would return from his grandmother’s place—
(A) early in May
(B) late in July
(C) late in June
(D) late in May
Ans: (B) late in July
5. What marked the beginning of heavy jungles of the Indian Terai?
(A) Dehra
(B) Deoli
(C) Delhi
(D) Darjeeling
Ans: (B) Deoli
6. The train in which the narrator travelled would reach Deoli—
(A) at 5 p.m
(B) at 5 a.m.
(C) at 4 p.m
(D) at 4 a.m
Ans: (B) at 5 a.m.
7. At dawn the station at Deoli was dimly lighted with—
(A) electric bulbs
(B) oil-lamps
(C) gas lights
(D) both electric bulbs and oil-lamps
Ans: (D) both electric bulbs and oil-lamps
8. The jungle across the railway tracks would just be visible in the faint light of—
(A) electric bulbs
(B) dawn
(C) oil-lamps
(D) the setting sun
Ans: (B) dawn
9. Deoli station had—
(A) only lone platform
(B) a stationmaster’s office
(C) a waiting room
(D) all the three
Ans: (D) all the three
10. The train would halt at Deoli for—
(A) 5 minutes
(B) 10 minutes
(C) 15 minutes
(D) 20 minutes
Ans: (B) 10 minutes
11. How did the narrator feel for the lonely little platform at Deoli?
(A) sorry
(B) joy
(C) sad
(D) annoyed
Ans: (A) sorry
12. How old was the narrator in the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’?
(A) 15 years
(B) 16 years
(C) 17 years
(D) 18 years
Ans: (D) 18 years
13. The girl who came down the platform at Deoli was selling—
(A) biscuits
(B) baskets
(C) tea
(D) fruits
Ans: (B) baskets
14. The narrator, in the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ never found—
(A) any coolies
(B) stray dogs
(C) fruit vendor
(D) tea-stall
Ans: (A) any coolies
15. The narrator decided to get off the train at Deoli and spend the day there—
(A) to visit the town
(B) to take tea
(C) to enjoy an outing
(D) just to please the town
Ans: (D) just to please the town
16. Which of the following words describes the skin of the basket-seller?
(A) pale
(B) black
(C) dark
(D) shiny
Ans: (D) shiny
17. Which of the following words describes the eyes of the basket-seller?
(A) dignified
(B) shiny
(C) dark and troubled
(D) pale and shiny
Ans: (C) dark and troubled
18. The basket-seller was walking—
(A) slowly but steadily
(B) fast and carelessly
(C) gracefully and with dignity
(D) none
Ans: (C) gracefully and with dignity
19. When the narrator was looking at the basket-seller—
(A) she at first pretended not to notice
(B) noticed the narrator intently
(C) she responded instinctively
(D) did not care for the narrator
Ans: (A) she at first pretended not to notice
20. When the narrator went to the tea stall the owner of the stall
(A) counting coins
(B) preparing tea
(C) talking with his customers
(D) busy in serving tea somewhere on the train
Ans: (D) busy in serving tea somewhere on the train
21. The basket-seller was a/an—
(A) young girl
(B) old lady
(C) a fashionable lady
(D) a middle-aged woman
Ans: (A) young girl
22. The young girl in the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ asked the narrator—
(A) to buy a basket
(B) about his destination
(C) to halt there
(D) to help her
Ans: (A) to buy a basket
23. How much did the narrator pay for the basket—
(A) two rupees
(B) five rupees
(C) a rupee
(D) twelve and a half annas
Ans: (C) a rupee
24. What happened when the narrator refused to buy a basket from the girl?
(A) the girl turned pale
(B) the girl went away
(C) they stood looking at each other
(D) the girl didn’t say anything
Ans: (C) they stood looking at each other
25. As the narrator gave the girl a rupee for buying a basket—
(A) he touched her fingers
(B) he hardly dared to touch her fingers
(C) she was very much pleased
(D) she touched his fingers
Ans: (B) he hardly dared to touch her fingers
26. The girl claimed that the baskets were—
(A) strong and made of finest cane
(B) soft and made of finest cane
(C) strong and made of finest polymer
(D) soft and made of finest polymer
Ans: (A) strong and made of finest cane
27. As the train left Deoli the narrator was watching—
(A) the platform
(B) the basket seller
(C) the signal box
(D) the jungle
Ans: (B) the basket seller
28. When the jungle hid the station, the narrator could still see—
(A) the tea stall
(B) the fruit vendor
(C) the lone platform
(D) the basket seller standing alone
Ans: (D) the basket seller standing alone
29. When the narrator reached Dehra after the first meeting, the Incident—
(A) became distant
(B) became blurred
(C) became blurred and distant
(D) became a lasting memory
Ans: (C) became blurred and distant
30. The memory of the girl revived in the narrator—
(A) two days later
(B) two months later
(C) two weeks later
(D) two years later
Ans: (B) two months later
31. The narrator remembered the girl when—
(A) he was making the return journey
(B) he was again going to Dehra
(C) he was alone in Dehra
(D) he was talking with his grandmother
Ans: (A) he was making the return journey
32. As the train drew into the platform, the narrator, on his return journey, was looking for—
(A) the signal box
(C) the tea stall
(B) the heavy jungles
(D) the basket-seller
Ans: (D) the basket-seller
33. When the narrator saw the basket-seller on his return journey—
(A) he felt an unexpected thrill
(B) he felt nothing special
(C) he felt sad
(D) none of the above
Ans: (A) he felt an unexpected thrill
34. When the girl saw the narrator who was returning from Dehra, the girl—
(A) smiled
(B) cried
(C) waved to him
(D) didn’t respond
Ans: (A) smiled
35. The girl in ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ was pleased because—
(A) the narrator remembered her
(B) the narrator bought a basket
(C) the narrator went to the tea stall
(D) the narrator gave her five rupees
Ans: (A) the narrator remembered her
36. The narrator was pleased that—
(A) the girl didn’t ask her to buy any basket
(B) the girl remembered him
(C) the girl talked freely with him
(D) the girl looked at her with shyness
Ans: (B) the girl remembered him
37. The second meeting between the narrator and the girl was almost like—
(A) a meeting of good friends
(B) a meeting of two enemies
(C) a meeting of old friends
(D) a meeting of new friends
Ans: (C) a meeting of old friends
38. In the second meeting between the narrator and the girl, the girl’s dark eyes were—
(A) suddenly filled with light
(B) smouldering like fire
(C) filled with tears
(D) filled with sorrow
Ans: (A) suddenly filled with light
39. When the girl saw the narrator for the second time she—
(A) stopped selling baskets
(B) began to sell basket
(C) requested the narrator to buy a basket
(D) waved her hands to the narrator
Ans: (A) stopped selling baskets
40. The narrator could not bear the thought of—
(A) separation from the girl
(B) seeking leave from the girl
(C) asking her to be his partner
(D) having to watch her recede into the distance of Deoli station
Ans: (D) having to watch her recede into the distance of Deoli station
41. The narrator caught the girl’s hand and held it during his—
(A) first meeting
(B) second meeting
(C) third meeting
(D) fourth meeting
Ans: (B) second meeting
42. Before parting after second meeting, the narrator told the girl that he was going to—
(A) Kolkata
(B) Dehra
(C) Deoli
(D) Delhi
Ans: (D) Delhi
43. After the first meeting the guard blew his whistle—
(A) as the narrator bade goodbye to the girl
(B) as the girl was about to speak
(C) as the signal nodded
(D) none of these
Ans: (B) as the girl was about to speak
44. The parting words of the girl after the first meeting was lost—
(A) in the clanging of the bell
(B) the hissing of the engine
(C) the whistle of the guard
(D) all the three
Ans: (D) all the three
45. After the second meeting the narrator had to wrench his hand away from the girl because—
(A) someone was following them
(B) the girl didn’t like the narrator
(C) the narrator did not like the girl
(D) the train started moving
Ans: (D) the train started moving
46. In response to the narrator’s query about whether the girl would be there or not, the girl—
(A) lamented
(B) turned her face
(C) nodded
(D) smiled
Ans: (C) nodded
47. When the college term finished, the narrator left for Dehra—
(A) earlier than usual
(B) later than usual
(C) as usual
(D) none of these
Ans: (A) earlier than usual
48. After the second encounter with the girl the narrator—
(A) forgot her
(B) did not forget her
(C) remembered during the train journey
(D) none of these
Ans: (B) did not forget her
49. As the narrator could not find the girl at Deoli station, he was—
(A) deeply disappointed
(B) overtaken by a sense of foreboding
(C) partly happy
(D) both A and B
Ans: (D) both A and B
50. As the narrator could not find the girl at Deoli station, he—
(A) went to police station
(B) went to station-master
(C) asked the fruit vendor
(D) went to the girl’s home
Ans: (B) went to station-master
51. When the narrator asked the station-master about the basket- seller, the station-master told him that—
(A) she had gone away
(B) she would come after a week
(C) he knew nothing about the girl
(D) she was ill
Ans: (C) he knew nothing about the girl
52. The station-master advised the narrator—
(A) to ask the fruit vendor
(B) to contact the owner of the tea stall
(C) to get on the train if he didn’t want to be left behind
(D) none of these
Ans: (C) to get on the train if he didn’t want to be left behind
53. The narrator had seen the basket-seller girl—
(A) only once
(B) twice
(C) thrice
(D) never
Ans: (B) twice
54. In the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ the narrator knew—
(A) the girl’s name
(B) only the girl’s address
(C) nothing about the girl
(D) only the girl’s age
Ans: (C) nothing about the girl
55. The narrator’s grandmother was—
(A) very much pleased for his earlier-than-usual visit
(B) not pleased with his visit as he stayed for a short duration
(C) surprised to see him earlier-than-usual
(D) anxious to see him earlier-than-usual
Ans: (B) not pleased with his visit as he stayed for a short duration
56. The narrator took the train back to the plains after a short duration—
(A) to meet the girl whom he had seen twice
(B) to ask further questions of the station-master at Deoli
(C) to sit for the term-end examination
(D) to go to his friend’s house in Delhi
Ans: (B) to ask further questions of the station-master at Deoli
57. The previous station-master—
(A) had been promoted to higher rank
(B) was on leave
(C) transferred to another post
(D) had left the job
Ans: (C) transferred to another post
58. The new station-master in the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’—
(A) didn’t know anything about the basket-seller girl
(B) knew the basket-seller girl
(C) heard of the basket-seller girl
(D) was a distant relative of the basket-seller girl
Ans: (A) didn’t know anything about the basket-seller girl
59. The owner of the tea-stall informed the narrator that—
(A) the girl would come to the station the next day
(B) the girl had stopped coming to the station
(C) the girl had got married
(D) the girl would not come again
Ans: (B) the girl had stopped coming to the station
60. The narrator decided to spend a day in the town of Deoli—
(A) to meet the station-master
(B) to meet the fruit-vendor
(C) to find the owner of the tea-stall
(D) to find the girl who had stolen his heart
Ans: (D) to find the girl who had stolen his heart
61. The narrator admits that the girl had stolen his heart—
(A) with her dignity and sophistication
(B) with nothing but a look from her dark, impatient eyes
(C) with her fashionable dress and ornaments
(D) with her soft voice and sweet appearance
Ans: (B) with nothing but a look from her dark, impatient eyes
62. The narrator couldn’t bring himself to break journey at Deoli simply because —
(A) he was a fictional hero
(B) he didn’t like the place
(C) he didn’t find the girl
(D) he was afraid of discovering what really happened to the girl
Ans: (D) he was afraid of discovering what really happened to the girl
63. The narrator guessed that perhaps—
(A) the girl was no longer in Deoli
(B) the girl was married
(C) the girl had fallen ill
(D) all these
Ans: (D) all these
64. If the narrator in the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ were a filmic or fictional hero —
(A) he would have got down at Deoli
(B) he would have cleaned the mystery
(C) he would have reached a suitable ending of the whole thing
(D) all the three
Ans: (D) all the three
65. The narrator will never break his journey at Deoli because—
(A) it may spoil his game
(B) it may spoil his fascination for Deoli
(C) it may hurt him terribly
(D) it may shatter his imagination
Ans: (A) it may spoil his game
66. Who is the narrator in the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’?
(A) a 18 years old college student
(B) a girl who sells basket
(C) a hero in a novel
(D) a hero in a film
Ans: (A) a 18 years old college student
67. Where does the narrator meet the young girl in the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’?
(A) on a crowded bus-stop
(B) in a bustling marketplace
(C) on the railway platform at Deoli
(D) in a quiet park
Ans: (C) on the railway platform at Deoli
68. What is the narrator captivated by in the young girl? [Text Book Question]
(A) her bright and cheerful personality
(B) her loud and assertive voice
(C) her quiet dignity and dark, troubled eyes
(D) her expensive and colourful clothes
Ans: (C) her quiet dignity and dark, troubled eyes
69. What does the narrator’s repeated visits to Deoli station suggest? [Text Book Question]
(A) he needs to catch a train there frequently
(B) he enjoys the scenery of the place
(C) he hopes to meet the young girl again
(D) he has business dealings in the town
Ans: (C) he hopes to meet the young girl again
70. What is the narrator’s primary motivation for visiting Deoli station? [Text Book Question]
(A) he needs to catch a specific train departing from there
(B) he enjoys the bustling atmosphere of the railway platform
(C) he hopes to encounter the young girl again
(D) he is on a business trip to the town of Deoli
Ans: (C) he hopes to encounter the young girl again
71. What physical characteristic of the young girl draws the narrator’s attention? [HS Model Question ’24; WBCHSE]
(A) her bright and colourful clothing
(B) her warm and friendly smile
(C) her dark and troubled eyes
(D) her loud and boisterous voice
Ans: (C) her dark and troubled eyes
72. The story’s title, ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ suggests a sense of—
(A) excitement and adventure
(B) bustling activity and commerce
(C) mystery and longing
(D) comfort and familiarity
Ans: (C) mystery and longing
73. Which words best describe the narrator’s emotional state in the story? [HS Model Question ’24; WBCHSE]
(A) indifference and boredom
(B) anger and frustration
(C) tenderness and longing
(D) exuberance and joy
Ans: (C) tenderness and longing
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