The Night Train at Deoli MCQ Class 12 Semester III

The Night Train at Deoli MCQ Class 12 Semester III

1. What does the narrator do every time he passes through Deoli?
(a) He gets down from the train and explores the town
(b) He looks out of the carriage window, hoping to see the girl
(c) He meets the station master and asks about the girl
(d) He ignores the town and sleeps in his compartment.
Answer: (b) He looks out of the carriage window, hoping to see the girl ✓

2. Why does the narrator prefer not to break his journey at Deoli?
(a) He is afraid of the girl
(b) He is busy with other things
(c) He is not interested in the girl anymore
(d) He is afraid of discovering the truth about the girl.
Answer: (d) He is afraid of discovering the truth about the girl. ✓

3. What was the narrator afraid to discover about the girl?
(a) That she was no longer in Deoli
(b) That she was in love with him
(c) That she was not interested in him
(d) That she was not real.
Answer: (a) That she was no longer in Deoli ✓

4. How did the narrator console himself after not finding the girl at Deoli station?
(a) He took it normally
(b) He decided to go to her house
(c) He decided to meet her next time
(d) He thought of a break journey and searching for her.
Answer: (c) He decided to meet her next time ✓

5. What did the narrator of the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ see outside the station yard?
(a) a market
(b) a mango tree and dusty road
(c) railway quarters
(d) the railway railings.
Answer: (b) a mango tree and dusty road ✓

6. Why did the narrator feel sorry for Deoli station?
(a) for its loneliness
(b) for no coolies
(c) for its lack of light
(d) for its poor appearance.
Answer: (d) for its poor appearance. ✓

7. How long would the night train stop at the station of Deoli as mentioned in the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’?
(a) 5 minutes
(b) 15 minutes
(c) less than 10 minutes
(d) exactly 10 minutes.
Answer: (d) exactly 10 minutes. ✓

8. What was the initial reaction of the narrator to the station of Deoli?
(a) indifference
(b) fear
(c) excitement
(d) disappointment.
Answer: (d) disappointment. ✓

9. Which one of the following was not found at Deoli station?
(a) platform
(b) coolie
(c) station master’s office
(d) waiting room.
Answer: (b) coolie ✓

10. Where does the Indian Terai jungle begin, according to the story, ‘The Night Train at Deoli’?
(a) Dehra
(b) Delhi
(c) Dhanbad
(d) Deoli.
Answer: (d) Deoli. ✓

11. Why does the narrator refer to the encounter as “a dream that he can never revisit”?
(a) Because the girl was ignorant of his imagination
(b) Because he was in Deoli for a very short time
(c) Because the girl had rejected him
(d) Because the moment left no lasting emotional import.
Answer: (b) Because he was in Deoli for a very short time ✓

12. What does the night train symbolize in the story?
(a) The inevitability of change
(b) An opportunity to escape for the narrator
(c) a break from the monotony of life
(d) A symbol of the narrator’s journey into adulthood.
Answer: (a) The inevitability of change ✓

13. What was notable about the basket-selling girl’s eyes as observed by the narrator of ‘The Night Train at Deoli’?
(a) They were bright and cheerful
(b) They were dark and troubled
(c) They were pale and lifeless
(d) They were shiny and black.
Answer: (b) They were dark and troubled ✓

14. What did the basket-selling girl do when she came to the narrator’s window?
(a) She smiled
(b) She stopped and pretended not to notice the narrator
(c) She walked away
(d) She started talking to the narrator.
Answer: (b) She stopped and pretended not to notice the narrator ✓

15. Who did the narrator of the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ meet at the station Deoli?
(a) a bucket-selling girl
(b) a flower girl
(c) a tea-selling girl
(d) a basket-selling girl.
Answer: (d) a basket-selling girl ✓

16. Why did the narrator of the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ want to spend a day in the town?
(a) to meet the people there
(b) to learn more about the place
(c) to please the town
(d) to travel for adventure.
Answer: (c) to please the town ✓

17. What is the narrator’s occupation in the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’?
(a) School student
(b) College student
(c) University student
(d) Writer.
Answer: (b) College student ✓

18. What does the narrator’s repeated visits to Deoli station suggest?
(a) He needs to catch a train there frequently
(b) He enjoys the scenery of the place
(c) He hopes to meet the girl again
(d) He has business dealings in the town.
Answer: (c) He hopes to meet the girl again ✓

19. What is the narrator captivated by in the young girl?
(a) Her bright and cheerful personality
(b) Her loud and assertive voice
(c) Her quiet dignity and dark, troubled eyes
(d) Her expressive and colourful clothes.
Answer: (c) Her quiet dignity and dark, troubled eyes ✓

20. Where does the narrator meet the young girl in the story?
(a) On a crowded bus stop
(b) In a bustling marketplace
(c) On the railway platform at Deoli
(d) In a quiet park.
Answer: (c) On the railway platform at Deoli ✓

21. What was the narrator’s emotional state when the train drew into Deoli for the third time of his journey to Dehra?
(a) He was calm and confident
(b) He was sad and depressed
(c) He was excited and cheerful
(d) He was nervous and anxious.
Answer: (d) He was nervous and anxious ✓

22. What did the narrator want to do when he saw the basket-selling girl for the second time?
(a) He wanted to buy a basket from her.
(b) He wanted to put her on the train and take her away with him
(c) He wanted to ignore her
(d) He wanted to walk away.
Answer: (b) He wanted to put her on the train and take her away with him ✓

23. What happened to the narrator’s attempt to hear the girl’s final words?
(a) He heard her clearly
(b) Her words were lost in the sounds of the bell and the engine
(c) She did not say anything
(d) He was not interested in listening to her.
Answer: (b) Her words were lost in the sounds of the bell and the engine ✓

24. What was unusual about the basket-selling girl’s behavior when she saw the narrator for the second time?
(a) She was angry
(b) She did not go down the length of the train selling baskets
(c) She did not smile
(d) She did not wave.
Answer: (b) She did not go down the length of the train selling baskets ✓

25. What did the basket-selling girl do after the narrator walked across to the tea stall?
(a) She went back to her seat
(b) She followed the narrator behind the stall
(c) She started crying
(d) She went to the cottage door.
Answer: (b) She followed the narrator behind the stall ✓

26. What was the narrator determined to do when he met the girl for the third time at Deoli?
(a) not to stand helplessly before her
(b) to ask her for her feelings
(c) to tell her to forget him
(d) to ignore her.
Answer: (a) not to stand helplessly before her ✓

27. What did the basket-selling girl do when she saw the narrator a second time?
(a) She ignored him
(b) She smiled
(c) She waved
(d) She walked away.
Answer: (b) She smiled ✓

28. How did the narrator feel when he saw the basket-selling girl at the station for the second time?
(a) He felt indifferent
(b) He felt annoyed
(c) He felt an unexpected thrill
(d) He felt sad.
Answer: (c) He felt an unexpected thrill ✓

29. What was the narrator’s perception of the basket-selling girl that persisted throughout the year?
(a) a fleeting infatuation
(b) a bright, living thing
(c) a nostalgic memory
(d) a casual acquaintance.
Answer: (a) a fleeting infatuation ✓

30. To whom did the narrator enquire of the girl when he could find her at Deoli?
(a) the tea-stall owner
(b) a railway officer
(c) a vendor
(d) the station master.
Answer: (d) the station master. ✓

31. What was the station master’s response to the narrator’s query about the girl?
(a) He refused to tell him anything
(b) He asked the narrator to wait for the girl to come
(c) He said he didn’t know her
(d) He told him to go to the town to meet her.
Answer: (c) He said he didn’t know her ✓

32. How much did the narrator pay the girl for buying a basket from her?
(a) 50 paise
(b) 5 rupees
(c) 10 rupees
(d) 1 rupee.
Answer: (d) 1 rupee. ✓

33. What did the narrator do when the basket-selling girl put out her hand for one of the baskets?
(a) He caught her hand and held it
(b) He gave her the basket
(c) He walked away
(d) He ignored her.
Answer: (a) He caught her hand and held it ✓

34. How did the narrator feel about the basket-selling girl?
(a) He was annoyed by her
(b) He was indifferent to her
(c) He was attracted to her
(d) He was scared of her.
Answer: (c) He was attracted to her ✓

35. What kind of mentality is shown by the narrator thinking to take away the basket-selling girl with him on the train?
(a) impulsive and romantic
(b) practical and responsible
(c) daring and adventurous
(d) indifferent and careless.
Answer: (a) impulsive and romantic ✓

36. What did the girl ask the narrator of the story ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ to buy?
(a) a bucket
(b) a basket
(c) a drink
(d) a cup of tea.
Answer: (b) a basket ✓

37. What was the narrator’s initial response to the basket-selling girl asking him to buy a basket?
(a) He eagerly accepted
(b) He asked for a discount
(c) He simply ignored her
(d) He politely declined.
Answer: (b) He asked for a discount ✓

38. How did the girl react upon hearing the news of narrator going to Delhi?
(a) She nodded in agreement
(b) Her eyes were filled with light
(c) She was eager to accompany him
(d) She nodded in disapproval.
Answer: (b) Her eyes were filled with light ✓

39. What happened to the narrator’s memory of the girl after their initial meeting?
(a) He forgot her
(b) He remembered her only vaguely
(c) He remembered her all the time
(d) He tried to forget her.
Answer: (a) He forgot her ✓

40. Why did the narrator leave for Dehra earlier than usual?
(a) He was eager to see his friends
(b) He was bored with college
(c) He was eager to meet the girl again
(d) He was eager to see his grandmother
Answer: (c) He was eager to meet the girl again ✓

Full in the Blanks

1. The narrator could not forget the girl’s face and her dark ______ eyes.
(a) radiant
(b) eloquent
(c) silent
(d) smouldering.
Answer: (d) smouldering ✓

2. The girl was wearing a shawl because it was a ______ morning.
(a) cold
(b) chilly
(c) winter
(d) breezy.
Answer: (a) cold ✓

3. The basket-selling girl was _____ after her meeting with the narrator.
(a) pensive
(b) happy
(c) graceful
(d) sad.
Answer: (b) happy ✓

4. The narrator described the geographical landscape of where he attended college as the ______.
(a) plains
(b) valleys
(c) mountains
(d) coasts.
Answer: (a) plains ✓

5. The story depicts the narrator as an ______ year old college student.
(a) twenty
(b) nineteen
(c) seventeen
(d) eighteen.
Answer: (d) eighteen ✓

6. The relative of the narrator, with whom he used to spend his summer vacations, was his ______.
(a) grandmother
(b) uncle and aunt
(c) grandauntie
(d) grandfather.
Answer: (a) grandmother ✓

7. The narrator was attracted to the basket-selling girl for the first time because of her _____.
(a) clothes
(b) looks
(c) shoes
(d) self-confidence.
Answer: (d) self-confidence ✓

8. The short story “The Night Train at Deoli” is written in _______ person narrative.
(a) second
(b) third
(c) first
(d) omnipresent.
Answer: (c) first ✓

9. The thrill that the narrator felt when he saw the girl walking up the platform, was ______.
(a) unusual
(b) unexpected
(c) extraordinary
(d) much anticipated.
Answer: (b) unexpected ✓

10. The basket-selling girl expressed her ______ when the narrator expressed his obligation to go to Delhi.
(a) disagreement
(b) sadness
(c) happiness
(d) acknowledgement.
Answer: (d) acknowledgement. ✓

Assertion-Reason Type

1. Assertion (A): The narrator sat awake for the rest of the journey.
Reason (R): He could not rid his mind of the picture of the girl.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true.
Answer: (a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A ✓

2. Assertion (A): The narrator was thrilled.
Reason (R): The narrator saw the girl walking up the platform of Deoli station.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true.
Answer: (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A ✓

3. Assertion (A): The narrator expressed his desire to talk to the girl further.
Reason (R): The girl simply ignored the narrator.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true.
Answer: (c) A is true, but R is false ✓

4. Assertion (A): The station Deoli was not remarkable.
Reason (R): No passenger ever got off or in the train.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true.
Answer: (a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A ✓

5. Assertion (A): The narrator wanted to spend a day at Deoli.
Reason (R): He liked to visit the jungle at Deoli.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true.
Answer: (c) A is true, but R is false ✓

6. Assertion (A): The narrator was pleased.
Reason (R): The girl remembered him.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true.
Answer: (a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A ✓

Rearrangement of Sentences on Prescribed Sequence

1. (i) He took the baskets from the girl’s hand.
(ii) Suddenly the narrator felt an impulse to take the girl away with him on the train.
(iii) She did not want to go anywhere from Deoli.
(iv) He told her that he was going to Delhi.
(a) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(b) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
(c) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(d) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii).
Answer: (d) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii) ✓

2. (i) The narrator arrives at Deoli and thinks about what to say to the girl.
(ii) The narrator packs his bags and leaves for Dehradun earlier than usual.
(iii) The narrator remembers the girl for the rest of the journey and beyond.
(iv) The college term finishes.
(a) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(b) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(c) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(d) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii).
Answer: (b) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii) ✓

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3. (i) The narrator is nervous about meeting the girl at Deoli.
(ii) The narrator wants to make a good impression on the girl.
(iii) The narrator’s grandmother is pleased with his eagerness to visit.
(iv) The narrator reflects on his feelings for the girl during the journey.
(a) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(b) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(c) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(d) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i).
Answer: (a) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii) ✓

4. (i) The narrator jumps into his compartment as the train is moving.
(ii) The narrator searches the station yard and sees a mango tree and a dusty road.
(iii) The station master tells the narrator to get on the train or be left behind.
(iv) The narrator feels disappointed and was overcome by a sense of foreboding.
(a) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(b) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(c) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(d) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i).
Answer: (d) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i) ✓

5. (i) Her dark eyes were suddenly filled with light.
(ii) On seeing the girl, the narrator sprang off the footboard and waved to her.
(iii) Both the narrator and the girl were pleased to see each other.
(iv) She was pleased that the narrator remembered her.
(a) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(b) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(c) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
(d) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i).
Answer: (c) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i) ✓

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