The Night Train at Deoli MCQ Question Answer Class 12 Third Semester | HS 3rd Semester English
1. The author of ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ is
(a) Mahesh Dattani
(b) Toru Dutt
(c) Mulk Raj Anand
(d) Ruskin Bond
Ans: (d) Ruskin Bond
2. ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ is a
(a) short story
(b) biography
(c) essay
(d) travelogue
Ans: (a) short story
3. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) A girl selling baskets
(b) The station-master at Deoli
(c) The grandmother
(d) A young boy travelling to Dehra
Ans: (d) A young boy travelling to Dehra
4. The author spent his summer vacations in
(a) Dehra
(b) Delhi
(c) Deoli
(d) Mussoorie.
Ans: (a) Dehra
5. When did the narrator use to spend his summer vacations in Dehra?
(a) In his childhood
(b) In his school days
(c) In his college days
(d) In his university days.
Ans: (c) In his college days
6. Where in Dehra did the narrator spend his summer vacations?
(a) At his aunt’s place
(b) At his maternal uncle’s house
(c) At his elder brother’s place
(d) At his grandmother’s place.
Ans: (d) At his grandmother’s place
7. When would the narrator leave the plains?
(a) Late in May
(b) Late in July
(c) Early in May
(d) Early in July.
Ans: (c) Early in May
8. The narrator returned to the plains
(a) late in June
(b) early in May
(c) late in May
(d) late in July.
Ans: (d) late in July.
9. Dehra was situated-
(a) 30 miles from Deoli
(b) at the border of the heavy jungles of the Indian Terai
(c) both (a) & (b)
(d) none of these.
Ans: (a) 30 miles from Deoli
10. Deoli was a-
(a) small station
(b) busy port
(c) metropolitan city
(d) big junction.
Ans: (a) small station
11. The train used to reach Deoli station at around-
(a) 5 pm
(b) 4 am
(c) 5 am
(d) 6 pm.
Ans: (c) 5 am
12. How would the station look when the night train reached Deoli in the morning?
(a) Brightly lit with tube lights.
(b) Brightly lit with electric bulbs and oil-lamps.
(c) Covered in complete darkness.
(d) Dimly lit with electric bulbs and oil-lamps.
Ans: (d) Dimly lit with electric bulbs and oil-lamps.
13. The jungle across the station was visible in the faint light of-
(a) oil-lamps
(b) sun
(c) moon
(d) dawn.
Ans: (d) dawn.
14. How many fruit vendors were there at Deoli station?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) None.
Ans: (a) One
15. Deoli station had-
(a) a platform
(b) an office for the stationmaster
(c) a waiting room
(d) all of the above.
Ans: (d) all of the above.
16. What did the platform of Deoli boast of?
(a) A waiting room
(b) A waiting room and a ticket counter
(c) A waiting room and a stationmaster’s room
(d) A tea stall, a fruit vendor and a few stray dogs.
Ans: (d) A tea stall, a fruit vendor and a few stray dogs.
17. What could one not see at the platform of Deoli station?
(a) Coolies
(b) Fruit vendors
(c) A stationmaster
(d) Stray dogs.
Ans: (a) Coolies
18. What details about Deoli station suggested its isolation?
(a) It had a crowded tea stall.
(b) It was full of shops and counters.
(c) No trains stopped at the station.
(d) The train only stopped there for ten minutes.
Ans: (d) The train only stopped there for ten minutes.
19. After stopping for ten minutes at the Deoli station a bell would sound and
(a) the narrator would get off from the train
(b) the guard would blow his whistle
(c) the stationmaster would wave the green flag
(d) the coolies would appear on the platform.
Ans: (b) the guard would blow his whistle
20. How does the narrator describe Deoli as a place?
(a) Bustling and lively
(b) Quiet and forgotten
(c) Full of tourists
(d) A commercial hub.
Ans: (b) Quiet and forgotten
21. What was the narrator’s initial reason for deciding to get off the train at Deoli?
(a) To buy a basket from the girl.
(b) To explore the town of Deoli.
(c) To show sympathy for the lonely platform of Deoli.
(d) To find out about the girl who sold baskets at Deoli.
Ans: (c) To show sympathy for the lonely platform of Deoli.
22. 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.
Ans: (c) On the railway platform at Deoli.
23. What was the girl doing at Deoli station?
(a) Selling cane baskets
(b) Waiting for the train
(c) Selling tea
(d) Waiting for the narrator.
Ans: (a) Selling cane baskets
24. The girl was wearing a-
(a) scarf
(b) sweater
(c) shawl
(d) cardigan.
Ans: (c) shawl
25. The shawl was
(a) thrown across the girl’s shoulders
(b) wrapped around the girl’s head
(c) wrapped around the girl’s waist
(d) thrown across the girl’s arms.
Ans: (a) thrown across the girl’s shoulders
26. What did the girl wear on her feet?
(a) Only socks
(b) Socks and shoes
(c) Only shoes
(d) Nothing.
Ans: (d) Nothing.
27. The girl’s clothes were
(a) old
(b) new
(c) fancy
(d) bright.
Ans: (a) old
28. The girl walked with
(a) dignity and grace
(b) shyness and eloquence
(c) grace and boldness
(d) dignity and aggression.
Ans: (a) dignity and grace
29. Which of the following does not describe the girl?
(a) She wore a shawl across her shoulder.
(b) She was pale.
(c) She walked with dignity.
(d) She wore new clothes.
Ans: (d) She wore new clothes.
30. Where did the girl stop at the platform?
(a) At the tea stall
(b) Near the fruit vendor
(c) Near the stationmaster’s office
(d) At the narrator’s window.
Ans: (d) At the narrator’s window.
31. The narrator was looking at the girl –
(a) with wonder
(b) intently
(c) with disgust
(d) angrily.
Ans: (b) intently
32. When the narrator saw the girl for the first time-
(a) he tried to run away
(b) he spent some time talking to her
(c) he could not stop staring at her
(d) he gifted her a bouquet of flowers.
Ans: (c) he could not stop staring at her
33. How does the narrator describe the girl’s initial behaviour when she approaches his window?
(a) Outgoing and talkative
(b) Confident and assertive
(c) Openly flirtatious
(d) Shy and reserved.
Ans: (d) Shy and reserved
34. What did the girl do when she saw that the narrator was looking at her?
(a) She smiled at the narrator.
(b) She looked at him angrily.
(c) She pretended not to notice the narrator.
(d) She moved towards him.
Ans: (c) She pretended not to notice the narrator.
35. How did the girl at Deoli respond to the narrator’s gaze?
(a) She completely ignored him.
(b) She asked the narrator why he was staring at her.
(c) She was shy at first but looked at him afterwards.
(d) She got angry.
Ans: (c) She was shy at first but looked at him afterwards.
36. What was so different about the eyes of the girl that the narrator felt attracted towards her at once?
(a) There was nothing different about it.
(b) They were dark, eloquent and impatient.
(c) They were bright and hazel in color.
(d) They seemed to be wrapped in dark mystery.
Ans: (b) They were dark, eloquent and impatient.
37. 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 expensive and colourful clothes.
Ans: (c) Her quiet dignity and dark, troubled eyes.
38. What physical characteristic of the young girl draws the narrator’s attention?
(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.
39. How does the narrator feel about the girl whom he sees at Deoli?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Angry at her persistence
(c) Annoyed at her presence
(d) Curious and deeply attracted.
Ans: (d) Curious and deeply attracted.
40. When the girl stood by the narrator’s window, they-
(a) exchanged a few words
(b) talked a lot
(c) smiled at each other
(d) said nothing to each other.
Ans: (d) said nothing to each other.
41. When the girl moved on from the narrator’s window, he
(a) got up from his seat and got down on the platform
(b) remained seated
(c) remained seated but kept looking at the girl
(d) got up from his seat and called for the girl.
Ans: (a) got up from his seat and got down on the platform
42. The narrator walked across towards the
(a) girl
(b) tea stall
(c) ticket counter
(d) station-master.
Ans:(b) tea stall
43. The tea seller was busy
(a) talking to a customer
(b) washing the kettle
(c) making tea
(d) serving tea somewhere on the train.
Ans: (d) serving tea somewhere on the train.
44. The girl followed the narrator to
(a) confess her love for him
(b) sell baskets
(c) ask about the train
(d) introduce herself to him.
Ans: (b) sell baskets
45. Where did the girl follow the narrator to?
(a) The office of the stationmaster
(b) The fruit vendor’s stall
(c) Near the narrator’s window
(d) Behind the tea stall.
Ans: (d) Behind the tea stall.
46. How were the baskets of the girl?
(a) Very strong, made of plastic
(b) Very strong, made of wood
(c) Very strong, made of the finest cane
(d) Very strong and colourful.
Ans:(c) Very strong, made of the finest cane
47. “We stood there looking at each other for what seemed a very long time” – Who are ‘we’ here?
(a) The narrator and the fruit vendor
(b) The narrator and the girl
(c) The narrator and the tea stall owner
(d) The narrator and the station-master.
Ans:(b) The narrator and the girl
48. All right, give me one” – Who said this to whom?
(a) The narrator to the girl
(b) The girl to the narrator
(c) The narrator to the tea stall owner
(d) The fruit vendor to the station-master.
Ans:(a) The narrator to the girl
49. “All right, give me one” – What does ‘one’ refer to?
(a) A fruit
(b) A cup of tea
(c) A basket
(d) A newspaper.
Ans:(c) A basket
50. How many baskets did the narrator take from the girl?
(a) All the baskets that she had
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) None.
Ans:(b) One
51. What did not the narrator dare to do while taking the basket from the girl?
(a) To smile at her
(b) To talk to her
(c) To ask her name
(d) To touch her fingers.
Ans:(d) To touch her fingers
52. Just when the girl was about to speak –
(a) it started raining
(b) the station-master called her
(c) the narrator spoke
(d) the guard blew his whistle.
Ans:(d) the guard blew his whistle
53. The girl said something but the narrator could not hear anything, because it was lost in-
(a) the shouting of the vendors
(b) the shouting of the passengers
(c) the clanging of the bell and the hissing of the engine
(d) the shouting of the tea stall owner.
Ans:(c) the clanging of the bell and the hissing of the engine
54. As the train was leaving the station, the girl was looking at the narrator and –
(a) shouting
(b) smiling
(c) crying
(d) waving.
Ans:(b) smiling
55. The narrator watched the girl until –
(a) the lights went out
(b) a signal-box came in the way
(c) the guard blew his whistle
(d) the girl ran away.
Ans:(b) a signal-box came in the way
56. When the jungle hid the station, the narrator could still see
(a) the girl standing alone on the platform
(b) the tea stall
(c) the office of the station-master
(d) the dim lights of the station.
Ans: (a) the girl standing alone on the platform
57. What did the narrator do for the rest of the journey after meeting the girl for the first time?
(a) He slept peacefully.
(b) He cried hysterically.
(c) He read a newspaper.
(d) He sat up awake.
Ans:(d) He sat up awake
58. What could not the narrator rid his mind of?
(a) The picture of the girl’s face
(b) The girl’s dark and smouldering eyes
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of these.
Ans:(c) Both (a) & (b)
59. Which literary device is used when the narrator says, “her dark, smouldering eyes”?
(a) Hyperbole
(b) Simile
(c) Metaphor
(d) Personification.
Ans:(c) Metaphor
60. “… and her dark, smouldering eyes.” – Here ‘smouldering’ means
(a) brightened with strong emotion
(b) covered with darkness
(c) filled with suppressed smile
(d) expressing anger.
Ans:(a) brightened with strong emotion
61. When the narrator reached Dehra –
(a) the memory of the girl became distant and blurred
(b) he understood that he would never see her again
(c) he thought about the girl every now and then
(d) none of these.
Ans:(a) the memory of the girl became distant and blurred
62. Why did the incident of meeting the girl become blurred and distant to the narrator?
(a) The girl was not at all attractive
(b) The narrator hated the sight of the girl
(c) The meeting with the girl was not at all a memorable one
(d) There were different things to occupy the mind of the narrator.
Ans:(d) There were different things to occupy the mind of the narrator.
63. When did the narrator make the return journey?
(a) Three months later
(b) Two months later
(c) Four months later
(d) A year later.
Ans: (b) Two months later
64. The narrator remembered the girl again, when-
(a) he saw her on the platform
(b) he talked to his friends about her
(c) he returned home
(d) he was returning from Dehra.
Ans:(d) he was returning from Dehra.
65. When the train was drawing into the station, the narrator
(a) started calling the girl’s name
(b) was looking for the girl
(c) was sleeping
(d) seemed unbothered.
Ans: (b) was looking for the girl
66. Seeing the girl walking up the platform, the narrator was feeling an unexpected-
(a) thrill
(b) joy
(c) sorrow
(d) anxiety.
Ans: (a) thrill
67. When the narrator saw the girl for the second time-
(a) he called out her name
(b) he ran towards her
(c) he sprang off the footboard and waved to her
(d) he hugged her.
Ans: (c) he sprang off the footboard and waved to her
68. When the girl saw the narrator for the second time-
(a) she smiled at him
(b) she tried selling another basket to him
(c) she offered him tea
(d) she ignored him.
Ans: (a) she smiled at him
69. The girl was pleased because-
(a) the narrator bought a basket from her
(b) the narrator decided to spend a day at Deoli with her
(c) the narrator brought a red rose for her
(d) the narrator remembered her.
Ans: (d) the narrator remembered her
70. Why was the narrator pleased during the second encounter?
(a) Because the girl waved at him
(b) Because the girl gave him a hug
(c) Because the girl remembered him
(d) Because the girl gave him a basket free of cost.
Ans: (c) Because the girl remembered him
71. After seeing the narrator for the second time, the girl went straight to
(a) his compartment
(b) the station-master’s office
(c) the tea stall
(d) other compartments to sell baskets
Ans: (c) the tea stall
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