Question and answer on the eyes have it by ruskin bond for class 7
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Answer:
Prepare these short questions.
1. Who is the author of the story “The Eyes Have It”?
Answer: The author of the story “The Eyes Have It” is Ruskin Bond.
2. What do people with good eyesight fail to see?
Answer: People with good eyesight fail to see what is right in front of them.
3. Who came to see the girl off?
Ans: The couple who came to see the girl off were most probably her parents.
4.Where is Rohana?
Ans: Rohana Station is in Uttar Pradesh.
5. How did the narrator know that the little girl wore slippers?
Ans: The narrator came to know that the little girl wore slippers from the way they slapped against her heels.
6. In which month did the girl wish to visit Mussoorie?
Ans: The girl wished to visit Mussoorie in the month of October.
7. What do the people who cannot see take in?
Ans: The people who cannot see have to take in only those essential things that are registered on their remaining senses.
8. How can one celebrate night In the hills?
Ans: According to the narrator one can celebrate night with a little Brandy in front of a logfire In The hills.
9. Whose voice startled the girl?
Ans: The voice of the narrator startled the girl.
10. Who would receive the girl at the destination?
Ans: The girl’s aunt would receive the girl at the destination.
Answer:
1)At which station did the girl get into the train?
Ans. The girl got into the train from Rohana.
2)Who came to see the girl?
Ans. The couple who came to see the girl off were probably her parents.
3)How did the narrator feel that the couple were his parents?
Ans. The narrator felt so because they were very anxious about her comforts.
4)What did the woman instruct the girl?
Ans. The woman instructed the girl where to keep her things, when not to lean out, and how to avoid speaking to stranger.
5)What were the eyes of the narrator in ‘The Eyes Have It’ sensitive to?
Ans. The eyes of the narrator in ‘The Eyes Have It’ were sensitive only to light and darkness.
6)Why was the narrator unable to tell anything about the look of the girl?
Ans. The narrator was unable to tell anything about the girl because he was completely blind.
7)How did the blind narrator know that the girl wore slippers?
Ans. The blind narrator knew that the girl wore slippers because they slapped against her heels.
8)What did the narrator like about the girl when he met her?
Ans. The narrator liked the sound of her voice and the sound of her slippers when he met the girl.
9)Whose voice startled the girl?
Ans. The voice of the narrator startled the girl.
10)Why was the girl startled by the voice of the narrator?
Ans. The girl was startled by the voice of the narrator because she did not feel the narrator sitting in a dark corner.
11)Why did the narrator think that his voice must have startled the girl?
Ans. The narrator thought that his voice must have startled the girl because she gave a little exclamation before answering his question.
12)What remark did the narrator make about people with good eyesight? Or what do people with good eyesight fail to see?
Ans. Bonds observes that people with good eyesight often fail to see what is right in front of them as they have too much to take in.
13)What do the people, who cannot see or see very little, take in?
Ans. The people who cannot see or see very little have to take in only the essentials by their remaining senses.
14)What was the narrator preventing from the girl to be discovered?
Ans. The narrator was preventing his blindness from the girl to be discovered.
15)Where was the girl in the story ‘The Eyes Have It’ getting off? [H.S. – 2019]
Ans. The girl in the story ‘The Eyes Have It’ was getting off at Saharanpur.
16)Who would receive the girl at the destination? [H.S. – 2015]
Ans. The girl’s aunt would receive her at the destination.
17)What does the narrator think about the aunts? Or. Who did the narrator of ‘The Eyes Have It’ think to be formidable creatures? [H.S. – 2019]
Ans. The narrator thinks that aunts are usually formidable creatures.
18)Where was the narrator going?
Ans. The narrator was going to Dehra and then to Mussooie.
19)What according to the narrator in Ruskin Bond’s story ‘The Eyes Have It’ is the best time to visit the hills? [H.S. – 2016]
Ans. October is the best time to visit the hills.
20)Why did the girl consider the girl that the narrator was lucky?
Ans. The girl considered that the narrator was lucky because the narrator was going to Mussoorie and she loved that place, especially in October.
21)Why is the October is the best time in the hills?
Ans. October is the best time in the hills because the hills are covered with wild dahlias, the sun is delicious and the roads are quiet.
22)How can one enjoy the nights in the hills?
Ans. One can enjoy the nights by sitting in front of a long fire and drink a little brandy.
23)Why did the narrator wonder that the girl might think him a romantic fool?
Ans. The narrator wondered that the girl might think him a romantic fool because she was silent when the narrator was describing the loveliness of the hills of Mussoorie.
24)’Then I made a mistake’. – What mistake did the speaker make?
Ans. The speaker made a mistake by asking the girl what it was like outside.
25)Why did the narrator face the window?
Ans. The narrator faced the window to make a pretence of studying the landscape.
26)Why did the narrator make a pretence of studying the outside landscape?
Ans. The narrator made a pretence of studying the outside landscape in order to conceal his blindness.
27)What did the narrator hear sitting in the train?
Ans. The narrator heard the panting of the engine and the rumbling of the wheels.
28)What could the narrator see in his mind’s eyes?
Ans. The narrator could see the telegraph posts were flashing by in his mind’s eye.
29)’I answered quite confidently’ – What did the narrator answer quite confidently?
Ans. The narrator answered quite confidently that he did not see any animals.
30)Why did the narrator answer quite confidently?
Ans. The narrator answered quite confidently because he knew that there were hardly any animals left in the forest near Dehra.