PKG ENGLISH STUDY CENTRE
Examination on The Night Train at Deoli
Topic: The Night Train at Deoli
F. M: 80 Time : 1 Hour
A.Answer the following questions:1x 80=80
1. What happened when the girl nodded?
(a) The train stopped
(b) The train slid forward
(c) The bell rang for tea
(d) She ran to the train
2. What did the narrator have to do as the train moved?
(a) Wave goodbye
(b) Cry loudly
(c) Wrench his hand away
(d) Jump out of the train
3. How long did the narrator remember the girl?
(a) A few minutes
(b) All his life
(c) The rest of the journey and long after
(d) Only during the train ride
4. What kind of memory was the girl for the narrator?
(a) Sad and fading
(b) Bright and living
(c) Dull and boring
(d) Angry and painful
5. Why did the narrator leave for Dehra earlier than usual?
(a) He missed the city
(b) He wanted to meet the girl
(c) He had exams
(d) He had a job interview
6. Who did the narrator think would be happy with his early return?
(a) The girl
(b) His friend
(c) His grandmother
(d) His teacher
7. What emotion did the narrator feel as the train drew into Deoli?
(a) Anger and regret
(b) Nervousness and anxiety
(c) Confidence and pride
(d) Peace and calm
8. What did the narrator decide not to do this time?
(a) Talk to the station-master
(b) Stand helplessly
(c) Buy a basket
(d) Miss the train
9. What did the narrator do when the train stopped at Deoli?
(a) Slept in his seat
(b) Bought a basket
(c) Looked up and down the platform
(d) Ate at the tea stall
10. What was the narrator's feeling when he didn’t see the girl?
(a) Surprised
(b) Angry
(c) Disappointed and uneasy
(d) Happy
11. Whom did the narrator approach to ask about the girl?
(a) A policeman
(b) The tea-stall owner
(c) The station-master
(d) The guard
12. What did the narrator ask the station-master?
(a) The train schedule
(b) If the train would wait
(c) About the girl who sold baskets
(d) Where the mango tree was
13. What did the station-master reply?
(a) He knew her well
(b) She was on leave
(c) He didn’t know her
(d) She missed the train
14. What warning did the station-master give?
(a) To buy a ticket
(b) To get on the train
(c) To stay at the station
(d) To wait for the next train
15. What did the narrator see at the station yard?
(a) A market
(b) A mango tree and a dusty road
(c) A crowd of people
(d) A bicycle
16. Where did the dusty road lead?
(a) A temple
(b) A village
(c) The jungle
(d) The city
17. What did the narrator do when the train was leaving?
(a) Slept
(b) Missed the train
(c) Ran and jumped into the compartment
(d) Stayed at the station
18. What was the narrator doing as the train moved through the forest?
(a) Sleeping
(b) Brooding at the window
(c) Reading a book
(d) Listening to music
19. How many times had the narrator seen the girl?
(a) Once
(b) Twice
(c) Thrice
(d) Never
20. What did the narrator feel for the girl?
(a) Anger
(b) Fear
(c) Tenderness and responsibility
(d) Boredom
21. Where did the narrator go after feeling restless at Dehra?
(a) To the jungle
(b) Back to college
(c) Back to the plains
(d) To the city
22. How long did he stay at his grandmother's house?
(a) One month
(b) A couple of weeks
(c) One day
(d) A whole year
23. Why was the narrator’s grandmother not pleased?
(a) He broke a vase
(b) He came home late
(c) He didn’t stay long
(d) He didn’t bring gifts
24. What did the narrator plan to do at Deoli station again?
(a) Ask about the train
(b) Eat from the tea stall
(c) Ask about the girl
(d) Buy another basket
25. Who had been transferred recently?
(a) The tea-stall owner
(b) The girl
(c) The station-master
(d) The narrator
26. What was the condition of the tea-stall owner?
(a) Rich and healthy
(b) Young and clean
(c) Small and shriveled-up
(d) Tall and strong
27. What kind of clothes did the tea-stall owner wear?
(a) Clean white clothes
(b) Fancy modern clothes
(c) Greasy clothes
(d) Colourful clothes
28. Did the tea-stall owner remember the girl?
(a) No
(b) Yes
(c) Not clearly
(d) Only her name
29. What did the tea-stall owner say about her coming now?
(a) She comes often
(b) She is on leave
(c) She has stopped coming
(d) She now sells tea
30. What was the narrator’s next question to the tea-stall owner?
(a) Where does she live?
(b) When is she coming?
(c) What happened to her?
(d) Is the train late?
31. What did the tea-stall man reply when asked what happened to the girl?
(a) She moved to the city
(b) He did not know
(c) She died
(d) She was married
32. What did the man say about his relation with the girl?
(a) She was his daughter
(b) She was a close friend
(c) She was nothing to him
(d) She worked for him
33. What type of baskets did the girl sell?
(a) Plastic
(b) Cane
(c) Wooden
(d) Paper
34. Why did the narrator feel a sense of foreboding?
(a) He lost his money
(b) He thought something was wrong
(c) He was late
(d) He missed his exam
35. What is the main theme of the passage?
(a) Crime and punishment
(b) War and peace
(c) Longing and memory
(d) Love and betrayal
36. What does the mango tree symbolize in the story?
(a) Growth
(b) Stillness and emptiness
(c) Happiness
(d) Colour
37. What literary device is used in "bright, living thing"?
(a) Simile
(b) Alliteration
(c) Metaphor
(d) Irony
38. What did the narrator feel when he remembered the girl?
(a) Hatred
(b) Fear
(c) Warmth and restlessness
(d) Nothing
39. Why is the girl unforgettable to the narrator?
(a) She gave him a gift
(b) She argued with him
(c) She touched his heart in silence
(d) She saved his life
40. What kind of ending does this passage have?
(a) Comic
(b) Tragic
(c) Open-ended
(d) Dramatic
41. What is the narrator’s tone in the passage?
(a) Sarcastic
(b) Hopeful
(c) Reflective and emotional
(d) Aggressive
42. What does the road into the jungle possibly symbolize?
(a) Adventure
(b) Lost connections
(c) Unknown destiny
(d) All of these
43. What is the relationship between the narrator and the girl?
(a) Friends
(b) Strangers with silent bonding
(c) Cousins
(d) Brother and sister
44. How many times did the narrator visit Deoli in the story?
(a) Once
(b) Twice
(c) Thrice
(d) Four times
45. What kind of man was the first station-master?
(a) Helpful
(b) Rude
(c) Busy
(d) Unknown
46. The narrator felt a new sense of what after meeting the girl?
(a) Confidence
(b) Responsibility
(c) Freedom
(d) Humor
47. What type of narration is used in this story?
(a) First person
(b) Second person
(c) Third person limited
(d) Third person omniscient
48. Which season is described in the passage?
(a) Winter
(b) Rainy
(c) Summer
(d) Not mentioned
49. What makes the narrator visit Deoli again?
(a) His grandmother
(b) His college exams
(c) His deep memory of the girl
(d) Job opportunity
50. What kind of image does the passage leave at the end?
(a) Joyful and complete
(b) Mysterious and incomplete
(c) Boring and slow
(d) Angry and emotional
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1. What did the narrator have to do once again?
(a) Buy a ticket
(b) Run for the train
(c) Meet the girl
(d) Get down at Deoli
2. What did the Deoli platform do as the narrator left?
(a) Disappeared
(b) Receded
(c) Vanished
(d) Shook
3. What did the narrator decide to do one day?
(a) Forget the girl
(b) Never travel again
(c) Break his journey at Deoli
(d) Move to the town
4. What had stolen the narrator’s heart?
(a) A letter
(b) A book
(c) A look from the girl’s eyes
(d) A gift from the girl
5. How did the narrator describe the girl’s eyes?
(a) Sad and dull
(b) Bright and shining
(c) Dark and impatient
(d) Small and sleepy
6. How did the narrator console himself throughout college?
(a) By writing letters
(b) By avoiding Deoli
(c) By remembering his plan to return
(d) By studying hard
7. When did the narrator go to Dehra again?
(a) In winter
(b) During Durga Puja
(c) In summer
(d) After college
8. What time did the night train reach Deoli?
(a) Afternoon
(b) Morning
(c) Late night
(d) Midnight
9. What did the narrator do as the train reached Deoli?
(a) Slept
(b) Looked for the girl
(c) Wrote a letter
(d) Got down
10. What did the narrator know while looking for the girl?
(a) He would surely find her
(b) She would call him
(c) He wouldn’t find her
(d) The train would stop longer
11. Even though he knew he wouldn't find her, he still—
(a) Felt jealous
(b) Kept hoping
(c) Gave up
(d) Closed his eyes
12. What could the narrator not bring himself to do?
(a) Sleep
(b) Eat
(c) Break his journey at Deoli
(d) Write to the girl
13. What does the narrator compare his story to?
(a) A poem
(b) A news report
(c) A film or fiction
(d) A letter
14. What would the narrator have done if it were a film?
(a) Married the girl
(b) Solved the mystery
(c) Become a teacher
(d) Moved to Deoli
15. Why did the narrator avoid getting down at Deoli?
(a) He had no money
(b) He didn’t like the station
(c) He was afraid of the truth
(d) He was in a hurry
16. What was one possible reason he feared?
(a) She moved to Delhi
(b) She was no longer there
(c) She became rich
(d) She opened a shop
17. What was another reason he feared?
(a) She ignored him
(b) She forgot him
(c) She got married
(d) She became a teacher
18. What was a third possibility the narrator thought about?
(a) She fell ill
(b) She changed trains
(c) She grew rich
(d) She shifted houses
19. What has the narrator done many times in recent years?
(a) Sent letters
(b) Travelled through Deoli
(c) Forgotten her
(d) Stayed at the station
20. What does the narrator do each time the train passes Deoli?
(a) Sleeps
(b) Cries
(c) Looks out of the window
(d) Buys a ticket
21. What does he hope to see from the window?
(a) A mango tree
(b) His grandmother
(c) The same girl’s face
(d) The tea-stall man
22. How does he expect the girl’s face to appear?
(a) Aged and tired
(b) Changed and sad
(c) Same and smiling
(d) Covered with a scarf
23. What does the narrator wonder about Deoli?
(a) How far it is
(b) What happens behind the station walls
(c) Why people go there
(d) If trains stop there often
24. What does the narrator never do at Deoli?
(a) Sleep
(b) Look at the platform
(c) Break his journey
(d) Buy baskets
25. Why does he avoid breaking the journey?
(a) He is lazy
(b) It may spoil his game
(c) He is afraid of missing the train
(d) He has no ticket
26. What does he prefer to do instead?
(a) Stop and search
(b) Dream and hope
(c) Cry quietly
(d) Forget everything
27. How does the narrator describe the Deoli platform?
(a) Crowded and busy
(b) Colourful and clean
(c) Lonely and quiet
(d) Dirty and noisy
28. What is he waiting for on the platform?
(a) His friend
(b) The girl with the baskets
(c) A guard
(d) His grandmother
29. What does he say about breaking his journey in the final line?
(a) He will do it soon
(b) He always does it
(c) He never breaks it
(d) He used to break it before
30. What does the narrator do instead of stopping?
(a) Writes a book
(b) Skips Deoli
(c) Passes through often
(d) Changes trains
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