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Page - 3 Examination of The Night Train at Deoli
Examination on The Night Train at Deoli
By PKG SIR
Time – 2 Hours Topic - The Night Train at Deoli Page: 3/4 F.M – 70
A. Answer the following questions:1 x70 =70
1. What did the narrator do as the train started moving?
(A) Hugged the girl tightly
(B) Waved goodbye to the girl
(C) Wrenched his hand away and ran
(D) Spoke to the station-master
2. What happened this time regarding the girl?
(A) The narrator ignored her
(B) He forgot her
(C) He remembered her
(D) She gave him a letter
3. How long did the girl stay with him emotionally?
(A) Only during the train ride
(B) For the remainder of the journey and long after
(C) Just for a day
(D) Until he reached Dehra
4. How did the narrator describe her presence all year?
(A) A sad, fading image
(B) A disturbing thought
(C) A bright, living thing
(D) A beautiful illusion
5. When the college term ended, what did the narrator do?
(A) Stayed back in college
(B) Went to see his friends
(C) Packed quickly and left for Dehra
(D) Wrote a letter to the girl
6. Why did the narrator believe his grandmother would be pleased?
(A) Because he was bringing gifts
(B) Because he had passed his exams
(C) Because he came home early
(D) Because he was getting married
7. How did the narrator feel as the train neared Deoli?
(A) Excited and cheerful
(B) Nervous and anxious
(C) Angry and upset
(D) Calm and peaceful
8. What was the narrator determined not to do this time?
(A) Miss the train
(B) Buy a basket
(C) Stand helplessly before the girl
(D) Talk to the station-master
9. What did the narrator do when the train reached Deoli?
(A) Went to the tea stall
(B) Got off the train immediately
(C) Looked up and down the platform
(D) Bought a ticket to Delhi
10. What did the narrator fail to find on the platform?
(A) His suitcase
(B) A seat
(C) The girl
(D) His friend
11. What did the narrator do after opening the door?
(A) Threw away the basket
(B) Stepped off the footboard
(C) Closed the window
(D) Sat quietly
12. How did the narrator feel after not seeing the girl?
(A) Deeply disappointed
(B) Relieved
(C) Indifferent
(D) Surprised
13. What did the narrator feel overcome by?
(A) Joy
(B) Hunger
(C) A sense of foreboding
(D) Sleep
14. Who did the narrator approach to ask about the girl?
(A) A policeman
(B) A tea-seller
(C) A passenger
(D) The station-master
15. What did the narrator ask the station-master?
(A) About the train schedule
(B) About the girl who sold baskets
(C) About the ticket rates
(D) About the station
16. How did the station-master respond?
(A) He gave her address
(B) He ignored him
(C) He said he didn’t know
(D) He got angry
17. What did the station-master warn the narrator?
(A) To buy a ticket quickly
(B) To get on the train
(C) To not wait for anyone
(D) To come again later
18. What did the narrator do after talking to the station-master?
(A) Went home
(B) Walked up and down the platform
(C) Slept on a bench
(D) Bought tea
19. What did the narrator see in the station yard?
(A) A large crowd
(B) A taxi stand
(C) A mango tree and a dusty road
(D) A bus terminal
20. Where did the dusty road lead?
(A) To a market
(B) To the jungle
(C) To a village
(D) To the highway
21. What did the narrator do as the train was moving out?
(A) Waved at the girl
(B) Took a picture
(C) Ran and jumped into the compartment
(D) Sat on the platform
22. What did the narrator do after getting back on the train?
(A) Talked to co-passengers
(B) Ate his food
(C) Sat brooding at the window
(D) Slept peacefully
23. What was the narrator brooding about?
(A) His college exams
(B) The basket seller girl
(C) His future job
(D) His grandmother’s health
24. How many times had the narrator seen the girl?
(A) Once
(B) Twice
(C) Thrice
(D) Many times
25. What did the narrator feel for the girl?
(A) Hatred
(B) Jealousy
(C) Tenderness and responsibility
(D) Suspicion
26. What did the narrator not know about the girl?
(A) Her father’s name
(B) Her home
(C) Her full name
(D) Absolutely nothing
27. Why was the narrator’s grandmother not pleased?
(A) He didn’t bring gifts
(B) He came late
(C) He didn’t stay long
(D) He failed his exams
28. How long did the narrator stay with his grandmother?
(A) One week
(B) A few days
(C) A couple of weeks
(D) One month
29. What did the narrator feel after returning?
(A) Energetic
(B) Restless and ill-at-ease
(C) Peaceful
(D) Enthusiastic
30. Why did the narrator take the train again?
(A) To visit a friend
(B) To attend a festival
(C) To ask the station-master about the girl
(D) To go back to college
31. What did the narrator find at Deoli station?
(A) A closed shop
(B) A festival
(C) A new station-master
(D) The girl waiting
32. What happened to the previous station-master?
(A) Retired
(B) Promoted
(C) Transferred
(D) Resigned
33. How long ago had the transfer taken place?
(A) A month
(B) A day
(C) A week
(D) A year
34. What did the new station-master know about the girl?
(A) Her address
(B) Her family
(C) Nothing
(D) Everything
35. Who did the narrator approach next?
(A) A policeman
(B) The guard
(C) The tea-stall owner
(D) A ticket checker
36. How is the tea-stall owner described?
(A) Fat and cheerful
(B) Young and strong
(C) Small and shrivelled-up
(D) Tall and angry
37. What type of clothes did the tea-stall owner wear?
(A) White cotton
(B) Greasy clothes
(C) Shiny clothes
(D) Clean uniform
38. What did the narrator ask the tea-stall owner?
(A) About train timings
(B) About food
(C) About the basket girl
(D) About his family
39. What did the tea-stall owner say about the girl?
(A) She still comes
(B) She got married
(C) She has stopped coming
(D) She moved to Delhi
40. What did the narrator ask after hearing she had stopped coming?
(A) Where did she go?
(B) What happened to her?
(C) Can I meet her now?
(D) When will she return?
41. How did the tea-stall man respond to the narrator’s concern?
(A) With kindness
(B) Rudely
(C) Indifferently
(D) Sympathetically
42. What did the tea-stall man say about the girl’s importance to him?
(A) She was everything
(B) She was his daughter
(C) She was nothing to him
(D) She was his customer
43. What did the narrator have to do again?
(A) Catch the train
(B) Write a letter
(C) Sleep at the station
(D) Talk to another person
44. What did the narrator decide as the train left Deoli?
(A) Never to come back
(B) To tell his grandmother
(C) To break his journey someday
(D) To buy baskets
45. What was his plan during his future visit?
(A) To buy baskets
(B) To find the girl
(C) To open a shop
(D) To meet the station-master again
46. What did the narrator believe about the girl’s eyes?
(A) They were sleepy
(B) They were dark and impatient
(C) They were red and swollen
(D) They were blue and cold
47. How did he describe what the girl had done?
(A) She lied to him
(B) She smiled at him
(C) She stole his heart
(D) She gave him a gift
48. What did the narrator do during his last college term?
(A) Stopped studying
(B) Visited Deoli
(C) Consoled himself with thoughts of the girl
(D) Sent her a letter
49. Where did the narrator go again in summer?
(A) To Delhi
(B) To Bombay
(C) To Dehra
(D) To Calcutta
50. What did he do as the night train entered Deoli?
(A) Slept
(B) Looked out for the girl
(C) Talked to passengers
(D) Wrote a letter
51. What did he know deep inside?
(A) She would be there
(B) He would find her
(C) He wouldn’t find her
(D) She would call him
52. What did he continue doing despite knowing the truth?
(A) Hoping
(B) Forgetting
(C) Sleeping
(D) Crying
53. What did he not dare to do?
(A) Buy tea
(B) Read her letter
(C) Break his journey at Deoli
(D) Talk to strangers
54. What did he imagine if it were a story or a film?
(A) He would forget everything
(B) He would dream
(C) He would clean up the mystery
(D) He would write a poem
55. Why didn’t he want to break the journey?
(A) He had no money
(B) He feared the truth
(C) He hated the town
(D) He missed the train
56. What was he afraid of discovering?
(A) The girl was waiting
(B) The girl was angry
(C) The girl was no longer there
(D) The girl loved him
57. What possibilities did he imagine about the girl?
(A) She moved abroad
(B) She fell sick or married
(C) She became a teacher
(D) She was rich now
58. How often did he pass through Deoli over the years?
(A) Only once
(B) Occasionally
(C) Frequently
(D) Never again
59. What did he always do while passing Deoli?
(A) Slept
(B) Looked out of the window
(C) Read a book
(D) Closed his eyes
60. What did he half-expect every time?
(A) To see a crowd
(B) To meet his friend
(C) To see the girl’s face smiling
(D) To get a message
61. What did the narrator wonder about Deoli?
(A) How many trains stop there
(B) What happens behind the station walls
(C) How far is the jungle
(D) How old is the tea-stall owner
62. What did the narrator decide he would never do?
(A) Go back to college
(B) Talk to the station-master
(C) Break his journey at Deoli
(D) Marry the girl
63. Why would breaking the journey be a bad idea for him?
(A) It may spoil his imagination
(B) He might miss the train
(C) It would be expensive
(D) It’s not allowed
64. What does he prefer to do instead of knowing the truth?
(A) To cry and suffer
(B) To forget the girl
(C) To hope and dream
(D) To write poems
65. What does he do each time the train stops at Deoli?
(A) Sleeps
(B) Closes the window
(C) Looks out and waits
(D) Buys baskets
66. What does he wait for on the platform?
(A) The tea vendor
(B) A friend
(C) The basket girl
(D) His luggage
67. What does the narrator say about his journey at Deoli?
(A) He stays for days
(B) He always breaks it
(C) He never breaks it
(D) He changes trains
68. How frequently does he take the route through Deoli?
(A) As often as possible
(B) Rarely
(C) Never again
(D) Only once a year
69. What remains alive for the narrator?
(A) His pain
(B) His curiosity
(C) His hope and dream
(D) His anger
70. What best describes the story's ending?
(A) Closure
(B) Regret
(C) Nostalgia and longing
(D) Joy and reunion
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