The eyes have it -SAQ

1)Who would receive the girl at the destination? [H.S. – 2015]

Ans. The girl’s aunt would receive her at the destination.

2)At which station did the girl get into the train? [H.S. – 2015]

Ans. The girl got into the train from Rohana.

3)Who broke into the narrator’s reverie? [H.S. – 2016]

Ans. A man who just entered the compartment broke into the narrator’s reverie.

3)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.

4)How did the narrator in The Eyes Have It’ describe the voice of the blind girl? [H.S. – 2017]

Ans. The narrator in ‘The Eyes Have It’ described that the girl’s voice had the sparkle of a mountain stream.

5)What were the eyes of the narrator in ‘The Eyes Have It’ sensitive to? [H.S. – 2017]

Ans. The eyes of the narrator in ‘The Eyes Have It’ were sensitive only to light and darkness.

6)How did the girl describe the narrator in ‘The Eyes Have It’? [H.S. – 2018 & 2022]

7)What remark did the narrator make about people with good eyesight? [H.S. -2018] 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.

8)What did the narrator ask the new fellow traveller about the girl? [H.S. – 2020]

Ans. The narrator asked the new passenger if the girl’s hair was long or short.

9)Where was the girl in the story ‘The Eyes Have It’ getting off? [H.S. – 2019 & 2022]

Ans. The girl in the story ‘The Eyes Have It’ was getting off at Saharanpur.

10)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 & 2022]

Ans. The narrator thinks that aunts are usually formidable creatures.

11)Why did the narrator think that his voice must have startled the girl? [H.S. – 2020]

Ans. The narrator thought that his voice must have startled the girl because she gave a little exclamation before answering his question.

24)How did the narrator feel that the couple were his parents?

Ans. The narrator felt so because they were very anxious about her comforts.

25)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 strangers.

26)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.

27)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.

28)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.

29)Whose voice startled the girl?

Ans. The voice of the narrator startled the girl.

30)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.

31)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.

32)What was the narrator preventing the girl to be discovered?

Ans. The narrator was preventing his blindness from the girl to be discovered.

33)Where was the narrator going?

Ans. The narrator was going to Dehra and then to Mussoorie.

34)Why did the girl consider 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.

35)Why is October 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.

36)How can one enjoy the nights in the hills?

Ans. One can enjoy the nights by sitting in front of a log fire and drinking a little brandy.

36)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.

37) ‘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.

38)Why did the narrator face the window?

Ans. The narrator faced the window to make a pretence of studying the landscape.

39) By what the girl tired of?

Ans. The girl was tired of people telling her that she had a pretty face.

40)Why did the girl consider the narrator a gallant young man?

Ans. The girl considered the narrator a gallant young man because he remarked quite daringly on her interesting face.