The Night Train at Deoli by Ruskin Bond | Multiple Choice Questions and Answers (MCQ)

The Night Train at Deoli by Ruskin Bond | Multiple Choice Questions and Answers (MCQ)

"The Night Train at Deoli" is a short story by Ruskin Bond. The story is narrated by a college student in the first person, who travels between Delhi and Dehradun during the holidays. Once, his train stops at a small cool station called Deoli, where he sees a beautiful but poor girl selling baskets.

Both the boy and the girl had a bewildered meeting. It was silent but deep engagement. Once they talk a little bit and he buys a basket from the girl.

Then one day the girl does not meet at the station. He finds her in every journey, but she never looks again. This small meeting settled in his memories and does not forget her throughout his life.

Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

1. Where did the author spend summer holidays?

A) Delhi

B) Mumbai

C) Dehradun

D) Shimla

Answer: C) Dehradun

 

2. What time did the train reach Deoli station?

A) Four o'clock in the morning

B) five o'clock in the morning

C) twelve o'clock in the afternoon

D) nine in the night

Answer: b) At five in the morning

 

3. How was Deoli station?

A) Very crowded

B) Small and calm

C) Big and beautiful

D) New and shiny

Answer: b) Small and calm

 

4. Which girl did the author find there for the first time?

A) School student

B) Tea selling

C) basket seller

D) ticket checker

Answer: c) Basket seller

 

5. How were the girl's eyes?

A) Blue and cool

B) Light and happy

C) deep and restless

D) red and tired

Answer: C) deep and restless

 

6. What did the author bought from the girl?

A) Fruit

B) basket

C) Nothing

D) tea

Answer: C) Nothing

 

7. What did the girl ask the author?

A) "Where are you going?"

B) "Will you buy a basket?"

C) "What is your name?"

D) "Need tea?"

Answer: b) "Will you buy a basket?"

 

8. What did the author say to the girl in the last?

A) "I love you."

B) "I will come again."

C) "I have to go."

D) "Will you get married?"

Answer: b) "I will come again."

 

9. When the writer came the next time, why didn't he meet the girl?

A) She was ill

B) She went somewhere else

C) Nobody knew

D) She got married

Answer: c) Nobody knew

 

10. In the end what does the author decide?

A) Will find the girl

B) Will stop at the station

C) Dreaming understands better

D) will never go again

Answer: c) Dreaming understands better

 

11. How many platforms were there at Deoli station?

A) two

B) three

C) one

D) four

Answer: C) one

 

12. Who else were there on the platform?

A) Station Master and Police

B) Fruit, tea and dog

C) bus driver

D) Railway Doctor

Answer: b) Fruit, tea and dog

 

13. Where did the author get off the train?

A) near the station master

B) in the forest

C) at the tea shop

D) near the fruit

Answer: C) at the tea shop

 

14. How were the girl's feet?

A) Wearing shoes

B) Wearing slippers

C) were barefoot

D) wore socks

Answer: C) were barefoot

 

15. Why did the author hold the girl's hand?

A) to stop her

B) to identify her

C) Angry

D) to apologize

Answer: a) to stop her

 

16. What did the girl say to the author?

A) "I run by train"

B) "I want anything"

C) "I don't want to go anywhere"

D) "I will go to Delhi"

Answer: c) "I don't want to go anywhere"

 

17. When the author came again, what did the station master say?

A) The girl is married

B) Girl is sick

C) I don't know anything

D) She works here

Answer: c) I don't know anything

 

18. Whom did the author try to get information about the girl?

A) from the station master

B) Police

C) passengers

D) TTE

Answer: a) from the station master

 

19. What did the author ask the tea seller?

A) "How much is tea?"

B) "Where did the girl go?"

C) "How long have you been here?"

D) "Where is the station master?"

Answer: b) "Where did the girl go?"

 

20. Why did the author not break his journey?

A) Due to fear

B) There was no time

C) was not a ticket

D) The train did not stop

Answer: a) due to fear

 

21. Where did the author see the girl for the first time?

A) in Delhi

B) Grandma's house

C) train window

D) at tea shop

Answer: C) Train window

 

22. How had the gir’sl hair?

A) Brown

B) Golden

C) White

D) Black and shiny

Answer: D) Black and Shiny

 

23. How was the girl's eyes?

A) Small and light

B) Brown and sad

C) Big and upset

D) Blue and fast

Answer: C) Big and upset

 

24. What was the girl selling?

A) Fruit

B) Books

C) tea

D) baskets

Answer: d) baskets

 

25. Why didn't the girl climb on the train?

A) she had not a ticket

B) He refused

C) She did not have to go anywhere

D) She was sleeping

Answer: C) She did not have to go anywhere

 

26. What did the author buy from the girl?

A) Fruit

B) tea

C) baskets

D) sweets

Answer: C) baskets

 

27. How was the writer's mind while climbing the train?

A) Happy

B) sad

C) Angry

D) timid

Answer: b) sad

 

28. How many times did the author go to Deoli?

A) once

B) twice

C) Many times

D) never

Answer: C) Many times

 

29. Why did the author never dare to enter Deoli?

A) Because there was a danger

B) He was ill

C) was afraid to know the truth from the girl

D) The train did not stop

Answer: C) was afraid to know the truth from the girl

 

30. What did Deoli become for the author?

A) Place of fear

B) Sapna

C) Tea Drinking Place

D) house

Answer: b) Dream

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