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দ্বাদশ শ্রেণীর LITERATURE  ও LANGUAGE বিভাগের প্রশ্নোত্তর ও এই PAGE এ প্রদর্শিত হবে । নিচে SYLLABUS প্রদর্শিত হল -----------    

                                           SYLLABUS CLASS XII

literature = 50 Language = 30 Project = 20 [ prose = 20, poem =20,drama= 20,  reading comprehension =10,writing= 10 ] =[ 80 +20] =100

 the eyes have it -------- m.c.q type questions and answers ---------   

1.The blind girl said that she loved the A) Tree [    ] B) Animals [    ] C) Hills [    ] D) Forests [    ]  2.The blind girl said that she would get off at A) Naintal [    ] B) Mussoorie [    ] C) Dehra[    ] D) saharanpur [    ] 3According to Ruskin bond the best time for visiting hills is A) September [    ] B) October [    ] C) November {    ] D) December [    ]

A. Answer the following questions

1. 'Then I made a mistake" -------- i) Who said this ? ii) What mistake is referred to here ? iii) In what context has the speaker said this ?

Ans: i) The author Ruskin Bond Of the story entitled " The Eyes Have It" has said the above mentioned line in the question in soliloquy

        ii)The author asked a question to the girl co- passenger what it was like outside.This is the mistake which is referred to here.

         iii) The narrator wanted to hide his blindness from the girl.But in his mistake the author asked a question to the girl.The author thougt that his mistake may bring out his blindness to the girl easily. In that context, the author has said this.

2. "Why don't you look out of the window?" - ------- i)Where has the line been taken from? ii) Who said this and to whom? iii) How did the person spoken to react?                                   1+2+3=6

 Ans : i) The  line has been taken from the romantic short story " The Eyes Have It' written by Rusk9in Bond

ii) The narrator's blind co-passenger girl said this to the narrator in the story entitled "The Eyes Have It"

iii) When the narrator heard this query, he moved easily along the berth and felt for the window ledge. He faced the open window. He was making a pretence of studying  the landscape.He heard the panting of the engine,the rumble of wheels ,and, in mind's eye he could see telegraph posts flashing by. __( Answer prepared by Dipanwita Mondal: Malidaha High School)        

 3. You are a very gallant young man , She said" _ i)Who is she?  ii) Whom did  she call 'gallant young man'? iii) What led the girl to call the  young man "gallant"? What other word was used by her to describe the young man ? 1+1+3+1 = 6 

 Ans:  i)   'She is here the girl whom the narrator met during the train journey. 

ii) The blind narrator was called the' gallant young man" iii) The narrator became quite daring to find out about the girl's looks, and remarked that she had an interesting  face. The girl was amused and told that she was tired of hearing from people that she had a pretty face . Instantly the narrator told her that interesting face could also be pretty. At this the girl called him a gallant young man .

iv) The other word was 'serious ' that was used by the girl to describe the young man. 

4) " I moved easily along the berth"_-_ (i)Who is referred as "I" (ii) Why did the speaker move along the berth ? (iii) What happened after moving along the berth? 

Ans :   (i)  In the short story "The Eyes Have It " the narrator Ruskin Bond himself is referred to here as 'I" (ii) The speaker moved along the berth because he made a pretence of studying the landscape. (iii) The narrator heard the panting of engine, the rumble of the wheels,,and, in his mind's eye , he could see telegraph posts flashing by. [ Ans by Arghya Pramanik :Malidaha High School ]

5. " You have an interesting face" _ (i) Who said this and to whom ? (ii) Why did the speaker use the word ' interesting 'in stead of  'beautiful' ? (iii) How did the person spoken to react?  2+3+1 = 6

Ans : (i) * The narrator Ruskin Bond of the story entitled "The Eyes Have It" said this to his girl co-passenger in the train compartment.

(ii) The speaker was fully blind, so he did not know how was the face of the girl co passenger.On that ground, it was a risk to use the term "beautiful'.So he chose the more safe word 'interesting' because an interesting face could also be a pretty face. 

(iii) The girl laughed pleasantly.The laugh was very clear and ringing . The girl also appreciated the remark and added that she was tired of people telling her she had a pretty face.          { Answer given by Surya Sankha Ghosh : Bongaon High School class xii}   Rectified.

6".Only the scent of perfume still lingered" -- Who is the speaker here? Where did the perfume linger? What reaction did the perfume make on the speaker? 

Ans  :  (i) The narrator Ruskin Bond of the story  entitled" The Eyes Have It" is the speaker here. (ii) The perfume still lingered where the girl had stood. 

 (iii) The perfume from the girl's hair was tantalizing the narrator . The narrator wanted to raise his hand and touch her hair but the girl moved away.

7. 'Didn't you notice? "  Where has the line been taken from ? Who said this and to whom ? What did the speaker ask to notice? In what context did the speaker say this ?  

Ans;  ( i) The line has been taken from the short story" The Eyes have It" written by Ruskin Bond. (ii) The narrator's male co-passenger said this to the narrator. (iii) The speaker asked to notice the girl's eyes which were beautiful but she was completely blind. (iii) The narrator asked the male co-passenger if the girl kept the hair ling or short.But the  male co-passenger replied that he noticed her eyes only.She had beautiful eyes but it was not use to her because she was completely blind. In this context the speaker said the above mentioned line.  

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION    marks 1

 1. What were the eyes of the narrator in "The Eyes Have It" ? Ans : The eyes of the narrator in " The Eyes Have It " were sensitive to light and darkness . 2. How did the narrator in 'The Eyes Have it " describe the voice of the blind girl ?  Ans: The narrator in "The Eyes Have It" described that the  girl's voice  had the sparkle of  mountain stream . 3. How far did the narrator travel alone ?  Ans : The narrator travelled alone upto Rohana 4 . Who came to see the girl off at the station ? Ans : A couple ,probably the girl's parents came to see her off at the station . 5. What did the couple seem very anxious about ? Ans: The couple seemed very anxious about the safety and comfort of the girl.6. What instruction were given to the girl by the woman who came to see her off ? Ans : The woman told her to be careful about her things not to lean out of the window and not to speak to strangers . 7. Who according to the narrator of the "Eyes Have it" are formidable creature ?  Ans:  According to the narrator of the story the aunts are formidable creature .