8. Question & Answer of the story, "The Eyes Have It" written by Ruskin Bond.( Class 12 of wbchse)

Question: "She had beautiful eyes- but they are of no use to her"  Who is the speaker? Whose eyes are mentioned here? When did the speaker say this? Why are the eyes useless to her?                                                                             1+1+3+1=6

Ans: 

         The new passenger is the speaker here.

       The girl's eyes are mentioned here.

In the course of conversation, the narrator asked the new messenger if he could tell him if the girl had kept her hair long or short.  The passenger became puzzled to hear it. However,  he said that he noticed her eyes, not her hair. Then the speaker said that her eyes were beautiful but they were of no use to her.

          The eyes are useless to the girl as she was completely blind.

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7. Question & Answer of the story, "The Eyes Have It" written by Ruskin Bond.( Class xii of wbchse)

Question: "I wondered if I would be able to prevent her from discovering that I was blind" -- Who is the speaker ? What did the speaker want to prevent and from whom? Why did the speaker want to prevent his identity? What did the speaker do to prevent his identity?                                                        1+1+2+2=6 Marks

Ans:

          The narrator is the speaker here.

     The narrator wanted to prevent his blindness from the girl.

      The narrator was totally blind. He thought that the girl who got in his compartment, was a sighted person. He thought if the girl could understand that he was blind, she could disregard him.  So the narrator wanted to prevent his identity from her.

     To prevent his identity the narrator planned not to get up from his seat.  Moreover, he behaved to the girl as if he was properly sighted person.

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6. Question & answer of the story, "The Eyes Have It" written by Ruskin Bond. ( XII of wbchse)

Question: " I am tired of people telling me I have a pretty face"

_ Who said this ,to whom and when?  What did the person spoken to reply?                                                      1+1+2+2=6 Marks 

Ans:

          In the short story of Ruskin Bond, the girl said this

        She said this to the narrator in the course of the train journey.

     In the course of conversation, the narrator suddenly remarked that the girl had an interesting face.  The girl laughed pleasantly. Then she said it was nice to be told that she had an interesting face.  At that time she made the above remark.

                                     

       From the remark of the girl,  the narrator came to know that she had a pretty face. So he replied that an interesting face could also be pretty.

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5. Question & Answer of the story, "The Eyes Have It" written by Ruskin Bond.( xii of wbchse)

Question "she was silent"_  Who was silent?  When did she become silent? What guesses did the narrator make about the silence of the person spoken of?                                         1+2+3=6 Marks

Ans: In the short story of Ruskin Bond, the girl was silent.

        She became silent after hearing a discussion about the beauty of the hills of Mussoorie in October by the narrator.

         The narrator started discussing with the girl in such a way as if he was a sighted person .The narrator noticed that the girl , after listening to the description of Mussoorie, was silent . He tired to guess why the girl became silent . He guessed, perhaps his words roused some emotional feelings in the girl's mind.  He also guessed that the girl might have regarded him a romantic fool. 

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4. Question and answer of the story, "The Eyes Have It" written by Ruskin Bond.(xii of wbchse)

 Question: " Yes, October is the best time"

- Who said this and to whom? When did the speaker make this comment? Why is October the best time , according to the speaker?                                1+2+3=6 Marks. 

Answer:

            The narrator said this to the girl.

  

       The girl came to know from the narrator that he was going to Mussoorie.  She said that she loved the Hills of Mussoorie, especially in October. Then the speaker made this comment.

         According to the speaker, the hills of Mussoorie are covered with dahlias in October.  Then the sun is delicious and one can drink a little Brandy sitting in front of a log fire at night . Most of the tourists leave the hills at that times, and therefore, the roads remain quiet and deserted. So, October is the best time

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3. Question & Answer of the story, "The Eyes Have It" written by Ruskin Bond.(xii of wbchse)

    Question:  Describe the departure of the girl from the train. ( প্রশ্ন: ট্রেন  থেকে মেয়েটির প্রস্থানের বর্ণনা কর। )            6 Marks

Answer:

           The girl's journey came to an end. When the train reached the girl's station at Saharanpur, she bade the narrator Goodbye and left. The narrator wanted to raise his hand and touch her hair. But the girl moved away. Only the perfume of her hair lingered where she had stood. Just then another passenger entered the compartment and the narrator asked him about the hair style of the girl. The new passenger said that he did not notice her hair. He noticed only her beautiful eyes which were of no use to her as she was completely blind.

       

     বঙ্গানুবাদ: 

                 মেয়েটির যাত্রা শেষ হয়ে গেল। ট্রেনটি যখন সাহারানপুরে মেয়েটির স্টেশনে পৌঁছল, তখন সে কথককে বিদায় জানালো এবং চলে গেল। কথক তার হাত তুলতে চাইল এবং তার চুল স্পর্শ করতে। কিন্তু মেয়েটি চলে গেল।  শুধু তার চুলের সুগন্ধির রেশ রয়ে গেল যেখানে সে দাঁড়িয়ে ছিল। ঠিক তখন আরেকজন যাত্রী কামরায় প্রবেশ করল এবং কথক তাকে মেয়েটির চুলের ধরন সম্পর্কে জিজ্ঞেস করল। নতুন যাত্রী বলল যে তিনি তার চুল লক্ষ্য করেন নি। তিনি কেবল তার সুন্দর চোখ দেখেছিলেন যেগুলি তার কাছে কোন কাজের ছিল না কারণ সে ছিল সম্পূর্ণ অন্ধ। 

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2. Question & Answer of the story, "The Eyes Have It" written by Ruskin Bond. (xii of wbchse)

  Question:  "She was completely blind"  -who is the speaker?  Bring out the irony revealed here.                                       1+5=  6 Marks

2. "তিনি সম্পূর্ণ অন্ধ ছিল" - বক্তা কে? উদ্ধৃত লাইনটিতে যে পরিহাস প্রকাশ পেয়েছে তা ব্যাখ্যা করো।

    Ans.   The new passenger is the speaker here.      

             The narrator was totally blind. A girl got in his train compartment at Rohana. The narrator  tried to conceal his blindness from the girl. He gave her a short description about the beauty of Mussoorie Hills.  He boldly remarked that she had an interesting face. He was amazed to hear her voice and even tried to touch her hair. The girl departed at Saharanpur. A new passenger entered the compartment. The narrator asked him if the girl had kept her hair long or short. The man answered that he had noticed her eyes, not her hair. He said that she had beautiful eyes. But they were of no use to  her. Because she was completely blind. The irony of the situation is that the narrator was trying to hide his blindness from the girl who was also blind.

বঙ্গানুবাদ:   এখানে বক্তা হলেন নতুন যাত্রীটি।

                কথক সম্পূর্ণ অন্ধ ছিলেন। রোহানায় একটি মেয়ে  তার ট্রেন কামরায় উঠল। কথক মেয়েটির কাছ থেকে তার অন্ধত্ব গোপন করার চেষ্টা করল। তিনি তাকে মুসৌরি পাহাড়ের সৌন্দর্য সম্পর্কে একটি সংক্ষিপ্ত বিবরণ দিলেন। তিনি নির্ভীকভাবে মন্তব্য করেছিলেন যে তার একটি আকর্ষণীয় মুখ ছিল। তিনি তার কণ্ঠস্বর শুনে অভিভূত হয়ে গেলেন, এমনকি তার চুল স্পর্শ করার চেষ্টা করেছিলেন। মেয়েটি সাহারানপুর স্টেশনে নেমে গেল। একটি নতুন যাত্রী কামরায় প্রবেশ করলেন। কথক তাকে জিজ্ঞাসা করেন, মেয়েটির চুল লম্বা অথবা খাটো রেখেছে কিনা।  লোকটি উত্তর দেয় যে সে তার চোখ দুটি লক্ষ্য করেছে, তার চুল নয়। সে বলেছিল যে তার চোখদুটি সুন্দর। কিন্তু সেগুলি তার কাছে ব্যবহারের উপযোগী ছিল না। কারণ সে সম্পূর্ণ অন্ধ ছিল। পরিস্থিতির পরিহাস এই যে কথক যে মেয়েটির কাছ থেকে তার অন্ধত্ব গোপন করার চেষ্টা করেছিলেন সেও অন্ধ।

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