LAQ from " The Eyes Have It" 2025

(Q:1) " I'm tired of people telling me, I have a pretty face" - (********)

(a) Who Said this to whom and when?

(b) What did the person spoken to reply?

Ans. The girl in Ruskin Bond's "The Eyes Have It" Said this to the narrator whew the narrator Complimented her by saying that she had an interesting face.

(b) when the narrator praised the girl as 'you have an interesting face'. The girl took this appreciation with ringing Laugh and added that she was tired of hearing 'pretty face'. The narrator mended and replied that an interesting face can also be a pretty face.

(Q:2)  " She had beautiful eyes. But they were of no use to her"- (********)

(a) whose eyes are referred to here?

(b) why were they useless to her?

(c) Bring out the irony in the given Line? 

Or,  Explain the irony of the situation?

Ans. (a) In the Story" The Eyes Have It", the eyes of the narrator's Co-passenger are referred to here. 

(b) The eyes of the girl, co-passenger of the narrator were of no use because she was completely blind at that time.

(c) The blind narrator thought that the girl Could see but she was also blind. The Irony of the situation is that the narrator was trying to hide his blindness from a blind girl. In fact, it is too pathetic to think about two blind persons hide their blindness from each other.

(3) "I am not nearly as attractive a traveling Companion as the one who just left"- (******)

(a) Who said this to whom?

(b) Who has just Left?

(c ) What was the response of the person spoken to?

Ans.In Ruskin Bond's short story, 'The Eyes Have It' the new passenger who had entered the compartment at Saharanpur said this to the narrator who was in reverie.

The girl who travelled with the narrator from Rohana to Saharanpur had just left.

The humorous speech of the new traveller jolted him out of his reverie and evoked the narrator's feeling for the girl. So he wanted to know whether she had her hair long or short. However, the person spoken to made no direct comment on the new companion's speech, This speech initiated conversation between the narrator and the new companion.

(4) "The man who had entered the Compartment broke into my reverie"- (*******)

(a) Whose reverie is mentioned here?

(b) What was the reverie ?

(c) Who broke it? (d) How was it broken?

Ans. (a)The reverie of the narrator of the short story, ' The Eyes Have It' , is mentioned here.

(b) A reverie means a daydream. In the story, 'The Eyes Have It' the reverie could be concerned with the narrator's lingering over the brief encounter with the girl who had just departed. The narrator enjoyed the brief conversation with the girl.

(c) The new passenger broke the reverie after getting off the girl at Saharanpur.

(d) The reverie was broken as the new passenger entered the compartment and apologized for not being so attractive a travelling companion as the girl.

(Q:5) "No, I answered quite confidently"- (*******)

Who said this to whom? What was the question that the speaker answered? What was the reply? Why did he answer so confidently.

Ans. In the short story 'The eyes have It' by Ruskin Bond the narrator said this to the girl who entered his train compartment at Rohana.

The question that the speaker answered  was whether he could see any animals outside.

The narrator confidently replied that he did not see any animals.

 The speaker was well aware of the fact that there were hardly any animals left in the forests near Dehra. So he confidently answered that there was no trace of animals.