Class 11th English Hornbill Chapter- 1 ( The portrait Of a Lady ) MCQ Term- 1
1] Where was the author's grandfather's portrait placed ?
A- On The Table
B- Hung Above The Mantelpiece
C- Hung Beneath The Light
D- None Of The Above
Ans- B
2] Who is the main character of the chapter "The Portrait of a Lady ?"
A- Grandmother
B- Khushwant singh
C- author
D- sparrows
Ans- A
3] How did the grandfather on the wall look like ?
A- old but wearing jeans
B- young, long hair
C- Old, with a long white beard, wore a big turban
D- none of the above
Ans- C
4] Did the author bother to learn the morning prayers that his grandmother recited ?
A- yes he bother to learn
B- He listened but did not bother to learn
C- he don't bother
D- neither bother nor listen
Ans- B
5] When did the author's parents leave him with his grandmother ?
A- when he was an adult
B- when he was 5 years old
C- when he was an old man
D- When he was a kid
Ans- D
6] Which animal did the grandmother use to feed in the village ?
A- sparrows
B- Dogs
C- crow
D- pigeon
Ans- B
7] What did the author eat for breakfast ?
A- Thick and stale chapattis with little butter and sugar spread on it
B- daal and rice
C- jam bread
D- bread toast
Ans- A
8] Why would grandmother accompany the author to his school ?
A- because he was innocent
B- Because of the temple being attached to the school
C- because he used to forget way
D- none of the above
Ans- B
9] Where were the parents of the author ?
A- in a house
B- in village
C- in a town
D- In the city
Ans- D
10] What would the grandmother do in the temple daily ?
A- she study literature
B- she used to play
C- Read scriptures
D- none of the above
Ans- C
11] What was the turning point of the friendship between grandmother and author ?
A- When his parents called them both to the city
B- when author went for abroad
C- when he start going to school
D- when grandmother passed away
Ans- A
12] Where did the author go to study in the city ?
A- in temple
B- English school in motor bus
C- in religious school
D- none of the above
Ans- B
13] What made the grandmother unhappy about the author's new English school ?
A- because it was small school
B- because she didn't like teachers
C- she don't want him to study
D- Because she didn't understand English and could no longer help him with lessons
Ans-D
14] Why didn't the grandmother like music ?
A- she didn't listen it before
B- It was the monopoly of harlots and beggars
C- she like the music
D- none of the above
Ans- B
15] How did the grandmother spend her time in the city ?
A- feeding dogs
B- feeding sparrows
C- Spinning the wheel
D- reading scriptures
Ans- C
16] How did the grandmother spend her afternoons in the city ?
A- By feeding hundreds of sparrows
B- by feeding dogs
C- by feeding author
D- by feeding herself
Ans- A
17] What happened when the author moved abroad to study for five years ?
A- she was crying
B- she was quite
C- Grandmother bid goodbye by silently kissing his forehead
D- none of the above
Ans- C
18] What change came in the grandmother's evening schedule when her end came ?
A- She collected the women of the neighborhood
B- she just laying down
C- she was talking to her family
D- she did nothing
Ans- A
19] What happened when the grandmother didn't pray for the first time ?
A- she was fit and
B- She fell ill the next day
C- nothing happened to her
D- none of the above
Ans- B
20] How did the grandmother react to her illness ?
A- She said her end was near
B- she was happy
C- she was sad
D- she was amazed
Ans- A
21] What did the grandmother do in her final hours ?
A- sing a song
B- Prayed silently and counted the beads of her rosary
C- she was crying
D- feeding sparrows
Ans- B
22] How did the grandmother die ?
A- While telling beads, laying on the bed
B- from heart attack
C- in grief of author
D- she died happily
Ans- A
23] How did the sparrows express their sorrow at the death of the author's grandmother ?
A- by chirping
B- by eating food
C- They came and sat silently in the veranda
D- none of the above
Ans- C
24] What happened when grandmother's corpse was taken away ?
A- nothing happened
B- the author was crying
C- the dogs we're came
D- The sparrows flew away silently
Ans- D
25] What happened to the scattered breadcrumbs which the sparrows did not eat ?
A- Thrown in the dustbin
B- then dogs ate that
C- sparrows ate that
D- nothing
Ans- A
26] The Portrait of a Lady is written by ?
A- Khushwant Singh
B- Anees Jung
C- Premchand
D- None Of The Above
Ans- A
27] The Portrait of a Lady is written in ?
A- Biographical mode
B- Autobiographical mode
C- It was a book
D- none of the above
Ans- A
28] Grandmother was wearing ?
A- Spotless white saree
B- Salwar kurta
C- black saree
D- green saree
Ans- A
29] Grandmother was uttering the monotonous song while she was ?
A- crying
B- writing
C- Bathing
D- playing
Ans- C
30] randmother woke Khushwant Singh up while constantly muttering her prayers in the hopeless hope that he would imbibe some of the religious verses which he..?
A- read before
B- Never did
C- forget it
D- mug up all this
Ans- B
31] Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other ?
A- Punjabi
B- english
C- urdu
D- hindi
Ans- A
32] Khushwant says, "That was the turning point of our relationship." What was ?
A- when he start going school
B- Once they moved to the city
C- there was nothing
D- when she start feeding sparrows
Ans- B
33] How did the grandmother spend her whole day in village ?
A- By getting her grandson ready for the school
B- by feeding sparrows
C- by spinning wheel
D- by feeding dogs
Ans- A
34] "The happiest half-hour of the day" for the grandmother was ?
A- feeding the dogs
B- Feeding the sparrows in the afternoon for half an hour
C- getting ready to author
D- none of the above
Ans- B
35] What did the author think was the last physical contact with his grandmother ?
A- grandmother slapped him
B- grandmother hold his hand
C- grandmother used to ready him
D- The author was kissed on the forehead by his grandmother
Ans- D
36] How did Khushwant Singh's grandmother bid him farewell when he was leaving for his studies abroad ?
A- she was studying
B- she was dancing
C- The grandmother was in full control of her emotions.
D- she was crying
Ans- C
37] How did the grandmother celebrate Khushwant Singh's return from abroad ?
A- She sang songs while beating an old dilapidated drum. The songs were of the homecoming of warriors
B- she didn't come out of her room.
C- she showered flowers on him
D- none of the above
Ans- A
38] How did grandmother keep herself busy in the city home ?
A- by feeding sparrows
B- By working on her spinning wheel
C- by getting shower
D- none of the above
Ans- B
39] For how many years did the narrator know his grandmother ?
A- 20 years
B- 10 years
C- 25 years
D- 15 years
Ans- A
40] Grandmother ignored the protest of the family member because ?
A- she don't want any big function
B- She wanted to pray peacefully
C- she wanted to cry alone
D- none of the above
Ans- B
41] How did the grandmother look ?
A- young but slightly bent
B- old but tall
C- young tall, slim
D- Old, short, slightly bent, fat
Ans- D
42] What was the reaction of the grandmother when the author came back after 5 years ?
A- she don't want to talk to him
B- she didn't pay heed
C- She clasped the author in her arms and said prayers
D- none of the above
Ans- C
43] My grandmother, like everybody's grandmother, was a/an... .woman ?
A- Old
B- young
C- good looking
D- beautiful
Ans- A
44] Regarding his grandmother, What was hard to believe for Khushwant Singh ?
A- that she was studios
B- that she is her grandmother
C- that she is old now
D- That once she had been young That once she was pretty That she had even had a husband
Ans- D
45] How did his grandfather look like ?
A- slightly bent
B- old man
C- young man
D- Looked like a hundred years old man
Ans- D
46] How did his grandfather's beard look like ?
A- White and long
B- golden and long
C- black and long
D- none of the above
Ans- A
47] Who was very good friend of the narrator ?
A- His grandmother
B- his mother
C- his father
D- his neighbor
Ans- A
48] With what did Khushwant Singh's grandmother wash and plaster his slate ?
A- yellow chalk
B- cement
C- slate
D- white cement
Ans- A