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

VIDEO WATCH