This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Common Subjects > English Hornbill > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When was the common link of friendship between the narrator and the grandmother finally snapped? A) When the author went to London. B) When they shifted to the city. C) When the author went to an English school. D) When the author went to a university. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the author went to a university. 2. WHAT DOES THE WORD CRUMBS MEAN? A) BREAK. B) PIECES. C) EXPANSE. D) YELLOWNESS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PIECES. 3. Why did the grandmother keep one hand on her waist? A) To eat food. B) To pick up things easily. C) To correct her posture. D) To balance her stoop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To balance her stoop. 4. What change came in the grandmother's evening scheduled. A) She would go for a walk. B) She would sleep early. C) She would talk to his parents. D) She collected the women of the neighbourhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She collected the women of the neighbourhood. 5. How long had the narrator known his grandmother? A) Ten years. B) Twenty years. C) Fifteen years. D) Five years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twenty years. 6. Twitching, enters, tremor, strokes, flirts, launches are A) The movement words. B) Contrasting words. C) Thematic words. D) Similes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The movement words. 7. What does Ralph do with his inheritance? A) He donates it to charity. B) He travels around the world. C) He invests it in business. D) He leaves it to Isabel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He leaves it to Isabel. 8. The boy had a good relation with the sparrows A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. What was the grandmother's reaction to the narrator's English school education? A) She encouraged him to learn music. B) She was very supportive. C) She was indifferent. D) She was unhappy and disapproving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was unhappy and disapproving. 10. What did the grandmother do in her final moments? A) Prayed and counted her rosary. B) Talked to her family. C) Sang a song. D) Slept peacefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prayed and counted her rosary. 11. THERE WAS A TURNING POINT IN THEIR FRIENDSHIP WHEN A) THEY WENT TO TEMPLE. B) THEY SHARED THE SAME ROOM. C) THEY SHIFTED IN THE CITY. D) THE AUTHOR WENT TO UNIVERSITY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THEY SHIFTED IN THE CITY. 12. The grandmother has been portrayed as a very religious lady. What details in the story create this impression? A) She fed chapattis to stray dogs. B) She fed bread crumbs to birds. C) She used to spend most of her time around the spinning wheel. D) She recalled her morning prayers at the temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She recalled her morning prayers at the temple. 13. Name the poetic device:She was like the winter landscape in the mountains, an expanse of pure white serenity. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. In the portrait, the author's grandfather looked A) At least a hundred years old. B) Ninety years old. C) Eighty years old. D) Fifty years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At least a hundred years old. 15. Which figure of speech is used in the line- "It's silence silences" A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Oxymoron. D) Transferred epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 16. What did the grandmother do at the railway station? A) Cried and hugged the narrator. B) Prayed silently and kissed his forehead. C) Waved goodbye cheerfully. D) Gave him a gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prayed silently and kissed his forehead. 17. Describe how the author's grandmother reacted when he went to study abroad. A) She was upset and did not speak to him. B) She was very supportive and encouraged him. C) She was indifferent and did not care. D) She was excited and celebrated his decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was upset and did not speak to him. 18. The meaning of the word 'stale' in the following sentence is:'She gave me the same stale food that she gave to the animals.' A) Rotting. B) Fresh and healthy. C) No longer fresh. D) Tasty and delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No longer fresh. 19. What was often revolting to the narrator? A) The taste of chapattis. B) The noise of the village. C) The thought of moving to the city. D) The idea of his grandmother being young. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The idea of his grandmother being young. 20. Who is Isabel Archer's aunt? A) Mrs. Gilbert. B) Mrs. Osmond. C) Mrs. Merle. D) Mrs. Touchett. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mrs. Touchett. 21. Who were scattered on the floor of the room where the grandmother lay dead? A) The relatives. B) Sparrows. C) Cats. D) Beads of rosary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sparrows. 22. The pure white serenity of narrator's grandmother breathed of ..... A) Peace. B) Contenmnet. C) Peace and contentment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peace and contentment. 23. What did the grandmother do on the day the narrator returned home? A) She prayed as usual. B) She sang and celebrated. C) She ignored him. D) She was upset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She sang and celebrated. 24. Who is Pansy Osmond? A) Isabel's friend. B) Gilbert Osmond's daughter. C) Mrs. Touchett's niece. D) Ralph Touchett's sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gilbert Osmond's daughter. 25. When grandmother's end was near, she decided to ..... A) Talk to everyone. B) Talk to the author. C) Talk to none. D) Talk to the women in the neighbourhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talk to none. 26. Which material was the frame of the photograph made of? A) Wood. B) Plastic. C) Steel. D) Cardboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cardboard. 27. What did the grandmother do every morning? A) Go for a walk. B) Read novels. C) Wake the author and prepare him for school. D) Cook breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wake the author and prepare him for school. 28. The author says that he is familiar with the grandmother for these many years A) 5. B) 15. C) 20. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20. 29. "The sea holidayWas her past ..... "Whose past was the sea holiday? A) Poet's. B) Her sister's. C) Her mother's. D) Allnof the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her mother's. 30. The laburnum tree A) Is highlighted as a nature. B) Is specified. C) Is glorified. D) Is personified. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is personified. 31. What was the happiest half hour of grandmother's day? A) When she fed the sparrows. B) When she said her prayers. C) When she took bath. D) When she sang scriptures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When she fed the sparrows. 32. What is the significance of the portrait in the story? A) It symbolizes the lady's vanity and pride. B) It represents the lady's hidden desires and aspirations. C) It reflects the lady's declining health and aging. D) It serves as a reminder of the lady's past accomplishments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It symbolizes the lady's vanity and pride. 33. The author's grandmother went to school with him A) To read scriptures in the temple. B) To teach in the school. C) So that she could also learn. D) To be with him constantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To read scriptures in the temple. 34. What did the author's grandmother do when she was taken ill? A) Asked for more food. B) Stopped praying. C) Started singing loudly. D) Went for a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stopped praying. 35. How many years have passed since the photograph was taken? A) Twenty or thirty years. B) Four years. C) Fifty years. D) Twelve years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twenty or thirty years. 36. The author's grandfather wore ..... A) A big hat and tight fitting clothes. B) A big turban and tight fitting clothes. C) A big hat and loose fitting clothes. D) A big turban and loose fitting clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A big turban and loose fitting clothes. 37. Why did the grandmother collect the women of the neighbourhood? A) To recite religious hymns. B) To host a party. C) To welcome his grandson. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To welcome his grandson. 38. What happened the next morning? A) The grandmother went to the village. B) She was taken ill. C) She wrote a letter. D) She went to another city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was taken ill. 39. In her excitement, the grandmother had forgotten to ..... A) Pray. B) Sleep. C) Eat. D) Bathe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pray. 40. The turning point in the relationship between the author and the grandmother came when A) The author went to the university. B) They went to live in the city. C) They were living in the village. D) The author went abroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They went to live in the city. 41. TO THE AUTHORS GRANDMOTHER WHAT HAD LEWD ASSOCIATIONS? A) ENGLISH. B) CRAFT. C) MUSIC. D) ART. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MUSIC. 42. When was Khushwant Singh born? A) 1915. B) 1914. C) 1913. D) 1918. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1915. 43. How did the author describe his grandmother's beauty? A) She was young like the sun. B) She was soft like the wind. C) She was like the white snow. D) She was like the winter landscape in the mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was like the winter landscape in the mountains. 44. The grandmother's silence at the end of the story symbolises:her acceptance and resignationher anger towards the familyher confusion about the eventsher joy and excitement A) Her acceptance and resignation. B) Her anger towards the family. C) Her confusion about the events. D) Her joy and excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her acceptance and resignation. 45. Which poetic device is employed in "Pale puckered face" ?A. SimileB. MetaphorC. AlliterationD. Zeugma A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Zeugma. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 46. The grandfather looked like a person A) Who cared for all. B) Who could have lots of grandchildren. C) Who was very strong. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who could have lots of grandchildren. 47. How does Isabel respond to Lord Warburton's proposal? A) She refuses him. B) She asks for time to think. C) She accepts immediately. D) She consults Ralph Touchett. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She refuses him. 48. Grandmother was brave because A) She could lift 50 kg. B) She could catch snakes and fry them in evening snacks. C) She couldn't speak. D) She hid her pain of separation from her grandson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She hid her pain of separation from her grandson. 49. What did the author's grandmother do when the author's parents left him with her? A) Got him ready for school. B) Sent him to boarding school. C) Took him to the city. D) Ignored him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got him ready for school. 50. What were treated as fables? A) Lessons from religious books. B) Stories written by narrator. C) Stories from grandmother's life. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stories from grandmother's life. 51. How did the grandmother sing the morning prayer? A) In high tone. B) In melodious voice. C) Happily. D) In monotonous sing-song. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In monotonous sing-song. 52. Where did the author go for higher studies? A) Canada. B) England. C) America. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London. 53. What did the author's grandmother do in the evening after a transformation occurred within her? A) Watch TV. B) Sing and play the drum. C) Pray. D) Read a novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sing and play the drum. 54. How did the narrator's grandfather appear in the portrait? A) Young and handsome. B) Elderly with a long white beard. C) Wearing modern clothing. D) In a military uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elderly with a long white beard. 55. The day before the author's grandmother died, what unusual thing did she do? A) She sang and played drums. B) She did not feed the birds. C) She gave a painting to the author. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She sang and played drums. 56. In which story did you come across the valet A) The third level. B) Indigo. C) He rattrap. D) Should wizard hit mommy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He rattrap. 57. When the narrator came home from abroad, how did the grandmother look? A) Very beautiful. B) Very old. C) Very weak. D) Not a day older. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not a day older. 58. What was the turning point in author's and his grandmother's friendship A) When his parents called them to the city. B) When he announced that he was being given music lessons. C) When he decided to go abroad. D) When grandmother found out that there was no teaching about god and scriptures in his new school. E) When he was given a separate room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When his parents called them to the city. 59. How does Isabel's life change after marrying Mr. Osmond? A) She becomes very happy. B) She feels trapped and controlled. C) She moves to America. D) She starts working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She feels trapped and controlled. 60. What was the turning point in the relationship between the narrator and the grandmother? 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