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 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 7 (28 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the word 'paddling' mean in the poem? A) A flock of swimming ducks. B) Move through the water in a boat using a paddle or paddles. C) Walk with bare feet in shallow water. D) Dabble the feet or hands in water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walk with bare feet in shallow water. 2. What was the grandmother's view on music? A) She thought it was dreadful. B) She believed it was essential. C) She played it every day. D) She loved it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She thought it was dreadful. 3. In the afternoon, the grandmother fed: A) Cats. B) Sparrows. C) Crows. D) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sparrows. 4. In the sentences 'That was the turning point of our friendship' which was the turning point? A) Their moving to the village. B) His joining the university. C) Their moving to the city. D) Their moving abroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their moving to the city. 5. As the years rolled by, the narrator and his grandmother ..... A) Always stayed together. B) Never stayed together. C) Never wanted to see each other. D) Saw less of each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw less of each other. 6. Which language do you think the author and his mother use while talking to each other? A) English. B) Mixed. C) Hindi. D) Punjabi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punjabi. 7. The grandmother considered author's learning of music at school as ..... A) A good opportunity to learn music. B) The monopoly of harlots and beggars and not meant for gentlefolk. C) Good exposure to kids. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The monopoly of harlots and beggars and not meant for gentlefolk. 8. When the writer decided to go abroad, he would be away for: A) Two months. B) Four weeks. C) Five years. D) Ten years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five years. 9. Grandmother was uttering the monotonous song while she was A) Cooking for grandson. B) Bathed and dressed him. C) Going anywhere. D) Both (i and II). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bathed and dressed him. 10. When the narrator decided to go abroad for further studies, he was sure that his grandmother ..... A) Would never allow him to go. B) Would cry loudly. C) Would be upset. D) Would remain neutral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would be upset. 11. The thought which was revolting for the author was A) The grandmother once had been young and pretty. B) The grandfather looked young in the portrait. C) The grandmother narrated stories of her childhood. D) The grandmother once had been young but not pretty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The grandmother once had been young and pretty. 12. The word bedlam means ..... A) On the bed. B) Solitude. C) Combersome. D) Noisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noisy. 13. How did the grandmother move about the house? A) With a cane. B) With a straight posture. C) With a limp and one hand on her waist. D) Running quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With a limp and one hand on her waist. 14. Dogs cried on grandmother's death . A) Ture. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. How many people were in the photograph? A) Two girls. B) Three girls. C) Two girls and one boy. D) Only her mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three girls. 16. What did the narrator's grandmother do while he was at school? A) Cooked meals. B) Sang songs. C) Visited friends. D) Read scriptures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Read scriptures. 17. What thought was almost revolting? A) That grandmother was young and pretty. B) That narrator had to attend village school. C) That narrator's parents were away. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That grandmother was young and pretty. 18. Who used to hobbled about the house? A) Grandfather. B) Grandmother. C) Author's mother. D) Author's father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandmother. 19. Where is Gardencourt located? A) In Italy. B) In America. C) In France. D) In England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In England. 20. "Bedlam of chirrupings "mean A) A mad house. B) Very loud noise made by the birds. C) Cacophony of noise. D) 2 and 3 only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2 and 3 only. 21. Which of the following is not a synonym of veritable? A) Legitimate. B) Prescient. C) Indubitable. D) Genuine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prescient. 22. What did the grandmother do when the narrator went abroad for studies? A) She celebrated. B) She was upset. C) She moved away. D) She was indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was indifferent. 23. Why was the grandmother unhappy about the narrator's education at the English school? A) It was too expensive. B) It was too far from home. C) It was too difficult. D) It did not include teachings about God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It did not include teachings about God. 24. Frivolous doesn't mean? A) Glib. B) Serious. C) Flippant. D) Joking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serious. 25. The grandmother can be called as calm and composed as she * A) Continued her prayers, whatsoever. B) Compromised and adjusted in every situation. C) Took care of the author in the village. D) Aged woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compromised and adjusted in every situation. 26. Tick the correct options-What all the author tried sharing with his grandmother? A) Western science. B) Archimedes principle. C) The law of gravity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 27. The chapter is about the writer's: A) Mother. B) Sister. C) Grand mother. D) Aunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grand mother. 28. How does Mr. Osmond react to Edward Rosier's interest in Pansy? A) He opposes it. B) He is happy about it. C) He encourages it. D) He is indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He opposes it. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesCommon Subjects QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 1Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 2Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 3Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 4Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 5Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 6Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 2 We’Re Not Afraid To Die... 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