This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. His grandmother always went to school with him because: A) She never wanted to leave him alone. B) The school was attached to the temple. C) The school was in a deserted location. D) She also wanted to study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The school was attached to the temple. 2. What was monopoly of harlots and beggars? A) Music. B) Science. C) English. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Music. 3. What was the age of the poet's mother when the photograph was taken? A) Eleven years old. B) Thirteen years old. C) Twelve years old. D) Fourteen year old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twelve years old. 4. How did the sparrows express their sorrow at the death of their grandmother? A) They didn't come that day. B) They came and sat silently in the verandah. C) They ate the bread crumbs. D) They chirruped a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They came and sat silently in the verandah. 5. The clothes which the writer's grandmother wore, were: A) Black. B) Red. C) White. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White. 6. Where was the author's grandfather's portrait placed? A) On a shelf. B) Hung above the mantelpiece. C) Put on the mantelpiece. D) On a table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hung above the mantelpiece. 7. The writer was given a separate room when he: A) Went up to the university. B) Went up to the city. C) Went to the college. D) Opened a shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went up to the university. 8. "Now she's been dead nearly as many yearsAs that girl lived"Who is the 'girl' in this context? A) The poet. B) The poet's mother. C) The poet's mother's cousin. D) The poet's cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poet's mother. 9. Name the literary device in 'She was like the winter landscape in the mountains, an expanse of pure white serenity' A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. What was the author taught in village school? A) English subjects. B) Alphabets. C) Morning prayer. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 11. What did the grandmother do when she bathed and dressed the writer: A) She rebuked him. B) She said her morning prayer. C) She sang songs. D) She taught him to pray. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said her morning prayer. 12. The author says about his grandmother that she could never have been * A) Beautiful; but she was always pretty. B) Pretty and beautiful. C) Pretty; but she was always beautiful. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pretty; but she was always beautiful. 13. 'That was a turning-point in our friendship'. What was the turning point? A) When Narrator shifted to city. B) When narrator joined English school. C) When Narrator and his grandmother shifted to city. D) When Narrator shifted to village. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When Narrator and his grandmother shifted to city. 14. When two contradictory words come together that literary device is known as A) Allusion. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 15. Meaning of the word Absurd A) Sensible. B) Not sensible. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not sensible. 16. Who accepted her seclusion with resignation? A) Author's grandmother. B) Author's mother. C) Author's sister. D) Author's teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's grandmother. 17. "The cardboard shows me how it was ..... " ..... Photograph is called a "Cardboard" because ..... A) It is made of cardboard. B) It looks like a card board. C) It is pasted on the cardboard. D) Photograph is 40-50 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is pasted on the cardboard. 18. According to the narrator his grandmother was always ..... A) Beautiful, not charming. B) Beautiful, not elegant. C) Beautiful, not pretty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beautiful, not pretty. 19. The word 'serenity' means A) State of being calm and peaceful. B) Inspiring great affection. C) Excessive admiration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of being calm and peaceful. 20. Why did the grandmother came to school with the author A) To learn alphabets and morning prayer. B) Because the school was attached to the temple. C) Because the author was small to go alone. D) For the morning walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because the school was attached to the temple. 21. What did the grandmother do while the narrator was in school? A) She read scriptures in the temple. B) She took a nap. C) She cooked lunch. D) She went shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She read scriptures in the temple. 22. She thumped the sagging skins of dilapidated drum and sang of the homecoming of warriors. A) Elegant. B) Damaged. C) Reputable. D) Unbreakable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Damaged. 23. What did the grandmother do during her last days? A) Told stories. B) Sang songs. C) Visited friends. D) Prayed and recited beads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prayed and recited beads. 24. When did the author's and grandmother's friendship become distant? A) When author went to the University to study abroad. B) When she was left alone in the village. C) When the author got angry on her. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When author went to the University to study abroad. 25. What did the author's grandmother do when the author departed for abroad? A) Cried and begged him not to go. B) Threw a farewell party. C) Prayed silently and kissed his forehead. D) Went on a pilgrimage. 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