This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When did the author's parents leave him with his grandmother? A) When he was a kid. B) When he was an infant. C) When he became a teenager. D) When he failed and became a teenager. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When he was a kid. 2. The meaning of the word, 'immoral' as used in the sentence below is ..... For my grandmother, singing any song that was not religious was considered as immoral. A) Correct and good. B) A good deed. C) Wrong, bad. D) Modern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrong, bad. 3. Which thought was almost revolting? A) Grandmother being young and pretty. B) Games grandmother used to play as a child. C) Grandfather being young and handsome. D) Grandfather's long and white beard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grandmother being young and pretty. 4. How did the grandmother look? A) Old, Fat, Long. B) Old, Short, Slightly Bent, Fat. C) Long, Fat, Slightly Bent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old, Short, Slightly Bent, Fat. 5. The grandmother was unhappy because A) The author went to school in a bus. B) The author did not talk to her. C) The author went to a local school. D) They did not teach about God and the scriptures in the English school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They did not teach about God and the scriptures in the English school. 6. The grandmother was against the teaching of music because she considered music to besublimegood for hima monopoly of harlots and beggars A) A part of western culture. B) Sublime. C) A monopoly of harlots and beggars. D) Not for decent and culture eople. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A monopoly of harlots and beggars. 7. Why was it hard for the author to believe his grandmother was once young? A) People in the village said so. B) He only knew her as an old woman. C) She told him stories about her youth. D) He had never seen her young. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He only knew her as an old woman. 8. When the writer was at school, what did the grandmother do? A) She fed stray dogs. B) She went home. C) She gossiped with ladies. D) She sat in the temple and read scriptures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She sat in the temple and read scriptures. 9. Grandmother was courageous 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 concealed her pain of separation from her grandson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She concealed her pain of separation from her grandson. 10. "See Betty and Dolly"she would say, who is the speaker and whom is she addressing? A) Mother to poetess. B) Poetess to mother. C) Poetess to readers. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother to poetess. 11. When the writer came back after his studies, the grandmother met him: A) At the station. B) In the street. C) At home. D) On the roof where she fed the sparrows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the station. 12. The grandmother carried stale chapatis to ..... A) Throw them away. B) Feed the stray dogs. C) To feed the poor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feed the stray dogs. 13. #5 PART A A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 14. What did the author's grandmother do when the author woke up in the morning? A) Cooked breakfast. B) Sang a morning prayer. C) Played with the village dogs. D) Went for a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sang a morning prayer. 15. What was the grandmother's appearance described as? A) Old and frail. B) Young and vibrant. C) Short, healthy, and slightly bent. D) Tall and slender. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short, healthy, and slightly bent. 16. The writer's grandmother was: A) Short and fat. B) Tall and slim. C) Dark and ugly. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short and fat. 17. "mine is her laughter."When was the mother laughing here? A) During the sea holiday. B) After her return from holiday. C) 20-30 years after the sea holiday. D) Just before her death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20-30 years after the sea holiday. 18. How did Khushwant's grandmother behave just before her death? A) By eating and drinking. B) By sleeping. C) By singing and dancing. D) By reciting prayers and telling the beads of her rosary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By reciting prayers and telling the beads of her rosary. 19. "And the sea, which appears to have changed less ..... " ..... The sea symbolises: A) Large body of water. B) Eternal time. C) Immortality. D) Silence and peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silence and peace. 20. What was the real name of the author Khushwant singh? A) Khushan Singh. B) Khushwant. C) Shoba SIngh. D) Khushal singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Khushal singh. 21. Who is the writer of the lesson 'The Portrait of a lady'? A) Kulwant Singh. B) Khushwant Singh. C) Kulwinder Singh. D) Khushwand Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khushwant Singh. 22. Meaning of whose name was-the lord of the universe A) The car mechanic. B) The ragpicker. C) The instructor. D) The banglemaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ragpicker. 23. What would the mother show to her daughter while showing her the photograph? A) How her parents dressed her for the beach. B) Her cousins. C) Her own childhood photograph. D) The background. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How her parents dressed her for the beach. 24. What are the names of the girls in the photograph? A) Betty and Pretty. B) Dolly and Polly. C) Letty and Drolly. D) Betty and Dolly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Betty and Dolly. 25. How old was the poetess when this photograph was taken? A) Ten years. B) Twelve years. C) She was not born. D) Twenty years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was not born. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 7Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 8Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 9Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books